Blago Goes to the Big House – 14 Years’ Worth
Quick Quiz: How many Governors of the great state of Illinois, Land of Lincoln, have been charged with crimes? How many have done prison time for those crimes? We will get to the answer, below. Mid-week, the hirsute former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, in a two-day sentencing hearing after a jury found him guilty […]
Talking About Los Angeles in 2013
Less than 18 percent of Los Angeles’ voters turned out in 2009 to elect the mayor of the country’s second largest city. In the 2011 election cycle, when there wasn’t a mayoral election, turnout was only 12 percent. Simply put, voter turnout in Los Angeles municipal elections is abysmal. Yet, of any government entity, it […]
If You Are a Small Business, California Ain’t For You
Sometimes I wonder whether I could just reuse previous blogs and simply change a few sentences and words. Am I starting to sound like a broken record? By the way, a record is one of those round things your grandparents have and it plays music. Seriously, the Small Business Entrepreneurship Council just released its annual Small […]
Wizards to Make Some Tourism Magic in Los Angeles
Millions of Muggles will be coming to Los Angeles to visit Hogwarts and they won’t need to take a special train from platform nine and three-quarters for wizards only. Warner Bros. Entertainment and Universal Parks and Resorts announced today a partnership that will bring The Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Universal Studios Hollywood and […]