Jack Weiss and Bill Rosendahl
The westside within the City of Los Angeles will be well served if Jack Weiss and Bill Rosendahl are serving them on a daily basis.
Flora Krisiloff is an amazing person, whose knowledge of local issues would be well served if she wins the election.
But in this humble Chief's opinion I believe that Bill Rosendahl will serve this city much better. From opposing LAX, to bringing a fresh perspective to the City Council. Bill Rosendahl has served this City well, with his cable talk show and his commitment to the City.
Jack Weiss continually impresses me more and more, while Mayor Sam has a different opinion of Councilman Jack Weiss mine has changed. From his opposition to LAX expansion to his commitment to bringing a tough minded reform agenda to the City Council i applaud Jack Weiss and his efforts.
Word is he can work on his basketball game - Eric Garcetti can give him some tips.
Flora Krisiloff is an amazing person, whose knowledge of local issues would be well served if she wins the election.
But in this humble Chief's opinion I believe that Bill Rosendahl will serve this city much better. From opposing LAX, to bringing a fresh perspective to the City Council. Bill Rosendahl has served this City well, with his cable talk show and his commitment to the City.
Jack Weiss continually impresses me more and more, while Mayor Sam has a different opinion of Councilman Jack Weiss mine has changed. From his opposition to LAX expansion to his commitment to bringing a tough minded reform agenda to the City Council i applaud Jack Weiss and his efforts.
Word is he can work on his basketball game - Eric Garcetti can give him some tips.
Posted by Anonymous @ 4/06/2005 11:28:00 PM
61 Comments:
Wow, Chief Parker, Bill Rosendahl is a candidate that we can agree to support!
Bill Rosendahl will be the most effective new Councilman because he will be hitting the ground running when he is sworn into office.
Since Bill is on a first name basis with so many elected officials on all levels of government, he can immediately get beyond the awkward, "getting to know you" phase and start effectively advocating for his constituents.
He's got great plans for his district. Just visit Bill's website at www.billrosendahl.com He even has some of his campaign pieces up on his website.
Nice writing Bill. Learn that at Adelphia?
Who's going to tell Bill about the district? Anybody watch their debate?
He knows nothing of the issues in the district, nothing.
Flora will fix the potholes and do the work of a Councilperson.
She deserves the job. not Bill. He should be running in S.F.
A resident with potholes...
I live in the 5th District and I don't like Jack Weiss but I'm one of like three people who voted for his opponent in this past election. However, he is getting better. I think it's because Antonio got elected to the Council and Jack finally had someone there to tell him what to do. Now as for the 11th district, I like both candidates. Both are minorities, both are Jewish, both are liberal.
Now Bill is gay and would be a good representative on the council for the gay community in Los Angeles. However, Flora has a much better knowledge of planning issues and the community at large. I've also met her several times before and I really liked her on a personal level. So I'm hoping she can win. However it will be tough as the southern portion of the 11th clearly has more voting power than Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, where Flora is the strongest. Also, Flora has been accused of being homophobic. I doubt this is true but if this charge holds, she will be defeated.
I live in the 5th District and I don't like Jack Weiss but I'm one of like three people who voted for his opponent in this past election. However, he is getting better. I think it's because Antonio got elected to the Council and Jack finally had someone there to tell him what to do. Now as for the 11th district, I like both candidates. Both are minorities, both are Jewish, both are liberal.
Now Bill is gay and would be a good representative on the council for the gay community in Los Angeles. However, Flora has a much better knowledge of planning issues and the community at large. I've also met her several times before and I really liked her on a personal level. So I'm hoping she can win. However it will be tough as the southern portion of the 11th clearly has more voting power than Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, where Flora is the strongest. Also, Flora has been accused of being homophobic. I doubt this is true but if this charge holds, she will be defeated.
I live in the 11th district and Flora is the candidate that has earned her bones.
She knows the issues, knows the streets, knows the people. She is not homophobic, nor am I.
We don't need an ambassador to the gay community, this is not San Francisco; we need someone to get traffic and potholes and garbage done right, someone to keep taxes in check, and someone to support the police, not tie their hands behind their backs.
Flora can win this one, especially since she got Zev's endorsement, which is large in this community.
