Exposing Villaraigosa
Before you guys even get started, we give this disclaimer...when you go in the gutter, we will be quick on the delete button. That being said...The Perfect Exposure Gallery is hosting an exhibit entitled " Road to Victory, Villaraigosa Mayor of Los Angeles" through Oct. 21st. They are located at 3513 W. Sixth St. The exhibition is a collection of pictures from his campaign commemorating Latino Heritage month.
See, not what you thought, now was it...
Posted by Anonymous @ 10/05/2005 05:25:00 AM
53 Comments:
Antonio is plenty overexposed as it is.
I guess the Pacheco Blogging Team (formerly known as "The CD 14 Blogging Team")isn't awake yet.
I expect the usual trash about the 80 Neighborhood Watches and other sexual innuendos.
They rarely disappoint.
What is Antonio about easing tensions on South LA in wake of the killing of two black men by a Latino store owner LAST WEEK? See story in today's LA Times by Sam Quinones in which the Mayor has yet to issue a comment.
My sense of AV is that anytime there is a tough issue, he deflects attention by doing a photo op (e.g., taking over LAUSD, this shooting etc.).
I'd rather have a mayor of substance.
Not what I thought? How could you assume that "we the people" believe anything coming out of your mouth Mayor Sam. You are an AV operative from day ONE.
17th floor intern can confirm
8:16 - shouldn't you be reworking that resume and delete that period where you worked for Hahn rather than posting here?
Antonio won't take a stand on the Black/Latino issue in South LA because he lacks leadership and is a whuss. He didn't take a stand on the DWP pay hike either. People in this city are beginning to realize we have a "do nothing mayor." It's all about Antonio. I'm looking forward to his made up accomplishments for his 1st 100 days.
Villaraigosa ran a fantastic campaign. He is a good role model. Many of you who disagree might have a self esteem problem, or other.
To all campaign staff volunteers for all candidates. It is undemocratic when I drive by the area (CD14) and observe grown men tearing up the opponents sign. You may want to consider telling all your staff and volunteers it only takes a person to catch it on film and make good news out of it. Don't get caught up in the little stuff, go work for your candidate of choice and make them a winner.
Performance Systems International Inc. 1015 31st Street, NW Washington DC 20007
I guess that AV thinks that the City Council works for him....
"Dear Council Staff, Directors and General Managers:
I hope all is well with you. As Deputy Mayor for Neighborhood and Community Services I would like to personally thank you for your department’s time and effort responding to the constituent service requests that have been coming from our office. It is on this note that I am writing to you today.
When I came to the Mayor’s Office in July I hired Jacob Motta to be Director of Constituent Services. I tasked him with developing a referral plan for constituent service requests that come to our office. Jacob has been working with City Council offices and other city departments to do this. Of course, we see 3-1-1 as the first line of response followed by the Council offices as the second line of response on all constituent service requests. However, the expectations that some members of the public have about this Mayor have led to large numbers of requests getting to us as well.
Until now, Jacob and our other staff in the area offices have relied on their prior departmental relationships to refer constituent service requests that came to the Mayor’s office. What I am asking now is that you officially assign a department liaison and a back-up designee to whom we can refer these requests. It may be the person or persons with whom we are already working, but I would like that assignment to be made officially. Over the course of the next several days I am asking Jacob to meet with you, your chosen representative, or the designated liaison by phone or in person so that we can establish our network of liaisons to streamline our constituent service needs. I have set a goal for Jacob to complete the meetings and phone calls by mid-October.
I am also asking that during the course of your meeting, a method be devised so that your liaison will be able to report to Jacob on a monthly basis the status of the constituent requests your department has received from my staff, which ones are pending, and which ones are closed. We have some ideas on how this system might operate.
I look forward to working with you in the future, and thank you sincerely for your time. Please feel free to contact me or Jacob 213-922-9787 if you would like to discuss these items in greater detail.
Larry Frank
Deputy Mayor for Neighborhood and Community Services"
Road to Victory my ass. It should be Road to a Natural DIASTER.
You would think with all the publicity Antonio gets he would put the attention to the real issues of this city like gangs, homeless, public safety. Has he finished appointing all his commissioners? He's hadd 10o days to finish.
