Controller Zine? Doesn’t the City’s Chief Accountant/Auditor Need to Pass 2nd...
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever paid any attention to the mad rush to approve the massive investment of public resources and land in a football stadium and white elephant...
View ArticleHoodwinked at City Hall or Co-conspirators? AEG Selling Out to Profit from...
“This was always part of the game plan. It’s the right time for Mr. Anschutz to find an exit strategy.” — Tim Leiweke, CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, on the global sports and entertainment...
View ArticleLA’s Death Valley: AEG, Leiweke, Farmers Field and Council’s Uncritical...
Union uber-boss Maria Elena Durazo told the City Council’s ad hoc Farmer’s Field committee Monday not to worry about Phil Anschutz cashing in on the billion-dollar-plus gift of entitlements he’s...
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The Worst Call in the History of the Game: Bringing the NFL Back to LA — Not...
Of all the lies about Farmers Field that have been told over the last two years — and there have been some whoppers — the biggest by far is how we just gotta bring the NFL back to Los Angeles. There...
View ArticleSay It Ain’t So, Rick Caruso — How Billionaire Got Property Taxes Reduced on...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reporter Randy Economy and owner-publisher Brian Hews of the Los Cerritos Community Newspaper broke the story about the scandal in County Assessor John Noguez’s office nine months ago....
View ArticleA Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the AEG Movie: “Los Angeles — Open...
Councilwoman Jan Perry’s committee to sell the public on the Farmers Field/Convention Center deal met for the last time Monday to provide the stage for a dress rehearsal before the climax to the show...
View ArticleAEG Movie Act One: “LA — Open for Business or Up for Sale”
The first thing you need to understand about government in America today is that the public story has nothing to do with what is really going on behind the scenes in the political back rooms. That’s...
View ArticleAEG MOVIE ACT 3: “LA — Open for Business Or Up for Sale”
The silence of the sheep was almost deafening throughout the two years of pretend negotiations between City Hall and AEG over an NFL stadium. A handful of activists with various concerns like Joyce...
View ArticleAEG MOVIE ACT 4: “LA — Open for Business Or Up for Sale”
And the Oscar for political theater goes to … Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group for a brilliant performance running circles around LA’s politicians and bureaucrats and...
View ArticleMy Sunday Column: Seeking the Straight Story on the Billions the State...
Twenty months after Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Legislature abolished community redevelopment agencies statewide, local officials have gone through all the stages of grief — from horror to anger to...
View ArticleThe Antonio to Eric Handoff: LA’s Quality of Life Disaster — Deregulating...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former LA City Planner Dick Platkin, now Adjunct Instructor of City Planning at USC’s Price School of Social Policy, originally wrote this article on the devastating impact of the merger...
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