Dumb Ideas For HOV Lane, More Grand Ave Project Conflict Concerns & ZD on Locke Charter Idea To Help Maintain Integrity
ALRIGHT: THE RIVER OF SHADINESS RUNS DEEP AND WIDE TODAY: Stories on:
* Dumb ideas for HOV lane
* Grand Ave Project Story in LA Times today. (ZD once again with the "in between the lines" coverage.)
* LA LIVE's Anshultz required to add (profitable) affordable housing to his project. (A punishment or favor?)
* Locke/Green Dot Challenge: How to bring small 500 student community attention to 5000 students.
Huh...huh...huh...This is like four theads in one. Everything came in at once. So click READ MORE for the MAYOR SAM MEGA-SHADY-THREAD!
GRAND AVE PROJECT CONFLICTS CONTINUE TO UNFOLD: Oh no...Jan Perry says she didn't have to recuse herself from Grand Ave Project voting even though she only lives two blocks from the project. Says she, ""I had no greater benefit from this project than anyone else in the area." True, you benefit by the higher property values as a result of the project, as much as anyone else in the area. But THEY didin't get to vote "yes", either. Besides that, the project SUCKS and is ILLEGAL!
Dear Los Angeles Times,
Although Chris Sutton did not discuss the details of his lawsuit that will eventually be dropped cause the mayor is homies with the Bonaventure's Peter Zen. So this will just be a way for the mayor to cut him a settlement check and a bunch of goodies to drop the lawsuit. (We call it a controlled burn.) Mr. Sutton told Zuma Dogg all the stuff that can actually sink the project and prevent it from moving forward. But now he's brining up the "minor diversionary tactic" of mentioning Jan Perry living too close to take away from the real stuff like THIS:
* IT IS ILLEGAL for City Council (a local agency) to sit on a "committee" (or whatever) along with the CRA (a STATE agency) where City Council votes on State issues like the 16 acre park. AND City Council gets to vote on any expenditure over $25,000. (A pretty small amount when you consider an over $2 billion starting price.) I HOPE NONE OF THAT IS FOR COUNTY OR STATE THINGS! I would hate to see one of my Councilamigos be convicted of a crime over it if this is the case.
* Any Councilmember who accepted campaign contributions from people and companies associated with the project needs to recuse theyselves on all Grand Ave Project votes, or they may be in violation of the law. A punishable offense. (With all the big corporate powers involved, I wouldn't be shocked to find out there was some contributing. Wouldn't be shocked if CMs didn't recuse themselves either. But IG ZD will be checking!)
* In violation of Bunker Hill Hotel AND Housing agreements (as mentioned in the Times).
* BESIDES THAT: The whole thing sucks. Giving a bunch of billionaires a bunch of subsidies/tax breaks to let them make all the decisions on five star hotels, boutique shops and luxury condos. (But we get 100 affordable rentals on site AT THE MOST!) F*CK THAT SH*T! It ain't gonna work. That and LA LIVE just killed any chances you had to revitalize downtown.
I'm gonna calll the area between Grand Ave and LA LIVE, "White Elephant Row". YOU BIG DUMMIES! WHAT ELSE CAN YOU POSSIBLY PLAN WRONG? WHY DON'T YOU JUST BUILD WALL TO WALL CONDO BUILDINGS AND ADMIT THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH ROADS OR MASS TRANSIT? Oh yeah...you did? LA Times story on Grand Ave Project
* MORE PROFITABLE NON-PROFIT REQUIREMENTS FOR "LA LIVE" GUY: (Sounds like a restrictive condition, but it's a favor!)
Anschutz may be eligible for housing funds
State Legislature works into the early hours to get measures passed
By Patrick McGreevy and Nancy Vogel
Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) said the company project must include affordable housing for it to be eligible for any bond money, and a business improvement district or the city must apply for the money.
(Profitable) Affording Housing … here we go again! Hey Mark, I'm sure the developer appriciates the profit spin-off!
"We are not giving them the money," he said. "They have to apply for it."
This guy is the proud recipient of Zuma Dogg's "Quote of the Decade" Award, even though it' s only '07!: "We are not giving them the money. They have to apply for it." (Oh no...what if they are deaf, dumb and blind and don't have any arms or legs to write or type. THEN how are they supposed to get the money?)
Read the article, MUCH MORE, and read the quote for yourself.
* LA Times: "Caltrans must figure out how to reduce growing congestion in California's carpool lanes or face a possible cut in federal funding. But as is so often the case with freeway planning, there are no easy solutions for getting traffic flowing better. LA Times on stupid car pool lane ideas by experts
The push comes three months after the Federal Highway Administration declared California's carpool lanes out of compliance with federal regulations, which require the lanes to flow at speeds of 45 mph or faster at rush hour."