I'd say she's the favorite right now, but it depends on the mud and the money at the end. Let's see what happens on this reporting period...
Rosendahl speaks with passion and commitment. I went to a debate during the primary, and he was one of the more impressive local politicians I've ever seen. Good luck Bill!
In the beginning of this race, I believed that the people of the 11th District had many good choices for their next Councilperson. However, I have been extremely disappointed in the past months...the more that I see and know of Flora Krisiloff, the more strongly my support grows for Bill Rosendahl. During the primary, my mailbox was innundated with libelous attack mailers from Krisiloff. In my experience, no candidate goes so negative so early unless they have something to hide or nothing positive to say. To hear Krisiloff speak in public is the best way to be sure that Bill is the candidate for the job. At several public forums, Krisiloff has appeared inarticulate, rambling, and unsure of the best stance on the issues that face those in my neighborhood of Del Rey.
Last night, Krisiloff stated that we need to "trust developers" in reference to huge projects like Playa Vista. In my mind this could not be more incorrect.
Rosendahl has an energy and a vision for our district that Flora lacks. He is vibrant, intelligent and has detailed plans to combat the issues that we face every day.
I will be supporting Rosendahl wholeheartedly on May 17th, and I thank Mayor Sam for recognizing his talent and potential.
P.S. I regret that sexuality has been made an issue in this campaign as I feel that it has absolutely NO BEARING on the issues we face. Visionary leadership comes in all colors, shapes, genders and sexualities.
I like both candidates, both good Dems, but Bill is way ahead on every issue, I would say knows the district, the whole district, a lot better. Bill was against LAX expansion, then Flora eventually was against it. Bill was against Playa Vista, first as resident and now as a candidate, and then she's finally against it (sort of, she never showed up at the Playa Vista hearings or signed the enviro group's pledge). In addition to fixing potholes and streetlights, Bill came out with really ambitious plans to fight traffic, haven't heard anything from her group about it.
Bill Rosendahl is charismatic, well connected, and let's his STAFF be detail oriented, like all EFFECTIVE politicians. Whenever Krisiloff gets the opportunity to recite her resume, I mena speak, I can't help but think "She'd make a great City Hall Staffer." Maybe she can come and work for Bill once he's won.
I have been to at least six of the debates in this race. To imply that Krisiloff knows more about the district than Rosendahl is absurd. I'll grant you that she knows Brentwood, but Bill knows each community in the district and sees their common interests and needs. And, unlike Flora, Bill has actual plans and proposals. I am not sure I have even once heard Flora tell people what she wants or hopes to do when she gets elected. She doesn't seem to have any goal except actually being the councilperson. It's odd.
I don't think we will ever get someone as close to Cindy who was the best on public Safety Committee. She supports the rank and file and knows her stuff. The fact that Bill is against expanding the world's 3rd busiest airport tells me he doesn't think out of the box. I like Flora
Has Chief Parker been instructed by the Villaraigosa camp to put up this thread to stop the Villaraigosa bashing?
Bill Rosendahl is clearly the best choice for District 11. Rosendahl is charismatic, concerned and connected. He listens to peoples' concerns and takes a genuine interest in helping them. Bill has also spent a lifetime engaging with the issues and the political players that effect District 11.
Flora would be an excellent choice... if she were running for the mayor of Brentwood. She has exagerated large parts of her resume (see the Brentwood News article by Jeff Hall - there was no proposed development at the VA, she was not "the founder" of the BCC).
Flora has also refused to stand up for other parts of the district. If you look at Flora's voting record on the West LA Area Planning Commission, you will see two themes: 1) development and nuisances are bad in Brentwood, but fine everywhere else, and 2) Flora votes however Cindy M. tells her to.
Flora made the comment that she made a professional decision to remain neutral on Playa Vista. This not only shows that she is unwilling to stand up for the rest of the district, but also that she doesn't have the courage to put herself ont he line.
The problems that CD11 faces are not going to be solved by avoiding controversy and looking for the popular response. We need the vision that only Rosendahl can provide.
