Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Monday
CityNews Service is reporting that the Los Angeles Zoo is planning to relocate Ruby the Elephant to a sanctuary in San Andreas, perhaps as early as Monday. Expect a Mayoral photo op if this is the case.Third place finisher District 7 school board candidate Jesus Escandon has endorsed candidate Neil Kleiner who will face Villaraigosa operative Richard Vladovic in the May general election. Click here for more details on the story that was broken exclusively here on the Sister City.
Great analysis by Greg Nelson at CityWatch regarding last week's elections. The abysmal turnout should but won't shut up Clowncil staffers who anonymously blog on about the Neighborhood Councils' lack of voter participation. Nelson details how each of the re-elected Clowncil incumbents returned to office with a lesser percentage of votes than a significant number of Neighborhood Council elections.
Interesting analysis by Joseph Mailander on the Council election losers in CD7 and CD14. Joseph connects the dots between Alvin Parra's and Monica Rodriguez' vote totals and their use and non-use of the blog-LA-sphere respectively. You may remember that Joseph did the math, another 300 votes in her favor would have got Rodriguez into a run-off with victor Richard Alarcon. Joe's contention is that local blogs could have delivered this for her.
Full Disclosure Network reports a coming "massive prison release" at a time when gang and racial violence is getting worse and we need to be locking criminals up, not letting them go. The report makes the case that anti-three strikes law politicians have been cutting prison funding as a way to get around the law.
A Los Angeles man has won a $320,000 settlement from the City of Los Angeles. The man spent nearly five months in jail for a murder he did not commit. Attorneys for Juan Catalan were able to prove his alibi through footage from an episode of the HBO program "Curb Your Enthusiasm" that showed Catalan at Dodger Stadium at the time the murder occurred.
The California political ATM will fire up Monday. Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is coming to town.
The end of this week will bring "Politically Correct Friday" to the Council Chambers. The Clowncil plans celebrations for both Persian New Year and St. Patrick's Day. Then, everyone will retire to the rotunda for a traditional lunch (who is paying for that?). How about if the Clowncil leaves the celebrating to the people and spends our time trying to solve crime and traffic problems?
Assemblyman Lloyd "The Bachelor" Levine has got another publicity stunt project in the works. This time he's opposed to a liquefied natural gas off the Southern California coast. Liberals like Levine bemoan our "addiction" to foreign oil but at the same time oppose home grown alternative energy projects (usually because it has some limited impact on limousine liberals such as Ted Kennedy opposing a wind farm off the Massachusetts coast in view of his family's home).
This might have a different meaning amongst Bruins, but Trojans are revolting. As in rebelling. The students are up in arms over a recent management change at the on campus bar, Traddies. The campus owned facility, in business for the last 20 years, is switching from student employees to an outsourced, professional staff.
Well heeled NIMBYs in Cheviot Hills are also up in arms, in this case over the proposed route of the Exposition Line as it heads from Culver City to Santa Monica. Are there any Home Depots in Cheviot Hills?
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 3/12/2007 12:05:00 AM
27 Comments:
The NIMBY's are out in full force this Thursday to possibly cost LA Taxpayers $250 million to go off of the Publicly Owned right of way to jam up Sepulveda and Venice.
Even worse, the result of the 1 mile detour will be an extra 10 minutes of travel time.
See http://tinyurl.com/ywnae8
Special Expo Report
The Clowncil is recessed on Friday, so whatever's going on for the Irish and Persians is the whole enchilada for that day in City Hall, give or take a mayoral photo op.
.....The real purpose of Measure R wasn't ethics reform. It was giving do-nothing, overpaid and over-pampered City Council members a third four-year term. But since relaxing term limits doesn't play well with voters, the politicians bundled it with changes in campaign fundraising laws that were supposed to make it harder for lobbyists to buy and sell influence.
Love it..
As the City's most effective campaign, marketing and management strategist, I'm going to start weighing in on some of the PR mistakes Viagraosa and Council continue to make in the media with their non-strategic speak.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says,
"Every police chief since Daryl Gates has supported Special Order 40," Villaraigosa told reporters. "They have because they understand that IN A CITY AS UNDER-POLICED AS LOS ANGELES IS, we need to focus on crime.