Villaraigosa. News story from LA Daily News
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Mayor's spending survey a lesson in sharing the blame
Mariel Garza, Columnist
Welcome to Los Angeles' "Budget-a-palooza 2005," the exciting event where Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa seeks guidance on how to spend $6 billion in city revenue next year.
For complete story
http://www2.dailynews.com/marielgarza/ci_3087247
You're SUCH a tease, Mayor Frank!
But, name me ONE politician who's had MORE exposure (based on less accomplishments), and I'll eat my keyboard. . .
There's never yet been any "steak" behind this sizzle.
The story by Garza from LA Daily News is a must read.
"..."We tried to treat them like true partners," Marcus Allen, deputy chief of staff for Villaraigosa, said of the neighborhood councils. "We tried to get them enough information to understand the real choices the mayor has to struggle with."
http://www2.dailynews.com/marielgarza/ci_3087247
The Garza story on Villaraigosa
(partial text)
"The idea of not having the full skinny on the city's income was a factor for Pacoima Neighborhood Council President Edwin Ramirez. He liked that Villaraigosa started his process earlier than Hahn did, and feels like the mayor is asking for real advice, not just reaching out to make nice with the community.
However, it's hard to make tough choices without knowing what the financial consequences are.
"I'm not saying it's bad," Ramirez said. "But the truth is, to make a better, more educated recommendation we really need to understand what the funding sources are."
http://www2.dailynews.com/marielgarza/ci_3087247
He WILL be exposed... the layers of the onion are peeling away - slowly but shirley. (And the person who mentioned "role model" needs therapy...)
Staff writer Dan Laidman for LA Daily News has given us
"Valley school hosting 'service day'
"North Hollywood High School will be one of the host sites for Saturday's Day of Service with Our Youth, a community event marking Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's 100th day in office..."
go to daily news for full article
http://www2.dailynews.com
LA TIMES tells us
By Richard Fausset, Times Staff Writer
"School Reform Best in Small Steps, Mayor Finds"
go to LA TIMES for full story
www.latimes.com
QUE?
"Villaraigosa made good on his promise, appearing at a Monday morning assembly where students sang, "It's Not Where You Start, It's Where You Finish," and capped it off with a chorus line.
"That's my life story," Villaraigosa said. "That's what this school's all about, right?"
FULL STORY GO TO LA DAILY NEWS UNDER:
Mayor takes up student's offer
Third-grader paves way for visit to Valley school
By Naush Boghossian, Staff Writer
I was a huge AV fan until his about-face on the LAUSD control issue. I understand why he would not want to take control of the District (it's a total mess with 7 useless board members, a self-dealing superintendent and a staff of morons), but he made the request and now choses not to deliver.
10:07 You are correct. I voted for him and believed he would change the system for our students. It was a broken promise and I am disillusioned on this issue.
Does Carnegie have a high success rate of accomplishments to achieve the following-
"Carnegie Learning announced today that it has been awarded a three-year, multi-million dollar contract by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to provide algebra readiness and Algebra I curricula to more than 25,000 middle and high school students. The LAUSD Board of Education approved the purchase last week and deployments will begin immediately in several schools with remaining implementations scheduled for January 2006."
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2005--
LA Daily News has the stories, what's going on with the rest of the papers!
http://www2.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_3081274
"Belmont blues
Price tag climbs, again
Bids are in for resurrecting the Belmont Learning Center, the school atop the leaky oil field and earthquake fault that's already cost $300 million. The lowest bid is $30 million over what the Los Angeles Unified School District had budgeted.
Amazingly, LAUSD Superintendent Roy Romer still wants to proceed with his single-minded effort to salvage this star-crossed project, even though it should be obvious that the district will have massive liability if anything ever goes wrong at what he's perversely renamed "Vista Hermosa," or beautiful view.
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But for a more practical perspective, there's school board member David Tokofsky: "I think it might be better to turn the whole thing into a parking lot and make some money out of it."
Good to see someone at the LAUSD is thinking.
Why has local media not grabbed this story.
