LOS ANGELES

Planning Watch:  After President Harry Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur, the general gave a farewell speech to Congress that is remembered for its closing line, ”Old soldiers never dies, they just fade away.” 

LOS ANGELES-At Tuesday's meeting public speakers were turned away, and the item 13 to jack up non-applicant appeal fees was finally approved, over major objection. Even the planning dweeb had to admit, it was robust.  

GELFAND’S WORLD--It's a curious story. In the waning days of his presidency, Donald Trump turned himself into the first 1960s anti-war radical president.

RANTZ & RAVEZ-The State of California and City of Los Angeles suddenly discover that millions upon millions of dollars are available after claiming a lack of funds for essential state and municipal services performed by government employees.

EASTSIDER-When COVID-19 hit us hard over a year ago, what did the City do?

NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-I, for one, was pleased to see the progressive programs enshrined in the Mayor’s Justice Budget. In general, there is little that he has proposed that anyone could object to. 

LEANING RIGHT--It's not hard to conclude that most of those seeking to oust President Donald John Trump, and replace him with President Joseph Robinette Biden, did so seeking to replace President Trump with a more centrist individual to both unite the nation and rule from the Center:

BUDGET ADVOCATES-The City’s finances have been rescued by the infusion of $1.35 billion from the Federal government.

ISRAELI  VS PALESTINE---Israeli hostility to Jimmy Carter went back to the early days of his administration when he had given indications that he might actually be serious about pressuring Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians living under its occupation and had even made reference to a Palestinian “homeland.” 

WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO?-Each Spring our country funds its priorities for the coming year.

VIEW FROM HERE--Judge David O. Carter has decided that the cause of Los Angeles Homeless Crisis is racism against Blacks.

ABORTION POLITICS--Reproductive rights advocates were outraged but unsurprised Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a challenge to Mississippi's ban on nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of gestation

VIEW FROM HERE-In the last campaign debate, Joe Biden repudiated the divisive Dem Identity Politics which had brought about Charlottesville and at the same time he rejected Trump’s message of group hatreds by saying two words, “Your family.”

LOS ANGELES-"Your honor, you're disrupting the meeting." And this is the highest form of compliment, though we are thinking of adding a position, a paying job for providing important insights about the malfeasants we're both chasing.  

TRANSIT POLITICS-On April 1, officials from the Los Angeles County Metro Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) presented to the public controversial plans for a new Bus Rapid Transit line in Northeast L.A. connecting the San Fernando Valley to Pasadena. 

POLITICS--Rachael Rose Luckey is a Transgender Activist and President Emeritus of the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, running for the LA City Council District 13.

LEANING RIGHT-No, everything is NOT fine in the world now that the Orange Man has left the White House, and now that President Joe Biden is now in charge.

CLIMATE POLITICS-Seaspiracy is a powerful new documentary about the hazardous, unruly world of industrial fishing and stomach-churning abuse, overuse, disregard for life, as shown on Netflix, released by Disrupt Studios March 24, 2021.

OTHER WORDS-We’ve got the Academy Awards, the Emmys, and Grammys. But what should we call the award for the most extraordinary performance by a corporate profiteer? 

WORLD WATCH-In the wake of the recent Human Rights Watch report on Israeli apartheid and persecution and the ongoing Israeli brutalities in Jerusalem,

PLANNING WATCH-Those who look at Los Angeles with eyes wide open see cracked and pot-holed streets, broken sidewalks, and a shrinking urban forest.