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His Story on Caruso and The Grove](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/24805-a-note-to-dick-platkin-re-his-story-on-caruso-and-the-grove) Nobody has put forward the Grove as a blueprint for the future of Los Angeles. That is a Dick Platkin straw man. He has demonized the Grove as an a… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5a/047h-5aaf2b87.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/24803-a-treasonous-president-and-a-nation-in-peril)### [A Treasonous President and A Nation In Peril](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/24803-a-treasonous-president-and-a-nation-in-peril) Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 13 2022. 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