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Term limits do not create a class of "citizens legislators," who are public servants for one brief, shining moment in time, and then resume their private lives. I think term limits should be repealed all together.
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The Los Angeles City Council today passed a measure changing the title of Specialist Reserve Officers (SROs) to Specialist Volunteers, and eliminating a $15 per deployment stipend.
The 405 sits empty during Carmageddon weekend.
What if our representative form of government garnered as much attention as traffic congestion? What would happen if elections, public hearings, legislative decisions and the like became an event like the much-anticipated Carmageddon?
Leaving California? Mount Whitney in Inyo County | Creative Commons photo by Alan Vernon
Under Stone's secession proposal, which made the rounds of national news this past week, 13 of California's 58 counties would be carved off to form the new state of "South California."
The stadium deal will be voted on, and no one - including council members - will have the answers Angeleños deserve.
Bruce Babbit, left, and Barack Obama, right
Can President Obama use the environment as a wedge issue in the 2012 campaign? Here's how he might.
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California lawmakers killed a bill that would have prohibited lobbyists and their employers from giving lawmakers gifts. Why let the integrity of the governmental processes get in the way of a good dodger game?
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Conservative businessman Craig Huey achieved a political upset by finishing as one of the top two voter-getters in the special election to fill former Rep. Jane Harman's set. How did he do it?
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L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa has recommended a plan which he suggests better reflects the new reality, with more resources spent on medical response, and fewer on fire trucks and fire fighters.
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There is a bill pending in the state legislature which would require states to award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
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Neil Derry, a San Bernardino County Supervisor, has been a vocal proponent of increase disclosure and more stringent ethics rules, now finds himself at the center of an ethical scandal, having been charged with failing to disclose the identity of those...
The remarks are the latest in an on-going dispute that started last fall over the placement of Yogi Bear posters in three L.A. parks.
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