Tag Archives: socal connected

City Hall’s Brand of Socialism: Soak the Working Class with Higher Taxes to Support Millionaire Cops and Firefighters

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: At 5:30 p.m. tonight and again at 10 p.m., KCET’s SoCal Connected will drop another bomb on City Hall’s DROP program — Deferred Retirement Option Plan — that is letting retired cops and firefighters retire one day on … Continue reading →

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“Barry Sanders Park” — A Fitting Tribute for Public Service? Put that on a Billboard in the Park

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

When the Soviet Union collapsed, it didn’t take that long before Leningrad reverted to its historic name of St. Petersburg — we can only hope and pray that someday the failed political machine that has ruined LA will fall and … Continue reading →

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CITY HALL SHOCKWAVE: Antonio Lied — He Knew about $1.2 Million HACLA Hush Money Payoff

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

UPDATE: Continuing its exclusive coverage of the HACLA Scandal, KCET’s SoCal Connected now reports that Ken Simmons, the interim head of the city’s housing authority, is resigning the post  at the Mayor’s request and returning to his old job as chief … Continue reading →

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KCET Exclusive: SoCal Connected Exposes Rudy Montiel and the LA Public Housing Scandal

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Six months in the making. KCET”s SoCal Connected reveals the truth about LA’s highest paid official, the $450,000-a-year Rudy Montiel, who was fired Monday as head of the city’s public housing agency, the Housing Authority of the City of Los … Continue reading →

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Selling the Parks, Poisoning Kids’ Minds

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

Even as residents of several neighborhoods gather at noon Saturday (Parks-Flyer.pdf) at Hazard Recreation Center to protest plans to close their parks as they have their libraries, City Hall is moving toward plastering city parks with advertising signs of all … Continue reading →

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