Q. How Do You Say "Shill" In Spanish? A. "Galatzan"
Someone posted a link to a You Tube video in the comments to one of our stories, so I bit, and watched it.Long story short: Mayor Villaraigosa's LAUSD puppet candidate, Tamar Galatzan, attacks incumbent Jon Lauritzen for having missed unspecified meetings with unspecified people. No mention of him missing votes on anything. Not terribly persuasive.
But what I find hilarious is all the pictures of, and references to, His Holiness, the everywhere-but-here Mayor Himself at Galatzan's website.
Does she REALLY think that being associated with him will HELP her campaign? Indeed, does she even have a say in what's put up at her website?
Perhaps the funniest picture is the one of the candidate, her little boy, and Villaraigosa. That's it -- the three of them. I guess her husband was busy or something. It seems like a really bad choice for an image given the timing of the whole Anna Nicole Smith paternity parade. Put dad in the picture, would you?
What's also very reassuring is that you can see her entire website in Spanish. That's just great. That's exactly who should be voting -- people who can't read English. Mon Dieux!
Anyhow, her campaign wanted exposure at this website, and now they've got it. Congrats. Very viral.
For those of you considering bother to vote, here is a website with information on all the candidates, including links to their websites. Care to guess which one has zero teaching experience?
Posted by Walter Moore @ 2/16/2007 09:45:00 PM
43 Comments:
Walter,
Let's call for DNA check. The boy is Mayor's minnie me. You never know.
Agree that the ad is sleazy and unconvincing Walter. But in all fairness there is a pic of her with hubby and kids at the top of her website. Most importantly, her site brags that "She has spent the past four years working on some of the city’s most challenging issues: ... homelessness, gang activity, street racing, and illegal vending." Since "gang activity" has skyrocketed recently, looks like she didn't work hard enough.
10:36
She's a Neighborhood Prosecutor...and the gang activity in her area has gone down.
And Walter...if I were you I'd watch what I said about Tamar's husband...but I doubt you even know who it is (go ahead and google it). I think you're just jealous that she'll get more votes for school board than you did for mayor.
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who "he" is..
Thanks for pointing out the picture with her hubby. I hadn't noticed it the first time around.
As for her getting more votes, could be. But I bet she won't get more votes per dollar spent than I did. How hard can it be to win when you've got a zillion-dollar budget?
As for her husband, don't know who he is, don't care; he's not the candidate, she is.
I also believe a candidate for the school board should have at least some experience or training in teaching. This is a specialized board. We already have a superintendent struggling to move up the learning curve; we don't need any additional "on the job training."
NAHHH. IT'S IT. HE'S A STEPFORD HUSBAND.
THE KID IS ANTONIO'S
LOOK AT THE KID'S FACE. HE HAS TONY'S SMILE.
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Okay, I bit. Her husband is the head of a trade group and lobbyist!?! Ugh. Sounds (or smells) like yet more politics for fun and profit. Oh well. If all goes according to plan -- which it never does -- I won't be living here this time next year.
Hey: no attacks based on people's looks, please. Let's retain our very high-brow, classy tone here, shall we?
If the gang activity in her area (as well as homelessness, illegal vending etc.) has gone down during her tenure, please provide statistics and verifiable data so we can judge for ourselves the quality of her work. Thank you.
I THOUGH MAV WAS GONNA CLEAN SHIT UP AT CITY HALL?
wtf WENT WRONG.
uh oh Walter Mike Trujillo will go nuts, probably will email Mayor Sam like Shelley Slone.
Monsieur Moore, why on earth would you want to leave lovely, vibrant LA? I guess you don't realize what a *great* job the political establishment is doing here. After all, a survey just released by Forbes ranked LA # 88 (out of the 100 largest U.S. cities) for best places for getting a job. Yell it loud now...we're Number 88!
If she's such a great prosecutor, how about she keeps prosecuting? Wouldn't that be an efficient use of a prosecutor? And perhaps we could, say, find a teacher or administrator to serve on the school board? No, what was I thinking. All we need is people hand-picked and financed by Villaraigosa, and married to lobbyists so their communications about awarding contracts will be privileged.
