## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # IMPORTANT READS --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/25/032i-252362bf.png) ### Don't Vote for the Person, Vote for the Party Written by Bob Gelfand on April 18 2016. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10935-don-t-vote-for-the-person-vote-for-the-party) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a6/032l-a664243b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10933-geography-and-the-minimum-wage)Written by Bill Watkins on April 18 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Geography and the Minimum Wage](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10933-geography-and-the-minimum-wage) Some workers’ income will increase, but hardly enough to afford a standard of living that most readers would find acceptable. At 40 hours a week a… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/db/032o-db9196f9.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10929-when-enough-isn-t-enough-revolution-2016)### [When Enough Isn’t Enough: Revolution 2016](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10929-when-enough-isn-t-enough-revolution-2016) Written by James Preston Allen on April 18 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ba/031a-baaca816.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10921-what-do-rich-people-want)### [What Do Rich People Want?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10921-what-do-rich-people-want) Written by Richard North Patterson on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b6/031c-b6037c84.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10919-the-rise-of-the-no-political-party-voters-and-their-right-to-participate-in-primaries)### [The Rise of the ‘No Political Party’ Voters and Their Right to Participate in Primaries](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10919-the-rise-of-the-no-political-party-voters-and-their-right-to-participate-in-primaries) Written by Bob Gelfand on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/91/031e-915f2f79.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10917-taxes-there-ain-t-no-free-lunch-whiskey-costs-money)### [Taxes: There Ain’t No Free Lunch … Whiskey Costs Money!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10917-taxes-there-ain-t-no-free-lunch-whiskey-costs-money) Written by Ken Alpern on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/81/031k-81240d4d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10911-in-america-politicians-fear-netanyahu)### [In America, Politicians Fear Netanyahu](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10911-in-america-politicians-fear-netanyahu) Written by Bill Boyarsky on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/65/031l-65321b0f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10910-how-the-fed-is-destroying-our-public-pensions)### [How the Fed is Destroying Our Public Pensions](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10910-how-the-fed-is-destroying-our-public-pensions) Written by Tony Butka on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/45/031m-45821518.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10909-how-fox-news-unwittingly-destroyed-the-republican-party)### [How Fox News Unwittingly Destroyed the Republican Party](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10909-how-fox-news-unwittingly-destroyed-the-republican-party) Written by Cody Cain on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7e/031t-7e0ba9c1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10903-1-400-000-000-000-oxfam-exposes-the-great-offshore-tax-scam-of-us-companies)### [$1,400,000,000,000: Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US Companies](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10903-1-400-000-000-000-oxfam-exposes-the-great-offshore-tax-scam-of-us-companies) Written by Andrea Germanos on April 14 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ca/030y-ca9a2042.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10899-los-angeles-is-cloud-seeding-harmful-to-your-health)### [Los Angeles: Is Cloud Seeding Harmful to Your Health?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/10899-los-angeles-is-cloud-seeding-harmful-to-your-health) Written by Christian Cristiano on April 11 2016. 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