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### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12)

August 07 2025

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##  [ Bah! Humbug! Who Are The Scrooges? Why No Christmas Tree Or Holiday Decorations At The New, $900Million LAX Transit Center? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32017:bah-humbug-who-are-the-scrooges-why-no-christmas-tree-or-holiday-decorations-at-the-new-900million-lax-transit-center&catid=312)

LA TRANSPO - At Christmastime around the city there are decorations and Christmas Trees everywhere, public and private. They cannot be escaped; they are what make the season. In early December as Christmas approached, as I rode the E/Exp…

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## [Calling It “Sad” Misses the Point: Why Mayor Karen Bass Is Wrong About Hispanic Border Patrol Agents](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32014:calling-it-sad-misses-the-point-why-mayor-karen-bass-is-wrong-about-hispanic-border-patrol-agents&catid=312)

BOTTOM LINE - When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently characterized it as “sad” that Hispanics are joining the U.S. Border Patrol—suggesting they are doing so out of desperation for money, she revealed more than perhaps she intended. Wh…

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Written by CityWatch on December 25 2025.

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Written by Nick Patsaouras on December 25 2025.

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