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Newton: Endorsement games
Over the past few weeks, the race for mayor of Los Angeles has been less a contest of ideas and leadership than it's been an endorsement roulette, with Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti trotting out their latest pledges of support as...
Tags: White House, Local Government, Barack Obama, Wendy Greuel, Local Elections
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Carmen Trutanich lags in endorsements against Mike Feuer
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich offers an explanation for why his reelection challenger has racked up the lion's share of endorsements as the May 21 runoff approaches: "He's part of the old-boys club; he's a career politician and I'm independent."...
Tags: Mike Feuer, John Tyler, Legal Service, Jack Weiss, Elections
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No excuses for using the term 'wetback'
After Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) used "wetbacks" in an interview last week to describe the migrant workers who were once employed on his family's farm in California — and quickly apologized for uttering the slur —- The Times published an...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Franklin Park, Don Young, Thornton, Social Issues
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Eric Garcetti comes out against moving LAX runway
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti came out Monday against a plan to move the northernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport, putting him in line with neighborhood activists near LAX and at odds with one of the city's biggest business...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Los Angeles International Airport, Politics
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Endorsements help define Garcetti and Greuel
Since winning spots in the mayoral runoff, Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel have been scurrying around Los Angeles rolling out new endorsements as they seek to gain an edge in what is expected to be a tight, low-turnout election. In statewide and national...
Tags: Magic Johnson, Salma Hayek, Polls, Political Candidates, Wendy Greuel
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U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters targets colleague in LAX runway battle
In a sign of the high stakes and hardening political positions surrounding a major runway relocation project at Los Angeles International Airport, two of the state’s most powerful Democrats have come down sharply at odds on the issue. U.S. Rep....
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Federal Aviation Administration, Los Angeles International Airport, Bill Rosendahl, Henry Waxman
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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: Washington, DC, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Local Elections, Barney Frank
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Rivals take new shots at Greuel over L.A. ticket-fixing service
L.A. NOWL.A. City Controller and mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel took new fire for her handling of a special service at City Hall that dismissed parking tickets for special applicants.... -
Jan Perry banks on grass-roots support in L.A. mayor race
Despite her rivals raising more money and garnering more attention in Los Angeles' mayoral race, City Councilwoman Jan Perry said Saturday she should not be counted out. “People focus on money as a measure of status, and if this was a race just...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Jan Perry, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections
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LAX neighbors question north runway separation plan
L.A. NOWNeighbors of LAX turned out in force at a public hearing to protest plans to separate the two northern runways by 260 feet for safety and efficiency reasons.... -
Greuel makes play for African American voters in L.A. mayor's race
L.A. NOWLos Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel made a play for African American voters Saturday, rolling out a list of endorsements from black leaders and invoking the memory of Mayor Tom Bradley at the opening of her campaign office on Crenshaw Boulevard.... -
Congressional leaders stumping in California races
PolitiCalCongressional leaders are in California this week to help raise money for candidates in hot congressional races. The state is seen as a key to which party will control the House of Representatives next year....
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