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Library Cards as ‘Universal’ ID for Illegals Is Crazy — A Symptom of the Cowardice and Incompetence at City Hall

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

The LA Public Library website explains the requirement you must meet to be issued a card that allows a person to take out books and other materials Library Cards are free to residents of California. You must, however, have photo … Continue reading →

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A Few Rays of Hope Despite Dismal Voter Turnout — Like Not Having to Kick Trutanich Around Much Longer

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

Less than 20 percent of  LA County voters turned out for the historic election Tuesday — the first open primary, the first in decades with fair legislative districts — but there were a few positive signs. The king of political … Continue reading →

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A Grassroots Call for Honest City Council Districts

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: Is it any wonder that residents of Lake View Terrace, Sunland-Tujunga and other areas of the far Northeast San Fernando Valley are up in arms over the draft redistricting maps? Would you want to be represented by Richard … Continue reading →

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Hijacking the ‘American Spring’ Revolution?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Watching the live video of the Occupy Los Angeles protesters camped out at City Hall is an education in just how difficult it is to give birth to a revolution. They are committed to extreme democracy, holding daily “general assembly” … Continue reading →

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The Naked Truth: In Politics, You Get What You Pay For So Look at Who’s Paying

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

The truth hurts so get out your Vicodin or whatever you take to ease the pain and face the political reality of our time: Thanks to 10 times as much in political contributions anti-ethanol interests, the U.S. Senate last week … Continue reading →

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Abolish the CRA: End Nepotism, Favoritism and Welfare to the Rich

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

The last item on the Community Redevelopment Agency’s commission agenda for Thursday says a lot about how City Hall operates and why it is so badly manages the public’s money and bungles most of what it is supposed to do. … Continue reading →

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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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Messing with Messing: Alarcon and Cardenas Play for Extra-Special Preferences on City Contracts

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Austin Beutner’s right-hand man, Brett Messing, got an education in his debut appearance Wednesday before the City Council on the insanity that passes for our deliberative legislative process with indicted felon Richard Alarcon and feigned dummy Tony Cardenas ripping apart … Continue reading →

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Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing Are Still Predators — City Council Set to Cloak Itself as Reformers

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

UPDATE:The City Council moved forward on various Rate Payer Advocate-Analyst-Public Administrator Charter reform proposals as well as changes in the DWP Commission and other changes on Tuesday, setting up a public committee to sort out the differences. Here’ what Richard … Continue reading →

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The $500,000 Job Nobody Wants and Nobody Can Do: DWP General Manager

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

You can trace the decline and fall of the nation’s largest municipal utility, our very own Department of Water and Power, back to October 1996 when the City Council in it all too finite wisdom vetoed a 10 percent raise … Continue reading →

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