The Blogs and CD 14
Jon Regardie, a reporter with the LA Downtown News, was one of the few members of the MSM to actually get his hands dirty and dig in to the CD 14 race with a first person view of developing stories and reported the issues in such a way that his readership, downtown LA which was directly affected by this race, was kept up-to-date and given honest assessments of the race.His wrap-up piece, The Crowning of Jose Huizar, is not just another gem of a story, but also contained a section on the the six best things to happen late in the race. Included within:
The Blog Also Rises: No one can say for sure how influential websites and blogs are in elections. But in terms of gossip, spin and sheer entertainment value, the blogosphere was a great place to turn, and was full of information on a race that garnered little ink in the Los Angeles Times. With its almost daily updates, the Mayor Sam site (mayorsam.blogspot.com) evolved into the best space for daily news on the race, as well as the prime place to watch overheated Pacheco and Huizar supporters tear into each other. Additionally, martinirepublic.com posted thoughtful interviews with four candidates. Last week Pacheco's website touted his endorsements from both the Mayor Sam and the Martini Republic sites.Also included in the list of six were news on independent expenditures, Garcetti's chicken squawk, mudslinging, missing press conferences, and hitpieces. All of the above items except for Garcetti's bad joke were headlined on this site.
While we obviously didn't provide enough support to get our endorsed candidate across the finish line, one must agree that we kept the race in the public perview at a faster and more entertaining clip than just about anyone outside of Martini Republic.
Thanks to all of you for participating, and stay tuned as the other races affecting LA, including AD 45, will be sure to bring back many of the wingnuts that couldn't help but cut and paste their days away.
Other Coverage: Martini Republic
Posted by Anonymous @ 11/14/2005 10:20:00 AM
115 Comments:
Jon should hook up with Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and walk her around the LA blogosphere a bit.
Seriously, I do like the synergy that has arisen between our blogs. It's been a natural evolution---there's been nothing calculated about it---but your private conversations and great comments section, as well as our public record interviews, are helping to put a lot of information into people's hands that they can't get in other media.
We'll start our coverage on the 45th for Jackie's termed-out Assembly seat tomorrow. I think that's going to be a real interesting race on the Democratic side.
Results by Community - CD 14
Boyle Heights JH, 64% - NP, 25%
El Sereno JH 64% - NP 23%
Eagle Rock JH 40% - NP 29%
Highland Park JH 48% - NP 32%
Mt Wash JH 53% - NP 27%
Huizar won 70 out of 71 precincts.
Yes, I would say that you did not provide quite enough support to put your endorsed candidate over the finish line. Just barely missed though. Nice try. Maybe a couple more unsubstantiated, unfounded and unsourced smears would have done it.
Please state your source for this information. It is not publicly available anywhere. . . could be made up, and the county recorder has two more weeks to certify the vote.
We've had enough made up clap-trap figures posted here by anonymous midgets.
HUIZAR's supporters are accussing OTHERS of SMEARs, that's no Chutzpah, that's criminal intent.
PLEASE!
I don't think Sherry knows Jon from Adam.
No response.... must be made-up numbers. Nothing specific like this on County Registrar or City Clerk Websites.
Hey DEAD MAYORS, if someone can't prove their numbers, they should be deleted until they can be substantiated.
I can post numbers too:
Mt Wash JH 99% - NP 1%
Everywhere else... 50/50
It looks like Kevin Roderick is just no longer (LA)Observing Mayor Sam or Martini Republic.
He is however (LA)Observing other articles in the Downtown News, just not the one on the CD14 race and how his two least favorite blogs were on top of the game, more than just about anyone.
Will his ego not allow him to admit that?
Or does that blog not concern itself with anything east of LaCienega?
On another note, does Marc Cooper know where CD14 is?
Must bogus numbers. Precincts don't follow community-by-community that closely, there's all kinds of overlaps between precints and community boundaries them. You would have to go street by street with a magnifying class to figure the numbers out be community.
MUST THE HUIZAR SLIME CONTINUE even after they win?
Nothing on and sites showing precinct results. The poster would have to be looking over Frank Martinez's should with an abacus.
Doofus!
He can post bogus numbers, we just may not believe them if he doesn't have a source.
Chief Parker posted his 80 neighborhood watches and we never deleted those numbers.
