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Organization is the key for a smooth move and this is the time to start getting the details of your move.
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Wendy City: Last year, Wendy Greuel sailed into the post of City Controller, the job formerly held by the popular Laura Chick. Greuel’s first steps as the city’s financial watchdog were solid, with some attention-generating audits, including one that slapped the city for costing itself money by paying bills too quickly. This year, life will get more difficult, in part because the city budget deficit is forcing her to cut back on staff. Greuel also remains embroiled in a legal tangle with Trutanich over whether the controller has the right to conduct performance audits of elected officials; a judge ruled against her last year, and she plans to appeal in 2010.
School Daze: Superintendent of the LAUSD may not be an elected position, but few jobs in the city require as much political expertise. Septuagenarian Ramon Cortines knows his way around all those who want him to do their bidding — he is a veteran of dealing with officeholders and unions such as the powerful United Teachers Los Angeles. This is one of the most difficult jobs in the city, and with the high dropout rate and a growing charter school movement, Cortines will have little time to rest.
Those Who Would Be King: The next regularly scheduled Los Angeles mayoral election is not until 2013, but talk is already bubbling over who will enter the race to succeed Villaraigosa. No one has announced yet, but numerous figures have begun working behind the scenes, and in 2010 all those who aspire will conduct internal polls and try to determine whether they can raise the funds to compete in a splintering citywide campaign. Several City Council members who will be termed out in 2013 are exploring their options, while there is ample speculation about folks who previously held office in the city, those who have run and lost, and key private sector (read, rich) figures. A list of who is contemplating running would be too long to print, so put it this way: That person you just thought of? At this point they’re not saying no.
Contact Jon Regardie at regardie@downtownnews.com.
page 7, 01/04/2010
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