The Jack Griffin – Eli Broad Stare-Down in L.A.

It’s power vs. power. Who will blink first — and, importantly, how quickly?     On Thursday, a group of 60 Los Angeles civic leaders, topped by two former mayors and such heavyweights as Mickey Kantor, chairman of the Los Angeles 2020 Commission; Anthony Pritzker, managing partner of the Pritzker Group; and David Fleming, founder of the Los Angeles County Business Federation, emerged to urge a return of the L.A. Times to “local” control.