ZUMA Times: So now they think by cracking down on the 5% cheaters (and all the money and effort it would take that they don't have) is going to fix the problem. Plus some of these ideas:
* Prohibit single-occupant hybrid vehicles in carpool lanes. [After they bought the cars thinking they could use them.]
* Increase the number of people needed to form a carpool from two occupants to three. [Sure, anything to keep the HOV lane clear cause that's the lane that gets the Federal money. Make the other lanes worse, who cares. The money doesn't go to those lanes. And hey, if you were pushing to carpool with your friend...forget it. All you two-person carpoolers may as well drive yourself if you were doing it for the HOV benefit.]
* Convert regular freeway lanes into carpool lanes. [Sure, bring the other non-federally funded lanes to a COMPLETE halt!]
* Charge to use the carpool lane. [No way...ACLU would sue because it's unfair to poor people.]
ONLY ONE SOLUTION!!! Whether you keep it at two cars and still allow single occupied hybrids -- or eliminate ALL restrictions: HERE'S THE GOAL: Keep it at 45 mph. You cannot require three, or charge, or make a second HOV lane. All of that wll make it worse. (Cause then everyone will just pay, and you will have the same problem.) YOU KEEP THE RESTRICTIONS THE SAME -- AND MONITOR THE HOV LANE. When it is over 45 MPH...sorry kiddies: No mas traffico! No more cars. I don't care if you have 8 people in a hybrid VW Beetle. No more cars. So in other words: We have become so overpopulated, even if you are compliant with currnet HOV rules -- if there isn't room in the lane, the red light stays on and you can't enter. THEN -- you spend money to enforce THAT! Again, the problem with bonuses and incentives according to Deming is that it makes you do things to hit the target (fear based goal) that doesn't have anything to do with solving the problem efficeintly. So if you get paid on keeping the HOV lane at 45 MPH. That's easy. It may make the rest of the situation worse, but you get the bonus money! GO GET THAT BONUS MONEY. Keep it at 45 MPH. When it gets too crowded, no more cars -- no matter how compliant. The purpose of the lane isn't to improve congestion. It's to keep the one lane at 45 MPH plus, cause that's the lane the FEDS care about!
LOCKE GREEN DOT CHARTER IN WATTS: Steve Barr, Founder/CEO of Green Dot Charter Schools says the key to their success (where they have it) is due to the 500 student sized schools and smaller classroom size. (I think about 20 kids per class.)
So if Freemont is going to have 2800 to start (and hopes of expanding to 5000), the whole point and number one formula to success is out the window. IS THIS A POSSIBLE SOULTION? Divide the entire 2800 population into separate 500 student based clusters within the entire school property/student population.
LOCKE GREEN DOT CHARTER IN WATTS: Steve Barr, Founder/CEO of Green Dot Charter Schools says the key to their success (where they have it) is due to the 500 student sized schools and smaller classroom size. (I think about 20 kids per class.)
So if Freemont is going to have 2800 to start (and hopes of expanding to 5000), the whole point and number one formula to success is out the window. IS THIS A POSSIBLE SOULTION? Divide the entire 2800 population into separate 500 student based clusters within the entire school property/student population.
I feel sorry for Steve, because he is being asked to deliver his magic with both hands tied behind his back and his legs shackled.
So maybe he's secretly happy I am saying this stuff, because the school was going to be approved anyway, so it kinda gets him off the hook -- right off the bat.
SO IS THIS A POSSIBLE SOULTION?
Divide the entire 2800 population into separate 500 student based clusters within the entire school property/student population.
Let's say five clusters within the school. So what does this mean/logistics:
With 500 student schools, you benefit by the "community effect". All the teachers get to know all the parents and students. All the kids get to know each other. You don't get "lost in the crowd". In other words, teachers don't have as huge of a roster with too many people to know and deal with to know enough about any one situation.
HOWEVER, you can't just say, "OK, only 20 kids per room." Cause you couldn't accomodate the 2800, let alone 5000.
So perhaps you have to have larger classroom sizes still, but assign two teachers per room. Or have a floating teacher who moves between two class rooms. When a lesson is being taught on the board, one teacher can teach. And when the lesson is over, two teachers can be available to help the kids with their work. WHATEVER, just having two teachers per class room is one way I can think of to reduce classroom size, without reducing classroom size. At least when it comes to the amount of students and parents a single teacher has to be responsible for.
MEANWHILE, you can stil benefit by an entire assembly of all 2800 for sports teams, band, after school programs, library, theater presentations and areas that benefit by increased numbers.
zumatimes.com
zumadogg.gmail.com
* Dumb ideas for HOV lane
* Grand Ave Project Story in LA Times today. (ZD once again with the "in between the lines" coverage.)