FRED SANFORD IS HERE WITH ME TO SAY, "YOU BIG DUMMY!"
Why don't you just put a big billboard right on Century Blvd. at LAX saying, "Please don't open a buisness in L.A. -- we're already under-policed as it is...and if we're under-policed, that means we cannot protect you, your workers, their families or your business. Sorry...Try Arizona!
Zuma Dogg supports the Mayor and wants to help get his word out to the people. So how about this: Hello Olympic Committee. It's Zuma Dogg, and the Mayor wanted me to remind you, "In a City as under-policed as Los Angeles, we have to respectfully DECLINE your invitiation to have us host your meaningless Olympics.
ZD STRATEGY TAKE: The Mayor may say his number one goal is to attack gang violence, or fix the schools, or help an elephant...BUT HIS REAL NUMBER ONE MISSION AS MAYOR INCLUDES THE MAITINANCE OF SPECIAL ORDER 40.
SO, if the Mayor has to throw the City under the bus -- and do more to damage the reputation of this City for all future buisnesses that might consider setting up shop here -- that's cool. At least he got to stick up for SO 40. And that my friend, is priority numero uno!
POINT IS: LOCAL POLITICIAN HAVE TO BETTER CALCULATE THEIR VERBAGE. It's called "Strategy" and I haven't seen much of it in the past year.
I heard an un-named Councilmember who is not a mayoral candidate say, "L.A. has become the gang capital of the world."
Again, the person threw the City under the bus, in order to take a jab at Antonio.
Finally, You do enough to hurt the City, it's business and citizens with your policy. Don't inflame the situation by using stupid, unplanned, non-thought-out public verbage where you throw the City under the bus, just to try and score a political point, it always ends up backfiring in the court of public opinion, YOU BIG DUMMIES.
If Villaraigosa is truly serious about tackling the gang scourge that is ruining this city, he will get rid of the hideous Special Order 40. Until then, he's just posturing and proving that his ethnocentrism trumps public safety.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen (removes hat and bows low):
Sots, with whom are YOU having lunch today? I am one of the lucky few to be in attendance when a certain Senator comes to Beverly Hills to-day. What would a Senator want with a pirate and why would a meeting after the lunch be on the agenda? Perhaps the Senator is a pirate at heart, savvy?
Speaking of lunches, how many lunches did a certain leader of a voter's league enjoy upon the City dime prior to the small bombshell that broke this weekend...surprise, surprise! It's not the number of lunches that is disconcerting or even who attended them. It's whose expense report they turned up on. Zuma lad, there is something for you to investigate. Clowncil expense reports. Who is on 'em and why, savvy?
ZumBloggyDogg, when Hizzoner says the City is underpoliced, please remind him that it often somehow seems to find enough time to shut down incense and hemp retailers on the Venice strand.
Greg Nelson betrays his own spin-doctoring of his legacy, by saying "this may sound like spin-doctoring."
Because it is. And it's incredibly bad spinning at that.
He uses "resident" numbers to compare and contrast election turnouts knowing FULL well that this is as illegitimate a standard for making any comparison as you could possibly use.
In city council, as in other "real" elected offices even those "eligible" to register to vote are a subset of the entire population. In most NCs, the resident population of the NC is a subset of those eligible to vote for NC boards, and sometimes a VERY small subset.
Using population figures to compare percentages of the two totally incompatible examples is a statistical crime, which should be punishable by a sentence of "let's ignore this apologist, he's lost all credibility."
Simply put:
Able to register to vote for City Council - legal citizens, over the age of 18. In some districts, that could easily be less than HALF the population.
Able to vote for NC board members? At the bare minimum -- ALL residents (legal or otherwise), PLUS all those employed anywhere in the NC area (regardless of where they live), PLUS all those who own property in the district (again, regardless of where they live). THEN you also have those NCs that have expanded their definition to include just about anyone who takes part in any civic activity in the NC are, AND some have much lower voting ages than 18 (16, 14, none at all). That can add tens of thousands to the equation.
And it's not just spin, it's a lie in Nelson's case, because he knows full well that in some of the VERY same NCs he uses as his "not much worse than city council" examples (those few VERY rare cases) residents make up less than half those taking part in NCs at this very moment.
