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TRANSIT LA-Since March 19, 2020, California has been under COVID-19 restrictions, and Metro is just now discussing the possibilities of requiring all bus and train riders to wear face masks.
ALPERN AT LARGE--Much of the problem with current liberal politics--and it's probably tearing up moderate liberals the most (the so-called "JFK Democrats" or "Blue Dog Democrats) is that things are evolving and without coherence so fast that it's difficult to determine who to despise more, President Trump, Governor Newsom, or Mayor Garcetti.
OTHERWORDS--I’ve held off saying what I have to say for a while because I don’t want to engage in “both sides-ism.”
LAST OF A SERIES-It’s not fair to our kids to saddle them with costs from today’s workforce, and it’s not fair to today’s workforce if we’re not setting aside enough money to pay what they’ve been promised.
RANTZ & RAVEZ-We have all witnessed the recent changing attitudes of family members, neighbors, and friends.
EASTSIDER-Dear Governor Newsom: Since you control, directly or indirectly, the majority of the CalPERS Board, it is likely that you would be blamed if there’s a major CalPERS crisis. Thus, this letter.
REVIEW-Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs's new film is so full of weak analysis, misinformation, and misplaced invective that I worry it will cause more harm than good.
ONE MAN’S OPINION-There are varying degrees of destruction.
GELFAND’S WORLD--There are a few points that have been established pretty soundly about the epidemic:
COUNTERPUNCH-Bernie Sanders has routinely called Trump a “pathological liar.”
DEEGAN ON LA-The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day was recently celebrated on April 22.
PUBLIC HEALTH POLITICS-The image above, is to me, an example of “Best Practices” for a pharmacy -- a glassed-in barrier with minimal openings for prescriptions, and pharmacy personnel wearing face masks and disposable gloves.
ALPERN AT LARGE--It's again worthy of repetition--my suggestion that (and it's hardly mine alone) if you want to be a partisan hack, you certainly can be...but you're probably not likely to help anyone.
@TheGussReport – In recent weeks, this column documented LA City Council president Nury Martinez’s struggle to embrace the tedium of her leadership role as one of the most powerful local lawmakers in the United States.
CLIMATE POLITICS-Stop cutting down trees for biomass. . .STOP WOODY BIOMASS!
AN ONGOING SERIES--Twice in recent years the LACERS Board has rejected the recommendation of its expert, longtime actuary to lower its annual investment earning assumption to 7.00%.
ONE MAN’S OPINION-The SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is the name of the virus, while Covid-19 is the name given to the disease.
AT LENGTH-The thing about a crisis is that it brings out both the best and the worst in people.
INSIDER REPORT--I wasn’t at all surprised when former LA City Councilman Mitchell Englander was caught up in a City Hall corruption probe and pleaded guilty to a charge that will almost certainly lead to a prison term.
DEATH WATCH-Los Angeles reports that its county’s low-income COVID deaths are triple the number of those of wealthier neighborhoods.
PLANNING WATCH-The modern lesson of the story of the Trojan horse is to be wary of unexpected gifts, knowing that Greek forces at war with Troy gave the city a faux peace offering, a hollowed out horse statue secretly filled with their troops.
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