Spending spree: Where does the convention money go?

By Meredith O'Brien

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 — An accounting of the exact costs of national presidential nominating conventions cannot be made until after the

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… f FEC documents detailing DNCC disbursements during the 2000 convention in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles 2000 host committee’s spending and DNCC disbursements f …"

"… etailing DNCC disbursements during the 2000 convention in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles 2000 host committee’s spending and DNCC disbursements for the 2004 conve …"

"… egory or vendor.The Center categorized the data from the DNCC for both the Los Angeles and Boston conventions by four main categories: Payroll and consulting, tr …"

"… e good or service purchased is unclear, were left out of the databases.The Los Angeles host committee lumped its spending into far larger categories—there was …"

The Clinton top 100: Where are they now?

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2003 — Two years after they left the federal government and one year after a ban that limited their lobbying activitie

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… 2000 race has been drawing salaries from the private sector. He joined the Los Angeles-based financial service holding firm Metropolitan West Financial in Novemb …"

"… tial elections, is a visiting professor at the University of California in Los Angeles, Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., and Middle Tennessee State Universit …"

Cloud of corruption around Democrats' union patron

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, August 9, 2000 — As the Democratic National Convention gets under way in Los Angeles, the American Federation of State, County a

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"… istration required) …"

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A study in excess

By Meredith O'Brien

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 — Despite the lengths Boston officials went to convince Democrats that their city was the place for the 2004 conve

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… convince Democrats that their city was the place for the 2004 convention, Los Angeles officials were more extravagant in making their successful pitch in 1998 t …"

"… ing their successful pitch in 1998 to host the 2000 Democratic convention. Los Angeles organizers had 80 people working on its bid – mostly run by the Los Ange …"

"… Angeles organizers had 80 people working on its bid – mostly run by the Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau – at a price tag of nearly $800,000, ac …"

"… & Visitors Bureau – at a price tag of nearly $800,000, according to Los Angeles Magazine.By way of comparison, The Rocky Mountain News reported that Denve …"

Betting on Justice: Borrowing to sue

By Binyamin Appelbaum and Ben Hallman

Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping h

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… ill move from supporting to producing lawsuits. Steven and Roz Flans left Los Angeles in 2004 for Sun City Anthem, a sprawling retirement community of 7,000 one …"

"… wed. Stephen C. Yeazell, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a leading historian of the civil justice system, said the trend was l …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part four

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — Throughout his political career, Bill Bradley has defined himself by what he is not. ...

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"… officer of Wattshealth System, a nonprofit community service foundation in Los Angeles. Oden created this nonprofit after the Watts riots in 1965.Max Fine: Fine …"

"… stars and moguls. Eisner participated in a $1 million fund-raiser held in Los Angeles in June 1999.Lawrence Lucchino: Fund-raiser. (see section in “Princeton …"

"… A Networks President Barry Diller, who hosted a fund-raiser for Bradley in Los Angeles in June 1999 that raised more than $1 million.Phil Jackson: Fund-raiser. L …"

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The looting of Russia

By David E. Kaplan and Christian Caryl

WASHINGTON, August 3, 1998 — "Can you take a look at this?" asked Joe Davidson's supervisor at the FBI, handing him a file. Davidson cracked

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… Nelson Colton, head of Unique Premium Metals, the top gold distributor in Los Angeles. Colton’s clientele includes many Russians, but what seemed odd was the …"

"… n $1 million for a Rolls-Royce and two Aston Martins. During three days in Los Angeles, he and the Shagirians plunked down an additional $1.2 million for a trio …"

Hier's higher connections

By Yossi Melman

TEL AVIV, Israel, December 1, 1999 — This article was originally published in Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper on December 1, 1999. It is reprin

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… Marvin Hier, the “dean and founder” of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. Doron Cohen is the brother-in-law and close confidant of Prime Minister E …"

"… f-the-art center for Holocaust research in Jerusalem, as an extension of a Los Angeles based organization he had founded more than 20 years ago. Hier, 61, wanted …"

"… to the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. Alongside fundraising efforts for his Los Angeles project, he had acquired from Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal the right to us …"

Jerry Lewis — Appropriations Committee?

By Amy Biegelsen

A California congressman since 1978, Jerry Lewis aims to regain the gavel of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and all the federal bud

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… etches from the Nevada border across the Mojave Desert to outer suburbs of Los Angeles. He already served as chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Commit …"

"… 365 million in grants for projects in his regionEthical IssuesIn 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that federal prosecutors were investigating the relationshi …"

Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

Excerpts from this story referencing "Los Angeles":

"… ould have plummeted.Under questioning by SEC investigators, Ralph Smith, a Los Angeles broker with Sutro & Company, who handled the sale, said that he solici …"

"… hat have pushed “tort reform.” Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., based in Los Angeles, is Bush’s No. 8 career patron. During his two gubernatorial races, Bush …"

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