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Newsmaker Q&A: Robert Donchez
Five-term Bethlehem City Councilman Robert Donchez clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor last week, all but assuring he will be the city's 12th mayor barring write-in votes or a third-party candidate in the general election. He'll be the first...Tags: Politics, Don Cunningham, John Callahan, Elections, Local Government
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Let's start with some little things, Mr. Garcetti
To be fair, crumbling infrastructure isn't entirely a negative story, and I was reminded of this while driving through my neighborhood last week. There are sections of Silver Lake Boulevard, near the Hollywood Freeway, where driving is like slalom...
Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti
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Primary election wins the vote for Burbank City Council
Burbank's primary election will live on after the City Council on Thursday decided not to pursue plans to cut the first of a two-step electoral process in order to save roughly $72,000 a year. Doing so would have required voter approval. The change...Tags: Politics, Elections, Google Inc., Easter, Primaries
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Letters on letters: No excuse for not voting
Judging by the hundreds of letters we received on L.A.'s mayoral campaign (and other races) between the March 5 primary and Tuesday's election, Angelenos weren't exactly thrilled watching the candidates engage in political fisticuffs for nearly three...
Tags: Politics, Memorial Day, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, Wendy Greuel
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City plans police chief-recruitment process
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — City staff is hoping to have Police Chief Mark Gillmore’s pending vacancy filled by the end of the year as he prepares to retire late June. The city discussed their plan in filling the chief’s eight-year run, during the...Tags: Politics, Elections, Advertising
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Ron Kaye: It's time for divisions to cease
In the dismal Los Angeles election cycle that mercifully concluded on May 21, much was made about the lack of women in high places if Wendy Greuel didn't win the mayor's race. Greuel herself played the gender card over and over, with pictures of her...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Minority Groups, Eric Garcetti, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Lehigh Valley low turnout thwarts democracy
I was a William F. Buckley Jr. devotee, not a hippie, as a high school student of the '60s. Still, even we young conservatives took note of the era's peace/love posters and their message, "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?" Tuesday offered us a...Tags: Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Lehigh County, Parties and Movements, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Tea Party Movement
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St. Charles names candidates for vacant city council seat
A yoga studio owner, a plumber and a school volunteer are among those who make up a field of 13 candidates vying to be appointed to a vacant St. Charles City Council seat. Nine men and four women applied to fill the 3rd Ward alderman seat that came open...Tags: Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Elections, Local Government
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Steel picks up Rohrabacher endorsement
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) has endorsed Michelle Steel for Orange County supervisor, according to an announcement from Steel's campaign this week. Steel, who lives in Surfside and serves as vice chairwoman on the state Board of Equalization,...Tags: Jim Silva, Ed Royce, Dana Rohrabacher, Sandra Hutchens, Allan R. Mansoor
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L.A. Now Live: Are unions losing influence in L.A. politics?
The largest and the most free-spending labor organizations in Los Angeles placed a large bet on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and rolled snake eyes. The county Federation of Labor and IBEW Local 18 also wagered on newcomer candidates for City Council and...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti
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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: David Koch, Los Angeles Hotels, Gloria Romero, Eric Garcetti, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Villaraigosa, Garcetti pledge smooth transition in mayor's office
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor on Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House where he told reporters that the city councilman had his "full support." Garcetti,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government, Wendy Greuel, Finance
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