Doesn't really matter anyway, Huizar won, fucking get over it. If you guys put the energy into getting your game together down there as you do bitching and moaning and slamming the mayor (not that he doesn't deserve it but that's all you guys do) you guys might start winning.
I agree with 11:43, lets move on. You're going to have a shot in two years, get moving now.
I'd like to know which ONE precinct supposedly swung the other way... they're in for an MAV beating.
Don't plan on getting any potholes filled there.
The genius with the numbers must know the number ID of that one precinct?
(Are you sure MEAT is gone - that's a MEAT phony numbers trick for sure... or PARKER?? Are you sure Huizar didn't win 80 PRECINCTS?)
FINALLY, Mayor Sam admits publicly Chief Faker lied about the 80 FAKE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ORGANIZATIONS (and he allowed it...). Which ALSO means, AV had NO accomplishments at a CM for CD14.
"He can post bogus numbers, we just may not believe them if he doesn't have a source.
Chief Parker posted his 80 neighborhood watches and we never deleted those numbers."
THANK YOU, thank you -- you've restored one ounce of faith in this blog.
Move on? The election was rigged... that HAS to come out soon.
Anybody See Huizar being presented to city council the day after the election? He still couldn't complete a sentence without stepping on his tongue or laughing nervioulsy. He really is AV's little boy.
DAMN, always the leftovers for CD14!
Too bad the Downtown News spent so much time digging into the election and then came up with a prediction of a run-off in a race that proved to be an easy win for Huizar. Some analysis--it was nearly as bad as their blind loyalty to Hahn in predicting the Mayor's race. All the indications were out there for a Huizar win in the 14th, and anyone who spent any time on the story should have known it. I guess that lack of insight also explains the chickenshit non-endorsement. They figured they'd get another chance in a general election. I wonder if their glowing story this week will be enough to make Huizar forget that they put him and the rest of the candidates through the paces and then tried to upstage them all. They chose to insult the whole field rather than make an informed decision on an endorsement. What good does that do anyone?
11:55 a.m.
So much for your lame theory there. LADN covered the race better than any other print media.
ALSO, L.A. Times reporter Hyman, in covering the race, said to Pacheco insiders the weekend before the election --"we haven't covered this too much so far - we figure there's going to be a runoff anyway, so we'll have more time to dig in deeper when its just the two left."
Scratch that theory, twice.
No one, including Huizar own peopl (who threw dirt out in fear), had any idea how well the paid $300 a day walkers would work for Huizar. Union money bought the election, and now AV and Huizar will continue to be held hostage to them (and so will L.A.).
Huizar definitely benefitted from this being a union-heavy outing, getting to double-dip with all the "no on everything" crowd, it became an add-on vote, even though both Huizar and Pacheco were on the same side regarding the "70s" votes.
The precinct numbers are fake. I've seen enough of the rough tallies to know that Pacheco picked up at least 12-14 precincts over Huizar, and 5 or 6 are still dead heats and too close to call without all the absentees and provisionals in.
Anyone claiming to have definitive numbers one week after a city election being counted BY the county is a 100 percent moron (that number is correct, however).
Huizar believed them. He's having Garcetti enter a motion this week to have the one Pacheco precinct ceded to Alhambra.
Political machines don't have to put up with that kind of insubordination.
The numbers are accurate. They are from the semi-official results from the County which anyone can pick up in Norwalk. The official results will follow after certification. But putting the results together entails doing some work -- an idea obviously foreign to the Pachecoites on this blog.
I mean, really, do these numbers look unrealistic to you, Huizar did win by a 2 to 1 margin after all.
And for the record, Pacheco squeeked out a victory in one Eagle Rock precinct (9000335), 132 votes foir Huizar (35%) to 149 for Pacheco (39%)
Huizar's best precinct was 9001895 in Boyle Heights, which he won 74% to 17% (320 to 74).
Believable? That Pacheco did better on the Holy Hill, Mt. Wash. where they've enshrined AV, than he did in Boyle Heights, where he grew up.
Nope. Unbelievable.
Anyone can make up precinct number, too.
Skelton's bored!
Aren't there any out-of-state elections calling?
You and your anonymous midgets are making up stuff again with these numbers! And we're tired of it. We know your numbers are fake just like those 80 fake neighborhood councils.