"City of Huntington Park & LAUSD Interfere with Sale of 'La Montana' Property"
Owner of 6208 South Alameda Avenue, Huntington Park files suit against City of Huntington Park and Los Angeles Unified School District for intentionally interfering with the sale of the property.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb289483.htm
I just read that previous article about the property owner in HP. So this is what LAUSD regional directors do, bully the property owners to get the land at a cheaper price.
Come on LA TIMES, LA DAILY NEWS why do you not report on this clear abuse of LAUSD
Another offer for the property has been made by a real estate developer. The developer was contacted by Huntington Park's mayor and advised to rescind his offer because he would not get the proper permits and approvals to develop it. The mayor told the developer that the City wants LAUSD to obtain the property in order to swap it with the City.
WHY DOES THE CITY WANT THIS PROPERTY THROUGH LAUSD CHANNELS. PAYBACK FOR A VILLARAIGOSA COMPADRE, ANY MERUELO'S OUTTHERE
Antonio should change his name again to Antonio SinHuevos.
LAUSD IS UNDERSTAFFED TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD WITHIN THIS BEAURACRACY...
Lausd's Auditor Says Fraud Slips By Too Small Staff
Daily News; Los Angeles, Calif.
Understaffing has crippled efforts by Los Angeles Unified's investigations office to find and stop fraudulent activities and determine whether the district is operating effectively, the new inspector general said Thursday.
With 52 auditors and investigators overseeing the business and activities of the nation's second-largest school district, the office in charge of improving effectiveness and detecting and preventing waste, fraud and abuse has been able to monitor just 3 percent of the contracts awarded.
http://www.icmarc.org/xp/news/accountingofemployeebenefitplans/81456031.xml
"Lausd's Auditor Says Fraud Slips By Too Small Staff"
Daily News; Los Angeles, Calif.
http://www.icmarc.org/xp/news/accountingofemployeebenefitplans/81456031.xml
"My concern there, having a background in the FBI, is you've got billions of dollars in the construction program and (if) you're not finding any significant fraud, you're probably missing something," said Inspector General Jerry Thornton, who worked 25 years for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"If you're only doing 3 percent of billions of dollars, well, 97 percent of that is not being looked at."
BRING BACK THE TOP TEN HOT LIST.
I LOVE IT: Antonio SinHuevos.
From The LA Daily News
Antonio bowing down Re: "A new day at LAX" (Editorial, Sept. 28):
Saying that Mayor Villaraigosa is standing up to the contractors and unions is flat-out misleading. In fact, it's the opposite: He's generously bowing down to these guys, more so then the former mayor.
When the DWP workers demanded a 16 percent to 30 percent pay raise this past week, or with opportunities such as BFI and the Valley landfill, or Sen. Romero's bill giving him the power to improve schools, what was our mayor's response? Nothing. All you heard was crickets chirping. He's done and said absolutely nothing on issues of "pay-to-play." In fact, he's giving those unions a generous "thank you" for giving him the contributions needed to beat Hahn in a landslide.
- Derrick Harris
Los Angeles
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? Same gangbang crew in action, just a bigger smile when the mayor screws you!
This gets complicated. I want Huizar to win, but if he is alligned so closely with the mayor, I will vote for another candidate.
Huizar has potential, but if he sold his soul to Mr. Mayor, we are all in deep shit.
Attention "in the know bloggers"
How many supporters can Huizar get at a public function v.s. Pacheco?
AV 100 Day Report:
I REFUSE TO TAKE CONTROL OF LAUSD, BUT AM SUPPORTING A CANDIDATE FOR CD 14 THAT DID NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT.
"Late Night Martinis in the 14th"
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Good observation Mailander. I also agree that currently Nick is ahead.
The volunteer recruitment staff and consultants are in full gear at pacheco camp, huizar camp still needs to find a person who can motivate the volunteers.
A mayor is hitting the delete button on this thread.
I knew it. Too good to be true.
Adios.
Mayor, you are a darn funny guy. Why so upset calling trolls dumbshits. You are master troll, you molded the bloggers, they began to think on their own, and you retaliate by using the word--------dumbshit.
LOL
Brian,
What is Mr. Trujillo doing on these sunny days? I have a job for him, a gig at the Laugh Factory.
All he has to do is stand on stage, it works wonders.
