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Letters on letters: No excuse for not voting
Judging by the hundreds of letters we received on L.A.'s mayoral campaign (and other races) between the March 5 primary and Tuesday's election, Angelenos weren't exactly thrilled watching the candidates engage in political fisticuffs for nearly three...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, Human Interest, Memorial Day
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Ron Kaye: It's time for divisions to cease
In the dismal Los Angeles election cycle that mercifully concluded on May 21, much was made about the lack of women in high places if Wendy Greuel didn't win the mayor's race. Greuel herself played the gender card over and over, with pictures of her...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Memorial Day, Slavery, Politics
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Garcetti's advantage
As Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti assembles his new administration, it is interesting, and encouraging, to note the odd confluence of circumstances that will leave him beholden less to factions or special interests and more to the people of Los Angeles....
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Government, Elections, Bankruptcy, Politics
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L.A. Now Live: Are unions losing influence in L.A. politics?
The largest and the most free-spending labor organizations in Los Angeles placed a large bet on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and rolled snake eyes. The county Federation of Labor and IBEW Local 18 also wagered on newcomer candidates for City Council and...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Elections, Politics, Local Elections
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Mayor-elect Garcetti, hire these ex-pols!
You won’t see politicians lined up at the unemployment office, but every election means that some defeated officials wind up out of work. It happened again in this week’s L.A. city election. So let us ask not what the city can do for them,...
Tags: Elections, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Carmen Trutanich, Dennis P. Zine, Politics
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Metro board approves Crenshaw Line's Leimert Park Village station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved $80 million for an underground train station in Leimert Park Village along the Crenshaw Line, ending two years of uncertainty over the station's future. The motion, sponsored by L.A....
Tags: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Antonio Villaraigosa, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles International Airport
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City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion
The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Herb Wesson, Government, Los Angeles Police Department, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Villaraigosa, Garcetti pledge smooth transition in mayor's office
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor on Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House where he told reporters that the city councilman had his "full support." Garcetti,...
Tags: Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Finance, Wendy Greuel, Economy, Business and Finance
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, David Koch, Government, Unions
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L.A. mayor: Villaraigosa, Garcetti promise 'seamless transition'
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House, where he told reporters that the city councilman had his “full support.”...
Tags: Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Wendy Greuel, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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RPT-Los Angeles' new mayor: hipster, Rhodes Scholar, budget fixer?
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to story) By Sharon Bernstein and Tim Reid LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - A Rhodes Scholar and urban planning wonk in a city that generally prefers its politicians to be less eclectic, Los Angeles mayor-elect Eric Garcetti will...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Civil and Public Service, Government, Health and Safety at Work, Media Industry
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Eric Garcetti's winning strategy took Wendy Greuel strongholds
Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race despite Greuel’s overwhelming support in heavily African American neighborhoods. The city controller's strength among black voters in South L.A. was too little to make up for...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Parties and Movements, Wendy Greuel, Richard Riordan, Elections
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