Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday

Rick Orlov reports that the City is considering a vote by mail program. Cities such as Burbank have used this method for years. While it presents some interesting ideas and cost savings, does it open the door to voter fraud? I think the way to increase voter turnout is to hold elections over a two day period a Sunday and a Monday. This would give most people who work on weekdays a chance to vote and those who would not vote on Sundays for religious reasons could just vote on Monday. It would increase costs some to have two days of voting, but through innovative management the cost could be held down.

The Westside White Guy is on his game. In less than 40 words, he's able to craft a screed telling you he's an affluent, influential and culturally with it Angeleno AND do a little hating on the LA Times.

I've said before when it comes to civic pride and creating community, Santa Clarita gets it and so does Pasadena. The Pasadena Star News takes to task the decision to end the 75 year old Hollywood Christmas Parade and places the blame squarely where it belongs: lack of imagination by civic leaders. Welcome to Los Angeles!

I was initially impressed with CityWatch but as of late its getting sloppy. Scribes at Martini Republic made a good point that their "Blog Soup" feature doesn't really feature anything from any blogs. A more recent post on a land-use debate in North Hollywood is supposed to be a point-counterpoint to the issue as covered by the LA Times. However, one side of the issue is giving an extensive amount of ink and is text; the other side is a poor quality JPEG of the writer's text. And, the alleged link to the LA Times story only goes to the main page. Maybe some blogging classes are in order.

And finally, Zuma Dogg may need to do some mediation. Apparently a major issue in the Palms area is placing ads in neighborhood newsletters.