The truth, which you can't bear to hear, is that Pacheco WON the CD14 race! That's right, he won. When you exclude the Huizar votes that were generated from the mind-altering device controlled by Parke Skelton, Pacheco wins hands down. The FBI needs to investigate. Mind control machines are criminal!!!!
WHY WON'T ANYONE LISTEN?
Does anyone know how to remove insects from under your skin? I've tried scratching but they just burrow deeper.
Let's put the facts on the table. Antonio campaigned as if he was Jose and won the race for him. So did city council members like Gruel who never spent a day in Boyle Heights until AV told her to.
Now many of us weren't Jose fans but its time to move on and try and work with Jose for the sake of the community. First thing on Jose's agenda is to get rid of those loser CD14 staffers. Jose supporters on organizations and other agree they need to GO GO GO GO!!! You will see the community members at city council embarrassing Jose's first days in office slamming their inefficiency, laziness, Ulysses "Useless" Lisa Sarno "aka Gabbage Patch and Urkel, Paul Hernandez need to find other jobs.
That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!
Bad bluff.
12:39
They will all keep their jobs. Guaranteed. Huizar will claim he "needs" them to help stee
Truth is, it's part of the baggage of being endorsed by AV.
Tough luck, CD14. Nothing changes in the field offices but the name on the blue sign. Take that back. It only gets WORSE.
Do you know what kind of constiutent service you get from field staffers who know their benefactor/daddy outranks their boss and they can't be touched? (Answer: it was ZERO before; what's LESS than zero?)
Jose is the step-daddy to CD14's lousy staffers now, and is scared limp of offending their "real" daddy.
Correct, the precint number listed isn't even in CD14, it's in a portion of Glassell Park that's in CD13. Extremely bad bluff.
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. 9006335.
"Huizar will claim he needs them to help steering the ship he inherited and working on completing projects (that should have been completed in AV's first year)."
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. 9076335.
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. 9008435.
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. 1234565.
(as long as we're all making things up).
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. 6666666.
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. 911-80-80.
RE: "That precinct number is NOT in Eagle Rock!"
Sorry, mistyped. Penn. 6-5000.
We'll just see how afraid Huizar is when the major organizations who have already been talking abuout UNITING to go to city council and say they all want those CD14 staffers to GO. When you have supporters of BOTH CD14 candidates uniting that is a good thing for the sole purpose of agreeing that those staffers have been a detriment to the community. Why are they getting paid for doing nothing? An LAPD officer in Northeast stated in all the years of working with council staff he has never worked with such a horrible group of staffers.
74% voted for someone other than Pacheco.
42% of non-Huizar voters voted for someone other than Pacheco.
For God's sake, it's over already!
PLEASE, Huizar supporters ARE AV supporters, and they won't want to cross him either. He OWNS their pet projects now.
Face it. No changes in CD14, a couple of new freshman grunts to fill empty spots and a place or twom for Huizar's campaign leaders -- that's it.
BUT, it will be fun to watch the AV deadheads and the few new Huizar people cat-fight. That will start day two.
Sarno vs. Huizar's Monica! DAMN, hid the breakables.
at least Jose knows there's a problem.
Huizar said he also hopes to repair relations with the community after a lack of representation.
46 percent (9+ out of every 20) voted for someone other than Huizar, even after he spent 3 times as much money and had all the endorsements.
Must have scared him shitless that last night, the risk of disappointing AV. If one vote out of 20 had flopped the race would still have been on.
Not exactly a LANDSLIDE.
Huizar, who said he wouldn't go negative, caved to AV's leftover handlers the final weeks of the race and tried to assasinate further someone he supported three years earlier (after all the so-called "sleaze" was already on the record).
This is not someone who still owns his own soul or destiny. He's a "made" man, and he'll do as he's told. AV will let him know he has nothing to worry about from constituents. When the mayor's influence can bring in more than half a million bucks, overnight, mostly from the westside to avanlanche any opponent, angry constituents don't mean squat. Let them eat campaign mailers.
Face it, for the next 20 months, Huizar is more or a "caretaker" than that other chick was.
Landslide?
JH won in the primary!
People voted for meat packers and students ahead of Pacheco!
Pacheco's name id was supposed to be something like 75%. So why did he end up with 26% of the vote?
And don't insult the voters by citing money, mail, rumor campaigns, support from electeds and unions, and all of the other hallmarks of successful campaigns.
Forget MAV. CD14 knows Pacheco and simply chose someone else.
