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Rate Payer Advocate at DWP: A Stark Example of Why City Hall Cannot Reform Itself

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Three months after voters approved setting up a Ratepayer Advocate and independent watchdog agency on the Department of Water and Power, the City Council got around to taking the first tentative steps needed to bring it to life. The meeting … Continue reading →

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Council Cowards Cower in Face of D’Arcy’s Bullying on DWP Rate Payer Advocate

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

Eric Garcetti showed his true color Tuesday — yellow, the color of the coward. After months of effort by concerned citizens and three months of Council public hearings, the man who would be mayor cut a  last-minute deal with IBEW … Continue reading →

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Council Cowards Cower in Face of D’Arcy’s Bullying on DWP Rate Payer Advocate

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

Eric Garcetti showed his true color Tuesday — yellow, the color of the coward. After months of effort by concerned citizens and three months of Council public hearings, the man who would be mayor cut a  last-minute deal with IBEW … Continue reading →

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The Cloak of Reform: City Hall’s Last Refuge to Preserve a Corrupt and Failed System

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

If Samuel Johnson was right two centuries ago about “patriotism” being the “last refuge of a scoundrel,” then “reform” is the “last refuge of a corrupt political system” otherwise known as Los Angeles City Hall. With the deadline looming Wednesday … Continue reading →

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The Cloak of Reform: City Hall’s Last Refuge to Preserve a Corrupt and Failed System

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

If Samuel Johnson was right two centuries ago about “patriotism” being the “last refuge of a scoundrel,” then “reform” is the “last refuge of a corrupt political system” otherwise known as Los Angeles City Hall. With the deadline looming Wednesday … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Fortress DWP: Will the Failure, Secrecy and Mismanagement End?

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

ACTION ALERT: The first public hearing on creating an independent Rate Payer Advocate and other reforms of the DWP will be held at 6 p.m. tonight at LAPD’s Devonshire Youth Center, Wilbur Avenue and Parthenia Street, in Northridge. Fortress DWP … Continue reading →

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Poking Holes in Antonio’s Clean Energy and Rate Hike Story

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

; Among the many problems Austin Beutner faces in bringing order out of the DWP chaos — lax work rules, inflated salaries, secrecy, deceit, poor planning, managerial breakdowns and on and on — is the mayor himself and the endlessly … Continue reading →

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Saving LA Project Report: Clean Sweep Campaign to Clean Up City Hall

Posted on April 3, 2010 by

At the end of a daylong series of inter-connected community meetings, the Saving LA Project voted unanimously to seek candidates in the seven even-numbered City Council Districts for elections next March and run a “Clean Sweep” campaign for a slate … Continue reading →

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The Madness of King Antonio: Sweatshops, Subsidies and Soaring DWP Rates

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

It’s been a busy weekend for the out-of-touch mayor and his team of second raters. First, he floats the crazy idea that the discredited David Freeman will step down as “interim” general manager of the DWP having caused enough damage … Continue reading →

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