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Start the Revolution

Alan Mittelstaedt plays spin the bottle with L.A. leaders’ jobs. Salma Hayek for mayor!

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 06/04/2008 Categories: Columns , L.A. Sniper
The Wrong Man for the Job

Alan Mittelstaedt doesn’t believe in endorsements. But then, he doesn’t believe in Mark Ridley-Thomas, either

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 05/28/2008 Categories: Columns , L.A. Sniper
The DWP's King

What a perfect William Mulholland day – searing hot and dry enough to fuel the near-hallucinatory fervor and deceptive powers of public officials

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 05/21/2008 Categories: Columns , L.A. Sniper
Obama for Supervisor

All it takes is an Obama get-out-the-vote rally to frame the issues in a race a little closer to home

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 05/14/2008 Categories: Columns , L.A. Sniper
Steve Cooley Is Not a Taco Truck

The D.A. man needs your help bringing to justice the “gangsters in suits,” as one prosecutor describes some of the people who run the corrupt cities southeast of downtown L.A.

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 05/07/2008 Categories: Columns , L.A. Sniper
Dirty Democracy

Big surprise. It wasn’t until last week’s debate between Bernard Parks and Mark Ridley-Thomas was all over that some interesting chatter finally started emanating from the Westside Jewish Community Center.

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 04/30/2008 Categories: L.A. Sniper
Blowing Up L.A.'s Secret Government

Why am I sitting at this Board of Supervisors meeting all by myself?

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 04/23/2008 Categories: L.A. Sniper
Dark Thoughts About Freeway Shootings

OK, a confession: The recent spate of freeway shootings fascinates me.

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 04/16/2008 Categories: L.A. Sniper
Buy Gas Masks, Antonio

Last week was a horrible one for Los Angeles and anyone who plans to live here past 2010, when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dreams of commuting to his new job in Sacramento. Go ahead and pull out your Scorecard for Death and Stupidity and mark minus 10 points for clean air and a negative five for education

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 04/09/2008 Categories: L.A. Sniper
The Bad Sheriff

Who’s the biggest fraud sitting in public office right now in Los Angeles County? Tough call, but if you leave out the Board of Supervisors, the dishonor probably goes to either D.A. Steve Cooley or Sheriff Lee Baca

Author Alan Mittelstaedt Date: 04/02/2008 Categories: Columns , L.A. Sniper