Posts Tagged ‘Joe Stevens’

A CONDO OR A HOUSE? YOU DECIDE

July 29, 2008

If those four historic houses the Redevelopment Agency is currently selling aren’t your bag–and yes we certainly tried, going so far as to throw in an old velvet Jesus painting–consider that 39 pieces of downtown Long Beach airspace will go on the block late next month.
As Joe Stevens tells us in today’s Press-Telegram, the West [...]

COUNCIL APPROVES PUTTING PARCEL TAX ON NOVEMBER BALLOT

July 23, 2008

Giving us one more reason to consider remembering the November election for the rest of our natural lives, Long Beach City Council voted 8-1 last night to put Mayor Bob Foster’s $571 million infrastructure improvement plan on the ballot in about three and a half months.
In other words, it’s now known as the Long Beach [...]

LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS ART MUSEUM AUDIT TONIGHT

June 17, 2008

Yes, it’s true: the big day is finally here and at its 5 p.m. meeting Long Beach City Council will finally consider the first of two audits of Long Beach Museum of Art. (The second audit comes next month.)

MUSEUM OF ART AUDIT COVERAGE

June 13, 2008

Here’s a couple of the larger, more interesting recent examinations of the Long Beach Museum of Art audit which came out Monday–both of which get more intriguing when they stop talking numbers, and start talking about missing art.
Los Angeles Times reporter Deborah Schoch apparently talked to Museum Director Ron Nelson on Wednesday, and found out [...]

POWER STRUGGLES: ATTEMPTED COUP TRIAL, HATED LAKEWOOD ELECTRICAL POLE

April 3, 2008

Opening statements were yesterday in Long Beach accountant Yasith Chhun’s trial on charges of allegedly spearheading a coup attempt in Cambodia, and jurors got a chance–so the Assistant U.S. Attorney said–to go inside Operation Volcano.
The Press-Telegram’s story today is from Greg Risling of The Associated Press.
Operation Volcano is reportedly the name of the group Chhun [...]

 

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