Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday

Orange County Democratic blogger Andrew Davey says that Santa Mayor Miguel Pulido is no Antonio Villaraigosa. In Davey's view, Pulido is "controversial" because the Mayor - who happens to have immigrated from Mexico City as a child - doesn't buy into the usual leftist agenda of some liberal Hispanics. Pulido says he doesn't want to be seen as a Hispanic mayor but as, "a mayor." Sounds reasonable to me.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that following the melee in MacArthur Park Chief Bratton's re-appointment isn't as much of a slam dunk as it once was. While the Chief's support from Mayor Villaraigosa is still strong, some community leaders are having second thoughts.

Visit Mayor Sam 2 to read a customer complaint to Time Warner Cable that was filed with the City's Information Technology Agency. You can also read about the County's summer bus shuttle program that takes you to various hotspots.

If you have a major motion picture you want to promote by placing banners on streetlights but want to get around the City's restriction on commercial advertising of this nature, how do you do it? Tie in your promotion to the Mayor's Million Trees LA program.

The Mayor - once called "Attention Deficit Villaraigosa" by Mayor Sam readers - has got his majority on the school board. So what does he move to next?

Governor Schwarzenegger is considering privatizing the state lottery. CurbedLA reports that some of the proposals for private operators to boost participation could violate state compacts with Indian tribes that operate gaming businesses.

HOWS Markets - the successful spin off to the longtime popular Hughes Grocery Stores - has descended on the NoHo Arts District. A CurbedLA reader snarkily declares "Let the gentification begin!"

And finally if you needed evidence that the government generally can't get things right, here's some. Last Thursday was "Bike To Work Day." Wendy Greuel knew about it and was giving out free food to bikers. The Bachelor knew about it and cut short his commute by riding not from Sherman Oaks but San Francisco to Sacramento. But not everyone knew. The MTA promised those riders who boarded with bikes that fares would be free. LAist reports that bus drivers and Metro Rail sheriff's deputies didn't get the message as many reports indicated drivers claimed to be unaware of the promotion and deputies were writing tickets for non-fare paying bikers. Sigh.