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### [When Will Enough Be Enough?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33675-when-will-enough-be-enough)

November 02 2026

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### [Announcing the Second Issue of the Journal for Humanitarian Conflict Resolution](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33673-announcing-the-second-issue-of-the-journal-for-humanitarian-conflict-resolution)

November 02 2026

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### [Here’s What Zionism’s Got To Do With It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33648-heres-what-zionisms-got-to-do-with-it)

October 29 2026

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### [Two Democrats, One Senate Seat: Candidate Brian Goldsmith on Why His Approach Makes Sense for Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33655-two-democrats-one-senate-seat-candidate-brian-goldsmith-on-why-his-approach-makes-sense-for-voters)

October 29 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Developers and Politicos Should be Taxed for Making Us Miserable

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 13 2018.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/16721-developers-and-politicos-should-be-taxed-for-making-us-miserable)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/96/099n-9640569e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/16718-do-we-pay-for-our-roads-once-or-do-we-choose-to-be-a-dunce)Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 13 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles).

## [Do We Pay For Our Roads Once? Or Do We Choose to Be a Dunce?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/16718-do-we-pay-for-our-roads-once-or-do-we-choose-to-be-a-dunce)

 I think my opinion is not too lonely, When I want to pay for things once only. I know it's BORING about pensions so soared, But our road money…

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Written by Jack Eidt on December 13 2018.

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Written by Stu Miller on December 13 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on December 13 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 13 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on December 13 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on December 06 2018.

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Written by S.Novi on December 06 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 06 2018.

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Written by Judy Lin on December 06 2018.

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Written by Alon Ben-Mier on December 06 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 06 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on December 06 2018.

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Written by Ann Santilli on December 13 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on December 06 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 13 2018.

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Written by James Preston Allen on December 06 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 06 2018.

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