Tag "Antonio Villaraigosa"
Back to homepageTaxing 60 years ahead for jobs now
Aug. 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes When the government tries to create jobs, taxpayers beware. Government-created jobs are always more expensive, paid for with special taxes and bonds, and often for projects that are unnecessary, overblown, and could have been
Read MoreMinor traffic violations hit ‘little people’
May 9, 2012 By John Seiler Minor traffic fines are a part of life. They’re supposed to warn us not to do something again: park by a fire hydrant, park where the curb is the wrong color, park with an
Read MoreLos Angeles teeters on the brink of bankruptcy
April 30, 2012 By Brian Calle Taxpayers in Los Angeles are facing a major crisis if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other officials do not begin to address the systemic, structural issues putting the city on the fast track to economic upheaval.
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L.A. on a deathride to bankruptcy
April 9, 2012 By John Seiler City of Angels. City of Dreams. City with a “Holy wood.” City that’s Tinseltown. City driving off a bankruptcy cliff. Los Angeles and the state of California are racing in a Chicken Run like
Read MoreLopez: TaxTaxTaxTaxTaxTaxTax
John Seiler: L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez continues his tax obsession with another attack on Proposition 13. His title is, “Speaking the unspeakable in California politics” — except that the “unspeakable” has been spoken continuously ever since voters passed Prop.
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