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Thursday, October 20, 2005

(Keeping It) All In The Family

One of our regular posters here of late is Archie Bunker, the lovable leader of the clan (and the klan) on the hit 70s comedy, "All In The Family."

Rick Orlov has a piece on how our own Mayor Villaraigosa is keeping it in the "family" with various appointments:
"Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is proving he believes in family values - at least when it comes to his appointments.

He has appointed the husband-wife team of Nick and Sylvia Patsaouras to the Board of Water and Power and Airport commissions, respectively. Also, he named Barbara Yaroslavsky, wife of Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, to the Commission on Children, Youth and Their Families.

Last week, he named the wife of another supporter to the Children, Youth and Their Families panel by nominating Bobbie Parks. She is the wife of Councilman Bernard Parks, who provided a key endorsement in the mayor's election campaign."
And those cavemen Republicans are giving President Bush a hard time for appointing his buddy to the Supreme Court???

99 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

BUT WHO DID HE APPOINT TO HEAD UP THE 80 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES???

NOT FAKER/TRUJILLO.

NOT HUIZAR.

LOOK SOUTH.

October 20, 2005 11:34 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Also, Corina Villaraigosa
Corina Alarcon
Cynthia Ruiz
John Perez

October 20, 2005 11:35 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I don't get it 11:34.

October 20, 2005 11:36 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Isn't he related to Ted Wass the guy who used to be on BlossoM?

October 20, 2005 11:37 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

How many millions of dollars did Villariagosa give away this weekend.

He gave over 270 million in city tax funds over the next 25 years to the HOTEL GURUS.

How many welfare paychecks is this. Damn the hotel business on welfare how ironic. Next time, I will tell them, "Get off public assistance, and learn to make profits!"

October 20, 2005 11:37 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

THIS WILL PROBABLY GET DELTED BY MAYOR SAM, BUT AV/FAKER/TRUJILLO STILL HAS NOT COME CLEAN ON THE CD14 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES.

I CAN NOT SAY MORE BUT I CAN SAY THE ANSWER IS

SOUTH.

October 20, 2005 11:39 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

i didn't get any money...

October 20, 2005 11:40 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

THANK YOU RICHARD FAUSSET LA TIMES
MAYOR PICK FOR PANEL ANGERS CRITICS
Is ANtonio as dumb as he looks/ He's chosen an ACLU executive director to the homeless agency. Again this is another appointee who SUED the city and tried to name Chief Bratton in lawsuit for LAPD arresting people sleeping on streets. THe lawsuit was dismissed.

What is it with Antonio picking people who are suing the city? We can all really tell how dumb he is and the fact that he didn't pass the BAR 4 TIMES.

October 20, 2005 11:41 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Why thank you. Mayor Sam and Mayor Frank, I'm touched.

Yeah Right(Laughs)
I still think you guys are full of Shit.

Meatheads!!!

October 20, 2005 11:47 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

11:35, wasn't that an early "Steppenwolf" trak, about the same time Av started "going straight" (1967)

"Corina Corina, Girl where you been so long

Corina Corina, where you been so long

I've been worried about you baby

Why won't you please come home"

October 20, 2005 11:49 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

There's also one thing missing in the post, He nominated Supervisor Burke's Husband to the DWP Committee.

While you're at it. There should be a post regarding the Patsouras and other $$$ contributors adn now sitting on key commissions.

Call it: "The Price i$ Right"

October 20, 2005 11:52 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

80 FAKE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ORGANIZATIONS

Follow the trail of lies: they get bigger each step along the way.

(Con-FUCK-us-all say: "A journey of many stepping stones to political big house and undeserved notoriety begin with 80 smaller lies")

October 20, 2005 11:53 AM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

Thanks Arch.

October 20, 2005 12:00 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Mayor Sam...

BIG HUGE difference between the Los Angeles Airport Commission and the United States Supreme court... although acordng to bush being a commissioner makes you qualified.

October 20, 2005 12:12 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

villariagosa equal tom bradly.

October 20, 2005 12:15 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Don't you want Tom Bradley?
Don't you want Tom - Ohhhhhhhhhhh!

October 20, 2005 12:26 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Even though, I didn't like negros in 1973. Mayor Sam, you know what I'm talking about.

