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DWP union head Brian D'Arcy will stop at nothing to keep the public department a royal family; Credit: Ron Kaye LA

L.A. City Council Squeezes Two Public-Accountability Positions For Unruly DWP Into Frantic Last Meeting Before Ballot Deadline; DWP's Brian D'Arcy Still Stands In The Way

Simone Wilson
Updated after the jump with new details on today's debate. Of all the frenzied March ballot decisions going down at City Hall today, before the Wednesday deadline -- outlined in the Weekly's "Rushed and Confused L.A. City Council" -- there's one councilmembers have little excuse to shelve for a year:......
North Carolina is now officially less shitty than New York; Credit: Ellie Bragg via The Daily Tar Heel

Four Loko Banned In New York City (What A Bunch Of Squares)

Simone Wilson
One by one, all the weak states are banishing Four Lokos -- those scary-tall $2-odd cans disguised in camo; part energy drink, part alcohol -- from their every last convenience aisle. The latest to cave is New York. For all the hoopla we hear about 24-hour NYC partytime, we at......
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50 Ways New York City Pretends It's Not Shitty

Simone Wilson
The New York patriots at the Village Voice news blog -- our counterpart on America's crappier coast -- have been tooting their own horn so loud lately that we heard it all the way over here in Los Angeles. So, re: 50 Reasons to Be Pretty Damn Euphoric You Live......