Rosendahl won the support of many of the politicians who know him because they have seen that he listens, that he cares and that he is not afraid of being bold and decisive. Most importantly, Rosendahl won the support of Angela Reddock, the one person who knew him and Flora best, because she saw that he would fight for everyone and that Flora only really cares about Brentwood.
We need vision. We need leadership. We need Rosendahl.
As a relative novice in the world of politics, I have never been inclined to strongly support one candidate either way. The more I learn about this local election though, the more passionate I am that Bill Rosendahl is the right choice.
As a resident in the district for many many years, Bill is part of the community and knows what the issues are. He's not a career politician, he's a member of the community who wants to make a difference, which is exactly what this city council needs.
In regards to his sexuality, like Bill I am also openly gay but that is not why I am voting for him. His sexuality is not a defining factor, and he hasn't used it as a political tool. Flora has made it clear that she is openly straight, by constantly referring to her "wonderful" husband and three children. She is the one trying to indirectly label Bill as "the gay candidate" to appeal to people's homophobic tendencies. I don't want someone who plays that passive-agressively to be on my city council.
Bill is the RIGHT choice for city council, he will make a difference and strive to make his constituents' lives better.
Like that's gonna work (hah!)
Unlike Tony's Toadies who are all sucking the public teet and his Koresh cultish followers' campaign tribute to the $8 million, two-year city public servant, most of the ADV "haters" actually work for a living. . .
Parker couldn't find any NEW news that was pro-Antonio (and Mayor Sam is MIA).
Only 5 weeks... tic, tic, tic. Time to ask Parke and Ace to invent some new corruption accusations.
Still "investigating" those 80 invisible neighborhood watches, Parker?
Found one yet.
Here's a hint -- don't look in the neighborhoods where homicides are up 30 percent since ADV took office (they're hiding in fear).
Either way CD 11 will win with one of these candidates. They are world-class individuals with enormous experience and knowledge. Too bad I don't live in that area...too expensive anyways.
Personally, I liked Angela Reddock, and she endorsed Bill last week, so Bill has my (and my friend's) vote. They are both firm in their opposition to the airport expansion. This Miscikowski plan would be a nightmare for us down here.
To whoever posted "She is not homophobic, nor am I. We don't need an ambassador to the gay community, this is not San Francisco", were you able to do it with a straight face?
I think that it is very telling that Flora's supporters keep bringing up Rosendahl's sexuality. It is the least relevant issue in the race - there is not a gay way and a straight way to fill potholes. The fact that Flora's supporters have remained myopicly focused on the irrelevant shows that they feel they can't win a true debate on the real issues.
It is very sad that a city council campaign is seeking to appeal to prejudice. Ignore the irrelevant and look at the issues. Look at which candidate has taken stands to protect the entire district (not just Brentwood). Look at which candidate has come up with actual plans for solving problems. If you do that, you will vote for the better candidate - you will vote for Bill Rosendahl.
No offense to Wendy Greuel, but Councilmembers should have higher aspirations than fixing potholes.
As a legislative body, the City Council should be worried about setting broad policies.
Individual departments and agencies should be implementing their vision--fixing potholes, etc.
If it takes a City Councilman (or woman) to fix a pothole, the BPW is not doing its job. Rather than acquiesce, and fix the potholes themselves, an effective councilman would either change the policy that allows BPW staff to fail to do their job--or pressure the Mayor change the BPW staff!
Of course, that would require that we have something other than a do-nothing Mayor.
I now have a theory about the "murders" in CD 14.
Since this thread is clearly about Bill and Flora, the Anti-Antonio's cannot stay on thread, so here's my thoery:
Many of the "murders" were actually suicides by people reading these blogs by the CD 14ers...
Good point, Boi, but the option this time around is a do-less councilmember who WANTS to be mayor.
Speaking of council and legislation and broad policies. Did you notice that Jessica Garrison, an obvious Villaraigosa fan, in herpuff piece on him some weeks back pointed out that he had only put forward on policy matter in two years and that was still stuck in committee.
We can do worse than Hahn, and came within a few percentage points of doing just that in 2001.
What's with all the gay comments? I could have sworn I was in California, and not in Jerry Falwell country. If you are a homophobe, please vote for Flora. Hell, if you are a homophobe, please move to Crawford, Texas.
