Staci Goodner

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• Posted Dear Voters, Please Stop Voting to LAist
  Voting may be the hallmark of our Democracy, but it should not be our pastime. It should be reserved for regular elections and the off-chance that there is a special and well deserved occasion. We Californians vote way too much for our own good. We are standing in our own way of progress and need to let our leaders do their jobs so we can lead fuller, richer, more productive lives.
• Posted ’Tis the Season…for Layoffs? to LAist
  Yho! Laid off some folks recently. Before the holidays. / Photo by m kasahara via LAist's flickr pool. The U.S. economy is in the tank. We all know that. But what we didn’t know is that somewhere along the line it became the norm for companies to become Scrooge-like by issuing pink slips, layoff notices, or holding reorganizations, reshuffling, restructurings, downsizings, rightsizings, RIFs (reduction in force, dontcha know) – the week or two before the...
• Posted Are Gnomes Running LATimes.com? to LAist
  We pulled this screenshot off LATimes.com. The caption is wrong and the photo is a little whacked. See what happens when you lay too many people off?? Now that the Tribune company has filed for bankruptcy, and the L.A. Times has cut its staff to the bone, it's no wonder that they don't have enough staff to keep up with the fast-paced dynamics of news on the Web. So yesterday, when NPR West had...
• Posted Where Do the Children Play? to LAist
  Did you know that if we stretched all of Downtown LA’s parking spaces across one lot, more than 80 percent of downtown would be reserved for cars? But while there’s ample space for our cars (for a price), two-thirds of the county's children don't have a park within walking distance of their homes. Tomorrow night, “Park City, L.A.” – a panel discussion hosted by the Center for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment –...
• Posted Maynard James Keenan's Latest Release: Wine to LAist
  Maynard Keenan, frontman for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifier, loves the grape – especially the wine it produces. He’s taken his interest a step further by growing, harvesting and making his own wine. He's owner/part owner of a few vineyards in Arizona (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards and Arizona Stronghold Vineyard), and this afternoon from 4:30-7:30 pm, he’ll be making an appearance at Whole Foods in Pasadena (465 S. Arroyo Pkway at Bellevue) to sign...