(One NC Nelson mentions has more NON-residents on the board than actual residents -- in another, NO resident has yet to be elected PRESIDENT of the NC board in three years.)
The lie (and Greg Nelson's nose), grows bigger with each sentence.
He's off in his comparisons by as much as a 5- to 8-fold factor, depending on the breadth of the NCs stakeholder definition.
(Maybe Nelson and Councilman Yawn share a calculator, they're both off by such massive numbers in their defense of NCs, it can't be a coincidence).
Someone needs to tell Greg Nelson this kind of bullshit "it's working" and using an off-cycle low turnout election to make his NC "children" look more productive is the kind of candy-assed analysis that got him justifiably booted from the job.
Hell, Marcos Aguilar didn't tweak his school's performance numbers this badly trying to get Academia's charter renewed.
Listen under-achieving rationalizers, even if you can prove that my neighbor's lawn may also be dying (a BIG "if" using his lousy statistical analysis), doesn't make you the gardener of the month.
Stop making excuses, Nelson, NCs didn't push for outreach and inclusivenees because YOU didn't make it a focus of your regime. No sooner were they sitting up on their trikes starting to peddle, than you threw them into the Indy 500 to compete, so you would look like you had a racing team for your bosses who just wanted the NC formation process to be "over" (in time for Jim Hahn's "re-election").
Same with spending funds wisely. These are your delinquent children who are failing in their mandate, you can't also be the judge of their success.
You can keep blaming the substitute teachers for their bad scores, and comparing them -- with bad math -- or they can get some remedial "education" (something you would have never required of your little "Einsteins").
Oddly enough, here are the right-wing Rhin-ettes of the MS blog encouraging the kind of "feel good about yourself" (don't worry that you're failing) that they would scream about in the school system, applied by the bad teacher that was Greg Nelson, to his failing students.
At least be consistent, for god's sake. You can blame criticism on "staffers" of electeds you don't like OR, you can look at the facts and numbers, and be smart about what and who your defending/critiquing. The former just sets you up to look stupid when the real analysis begins.
I know from experience, however, that's what the yahoo posters here will select.
Some things you can always count on (just don't use Greg Nelson's calculator).
JOESEPH MAILANDER FOR MAYOR, Y'ALL!!!
HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO THROW THAT IN??? No money for coffee and chronic must be the problem.
And Cpt. Jack, thanks for the 17%! (Tip, y'all!) Are you talking about LiZa White of "League of Dumbass Voters"? CAN'T YOU JUST EMAIL THE INFO AT zumadogg@netzero.com and save me all the work. I'm operating on a budget of fifteen cents as of this morning and I don't have the energy. Don't make me work so hard, if you already have the answer, y'all...That's inefficent use of human resources, y'all...Cpt. Jack, make Dr. Deming happy and (Bill Murray "Stripes" Voice): EMAIL THE FACT, JACK!
And p.s., I'm begging you for a doggie bag of that very excellent Beverly Hills Senator food...Hoooody hooooo! West-siiiiiiiiiied!
McCain is in town today? I KNEW it seemed especially windy out there!
ZD STRATEGY TAKE:
11:19 AM engaged in "Marketing Warfare" tactics (similar to "Art of War" -- also know as "spinning"), by taken Greg Nelson's comments and responding to them here.
Like I said, as the City's Chief Strategist, I wll be commenting on these comments, not on the issues themselves, but from a "spin-strategy" filter.
FINAL LEGISLATIVE REVIEW:
Although 11:19 AM sounds extremely knowlegable and well versed in all the stats and facts...Average Voter Joe says, "Who cares?"
You are so smart, so complex, so extensive in your defense (offesnse, actually) -- the message was completely lost.
You make the same mistake SO many smart, well-educated geniuses make, who are WAY book smarter than ZD...Try to win the argument with logic. Trying to win the argument of reality. However, you failed to win the argument on perception.
ZD'S FOCUS GROUP AT STARBUCKS JUST READ
11:19 AM's POST AND WANTS TO KNOW:
WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. You see, the problem is this: You have to assume when you post a spin, that the reader, listener or viewer knows NOTHING about what you are talking about. And they don't have the capacity to study four years worth of background information.
