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Editor's Note: The following item was written in part as a response to the conflict of interest charges brought against an LAUSD manager accused of funneling business from the district's school building efforts. For more information about the charges against Bassam Raslan read, LA Now's: Grand
jury indicts a top LAUSD official.The citizens of Los...
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Margaret Henrich of Northridge is most likely not alone in trying to
switch from DWP generated power to her own solar panel-produced
electricity.
She’s followed all the rules, jumped through all the required hoops and
paid her money, yet after three months the DWP is billing her for her
electrical use because they won’t flip a switch...
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 Rooting for the home team has become the official business of the mayor of Los Angeles!King Antonio " Official Fan-designate of the City of Los Angeles" Villaraigosa has declared that he doesn't have to report gifts of tickets and other freebies as directed under the rules of the City Charter. You can’t make this stuff up.Root for the home team. Make it official business. Pass ‘go’ and don’t declare a $3,100 Laker ticket as a gift. Maybe two tickets; one for the ... |
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 "The recent Energy Cost Adjustment Factor fiasco left both the City and
the Department of Water and Power with a virtual black eye.”
So stated Controller Wendy Greuel in the opening sentence of her letter
of June 10 to Antonio Villaraigosa, Carmen Trutanich, and the City
Council.
The letter was an introduction to the report by Crowe Horwath, a Valley
based accounting firm, regarding DWP’s letter of April 5 threatening to
withhold from the City’s... |
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 One of the interesting things about living in Los Angeles is the contrasting views one sees and hears of what life in the City of Angels should look like. Do Angelenos want a house with a yard, an apartment within walking distance of stores and transportation, or a hilltop townhouse in a gated community miles from downtown? The answer is "yes," or so it would seem from the way LA has developed to include ample examples of all of these visions and more of life in the Sout... |
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 We are in for a busy summer and fall as our Department of Water and Power is preparing its Long Term Strategic Plan for both Water and Power. This involves the long term resource plans, the “simplification” of the Rate Structures, and a detailed review of its business, operations, and finances. In addition, we expect to see the implementation of the excellent recommendations of PA Consulting regarding the Energy Cost Adjustment Factor, and hopefully, further consid... |
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 How in the world can America’s second-biggest city have utter incompetents in key positions at City Hall?How did we wind up with a Mayor who could not pass the bar exam despite four tries, and a City Council that equates Arizona with Nazi Germany, who, together, have brought the City to the verge of bankruptcy despite near-record high revenues?It’s the voters, stupid.The registered voters of Los Angeles care about big issues. In the November 2008 election, over 1.2... |
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 Let's say that you run a company that has only one mission and you systemically, over years, objectively fail in that mission. Customers hate you and your shoddy work. Your finances are crumbling and you can't fire enough employees fast enough to balance your budget. Your own workers think you're incompetent too.So what do you do? Do you focus all your energy on fixing the core problem - better product, better customer satisfaction, improved financial situation - or do y... |
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