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Do You Have Better Chance of Winning the Lottery Than Finding Greatness in Greuel, Garcetti, Perry or Zine?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

LA Times’ distinguished columnists Steve Lopez and Jim Newton took up important if thorny challenges in recent columns – examinations of the role of the professional politicians running for mayor and city controller. For his part, Lopez dismisses the outsider … Continue reading →

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LAUSD, Parcel Tax, Truancy Scams — Don’t Reward Failure

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

This School Tax Is A Bargain For just $8.33 per household a month, voters could save hundreds of L.A. Unified teachers’ jobs and help preserve arts education in elementary schools. Those are the headlines over the LA Times highly-paid columnist … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Everybody’s Got a Take on the Cirque du L.A.

Posted on April 11, 2010 by

Welcome to the doghouse, Steve.  Hope you don’t have fleas.As everybody knows, Steve Lopez is the highest paid writer at The Dog Trainer, making about ten times more than my master Ron got as editor of the Green Sheet. Lopez … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Envying LA’s Top Dogs

Posted on February 5, 2010 by

An old dog who’s been involved in LA politics for a long time once told me why our current leaders like Antonio and Fabian Nunez (former leader, now “consultant) tend to flaunt their power with the trappings of success usually … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: City Hall Needs the Dog Whisperer More Than It Needs a Jobs Czar

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

He’s no Austin Powers. LA’s new job czar Austin Beutner sat down with LA’s old column czar Steve Lopez of the Dog Trainer recently to reveal how he was going to reverse the city’s downward economic spiral with all the … Continue reading →

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