Flora is smart, and I am sure she will make someone a real good staffer. Flora is not council material. She is President of an ineffectual, private, Community Council (the Brentwood Homeowners Association have the real power), and when she had the opportunity to take care of the needs of our district, as President of the West LA Area Planning Commission, she failed miserably.
She points to her time there with pride. So, let me ask a question of everyone on the Westside: From a planning and land use standpoint, with hundreds of variances granted over the last 5 years, are we better off now than we were 5 years ago? My answer is a resounding no, and that's why I am voting for Bill Rosendahl.
A Married Heterosexual for Bill
9:42. . . Are you having fun making light of death and misery in what is already the most neglected and abused part of the city?
Yes? Then you are the perfect follower of Antonion Villaragosa. You must vote for him.
You belong nowhere else.
Good and smart leadership is what we need the most. And for our community we need a strong leader and his name is Bill Rosendahl.
Bill is always very impressive in the way he articulates his ideas and his vision for the community. We can feel his love for the land and the people of this District. Despite some very inappropriate comments from his opponent, Bill stays above the "mud" in this election. He is the only classy candidate running for this district.
All we can hope for is that Bill will be elected and spend his incredible energy in making our district a better place to live.
The CD11 race is not a tough choice. Just listen to the 2 candidates speak about issues. Take a look at their websites. Rosendahl is specific about things he wants to accomplish, Krisiloff speaks in generalities.
Krisiloff seems to think that she deserves council seat for her 15 years of community service. A council seat is not a reward for what you have done but is gift for what you can do. Clearly Rosendahl is looking forward and Krisiloff is looking backward.
Flora will be eaten alive by the other 14 councilmembers and the 11th council district will lose out. Bill looks to already be fighting for his constituents. Other districts can only hope to be able to vote for a potential councilmember as qualified and as strong as Bill Rosendahl.
Keep posting threads like this, Chief Parker, and it'll take the blog YEARS to get to 100K hits. Don;t be afraid to go with your "strength" -- MEAT's got more lies to post about ADV's "accomplishments" and it'll take at least 8-10 postings by people who really know to debunk them each time.
LOL
Bill Rosendahl is way ahead of his opponent in his ability and willingness to work with all stakeholders to fully understand issues and develop solutions. On top of being very knowledgeable, he is a wonderful human being who is trusted and respected by those who know him. He understands how important it is to protect the environment and to regain our quality-of-life that has been chipped away at for the past 20 years. He has earned the endorsements of the environmental groups as well as the AFL-CIO. He can bring to the table all sides of the issues and find real solutions. As Bill Rosendahl is leading in this race, I look forward to the onslaught of desperate, vicious attack mailers that will be sent out by Flora Gil Krisiloff's campaign strategist, Rick "Spit-man" Taylor.
Last night, I heard Bill and Flora for the first time. I voted for Angela in the primary, as she is a personal friend. Bill's approach to the questions was substantive, while Flora kept talking about her 20 years of public service. During her comments, she mentioned at least three times that she had done community service for 20 years without being paid a penny. Her handout said the same thing. It made me feel she thought she should get elected as a reward for those 20 years of not getting paid. Is she going to try to make up for those 20 years of no pay in her first term? That scares me to death! Talk about pay for play! I have to follow my friend Angela's endorsement and vote for Bill.
" Jack Weiss and Bill Rosendahl" two good guys, too bad that Jack Weiss is a blind west side libral, well intented Antiono supportter.
But that is the mentallty that is and will continue destroying the easide with Antiono abandonment. Antiono will open the gates for the libral Jews to buy back all of Boyle Heights as the continued development expands downtown across the bridge to the close proxsimity to the decaying Mexican community. Every wants to be close to down town and all of the new creative projects. Antionio will be exploited, and used by the rich west-side Jews, he will sell out the eastside Boyle Heights community.Has it started.
