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Category: Opinion

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...

Photo: Sam Catanzaro
Opinion, Real Estate

Column: NIMBYs Getting a Bad Rap

April 8, 2022

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April 8, 2022

By Tom Elias Rarely has a major group of Californians suffered a less deserved rash of insults and attacks than...
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...

Photo: Nick Antonicello.
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...

Photo: Sam Catanzaro.
News, Opinion, Real Estate

Column: Demise of R-1 Zoning Will Lead to New Blockbusting

March 27, 2022

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March 27, 2022

By Tom Elias, Columnist Blockbusting. A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that...
News, Opinion

West LA Dems Host Five Hopefuls in CD-11 Forum

March 25, 2022

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March 25, 2022

No Council Candidate reaches required 60% threshold, Good finishes first, Darling second and Newhouse third By Nick Antonicello The West...

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