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Fareless Rides from Metro: Does This Really Help Transit Riders?
And after they were built, I rode the trains of Metro. Shortly thereafter, I began attending public transit meetings to learn the transit systems and networks, and to support increasing transit options for Los Angeles.
My moti…
Censorship - Right, Left and Center
AT LENGTH-Having defended free speech and freedom of the press for most of my life I understand a few things about the subject that the ext…
How to Be Thankful This Thanksgiving: Tune Out the Terrible World
LEANING RIGHT--While there are many Americans who are--first and foremost--thankful for the results of the long-awaited 2020 election, we'r…
A Thanksgiving Like No Other
RANTZ & RAVEZ--I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving 2020 this past Thursday. Like many of you, I remember in past years when family an…
When It Comes to Its Urban Forest, Los Angeles is Not a Nanny State
PLANNING WATCH--Even though Los Angeles has a nearly perfect climate, fall is best time to plant new trees and save LA’s existing trees.
Ron Klain, FBI Should Look Closer at Eric Garcetti’s Skeletons
@THE GUSS REPORT-Yes, it’s another salacious and embarrassing Eric Garcetti lie debunked in broad daylight just as Joe Biden mulls over opt…
It’s the End of an Election, Not the End of the World
GELFAND’S WORLD--Sunday, November 22, 2020 -- Los Angeles, California -- I wonder how many of my peers happened to glance at the date and g…
What's in a Name?
GUEST COMMENTARY-In this age of Trumpistic double-speak and alternate facts, we need to take a closer look at our history and begin to unde…
When the LAPD Showed Up at My House. . .Twice in Two Weeks
MY TURN-I have lived in the same house in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles for over 30 years, where up until now I have had little o…
It's Biden's Turn to Confront the Divisive Uber-Left
LEANING RIGHT--What's in a word? What's in a concept? The terms "liberal" and "conservative" too often connote images of decades ago, when…
Citizens of the World Charter Schools Use Fraudulent Signatures Trying to Grab Space from Public Schools
EDUCATION POLITICS- Under the current interpretation of PROP-39, charter schools can demand space from public schools to implement their pr…
A Time for Everything
MY TURN-Ecclesiastes’ list of things for which there is a season is more extensive than most of us realize, but is there ever a time to tur…
Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out
CLIMATE POLITICS-Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion/XR recently interviewed Peter Carter, M.D., who has the distinguished tit…
Uptight City Tries to Silence Neighborhood Councils … and, CityWatch
GELFAND’S WORLD-This column is specifically addressed to neighborhood council participants, but it is also a message to any Los Angeles re…
Black Voters Saved Our Democracy
ELECTION POLITICS--America owes its Black citizens so much. During a pandemic that has killed Black people at disproportionate rates, we st…
Politics: Love vs. Hate. Is There an Answer?
GUEST WORDS—(This is the second, and last, part of this perspective on whether America can ever unite again.) While there were over 73 mil…
DONE’s Death by a Thousand Cuts - San Pedro Edition
EASTSIDER-At the November LANCC meeting, a number of interesting things came out as General Manager Beltran took questions
If Trump's Going, Why Are We Still Stuck with Newsom's Sorry A--?
LEANING RIGHT-Many of the controversies, hype and debates (some spot-on, and some way over the top) surrounding the governance of our natio…
Updating the Hollywood Community Plan - Tragedy in 2012 and Farce in 2020
PLANNING WATCH-If you forgot that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and the second time as farce, you only need to look at City Hall…
