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"Councilman Ed Reyes needs boots to wade through Medical Marijuana issue"One of the most tired political cliches has to be, "its for the children". For CD 1 City Councilman Ed Reyes, his cliche of choice in the Medical Marijuana saga is , "its all about the" [...] 
"Buck me if you dare peons"IBEW's Boss Brian D'Arcy and his cohorts just whack CD 2 Council Candidate Paul Krekorian, with one funny political mailer.From the Ethics Website.Local 18 Water and Power Defense League (IBEW) Los Angeles, CA 90004 (Independent Expenditure) Oppose Paul Krekorian [...] 
" District Attorney Steve Cooley and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, are not going to Pot"Its 8:15 AM and Medical Marijuana is all over the radio air waves.Just finish listening to KFI's Newsman Eric Leonard, debrief Talk Show Host Bill Handel on the latest, regarding the Los' [...] 
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa swears in LAPD Chief Charlie BeckPhoto from LA Times Al Seib From the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles City Council today appointed Charlie Beck as the city's new police chief.
From Cheech and Chong's "Up in Smoke", "That doobie should cure my cancer for good".They came by the hundreds to witness government in action from behind the horseshoe on Spring Street.What brought out this crowd to witness 15 highly paid politicians in action? Budget cuts?' [...] 
"AEG's Tim Lieweke and a couple of civic friends" The LA Weekly is reporting this afternoon that AEG will pay an undisclosed amount of money to offset public cost for the non-permitted AEG/Michael Jackson Memorial. By Tibby Rothman and Dennis Romero
"I knew they love me at the Chamber of Commerce"Will numbers such as these from Downtown business interest equate to victory on December 8 for Council District two candidate Chris Essel?LA Jobs PAC Sponsored by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles, CA [...] 
"Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa off to Europe in December"We break away from our 24/7 coverage of CD 2/CD 14 to bring you these briefs on the other political happenings within our local collectivist fiefdoms.** The "Latino Tony Blair" who is known to us locally as "Mayor" [...] 
The "Great White Ghost" of CD 14 politics has spoken. He was the enabler who gave special meaning to the "ins and outs" of constituent services, in a time when "cut and pasting" involved exacta knives, rulers, cardboard, and rubber cement.His driving exploits, would of [...] 
I have always loved Dune and the strong ecological themes embedded throughout the science fiction series. We are not as bad off as Arrakis in our semi arid Los Angeles region but touring the Bay Area Delta last April opened my eyes [...]
(all photos courtesy of Jose Aguilar)
As a late radio commentator once uttered: “You’ve heard the news. Now it’s time for the rest of the story.”
The first heated exchange involved the Fuentes-Krekorian connection. Chris attempted to [...]
It was shades of “Point, Counterpoint” from SNL, one of the classic comedy routines from the golden age of the show with Jane Curtain and Dan Aykroyd trading barbs over politics.
The routine itself was a spoof of a popular 60 Minutes segment pitting opposing, [...]
"Community Redevelopment Agency Head Cecilia Estolano, in better times among the goats"Memo to Downtown News Editor Jon Regardie, what is Italian for resignation?Regardie and his staff break the story this evening that CRA head Cecilia Estolano is leaving the organization after three plus years [...] 
"Paul Krekorian can breathe easier when you see this photo"Politics always first:Excuse the momentary diversion from our local "three ring political circus" at 200 Spring Street, to give these brief summaries on yesterday's events. The two regional fishwraps that comprise local print coverage, the Westside's [...] 
Photo credit: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times
"MTA meetings be damned!!, Constituents, no habla/comprende!!, I'm pre-occupy with these!!" Your thoughts and comments appreciated
" Mayor Villaraigosa's official residence at Getty House"The stage crafters and image makers will be working overnight in preparation for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's announcement of his choice to replace the departed LAPD Chief Bill Bratton, on Tuesday at 11:00 AM from Getty House.This announcement and the [...] 
Another staffer has left the field office. We take you to the the "contact us" section of CD 14 Councilman Jose Huizar's website. Direct your attention to the staff directory for the Boyle Heights Field Office. Who is missing from this list?Jesse Leon, Boyle' [...] Michael Higby, Phil Jennerjahn, Red Spot in CD 14, Joe B., solomon, Edward Headington, Mayor Sam
