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  • LADWP

    Who lurks in the shadows of the DWP?

    It’s not just H. David Nahai anymore. At LA Observed, which I read at least a couple of times daily, Kevin mentions Ron Kaye’s blog, RonKayeaLA.com. (Ron is the former editor of Daily News.) This is generous of him, because Ron totally disses Kevin for a suck-up bio on H. David Nahai that Kevin wrote for the July Los Angeles Magazine. Now, I like Kevin a whole lot, but I have to agree with Ron on this – this is definitely not a well-balanced article. (Maybe because most city magazines are rah-rah?) One point of Kevin’s story reads: His pro-environment ethic, [Nahai says], “came to me as a result of…

  • LADWP

    You know what’s sad?

    I actually added a category yesterday called dwp. That’s sad. What does that say about me? Am I the nerdiest geek ever? Must I pay attention to the utility commission now? Only H. David Nahai can save me now. By being the Superman I know he wants to be, and fixing up these egregious problems in slk. It’s never too late to admit you’re wrong, Mr. Nahai.

  • LADWP

    LA DWP lies about the bird ball tests for Silver Lake.

    Ivanhoe Reservoir is almost half full of the bird balls of doom now. Not as dramatic as the DWP and cb throwing them around like a game, but dramatic and scary nonetheless. I notice Marty Adams, “some kind of scientist,” “explained” them in CSSLR the other day. (I started calling him “some kind of scientist” because LaBonge’s office referred to him as that, but as things get more serious to the community, if not to the dwp, I’m going to drop that. He is really an engineer, (or was), and PR person for the LA dwp. He’s also a good friend of LaBonge.) Click for better view. The white line…

  • Creatures,  Everyone's a Photographer

    Waiting for Angel Bats in Griffith Park.

    This is a preview of my Upcoming Attraction blog post on: Hunting bats in Griffith Park! That alone is probably enough to get your blood boiling, but one of my fellow bat hunters, Gerry Hans, co-chair of the PROS committee, noticed something else, or 2 something elses, in his bat searching area. I’m not sure I would have seen these toads myself (though I hope I would have. Did I ever mention that I have night blindness? Oh, yes, tripping over every tent spike in Girl Scout camp, that is me. But of course that has NOTHING to do with why I like bats.) Photo by Gerry Hans. Toad climbs…