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Gatto's 'Shakedown' bill gets halfway home
A bill by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) that would protect businesses against "shakedown lawsuits" sailed through the state Assembly Friday on a unanimous vote. The bill was Gatto's attempt to remedy what small-business owners in his district...Tags: Business, Litigation, Mike Gatto, Justice System, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Gatto introduces bill to protect businesses from 'shakedown' lawsuits
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) introduced a bill Monday to protect businesses from “shakedown” lawsuits that are filed with the intent of extracting settlements to make the litigation go away. Business owners told Gatto at his...
Tags: Google+, Business, Litigation, Birth Defects, Mike Gatto
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Gun shows don't belong in Glendale
There was a time not long ago when Glendale had a reputation that was formed by the type of people who unfurled banners and flags and stuck badges on their chests at the City Council meeting as the comments about the gun show unfolded. Although they...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control
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Schiff fights for post office
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Tuesday called on the U.S. postmaster general to abandon plans to close and sell the historic post office on Broadway in Glendale as part of a nationwide effort to rein in costs. In his letter, Schiff said closing the...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Postal Service, Human Interest, Adam Schiff, Public Officials
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Wilbur K. Woo 1915-2012
Wilbur Kuotung Woo believed there were two pillars of a good life: loyalty and filial piety. “A man has to be completely loyal not only to himself,” he said some years ago, “but to the community he serves and to his family.”...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, China, Human Interest, Libraries
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Gatto, Liu, Schiff handily hold on to their seats
Local Democratic incumbents for state offices and the U.S. House easily cleared challenges from their Republican opponents Tuesday. Even in the hotly contested race for the 43rd Assembly District, incumbent Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) never...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Safeway Inc., Parties and Movements, Mike Gatto, Politics
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Sparks fly at 43rd District Assembly debate
The two candidates in the 43rd District Assembly race — incumbent Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) and longtime Glendale Unified school board member Greg Krikorian — squared off in a sometimes contentious debate Thursday in front of a spillover...
Tags: Politics, Business, Elections, Television, Mike Gatto
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Ramani-led PAC endorses Gatto
Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) last week received the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Business/California SAFE Trust in his bid for reelection to represent the state Assembly’s 43rd District. “[Gatto] has proven himself a...Tags: Politics, Business, Mike Gatto, Democratic Party, Adam Schiff
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Krikorian gets Gatto's bill wrong
I was intrigued by the May 30 letter authored by Greg Krikorian because I am familiar with AB 2540 as introduced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto. The bill Krikorian described is not the bill I read. Krikorian calls it a “job killer.” He either... -
Ron Kaye: Taking a closer look at Greg Krikorian
It's not a state secret — just about everybody knows California is broke and the Legislature is broken, and has been ever since voters took the law into their own hands and passed Proposition 13, stopping the government from jacking up taxes every...Tags: Eli Manning, Silver Lake (Staten Island, New York), Parties and Movements, Mike Gatto, Labor Markets
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Sign fees put damper on small business
There’s a very nice, reasonably priced women’s clothing store in Montrose called, appropriately, the Clothing Market. I have shopped there regularly since it opened a little over a year ago. I went again on Christmas Eve to take advantage... -
Restaurant headline doesn't sit well
I was very disappointed in your wording for the headline of the new North Shore Burger. It read “North Shore comes up a bit flat.” As a small business owner for three generations, your headline was very detrimental to this new business. We...Tags: Hamburgers, Foods and Beverages, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Burger King
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