Consider it a Mismanagement Surcharge

Why did you say the rates were going up?


Does it come as a surprise that DWP rates are going up?

Almost anyone will tell you the legal system is expensive, time consumming, and inefficient. If anyone would stop and count how many times the City attorneys have spent $ millions to save a pennies worth of over-paid egos, it would quickly become very clear why rates are going up, up, up!

The truths, albeit delayed, are coming out.

Rocky Road Suit tarnishes city attorney’s polished image By Jeffrey Anderson.

It is a wonder that managers can continue as if the main stream news has not covered the extent to which the DWP has been mismanaged and undermined. It seems Mayor James Kenneth Hahn Blue Ribbon committees, hand-picked Board, and General Manager Ron Deaton have not stemmed the tide on the millions spent undermining its own employees in the courts and administrative hearing rooms. Anything to protect the the status quo. The list keeps growing, and growing, and growing...

It seems the managers at DWP have seen the new Mayor as another opportunity to maintain the status quo. We will be regularly updating this list.

March 4, 2005 News; The lid comes off by JEFFREY ANDERSON http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/15/news-anderson.php

February 28, 2005 Los Angeles mayor's administration dogged by corruption probes by CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/28/lamayor.investigation.ap/

February 11, 2005 Tony Cardenas hammers DWP on integrity by Civil Action Press http://civilactionpress.blogspot.com/2005/02/tony-cardenas-hammers-dwp-on-integrity.html

February 4, 2005 http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/11/news-anderson2.php by Jeffrey Anderson http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/11/news-anderson2.php

November 12, 2004 News; Tapping pension funds by Jeffrey Anderson http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/51/news-anderson.php

November 5, 2004 Features: The Rise of Empire by Jeffrey Anderson http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/50/features-anderson.php

October 22, 2004 Edison Says Safety Data Were Rigged (Los Angeles Times)Edison Says Safety Data Were Rigged (Los Angeles Times)

October 1, 2004 http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/45/news-anderson.php by Jeffrey Anderson http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/45/news-anderson.php

September 16, 2004 Letter to Honorable Mayor James Kenneth Hahn by Mahmud Chaudhry http://www.laweekly.com/images/ink/05/15/15dwp.pdf

August 13, 2004 http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/38/news-anderson.php by Jeffrey Anderson http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/38/news-anderson.php

August 13, 2004 Letters: Letters to the Editor: Whistleblowing by Daniel N. Shrader http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/38/letters.php

July 23, 2004 Features: The Black Avenger by Jeffrey Anderson http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/35/features-anderson.php

July 23, 2004 Features: DWP’s Public Relations Boomerang by Robert Greene http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/35/features-greene.php

July 23, 2004 Features: Who Will Stop This? by Christine Pelisek http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/35/features-pelisek.php

April 30, 2004 http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/23/news-kelly.php by William J. Kelly http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/23/news-kelly.php