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My Sunday Column: Watching as a New Councilman Discovers the Wonderful — and Dangerous — World of Politics 25 Aug 2013 | 02:32 am
It is well established in all times and all places that even a little power tends to corrupt, especially when the power derives from being elected to public office. That’s why it’s so interesting to ...
Eric Garcetti’s One and Only Chance — His Moment of Truth 21 Aug 2013 | 07:07 am
Back when it could have mattered, when a single decision that put the future of the city at risk was being made, Antonio Villaraigosa showed he lacked the courage to lead, his predecessor James Hahn a...
Is Half A DWP-IBEW Deal Better Than A Real Deal? It’s up to Garcetti — and You 19 Aug 2013 | 08:34 am
It was unusual, unprecedented, an historic event symbolizing City Hall’s commitment to transparency, to an open and honest public conversation on an issue of great importance: The outrageous high wage...
My Sunday Column: Glendale’s decision, L.A’s problem — Running Municipal Utilities for the Public or the Union’s Benefit 18 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
This is a tale of two cities — yours and mine, each with its own water and power utility companies. In your city, base rates for electricity did not go up for six years until the City Council narrowl...
My Sunday Column: As certain as the lights coming on — Electricity rates are going up and up for years to come 12 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
City Manager Scott Ochoa, armed with graphs and pie charts and a thousand details, spent 55 minutes offering a “relatively brief presentation” explaining why electricity rate hikes averaging 26 percen...
MTA Secrecy and the 710 Fiasco — Eric & Zev, LA’s New BFFs 31 Jul 2013 | 08:39 am
The No on 710 coalition of groups that cuts across community and demographic lines from the Eastside of Los Angeles to the affluent hillsides of La Canada-Flintridge posted this statement with a 35-mi...
My Sunday Column: Glendale Power Assn. vs. IBEW — The 21 Power Plant Operators Who Stood Up to the Union Bullies 27 Jul 2013 | 11:48 am
The moral premise of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 as often expressed by union boss Brian D’Arcy is clear and to the point: “My responsibility is to look after the welf...
My Sunday Column: Activism and the 710 Freeway Tunnel — How People Power Has Stopped the Machine for 60 Years 21 Jul 2013 | 07:28 am
Joanne Nuckols has put the people she calls “transportation bullies” in their place for decades. She reels off the long, sordid history of South Pasadena’s fight against extending the 710 Freeway thr...
My Sunday Column: Valley Leadership Gears Shift — Krekorian Promises He’s “Ready to Focus on Substantial Priorities” 13 Jul 2013 | 07:34 am
As the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments celebrated its third anniversary last week, one thing was perfectly clear: It was set up to fail by Los Angeles city and county officials and succeedi...
From Now On, It’s Grandpa Ron to You — Not Grumpy Ron 8 Jul 2013 | 11:25 pm
The happy parents Jenn and Al Kaye after the birth Saturday evening of their twin sons, known as Fat-baby and Skinny-baby at this point — all doing well.
