Headlines for Wednesday
Steve Hymon provides his weekly humor column in the LA Times highlighting Herb Wesson, Marvin Braude, Con Howe, ceremonial presentations, and Dennis Zine.In the LAUSD vs. The World update, we get stories from the LA Times, Daily News, and Daily Breeze regarding auditing the district.
Eric Garcetti announces David Gershwin as Chief of Staff, Ana Guerrero, who was named Deputy Chief of Staff in July of this year to Director of Council Relations, and Jan Perry as President Pro Tempore.
In the "better late than never" files, the LA Times reports that nearly a decade after Los Angeles County voters overwhelmingly approved an ethics initiative to regulate contributions to county political campaigns, the five supervisors agreed on a way to enforce it.
So much for regional airports. It turns out that Palmdale has fallen by the wayside yet again, as it's sole carrier is bailing in March. LA Times: Sole Carrier at Palmdale to Quit
Posted by Anonymous @ 12/21/2005 08:20:00 AM
7 Comments:
Thank god Padilla is no longer president! Hymon has been doing a great job covering APadilla's shenanigans.
Is James acevedo still supporting Alex?
Four dead on skid row Monday from too-potent heroin, I think, should go on top of the humor column and everything else. After all the posing and the photo ops and the using of Skid Row as a prop and a vehicle for better media careers, it's a complete scandal for all around: pols, relief agencies, hospitals, media.
One of the deceased was a 75-year-old woman.
Romer should stop whining and submit to the audit. If not, the natural question is what's he hiding? And Huizar should keep quiet. He has no credibility on this issue.
Why does the city keep holding onto this daft dream of turning Palmdale into a viable LAX alternative? It's just way too isolated for anyone, whether cargo haulers or passenger carriers, to want to use it. Ontario has three freeways nearby; Palmdale has one, and there's not gonna be a 138 "High Desert" Freeway for a couple of decades at least.
Love the reporters for printing the facts and sad truth about what a bunch of goons we have on city council. Steve Hymon and David Z. are without a doubt the two best that aren't afraid to print the facts. I do like Patrick McGreevy as well. He's done some great stories of city issues.
10:39, 2:33 -
You clearly see the world in very myopic terms. You fail to think about the long-term benefits to the region.
That "Hahnesque" approach was tried and rejected.
3:35 anon:
I don't see why scarce funding should be pumped into subsidizing an airport that will have no customers for decades. All of these projections of incredible population growth in the Antelope Valley are contingent upon low interest rates and cheap gas, neither of which are at all guaranteed.
Palmdale is in the middle of fucking nowhere and will continue to be for decades. Antonovich is just trying to funnel dollars into his district. Notice how he's trying to block funding for the Red Line and instead spend it on Metrolink service to his precious meth- and gang-ridden hellholes. He's also a douchebag, as evidenced by naming county facilities for himself while still in office. Don't be like John Stroger, Mikey. (Same thing goes for all the other idiot supervisors, BTW. Why are there only five of them?)
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