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| [Title](# "Select to sort by this column") | [Published Date](# "Select to sort by this column") | [Author](# "Select to sort by this column") |

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| [ Viewers Skip Commercials … Media Misses the Point ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3418-viewers-skip-commercials-media-misses-the-point) | July 05 2012 | Jonathan Dobrer |
| [ Are You Smart Enough to be a Citizen? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3419-are-you-smart-enough-to-be-a-citizen) | July 09 2012 | David Sirota |
| [ A Road Map to Neighborhood Council Power ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3420-a-road-map-to-neighborhood-council-power) | July 09 2012 | Greg Nelson |
| [ Can You Believe It, Iowa ‘Becoming Comfortable’ with Marriage Equality? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3421-can-you-believe-it-iowa-becoming-comfortable-with-marriage-equality) | July 09 2012 | Jacob Combs |
| [ City Still Rolling the Dice with 25 Million Gallons of Volatile Liquid Gas in LA’s Harbor Area ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3422-city-still-rolling-the-dice-with-25-million-gallons-of-volatile-liquid-gas-in-las-harbor-area) | July 09 2012 | Janet Gunter and Connie Rutter |
| [ Crime of the Century ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3423-crime-of-the-century) | July 09 2012 | Robert Scheer |
| [ Getting Naked and Renewed … for Just $15 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3424-getting-naked-and-renewed-for-just-15) | July 09 2012 | Jennifer Caldwell |
| [ Is the LAPD Gang Database the New Jim Crow Too? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3425-is-the-lapd-gang-database-the-new-jim-crow-too) | July 09 2012 | Janet Denise Kelly |
| [ Is the DWP Ratepayers Advocate Really Independent? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3426-is-the-dwp-ratepayers-advocate-really-independent) | July 09 2012 | Jack Humphreville |
| [ Jerry’s High Speed Rail: Another California Grand Scam ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3427-jerrys-high-speed-rail-another-california-grand-scam) | July 09 2012 | Lisa Cerda |
| [ NCs, Port of LA and South Korea Talk Jobs ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3428-ncs-port-of-la-and-south-korea-talk-jobs) | July 09 2012 | Bob Gelfand |
| [ Say "Hi" to California High-Speed Rail … For Better or For Worse ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3429-say-qhiq-to-california-high-speed-rail-for-better-or-for-worse) | July 09 2012 | Ken Alpern |
| [ Sex and Gossip: Only Way to Hold Voter Interest? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3430-sex-and-gossip-only-way-to-hold-voter-interest) | July 09 2012 | Jonathan Dobrer |
| [ The Community (Don't) Care Ordinance Will Make More Veterans Homeless ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3431-the-community-dont-care-ordinance-will-make-more-veterans-homeless) | July 09 2012 | Gregory Scott |
| [ Want Better Press? Be Better Press ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3432-want-better-press-be-better-press) | July 09 2012 | Stephen Box |
| [ Why Women Love John Roberts ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3433-why-women-love-john-roberts) | July 09 2012 | Martha Burk |
| [ Chinatown Walmart: Why Labor is Suing LA ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3434-chinatown-walmart-why-labor-is-suing-la) | July 09 2012 | Aiha Nguyen |
| [ Keep On Truckin’ … But Not Here ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3438-keep-on-truckin-but-not-here) | July 12 2012 | Joan Trossman Bien |
| [ Appreciating Undocumented Americans ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3439-appreciating-undocumented-americans) | July 12 2012 | Elisabeth Wehling and George Lakoff |
| [ A Road Map to Neighborhood Council Power-Part II ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3440-a-road-map-to-neighborhood-council-power-part-ii) | July 12 2012 | Greg Nelson |
| [ California’s High Speed Rail Derailed by Lawsuit ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3441-californias-high-speed-rail-derailed-by-lawsuit) | July 12 2012 | Lisa Cerda |
| [ A Light Proletarian Lunch … for Just $2 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3442-a-light-proletarian-lunch-for-just-2) | July 12 2012 | Jennifer Caldwell |
| [ A Good News-Bad News Transportation Law ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3443-a-good-news-bad-news-transportation-law) | July 12 2012 | Nora Mathison |
| [ Job by Job ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3444-job-by-job) | July 12 2012 | Bill Boyarsky |
| [ LA’s Port has a Bomb in Its Back Yard and Everybody’s Worried but the City ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3445-las-port-has-a-bomb-in-its-back-yard-and-everybodys-worried-but-the-city) | July 12 2012 | Jody James |