Calling A. Villaraigosa, Tom Bradley is like pissing and shitting on his grave and giving his still alive wife Ethel a flaming bag of dog poop on her South LA Doorstep.

The man is no leader!

October 20, 2005 12:37 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

DeLay Appears in Houston for Booking
AP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

HOUSTON - Rep. Tom DeLay turned himself Thursday in at the Harris County sheriff's office, where he was photographed, fingerprinted and released on bond on state conspiracy and money laundering charges. "He posted $10,000 bond and they have left the bonding office," Lt. John Martin with the sheriff's department said. The appearance came a day after a state court issued an arrest warrant for DeLay and set an initial bail, a routine step before the Texas Republican's first court appearance Friday in Austin.

October 20, 2005 12:44 PM  

Blogger dgarzila said:

They all think they are above the law . DeLAY how ironic the name , there was a Delay in his getting caught.

That is until someone as ambitious as they are who play by the same crooked rules they do , who is better at playing by those crooked rules , uses those crooked rules to get them.

you live by the sword you die by the sword.

And to think I would have voted for this guy if I was back home.

But then I have a texas senate commendation signed by one of the most racist state senators there ever was.

go figure.

October 20, 2005 12:53 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

(In honor of "Ah-chee's" rise to blog-prominence. . . feel free to sing along).

THOSE ARE MY PLAYS
(A. Villar, 2005)

(To the tune of the "All in the Family" theme song):

"Boy the way I conned you all.
Made old Jim Hahn take a fall.
Liars like me can have a ball.
Those are my plays.

No one knows what I can do.
Never seen a project through.
Mister I can promise you the moon will shine at high noon.
(and you'll STILL buy it!)

I'll pose for any TV crew.
That's all I know how to do.
Til my handlers whisper a clue,
THOSE ARE MY PLAYS.

October 20, 2005 1:12 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Jim Hahn glad to see you're composing show tunes in your retirement.

October 20, 2005 1:26 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

At least he FINISHED the show tune. . .

October 20, 2005 1:30 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

11:49. Corina, Corina may have been covered by Steppenwolf but it is an old blues and bluegrass classic. Recorded by Big Joe Turner, Muddy Wayers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, and the Blue Sky Boys -- among many many others.

October 20, 2005 1:34 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Alls I care about is when someone's going to start "covering" CD14 city council business... been without a voice at city hall for nigh on to 3 years, by my ciphering.

Pretty shitty, too.

October 20, 2005 1:46 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

You also forgot the wife of retired commander Paul Kim who had the Asians endorse Antonio.

In today's papers he's appointing Ramona Ripston exec. director of ACLU to homeless agency. Then Rev. Chip Murray another black endorser to same agency.

Gee, Antonio sure is cleaning up city hall like he said and not acting at all like Hahn. Antonio is looking like a hypocrite.

October 20, 2005 1:56 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

11:56 Esqueleto...long time no hear...btw, do you like your YUCCA private, or with neighbors?

October 20, 2005 1:57 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

1:12 For those that need the actual theme song scenario, here it is

This is for you archie.

http://www.tvland.com/theme_songs/

October 20, 2005 2:02 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Way back when
In Ninety-seven
I was the dandy
Of Cal Assem
Sweet things from Sacto
So young and willing
Moved in with Huggy
Where the hell am I

Hey Fourteen
No we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please come on along
When I move on up

Hey Fourteen
That's Jose Huizar
He don't remember
A thing I did
It's hard times befallen
The old veteranos
They think I'm crazy
But I'm just getting big!

Hey Fourteen
No we got nothing in common
No we can't talk at all
Please come on along
When I move on up

October 20, 2005 2:04 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Villaraigosa and underage sweeties.

Married Huizar.

October 20, 2005 2:07 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Glad you like the song, 1:26 p.m. We're thinking of taking it on the road as part of a full musical.

"Lies My Mayor Tells Me"

. . . no end to the wealth of material.

A ditty about 80 Fake Neighborhood Watches keep coming to mind, maybe to the tune of that droning song with all the big numbers in it --from "Rent" (or maybe not).

Eighty fake neighborhood watches, maybe even more
Eighty fake neighborhood watches but no one knows where
Eighty fake neighborhood watches, one could even be next door
How do you measure two wasted council years?

