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About Last Week: Kamala’s Groovy…

February 5, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 5, 2024 2:31 am

A quick thought experiment: Dan Quayle was a – rightly or wrongly – a widely mocked vice president, dismissed as a lightweight. Kamala Harris is – rightly – mocked for her garbledeegook speaking style, her nastiness to her staff, and...

Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Three: On Management and Politics

February 4, 2024 9:12 am

This is part three of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. Besides presiding over a cratering sense of public safety, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon cannot, it seems, even run...

Los Angeles DA Race Up For Grabs?

February 4, 2024 2:33 amFebruary 4, 2024 2:34 am

In about a month, Los Angeles County voters will have the chance to oust the egregious George Gascon from his perch atop the demoralized county District Attorney’s Office. But will they? If money and poll numbers are anything to go...

LA DA Gascon’s Improper, Unethical, or Just Plain Stupid Actions Cost Taxpayers Another $5 Million

January 30, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 30, 2024 2:46 am

Maybe there’s a good reason Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has never (as an attorney) set foot in a courtroom – it could be because he always loses. Last week, the LA County Board of Supervisors decided to pay...

LA DA Candidates Q&A, Part Two: Law Enforcement and the Death Penalty

January 29, 2024 7:12 amJanuary 31, 2024 7:22 am

This is part two of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. When Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference to announce an inter-agency law enforcement task force to tackle the issue...

About Last Week… ‘Please tread on me’

January 29, 2024 2:37 amJanuary 29, 2024 2:38 am

“Please tread on me.” Maybe the legislature wouldn’t exactly approve that textual change to the state flag – though some legislators might vote for it, considering their private proclivities – but at least it would be honest. There are more...

LA DA Candidates Q&A Part One: Prop. 47 and the Concept of the Misdemeanor

January 28, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 28, 2024 2:31 am

As the Globe has done for a number of other important political races in the past, we asked each of the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney if they wished to take part in a question and answer series on...