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When Is a System Not a System? When It’s the MTA’s Disconnected Bus and Rail System

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Read the letter the LA Times described as “scathing”  from the Federal Transit Administration to LA’s MTA over its contempt for civil rights laws. Then, read the MTA’s response as reported by Steve Hymon, the former LA Times … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: MTA Can Build the Subway to the Sea, All Right, But Which Sea?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by

The more Bruno reads about the MTA, the more he’s convinced the Subway to the Sea might just end up at the Atlantic – if it gets built at all.   The Dog Trainer this morning had an uncharacteristically cogent … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Keeping an Eye on Alarcon’s Past, Present and Future

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Why is anybody surprised? Richard Alarcon, the City Councilman who is charged with representing parts of the northwest San Fernando Valley without bothering to live there – and repeatedly lying about it!- has been dancing on the ethics line throughout … Continue reading →

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Forget Ethics Reform:Video Cameras, Bugs and Wiretaps Are the Way to Clean Up City Hall

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

Sometimes a great notion comes from unexpected places like the answer to rampant pay-to-play dealing in City Hall comes from inside City Hall itself. In an effort to prevent Metrolink train engineers from text messaging on their cell phones when … Continue reading →

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Accountability in L.A.: Meet the Fall Guy for the Metrolink Train Crash Tragedy

Posted on December 11, 2008 by

In the tight little world of L.A. politics and government where accountability is rare, there has to be a fall guy when things go wrong and the public knows about it. Metrolink boss David Solow is a case in point. … Continue reading →

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