October 20, 2005 2:22 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Trujillo isn't out looking for the 80 watches, I hear he is busy looking for the "other people" who posted here as chief parker. Cause remember he told the LA TIMES he only posted on here during the campaign. Hey Michael instead of posting on here about cd-14 and Jimmy Blackman,dont you think you should be focusing on that job you are DAMN LUCKY to have?

October 20, 2005 2:38 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

1:56.

Somehow appointing well qualified people like Ramona Ripston and Rev. Murray to a City Commission is the moral equivalent of, say, making your campaign fundraiser the Deputy Mayor.

October 20, 2005 2:52 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

To 1:12 and 2:04

Great songs, funny yet so true.

October 20, 2005 2:53 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The good "rev" is qualified to preach, pray, and maybe splash a little water on some converts from time to time. (None of which comes up much in commission meetings I've been to.)

After that, it's ALL payback.

As for RaMOANa -- she's apparently qualified to get in the way, which may be what most commissioners do anyway, but it's hardly a "qualification."

October 20, 2005 2:56 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

what job does trujillo have? he screwed a lot of people on this site

October 20, 2005 2:58 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

1:12

Great Song!

October 20, 2005 3:04 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

11:52

Great post, "The Price i$ Right" another fantastic show on CBS in the 1970's

October 20, 2005 3:06 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

2:56.

You ignoramus. You may like him or not, but Rev. Murray and his church have played a vital role in economic development and housing issues throughout South L.A. FAME is a national model for proactive and effective non-profit activism. Your facile dismissal of Rev. Murray's ample qualifications betrays your racist stereotypes.

And there is something to be said for Villaraigosa appointing a critic of city policy (Ramona Ripston) to a board that has the power to address homelessness. IF Ripston believes the city must do more to provide services for the homeless, this is her chance to help make it happen. It is a mark of confidence and maturity to not be threatened by vigorous debate.

October 20, 2005 3:16 PM  

Blogger dgarzila said:

Chip Murray is being appointed because he promised that he would be sending faith based dollars out there.


Note the picture of folks praying at the midnight mission in Steve Lopez's article, when the midnight mission prides itself on not being a faith based organization. They don't get government money anyway though. But PR is PR.

You bet your bottom dollar there will be achange in public policy in Los Angeles when these folks get on the LAHSA BOARD.

But let's hope Central City east isn't ignored to keep it the same.

October 20, 2005 3:25 PM  

Blogger dgarzila said:

oh yeah!

ANtonio promised that he would help send faith based initiative dollars their way.

I think it is great that the neighborhoods begin builidng low income housing .


But let's not forget it will be the right of your new neighbors , to live anyway they want to.

October 20, 2005 3:28 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

3:16

RACE CARD... already? DAMN, cut right to the chase, don't even WAIT for any clear rationale.

(Would you have said that if the poster had offered the same analysis of the qualifications of a minister not African American?)

Nada chance.

BACK ATCHA!

October 20, 2005 4:15 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Okay, I think we've had our obligatory charge of racism for this thread, today. One-a-day, that's all we require.

Anybody want to play "who's the Nazi" yet? It HAS to happen. Liberal dems can't hold a discussion, even with each other, EVEN where to have LUNCH for crying out loud, without bringing out their swastika stencils and spray paint.

October 20, 2005 4:19 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Funny that, Jerry Falwell actually runs more and larger social-welfare oriented ministries than does Pastor Murray.

Anyone want to guess is he's on AV's speed-dial?

October 20, 2005 4:36 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

3:16 anon and I'm sure you also believe its ok for someone like Ramona and the ACLU who sued the city and LAPD (LOST THE SUIT) for arresting homeless drugies to be on the Homeless Agency? Pleaseeeeee This is the 2nd commission appointment from someone who sued the city and if you don't think it is a conflict of interest then you need to go back to school. If Bitter Bernie is even questioning it and he's a big Antonio ally there's a big problem.

October 20, 2005 5:09 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

4:36

Falwell is white, and we all know that Whitey is the devil.

Hell the devil thought a Puppet was Gay.

