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Messing with Messing: Alarcon and Cardenas Play for Extra-Special Preferences on City Contracts

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Austin Beutner’s right-hand man, Brett Messing, got an education in his debut appearance Wednesday before the City Council on the insanity that passes for our deliberative legislative process with indicted felon Richard Alarcon and feigned dummy Tony Cardenas ripping apart … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: The Best Gourmet Food and Politicians Money Can Buy

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

It wasn’t that long ago that Bruno declared Janice Hahn the dumbest person on the Los Angeles City Council for a stupid stunt she pulled using her city website to promote her campaign for lieutenant governor.Now she’s up to something … Continue reading →

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Arrogance of Power: How Dare Anyone Say LA Isn’t Business Friendly

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

The issue was a second round of business tax reform and volunteers on the city’s Business Tax Advisory Committee faced denunciation from Councilman Tony Cardenas for failing to say thanks for modest tax relief in recent years and daring to … Continue reading →

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Signs of Intelligent Life at City Hall — Who Knew?

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Somebody must have spiked the bottled water City Council members drink with IQ raising drugs, or maybe it’s just fear of voter retribution that has awakened them from their long, deep sleep of denial of the hell they have wrought. … Continue reading →

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Alarcon’s Reign of Terror Challenged by Cardenas

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

How would you like to be a Gold Card public library user contributing money entitling you to boast you kept 100 workers from being fired so the Central Library and eight regional ones don’t have to close on Sundays starting … Continue reading →

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The People’s Hero, Sally Choi: City’s Sweetheart Early Retirement Deal Blowing Up

Posted on August 4, 2009 by

In an extraordinary session two months too late, the City Council was thrown into turmoil Tuesday by facing the facts of the real costs of the sweetheart early retirement deal it offered to city unions. It took Sally Choi, general … Continue reading →

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Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Wolves in the Henhouse

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

I’m never quite sure how to refer to Ron Kaye.  Owner? Master? The old guy who feeds me?Anyway, Ron posted one of those funny videos of the City Council debating taxes or something headlined “All They Want Is Your Money … Continue reading →

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Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: Free Billy, Lock Up the Council

Posted on January 12, 2009 by

By Bruno, L.A.’s Watchdog I’m all for my pals in the Animal Kingdom.I also tend to like the animals in the media. So I’ve stayed away from the Billy the Elephant  story.  I’ve had other things to howl about. But … Continue reading →

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