Not a landslide, 1:01?
Let's review the numbers:
Huizar, 18,275 - 54.6%
Pacheco, 8,869 - 26.5%
Hmmm, that looks like a 28.1% margin in a race that Pacheco licked off by sending out a press release claiming that he was 31% ahead.
Huizar won by better than 2 to 1. By nearly 10,000 votes.
Learning to accept reality is the first step towards a full recovery.
Learning to accept reality is the first step towards a full recovery.
REALITY means it wasn't a 2-person race (did you forget?)
REALITY means 9+ people out of 20 favored ANYONE BUT HUIZAR. You're dismiising nearly 20 percent who didn't vote for either.
That's bad spin, and delusional.
9/20 voted for someone other than Huizar?
4 of those 9 voted for someone other than Pacheco!
So bottom line, Hizar has to perform, and can't.
He's stuck with bad staff he can't cut loose, less than two years to prove himself (without doing ANYTHING that might appear to be overshadowing the "magnificent" accomplishments of AV for the first two years. Do you know what happens when "junior" starts to do better than "daddy" in their chosen profession - especially when daddy is a vindictive prick like AV? BAM, shut down bigtime.
Best prediction you'll get on this district. 1) Either Huizar does even LESS than AV as CM, or 2) AV and Huizar become bitter enemies before the next term begins. Take them to the bank!
Who lost? Not Pacheco. CD14 lost BIG TIME
WHO CARES???? THE ELECTION IS OVER. I didn't want Jose but all this back and forth bullshit is not helping anyone.
I want to see where Eric Robles will end in Jose's team. I agree Monica Garcia and Lisa Sarno will knock heads big time. They both have huge egos. Jose needs to reach out to the people. Both sides really liked him before he got arrogant and AV's puppet. Go back to being humble Jose. Great things can be accomplished with a new team.
Huizar got the best majority big westside money can buy, no doubt about it.
He's owned by others; owes nothing to CD14.
No new team.
REMEMBER, he's on the "mayor's team!"
AV keeps his balls in the top right-hand desk drawer in his office.
Warm the bench until I call on you.
CAN'T BLAME the dead mayors for this thread. More comments on this one (CD14) again, than the total posting since Thursday. Tumbleweeds were blowing through Mayor Sam's Sister City.
The Villaraigosa Monica Garcia or the Huizar Monica Garcia is up against Lisa Sarno for COS? I thought Huizar's Monica Garcia was running for Huizar's LAUSD seat.
The haters have a record of being right when it comes to elections.
They were right about Alarcon, right about Hertzberg and right about Hahn winning.
Now they show how much political instincts they have with their much vaunted Pacheco choice.
Please just stop with your ignorance -- about this from someone that has yet to be wrong.
Villaraigosa will go down as one of LA's greatest Mayor's.
Huizar will pick his OWN team.
And this site will be dead in 2 months.
:)
The point that the Huizar lovers keep missing (or trying to bury) is NOT that Pacheco LOST big -- that's obvious, even for a LAUSD math major. It's that Huizar did not WIN big, considering everything that went on.
He had 75 percent of the money spent compared with all other opponents.
He had 100 percent of the endorsements that mattered.
(AND, he used city and LAUSD resources, illegally... wink, wink... to boost that 3-to-1 money advantage even further.)
Yet he only missed a runoff by a few points.
There was NO incumbent in the race against him (even though Pacheco tried to run that way - it never took), and he's been the school board member for most of this same district for almost five years.
No one even BOTHERED to actually run against him in the last LAUSD race.
In essence, he WAS the closest thing there was to any incumbent in this district in this race, especially considering AV's appointment. To have ONLY received 54 percent against a guy AV decimated with bogus accusations and a team of eight feckless amateurs is NOT a big win. (Unless all you want to see this as is AV-Pacheco II, "the grudge match continues", which is the what the still hurt AV-wounded puppies seem to want).
RIGHT, Huizar is going to FIRE all AV's leftovers, and risk offending his political copadre.
It's raining in L.A. now, too, right?
Let's talk reality, when AV beat Pacheco, AV had aprox. 14,000 votes to Pacheco's 9,000. Now Huizar beats Pacheco, with over 17,000 votes to Pacheco's 8,500. Interesting how many more people came out to vote...where did they come from?
