Tag Archives: Rust Belt

Antonio’s Xmas Gift to the 1 Percent: Trashing Hollywood to Enrich Developers

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

With all undue haste, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will take the stage Monday morning for a political stunt in support of a new Hollywood Community Plan that gives wealthy landowners and well-connected developers billions of dollars in extra profits with density … Continue reading →

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21st Century Blues: Grandiose Schemes Going Nowhere in the Post-Modern Economy

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Fantasies die hard — especially here in the land of myths that hold you can be anything you want, have anything you want, if you want it bad enough.  That’s the heart of the California dream, a dream that has … Continue reading →

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Occupying Occupy Los Angeles: Local Community Activists Can Help Define City Issues

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

EDITOR”S NOTE: This column was written for Nina Royal’s North Valley Reporter monthly newspaper.which published it’s October edition today. Two weeks ago at the end of activist-organized Congress of Neighborhood Empowerment, the mayor offered his cheerleading analysis that the decade-old … Continue reading →

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Standing up for what we believe in — My Sunday Column for Glendale-Burbank-Pasadena Papers

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

For people who came of age in the Roaring ’20s or the Great Depression that followed, this is déjà vu all over again, a moment in history that must make them feel like they have taken a step back in … Continue reading →

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L.A. at the Tipping Point — The Choice Is Yours

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Few places on Earth needs to worry more about the impact of global warming than Los Angeles. If we lose this climate, we won’t have a lot left. The big banks and big stores have all left town or closed … Continue reading →

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