New York City There is a huge war in New York City now over whether there will be a place for anyone to live here that is not rich. ACORN has been in the forefront of the fights to try and maintain and create affordable housing in the city. Most recently the highly contentious battle …
Category: Personal Writings
TXU Deal Shocking
Los Angeles For days we have been engaged in trying to examine how we can slow down and stop the massive theft of a public utility at the expense of the ratepayers — our members and other already overburdened and beleaguered consumers — in Texas who get their electricity from TXU. The twin demons of …
Rampaging Rich!
Los Angeles We knew it was out of control, but the centering of culture and comment around greed allows such roaring voices to seem privileged even when there are no connections to other headgear — like the brain. David Geffen’s remark to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says it all for the early days …