Category Archives: Viewpoint

God Speed Pacific Palisades

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Chaz Plager wrote for Circling the News for three years and in September penned a farewell as he started college in September. He asked if he could pen an eulogy and of course said, yes.) By CHAZ PLAGER … Continue reading →

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LAHSA Does NOT Follow Conflict 700 Disclosure Requirements

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Sue

(Tim Campbell wrote in an email to several friends: This column is a follow-up to last week’s column, albeit unintentionally.  When I was writing last week’s piece, I had no idea LAHSA’s (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) contracting practices were … Continue reading →

Posted in Homelessness, Viewpoint | 2 Comments

December 1944: General George S. Patton and the Power of Prayer

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Sue

(Editor’s note: The following information was taken from a story in the Friends of the National WWII Memorial https://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/pattons-prayer) George Patton was in a foul mood. His Third Army was stalled in Lorraine, worn out after a fall of depressing … Continue reading →

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John Lennon’s Rainbow Mittens 

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Sue

When I was twenty-in, I loaded up a suitcase with all my worldly possessions, two hundred dollars, and took a Greyhound bus from South Dakota to New York City. I was too naïve to realize the folly of what I … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: Westwood Rec Center Doesn’t Treat Girls Equally

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Sue

This editor referees high school soccer and was assigned a girls varsity game this afternoon, Thursday, December 19, at the Westwood Recreation Center. It was a league game between Shalhevet High School and Compton Early College High School.  Since many … Continue reading →

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Who Won? What Won? California Needs to Certify 2024 Election

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Sue

California, like the rest of the country, voted on November 5. But unlike most of the rest of the United States which had results the next day or soon after, California is still counting a month later. Los Angeles County … Continue reading →

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Another Damning Audit for LAHSA: Will Anything Happen?

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Sue

(This article first appeared in CityWatch on November 25 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL On November 19, L.A. County’s Auditor-Controller released its audit of LAHSA’s financial practices.  Its 16 findings are nothing short of damning. Among a … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: Examining Sanctuary Cities

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Sue

Look, relax, no matter the verbiage, President Donald Trump is not planning on arresting the nannies, gardeners, housekeepers or even street-food vendors that so many Los Angeles residents have come to depend on for cheap labor/goods. The Migration Policy Institute … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: The Day After: November 6

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Sue

By CHAZ PLAGER Well, folks, that’s it. Today’s the day after election day. We all took our chips, some bet on blue, some bet on red, but in the end, the house won, the margaritas don’t taste so sweet when … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: The Controversy Behind the Scenes of LA Times Refusing to Endorse Harris

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Sue

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on October 27, 2024, and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR For a few years now, accusations have flown that L.A.’s paper of record, contrary to accepted journalistic standards, … Continue reading →

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