AV has promised the LAUSD school seat to a man from CD1; repeated here earlier.
The race has already begun, and he's already started to raise his profile and show his face after being silent locally since he botched a CM race badly some years back.
"double-minority"
"ambulance chaser"
"no significant background in educational issues"
Mark it down! (Oh, also... big mouth, already blurting it out to too many people).
1:48
Already told you where they came from.
Union turnouts to beat Arnold.
Huizar was the add-on, even though most can't even say his name.
How many thousands of votes would Huizar have pulled down, if:
1) No AV endorsement, and 2) No union-centric elections?
I'll say is again; he's not his own man anymore,. if he ever was.
Lock, stock, and barrel party man. Might as well call him the Gray Davis of CD14.
What I think is interesting is that Pacheco did worse, much worse, against Huizar than against Villaraigosa.
Pacheco lost to Villaraigosa by 17% - 4,400 raw votes. He lost to Huizar by 28% - 9,400 votes.
I would stop trying to spin this as some kind of moral victory if I were you. It was a thorough repudiation.
OH, and the ambulance chaser AV is going to prop up for LAUSD did WORSE when he ran for CM than Pacheco, in the latest council race.
But he'll have a minimum of $250K at his disposal thanks to AV's strings. . . more than one way to "appoint your own school board members."
Just buy them with your supporters money.
anon posted: Villaraigosa will go down as one of LA's greatest Mayor's.
You must be living on another planet. Antonio only got 9% of a city with 3.8 million people. A lot of those who voted for him are now scratching their heads. Sure, the media loves him but you notice they don't do stories on what he's NOT doing? Reporters who cover Antonio are sick of him but their news directors want them to get the story cause everyone else will.
The honeymoon is over. Thank god for good reporters like Patrick McGreevy, Steve Hymon and Richard Fausset of LA Times. They are the new breed who aren't afraid to print the facts on stories. Wasn't it Patrick who broke the story on the Ameriquest Jet? YES IT WAS
Pacheco lost both times.
AV won both times.
Point taken.
Huizar has yet to win one on his own -- probably never will.
Pacheco won one on his own. Huizar has yet to. And unless/until the AV machine is toppled, he never will.
Daddy bought you the shiny new car, junior. Don't act like you "earned" something.
1:45 - You prove you know nothing about elections.
When a candidate faces a full field of contenders for a primary, and there is no incumbent, a run-off is almost guarenteed. In this case, there was a very high profile opponent who, for all intents and purposes, should have pulled in 35%+ of the vote. To win with the margin he did is amazing in election terms.
1:54 - You can talk about the "what ifs" all you want. But like in cards, you play the hand that you're dealt. Huizar played his hand and won big.
Boy, 1:50 Poster: you must really be in the know so much so that you can't even name this person.
Go chase a soccer ball on the 710.
It's either Richard Polanco or Nakahiro
can't see Polanco taking a seat on the school board. as for Nakahiro, would AV really be running him for this seat? Nakahiro supported AV's opponent in Mayor's race. blogger, I think you're full of shit.
if you know what you're talking about, please give us a name.
Big O was telling people before the election that if he helped Jose, he would help the Big O. Big O will run for LAUSD board.
will Jose really support Big O over his chief of staff Monica Garcia if she decides to run?
doubt it.
This sounds like the battle of the walruses.
agreed. not good examples for students in terms of health and fitness.
No on would "vote" for Monica Garcia (either one), if you put twice as much out-of-district money into the race... get serious.
Running a campaign, even a winning one, doesn't make you a viable candidate yourself.
Pacheco for School Board!
Draft Pacheco!
Run, Nick, Run!
4:11 p.m.
You're joking, right? You must be... so I've got 3 words for you.
Jackie Gold Berg
Don't worry about who AV's LAUSD annointee supported in the past.
This boy can kiss ass better than a schoolboy in heat, and switch sides faster than a ceiling fan during an electrical surge!
He'll make Huizar look like a self-made independent.
My educated guess:
The School Board will appoint Monica Garcia.
MEAT is not posting here anymore. Drop the MEAT references all the time. He got everything he wanted. He'll come back some day when it's necessary. All politicos don't come here regularly.
I don't know why you all hate him so much. He was always extremely nice to me even when I endorsed Hahn. He's fair and a consummate professional. I like him.
And he likes my hair...
Surprise candidate for school board: Robert Urteaga.
