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Newton: An MTA power play
The transportation future of this region rests, in no small measure, with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. And that body's board is about to change. In part, that is because Los Angeles will be getting a new mayor. That mayor will sit on the...
Tags: Michael Antonovich , Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections, Politics, Local Elections
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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: Richard Riordan, Lobbying, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Newton: Who's on 1st (and Spring)?
I can't say for sure whether Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will run for mayor in 2013. I don't even know with certainty whether he's already made up his mind and is just stringing the rest of us along. What I can tell you without any...Tags: Television, Rick Caruso, Jan Perry, White House, Antonio Villaraigosa
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They're off and running in the L.A. mayor's race
If the Los Angeles mayoral election were held tomorrow, three candidates would be elbowing for the lead: City Councilman Eric Garcetti, City Controller Wendy Greuel and County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. That comes from a new poll, conducted by the Center...
Tags: Concerts, Social Issues, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections, Entertainment
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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: Government, Los Angeles, Staples Center, Richard Riordan, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Tim Leiweke: L.A. muscle man
How significant was Tim Leiweke to the deal between Anschutz Entertainment Group and Los Angeles for a football stadium? This is how significant: There is an escape clause in the agreement that makes the deal's closing contingent on either Leiweke's still...
Tags: AEG, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Media Industry, Corporate Officers, Elections
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Wanted: A mayor worthy of L.A.
Since my knee replacement surgery less than two weeks ago, I've been popping narcotic painkillers that come with long lists of potential side effects. Among them are vomiting, hallucinating and impaired thinking. It is perhaps that third one that made...
Tags: Chicago Elections, Human Interest, Kevin James, Richard Riordan, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Newton: Is Eric Garcetti mayoral material?
Eric Garcetti is one of the city's more likable public officials. He's smart, dapper, quietly confident, attentive to detail, seasoned enough to be taken seriously by power brokers but boyish enough to tend his Twitter feed. He's quite liberal but also...
Tags: Mexico, Jan Perry, Jim Newton, White House, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Poor care for veterans becomes campaign issue
Bob Rosebrock and I sat under a tree on the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs property, discussing his pet peeve: How the country is failing its veterans. There was plenty to talk about. Nearby was the gleaming $253-million California...
Tags: Radio, Republican Party, Veterans Affairs, NPR, Entertainment
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Newton: Free speech and L.A. County's supervisors
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors oversees a vast operation: It incarcerates thousands of inmates; it cares for children whose parents have abused or neglected them; it runs hospitals, clinics, beaches, harbors, parks and a welfare system. So...Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Don Knabe, Jim Newton, Abusive Behavior, Gloria Molina
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For Zev Yaroslavsky, a familiar end to a familiar saga
It was more than 20 years ago that I covered my first meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. As I headed to the chambers, a colleague advised me to take special note of two members: Richard Alatorre, he said, understood city politics better than anyone,...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government, Elections, Politics
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Newton: Villaraigosa's tarnished transit triumph
The recent passage of the federal transportation bill — and its inclusion of the program known as America Fast Forward — is a perfect microcosm of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's tenure. The program is good for the city and a credit...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, White House, Antonio Villaraigosa, Barbara Boxer
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