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	Armenta’s Goal: An Animal Control Officer by December By Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM August 25, 2008 Found in: News Exasperated by what he believes are debatable costs that keep showing up in the projected, constantly growing, budget for hiring Culver City’s first fulltime animal control officer, City Councilman Chris Armenta said this afternoon the new officer could be in place by December. “That is our goal,” he said. read
	Two Years and Counting on Parcel B — But It’s Getting Closer By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM August 25, 2008 Found in: News Second of two parts. See “Despite Lehman Brothers’ Troubles, Parcel B Groundbreaking Is Due,” Aug. 22. Keyword: Lehman Brothers. This was the week that construction once was scheduled to begin on the prospective shiny centerpiece of Downtown architecture, known prosaically as Parcel B, a name that has yet to make hearts flutter, but the final product may. read
	Always Choose Love! Campaign Against Discrimination and Prop. 8! By Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM August 25, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist Dear Friends: Gay marriage is legal in California, thanks to a recent California Supreme Court ruling. But it might not be for long. The Forces of Intolerance have gathered to place a measure on the November ballot – Prop. 8. Their goal: To deny gays and lesbians the right to marry the person they love. Their method: amend California’s constitution to define marriage as being solely the union between a man and a woman. read
	Gassy Biden and Obama May Talk McCain into Submission so He Can Gain Peace and Quiet By Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 AM August 25, 2008 Found in: Editor's Essays Amidst the near-unanimous chorus of chin-dribbling cheers that erupted — and that was just in the media — after Messiah Sr. dipped into his sticky crackerjack box and hired Messiah Jr. as his Second Banana, one crucial question remained deftly ignored. read
	Despite Lehman Brothers’ Troubles, Parcel B Groundbreaking Is Due By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM August 22, 2008 Found in: News In case you are wondering what ever happened to the still-invisible Parcel B, the unappetizingly labeled project that formerly was going to be the final jewel in the crown of a rebuilt Downtown, consider the spectacular tailspin being suffered by the glamour party that had been behind the financing: Yesterday the Financial Times reported: “Lehman Brothers, the beleaguered U.S. investment bank, held secret talks to sell up to half of its shares to South Korean or Chinese parties in the first week of August but failed to reach agreement with either.”read
	Tellefson Road — Ready, Set, Open. Not Quite. But Almost. By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM August 22, 2008 Found in: News Mike Bauer, president of the Culver Crest Homeowners Assn., emailed neighbors this morning that “great news” was only a fortnight away. Three and a half years after the Crest lost Tellefson Road, one of its two main arteries, because of a hillslide during the height of the rainy season, normalcy appears about to be restored.read
	A View on What Was More Important Than Comment Period Extension By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM August 22, 2008 Found in: News [Editor’s Note: The County Regional Planning Commission’s next meeting on oil drilling will be in downtown Los Angeles at 9 a.m., Wednesday, at the Hall of Administration, Room 150, 320 W. Temple St.] One of the two main architects of the organized citizen pushback against expanded drilling in the Baldwin Hills oil field said this morning he is “cautiously optimistic” that Los Angeles County officials will digest, fairly assess the thousands of resident comments, and will return, around Labor Day, with redacted documents deemed satisfactory by the opposing parties.read
	Tell No One: All the Craft of the Best Murder Mysteries and Suspense Thrillers By Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM August 22, 2008 Found in: Film As far as I know, Roger Ebert hasn’t beaten me to the punch, so let me introduce the modestly named “Frederik’s Law”: The ability to write up a lengthy film critique/review is inversely proportional to the sum of that film’s entertainment value and technical quality.read
	Too Few Parking Spaces for New Double Building Project on Jefferson? By Letters to the Editor @ 9:00 AM August 22, 2008 Found in: Letters By George Young RE A public hearing before the Planning Commission, Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 o’clock, regarding two proposed 3-story office complexes at 9919 Jefferson Blvd., featuring a “small” space in the front building devoted to restaurant/retail, and two-level subterranean parking.read
	You Would be Amazed How Alike California and Israel Are By Shachar @ 8:00 AM August 22, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed Dateline Jerusalem — I often make comparisons between Israel and California. Israelis who have visited California agree that the two places are similar. For example, it is said that the only place to find Joshua trees, inherent to the Mojave Desert and in almost every backyard in the Antelope Valley, is in Israel. In Palmdale/Lancaster (Antelope Valley), it is illegal to uproot the Joshuas without transplanting them elsewhere. Sort of like an endangered species of plants.read

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