Griffith Park, Interrupted

This website I found is a riff, right? Maybe they’re trying out for Comics Unleashed. Look.
The worst aspect of the Griffith Park fire is that it could have been easily prevented if our city “leaders” had done their jobs.
We at The Friends do not blame the apparent homeless man who’s a “person of [...]

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And I’m not saying which ones…not gonna go there.
Many of the most popular/populated areas have been open for weeks, of course. And of course cb has been taking close personal friends and voters of any stripe on tours around the park, even in very burned and restricted areas, since day 2. But at least one [...]

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I’m so mad. I’ve been looking for a camera for WEEKS now. Read all the reviews. Read all the owners’ reviews. Looked at all the examples up on Amazon. And found the greatest place to see how a camera really performs is to check out your fave cameras on Flicker, and see how everyone’s photos [...]

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It’s kind of like The Secret. You just say it over and over to yourself, and think good thoughts.
Or you tell reporters about it, that works, too.
The park was hurting, hurting bad. As I was grieving, the news that the park would be getting $50 million in emergency relief and recovery from the [...]

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David Markland, who was not a happy camper in my comments here, turns out to be a writer for Blogging LA. (That’s the trouble with blogs; they keep you on your toes!) He recently wrote on Blogging LA that:
After Donna Barstow received a whooping for saying that the LAFD sucks, she didn’t apologize. Instead, she [...]

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Dear Mayor Villaraigosa,
You’ve been getting some rough press lately.
Why not take a break, grab a shovel, and dig a few holes in the ground? Your Million Tree Project needs some help, and you can lead the way. There’s nothing shameful about getting dirty.
Signed, Donna (I’ll just watch, thanks.)

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