Walt Disney Throws Up on NoHo
Zuma Dogg covered the night I got caught in bumper to bumper traffic in North Hollywood because someone at the City thought it would be good idea to paint multi-colored squiggly lines on the intersection of Magnolia and Tujunga. To make it even more fun, the genius who greenlighted this project set it up so the painting could be done in the middle of rush hour, with one lane on each street closed.The end result, as captured in this photo from a post by Zach at LAist, is something that looks like the result of Walt Disney heaving up after drinking too much vodka.
Being relatively plugged into what is going on in my community, I was quite aghast to see this happening. The "artwork" is unattractive, poorly done and does not match any of the architecture in the area.
What makes me shudder even more is that the City most likely made a very generous gift of public funds to some half-wit artist who thought this up.
Could we get it erased and start over?
Update: Check out the video in this post from Zuma Dogg. With about 1:10 left in the clip, ZD talks about this before the Council. Some of those in the gallery got a nice chuckle out of it.
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 4/10/2007 12:15:00 AM
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Waste of Time
Waste of Money
Waste of Paint
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They paint crossing so interesting and that too on busy days. OK we know its NOHO Art District, what kind of art is this, does it have any name, modern art may be. OK so now they paint the street making it difficult for drivers to identify where to stop their cars. Gentleman and nobel ladies out there in city council, the art is cool though it is hazardous for citizens who try to cross the road. Hope there is no major accident to be seen in short time from now. Was this city council supposed to be working for the citizens and not against them? who knows?
11:39 Brings up a good point. Wait till we see those lawsuits.
Complaints? Call Villaraigosa
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Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen (removes hat and bows low):
(looks closely at artwork and scratches head) While on one hand you could surely say, if you will, that this is a mickey mouse job, I would point out that perhaps things might look a bit better if rum were consumed, savvy?
Actually, I would leave it there where it lies and see how long it takes before some vagrant pees on it or some other fool uses a can of spray paint to pretty it up.
Zuma lad, are you about? Go speak to Hamlet Who Sues The School District as this was most likely one of his students, savvy?
And to think...someone thought this was a GOOD idea. Usually, one would do all in their power to PREVENT this kind of thing. (Ugly paint spills) But someone closed traffic to one lane, friday at 5p to do this. Who says the City is guilty of bad planning?
You mean the City planned this mistake?
FIELD POLL
State favors path to legality for illegals
Majority supports Bush proposals for immigration reform
Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
More than four in five California voters support giving legal residence to illegal immigrants, according to a statewide public opinion poll to be released today.
By wide margins, the state's voters also favor creating a temporary worker program to allow future immigrants to enter legally, increasing the border patrol and imposing stiff penalties on employers who hire unauthorized immigrants, the Field Poll found.
Those proposals are elements of a plan outlined by President Bush in the border city of Yuma, Ariz., on Monday, as he revived his call for comprehensive immigration overhaul.
Some analysts doubt any such legislation out of Washington, D.C., will go that far, however, because they think Bush lacks the political clout to rally divided Republicans behind his proposals.
Couching his hope for legalization and an expanded temporary worker status in the context of a "tough on security" message, Bush made his pitch at a Border Patrol station in the desert, where a new fence and increased staffing and high-tech surveillance have helped reduce illegal crossings 68 percent over the past year.
California voters increasingly oppose a federal plan for 700 more miles of border fence -- with just 37 percent favoring it this year, down from 47 percent last April, the Field Poll found. And just 53 percent of those polled voiced support the current policy of federal agents rounding up, detaining and deporting illegal immigrants.
Support among California voters for legalizing undocumented immigrants rose to 83 percent from 75 percent last April, while 67 percent of respondents backed a guest worker plan, up from 60 percent a year ago.
"The public is very open to providing a path to citizenship and giving temporary workers some kind of legal status, rather than having to do it on the sly," said Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. "The issue now is, can Congress and the president agree on a package?"
"It's important that we get a bill done," Bush said Monday. "We deserve a system that secures our borders, and honors our proud history as a nation of immigrants."
Bush's plan also would include a workplace enforcement system based on a tamper-proof identification card for legal foreign workers and a means of allowing at least some of the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to earn legal status by paying a fine and waiting in line behind other applicants for permanent residence.
A similar immigration reform bill won bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate last year but the House of Representatives passed a conflicting bill that focused solely on enforcement, including the 700-mile border wall, which is the only recent change signed into law.
Both houses of Congress have shifted from Republican to Democratic control since then, but there is disagreement within each party on immigration.
"I'm a little dubious Congress will do anything this year because there are too many conflicting voices, particularly in the Republican caucus," said UC Irvine political scientist Louis DiSipio. "Some of the staunchest anti-immigrant voices in the House are Californians, despite the fact that the California electorate is clearly more tolerant."
"I think they can do it, but they have to do it soon, before we get into the 'silly season' of the 2008 election," she said. "This is not an easy issue for either party to either embrace or walk away from."
Californians' sense that illegal immigration is an urgent problem has declined slightly compared to a similar survey last July, and residents of the Bay Area were the least concerned, the poll found.
The poll results were based on a random survey of 570 registered voters statewide, interviewed by telephone on March 20-31. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
yeah, Mayor Sam stole the show with his, "looks like Walt Disney threw up on the sreet" line. But some of us WORK for a living, so couldn't make it for comment. Ha ha!
The worst one is on Cahuenga in front of Campo de Cahuenga, in Universal City. From the west side of Cahuenga, it looks like a crosswalk. Then you walk across and discover it ends shortly after the meridian, and it's not a crosswalk at all. It's right across from the transit center, too. That paint job is going to be responsible for someone losing their life someday.
"AS PART OF THE OVERALL RESPONSE ON THE 'TOONTOWN' CONVERSION, LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A NEGATIVE ~~~~~~~~> CAPTAIN."
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