No surprise at the weekly? Jill Bozo links to an article that cribs information from other sources - sources that have little no information one way or the other. Nice to see that while things change at Parker Center it's the same ol B.S. from Jill Bozo. The only reason I read the LAW is because of J Gold, and knowing the Bozo-in-charge, she'll probably screw up that too!

In response to the previous commenter:

That's a strange thing to claim -- that one of the articles about Bratton that I've linked to "cribbed" information from other sources, whose information, in turn, you don't find illuminating.

So to sum this up, you are accusing one of the other journalists in town of plagiarizing, and then you're saying that this plagiarized material about Bratton contains no useful info. But you're not identifying which of the Bratton articles I've linked to that's got you so upset.

Kind of a weenie thing to do, isn't it?

I strongly doubt that any of the writers I've linked to has plagiarized anyone. That explains why you don't identify which story you are referring to, and why you are commenting anonymously.

Try this: go back to bed, get up on the other side. -- Jill Stewart, LA Weekly news editor

If things continue on an even keel for for Mayor Cokenose, I think it will be Lu Parker (with the Blue Betty with a bow).

Someone tell Jill Stewart to stick to editing. The less we actually have to deal with her pompous tone, the better. If it was such a "crikey...huge, huge hint," why couldn't you, or someone else, do a better a job of fleshing that out? And then to say it's no surprise...well, basically you're saying that the story written in the LAW a few weeks ago, having very little fresh reporting in it, was all you could do? (let's see. first reference is the times article, the second is to a 3 (!) month old interview with Bratton, and then we refer to another old interview, and then we refer to a Nation article?)

I'm not blaming the reporter, since it was an obvious react piece to the Times.

But acting like it was oohhhhhh sooo obvious?

Jill Bozo has a nice ring to it. That is obvious!

I read this story for 2 reasons: (1) LA Observed linked it, and (2) since I saw Jill Stewart's name atop it, I figured I'd see who she was transparently trashing and elevating, since her thumb-on-scale approach is consistent through her wearisome reign at newtimes/LAWnewtimes. I used to be a constant reader of LAW, since late 80s . . . yeah, it's got a few awards for individual stories, but it's a shame how generally thin, and personality-less, it's become. Nonessential reading, sadly. Surprisingly, in this article all we got is an awkward "crikey" bit - - - Jill Bozo, I like that :-)