October 20, 2005 5:09 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Let's see Antonio appointed a police commissioner who threatened to burn down the city and made racist, angry, hostile remarks to the previous police commissioners (John Mack) Appointed Yvonne Burke's husband to a commission but then he withdrew cause he ran the LA Marathon and Rocky said it was conflict of interest. Appointed Valerie to Airport Commission and she headed a group who filed a lawsuit against city for LAX expansion, appointed his comadre Cynthia Ruiz to $108,000 paid Public Works commission, appointed his 2nd cousin John Perez to board, etc. etc.

October 20, 2005 5:24 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

So, 5:09 p.m. Why can't there be gay puppets?

They're entitled to swing any way their little strings will allow them.

PUPPET LIBERATION, NOW!

True love knows no such artificial limitations. . .

(Jiminy Cricket, would you look at how well strung that piece of wood is over there, by the STRIKE banners!)

October 20, 2005 6:14 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

5:24 - Maybe Av's just trying to keep the proceeds of any future suits against the city "all in the family," too.

October 20, 2005 6:16 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

http://www.fulldisclosure.net/news/

In this ten minute video blog, moderated by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton questions were raised as to the legality of the LAUSD use and method of repayment of non-voter approved Certificates of Participation (COP) bonds currently amounting to almost one billion dollars that funded the notorious Belmont Learning Center and other unknown projects. Others appearing on the video blog with Coupal, discussing little known facts about the LAUSD and the proposed $3.95 billion bond (Measure Y) on the November 2005 ballot are:

October 20, 2005 9:06 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

What are some famous Villaraigosa quotes? (Good or Bad do count) Have fun!

"Villaraigosa: "...I guarantee you when I'm mayor of Los Angeles, Guerdon Stuckey will not be the head of the animal shelter..."

October 20, 2005 9:23 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Villaraigosa QUOTE:
"Folks, we can't just complain about the traffic," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told a Palisades Democratic Club gathering last Sunday. "We all have to be part of the solution."

October 20, 2005 9:27 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"NO I WILL NOT RUN FOR MAYOR, I WANT TO BE YOUR COUNCILMEMBER."

October 20, 2005 9:31 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"I said I made a mistake, but I also said this election is about ... Jim Hahn's failure to do what he said he was going to do."

October 20, 2005 9:33 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Villaraigosa, a councilman and former Assembly Speaker, repeatedly called Hahn’s administration “the most investigated since Frank Shaw," citing the city’s 1930s-era mayor, who was recalled from office amid charges of corruption. “You’ve never seen my name associated with any scandal,” Villaraigosa said.

October 20, 2005 9:35 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Villaraigosa, meanwhile, defended himself against charges of hypocrisy for his decision to send his children to Catholic school instead of to the Los Angeles Unified School District.

“I’m proud of the fact that my children are in Catholic school. I want them to understand the role that faith plays for our family,” Villaraigosa said. Hahn shot back: “You should put your money where your mouth is. My children go to our neighborhood school.”

October 20, 2005 9:36 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I GUESS THE FEAR TACTIC WORKED FOR AV. HE USED FEAR IN HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST HAHN IN ORDER TO WIN. FEAR, FEAR, AND FEAR!

October 20, 2005 9:38 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"Los Angeles is paralyzed by scandal," said Villaraigosa. "That scandal starts and the top and ends at the top."

October 20, 2005 9:39 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"We cannot continue to have a district where 53 percent of our students drop out and only 8 percent are proficient in math and education," Villaraigosa said at a City Hall news conference as he took stock in advance of completing his first 100 days in office Saturday.

October 20, 2005 9:40 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"Look, we have a major problem with our schools," Villaraigosa said. "If we don't fix our schools, this city is going to hell in a handbasket. We need to turn out a work force that can do the jobs of this century. We need to have workers who can support our system."

October 20, 2005 9:45 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hertzberg further declined to discuss the memo — but also declined to deny its existence. “I’ll talk to you about that later,” he said. Villaraigosa, accompanied by his campaign manager Ace Smith, told the Weekly’s editorial board: “Oh you knew about that?” Villaraigosa, however, declined to answer questions about the meeting or the memo. “I’m not at liberty to discuss it,” he said, when pressed for details.

October 20, 2005 9:48 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Villaraigosa said, "The federal government has said that this issue of immigration isn't a federal issue, it's a California issue. Guess what? California has half the immigrants in the entire nation."

