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August 07 2025

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August 03 2026

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August 13 2026

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August 10 2026

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##  [ Here’s the Big Question for LA’s Homeless Crisis: Millions of Tax Dollars Spent on What and … for Whom? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18349:here-s-the-big-question-for-la-s-homeless-crisis-millions-of-tax-dollars-spent-on-what-and-for-whom&catid=312)

RantZ & RaveZ readers, I have some really bad news for you which is no surprise to me and others who have not and no longer trust our government leaders in Los Angeles, LA County and Sacramento. Here’s what’s wrong: Reason #1. They…

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## [Goodbye Republicans, Hello JFK Democrats ... Now You’re Both Old, Grumpy, Discriminating Regressives!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18348:goodbye-republicans-hello-jfk-democrats-now-you-re-both-old-grumpy-discriminating-regressives&catid=312)

Government oversight was cherished and respected, and government restraint was demanded and proclaimed as "good government". That is now over in the state of California, and much of the United States. Oh, it's progress, all right...jus…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 26 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on August 26 2019.

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Written by Hydee Feldstein on August 26 2019.

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