The people of the 11th District have a major decision to make in regard to who they select as their representative in this City Council race. Because of what is at stake, not just for the residents of the 11th District but what is at stake for the City of Los Angeles, this contest looms as large as the race for City Hall itself. The 11th District, with its geographical territory stretching from Imperial Highway to the Santa Monica Mountains and from the Pacific Ocean to the 405 Freeway, embraces communities with diverse distinctions ranging from Venice to Pacific Palisades; has the richness of the Ballona Wetlands; witnesses a daily influx of commuter traffic; has seen a rise in crime due to the transfer of police officers; has had to deal with the development issues surrounding Play Vista and LAX; and intersects with two other municipalities as well as unincorporated County land.
The people of the 11th District need, and deserve, a representative who will be a spirited proponent of their interest; who will recognize the diverse issues facing this community and address them with a regional perspective. The people of the 11th District require a representative who will serve as a keystone in the arc of progress; bringing all responsible parties together to address and resolve our issues. And the people of the 11th District demand a representative who understand s the complex issues of society are a concern which have a human face attached to them; and never loses sight of that fact.
Bill Rosendahl is the ideal candidate to fill this position. He will bring to this seat the skill to bring groups together. He will bring to this seat the experience to mediate and moderate summits of the leader from the local, state, county and federal branches of our government. During his four decades of public service, whether it was as a campaign assistant for a national office, as a serviceman in the US Military, as a television public affairs host, or, now as a candidate himself for public office, Bill Rosendahl has consistently displayed the vision, the competence and the character which are tools of leadership. It is this brand of leadership that we not only want, but will need as we face the issues which time and events have placed before us.
Bill Rosendahl is our man on the CD 11 Race because of his stand to dump the LAX expansion plan and his strong support for maintaining the feel and identity of neighborhoods. He favors mass transit and will work to improve the constant gridlock situation.
In the beginning, I too thought we had two very good choices in the 11th district.
As I have attended numerous candidate forums and gotten to know the candidates personally, as well as observed their campaign styles and tactics, I am increasingly convinced that Bill Rosendahl is the one who must be elected to the City Council if we are going to get the corruption out of City Hall.
Flora's bad judgment has been demonstrated time and time again.
And just what was approved on her watch of 4 years on the West LA Planning Commission? Did anything she do there actually help relieve traffic gridlock? Or did it add to it?
How can she claim to be an "outsider" when she was clearly on the "inside" of approving many, many development projects on this Commission?
I know many who want a fresh face, fresh voice and fresh perspective. Bill Rosendahl is the best choice.
Flora speaks of her triumphs as a member of the planning commission; how she saved the land at the Veterans Administration; about her twenty years of service to the people of Brentwood; and how, as a mother of three sons, can translate into an effective representative for the interest of the residents of the 11th District. Somehow, I can’t help but to think of the words of President Kennedy when he said:
“For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.”
I have seen some really good points made here by supporters of Bill Rosendahl. I still support Flora though. Now I happen to be openly gay and proud of it. And some of the bullshit here from the Antonio haters regarding gays reminds me that even in Los Angeles, there are in fact Bush voters. Now I haven't seen any substanitive evidence of Flora being anti gay. I think that if his homosexuality is made an issue, it benefits Bill over Flora. Don't forget that most of this council district is represented by Sheila Keuhle, an open lesbian.
However, I live in the 5th, not in the 11th, so I don't get to vote for either Bill or Flora (I liked Angela too). However, I have nothing against Rosendahl and I'm sure he'll make a very good councilman.
I wish Flora's staffers would get off this blog and go get back to the trenches. Yes, we know Bill Rosendahl is gay. Thank you for the constant reminders. I look forward to your responses about exactly how that has anything to do with the duties of a City Council Member.
Isn't Flora touting stopping huge development at the VA in West LA?
If this is her main accomplishment, people should check out the last Brenwood News as even Cindy Miscikowski admits that no Century-City type development was ever proposed, nor would it have had any chance to be approved.
Way to go, Flora...keep fighting the tough fights. Maybe you should be touting an actual project you stopped. It's like claiming credit and victory for picking a #1 NCAA tournament seed to beat a #16 seed. I'm sure the "trenches of Brentwood" trained you well for such a fight.
LA Weekly, this week, comments on the "do nothing" city council since 2003. Anybody being added to the mix here that can change that pattern?
Doubtful...
