Mark Z. Barabak
@markzbarabak
LA Times columnist, covering politics from a Western perspective. Cat on a tin roof. Dogs in a pile. Over on Threads @markz.barabak
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https://www.latimes.com/people/mark-z-barabak 06-05-2011 20:53:16
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Trump will speak today at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, less than a mile from where hundreds of homes had electricity and gas cut off in recent weeks because of a landslide. He bought the course after the 18th hole fell in the sea. latimes.com/california/sto… by me Los Angeles Times
Trump’s Haitian immigrant comments create a storm in Florida Noah Bierman latimes.com/politics/story…
.Seattle-Tacoma Intl. Airport Hey, folks, frequent traveler here. Can’t msg you direct so… your signage is the worst I’ve encountered. Ranges from confusing to non-existent. Makes for very unhappy travel experience
“These are gimmicks and horrible ideas. Some pointy head can worry about the impact and the numbers. That’s not his problem.” Jim Rainey on Trump’s latest tax-cut scam promise latimes.com/politics/story…
In “liberal” San Francisco, the sole progressive vying for mayor is an underdog. Hannah Wiley on a race defying the city’s loopy left image latimes.com/california/sto…
INVESTIGATION: This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct and ensures problem officers can get re-hired. The Chronicle teamed up with UC Berkeley IRP to reveal the system of legal settlements that has whitewashed corruption for decades. trib.al/8H8IuFo
A scandal over California’s failure to keep pesticides out of legal cannabis is causing widespread turmoil. There's a whistleblower lawsuit, the exit of a top cannabis official and a private sector race to form a shadow regulatory system Paige St. John latimes.com/california/sto…
Clallam County, Wash., is America’s last presidential bellwether county, voting for the winner in every election since 1980. Mark Z. Barabak -- who really only uses his column to go to this country's most beautiful places -- explains why. latimes.com/politics/story…