Unfortunately, 11:19 AM, I think you probably made some great points and you may even be 100% right. Only thing is...you argument may have been chocked full of "reality", but it didn't to a THING to sway anyone's "perception". But it probably made you and your paid employer feel a whole lot better.
It's sad that these paid spin doctors are so bitter and angry, it prevents them from speaking strategically -- only passionately. And you need BOTH. Sorry losers...(Brian May Guitar): Weeeeeeee are the champions, my friend...(Cymbal crash, cymbal crash)...And WEEEEEEEEEEE'LL keep on spinning...to the end....(Frilly Guitar Fill): Wooo, dooo..WE are the champions, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, no time for LOSER PAID SPIN DOCTORS WHO SPEAK NON-STRATEGIC LEAGALESE...Cause we are the CHAMP-IONS....of the disticts!!!
Antonio Watch,
I agree, McCain is a blowhard. Just another open borders elitist. As you know, when he and his brethren like Ted Kennedy spout rhetoric about "comprehensive immigration reform" and token measures about securing the border, it's all just political cover for another push for amnesty for tens of millions of illegals.
Hum, Ruby the elephant is going to San Andreas? Maybe the next Big One will occur sooner than we think?
"HOT AIR EXPRESS" has come to town !! Wonder if the "KENNEDY REPUBLICAN" will attend to lend some "RINO" flavor.
Ruby, what about sending Gloria Molina and Monica Garcia to roam the hills.
Will they howl at the moon?
ZD, from "11:19"
You weren't the intended target of the argument. It was intelligent discourse. You don't qualify to take part.
But, just for the hell of it, let me break it down for your nizzle.
Former DONE GM, Greggie N's rap about his baby NCs is wack, its pure fiction.
He's cooking the equation to make it look like he didn't deserve to be booted out of his cushy 6-figure job after decades of being the same kind of lying career politician you harp on daily.
It's a drive by against reality and it ain't all that. It is to the true word what govt. cheese is to brie.
I know - still too many words,
(whispers) Good afternoon sots! I am currently lunching with the erstwhile Senator and I dare not disturb the man.
Zuma lad, if I e-mailed you all the info I would (a) be putting several snitches at risk and (b) not allowing you to take the credit for some oh-so-excellent scoopage, savvy? Would you rather BE a pirate or have a pirate as a colleague? I would rather see you take the credit and glory, leaving pirates in the dark shroud of secrecy for we move better that way.
But because you ask, here is what you should check. There is a respository in which information regarding what City employees claim for expense reports is held. In order to process an expense report, there must be information regarding a date, what the activity was, where it occurred and how much was spent.
For example, in August of last year a Clowncil member entertained several interesting persons-of-note at their home. They submitted an invoice for a substantial sum of money (i.e., grocceries purchased for the occasion) and they requested reimbursement. In order to be reimbursed, this Clowncil member had to list the dinner guests AND the reason for having the dinner (i.e., the potential downside of Measure "R", etc.). All of this had to be submitted for approval before a cheque was cut for reimbursement.
You may be too young to remember a certain classic film with an equally classic actor entitled "Guess Who's Comming To Dinner?", but I would put the same question to you. Who has supped with whom?
There is a snitch who is an honest and loyal snitch, and to compromise this person's well-being goes against my core values. Oh bugger, does this mean I'm turning RED? But that's beside the point, savvy? Let's call this snitch "The Meat Man" for that is what he sells....steaks, fish and other fine items. This snitch knows in advance what items are ordered and for what purpose. In fact, he resides within the CQ and has had a hand in purveying many a steak or two for the likes of State Senators, State Assembly and other political luminaries. savvy? He's had to initial these same expense reports and knows more than a two-pound rump roast. (Glares at Zuma Dogg) Leave the identity of the snitch alone for he sails with the pirate crew.
My advice to you, Mr. Dogg, is to find out where in the boneyard this information is and once found, have a dinner party of your own. We'll even bring the rum, the bard and a few other surprises.
Oh, and sots? Consider this your head start...some of you don't run fast with shovels, savvy?
(Puts hands together and bows) By your leave, lad.
