EASTSIDER-I know it’s hard for anyone to write honestly about race, but as a third generation Californian, I’ll give it a whirl. With a different context.
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In recent weeks I have written a series of columns exposing another quickly unfolding City Hall real estate scam,
MY TURN-If you talk to anyone from a variety of other countries on the topic of Trump and his wacko supporters, you will get just about the same opinion: They think that Americans have lost their minds.
ALPERN AT LARGE--A funny thing happened when the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) raised the issue of regular street-sweeping on Centinela Blvd. in West Los Angeles
DONE WATCH-On Tuesday, August 14,Councilmembers David Ryu and Gil Cedillo introduced a motion that helped put the kybosh on the jenky sub-division process.
GUEST COMMENTARY-The West LA Sawtelle Neighborhood Council is once again in the depths of despair due to yet another ADA complaint.
Two years from now, California voters may have a chance to touch the third rail of state politics.
THE WORLD TURNS--My relatives are losing their minds. Literally. There’s a mother whose strokes in her hippocampus have left her with no short-term memory.
WORLD WATCH--In my last CityWatch article, I argued that the ultimate solution to the Palestinian refugees’ right of return rests on resettlement and/or compensation.
LA WATCHDOG--Charter Amendment B: Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the City to establish a municipal financial institution or bank?
DEEGAN ON LA-You know the feeling-- that things just aren’t like they used to be, whether it’s housing, zoning, civility or politics, but you may not appreciate the dynamic that is interfering so successfully with a change in the status quo.
@THE GUSS REPORT-We had some fun with the toadies at the Los Angeles Times last week to see whether an embarrassed politician can be prompted to run to the newspaper’s servile reporters for some TLC (Tender Loving Cover) and damage control PR.
RESPECT--The Queen of Soul, the “voice of black America”, Lady Soul, arguably the greatest singer in living memory –
CORRUPTION WATCH-One of the acts of tyranny which prompted Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence was a corrupt judicial system where the whims of men, primarily King George’s, supplanted rule of law.
RANTZ & RAVEZ-This summer some of my motorcycle friends and I rode our Harleys and BMWs nearly 5,000 miles during the months of July and August to destination points starting in the west in California and traveling east to Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming and finally, the Grand Daddy of them all, Sturgis, South Dakota.
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CityWatch Today: Art and Music … Resistance In the Ruins
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GUEST COMMENTARY--Last week, as part of its ongoing terror campaign, a series of air strikes conducted by "the world's most moral army" virtually leveled Gaza's five-story al-Meshal Theater and Cultural Center, a cherished cultural landmark for local artists and writers, to "make residents feel the price of escalation."
Insider Coverage: Florida Wants to Help Bullied Kids … Unless They’re Gay
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POLITICS--A new anti-bullying program in Florida sounds so good on paper. The first of its kind in the nation, it gives public money to kids who have been victims of bullying and helps them attend private school. Florida Gov. Scott (R) touted it as an example of government stepping in to do good.
“Every child in Florida should have the opportunity to get a great education at the school of their choice so they can achieve their dreams,” Scott said in March upon signing the bill into law.
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