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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 04 2017. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

Do We Really Have the Courage to Help Labor?

I doubt I'm the only kid who grew up in the 1970's and 1980's under Nixon, Carter and Reagan who recognized, if not revered, the concepts and paradigms behind the American Dream, the Middle-Class, and the Melting Pot. The idea was that AL…

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Written by Ruth Weiss on September 04 2017. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

It’s Not Fake News: ‘Inactive List’ Voters Can Find Ways to Vote

Denyse ignorantly presumes that voters on the Inactive List are irrelevant, and that only voters listed as “Active” can vote. Therefore, she continues, inactive registrants should not be counted in the formula comparing the number of regis…

It’s Time to Fire DWP Ratepayer Advocate

Written by Consumer Watchdog on September 04 2017.

LA Officials Reject Columbus but Grub Racist Cash

Written by Daniel Guss on September 04 2017.

Labor Day Sparring: Trump vs California

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 04 2017.

What is Really Behind Those Vacant Stores at Westfield Topanga?

Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 31 2017.

And, the Big Buck Beat Goes On: Developer Lobbyists Paying Off LA’s Politicians

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 31 2017.

Bocanegra Rides Again: Running LA Schools from Sacramento

Written by Tony Butka on August 31 2017.

‘Downtown’ to Constituents: ‘Shut Up’!

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 31 2017.

LA Could Learn Some Planning Lessons from the Emerald City

Written by Dick Platkin on August 31 2017.

Let Me Count the Ways … of Counting Transit Riders

Written by Matthew Hetz on August 31 2017.

The Great Mass Transit Disaster Waiting in the Wings

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 31 2017.

Time to Get Off the Train

Written by David Bell on August 31 2017.

Fake News: My Very Own Focus Group

Written by Denyse Selesnick on August 28 2017.

Garcetti Keeping the Lid on LA’s $1.2 Billion Homeless-Reduction Bond Measure

Written by Eric Preven & Joshua Preven on August 28 2017.

If LA is ‘No Kill,’ What’s with the Dead and Disappearing Dogs and Cats?

Written by Daniel Guss on August 28 2017.

It Will Take More than Promises to Repair the PUC’s Tarnished Image

Written by Dan Walters on August 28 2017.

Preservation Playbook – Could ‘Hollywood Heritage’ Become an Oxymoron?

Written by Tim Deegan on August 28 2017.

Subsidized Granny Flats: LA Testing New Approach to Fighting Homelessness

Written by Linda Poon on August 28 2017.

The Cost of Silence: How a Wealthy LA Democratic Donor Muted an Entire Political Party

Written by Jasmyne A. Cannick on August 28 2017.

The Usual Anti-Transit Suspects: Still Wrong ... But Not ALL Wrong

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 28 2017.

LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)

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