Tag Archives: recreation and parks department

No Way to Run a City: Underhanded Approval of Autry Museum Expansion Creates Uproar

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Southwest Museum Coalition has sent out an urgent request for supporters to call and email key City Council members to take jurisdiction over the Recreation and Parks Commission’s approval of renovations and expansion of the Autry Museum … Continue reading →

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How They Wrecked Rec and Parks: Stealing $43 Million from Kids to Mask Their Bungling

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

Antonio Villaraigosa, with the full support of the City Council, introduced the revolutionary notion into city government that requires anybody who has any money to pay for all the services that their taxes had paid for all along. Remember how … Continue reading →

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Pershing Square and the City Garage Deal: 16 Minutes to Decide, 50 Years of Shame

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

It took the Board of Commissioners of the Recreation and Parks Department just 16 minutes to sell out the public interest Monday and trash the City Charter at a special meeting with little advance notice.. Not bad for a few … Continue reading →

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LA’s China Syndrome — Teeing Up a Plan for Change

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

This isn’t just Chinatown, Jake, it’s becoming like China itself. There’s no other way to see what the leftist mayor is doing in finding a roundabout way to pull his quotes from the Reason Foundation and embrace free enterprise capitalism. … Continue reading →

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