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Garcetti's advantage
As Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti assembles his new administration, it is interesting, and encouraging, to note the odd confluence of circumstances that will leave him beholden less to factions or special interests and more to the people of Los Angeles....
Tags: Politics, Government, Public Employees, Wendy Greuel, Elections
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Deputy-involved shooting in Van Nuys sends suspect to hospital
One suspect was taken to a hospital after a deputy-involved shooting Wednesday in Van Nuys, authorities said. Few details were immediately available about the incident, which occurred about 11:55 a.m. in the 5800 of Allott Avenue, said Deputy Aura...Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, Google Inc., Shootings
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Around Town: This land is their land...
It was a hot day in Highland Park. Len and I had just returned to the campaign headquarters for Gil Cedillo, candidate for Los Angeles City Council, District 1. Even though we live in La Caņada and despite the endorsement of Cedillo's opponent by our...Tags: Politics, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Gil Cedillo, Elections
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Anthony Weiner — We've Seen Enough Of You
The Hartford CourantAnthony Weiner, I'm looking at you, so stop tweeting for a minute and put the cameras away. Mark Sanford, I don't care if you won, you should listen, too. And so should anybody else running for office, because I'm about to explain The Five Rules...Tags: Hot Dogs, Foods and Beverages, Politics, Elections, Anthony D. Weiner
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Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti declared victory Wednesday in his bid to become the next mayor and vowed to put the city's economic slump "in the rear-view mirror," capping a race shaped by dire fiscal forecasts and...Tags: O.J. Simpson, Government, Voting, Career and Workplace, Mike Feuer
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Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
NEW YORK — Two years after resigning from Congress amid a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner announced in a video message Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, The New York Times, Twitter, Inc., Bill Thompson, Huma Abedin
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Franklin County, Pa., election officials to start counting write-in votes
waynesboro@herald-mail.comFranklin County, Pa., election officials now will turn their attention to write-in votes that could affect several races. The Franklin County Election Board and staff will start evaluating write-in votes Friday. “I’m fairly certain we won&...Tags: Primaries, The Herald-Mail, Politics, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Despite high-profile races, Lehigh Valley turnout lackluster
Bethlehem Democrats had every reason to go to the polls Tuesday. An aggressive battle for the first open mayoral seat in a decade. A competitive Northampton County executive race starring the city's sitting mayor. Yet turnout was, well, average. About...
Tags: Allentown, Whitehall, Macungie, Voting, Slatington
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Los Angeles' new mayor: hipster, Rhodes Scholar, budget fixer?
ReutersBy Sharon Bernstein and Tim Reid LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - A Rhodes Scholar and urban planning wonk in a city that generally prefers its politicians to be less eclectic, Los Angeles mayor-elect Eric Garcetti will take the reins as the nation's...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Antonio Villaraigosa, Music, Government, Media Industry
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Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor
In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Antonio Villaraigosa, Government, Los Angeles International Airport, Career and Workplace
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Two veteran Sacramento lawmakers win L.A. City Council seats
Two newly elected members of the Los Angeles City Council are veteran Sacramento lawmakers whose campaigns got large boosts from special interest contributions. Former state Assemblyman Gil Cedillo and state Sen. Curren Price (D-Los Angeles) won...
Tags: Curren D. Price, Jr., Ed Reyes, Politics, Walmart, Gil Cedillo
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L.A. Now Live: Can Garcetti's grand goals match reality?
Despite Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti's lofty rhetoric during the campaign, Los Angeles City Hall could quickly bring him crashing back to earth, with real-life struggles about to unfold over employee salaries, overtime pay and city spending overall. Join...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Eric Garcetti
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