Patt Morrison for October 19, 2009
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LAPD future on the bottom line
As Chief Bratton counts down the days until he leaves, the city council is preparing to vote on the monies to be allocated to the LAPD in a budget dripping red ink. Mayor Villaraigosa outlines his plan for saving the city money while preserving the department's gains over the last few years.
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State of the state—can California’s universities survive?
Public higher-education in California has absorbed over $1 billion in budget cuts in the past year, passing pain along to students, faculty and research facilities. But while the cuts were a necessary evil to balance the state’s woefully indebted budget, is it smart policy to chop down the very institutions that have made California great and should lead the state’s recovery? As we examine the “State of the State” we start with California’s struggling universities and ask whether they can survive the fiscal turmoil.
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State of the state—attracting jobs to California & keeping them here
California’s reputation as place for dynamic, innovative companies has taken a bit of a dent recently, after the bust of Silicon Valley’s IPO boom in 2000 and the horrible state budget situations of the past 5 years. Attracting companies that offer high-paying jobs for highly-skilled workers has been a difficult task, but the state’s recovery depends on doing just that. Can the Golden State still have golden appeal to high-tech business?
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Big man on campus
School is back in full swing, and so is Patt’s monthly sit down with LAUSD superintendent Ramon Cortines. We take your calls, all topics are covered in today’s curriculum, so don’t be tardy… no hand raising required.
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
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The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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