Why would I want to leave?
Hahahahahahahaha.
This city has the civic equivalent of inoperable cancer. It cannot be saved.
Walter:
If she is such a great prosecutor, how about she keep on prosecuting?
Answer: Because of the lack of leadership that the current school board had -- she will continue to prosecute. Procesute gang members trying to recruit lausd students into gangs.
But of course with folks like LaMotte and Lauritzen -- one a former administrator who let crenshaw high lose accredition and Lauritzen who voted to cut magnet programs and increase class size-- how can Walter agree with folks that do that?
Wow! Mayor Sam takes a vacation and Walter and Zuma go off on Friday night. Damn, why can't you guys post the good stuff when I'm at work. As if the mayor and the prosecutor know about education. The lawyers have already destroyed education. Now they must want to bury it.
Hooooody hooooooooo!
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La Marioneta del Alcalde
Now playing before your very eyes.
A friendly note from our USC republican blogger.
http://boifromtroy.com/?p=6153
Jon Lauritzen -- Ha!!!
RE: Lobbyist's wife (Galatzan) running for school board.
You say, "Because of the lack of leadership that the current school board had -- she will continue to prosecute. Procesute gang members trying to recruit lausd students into gangs."
Excuse me...we're talking about the LAUSD school board elections. Please try and stay on topic. I didn't know it was in the job description of LAUSD board member to also wear a procecutors hat.
That's a dumb of an idea of having the mayor trying to run the schools.
That exploited prop Tamara is holding must be heavy. Couldn't she find a babysitter? Maybe her husband can lobby to hire one.
CD7...
I guess I am not surprise that Alex Padilla is a true lying politician and perhaps convincing that he is corrupted in the system together with the Mayor. Padilla sent out the evidence himself to the voters in CD7. Padilla says that Alarcon has spent his entire life teaching here. Teaching what? In the Sylmar debate, Alarcon said he taught at Arleta High School for 2 years. The school has only been OPEN for about 9 months. Padilla says Alarcon will complete projects he began. I don't even know how you became Senator. Oh, yes, corruption and you had the same support from those politicians who:
1. Want to break up LAUSD
2. Keep building more homes that are Affordable Housing?, yeah! at $500,000+ a piece, I called that affordable. At least I know neighbors wont have to worry about running out of toilette paper. They can always reach to the next home, since they are so close.
3. Everytime Sylmar wanted a Fire Station built while Padilla was in city council, Padilla ignored them. He cared less about the safety of the public. He is a sorry lonely bastard.
4. Bottom line is that the letter that was sent out by Padilla says that Alarcon will finish what he started. So can Oscar Mendoza. Oscar is about the only candidate that Padilla and Villaraigosa are afraid because of the fear of breaking up their little group of corruptors that seem to control Padilla and Villaraigosa.
Don't be fooled by corruption. Why didn't Padilla mention that fact that he ignored CD7 for a long time. What happened to the Street lights. Paved roads, Neighborhood watch, gangs, drugs. Padilla is so lacking a Woman to help him. I don't mean his sweet mom. My respects to her. I am referring to a female companion and perhaps a child. I am sure that would be hard to achieve. Hell, even a male companion and an adobted child would help. Help him realize that he is not helping the people who elected him to CD7. I don't even give a hoot about him being a senator. He is working for some else who placed him in the CD7 seat.
As for Villaraigosa; he is so high on power that he has ignored the commitment to his own family. His actions speak loud. He will face his destiny just like Alarcon and Padilla.
The last thing LAUSD needs is a lawyer.
tamar lied on her website
you guys are going to keep trujillo busy
8:24:
1- MAV didn't support Padilla
2- If Padilla didn't want a Fire Station...why was the groundbreaking in October of 2006? Looks like he got the funds and the support for the fire station while he was in office.
3- I don't think padilla or MAV are afraid of Mendoza...hell...I don't even think Monica Rodriguez is afraid of Mendoza.
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9:38 is Tamar.
Stinks like hell in here.
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Mayor,
Tamara ain't gonna work out. Sorry. The thing with her husband being a lobbyist, who pulls shady strings on her behalf...too much baggage.