* LA LIVE's Anshultz required to add (profitable) affordable housing to his project. (A punishment or favor?)
* Locke/Green Dot Challenge: How to bring small 500 student community attention to 5000 students.
Huh...huh...huh...This is like four theads in one. Everything came in at once. So click READ MORE for the MAYOR SAM MEGA-SHADY-THREAD!
GRAND AVE PROJECT CONFLICTS CONTINUE TO UNFOLD: Oh no...Jan Perry says she didn't have to recuse herself from Grand Ave Project voting even though she only lives two blocks from the project. Says she, ""I had no greater benefit from this project than anyone else in the area." True, you benefit by the higher property values as a result of the project, as much as anyone else in the area. But THEY didin't get to vote "yes", either. Besides that, the project SUCKS and is ILLEGAL!
Dear Los Angeles Times,
Although Chris Sutton did not discuss the details of his lawsuit that will eventually be dropped cause the mayor is homies with the Bonaventure's Peter Zen. So this will just be a way for the mayor to cut him a settlement check and a bunch of goodies to drop the lawsuit. (We call it a controlled burn.) Mr. Sutton told Zuma Dogg all the stuff that can actually sink the project and prevent it from moving forward. But now he's brining up the "minor diversionary tactic" of mentioning Jan Perry living too close to take away from the real stuff like THIS:
* IT IS ILLEGAL for City Council (a local agency) to sit on a "committee" (or whatever) along with the CRA (a STATE agency) where City Council votes on State issues like the 16 acre park. AND City Council gets to vote on any expenditure over $25,000. (A pretty small amount when you consider an over $2 billion starting price.) I HOPE NONE OF THAT IS FOR COUNTY OR STATE THINGS! I would hate to see one of my Councilamigos be convicted of a crime over it if this is the case.
* Any Councilmember who accepted campaign contributions from people and companies associated with the project needs to recuse theyselves on all Grand Ave Project votes, or they may be in violation of the law. A punishable offense. (With all the big corporate powers involved, I wouldn't be shocked to find out there was some contributing. Wouldn't be shocked if CMs didn't recuse themselves either. But IG ZD will be checking!)
* In violation of Bunker Hill Hotel AND Housing agreements (as mentioned in the Times).
* BESIDES THAT: The whole thing sucks. Giving a bunch of billionaires a bunch of subsidies/tax breaks to let them make all the decisions on five star hotels, boutique shops and luxury condos. (But we get 100 affordable rentals on site AT THE MOST!) F*CK THAT SH*T! It ain't gonna work. That and LA LIVE just killed any chances you had to revitalize downtown.
I'm gonna calll the area between Grand Ave and LA LIVE, "White Elephant Row". YOU BIG DUMMIES! WHAT ELSE CAN YOU POSSIBLY PLAN WRONG? WHY DON'T YOU JUST BUILD WALL TO WALL CONDO BUILDINGS AND ADMIT THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH ROADS OR MASS TRANSIT? Oh yeah...you did? LA Times story on Grand Ave Project
* MORE PROFITABLE NON-PROFIT REQUIREMENTS FOR "LA LIVE" GUY: (Sounds like a restrictive condition, but it's a favor!)
Anschutz may be eligible for housing funds
State Legislature works into the early hours to get measures passed
By Patrick McGreevy and Nancy Vogel
Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) said the company project must include affordable housing for it to be eligible for any bond money, and a business improvement district or the city must apply for the money.
(Profitable) Affording Housing … here we go again! Hey Mark, I'm sure the developer appriciates the profit spin-off!
"We are not giving them the money," he said. "They have to apply for it."
This guy is the proud recipient of Zuma Dogg's "Quote of the Decade" Award, even though it' s only '07!: "We are not giving them the money. They have to apply for it." (Oh no...what if they are deaf, dumb and blind and don't have any arms or legs to write or type. THEN how are they supposed to get the money?)
Read the article, MUCH MORE, and read the quote for yourself.
* LA Times: "Caltrans must figure out how to reduce growing congestion in California's carpool lanes or face a possible cut in federal funding. But as is so often the case with freeway planning, there are no easy solutions for getting traffic flowing better. LA Times on stupid car pool lane ideas by experts
The push comes three months after the Federal Highway Administration declared California's carpool lanes out of compliance with federal regulations, which require the lanes to flow at speeds of 45 mph or faster at rush hour."
ZUMA Times: So now they think by cracking down on the 5% cheaters (and all the money and effort it would take that they don't have) is going to fix the problem. Plus some of these ideas:
* Prohibit single-occupant hybrid vehicles in carpool lanes. [After they bought the cars thinking they could use them.]