"Chief Faker" is out there, wandering around aimlessly in a diogenesian stupor, searching for the FAKE 80 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ORGANIZATIONS that he, our accomplishment-less current mayor, and AV's veracity challenged handlers lied about in the spring, repeatedly.
(. . . and that Mayor Frank helped them cover for, here.)
Anon 9:59
Did you *really* say
"slowly but shirley?"
Clearly, surely, LAUSD is worse than we all think.
Shirley you gest?
Yes, But Don't call me Shirley
surely, shirely
don't pick on the silly words
concentrate on exposing corruption
To: Anon October 05, 2005 9:33 AM
Ok, guy (or gal) streamlining constiuent request which is most of the work filed staffers do, is an efficient use of tax dollars. Most consituents and voters alike believe that government doesn't work, i believe its a breath of fresh air that the new mayor is implementing a process by which taxpayer funded staffers of every level of government will be help accountable for taxpayer requests.
If you have a problem with this, you must like wasteful government.
To: Anon October 05, 2005 9:48 AM
Anyone with a decent brain can tell you as Mayor you are always filling commission appts, hell hahn was appointing people after the election still.
To: Anon October 05, 2005 10:07 AM
The Mayor should be held accountable for the schools, but until there a is consensus plan in place taking a position on a stupid (unconstitutional) piece of legislation from a jealous elected official isn't leadership, it would've been pure stupidity. The Mayor did the right thing, by laughing at the lame (illegal) bill in the legislature.
To: Anon October 05, 2005 10:18 AM
All i can say to you, if things were reversed and the LAUSD paid more for the land instead of less like they did, you'd say something stupid about Huizar, then the Mayor and then you'd pat yourself on the back and continue to eat your trix cereal and watch oprah.
keepin it real.
You guys are like a bunch of chickens clucking your gossip. Don't you have work to do?? Who's footing your paycheck, anyway? Put your wit to work doing the job you are being paid to do.
Assuming most of you are government employees, as a taxpayer, I really am starting to resent your constant cackling during working hours. You are all part of the problem of inefficient government spending.
3:27 Shoot the messenger?
That's the cowards way out. Why don't you pick and argument or piece of gossip and disprove it, instead. If you can.
Hey dude "Mr Keeping it real"
All your points are bogus and full of inconsistencies.
Try again.
You lose.
Great to see the bloggers read the papers and are in the know. I'm sure Antonio hates that we are educated and question things instead of his lover who simply take his word. Budget meetings were a sham. WE all know Antonio will want to tax to get more officers with a countywide ballot. He wants to help his friends Baca and Molina although the county was sitting on $309 million after Measure A failed. AV is not looking to good with NC's these days.
3:27 PM
I work in the city, the one with the big hall. I get paid minimum wage, so it won't hurt you for me to blog here.
Huizar, I'm worried about you, get some good volunteers and fast. In CD 14 there are some good constituents that are not in the NC's, but can be good for your campaign, go find them.
To Anon 3:24. That memo from Larry Frank is an idea previously implemented in the Bradley era. This is another reinvention of the wheel. It's too bad files/procedues aren't saved and archived for future use. We'd savea lot of time if we'd talk to the folks who previously held liaison positions for their department. What we need is a master tracking site where input is allowed and files are automatically sent to a completed folder which can be reviewed by City staff whether it is Mayor, Council or departmental staff. The solution for tracking complaints is a no brainer and doesn't require a lot of time to develop. Create the program, distribute the procedures, Laision person reviews for completion and flagged to be forwarded to Mayor's office for auto letter to customer. Now, yes this takes a little clerical experience, supervision that job is being done and done consistently but Gee. Don't make it some a major project where a bunch of people who don't even deal with complaints have to figure this out. We waste enough time on these committees, task force, sub committees, project teams, etc. The point is, people need to make decisions and iplement them. If someone couldn't figure this out at the Mayor's office then we are in trouble. There are exisitng staff who already track these types of records in probably every dept. I do hope the department heads send out notification to all their internal supervisors asking for suggestions. The solution to satifying a constitunt lies with the working staff of the City.
Hmm, Bradley era. I thought AV was only taking advice from anyone and everyone who worked in the Riordan administration.
What an assumption. My bad.
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