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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: Macungie, Parties and Movements, Lehigh County, Voting, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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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: Parent Organizations, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Local Government, Clubs and Associations
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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: Dana Rohrabacher, Jim Silva, Sandra Hutchens, Ed Royce, 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, Wendy Greuel, Elections, 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, Bill Clinton, Career and Workplace, Wendy Greuel, Advertising
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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: Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Finance, Wendy Greuel, Economy, Business and Finance
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Allentown's fiscal problems are bad, but Harrisburg's are even worse
Allentown has a $200 million red ink problem, which, it seems, is the fault of any city politician not currently in office, and a population of 118,000 as of the 2010 census. That $200 million, split 118,000 ways, comes to less than $1,700 per person....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Bill Heydt, Museums, Bankruptcy, Roy Afflerbach
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Mayor-elect Garcetti, hire these ex-pols!
You won’t see politicians lined up at the unemployment office, but every election means that some defeated officials wind up out of work. It happened again in this week’s L.A. city election. So let us ask not what the city can do for them,...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Politics, Elections, Carmen Trutanich, Dennis P. Zine
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Lawmaker has solution to low voter turnout in Los Angeles
A state lawmaker has a possible answer to the dismal voter turnout in Los Angeles city elections. State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) said it was frustrating that only about 19% of eligible voters in Los Angeles turned out to the polls Tuesday to...
Tags: Ben Hueso, Politics, Polls, Elections, Norma J. Torres
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Eric Garcetti's winning strategy took Wendy Greuel strongholds
Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race despite Greuel’s overwhelming support in heavily African American neighborhoods. The city controller's strength among black voters in South L.A. was too little to make up for...
Tags: Kevin James, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Garcetti's advantage
As Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti assembles his new administration, it is interesting, and encouraging, to note the odd confluence of circumstances that will leave him beholden less to factions or special interests and more to the people of Los Angeles....
Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Elections, Bankruptcy, Government
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Letters: After the vote
Re "Garcetti, Greuel in tight race," May 22 Suppose they had an election and no one voted. The almost complete lack of interest in the Los Angeles mayor's race (the final turnout will probably be around 25%) should be of far more concern to people...
Tags: Magic Johnson, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Elections
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