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Get word from a B+S reader that there are three vacant seats—’Arts,’ ‘Renters’ and ‘Medical’—on the Mid-City West Community Council Board. Elections for each of the seats will be held tonight at a public meeting Tuesday, January 12 at 7pm in the main auditorium of the National Council of Jewish Women at 543 [...]

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Special elections are tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19, which includes our next LA City Council District 5 member—Paul Koretz or David Vahedi.
Be sure to vote! Check out the LAT ‘Election at a Glance,’ and find your polling place at lavote.net.
There’s also one last forum between Vahedi and Koretz tonight, Monday, May 18, at the [...]

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With the May 19 Statewide Special and Consolidate Elections coming up, the race for our 5th District City Council seems to be heating up a bit. A couple days back, we received a flyer from the Paul Koretz campaign, shown above, the front reading, ‘Why one of LA’s biggest outdoor advertising firms is [...]

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From the comments section of yesterday’s post regarding Georges Marciano running for governor:
“GUESS, Inc. would like to clarify that Georges Marciano is no longer a part of GUESS, Inc. and has not been a part of the company, nor has he had any relationship directly or indirectly with GUESS in 16 years. Furthermore, Maurice [...]

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Guess co-founder Georges Marciano is entering the California governor’s race as an independent, per Reuters Blog: “Marciano joins a high-profile list of candidates including former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.”
The French born 62-year-old’s apparel company (owned with his brothers) was bought out in 1993. [...]

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The scope of the Wetherly Project; click to expand
A B+S reader pointed me to the article on the front page of the April 2 edition of the Beverly Press, ‘Residents Think Wetherly Project Aims Too High.’
This has been an ongoing issue for neighboring residents who oppose the Genton Barth Real Estate Group residential project, [...]

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I’ve mentioned my dream of the empty lots around the neighborhood becoming green spaces. Not that I’m blind to the fact that these spaces are owned by someone or some entity, which will probably throw up some blah to hideous edifice, but still…
The husband took these photos of the Community Garden in West [...]

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Click to expand; Paul Koretz corner campaigning
That’s City Council District 5 candidate Paul Koretz holding the sign above his head with the blue buttondown at the corner of Beverly and La Cienega—some last-minute campaigning in the works. I caught him last night around 5:30pm-ish as I was walking home, first from voting, then walking up [...]

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Candidates Robyn Ritter Simon, Ron Galperin, David ‘Ty’ Vahedi; click to expand
Last week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 forum brought out about 150 audience members, a more diverse, younger and bigger crowd than January’s forum put on by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association.
This forum, moderated by Ted Miller of Conroy Commercial [...]

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Psst, just a reminder of the ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 Forum Tuesday, February 10 from 7pm-9pm at Hancock Park Elementary School (408 South Fairfax Avenue, enter off Colgate Avenue). Get all the deets.
» City—’Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 Forum Feb 10
» City—Last Sunday’s LA City Council District 5 [...]

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Following last month’s forum, put on the by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association, this coming Tuesday, February 10, from 7pm-9pm, the Mid-City West Community Council, along with the West 3rd Street Business Association, Melrose Action Neighborhood Watch, and the Fairfax Business Association, are sponsoring a ‘Race for the 5th’ Council Forum Debate at Hancock Park [...]

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Candidates Ron Galperin, Adeena Bleich, Robert Schwartz
The Husband and I attended the LA City Council District 5 Candidate Forum last Sunday, held at the Pan Pacific Senior Center, moderated by Ron Kaye and put on by the Beverly Hills Wilshire Homes Association. We gleaned quite a bit from going and I would encourage others to [...]

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