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Why Change Civil Service’s Role at All?By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM July 27, 2010Found in: News What they were saying after last night’s stormy City Council meeting, especially about the way a revision in Civil Service Commission guidelines was/not handled: read |
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Civil Service Commission a Little Battered, But It Is a SurvivorBy Ari L. Noonan @ 12:00 PM July 27, 2010Found in: News The once-steel strong structure that was the Civil Service Commission woke up perspiring and shivering this morning after barely withstanding a withering attempt to shave some of its authority at last night’s City Council meeting. read |
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Salkin’s Advice to the City on West L.A. College: SueBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 26, 2010Found in: News Third in a series Re “Salkin Assesses the Fairness of Last Week’s College District Hearing” read |
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He Explored the World to Find Furniture That Precisely Fit His ChildBy Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM July 26, 2010Found in: News Roger Lin’s daughter was only 3 years old when he noticed that she was positioned uncomfortably at a drawing table, a mundane scene that arrested his attention and sparked him into launching a life-changing venture. read |
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In Defense of the Police ChiefBy Ari L. Noonan @ 10:00 AM July 26, 2010Found in: News Second of two parts Re “Ewell Rebukes the Police Union” and “POA Officer Talks About the Next Move in Chief-Union Dispute” read |
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Ewell Rebukes the Police UnionBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 23, 2010Found in: News First of two parts Sharply critical of the police union’s tactics and conduct in its campaign to force out Chief Don Pedersen, the Interim City Manager today expressed surprise that none of the identified charges against the chief rise above the pedestrian level. |
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Police Union Details Charges Against Chief and Reveals the VoteBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 22, 2010Found in: News Nearly three weeks after completing the polling in a unique three-day no-confidence vote, the police union of the Culver City Police Dept. this morning issued a 1,080-word press release.read |
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POA Officer Talks About the Next Move in Chief-Union DisputeBy Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM July 22, 2010Found in: News The police union selected this morning, the next-to-last day of Culver City Chief Don Pedersen’s mid-summer vacation, to make it public and official that they want him to go away permanently. read |
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It Is Buenos Aires Night at 7 in the Music Festival SeriesBy Garth Sanders @ 12:00 PM July 22, 2010Found in: News The sweet, addicting sounds of Buenos Aires will be wafting through the Downtown air this evening when producer Gary Mandell, at least figuratively, brings down his baton at 7 o’clock for the third week of the Summer Music Festival in the Courtyard of City Hall. read |
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The No. 1 Passion of John Nachbar, New City ManagerBy Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM July 21, 2010Found in: News Since he just returned to work this morning in Overland Park, KS, from a long-planned vacation to Scotland for the British Open, one of his signature sporting events, you might have expected John Nachbar to reply “golf” when asked what, in the whole universe of life, he is passionate about. read |