Love ya' Captain Jack, but get to the point (faster)!
A fan.
Ahoy, Cpt. Jack,
Who are these people named "Bond" (And Associates? No one named, "James" -- just Robert, and Lisa and Lawrence and Jennifer and Bond Captial (I feel like the teacher reading names at the end of "Romper Room." Anyway, it seems like people named, "Bond" absolutley LOVE Eric Garcetti!?!? I wonder what they do? Anyway, I'm only up to the B's -- and it included plenty from BFI, as well. But I don't like these Bonds any more than anyother bond (like H).
07/05/06 Jennifer Bond
(Homemaker, N/A)
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/06-09/30/06]
$500.00
06/26/04 Jennifer Bond
(Homemaker, N/A)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1258433 - Committee to Elect Eric Garcetti 2005 A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/04-06/30/04]
$500.00
[Election: 03/08/05]
07/03/01 Jennifer Bond
(Homemaker)
Pacific Palisaes, CA 90272 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1224710 - Eric Garcetti for City Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/01-12/31/01]
$500.00
[Election: 04/10/01]
06/26/04 Lawrence Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital LTD)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1258433 - Committee to Elect Eric Garcetti 2005 A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/04-06/30/04]
$500.00
[Election: 03/08/05]
06/05/01 Lawrence Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital LTD)
Los Angeles, CA 90067 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Eric Garcetti for City Council - General A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 05/31/01-06/30/01]
$500.00
[Election: 06/05/01]
07/03/01 Lawrence Bond
(President, Bond Capital LTD)
Pacific Palisaes, CA 90272 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1224710 - Eric Garcetti for City Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/01-12/31/01]
$500.00
[Election: 04/10/01]
05/23/02 Lawrence S. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital, LTD)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 04/01/02-06/30/02]
$500.00
05/05/05 Lawrence S. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Companies)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 04/01/05-06/30/05]
$500.00
07/05/06 Lawrence S. Bond
(Real Estate Developer, Bond Companies)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/06-09/30/06]
$500.00
07/17/02 Lawrence S. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital, LTD)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
($500.00)
08/26/02 Lawrence S. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital, LTD)
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
$500.00
06/26/04 Leslie M. Bond
(Homemaker, N/A)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1258433 - Committee to Elect Eric Garcetti 2005 A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/04-06/30/04]
$500.00
[Election: 03/08/05]
07/07/01 Leslie M. Bond
(Homemaker)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1224710 - Eric Garcetti for City Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/01-12/31/01]
$500.00
[Election: 04/10/01]
05/23/02 Leslie Mitchel Bond
(Homemaker, N/A)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 04/01/02-06/30/02]
$500.00
07/17/02 Leslie Mitchel Bond
(Homemaker, N/A)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
($500.00)
08/25/02 Leslie Mitchel Bond
(Homemaker, N/A)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
$500.00
05/23/02 Robert J. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital, LTD)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 04/01/02-06/30/02]
$500.00
05/13/05 Robert J. Bond
(President, Bond Companies)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 04/01/05-06/30/05]
$500.00
06/26/04 Robert J. Bond
(Real Estate Developer, Bond Companies)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1258433 - Committee to Elect Eric Garcetti 2005 A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 01/01/04-06/30/04]
$500.00
[Election: 03/08/05]
07/17/02 Robert J. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital, LTD)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
($500.00)
09/10/02 Robert J. Bond
(Real Estate, Bond Capital, LTD)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
$500.00
07/07/01 Robert J. Bond
(President, Bond Capital LTD)
Glencoe, IL 60022 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1224710 - Eric Garcetti for City Council A - Monetary
(IND - Individual)
[Period: 07/01/01-12/31/01]
$500.00
[Election: 04/10/01]
07/14/05 Bond Capital, LTD
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(OTH - Other)
[Period: 07/01/05-09/30/05]
$500.00
05/23/02 Bond Capital, LTD
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(OTH - Other)
[Period: 04/01/02-06/30/02]
$500.00
07/03/06 Bond Capital, LTD
Chicago, IL 60610 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(OTH - Other)
[Period: 07/01/06-09/30/06]
$500.00
07/17/02 Bond Capital, LTD
Santa Monica, CA 90401 Eric Garcetti
Council Member - CD13
1234351 - Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder A - Monetary
(OTH - Other)
[Period: 07/01/02-09/30/02]
Cpt. Jack, thanks...but you've created even more work for me, y'all...and with no chronic to sooth my A.D.D., looks like they shady sods get a pass.
