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Tag: Antonio Villaraigosa

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In Los Angeles, a Different Kind of Political Race

By Bill Boyarsky —

L.A. is having an election for mayor, a slogging, nuts-and-bolts sort of contest that doesn’t resemble the popular image of this challenging city.

Posted on Feb 8, 2013 READ MORE

Watch: Democrats Reinsert ‘God,’ ‘Jerusalem’ Into Party Platform

The official Democratic Party Platform should have been approved easily during a vote, but it wasn’t. Instead, it became a moment of opportunity for the Republicans after a commotion erupted among Democrats on the convention floor over removal of the words “God” and “Jerusalem” from the platform.

Posted on Sep 5, 2012 READ MORE

Raining on Obama’s Gay Pride Parade

Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama’s gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets.

Posted on May 15, 2012 READ MORE | 9 COMMENTS

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Raining on Obama’s Gay Pride Parade

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Occupy L.A.: Decamped but Not Deterred

Despite being swarmed and ejected by LAPD officers early Wednesday morning, members of the Occupy movement’s Los Angeles contingent are regrouping and figuring out how to put their collective power to best use in other similar demonstrations in the future.

Posted on Dec 1, 2011 READ MORE | 5 COMMENTS

AP / Dan Steinberg

You Can Arrest an Idea

By Robert Scheer —

Count the liberal mayor of Los Angeles as one of those apologists for suppressing truth in the name of civic order.

Posted on Dec 1, 2011 READ MORE | 201 COMMENTS

AP / Jason Redmond

LAPD Uses a Lighter Touch While Evicting Occupiers

Hoping to avoid the kind of bad press that other city governments and police forces (ahem, Oakland) recently earned for their ham-fisted mistreatment of Occupy outposts, the Los Angeles Police Department took a slightly different tack early on Monday morning in its attempt to oust Occupy L.A. ... (more)

Posted on Nov 28, 2011 READ MORE | 3 COMMENTS

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L.A. Mayor Gives Occupiers an Eviction Notice

It’s not like Los Angeles’ slickster Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would have missed out on that multicity conference call that Oakland’s Jean Quan squeaked about to the press. So it’s not surprising that on Friday, as he visited the Occupy L.A. encampment to pay tribute to the spirit of the movement ... (more)

Posted on Nov 25, 2011 READ MORE | 15 COMMENTS

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L.A. Has a Change of Heart, Decides to Evict Occupiers

Despite showing support early on for the protesters occupying their lawn, the people who run L.A. City Hall have decided the occupation “cannot continue indefinitely.” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa complained to the Los Angeles Times, “The lawn is dead, our sprinklers aren’t working … our trees are without water.” (more)

Posted on Oct 26, 2011 READ MORE | 15 COMMENTS

AP / Robert Durell

Divided on Unions

By Bill Boyarsky —

In the national battle over the future of unions, labor’s greatest danger is division among liberals over schoolteachers’ rights in dismissals, evaluation testing, assignments, promotions and tenure.

Posted on Mar 1, 2011 READ MORE | 35 COMMENTS

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