October 20, 2005 9:49 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"..."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"

October 20, 2005 9:52 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I hope that Mayor Villaraigosa will stand up for Wilmington in our 100 year war with the Port of Los Angeles. We are sick to death - literally - of trucks and trains driving through our community 24/7. If the Mayor allows this new railyard to be built in Wilmington, then we might as well have voted for Jim Hahn. Sorry Antonio, your honeymoon is over. You're either with the people - or you're with the corporations.

October 20, 2005 9:53 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"That's my life story," Villaraigosa said. "That's what this school's all about, right?"

October 20, 2005 9:53 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Speaking at USC, Villaraigosa said he is still committed to "fundamental change."

"I understand people's feelings of frustration and impatience," he said Thursday. "But we can't afford to set back the cause of reform by settling for easy answers or quick fixes. We've got to get it right."

October 20, 2005 9:55 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Do you remember when Archie Bunker had to take blood from a black woman and then he stood up to the Klan.

October 20, 2005 9:57 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

VILLARAIGOSA DIDN'T SAY THE FOLLOWING BUT IT WAS A GOOD OBSERVATION MADE ON THE MAYOR BY SOME PERSON.

"I think the three main things he campaigned on were fix the traffic, fix the schools and hire more police officers," she added. "In those three areas, I haven't seen much improvement."

October 20, 2005 9:57 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

SO TRUE......

"Still, some question whether Villaraigosa is too beholden to labor. Joel Kotkin, author of The City: A Global History, said the mayor's handling of school reform and DWP raises showed an unwillingness to stand up to teachers and electrical workers -- whose unions gave him a combined $1.2 million in the mayoral election.

"From a PR point of view, he's doing great," Kotkin said. "I'm not necessarily sure he's addressing the problems the city has."

October 20, 2005 9:58 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Villaraigosa said he left the DWP issue to the council after lobbying members forcefully on the issue of Sunshine Canyon.

"I thought it was important, after going above and beyond on the Sunshine Canyon, for the council to ... share in the responsibility of making tough decisions," he said.

Councilwoman Hahn had a slightly different view.

"He didn't take a courageous stand on it," she said. "If it was something he really believed, he certainly hid behind the City Council on that one."

October 20, 2005 9:59 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

97 George and Archie Make a Deal First Aired: November 30, 1974
Writer: David P. Harmon
Director: H. Wesley Kenney

George Jefferson seeks Archie's help when he runs for local political office.

This is the episode where Tom Bradley is indirectly mentioned.

October 20, 2005 10:04 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"We are looking to do all we can, but the truth is that it is going to take time to deal with all the problems we are facing," Villaraigosa said. "We stopped construction on streets during rush hours, but the fact is we have rush hour 24 hours a day. It is going to be up to all of us to solve these problems."

FULL ARTICLE
http://www2.dailynews.com/news/ci_3132889

October 20, 2005 10:07 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Between the Archie fanatic and the Quote paster, I will be driven to vote for myself.

October 20, 2005 10:07 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Good opinion piece at LA DAILY NEWS


Re: "Antonio backs school measure" (Oct. 13):
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa doesn't seem to be much better than what we had before. Plenty of photo ops and catch phrases like "political capital," but what's he really done? He hasn't stood up for the taxpayers at all, yet. His questionnaire to the neighborhood councils is a farce.

The city keeps giving more money to the public work force, so we can't afford more police. Villaraigosa's solutions are more taxes, less services, or no additional police. The neighborhood councils' only involvement is as a scapegoat for blame; dammed if you do, dammed if you don't. Now he wants more money for school bonds. Kids deserve better, but giving more and more money to the LAUSD hasn't been the answer.

- Mark Armer
Chatsworth

October 20, 2005 10:15 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

LA OPINION AND LA TIMES ENDORSES JOSE HUIZAR FOR CITY COUNCIL.

Pacheco, who touts his effectiveness in helping the district during his earlier term in office, glosses over the fact that he lost to Villaraigosa for reasons beyond personal charisma. He was accused of strong-arming lobbyists for contributions to a nonprofit "outreach" organization he set up in the district, for example, and was entangled in some particularly vicious campaign tactics against Villaraigosa.

