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11-12-01   11-18-01 Cityhood benefit | Fair share or fair play | Valley VOTE calls on City to Negotiate in good faith | Apartment Complex Has Tropics in Its Backyard


10-12-01 | The LAFCO hearings | Reminder to attend and speak at the hearings | City, Valley factions frustrated with cityhood report
10-11-01 | The LAFCO hearings | Valley VOTE press conference | Reminder to attend and speak at the hearings | Advisor Defends His Proposal for Valley Secession
8-29-01 | Disappointed in Van Nuys | Secession threatens 'their' city | No one owns us | Not very subtle | Key council duo say they won't block secession vote | An act of betrayal | Cityhood foe joins LAFCO |
8-18-01 Bureaucracy is reason for LAPD waste | Rules Offered on Influence of Lobbyists | City Is Vague on Warner's 'Specific' Fees |
8-17-01 Shame on Alex Padilla – LA City Council President!
8-12-01 Workplace liability | City compensation payouts up a since 1997 | Convention tyranny | Democrats' convention cost L.A. $35.8 million | Suit on Sewer Service Charges Dismissed | Deaton gets wired
7-24-01 | ValleyVote Volunteer Corps Meeting | How Many Deputy Mayors? It's Anybody's Guess | Constituent service | Housing trust fund | Don't get us angry | Scrounging billionaires | Thanks for nothing | Money for nothing |
7-18-01 7-26-01 ValleyVote Volunteer Corps Meeting
7-13-01 PRIMA a pain for LAPD | Garbage in, garbage out | City inventory system a disaster | Downtown clowns | We need to wake up | Taxing council | Tax deal to cost millions
7-6-01 | Welcome, Mayor Hahn | Negative reinforcement | No respect A good argument | Enforcing the laws | Got to be kidding | Animal house | Post no (more) bills | Election time | We need to wake up | Animal shelters | Talking about potholes | Sidewalk Patches
6-28-01 | Scandal city | Federal jury cuffs LAPD Chief for malicious retaliation | Uninformed consent | 200 Officers Sue LAPD, Saying They Were Retaliated Against | Rampart settlement sets record | No consent |
6-22-01 Bankrolling billionaires | Another giveaway | We need this? | Something fishy | State of the City | Why we give up | New Audit Ordered for Agency | The CRA | L.A.'s liability tops $1 billion | 2 More City Raises Called Improper | City's accounting found lax |
6-17-01 Destroying the city | Council members can be sued for Rampart | Senior lead officers back in April | Excellent job | City settles Rampart case | Council approves plan to shift officers | Fixing the LAPD will take more than beating up the chief | Firing of Gerald Chaleff | The real problem | Replace Parks | LAPD attrition rate | Senior lead officers
6-8-01 | Pothole politics | Neighborhood control | Dysfunctional city | For the first time since I've been old enough to vote | Symbol of inequity | Considering | Baseball center | Sign me up | LAUSD Breakup Petition Good neighbor policy |
5-29-01 See | Group Works to Get More Latino Voters to Cast Their Ballots | City of serfs | Advancing our cause | Nondisclosure | Quality of (whose) life? | Questioning candidates | Zine's Runoff Opponent in 3rd Council District Contest Still Undecided
5-24-01 Valley leaders meet with panel | Secession Could Benefit Poor, Clergy Group Says | Leaving L.A. could aid poor in both cities | Pro-Secession Activist Skips Secret Hearing | More Flies With Honey | Fight discrimination
5-21-01 Secession Will Hurt Poor Most, Panel Told | Officeholders Neglecting Poor, Riordan Charges | No question of immorality | Hypocrisy | No sale |Fairness factor | Overcrowded Schools | City's tax surplus likely to pay for Rampart suits, labor pacts |
5-14-01 Dissing the hoods | Still the same | Bottom of the barrel | Urban nightmare | Divided city | An Olympic referendum | Writing Is on Wall--Graffiti Rises |
5-8-01 Residents comment on Cardinal Mahony involvement in the secession issue | Inquiry or inquisition? | Mahony ethics input welcomed | Archdiocese to examine ethics of Valley secession | Residents at home with Valley's diversity | Panel approves high-density plan |
