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City Council Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from the March 19 City Council meeting. All council members were present. * EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS Mayor Kelly Boyd presented a proclamation declaring April as Donate Life California Month in Laguna Beach to Marisa Garcia, ambassador...Tags: Washington, DC, FEMA, Air Transportation Industry, Politics, Finance
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Senators asked to back P3
Staff WriterEfforts to rally political support for the so-called P3 continues, as the county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to urge California senators to back the bill that allows private funding for port of entry expansions. U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and...Tags: Juan Vargas, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Ron Kaye: Wishing PACs would pack it in
Just days before Burbank voters went to the polls, Mike Gatto was the star attraction for a Napa Valley retreat at a five-star hotel where, for $5,000 each, guests could schmooze with the assemblyman and four of his legislative pals. The event was...
Tags: Mike Gatto, Religion and Belief, Washington, DC, Elections, Maxine Waters
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Progress slows on Budget Bill to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Elections, Air Transportation Industry
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Progress slows on federal budget bill
WASHINGTON -- A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to permit...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Elections, Career and Workplace
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Agents to feel cuts
Staff WriterThe local economy, border security and Border Patrol agent safety will be affected as more than 1,200 Valley agents have their pay reduced by about 35 percent through furloughs and slashed overtime as a result of the sequester, a local union...Tags: Juan Vargas, U.S. Congress, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...
Tags: Republican Party, Gun Control, Laws, Elections, National Rifle Association of America
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Sen. Barbara Boxer backs Mike Feuer in city attorney race
L.A. NOWFormer lawmaker Mike Feuer, running in a contentious race for Los Angeles city attorney, has added Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to his list of endorsements by elected officials.... -
Emanuel Pleitez will be running for L.A. mayor -- literally
L.A. NOWLong shot candidate Emanuel Pleitez is running for mayor of L.A. like nobody before him: In sneakers, shorts and, one hopes, plenty of sunscreen.... -
L.A. mayoral election a wide-open contest
For decades becoming mayor of one of the nation's most ethnically diverse big cities revolved around a simple election strategy: dominate a couple of key voting blocs, then grab enough ballots from other slices of the metropolis to claim victory. Tom...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Zev Yaroslavsky, Entertainment, Minority Groups, Elections
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice and Rights, Bella Abzug
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For David O. Russell, an entry in his own 'Silver Linings Playbook'
The last time David O. Russell went to the White House, to screen “Three Kings” for Bill Clinton in 1999, he brought his 5-year-old son Matthew. Russell didn’t fully know it then, but a world of struggle loomed for the boy, who grappled...
Tags: Vice (movie), Academy Awards, Entertainment, Bill Clinton, Jennifer Lawrence
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Dec 19, 2012
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