Thank you Robert Green of LA
Weekly good article on the current do nothing city council of 2003 poor Ludlow following his AV mentor. The article reflects on different districts of the city. Perhaps the truth will start to come out.
shame on Jessica Garrision and LA Times for pandering.Get rid of her.
Mike Bonin, shouldn't you be managing Bill's campaign rather than posting all day on this blog? Or is that part of the strategy? You get on, post like your supporting Bill, then supporting Flora - like there's real dialog - and implant these sneaky little messages.
But don't try to pretend you're a Flora supporter and then engage in gay-bashing. That's a low-down, piece of shit strategy!
So stop trying to make your candidate the victim and change the topic of the council race. Stick to the issues if you think
your candidate is capable to stand on his own and address city related matters.
Why was jack Weiss included in this thread, Chief Parker Smells fishy to me. On Antonio's payroll?
Sounds about right.
To 2:04,
Right! The federal government just happens to throw in an impractical option (enormous commercial development) into a thousand page master plan just to fill space. I'm sure the Bush Administration didn't have anything else in mind. More likely they were hoping someone wouldn't see it and move it forward, much like the TED STEIN LAX EXPANSION PLAN that's moving forward.
Just one question: Has Bill given back Ted and Ellen's money? Imagine, taking money from the master mind of LAX Expansion. Shame!
Interesting, isn't it. Bill and AV have the same consultant.
Ellen S. Stein
(Commisioner, Board of Public Works)
Encino, CA 91436 William Rosendahl
Council Member - CD11
1260502 - Bill Rosendahl for City Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/04-06/30/04]
$500.00
[Election: 03/08/05]
Theodore O. Stein
(Attorney, Theodore O. Stein)
Encino, CA 91436 William Rosendahl
Council Member - CD11
1260502 - Bill Rosendahl for City Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/04-06/30/04]
$500.00
[Election: 03/08/05]
Bill & Tony have the same consultant. I guess those posts right before the primary election by Wayne Bannister were correct: "Parke Skelton doesn't do campaigns for straight white males, just gays, lesbians and minorities."
Sierra Club , league of Conservation Voters and Ballona Wetlands Land trust prefer Bill.
Sierra Club sponsored mail and phone calls- they are serious!
Flora's campaign is run by the same frim doing the PR for the airport expansion, and playa vista phase II development. Miscikowski pushed LAX expansion and Playa Vista development. Flora is her candidate. Connect the Dots.
Will the 405 become a giant parking lot or will traffic actually move on it at least part of the day as it does now?
When the environmental groups unanimously oppose a candidate- I pay attention!!
Having met both, I can tell you this; Bill may be a better campaigner, but Flora would be a better councilperson. Bill has made a lot of promises to a lot of people. If he's elected he's bound to leave a trail of disaffected people in his wake. You'll see, it will be the same situation he left at Adelphia - a lot of promises made about things he had no control over. And a lot of hard feelings when he left.
Flora, on the other hand, tends to be more of a policy wonk. Her devil is in the details. It may not sexy, but it's the way things are done.
Ellen and Ted Stein endorse Bill?
Wow! Why didn't we know that? Now there's some endorsements one would love to have. Right up there with Leland Wong, Troy Edwards, Doug Dowie and Michael Jackson.
Wonder if Bill's been talking to the Grand Jury yet?
Wow, you CD11 people are nearly as good at gutter-sniping and bloodletting as the CD14 group.
I think we have a runner up on "Chief Parker's Sinister City - Home of Los Antonios Politics"
AH! Here I am. But only for a minute. Chief - I disagree. Jack Weiss is an idiot, but I do give him credit for opposing the sales tax increase and being relatively smart enough to not join th other lemings on the council to support this train wreck of a mayor.
Now everyone go play on the freeway. I will be back soon.
Thanks Chief for holding down the fort.
Sac Nighties - send me an email so I can ask you something.
LOVE,
Mayor Sam
Bill Rosendahl has done NOTHING for 25+ years but serve the cable industry: Adelphia, Century, and Group W.
Sure, he had a nice talk show where he served soft balls to elected officials. (What elected wouldn't like that?). He then turned around and lobbied them for higher rates and better franchise agreements. You forgot to mention how he opposed open access to the internet for low income folks and minorities. You
also failed to mention how he LOBBIED against cable company competition, or should I say how he LOBBIED for a cable monopoly. You also left out that when he managed operations at Century Cable they had the highest penalties ever imposed on a cable company not to mention the WORST customer service record.
