Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: It's The Pork, Stupid

Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics

This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

It's The Pork, Stupid

Who do you think pays for those "Yes on H" and "Yes on R" commercials? The answer, of course, is developers and other special interests that rely on City Clowncil Members to hand over your hard-earned tax money.

The L.A. Times, in a belated attempt to catch up with Kerry Cavanaugh's article in the Daily News, has now published a donor roll call which includes the usual suspects. Here's the URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-citymoney28oct28,1,930475,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california