And one more thing...now i'm more convinced than ever that, at least the person who posted
2:06pm is someone who I have spoken with in person and even on the phone a few times. Perhaps even myspace communitcation. But I'll leave it at that...and thanks so much for the tips.
Maybe all of y'all can head out to the Hills of LA County, but not LA City, for a little Karaoke party this Friday Night. I know one of y'all showed up in Malibu that one time, but it's only fun for ZD if you say, "Hello", instead of staring at me like a Villaraigosa caged elephant.
Anyway, keyword, "shady expenses". I feel ya, Jack!
Good afternoon Zuma lad (tips hat in an effort to get to the point quicker):
It's NOT who donated, but who was included on expense reports that matters, savvy? Did Clowncilman Garcetti entertain the Bond family? And if so, for what reason that needed reimbursement from the City? An expense report and corresponding reimbursement is very much different than a political donation.
But you bring up a good point. Suppose the Clowncilman Garcetti entertained the nabobs of BFI at a skybox at Staples Center. Was it because the Clowncilman is a damn nice guy or because he wants a little something? If he sought reimbursement from the City for the cost of the evening's entertainment at Staples, you can be sure that he WANTED something. Now what would the Clowncilman Garcetti want with BFI and why would he want to do it on the City's dime?
GO FIND THE EXPENSE REPORTS AND SEE WHO THE EXPENSE WAS INCURRED FOR. The donations can wait, lad. Best to find out who paid The Meat Man and for what, savvy? Once you find that out, I would wager that the wheels of government will hum a different tune altogether.
Oh bugger. The helmsman has my AMEX Black. I have a feeling that there is a large expenditure at PF Chang's in my future, savvy?
Mr. Dogg,
Here is what you wanted to know about Bond Capital out of Santa Monica.
Summary: Bond's mixed-use development at Sunset and Vine broke ground last July and is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2004. The 750,000 square foot building will house retail tenants on the ground floor with 300 loft-style apartment units above.
The aim is to attract entertainment industry workers between the ages of 25 and 45. The project will have studios, one- and two-bedroom units.
The retail portion, comprising 100,000 square feet, is expected to open by the end of the year and will house tenants including a reprised version of Schwab's Pharmacy, the heralded show biz meeting spot whose original location was at Sunset and Crescent Heights boulevards. Others include Bed, Bath and Beyond and Borders.
"The shopping center will open up 100 percent leased and we are bring in other boutique retail to make it a hangout," said Bond.
Good afternoon Zuma lad, but we'll be dropping off the grinderman at LAX to join the other lads on tour. (Whispers something to grinderman) Brilliant idea! We'll send one of the Five to see you.
I WANT ERIC GARCETTI TO ENTERTAIN ZUMA DOGG AT STAPLES CENTER, Y'ALL!!! Throw a constituent a bone, shady!
Jack, thanks for the clarification, and DO NOT shorten your posts...That's a certain paid mayoral spin doctor out to clip the capt's sail. PATTERNS Y'ALL!
asWhen is someone going to file a public information document to have the audits of the gang programs. Word is Antonio got campaign money from a certain program from 20 of its contractors...Where is the great David Z or the ballsy reporters to go after this one. Now we know why Laura CHick has to keep silent on this one. This will be the story of the year if it ever got out. How many clowncil members got campaign donations from gang programs money that are suppose to help the youth????UhMMMMMM
Zuma, there are people in hell wanting ice water too. I agree with Captain Jack. If my tax dollars are going to pay for someone's dinner party or Staples tickets, I want to know. You need to find this out and let us know because if Jose Huizar is going to take folks to the Super Bowl while doing deals, he can take me too!
4:49 PM
You are on to something. Some of does Gang workers were at the "TOWN HALL" meetings that the Mayor was holding on his takeover attempt. They were screening audience members for their loyalty to the mayors plan (ie. Keep out the opposition).
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