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IT'S time for honest talk in Sacramento.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has certainly learned a thing or two during his Hollywood years about manipulating public opinion. Read Full Artice...
... though not necessarily for the right reason
SOMETIMES Los Angeles leaders do make the right decisions, though not always for the right reasons, or without a little prompting. Read Full Artice...
THERE'S a reason why Los Angeles City Council members have been grappling for years with the controversial issue of waiving fees for special events without coming to a conclusion: They just can't win on it. Read Full Artice...
The Los Angeles Unified School District's massive consulting budget - much like the district itself - is murky and of questionable value. Read Full Artice...
Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, took over as speaker Tuesday amid much fanfare about being the first African-American woman to lead the California Assembly - or any other legislative body in the nation's history. Read Full Artice...
Last month, when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed that the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office make do with a mere 3 percent increase in funding for the next fiscal year, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo hit the roof. Read Full Artice...
Bipartisanship can come in two forms, the good and the bad. Good bipartisanship is when parties put their differences aside to work for the public interest. Bad bipartisanship is when they put their differences aside to work against it. Read Full Artice...
Even if he were offering to do the job for free, Marcus Allen would be a dubious choice to be Los Angeles' next chief administrative officer. Read Full Artice...
TWO points are made starkly clear by the information in today's Daily News stories about Los Angeles city salaries. The first is that much of the city's budget deficit can be directly attributed to soaring public-employee wages. Read Full Artice...
I'VE just returned from a three-week dash across America, with stops in West Palm Beach, Houston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Denver and beautiful, livable and surprisingly hip Kansas City. The trip was exhausting yet exhilarating. Read Full Artice...
ANITA Shaw says, "My country let me down." It's hard to argue with her. Not only did America let Anita Shaw down, so did California and Los Angeles. Read Full Artice...
I am unapologetically enraged at the brutal indifference of this city to an epidemic of murder. We need candidates and money to challenge every member of the City Council. We need new political blood to stop the bloodshed in the streets of L.A. Read Full Artice...
SPEND it on candy, or save it?
That used to be my childhood plight on the occasions when I came into any spare change. And invariably, I chose to trade my small fortune for goodies from the neighborhood convenience store. Read Full Artice...
I'M not one to sneer at the pages of sex ads in alternative publications like the LA Weekly, possibly because the hopeful and oddly sweet faces of the hookers in the seedy ads get my true sympathies. Read Full Artice...
Every time I've curled up in front of the TV to watch a world-class brawl, I reflect on how much boxing is like being a columnist: Bluster comes at you from the other corner. You have to pick just the right moment to come out swinging. Read Full Artice...
Climbing the Golden Gate Bridge two days before the San Francisco leg of the Olympic torch relay wasn't the first time Laurel Sutherlin had unfurled the banner "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet. Read Full Artice...
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