5-1-01 | City officials ignore public wishes for L.A. icon | Rigging the Greek | King of stench | Buying City Hall | City will fight House of Blues suit | Greek Theatre bid in legal spotlight | Ethics Panel to Examine Dual Roles of Lobbyists
4-19-00 We have paid as a response to Expense of seceding | Control counts | Never happen | Separate issues letters calming the fear that union workers will loose their job in a split.| Think about cityhood | Ambushed again | Immoral dilemma | Not a bad idea |
4-9-01 A Matter of Heart and Improving Quality of Life | A California Question: Lifestyle or Importance? | Questions and Answers on Secession | Re "Residents Not Surprised by LAFCO Study," April 2. | Take a good look |Residents Not Surprised by LAFCO Study |
3-30-01 Secession Report Called 'Full of Unknowns' | Secession and Solomon | Valley Cityhood Study Gives Fuel to Both Sides | Valley Could Split From L.A., but at a Price, Study Says
3-29-01 Divorce, Valley style? | Study says Valley city would work | Secession factions set to square off | Valley VOTE has 45 days to study report, craft own plan |
3-28-01 See the Initial Fiscal Analysis. The report shows that Valley Cityhood is viable and will not negatively impact Los Angeles. And a few articles and letters on how LA operates | Work Set to Begin on 6th Police Station | Why risk it? | Paying the cost | Good neighbor | Chatsworth Equestrians | The City Planning Commission dealt a heavy blow | Send them packing | Milked dry | Questioning Secession
3-21-01 Ethics Panel Weighs Impact of Lobbyists | LAFCO supports its director | LAFCO Exec to Get Panel OK on Consulting Jobs | Sleeping watchdog | Questionable Ethics | Ethics Panel to Examine Dual Roles of Lobbyists | Deja Sunshine | Council Members Staunchly Support Staunch Supporter
3-14-01 Neighborhood empowerment stalled by City Hall | Callers to City Hall Can Be Lost in Bureaucratic Maze | It will take more than councils to improve local communities | Mayoral hopefuls court neighborhoods | Its own worst enemy
3-9-01 Here is ValleyVote's' Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire and a few stories on LA's actions | No end to Greek drama | Sign foes seek quick resolution from city | Council spends itself into oblivion | City Hall Raises | November '02 goal for secession vote
3-1-01 | It's Greek to city | Greek bidders turned down | New drama at the Greek | Greek tragedy | Why ban Scouts? | Ban Goldberg, cohorts | No big surprise | Rewrite the oath | I don't believe it | Immoral city government | Out of touch | City near shutting out Scouts |
2-19-01 Building on Burbank | North Hollywood redevelopment project to get fresh look | Latecomer Vows to Save N. Hollywood Project | No hope for NoHo | N. Hollywood Development at Crossroads |
02-07-01 Pay Raises for City Officials | Who pays the bill? | Raise reward | 911 - Is anybody listening? | Chick says LAPD goofed on 911 | 911 System Remains Swamped as Overhaul Inches Along | Our City Council | Crime in L.A. | Criminal caravans | Crime spike |
02-02-01 | Top brass raises | Merit raise? | Four city officials win backing for Two raises | Public accountability |Public service unions | It ain't the pay | L.A. pay is outta sight | Subjugated to Los Angeles taxes |Better sooner
01-22-01
| Hahn: Councils need cash | Mayor's vision for neighborhood councils unrealistic | Mayor's neighborhood plan hollow, critics say | Agency chided on progress with Neighborhood Councils | Council redistricting must consider Valley

01-17-01 Judging L.A.'s progress |L.A.'s Shortage of Paramedics | Paramedic burnout | Stress study finds overwork hampers paramedics’ decisions, care | Fire Department | Bogus excuse | Delirious doings of our infamous City Council
01-12-00 | CRA Paid $1.57 Million More Than Appraisals in 7 Deals, Audit Finds | CRA History | Council Urged to Delay Deal to Keep Capitol Records | CRA's N. Hollywood Nemesis Packing It In and Moving On | Builder Gets More Time to Refine NoHo Plans
01-01-01 | City not in New Year's Eve party mood | Valley VOTE, Civil Rights | Hollywood secession bid wins 2nd petition attempt | Every time Mayor [Richard] Riordan | A mockery | The Y2K bust |

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