aggregated from: LAist

Kobe Bryant celebrating after making a shot in the first quarter. AP Photo/Jason Redmond LA Lakers defeat Washington Wizards 99-92. The Lakers starters were focused and kept their foot on the Wizards throats. Unfortunately the score doesn t refl...

topics: candidate, cerritos, el-segundo, marathon, race

aggregated from: LA Observed

Mickey Kaus posts that Slate was quite prepared to let him keep blogging about politics as a candidate for U.S. Senate, perhaps in the form of a Diary of a Longshot. But he made the decision to step off the site for now, though I reserve the right t...

topics: campaign, candidate, democrats, political, politics

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Inside a city council meeting Photo by current events via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Nevermind the 4,000 city hall workers slated to be laid off thanks to budget cuts, the furloughs to their staffs and the constant mantra murmuring of sha...

topics: bernard-parks, bill-rosendahl, budget, candidate, city-council

aggregated from: LAist

In response to the recent gubernatorial Field Poll results, which has former eBay CEO and Republican candidate Meg Whitman pulling ahead of Attorney General and Democrat Jerry Brown by 3 points, Brown's spokesman went but wait, touch : Meg Whitma...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, democrat, mayor

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AP Photo/Eric Risberg Is San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Governor candidate Gavin Newsom violating the Political Reform Act by accepting contributions from donors who gave the maximum allowable amount during his gubernatorial attempt? When running f...

topics: campaign, candidate, committee, election, government

aggregated from: Greg Dewar

Now, calm down and bear with me here. I'm not entirely kidding. Here's why.There's no denying that after 7 years of mismanagement by Governor Doofinator, the 2/3rds rule and an array of inexperienced or corporatized Democrats in Sacramento, combine...

topics: campaign, candidate, democrats, government, hollywood

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AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Although gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman still has to face Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in the June primary, all signs point towards her winning that race. After all, she leads him 5 to 1, 63 p...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, democrat, democrats

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AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Although gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman still has to face Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in the June primary, all signs point towards her winning that race. After all, she leads him 5 to 1, 63 p...

topics: attorney-general, campaign, candidate, democrat, democrats

aggregated from: Orange Punch

From a sheer debate perspective, Steve Poizner defeated Meg Whitman in the first California Republican gubernatorial primary last night.Watching the debate live inside the auditorium last night initially I thought Meg Whitman would soundly defeat Ste...

topics: campaign, candidate, primary, republican, unions

aggregated from: Orange Punch

Going into last night s GOP debate between Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, this writer found his positions more agreeable than hers. After an hour of sparing, that didn t change. But for the first time it was clear to me that she will be the candidate...

topics: candidate, democrat, government