PLUS - ZD's focus group says, people don't feel this is the time to install a boardmember with ZERO, that's ZERO educational experience. And to say, she should be a boardmember because her kid is starting LAUSD, is ponderous....f*cking ponderous? In that case, let's pick a parent who already HAS a kid in school, because then they will AT LEAST already have more experience dealing with schools that Galatzan.
Plus, most people don't like attorney's/prosecutors for a position like this. They feel the last thing a school board needs, that is supposed to be focused on policy, and cirriculum and kids and parents is a f*cking laywer???
But Galatzan supporters say, we need a prosecutor to go after the LAUSD kids in gangs. YES WE DO! But that is the LAPD and City Attorney's job...not the school systems. (You unknowingly come right out and admit -- the mayoral muppet wants to be a prosecuting attorney -- not an educator.
WHAT AN INSULT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO EDUCATION AND CHILDREN -- WHO GO TO COLLEGE TO BECOME A TEACHER -- pays their dues in the classrooms, working with kids for years and years. A stressful, difficult challenge. THEN, maybe you can convince your constituents you posses the exprience, knowlege and leadership to take charge of the situation.
OR -- You can have a powerful lobbyist husband who pulls strings and cuts a deal with the shadiest mayor in human history, who only goal is to pull the plug on AB 1381 lawsuit (rather than let the court decide) -- and hand over the $20 Billion construction budget to Eli Broad's short list of preferred contractors.
You can say WHATEVER you want about Lauritzen. I spoken with enough people and the consensus is -- at least we know what to expect with John -- and ANYF*CKINGTHING is better than handing it over the the most shady, corrupt, malintended, community violator in mayoral history, who probably won't even make it through this term, let alone re-election.
ZD FINAL ANALYSIS AS MAYOR'S LAUSD CONSULTANT: Cut your losses on Galatzan. You're weakest in that part of the City, and maybe if you had picked a candidate with education experience without a shady lobbyist for a husband, maybe it would have worked. But the word is out on the streets -- AND you need TWO victories to go along with Monica Garcia to drop the lawsuit, so I would focus all concentration of effort and funds to the other races you are streamrolling. And if all else fails, just do what you always do..HOUSE PARTY/BUS CARAVAN TO THE POLLS WHERE YOUR PEOPLE RUN THE POLLS AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
ZD, I think you mean it's f-in preposterous. Who is funding her campaign anyway? Not that I'm for the other candidate, but since AV is just trying to stack the deck with puppets to further his political goals before he moves on, I have reservations about anyone associated with him.
What kind of message does it send when someone campaigns for a school board position in Spanish? Take a look at her banner in the picutre with her and MAV. I thought we needed to do more to help kids learn to read and write English. Don't you think your campaign material should be reflective of that?
Whoa! Slow down folks- this is a primary where people are sick of the big mayor money and not too thriled with the incumbent either. I've got two more weeks and I'm just getting warmed up. Two words for both of them- RUNOFF!
Louis Pugliese
The "other" LAUSD #3 Candidate
www.SmartenUpLA.com
I'm not in that school board district, but Lauritzen at least is willing to make big changes. When he suggested moving the entire school year up a month, the parents and teachers balked (me included). But at least he was willing to stand before a room full of people and state his reasoning.
If I wanted another midget mayor yes-person, I'd vote for the shill. No thanks. Too many people afraid of MAV and his backroom deals already.
Inexperienced LAUSD board candidate Tamara Galtazan (who is running on the credential that she is a mother) says her top priority is:
"Increasing safety for students, teachers, and staff." Excuse me, that's not the school board's job. Are you out of your f-ing mind?
The Schools are safer than the streets. Have your boss Mayor Tony V take care of increasing saftey with Bratton OUTSIDE the schools. And let's vote in a school board candidate who has real experience (besides changing diapers), who can work on policy, ciriculum...has experience dealing with teachers and students. Someone who wants the job because they enjoy a lifetime committment to kids and education. Not because your husband pulls some strings as a lobbyist who has given thousands and thousands and thousand and thousands and....of dollars to City Hall - and now you have to offer up your wife to help Broad/Riordan/Viagraosa take control of $20 billion in construction money. Hey Riorend...You care so much about the schools...how come you didn't care when you were mayor. Oh, I know why...no new schools were being built then, so why bother.
