Blog Posts in 2006
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 By Strumwasser & Woocher
http://pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/?id=3308&IssueNum=15
Continue reading "Roses are green" »
Posted on Apr 10, 2006 By Los Angeles Times, Joel Rubin
The Los Angeles Board of Education is locked in a high-stakes legal battle over a $100-million insurance policy it bought to cover the rising costs of cleaning school construction sites contaminated ...
Continue reading "L.A. Schools in a Legal Mess with Insurer" »
Posted on Apr 3, 2006 By San Bernardino County Sun, Andrew Silva
The initiative and recall process has been thrown into turmoil after a federal court ruled that petitions from grass-roots activists have to be translated into foreign languages. Citizen groups argue ...
Continue reading "Citizen Redress Thrown For A Loop" »
Posted on Mar 31, 2006 By The Carmel Pine Cone, Kelly Nix
IN a race against the clock, LandWatch Monterey County and other supporters of the community general plan filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction this week with the 9th Circuit Court of ...
Continue reading "General Plan Initiative Supporters Ask Appeals Court To Revive June Election" »
Posted on Mar 7, 2006 By The Orange County Register, Cindy Arora
SANTA ANA � Orange County Superior Court Judge John M. Watson on Monday rejected a challenge to a June 6 ballot measure that seeks to give Yorba Linda voters the final say on major city projects. ...
Continue reading "Court strikes down ballot initiative challenge" »
Posted on Mar 3, 2006 By The Los Angeles Times, Patrick McGreevy
The day before she was to face criminal charges, former union President Janett Humphries filed a civil lawsuit Thursday alleging that key prosecution witnesses against her were the actual agents of an ...
Continue reading "Ex-Union Chief Sues Witnesses" »
Posted on Jan 13, 2006 By The Los Angeles Times, Patrick McGreevy
Former state Controller Kathleen Connell has complied with a demand to give up $22,000 in political contributions to her 2001 Los Angeles mayoral campaign because the donors have admitted the money ...
Continue reading "Connell Gives Up Doner Funds" »