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A Tale of Two (Giant) Cities

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Some years ago (1994?), the Los Angeles Times made a commendable effort to draw attention to the fact that a cozy relationship existed between various real estate developers and the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, but they were unable to neither instigate any legal investigations nor win a Pulitzer Prize for the series of stories they published.

 

It is flattering to be asked to make a new effort to do what they couldn't accomplish, but the overwhelming feeling is that the next time we hear about Sisyphus' rock, our response will be:   "Been there; done that!"

 

It has come to our attention that some motorcycle gangs assert that if a person picks a fight with one member, the attacker will have to contend with the entire club membership to win the battle.   Do the wealthy and the politician secretly hold that same philosophy?

 

It seems that if a tenants' association attacks a group of politicians, they have to fight all the politicians to win any ground and if they do make any progress, a Republican majority in the United States Supreme Court will declare it unconstitutional.   Rest assured your attempts will be beaten down.

 

Why do the New York Giants play their home football games in New Jersey?

 

Aren't the Giants moving out of San Francisco?

 

Maybe we should write a column about the two big cites that lost a team called "The Giants"?

 

Remember how reassuring it was to hear Harry Harrison on WABC inform his audience he was broadcasting from the "Greatest City in the world!"?

 

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