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Who decides. Elected officials, city staff, appointees, political machines.
Investigate the Activist Mayors of West Hollywood Who Are Cashing In
Lindsey Horvath, John Erickson and Chelsea Byers each took a paycheck from an employer whose business ran through City Hall, and each employer signed them on as Mayor or as the incoming Mayor. We are calling for an investigation.
Political Escape Velocity: How Lindsey Horvath Monetized a Part-Time Council Seat into a Full-Time Supervisor
For seven years a billboard executive sat on the West Hollywood City Council and voted fifty-nine times on the city billboards, while a billboard agency was the only outside employer paying her. She never once stepped aside. West Hollywood residents are paying the price, while Erickson and Byers employ the same model and play the same game to get ahead politically.
Council Votes to Refer Byers to State Ethics Agency. What’s Next?
Something rare happened in West Hollywood on Monday night: the City Council referred one of its own members…
EQCA Calls Erickson’s Travel Attacks Anti-LGBTQ. Its Board President Works for Lindsey Horvath.
Equality California has endorsed John Erickson and is now intervening in his State Senate race by accusing his…
The Victim Machine: Erickson Can’t Answer an Ad, So Equality California Cried Bigotry for Him
It’s the same move every time. When John Erickson can’t win on the facts, he finds an institution…
Does Erickson Have a Problem with People of Color?
Does West Hollywood City Councilmember John Erickson have a problem with people of color who don’t know their…
West Hollywood’s New Wisconsin Majority
Here’s something nobody’s mentioned yet. John Erickson, the West Hollywood City Councilmember currently running for State Senate, was…
Your City Council Has Been Lobbying Against You
One of them led the effort. The rest knew — or should have. None of them told you.…
Abbe Land: The Godmother of West Hollywood
Abbe Land is no stranger to West Hollywood’s corridors of power. First elected in 1986, she spent a…
Bicycles Are Not Popular in West Hollywood – But Bike Lanes Are Sacred
After giveaways, rentals, and free rides all flopped, the Erickson-Hang-Byers council majority pivots to unfalsifiable dogma dressed as…