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Newton: Decision time for L.A.
As the campaign for mayor of Los Angeles has played out over the last two years, the complaints I've heard most often are that none of the candidates has reached for big ideas, that the field has lacked big personalities and that the two finalists are...
Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, National Government, Elections
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Newton: Endorsement games
Over the past few weeks, the race for mayor of Los Angeles has been less a contest of ideas and leadership than it's been an endorsement roulette, with Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti trotting out their latest pledges of support as...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Howard Dean, Kevin James, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Giving kids a view to a better future
Bosko Magana, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Dolores Mission School in Boyle Heights, began noticing about a year ago that her world was getting a little fuzzy around the edges. But eyeglasses didn't fit into the family budget. Joanna Hernandez, 13,...
Tags: Vehicles, Health and Safety at School, Alcon Incorporated, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Newton: Courting the Valley
It was just over a decade ago that the San Fernando Valley tried to break away from Los Angeles and become its own city, one roughly the size of Philadelphia. The effort was a fairly resounding flop. The city as a whole rejected secession by a two-...
Tags: Judaism, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Kevin James, White House
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Newton: Greuel's hot hand
It's still very, very early in the campaign to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, but right now, it's City Controller Wendy Greuel who's playing the hot hand. The only independent poll shows her in a tie with City Council President Eric Garcetti and...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections, Career and Workplace
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Newton: Which mayoral team will it be?
The job of mayor requires a governing philosophy in order to guide the city and its policies. But it also requires administrative competence, the ability to manage effectively. It is the mayor's job to smartly choose the managers and commissioners who run...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Kevin James, Elections, AIDS
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Newton: The city that could be
Over the last couple of weeks, I've spent considerable time with the leading candidates for mayor, asking them about their approach to governance, watching them campaign and trying to get a feel for what distinguishes each from the others. Specifically,...
Tags: Eli Broad, Jim Newton, Wendy Greuel, Politics, Local Elections
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Jim Newton: The race to succeed Mayor Villaraigosa
In the early positioning in the race to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, most of the political energy is being generated by two candidates who are fighting for long-shot status. Developer Rick Caruso and investment banker Austin Beutner both want to be...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Republican Party, Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Who will be L.A.'s next mayor?
Los Angeles' mayoral election is still nearly two years away, but the field of candidates already is taking shape. And the race is certain to present voters with starkly different choices about who should run Los Angeles next. More contenders...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Regional Authority, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Local Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Newton: Left-right tension under Greuel's tent
Controller Wendy Greuel pulled off a surprising coup last week when she secured the endorsement of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor despite an acknowledgment by many labor leaders that they feel closer philosophically to her opponent, Councilman...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Kevin James, Elections, Labor Legislation
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Newton: Decision time in the L.A. mayor's race
The candidates for mayor of Los Angeles have been at it for more than a year, some much longer than that. Together, they have spent nearly $15 million. They've participated in so many debates that they can now address just about any topic — from...
Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Kevin James, Elections
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Newton: Schools and City Hall
To the cynically tuned ear, two remarks by Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti in recent days seem to suggest the perils of a mayoral candidacy dependent, at least in some measure, on support from United Teachers Los Angeles, the union that represents...
Tags: Judges, Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Kevin James, Antonio Villaraigosa
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