Two mornings after he became the latest ex-captain of the Queen Mary, we caught up with former Save The Queen CEO Jeff Klein by telephone in … well, he wouldn’t say—although we did ascertain that it is in a time zone 12 hours away.
“It’s 8:15 p.m., and I’m having dinner … uhh … overseas,” Klein [...]

Before Long Beach has even finished cleaning up the bankruptcy mess left by the last Queen Mary leaseholder, the new one is already facing foreclosure.
Harry Saltzgaver of Gazette Newspapers led the way Friday in reporting  that the managing partners of Save The Queen, LLC—that would be Jeff Klein and Tom Hix—will have their interest in the [...]

That’s right: as the Press-Telegram’s John Canalis writes today, June Pouesi–who lost a Carson City Council race 14 years ago–is throwing her hat in the ring as a second write-in candidate in the 37th Congressional District race to unseat Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach).
This makes the score one Democratic write-in candidate (Peter Mathews); one Independent [...]

That’s right: Congresswoman Laura Richardson’s (D-Long Beach) automotive hijinks apparently continued after she left Long Beach City Council in late 2006–failing, until recently, to pay the repair bills on her own BMW.
As the Daily Breeze’s Gene Maddaus reports today, upon arriving in Washington, D.C. last fall, Richardson promptly leased the most expensive car of any [...]

Yes, it appears to be true.
You remember the Sacramento house which now-Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) purchased during her brief time last year as a state assemblywoman–after she left Long Beach City Council and before she ran and was elected to United States Congress last year?
And you remember how Richardson stopped paying her mortgage on [...]

LA TIMES STORY ON RICHARDSON

Per her website and the public record, Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) is a former Olympic athelete, a former six-year member of Long Beach City Council, a former state Assemblywoman (briefly)–and now a member of Congress seeking re-election. With all that public service, you’d think she could handle a little criticism.
I’m looking at the third [...]