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Local Politics with National Impact; LAPD's New Home
On Reporter's Notebook, the legacy of the first Chief to reshape the LAPD. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, local elections in New Jersey, Virginia and Maine could be important for the President, the Democratic Party and same sex marriage. Also, the Pay Czar cuts executive compensation.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenWhen the LAPD formally opens its new headquarters on Saturday morning, it will officially leave Parker Center. We hear about the mixed legacy of the late Bill Parker, the Chief the building was named for. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, local elections in New Jersey, Virginia and Maine could be important for the President, the Democratic Party and same sex marriage. Plus, President Obama's Pay Czar cuts executive compensation.
Banner image: New LAPD Headquarters, Copyright © 2009 Nabih Youssef Associates
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3 storiesPay Czar Cuts Executive Pay
Executives at seven companies bailed out with taxpayer money got the word today. Kenneth Feinberg, the President's so-called "Pay Czar," cut their salaries and changed their compensation to try to prevent excessive risks in the future. Columnist David Weidner covers Wall Street for MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal .
Read the story7 minLocal Politics with National Impact
Twelve months after the US chose Barack Obama as the first black president, there is widespread disillusionment with politics in general. In two states that helped him win the Electoral College, Republicans are all fired up and Democrats don't care the way they did when Obama was on the ballot.
Read the story33 minEnd of an LAPD Era as Parker Center Closes
On Saturday, the ribbon will be cut on the new headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department. It doesn't have an official name yet, but the old headquarters does. Parker Center was named in 1956 after the death of Chief Bill Parker, who re-shaped the LAPD for good -- and for ill.
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