Chamber of Commerce President Randy Gordon and political scion Josh Lowenthal make for an odd couple. It’s weirder than you think

JOSH LOWENTHAL by KELLY FLOYD
The aggressively expanding influence of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce on local politics isn’t just worrisome anymore. Now it’s getting weird . . . as in the discovery that Chamber [...]

Furutani for State Assembly, Randy Gordon vs. Michael Ellis gather, expel steam
Maybe it’s not quite accurate to call 55th Assembly District candidate Warren Furutani’s campaign a juggernaut–after all, this time last year he ran exactly the same race against then-Sixth District Councilwoman Laura Richardson and was sent packing. (That was a juggernaut.)

Chamber President Gordon tells the mayor and City Council what to do, including when to let you vote

A couple of Tuesdays ago, Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Randy Gordon became the mayor of Long Beach. “Please don’t call me that,” Gordon pleads with uncharacteristic sensitivity. “I certainly don’t consider myself the mayor.” He’s [...]

Economic evangelist wows business gathering
Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class spoke–is still speaking–to the Downtown Long Beach Associates annual gathering. His point: Long Beach is poised to take advantage of an economic change bigger than the switch from agriculture to industry: the rise of creative types.
We’ll deal with more in a [...]