Tag Archives: solar energy

DWP Monopoly or Nothing: IBEW Union Bosses Reject Working Together for Solar Energy

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

IBEW union bosses Brian D’Arcy and Marvin Kropke spent a million dollars or more of their members’ money to try to get voters to give them a monopoly on solar energy jobs in LA. They had blocked the city from … Continue reading →

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Voter Outcry over Measure B Gets Heard (by some) at City Hall

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

Responding to a letter from the LA Chamber, Carpenters Union and the VoteNoMeasureB campaign, several city officials say they have heard the message: Open and inclusive process to develop a renewable energy plan that serves everyone and achieves success. The … Continue reading →

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Changing L.A. Part One: Opportunity and Challenge — The Campaign Against Measure B

Posted on March 8, 2009 by

The extraordinary success of the No on Measure B — from its origins among community activists to a coalition that included business, labor and political parties of every type — has laid the groundwork for a mass movement that can … Continue reading →

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L.A.’s Great Divide: For Richer, For Poorer — The Failure of Leadership

Posted on March 5, 2009 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s links to what the LA Times, Daily News and LA Weekly had to say today about the election.The turnout for Tuesday’s election actually exceeded all expectations and the final tally might not be known for as much … Continue reading →

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It’s 7 a.m., Time to Vote – No Measure B, No Jack, No Wendy, No Antonio

Posted on March 3, 2009 by

What if Zev or Rick or Laura had found the courage to take on Antonio?   I wonder if any of them or any of the other potential mayoral candidates with name recognition and access to money has given a … Continue reading →

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Measure B’s Smoking Gun: Antonio Confesses Measure B Is a Payoff to the IBEW

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

“You say, ‘We cut a deal with them.’ Yeah, we did. We built a partnership with them…they didn’t see any jobs.”  — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in an interview with the LA Business Journal published Monday March 2, 2009.That’s what Charles … Continue reading →

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Jack Weiss Running Third, Measure B Too Close to Call — Panic at City Hall

Posted on February 27, 2009 by

The word leaking out of City Hall is that poor Jack Weiss has awakened from his long smug slumber and is having a panic attack at the very real possibility of finishing out of the money in the City  Attorney’s … Continue reading →

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Daily News, Green Party Oppose Measure B; Laborers Union Members Confront DWP Officials

Posted on February 22, 2009 by

As momentum against Measure B continued to grow, the DWP — still claiming its a neutral information source — held a series of forums in the last few days around the city but attracted only a few dozen people, most … Continue reading →

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Doing Solar Right: Buyers Coop Invades LA Offering Up To 70% Savings on Home Units

Posted on February 18, 2009 by

EVENT: ONE BLOCK OFF THE GRID invites anyone in Los Angeles interested in learning more about solar community purchasing to join in their first public forum and information session in Southern California. The event is free and open to the … Continue reading →

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Point/Counterpoint on Measure B: Who Do You Trust?

Posted on February 11, 2009 by

The Department of Water and Power launched the nattion’s largest solar energy initative back in 1999 under S. David Freeman but by 2002  it was exposed by City Controller Laura Chick as nothing but a fraud (solar-audit2002cover.pdf) that had wasted … Continue reading →

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