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Mayor Villaraigosa says divisive GOP rhetoric turning off Latinos
LA Times Bottleneck Blog
Jan 29Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa faced off Sunday with former U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez about what both Democrats and Republicans need to do to win over Latino voters in the presidential election. »
Ron Levitt: While Republicans Fight Over the Florida Prize, Obama Looking Better And Better To Voters
HuffPost LA
Jan 27After listening to Romney, Gingrich and Santorum call each other every possible name in these debates, any sane voter would turn to re-electing our Democratic leader Barack Obama. »
Some L.A. residents pledge to fight new council district plan
LA Times Bottleneck Blog
Jan 26Los Angeles City Council redistricting: As the public takes its first look at draft maps showing new boundary lines for 15 City Council seats, some residents are taking shots at the proposed changes. »
White House knew of Solyndra's pre-election layoff plans
California Watch
Jan 18Daniel J. Goldstein Robert Galbraith/Reuters Senior White House officials knew in late October 2010 that government-backed Solyndra was planning to lay off nearly 20 percent of its workforce just prior to the congressional elections the next month, rec... »
Developer of hotel near L.A. Live in talks to get tax subsidy
LA Times Bottleneck Blog
Jan 17Looking to boost business at its convention center, a Los Angeles City Council panel set the stage Tuesday for providing another tax subsidy to a downtown hotel developer. The council’s Trade, Commerce and Tourism Committee voted 2 to 0 to... »
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National Income Up, Spending Down
The Smart Money Blog
Feb 03Wallets may have gotten a little heavier last December but that doesn’t mean that consumers were more liberal with their money. In figures released by the Commerce Department, personal incomes grew 0.5% during the month, the highest increase in nearly... »
Weekend Talk Shows
LA Times Show Tracker
Jan 28Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv Weekly TV Listings... »
Ron Levitt: While Republicans Fight Over the Florida Prize, Obama Looking Better And Better To Voters
HuffPost LA
Jan 27After listening to Romney, Gingrich and Santorum call each other every possible name in these debates, any sane voter would turn to re-electing our Democratic leader Barack Obama. »
The Shame of Sham Redistricting and the Perpetuation of City Hall's Failure:
Ron Kaye L.A.
Jan 26Not one to pull her punches or knees to the groin, LA Weekly's Simone Wilson calls LA's Redistricting Commission "an embarrassing who's-who of career City Hall puppets ... To say the 2012 redistricting commissioners are cloaked in this culture of self-... »
Beatles versus the Stones: Who’s better?
LATimes.com Pop and Hiss
Jan 24What about MJ versus Prince? These and other pop music debates are settled. »