4:59
Self-schooled, huh?
Even tag-team cronies like AV & Huizar wouldn't do something that obviously a payoff.
Not yet. Give the accomplishment-less duo 6-12 months in office concurrently, then maybe they'll get that brazen.
5:04
And, of course, local politics IS all about you, anonymous-with-hair.
I want to agree with Joseph Mailander and I like Martini Republic too.
I only met him once at an Alliance of Neighborhood Council meeting at City College. I didn't ask him how he felt about my issue.
Pretty much everyone, from 3 p.m. on, re: LAUSD.
Don't diss the guy dropping hints fairly nearsighted hints consistently. Not that any of you probably know what this feels like, but there are times when you are SO far inside the mix, that if you DID just "name names," you'd be the only one who could have - and you'd be packing your bags (Ask "Deep Throat" assuming he can even remmeber his own name now).
The wannabe anons can throw out names and supposition all they want (they don't know, and nobody cares how close they guess).
Been inside, know better!
I never said local politics were all about me. Never even inferred it.
Joke about the hair, butthead.
I just think that the hatred toward MEAT is misguided. He is a professional and he does what he does well.
I know him and I like him. And I'm allowed to comment on that.
I also agree with 5:26. You can't always demand that someone name names. They've gone far enough stating what they did. They try to give you a tidbit and if they aren't willing to expose themselves, you blow them off.
That's what makes me think only a very small percentage of you are "in the know" really.
Congratulations Mayor Sam on being named one of the best places to follow the CD 14 race.
Re: LAUSD,
As I see it, its UTLA's pick. They control the Board. They are the only source out there with the serious funds for a campaign. Who can stop them from hand-selecting the next Board member?
doubtful the LAUSD Board will do an appointment for this one. too much time left over in the term. and plus they can just tack it on to the June ballot.
My guess is that Monica Garcia will become the media relations person in Jose's office if she wants to be that. She's been with Jose for a long time, knows where all the bodies are buried and where all the landmines are lurking, and she has a talent for that kind of thinking. She knows all the names and who to call, and she also knows the blogosphere. That's where I'd ask her to serve, anyway.
When does Urteaga release the poll indicating he's up by 30 points?
Word is the most experienced Political Director & Campaign Spokesman is seeking gainful employment?
What say you, 'Young' Urteaga?
My Recommendations:
Jose Huizar
Antonio Villaraigosa
Parke Skelton
I'll even promise to raise the same I amoung I raised for Nick Pacheco!
Mayor Frank said...
Problem is that Huizar's support is soft. It is easily pushed either way when the wind changes direction.
Pacheco's numbers have held. Rain or shine.
Just an observation, regardless of Burnside's magic.
November 07, 2005 5:02 PM
Mayor Frank said...
I believe when the polls were going the other way, your line was "the only poll that counts is election day blah blah blah"... and "wait till all his money gets spent on mailers etc etc etc..."
We all get to find out tomorrow.
In my humble opinion, Huizar doesn't get his 50% and this is a lot closer than people think. Antonio's (I mean Huizar's) camp should know this phenomenon and feeling more so than anyone.
Don't count your chickens till they are hatched. My advice. Don't go strutting and thumping your chest until you deliver the goods, which by what I have read, is that you have this in the bag 50% + 1 tomorrow.
Anything less than that, and you lost by your own bar which was set to high because you drink too much of your own kool-aid.
Remember, Nick is the underdog and you out spent him 2-1.
Put up or shut up. Until then, I know I will sleep fine tonight. You on the other hand, have your work cut out for you tomorrow. Have fun!
November 07, 2005 9:07 PM
What's strange is that Huizar won by that much. An unknown in alot of the district would not be in a runoff. I am wondering if there have been any challenges or complaints to the County Clerk...
I think Crystal Arceo filed a complaint because she felt that if she had spent her sister's college fund, she might have been able to reach 2% in the votes. It's funny when you think about it, since Diana Newberry (who ran no campaign at all) came up with more votes than her.
Huizar is not talking CD14 staff even though Jimmy Blackman is begging him too. CD 14 Staff has already been told they don’t have a job, but not to worry because there is unemployment. Hopefully someone remembers what they were promised.
Allright you Pretend Insiders, here are the candidates for school board:
Eric Alderete - lawyer and all around good guy.