Huizar has served on the school board during a period of rising student scores in the troubled district, and he supported Supt. Roy Romer's largely successful districtwide school-building project. He has been a land-use attorney and has a background in urban planning, an important issue as Villaraigosa chooses the next city planner. And Huizar has the endorsements of 10 of the current 13 members of the City Council, an obvious advantage in working with them. (Council members' silence about their former colleague, Pacheco, has been telling.)

Yeah this one belongs to Pacheco -- its in the bag right?

The only thing grassroots have ever been good at is complaining and whining. For the Pacheco campaign they use the grass to smoke.

October 21, 2005 1:35 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Same song, different verse. . . 1999!

October 21, 2005 6:22 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Been waiting up all night for that to break Parke? Don't you ever get any sleep?

Damn, these paper endorsements much mean a WHOLE lot -- anything to take the sting out of the reality of the polling from REAL people WITHIN the district (who are still saying WHO-zar???)


Sleep late; none of the out-of-district newspaper nods mean squat on street in Boyle Heights, El Sereno, or Highland Park.

If you need a map of where that is -- ask around.

Might as well be toilet paper.

October 21, 2005 6:28 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Nice of the Times editorial section to continue to do the mayor's bidding, at the same time the NEWS sections keep making it clear he isn't doing OURS (or even the beginnings of what he promised).

This is what drives real journalists to drink -- harder, anyway. That the bosses in the ivory towers that attend the cocktail receptions with the power elite downtown and are part of their in crowd end up being so out of touch with the city's realities that their own newspapers end up speaking with "forked" coverage, from one section to the next.

There's been no real "coverage" of CD14, other than contribution tallies, since the candidates declared, and yet the paper feels qualified to make recommendations, based on. . . what? Years old debunked stories that their own news sections wouldn't even dare repeat.

(Oh, but is was nice to set the story straight on ONE count. Times says it's ROMER's school building program. Damn, from all the slick flyers, I'd started to think Huizar was personally standing over the blueprints, daily, deciding where to put the NEW filthy bathrooms).

October 21, 2005 6:59 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Interesting that the paper's endorsements of Huizar don't really say much about his accomplishments. He built schools and got 10 endorsements from city council. Yes, this will definitely help him win in CD14 especially when parents are pissed that NO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS WERE BUILT IN CD14. Rumor going around from Jose's insiders are that their worried the LAUSD and his Alignment to Antonio is really hurting him. Walkers are telling his camp they blame Jose for the LAUSD MESS.

October 21, 2005 8:25 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Seriously speaking, I was leaning towards Huizar in the start, but after I read the voting pamphlet, it was clear. The CD 14 has been scribbled out intentionally by these school bureaucrats. No new schools in CD 14, and the one that was to be was bought out by the Mayor's friend Meruelo.

October 21, 2005 8:45 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

6:28 AM

Actually, the people who read these papers show up to the polls and vote. So, they do matter!

Sorry your "one-termer" is gettin' his butt kicked.

October 21, 2005 9:25 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

If being endorsed by the Times is "getting his butt kicked" then I guess Bob Hertzberg is the mayor now, right?

If you think most of the voters here (CD14) read the Times, then you're also a completely lost cause.

When I head for work at the crack of dawn each day the poor sap who delivers the Times on my typical urban street throws one, drives three blocks past 50 houses, then throws another, then speeds drives off at high speed to the main thoroughfare. And PLEASE don't spin me back with the "they read it ONLINE" bullshit --unless you swear you've never heard of the "digital divide". This is the Eastside, read up on it (but not in the Times).

October 21, 2005 10:12 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Of course no one reads the Times editorials. Even subscribers. The comments in the editorial are good for one thing...Huizar will reprint them over and over in his campaign mailers. Especially the comments about Pacheco's lack of ethics and general all around thuginshness.

It wasn't the Times coverage of Pacheco's behavior that killed him in 2003 -- it was Villaraigosa's reprinting of them.

October 21, 2005 10:21 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

So you ADMIT that Villaraigosa reprinted LIES from BAD newspaper coverage.

Someone should sure that guy, today!

October 21, 2005 11:11 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

OH, but Huizar said he'd stay "POSTITIVE" and just talk about his OWN plus points (must be getting desperate).

