Bergamot Update

Martha Groves at the LA Times has a pretty comprehensive piece detailing the Bergamot as light rail maintenance yard situation. So Bergamot is supposed to be the site of a future Expo Line station, the city loves Bergamot and wants it to stay as it is, and it’s a group of nearby residents opposed [...]

Big Trouble in Bergamot Station?

I tried getting some more info on Bergamot’s possible future status in regards to MTA light rail expansion after LAist ran this story a few weeks back, but all I  was sick and seeing purple elephants and all that, and it merged into my malarial madness.

I got an E-mail today from a very, [...]

News of my death…

…has been greatly exaggerated.  I’m still recovering from a double crisis – total hard drive mechanical failure (FYI – Lenovo’s warranty service for IBM ThinkPads is the best I’ve ever seen)  followed by a 10+ day long hallucinogenic fever.  Be back and on the job soon.

If I ran the NEA…

…it would be with an iron gonzo fist.  I’d be terrible as the head of the NEA, directing monies to titanic, doomed-to-fail projects by outsider artists, crackpots and old friends, terrorizing the office with my constant demand for Earl Grey tea at exactly the right temperature and when forced by congress to testify in [...]