Perspective
Apr. 27, 2011
Should the Courts Help Los Angeles Commit Fiscal Suicide?
Courts should put a stop to shameless waste of public funds. By Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School.
LAST IN A TWO-PART SERIES: Part one ran on April 25
Part one provided a national background of the practice of cities deliberately blighting land they eventually mean to acquire, so they can buy it on the cheap.
And so, the question virtually asks itself: Does Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa know about all this? Is he aware that even as he struggles to plug the gaping holes in the municipal budget, the Los Angeles I...
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