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Whose attacks ads are those?
Of the many ways in which independent expenditures distort modern political life, among the most destructive is the obliteration of candidate accountability. The campaign for mayor of Los Angeles offers, unfortunately, the latest reminder. --------------...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Hotels, Politics, Elections
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In low-profile race, Zine and Galperin have a feisty final debate
In their feisty final debate before election day, controller candidates Dennis Zine and Ron Galperin repeatedly hammered an insider-versus-outsider theme, seeking to convince voters they would be best prepared to be the city's next chief auditor and...
Tags: Government, Dennis P. Zine, Public Officials, Polls, Local Elections
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Attack ads in L.A. mayor's race seek Latino votes
The importance of Latinos in next week's mayoral election was highlighted again Wednesday as a new round of dueling attacks ads emerged seeking to undermine both candidates' appeal to Spanish-speaking voters. In one spot appearing on Spanish-language...
Tags: Government, Parties and Movements, Eric Garcetti, Social Issues, Executive Branch
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Billboard companies playing big role in L.A. city election
Advertising company Lamar sued the city of Los Angeles two months ago, demanding the right to install new digital billboards in such neighborhoods as Sherman Oaks, Silver Lake, Glassell Park and the Fairfax district. Lamar's involvement in city politics...
Tags: Trials, Government, Dennis P. Zine, Rocky Delgadillo, Clear Channel Communications Inc.
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Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Racism, Chicago Elections, Local Elections, Primaries
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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lifestyle and Leisure, Music, George Plimpton, Arts and Culture
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Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti lay sniping aside
Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to non-controversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. A week before voters go to the polls,...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Teaching and Learning, Rentals, Eric Garcetti, Students
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L.A. Votes: Mayoral candidates skip overt attacks, focus on education
After months of slashing at each other's integrity and trustworthiness, mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti largely put aside their differences with one week left before the May 21 election as they supported non-controversial education...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Eric Garcetti, AEG, Jan Perry, Local Elections
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Discovery of $43 million prompts city oversight of 'special funds'
This post has been updated and corrected. See below for details.Following the discovery of nearly $43 million that accumulated unnoticed for 17 years in a Transportation Department account, Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian called Tuesday for more transparency for other so-called special funds that he said...Tags: Paul Krekorian, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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'Living wage' at issue in L.A. mayoral campaign
The pickup truck tooled around Highland Park on Saturday morning, loudspeakers in back crooning in Spanish: "Wendy, la Wendy. We're gonna vote. $15 an hour we'll make. Wendy, la Wendy, we're gonna dance. Eric Garcetti start crying." A political mailer...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Los Angeles International Airport, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Eric Garcetti
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Eric Garcetti assails minimum-wage mailer sent by Wendy Greuel allies
A new mailer sent out by Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel's allies to Latino voters that strongly suggests voting for her will result in an increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour drew sharp criticism from her rival Monday. In addition to...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles Hotels, Local Elections
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Hotel workers sing of la Wendy (Greuel) and $15 an hour wages
The union representing hotel workers in Los Angeles has been out in force campaigning for Wendy Greuel for mayor. In large part that's because union leaders said Greuel told them she supports their proposal to impose a $15-an-hour minimum wage at big...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Eric Garcetti, Labor Legislation, Los Angeles Hotels
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