| [ MOCA is being Bain-ed ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3446-moca-is-being-bain-ed) | July 12 2012 | Sara Epstein |
| [ Police Union Puts Its Own Spin on Key Congressional Bill ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3447-police-union-puts-its-own-spin-on-key-congressional-bill) | July 12 2012 | Paul Hatfield |
| [ South LA’s Unfinished Business: CD 9 Candidates Need a Vision ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3448-south-las-unfinished-business-cd-9-candidates-need-a-vision) | July 12 2012 | Janet Denise Kelly |
| [ What NCs Learn from City Council: Some Good, Some Bad, Some Illegal ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3449-what-ncs-learn-from-city-council-some-good-some-bad-some-illegal) | July 12 2012 | Stephen Box |
| [ What Stinks at City Hall? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3450-what-stinks-at-city-hall) | July 12 2012 | Samuel Sperling |
| [ What is LA's Chief Accountant Hiding? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3451-what-is-las-chief-accountant-hiding) | July 12 2012 | Kevin James |
| [ Who’s Got the Problem Now? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3452-whos-got-the-problem-now) | July 12 2012 | Ken Alpern |
| [ Little Red Molly Hood Meets the Big Bad Wolf ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3453-little-red-molly-hood-meets-the-big-bad-wolf) | July 12 2012 | Tony Quinn |
| [ Romney Shows Integrity ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3454-romney-shows-integrity) | July 12 2012 | Jonathan Dobrer |
| [ A Surprise New Metro Rail Line Connection: Crazy Horse ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3455-a-surprise-new-metro-rail-line-connection-crazy-horse) | July 16 2012 | Ken Alpern |
| [ Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3456-are-millennials-the-screwed-generation) | July 16 2012 | Joel Kotkin |
| [ Deficits and Democracy--The Fallacy of Balanced Budgets ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3457-deficits-and-democracy-the-fallacy-of-balanced-budgets) | July 16 2012 | James Preston Allen |
| [ For South LA the Community Care Facilities Ordinance is Housing Apartheid ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3458-for-south-la-the-community-care-facilities-ordinance-is-housing-apartheid) | July 16 2012 | Janet Denise Kelly |
| [ The 'Freedom' to Refuse Health Insurance ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3459-the-freedom-to-refuse-health-insurance) | July 16 2012 | Mitchell Zimmerman |
| [ Giving People Reasons to Participate in Government ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3460-giving-people-reasons-to-participate-in-government) | July 16 2012 | Greg Nelson |
| [ +GM Kim Exits DONE for Civic Engagement Position in San Diego: “Invaluable Lessons Learned” ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3461-gm-kim-exits-done-for-civic-engagement-position-in-san-diego-invaluable-lessons-learned) | July 16 2012 | BongHwan Kim |
| [ “If Pigs Could Fly” and Other LA City Hall Financial Strategies ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3462-if-pigs-could-fly-and-other-la-city-hall-financial-strategies) | July 16 2012 | Paul Hatfield |
| [ LAPD Chalks Its Rubber Bullet Behavior Up to Vandalism ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3463-lapd-chalks-its-rubber-bullet-behavior-up-to-vandalism) | July 16 2012 | Stephen Box |
| [ Playing a Shell Game With the Truth: The District Attorney's Evidence Policies ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3464-playing-a-shell-game-with-the-truth-the-district-attorneys-evidence-policies) | July 16 2012 | Marisol Orihuela |
| [ Rumors of the Brown Act’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3465-rumors-of-the-brown-acts-demise-are-greatly-exaggerated) | July 16 2012 | Stephen Box |
| [ The San Bernardino Bankruptcy: A Wake Up Call for LA ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3466-the-san-bernardino-bankruptcy-a-wake-up-call-for-la) | July 16 2012 | Jack Humphreville |
| [ Why We Should be Worried about LA’s Flat-Lining Population ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3467-why-we-should-be-worried-about-las-flat-lining-population) | July 16 2012 | Cary Brazeman |
| [ Down Home Cookin’ With Lots of Soul … i.e. Pork Chop and Eggs for Just $8.66 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3468-down-home-cookin-with-lots-of-soul-ie-pork-chop-and-eggs-for-just-866) | July 16 2012 | Jennifer Caldwell |
| [ Chicken with a Side of Bigotry: Chick-fil-A's Ungodly Business Plan ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3469-chicken-with-a-side-of-bigotry-chick-fil-as-ungodly-business-plan) | July 19 2012 | Lorraine Devon Wilke |
| [ Councilman’s Fact Finding on Gas Hazards at LA’s Port … Short on Facts ](https://www.citywatchla.com/archive/3470-councilmans-fact-finding-on-gas-hazards-at-las-port-short-on-facts) | July 19 2012 | Connie Rutter |

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