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A Scandal in Housing and Cutbacks in LA's Bus Service
LA's Housing Authority board has fired its controversial CEO. Also, the latest on LA's ongoing battle over public transit...
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenLA's Housing Authority board has fired its highly-paid CEO, who tried to evict tenants when they picketed his home. He calls his firing retaliation against him for asking the board to reimburse excessive expense accounts. Also, it's been five years since a federal consent decree required Los Angeles' Metro system to reduce fares and provide more buses. Now, Metro's reducing bus service and building trains. We get the latest on LA's ongoing battle over public transit. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the intervention in Libya shows President Obama pulled in a multitude of different directions. Is there now an "Obama Doctrine" in the Middle East? What are the implications for US policy toward the rest of the world?
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3 storiesLos Angeles Housing Authority Head Is Fired
A controversial city bureaucrat has been ousted. The board of LA's Housing Authority , the largest west of the Mississippi, has fired Rudolf Montiel, who tried to evict nine tenants six months ago after they picketed outside his home in Rancho Cucamonga. Jessica Garrison reports for the Los Angeles Times .
Read the story8 minCuts to LA's Bus Lines
For 10 years, LA's Metro, and its predecessor, MTA, functioned under a federal consent decree, which required more buses and lower fares to benefit poor people of color. But that decree expired five years ago.
Read the story18 minBarack Obama's First New War
After weeks of apparent reluctance, the US joined the UN's fight to protect Libyans against their leader, Moammar Gadhafi. President Obama promptly left for South America, and there's still dispute about the mission, its intended outcome and what the US role really is.
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