## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/070g-24506d35.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327) ### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327) August 31 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/070h-fb2580dc.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395) ### [Trump World. 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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Political Slapfights Will NOT Fix Our Infrastructure Problem](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17721:political-slapfights-will-not-fix-our-infrastructure-problem&catid=312) Certainly, there was (maybe still is) some bipartisan agreement that the conservatives and libertarians spend too little on infrastructure, and the l… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/042h-566f4313.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/042h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ba695ad0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17720:rantz-galore-too-many-tax-increases-vote-no-measure-ee-and-where-s-all-our-lottery-money-going&catid=312)### [RantZ Galore: Too Many Tax Increases, Vote NO Measure EE … and Where’s All Our Lottery Money Going?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17720:rantz-galore-too-many-tax-increases-vote-no-measure-ee-and-where-s-all-our-lottery-money-going&catid=312) Written by Dennis P. 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