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Author: Nick Antonicello

Rick Caruso speaking at a USC event in 2018. Photo: Flickr (@uscsppd).
Opinion

Column: Rick Caruso On Taxes, Just Like Trump?

April 21, 2022

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April 21, 2022

By Nick Antonicello In a press conference held Monday in Marina Del Rey, L.A. City Attorney & Mayoral Candidate Mike...

LA Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso (left) and CD-11 council candidate Mike Newhouse met recently and exchanged ideas on the state of homelessness here in Los Angeles. Both Caruso and Newhouse have staked out bold initiatives and proposals to end the street encampment crisis that has hit Venice particularly hard. Caruso, a resident of the Palisades is the odds-on leader in the race to succeed outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti. A centerpiece of the Caruso plan is removing homelessness while Newhouse is pledging to a proposal to end the street encampments in thirty days of assuming office. Photo: Courtesy.
Opinion

Column: Council Candidate Mike Newhouse Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Eliminate Street Homelessness by Clearing Encampments in 30-Days of Assuming Office!

April 20, 2022

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April 20, 2022

By Nick Antonicello Finally. A candidate with a plan to cure the ills of homelessness here in Venice and the...
Opinion

Independent Expenditures Committee Raises $550,000 in Support of Council Candidates Soto, Price and Good, KDL for Mayor, Opposing O’Farrell for Council!

April 14, 2022

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April 14, 2022

Column by Nick Antonicello According to the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, a political independent expenditures committee has raised $550,000 to...

Billionaire real-estate developer Rick Caruso. Photo: carusocan.com.
Opinion

Column: Feuer Calls Caruso’s $10 Million in Loans to Campaign ‘A Charade That Evades the Spirit of L.a.’s Finance Laws’

April 11, 2022

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April 11, 2022

Feuer says Caruso’s strategy will require a special interest fundraising binge! By Nick Antonicello L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer last...

Actual view from a resident’s living room facing Centennial Park. They have asked for safety reasons to remain anonymous (Picture provided by resident).
Opinion

Column: What Would You do if This Was Your View?

April 11, 2022

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April 11, 2022

Drug deals, theft of property, fighting, fires and stationary RV’s are destroying this residential neighborhood and nobody is doing anything...
Opinion

Runoff: Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles and Democratic Activist Tina Mckinnor Locked in Tight Battle to Succeed Autumn Burke!

April 7, 2022

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April 7, 2022

Hawthorne Councilmember Angie Reyes-English, Venice Community Officer Nico Ruderman trail in special election results By Nick Antonicello It wasn’t the...

Photo: Facebook (@NewhouseForLA).
Opinion

Column: Venice Local Newhouse Amasses Over $200,000 in Contributions in Just Three Weeks in Battle to Succeed Mike Bonin in CD-11!

April 4, 2022

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April 4, 2022

Newhouse campaign displays impressive strength as well as a swell of endorsements & support in crowded primary field, seeks to...
Opinion

Column: Wild Finish in Four-Way Special Assembly Race

April 1, 2022

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April 1, 2022

A run-off seems eminent, Venice local Nico Ruderman, Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles probable front-runners as the campaign comes to a...

Mat Smith. Photo: Courtesy.
News, Opinion

Column: “I Can Win This Race”

March 29, 2022

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March 29, 2022

Combat Veteran Mat Smith believes he has the right stuff to pull off the upset come June 7th Primary! Smith...

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Opinion

Column: Political Grand-Standing Won’t Solve the Problem at Centennial Park

March 29, 2022

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March 29, 2022

Daily visitation at Venice Library decreased by increase in homeless encampments By Nick Antonicello I live three blocks from the...

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