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59 Names That Should Live in Infamy: Special Interest Super-PAC Raised $620,200 to Sell Sales Tax Hike to Voters

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

When they talk about the entitlement class, put at the top of the list the unions, lawyers, lobbyists, businesses, real estate and billboard companies that contributed $620,200 to bamboozle the uninformed and gullible into voting for Proposition A, the sales … Continue reading →

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Unions at War with City Hall and Each Other — A Scenario for Strikes

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

For the last two years, all we’ve seen and heard from our City Council is tears and pleas to save the jobs of city workers or at the least to shelter them from losses caused by a government that costs … Continue reading →

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LA’s Moment of Truth: Ruin or Resurrection?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

City unions say they gave back in June, they gave more in September and they’re not going to give back any more. Neighborhood Council members say they too gave back and they have a right under the City Charter and … Continue reading →

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Terms of Endearment Deal: ERIP or Ripoff?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by

The battle over the $405 million city budget deficit is far from over despite all the self-congratulatory back-slapping and expressions of undying love last Friday. The terms of endearment agreed to by the 22,000-member Coalition of City Unions and a … Continue reading →

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Day of Reckoning: Begging, Borrowing and Now Stealing — City Hall’s Exercise in Futility

Posted on September 13, 2009 by

Corner-Hooked: When the corner of a pocket prevents shooting the cue ball in a straight path directly to an object ball, the cue ball is corner-hooked — EasyPoolTutor.com At 1 p.m. today, Councilman Bernard Parks and his Budget Committee will … Continue reading →

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