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Ben Goldblatt

@BenGoldblatt

Berkeley '13. USC '16. Angeleno born-and-raised. Gov’t oversight expert passionate about public sphere & puns. CA Bureau Chief @CityJournal. Opinions my own.

Los Angeles, California Katılım Mayıs 2012
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Ben Goldblatt
Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
Check out this article I wrote where I argue that the lack of oversight of fee-for-service agencies (also known as “enterprise agencies”) can result in bloated budgets and unnecessary rate increases, which adversely impacts taxpayers/consumers.  shorturl.at/KBzYt
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Ben Goldblatt
Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
@PeterHamby Get your swim trunks ready. He’s about to exceed Caruso’s vote share.
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Daniel Di Martino
Daniel Di Martino@DanielDiMartino·
I discovered a disturbing fact about the Montana-Wyoming-South Dakots tri-state border. And it is that South Dakota's western border is not a straight line.
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Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
@spencerpratt Wild how she thinks you are exploiting grief in the Palisades when SHE is the one who CAUSED grief in the Palisades by letting it burn.
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Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt·
Karen always likes to talk about HER experience and never YOUR experience in her city…stepping over homeless drug addicts having your, business tagged up every night, no street lights. If she is so experienced with governance, why is she so bad at governance? What does that say about all of her illustrious experience? I actually care more about YOUR daily experience in LA. I have all the experience that I need. I have experienced the consequences of Karen Bass’ failed leadership. All of us have. She needs to step aside.
Acyn@Acyn

LA Mayor Karen Bass: Well, honestly, before this, I had never heard of Spencer Pratt. But the thing I am concerned about is that I feel like he’s exploiting the grief of people in the Palisades. And I think that’s reprehensible.

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Bonchie
Bonchie@bonchieredstate·
You know what’s worse than “exploiting the grief” (which Pratt isn’t doing)? Letting your city burn because you’re incompetent and then bungling the recovery so badly there are still only like five houses rebuilt a year later.
Steve Guest@SteveGuest

Karen Bass aka Karen Basura goes on an UNHINGED rant about Spencer Pratt in a Soros-funded Meidas Touch interview: “Before this, I had never heard of Spencer Pratt… I feel like he's exploiting the grief of people in the Palisades, and I think that's reprehensible… I am so well served and I served at the state at level and at the federal level. So I have the relationships. I know how our government works. I think he could benefit by a basic civics course, because I don't think he understands the basics of how, uh, any government works.” Calling oneself “well served” is one hell of a euphemism for taking a salary from taxpayers for over 2 decades.

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Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
@Hotshot_Movie @spencerpratt So you mean this hasn’t been the “most successful recovery” of all time?—or whatever absurd framing she uses to diminish the solemn act of rebuilding after destruction.
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Mann Made Cinema
Mann Made Cinema@Hotshot_Movie·
This is incredibly damning for Mayor Bass and the city of LA. The Pacific Palisades is among the most resourceful communities on earth. For them to lag this far behind rural Paradise, which had WAY more loss, and far less affluence...Karen must resign.
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Liam Dillon@dillonliam

On today's @Higher_Learning podcast, LA Mayor @KarenBassLA said the city's recovery is going faster than previous fires in California. It's not. youtu.be/DJmgYzua2lo?si… politico.com/news/2026/04/1…

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Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt·
They not like us
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Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️@christopherrufo·
EXCLUSIVE: Gavin Newsom spent $450 million on a new 911 system. The initial rollout was such a disaster, state officials decided to scrap the program. Now, call centers are experiencing rolling blackouts—and are at risk of "catastrophic failure." city-journal.org/article/califo…
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Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
@spencerpratt Inspiring! Make this woman the new General Manager of the LA Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
@spencerpratt How ridiculous that this is Raman’s approach to public safety. Raman should use her noodle.
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Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt·
Crazy story about Raman and her constituents’ safety…recently I met with a mom who told me about a peeping Tom who was terrorizing their neighborhood and she pleaded with Nithya to help. Nithya ignored her for weeks and he continued to terrorize women and kids. So this mom had to fend for herself. Turns out the creep was a registered sex offender, the mom tracked down his parole officer from a neighboring county and had him arrested. Nithya doesn’t care about your safety or the safety of your kids. But hey, she wants more bike lanes!
Councilmember Nithya Raman@cd4losangeles

Safety Updates in CD4:

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Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt@spencerpratt·
House tour thanks to Karen Bass
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Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
@spencerpratt Folks, this is only the “trailer.” The Pratt era is just beginning.
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Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
I often hear "budgets are statements of values." This one is prioritizing concealment. You can only find out what's truly going on with the revenue assumptions in the depths of obscure documents where the CAO is appearing to contradict/challenge the mayor's representation.
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Ben Goldblatt
Ben Goldblatt@BenGoldblatt·
And here's another part from the same CAO-produced document. Even the receipts from other government agencies appear to be misrepresented by the Mayor. This explicitly states that the budget assumes "overly optimistic assumptions associated" with part of that revenue source.
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Jeffrey Gundlach
Jeffrey Gundlach@TruthGundlach·
I’m told the California Attorney General’s wife has introduced legislation that is being interpreted as making exposing fraud a crime. What I would propose is legislation eliminating all California income taxes until fraud is greatly reduced. Why this defense of fraud?
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Walter Kirn
Walter Kirn@walterkirn·
I sort some time in LA recently. I walked about ten miles a day, in and out of various municipalities. The moment I'd cross into LA proper, everything would get palpably, radically worse.
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Daniel Guss
Daniel Guss@TheGussReport·
Hi @FoxPhil, I'm doing a story on the @ShermanOaks914 debate you are moderating. The event apparently does not include the consistently high-polling @spencerpratt. Please let me know if you are willing to field some questions. I happen to live in Sherman Oaks and attended a previous SOHOA debate that you moderated at Notre Dame and would assume that you are concerned about this glaring omission. Thanks. @FOXLA #ShermanOaks
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