That's alright mayor...we didn't need you to pick a superintendent -- and we don't need you to do his job....Why don't you go and do yours as mandated by the State constitution?
Yeah, just what people in the valley want...more tony sticking his grubby mitts in their piece of the pie. Our mayor is shameless. Not a shred of dignity, either. He's just shamless. I wish I had his gaul...
You know Mr. KABC laughed at me one time...When I first started looking into politics and the mayor -- based on the mayor's political actions, I said, "Mr. K...The Mayor must know he's un-re-electable...so he's trying to milk the city for as much as he can before the City kicks his ass to the curb. I JUST COULDN'T FATHOM SOMEONE WOULD THINK PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID. Then I found out, he simply has no shame. But Tony, you think you're gonna get re-elected, LET ALONE RUN FOR GOVERNOR. You're dilusional. Detached. Suffering from Ivory Tower syndrome.
POINT IS: Mayor, the clock is ticking...will you step up and do something...ONE accomplishment that you can hang your hat on -- that benefits the community more than your wallet. I really am sad over Mayor V. It would have been great to see an underdogg, street kid from the rough side of town -- rise to the top, become mayor and be everyone's savior and hero. But a greedy, shady scorpion can't change his stripes, y'all. It's so sad.
And oh yeah, don't vote for that Galatzan chump of a schill.
I know Tamar Galatzan and have worked with her. She is very bright, articulate, and caring. If the worst you can say about her is that she lacks teaching experience, what exactly is your motivation for attacking her? The new LAUSD Superintendent, and his predecessor, were not teachers. We're not voting for Tamar to b a teacher. We're voting for her to oversee and streamline a badly bloated bureaucracy -- LAUSD. Her legal abilities and experience as a neighborhood prosecutor are assets, not deficiencies.
Sheesh, look at your bkgrd. and qualifications, Zuma Dogg. Hooody Hooo!
TG Supporter Says: We're voting for her to oversee and streamline a badly bloated bureaucracy.
ZD says: O.K., But Galatzan says her top priority is to make the schools safer??? Excuse me, the schools are safer than the streets. I didn't know KAUSD boardmembers top priority was to make the schools safer. Meanwhile, you have Super Brewer to handle the beuracracy now. Can you give him the chance?
TGS: the worst you can say about her is that she lacks teaching experience.
ZD: That's right. I'm glad we agree on that. That is the worst thing I can say, and am saying it. It's releveant.
TGS: What exactly is your motivation for attacking her?
ZD: She is broad/riorend/viagraosa's newest cast memebr of the Muppet's Children's Television Workshop. All she is sent in to do is vote to drop the AB 1381 lawsuit.
TGS: The new LAUSD Superintendent, and his predecessor, were not teachers.
ZD: We're talking board member, not Super. Romer was a governor of an entire f*cking state -- and Brewer, a top ranking Admiral. I think he's able to get to the bottom of the beuracracy, if antonio's politics don't get in the way. Sorry I don't feel now is the time to elect an attorney whose biggest educational claim is that her kid will soon be starting LAUSD. (She doesn't even have the experience of your average LAUSD parent with a kid in school already. Why not just elect an unborn embryo to the school board!
Zuma is right. The idea that someone with no educational experience should be setting educational policy for 700,000 is asinine.
The Superintendent's job is an administrative job. The school board is a policy making entity. To turn over the reigns of power to a neophyte like Galatzan would roll back educational reform a decade or more.
Not only is she ignorant of current reform, she has no idea of what has been tried already. At her kickoff she said she first became aware of the problems by reading a newspaper article on the dropout rate at Birmingham.
That was a year and a half ago. She said she suddenly woke up to the problems.
Geez lady, while you were asleep on the issues, we've been searching for answers for 30 years. Some of the solutions are working well, others have failed miserably.
Under her stewardship will we have to try all the old failed ways again because someone packages them up and sells her on how shiny they are?
This is a job that requires experience. It requires Institutional Memory. Galatzan has none.
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