Fumio Nakahiro - three syllables shy of a catchy name.
Lou Calanche - She ran once and lost.
Ana Cubas - Looks only get you so far.
Robert Urteaga - The "Bun Boy" of CD 14, who couldn't hold a 60 point lead.
My prediction: it is a classic school board race. The union v. the old Riordan coalition. Therein lie the frontrunners.
Oh, and Bun Buy gets around 6% of the vote.
Archie,
Go down to the Laura Chick thread and answer my questions.
Edith
Trust me, BIG O told people he is running for LAUSD. The UTLA is at odds with Antonio because he still wants to control the schools so I doubt they willlisten to his recommendations.
What is puzzling to me is Jose didn't have name recognition in CD14. That's why Antonio had to hold his hand throughout the campaign. A week before elections Jose was saying he would get the 51%. Did he know something the media and others didn't? I'm also troubled hearing that polling places weren't asking for Identification. Anywhere else you vote in the city they ask for ID. Why didn't they in the CD14 race?
Daily News
Promises, promises
Villaraigosa must stop vowing to do what he can't deliver
This isn't the only case that's brought Villaraigosa grief. When he was running for a City Council seat, he promised voters he wasn't going to run for mayor. Then he did, and said he changed his mind. During the mayoral campaign, Villaraigosa made many promises, including ending city dumping at Sunshine Canyon. He hasn't broken than promise yet, but he sure has bent it.
We're encouraging the mayor to stop giving his word out so freely. It's admirable that he wants to help everyone, but that's not realistic. Politics is, at its core, a balancing act of various interests.
He must only promise what he knows he can deliver, or he will leave a legacy of disappointment and betrayal. In the end, political leaders are not judged on the promises they make, but the ones they break.
Again Great Job David
Shhh! Port's top executive interviews are elsewhere
Brown Act watchdog says public should have been informed of change of location for the process.
By David Zahniser
Copley News Service
How hush-hush is the search for a top executive at the Port of Los Angeles?
So guarded is the process that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointees on the harbor commission, a group that prides itself on holding its meetings in the community, scheduled closed-door candidate interviews at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, 26 miles north of the Harbor Area.
When does the Bun Boy release the poll indicating he's up by 6 points?
You are correcto! I was not asked for ID.
You are never asked for ID in voting. It isn't legal.
I heard the valley, westside always ask for ID when voting.
My uncle was asked for his resident card (legal papers). He speaks no English.
I showed the pollster my d*%k and he gladly gave me a voting ticket.
Boyle Hts.
Mailander... you're probably right about Monica Garcia in Huizar's office.
Now comes the question, though, with less than a year until the campaign begins for the full term, isn't that the most important office IN CD14 now?
Jose will probably do that, but it will be a bad move. During the campaign, Garcia showed the worst kind of communications and follow-up skills, and became a joke to local reporters for her inability to deal with issues. Some of the early screwups in communciations were noted here, repeatedly.
The only thing that bailed out her communications incompetence was the expertise of the campaign consultants (slime-masters all).
Jose better have a backup for her, if he does make this move.
*****BREAKING NEWS*****
Bun Boy down by 30 points.
AV to go down as one of LA's best mayors??!!?? BARF!!!
As for CD 14's new councilperson-everyone who supported him must be smoking crack! Jose will just do what AV did--use the seat to move up the political ladder while AV runs for Governor.
For CD 14 residents-pack up and move out of CD 14, because nothing will be done to improve your area during Jose's term.
Huizar's STUCK!
He CAN'T fix anything while in office this short-term, because THAT would become an ADMISSION that AV left it BROKEN.
CATCH-22!
Sorry, CD14. . . get in line for peasant requests beginning July 1, 2007 (after his swearing-in, that's only about 80 WEEKS. . . DAMN, there's that NUMBER again!
*****BREAKING NEWS*****
Bun Boy down 45 points in recent Targeted Communications poll.
In desperation, he hires the Political Director.
*****BREAKING NEWS*****
Bun Boy down 75 points.
Political Director blames the Yeti, Loch Ness monster, Sasquatch, and an Antonio Villaraigosa-led consortium.
Breaking News
The Mayors wife is running for Huizar LAUSD seat.
Monica Garcia PINCHE ALBONDIGA she's not running for LAUSD, she's rolling for it.
Those are cheap fat shots. She's obese or a beast, not fat.
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