More and more, California judges are deciding against flawed environmental impact reports.

Now comes news that the Echo Park’s proposed new elementary school might not be built at the current proposed location.

LAUSD acted, according to LA County Superior Court Judge John A. Torribio, in bad faith by assembling a shoddy EIR; no other feasible alternatives to the site and on the site were realistically explored.

Can anyone miss the connection between this and West Hollywood’s Tara? ... [full story]

They say if Moses came down with two tablets today, they would be Advil.

This leads me to revel in the delightful fact that, while we may have major differences about rents and landlords, or about Walgreens or the City Council or “condo-ization” in West Hollywood, there seems to be little religious discrimination in WeHo.

This is important to me, as if should be to all of us, as the appointed “White Knight” of the Republican party, John McCain veers to please the Christian right, while dragging along his pasty-faced Judas goat ... [full story]

Good News For West Hollywood! Plans had been approved by the City of Los Angeles to allow for the development of two residential towers on the site of the Beverly Connection.

Fortunately, two neighborhood associations sued the City of Los Angeles and forced the developer to back away from the most egregious aspects of the proposed development.

It might mean that the suit to stop the Palm Project, based in similar issues, may well succeed ... [full story]

For those in our fair village who, like me, are at least temporarily car-less and therefore forced to become pedestrians, this city is NOT walk-friendly.

I have detailed in recent diatribes about the dangers of trying to avoid drivers who fail to observe pedestrian rights of way, and our city’s Keystone Kops (a.k.a. sheriffs) simply not bothering to do anything about it.

But, now, with the new laws restricting the use of talking on cell phones while driving, I wonder just how observant these sheriffs will be to enforce the law... [full story]

A Sociopath is considered psychotic by most mental health professionals, but most mental health professionals will admit that some do very well in life. Some even become leaders.

In the recent past, a group of very wealthy sociopaths has managed to gain control of the US government.

The result has been the death of 1,000,000 Iraq citizens, the death of over 4,000 Americans and countless disabled on both sides ... [full story]

In the past, I have joked about the system that rewards doctors for not spending money on patients.

I have touched in issues of drug company "rewards" for prescribing high cost medicines over cheaper and safer ones.

This time I must speak of an issue that is far closer to my own home. Because I have heart failure, heart arrhythmia and asthma ... [full story]

I wish City Council would have a contest to come up with a better and more distinctive “City limits” sign than the sort of cheesy yellow and blue one that adorns some streets leading into our “village.”

Is it a California “thing” not to return phone calls or e-mails?

On these hot summer days when senior citizens don’t feel like standing over a hot stove (or microwave), I suggest a nutritious meal at the Senior Community Center in Plummer Park ... [full story]

All I can say is WOW - Werner Haas's commentary last week about the bank's and lack of service was a bomb being dropped over West Hollywood.

For starters, he is right about that crummy pizza place on Sunset Blvd.

I don't like saying the name of it, let alone writing it but I don't have a good feeling about eating anything good in their place.

Secondly I must disagree that there aren't any banks that care - Washington Mutual Bank has excellent customer service skills and I am hardly even close to being rich ... [full story]