Zuma Dogg "Week In Review" (ZD Prop. H Factor?)
ZD PROP. H FACTOR?: Bob Jiminez won't let me on his show, y'all...So, here's a question regarding, "The Zuma Dogg Factor" on Prop. H. (Kinda narcissistic and ego-centric, but I gotta know what Mayor Sam readers think): If you add up all my calls to KABC over the past two to three months; all my appearances on City TV 35 (each one airs four times, for a total of twelve airings a week); plus (multiple) airings on Public Access cable TV systems throughout the L.A. metro -- urging voters to vote "No on Prop. H", and giving them plenty of reasons...
Could it have added up to maybe 5% influence of the vote? (Mr. KABC was willing to give me that, among a few others). Well, Prop. H only missed its two-thirds majority vote by 5%, Y'ALL. That means if Big ZD was still allowed to sell incense and t-shirts on Venice Beach, instead of reading Walter Moore and Joseph Mailander's stories about Prop. H on Mayor Sam's blog (prodding me to look into it), I wouldn't have been blasting against Prop. H on the radio, public access and City TV 35...and you may have hit the two-thirds needed. [And yes, Prop. R passed, but ZD can't compete against all those "duciplutous and intentionally deceiving" flyers and of course the confusingly written ballot language that suckered the voters.]
ON RIORDAN: Here are my prep notes for my phone call with Richard Riordan on KABC, heard this past Tuesday...]
Hello KABC listeners, this is Zuma Dogg with the Legislative Review of former LA City Mayor, Richard Riordan. Zuma Dogg says, "First of all, even bigger than Richard Riordan (worth about the same as Britney Spears) is Eli Broad (worth more than David Geffen), and the two of them (figureheaded by Riordan) backed Mayor Antonio in his campaign, both with support through Riordan's notoriety in the public, and with the "Mayoral infrastructure" if you will. (ie: Riordan's Chief of Staff was Robin Kramer. Then, she went to work for Broad; and is now Zuma Dogg's pal, Mayor Tony's "Cheif of Staff". Plus, Riordan was responsible for Mayor Villagrossa's campaign fund-raising. None of this is a secret, it's all been reported in the papers; just ask him.
Mayor Antonio stands on the shoulders of Richard Riordan and Eli Broad, who still consult the Mayor and call the shots and pulls the strings the way Jim Henson pulls the strings on Kermit the Frog. So if you have beef with the Mayor, you really only have beef with Riordan, and Mayor Tony for listening to him.
But here's what ZD doesn't like: Riordan is driving force, number one man who put the Mayor up to AB 1381 (Mayoral Control of LAUSD Bill). Ask Richard, (who is heavily invested in school supplies and real estate construction) why he pushed for AB 1381 when the only thing it actually called for was all spending power (including every school contract and the $20 2/3 BILLION School construction/repair budget) to be put in the hands of one person. Then removes the requirement of an Inspector General to oversee for fraud, waste and abuse.
Could it have added up to maybe 5% influence of the vote? (Mr. KABC was willing to give me that, among a few others). Well, Prop. H only missed its two-thirds majority vote by 5%, Y'ALL. That means if Big ZD was still allowed to sell incense and t-shirts on Venice Beach, instead of reading Walter Moore and Joseph Mailander's stories about Prop. H on Mayor Sam's blog (prodding me to look into it), I wouldn't have been blasting against Prop. H on the radio, public access and City TV 35...and you may have hit the two-thirds needed. [And yes, Prop. R passed, but ZD can't compete against all those "duciplutous and intentionally deceiving" flyers and of course the confusingly written ballot language that suckered the voters.]
ON RIORDAN: Here are my prep notes for my phone call with Richard Riordan on KABC, heard this past Tuesday...]
Hello KABC listeners, this is Zuma Dogg with the Legislative Review of former LA City Mayor, Richard Riordan. Zuma Dogg says, "First of all, even bigger than Richard Riordan (worth about the same as Britney Spears) is Eli Broad (worth more than David Geffen), and the two of them (figureheaded by Riordan) backed Mayor Antonio in his campaign, both with support through Riordan's notoriety in the public, and with the "Mayoral infrastructure" if you will. (ie: Riordan's Chief of Staff was Robin Kramer. Then, she went to work for Broad; and is now Zuma Dogg's pal, Mayor Tony's "Cheif of Staff". Plus, Riordan was responsible for Mayor Villagrossa's campaign fund-raising. None of this is a secret, it's all been reported in the papers; just ask him.
Mayor Antonio stands on the shoulders of Richard Riordan and Eli Broad, who still consult the Mayor and call the shots and pulls the strings the way Jim Henson pulls the strings on Kermit the Frog. So if you have beef with the Mayor, you really only have beef with Riordan, and Mayor Tony for listening to him.
But here's what ZD doesn't like: Riordan is driving force, number one man who put the Mayor up to AB 1381 (Mayoral Control of LAUSD Bill). Ask Richard, (who is heavily invested in school supplies and real estate construction) why he pushed for AB 1381 when the only thing it actually called for was all spending power (including every school contract and the $20 2/3 BILLION School construction/repair budget) to be put in the hands of one person. Then removes the requirement of an Inspector General to oversee for fraud, waste and abuse.
Labels: proposition r
Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 11/11/2006 02:09:00 PM
5 Comments:
Zuma, while you're passing out kudos, don't forget the Sherman Oaks and Westchester Playa Del Rey Neighborhood Councils, the City's two strongest, who aren't politically starstruck and weren't about to be co-opted the way VICA was in the Valley and the Congress of NCs was by the bond proponents. Those two groups really busted tail to get the word out.
Funny, nobody on the losing side had the class to call anyone on the winning side---indeed, they were so arrogant even in defeat they didn't even recognize any opposition at all!
There's also this little outfit called the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association that arranged to put a statement or two in opposition to Measure H on the ballot, and a link to the website.
Plus, a few of the remaining middle-class homeowners know to watch out when they see "bond" on the ballot.
But add us all together, and it was a good team. We're all on the same side.
If the NCs and the bloggers have such clout among the electorate in this City, can someone please explain to me why Measure R passed?
Even your fave reporter Dave Z refers to the opposition to R as "a noisy clutch of gadflies".
Sounds to me like Dave Z doesn't take NC members or bloggers seriously either.
"What made Big Reform’s victory striking was the incredibly bad word of mouth that had surrounded it for weeks. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, a Superior Court judge, a noisy clutch of gadflies and a passel of editorial writers had dogpiled on the measure..."
For the record: Lots of people contributed to the downfall of H. I'm just saying perhaps little zd was the 4% margin of error and city council/mayor v. spoiler. But again, the people mailander and moore mention, plus mailander and moore were MORE than 4%!!! For real, dough.
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