This isn't the record of a good addition to the city council. This would be the worst choice.
See this is why you liberals are nothing but garbage guzzling girly-men.
Plenty of your union honchos are just as aggressive in protecting their interests (whether it serves the members or not) and you praise them. IF Bill did what you said he did, he's being a good businessman. And as far as opposing open access, its not opposing it for minorities, its opposing forcing a business to give away its product for free to those who can't or chose not to pay for it. Perhaps I should come to your house and drink your beer or eat your food because I am disadvantged somehow. And you can't blame Rosendahl for the crimes of the Rigas family who owned Adelphia.
This city council is desperately in need of people who understand how our capitalist system works and has a business background. Bill has an understanding of both that as well as how goverment works. Not sure if you can say that for the NIMBY Nelly running against him. But you probably like her cause she'll bend over for the status quo.
So go drive backwards on the 405 you razor breath maggot!
See this is why you liberals are nothing but garbage guzzling girly-men.
Plenty of your union honchos are just as aggressive in protecting their interests (whether it serves the members or not) and you praise them. IF Bill did what you said he did, he's being a good businessman. And as far as opposing open access, its not opposing it for minorities, its opposing forcing a business to give away its product for free to those who can't or chose not to pay for it. Perhaps I should come to your house and drink your beer or eat your food because I am disadvantged somehow. And you can't blame Rosendahl for the crimes of the Rigas family who owned Adelphia.
This city council is desperately in need of people who understand how our capitalist system works and has a business background. Bill has an understanding of both that as well as how goverment works. Not sure if you can say that for the NIMBY Nelly running against him. But you probably like her cause she'll bend over for the status quo.
So go drive backwards on the 405 you razor breath maggot!
Glad to see you're back, at least for a while, Mayor Sam.
I have no problem with Rosendahl being a capitalist or a lobbyist. In fact, I think his record demonstrates that he was good at both. And he was a great defender of the company during the federal investigations.
However, you know as well as I do that lobbying for a major corporation like Adelphia went completely AGAINST the needs of residents whom he now asks to vote for him. This is even more significant considering those same cable entities are going to come before the City to negotiate franchise agreements as well as other business. I want someone who has business awareness/skills but who I know by their record will represent the City's best interests.
Also, if you're a real capitalist, you have to hate the fact that this guy opposed competition. That undermines our economy and works against the needs of the City. Shouldn't cable companies have to compete to give Los Angeles the best deal for the buck? I'm in the private sector and have to fight everyday with competitors.
As for the "NIMBY Nelly", yep, I like her 'cause she's proven she has what it takes to be effective, and those NIMBY newspapers agree - you know, the LA Times and LA Weekly.
Hope you're not on the road behind me, Mayor.
Hey Lev, (or can I call you Leon?) -
I find it most ironic that you, being a real lefty, think that corporate Rosendahl is up to the task of serving the people.
His experience is in fleecing City Gov't, not promoting the interests of the residents.
And to 5:50, why don't you look at who has given money to Bill - like Pres. of Playa Vista - Soboroff. Also look at the list of other firms Playa hired over the years giving to Bill. Look at the political officials (current and former) supporting Bill who supported Playa, LAX Expansion, and other developments. Hypocrites make the worst political whores.
And if you need it spelled out, here:
Riordan just had a fundraiser for Bill on Thursday. Riordan and Stein are the masterminds of LAX expansion.
So next time,instead of shooting off your mouth, try checking the facts first!
Last I checked it was the Hahn-Miscikowski LAX expansion plan? Doesn't Miscikowski support Flora? Didn't she just have a fundraiser for her? Check YOUR facts Anon.
FACTS FOR THE UNINFORMED:
1. The expansion plan goes back to Riordan and his appointee to the Airport Commission - Ted Stein. BOTH SUPPORT BILL ROSENDAHL.
2. Prior to even becoming a candidate, Krisiloff led her neighborhood council - several miles away in formally OPPOSING THE LAX EXPANSION PLAN. Not only that, she was the first candidate to oppose the plan even in the face of having Miscikowski's endorsement.
