Tag Archives: Warren Furutani

LA Times Gets Tough and Exposes the Bumbling Incompetence of CD 15 Runoff Candidates

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Breaking with its tradition of ducking the real issues, the LA Times Editorial Board dared to push Council District 15 runoff candidates Joe Buscaino and Warren Furutani for solutions to the city’s budget crisis, asking them: “What would you do … Continue reading →

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Is There Really Any Point to Elections in LA?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

In Arizona, voters on Tesday threw out of office in a recall election the author of the state’s harsh anti-immigrant law, Semate President Russell Pearce, and replaced him with a fellow Republican with more moderate views. In Mississippi,voters unexpectly rejected … Continue reading →

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Political Californication: Partisan Promiscuity and Pomposity of Petty Pugilistic Pols

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

The California Legislature — on strike against the public since Prop. 13 passed three decades ago — reached yet another new low on Wednesday with passage on deadline of a phony budget that protects their $400-a-day paychecks and does nothing … Continue reading →

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