October 21, 2005 11:12 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Since I am quite sure you Pachecoistas are some of the same bloggers who were so absolutely certain that: Hahn would finish first in the primary, or Hahn would win the general, or Antonio would lose the 14th CD, come one, give us another laugh, make a prediction.

Here's mine: Huizar 47, Pacheco 38.

October 21, 2005 11:44 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"anonymous" predicts. . .

Like getting a $1 million check signed "anonymous"

Not worth a penny.

October 21, 2005 11:59 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Worth nothing without a "name" attached.

October 21, 2005 12:00 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Sliding back already Huizar-lover. When you posted this same lame prediction on the B-day thread minutes ago (before Mayor Sam deleted it), you had Huizar at 48 percent, now 47? He slid one whole point in about an hour.

Not that much confidence, apparently. At that rate, if we hold out, you'll have him bowing out of the race by Sat. a.m.

October 21, 2005 12:03 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Make that 44, 42, 37.5, 29, 14. . .

October 21, 2005 12:04 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

That's not even a good guess... with 8 others in the race, including 2 or 3 with built-in mini constituencies (GOP, Filipino, gang-busters, commie-pinkos, even. . . "sports fans"), and you're "predicting" the also-rans will average less than 2 points each? I'm pretty sure Paul Gonzalez got almost that much two years ago, and he's about the weakest of the 8 others this time around.

Nah, the peanut gallery candidates are going to easily take 25-plus percent away from the two real players in this race. And most of that will draw from the "anti-Pacheco" people, who are looking for a maleable "person of the people" novice to go all Jimmy Carter-like for them.

Very lame guess-work, there, not even factoring in the basics of the full field dynamics.

October 21, 2005 12:16 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

OK, make it 47.5. Somewhere in there. Actually, I think there is a pretty good chance that Huizar breaks 50 in the primary.

No predictions from you? You're always so damn confident. And you have all that great internal polling you've been bragging about for weeks now.

October 21, 2005 12:19 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

12:16

I'm estimating that the combined minor candidate vote is 15%. It will not be more than that, it could easily be less. A number of these candidates will recive less than 1%.

So what's your prediction, oh wise one?

October 21, 2005 12:23 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

RIGHT, Huizar "breaks 50" if Pacheco drops dead of a heart attack tomorrow. . .

You AV-lovers needs to get your theology straight:

AV is the second-coming of Christ; Huizar is NOT the second-coming of AV.

In fact, having watched him several times now, he's not even as impressive or knowledgeable about the district as Griego was six years ago, and Griego lost to Pacheco.

(OH, and the city TV interview of Huizar was PAINFUL, to watch, even with softball questions. He can't wipe the silly grammar-school grin off his face even when talking about homelessness and major social problems. JUST icky!)

Get that boy some media training.

Say five hail mayors and study harder and you won't keep making this mistake in your "worship."

October 21, 2005 12:31 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

OH, and Jose. . .delivering Japanese language newspapers on your bike near downtown as a child is not multicultural training OR a means to a viable solution to skid-row homeslessness.

Give that a fucking rest, would you? You make people SQUIRM when they hear you try and tie that silly shit together as some kind of "life experience."

October 21, 2005 12:35 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

No kidding, I delivered papers to museum -- sign ME up as a candidate for the Arts and Culture commission.

October 21, 2005 12:37 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Huzar also pumps his "land use" expertise -- turns out his "speciality" is ssupposedly WATER resouces. Maybe I missed that somwhere. DO we have any major WATER right issues running around in CD14? Someone laying claim to the L.A. River (Oh, weight, that's Reyes' baby).

Planning an desalinization plants for ths district?

October 21, 2005 12:45 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I think AV and Jose just want to flood the whole dam district and create a resevoir. Drown all the critics like rats.

October 21, 2005 12:49 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Yup Jose sounded pretty weak on those Channel 35 commericals with all the candidates. No comparison when Pacheco spoke. He makes the rest of the candidates including Jose who has a degree from Princeton look like the Shrek kids. Goes to show experience says it all.,

October 21, 2005 2:25 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

jose just can't get it together...he's even telling people he's just not into it. That's weird.

October 22, 2005 9:05 PM  

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