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OP-ED: "The City Council Punting on Expansion Absolutely STINKS"
Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
This November, voters in Los Angeles will consider a number of changes to the Los Angeles City Charter. One proposed change that will NOT be up for consideration is an expansion of the City Council from 15 to 25 seats, this, after the Council itself shelved that proposal last week, calling for additional study of the long-debated issue. In his latest Westside Current column, Veteran Political Journalist Jon Regardie says "the city council punting on expansion absolutely stinks." Regardie joins Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman with more on his column, the growing power of the councilmembers, the arguments for and against expansion, and the greater potential changes to the charter. He also discusses the controversial proposal that WILL be put to voters, whether noncitizen residents of the city can vote in local elections. June 23, 2026. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1
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Guido Fawkes
· Jun 22, 2026
Burnham-Backing Pressure Group Publishes Economic Blueprint for Power
The Burnham-backing pressure group Mainstream has published a 69-page document outlining how Burnham should ‘scale up Manchesterism nationally’. Oh boy The ‘highlights’: Public ownership of energy and water (national corporations), housing and transport (city-region scale), and care (municipal). They’re at pains to insist this isn’t “nationalisation”, obviously Let Thames Water fall into special administration and
Wirepoints
· Jul 8, 2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson warns of $130M budget shortfall, blames City Council opponents – WGNTV (Chicago)
“Gaps have emerged due to the regressive revenue options that members of the City Council that were more aligned with corporate interests put forward, Johnson said. To shore up city finances, the mayor says he’ll again turn to progressive revenue. He’s already discussed the possibility of revisiting a millionaire’s tax with House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch.
Sky News Australia
· Jun 30, 2026
Andy Burnham to continue ‘liberal metropolitan politics’ domination UK for decades
Spiked Online Chief Political Reporter Brendan O’Neill predicts UK prime minister hopeful Andy Burnham will persist with the “liberal metropolitan politics” that has haunted the country for decades. “It’s just a different geographical location for the same kind of liberal metropolitan politics that we’ve been lumbered with for the last 20 or 30 years,” Mr O’Neill told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers. “This country faces huge problems to do with our broken borders, the net zero religion … these are problems I haven’t heard anything from Andy Burnham about how he’s going to address those. “Whether he rules from the north or the south, the question is what is he going to do about these big problems?”
The Real Deal
· Jul 7, 2026
Policy Pro: HPD floats 421a rule change to keep more projects alive
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Related coverage for "OP-ED: "The City Council Punting on Expansion Absolutely STINKS"": Guido Fawkes — Burnham-Backing Pressure Group Publishes Economic Blueprint for Power. Wirepoints — Mayor Brandon Johnson warns of $130M budget shortfall, blames City Council opponents – WGNTV (Chicago). Sky News Australia — Andy Burnham to continue ‘liberal metropolitan politics’ domination UK for decades. The Real Deal — Policy Pro: HPD floats 421a rule change to keep more projects alive. NPR News — How England's class divide shaped Andy Burnham, the U.K.'s likely next prime minister. RedState — More Massachusetts Idiocy: Town Tells Residents to Take Down Their Flags, They Might Annoy the Plovers