3. BILL ROSENDAHL has the support of 9/15 councilmembers. They VOTED TO SUPPORT LAX EXPANSION. He only came out against it AFTER he became a candidate. Can we really trust Bill Rosendahl, the candidate of the political establishment ramming LAX Expansion down the throats of surrounding residents? NO!
Both CD 11 candidates (Rosendahl and Krisiloff)are against Charter Amendment A, which is on the May 17 ballot. This is the measure that would throw the door wide open for an LAPD takeover of the Airport Police, which is both costly and unnecessary.
Jack Weiss, on the other hand, has been rabidly pursuing this issue and is the main (if not only, at this point)proponent of Charter Amendment A on the Council. The other Councilmembers wisely rethought their positions when the merger study that Weiss himself ordered backfired on him by recommending against an LAPD-LAXPD merger in no uncertain terms.
Weiss and Bratton are in cahoots on this one in order to funnel some of that good LAX generated revenue into the LAPD. Most people don't know this, but the Department of Airports is one of only three self-sufficient city departments (the other two being the Harbor Dept. and DWP). That means that they don't cost the taxpayer a dime to operate and in fact make a profit for the city each and every year. That means that all of those LAX police officers are getting paid not out of the city coffers, but from airport-generated revenue (like concession and landing fees).
Bratton wants to absorb their police department because the 1/2 percent sales tax initiative failed and he needs to get the money for his department somehow. All those lawsuit settlements add up, you know? Him trying to merge with another police department while his own is under a Federal Consent Decree is the moral equivalent of trying to seduce someone when you know that you've got a venereal disease.
Weiss only voted against
the 1/2 percent initiative because it was Hahn's baby and he didn't want to do anything that might make Antonio's main opponent look good in the upcoming election. He figures he can make that up to Bratton by pushing Amendment A, because he will need Bratton's endorsement when he runs for City Attorney (Stay with me here: Rocky Delgadillo has been making some noises about running for California Attorney General. That would leave the L.A. City Attorney slot open for Jack Weiss, who will be halfway through his final term in City Council by then). At least that's what those who would know are saying right now. Maybe because that's the only way to explain Weiss' interest in the LAX police, who have nothing at all to do with his own district. It's funny/sad/terrible how Jack Weiss is trying to dirty up the LAX police in the media while failing to mention anything about the LAPD officers who have been getting arrested at LAX for stealing drugs and money in the last year alone. But then, that might alienate Bratton, huh? Strange bedfellows, indeed. At least Krisiloff and Rosendahl agree (along with the Westchester Neighborhood Council and the Airport Commission and the Westchester Chamber of Commerce, etc, etc) on this one: Vote No on Charter Amendment A!
This is the most depressing list of comments I have ever come across. Nothing insightful regarding either Flora or Bill. Sounds to me like a lot of immediate staff trying to get a leg up.
I will add something to this silly debate: There is something wrong with Rosendhahl. This is a guy who blows easily and has done so on many occasions. Piss him off and he will grab your hand (really hard!), pull you close -- face to face -- and with spittle spewing from his Tony Robbins red faced framed mouth, tell you that he is "watching you... keeping an eye on you... you better watch yourself". If you piss him off and you're not home, he will scare the hell out've your neighbors as he screams at your house and throws your Flora sign into your hedges.
He is unstable. He is remarkably insecure. His bombasity is a cover for knowing and understanding little. He's capable of accusing people of the most dastardly deeds but he'll do this in a hissing whisper and then deny the hell out've it. He resents anyone with money.
We shouldn't have to pay the price for a sad, sixty year old man's desperate need for a job! Let his brother - room mate continue to support him, not the taxpayers of Los Angeles.
Wow! iT IS 2009 AND I am running for Rosendahl's chair in the council. I have nothing personal against Mr R, but city hall as an entity is broke, broken, and allows Jamiel Shaw's killers, and Cheryl Green's murderers to enter LA, walk the streets freely and kill again. This Sanctuary city policy has to stop! If elected, it will stop with my efforts till the day I die. Craig Wilson cand for city council 11
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