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Ganging up on Greuel [Blowback]
More often than not, columnist Jim Newton gets things right. But his analysis of Controller Wendy Greuel’s campaign for mayor of Los Angeles, which I advised, is dead wrong. Newton: "Greuel never introduced herself in a positive way to voters."...Tags: Mitt Romney, Jan Perry, Barbara Boxer, Referenda, Planned Parenthood
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Letters: Dissecting the mayor's race
Re "Greuel team lost control of message, insiders say," May 27 While I agree that Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel's mayoral campaign was wrought with missteps and mixed messages, I think The Times overlooks the fact that Mayor-elect Eric...Tags: Local Elections, Wendy Greuel
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L. A. council votes to merge planning, building departments
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Los Angeles council members agreed Wednesday to draw up a transition plan to merge city departments dealing with planning and development into a single agency that would process building and business permits in a more timely and cost-efficient manner....Tags: Justin Bieber, Politics, Elections, Disneyland Park, Consumers
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Let's start with some little things, Mr. Garcetti
To be fair, crumbling infrastructure isn't entirely a negative story, and I was reminded of this while driving through my neighborhood last week. There are sections of Silver Lake Boulevard, near the Hollywood Freeway, where driving is like slalom...
Tags: Politics, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Local Elections, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting
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Sizing up Garcetti
In electing Eric Garcetti mayor, Los Angeles got someone who is very smart, a little wonky, fairly young, kind of hip, someone at ease with power and fame but who likes to drop names. He has more of an intellectual bent than any mayor in recent memory. He...Tags: Labor Legislation, Barack Obama, Occupy Los Angeles, Career and Workplace
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The mayor-elect's partner in life
Midway through his election-night victory speech, Eric Garcetti turned toward the cluster of family on the stage behind him and invited his wife to step forward. He thanked her for "making our life work" under the stress of his run for mayor of Los...
Tags: Politics, Labor Markets, Elections, Howard Dean, PATH
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Spending in L.A. mayor's race breaks records
Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest. Candidate super PACs and so-called...Tags: Gil Cedillo, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport, Eli Broad, Human Interest
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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, Local Elections, Elections, Government, Public Employees
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Ron Kaye: It's time for divisions to cease
In the dismal Los Angeles election cycle that mercifully concluded on May 21, much was made about the lack of women in high places if Wendy Greuel didn't win the mayor's race. Greuel herself played the gender card over and over, with pictures of her...
Tags: Slavery, U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln, Career and Workplace, Politics
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L.A. Now Live: Are unions losing influence in L.A. politics?
The largest and the most free-spending labor organizations in Los Angeles placed a large bet on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and rolled snake eyes. The county Federation of Labor and IBEW Local 18 also wagered on newcomer candidates for City Council and...
Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Mayor-elect Garcetti, hire these ex-pols!
You won’t see politicians lined up at the unemployment office, but every election means that some defeated officials wind up out of work. It happened again in this week’s L.A. city election. So let us ask not what the city can do for them,...
Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Elections, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Dennis P. Zine
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Metro board approves Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Village station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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