* Increase the number of people needed to form a carpool from two occupants to three. [Sure, anything to keep the HOV lane clear cause that's the lane that gets the Federal money. Make the other lanes worse, who cares. The money doesn't go to those lanes. And hey, if you were pushing to carpool with your friend...forget it. All you two-person carpoolers may as well drive yourself if you were doing it for the HOV benefit.]
* Convert regular freeway lanes into carpool lanes. [Sure, bring the other non-federally funded lanes to a COMPLETE halt!]
* Charge to use the carpool lane. [No way...ACLU would sue because it's unfair to poor people.]
ONLY ONE SOLUTION!!! Whether you keep it at two cars and still allow single occupied hybrids -- or eliminate ALL restrictions: HERE'S THE GOAL: Keep it at 45 mph. You cannot require three, or charge, or make a second HOV lane. All of that wll make it worse. (Cause then everyone will just pay, and you will have the same problem.) YOU KEEP THE RESTRICTIONS THE SAME -- AND MONITOR THE HOV LANE. When it is over 45 MPH...sorry kiddies: No mas traffico! No more cars. I don't care if you have 8 people in a hybrid VW Beetle. No more cars. So in other words: We have become so overpopulated, even if you are compliant with currnet HOV rules -- if there isn't room in the lane, the red light stays on and you can't enter. THEN -- you spend money to enforce THAT! Again, the problem with bonuses and incentives according to Deming is that it makes you do things to hit the target (fear based goal) that doesn't have anything to do with solving the problem efficeintly. So if you get paid on keeping the HOV lane at 45 MPH. That's easy. It may make the rest of the situation worse, but you get the bonus money! GO GET THAT BONUS MONEY. Keep it at 45 MPH. When it gets too crowded, no more cars -- no matter how compliant. The purpose of the lane isn't to improve congestion. It's to keep the one lane at 45 MPH plus, cause that's the lane the FEDS care about!
LOCKE GREEN DOT CHARTER IN WATTS: Steve Barr, Founder/CEO of Green Dot Charter Schools says the key to their success (where they have it) is due to the 500 student sized schools and smaller classroom size. (I think about 20 kids per class.)
So if Freemont is going to have 2800 to start (and hopes of expanding to 5000), the whole point and number one formula to success is out the window. IS THIS A POSSIBLE SOULTION? Divide the entire 2800 population into separate 500 student based clusters within the entire school property/student population.
LOCKE GREEN DOT CHARTER IN WATTS: Steve Barr, Founder/CEO of Green Dot Charter Schools says the key to their success (where they have it) is due to the 500 student sized schools and smaller classroom size. (I think about 20 kids per class.)
So if Freemont is going to have 2800 to start (and hopes of expanding to 5000), the whole point and number one formula to success is out the window. IS THIS A POSSIBLE SOULTION? Divide the entire 2800 population into separate 500 student based clusters within the entire school property/student population.
I feel sorry for Steve, because he is being asked to deliver his magic with both hands tied behind his back and his legs shackled.
So maybe he's secretly happy I am saying this stuff, because the school was going to be approved anyway, so it kinda gets him off the hook -- right off the bat.
SO IS THIS A POSSIBLE SOULTION?
Divide the entire 2800 population into separate 500 student based clusters within the entire school property/student population.
Let's say five clusters within the school. So what does this mean/logistics:
With 500 student schools, you benefit by the "community effect". All the teachers get to know all the parents and students. All the kids get to know each other. You don't get "lost in the crowd". In other words, teachers don't have as huge of a roster with too many people to know and deal with to know enough about any one situation.
HOWEVER, you can't just say, "OK, only 20 kids per room." Cause you couldn't accomodate the 2800, let alone 5000.
So perhaps you have to have larger classroom sizes still, but assign two teachers per room. Or have a floating teacher who moves between two class rooms. When a lesson is being taught on the board, one teacher can teach. And when the lesson is over, two teachers can be available to help the kids with their work. WHATEVER, just having two teachers per class room is one way I can think of to reduce classroom size, without reducing classroom size. At least when it comes to the amount of students and parents a single teacher has to be responsible for.
MEANWHILE, you can stil benefit by an entire assembly of all 2800 for sports teams, band, after school programs, library, theater presentations and areas that benefit by increased numbers.
zumatimes.com
zumadogg.gmail.com
Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 9/12/2007 02:44:00 PM
21 Comments:
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Here's an idea for the HOV. Both occupants must be licensed drivers. Babies, children and old unlicensed people don't count as a second person.
How embarrassing the media is reporting that at the press conf. about crime around the schools Antonio couldn't answer.
...But when addressing the mayor about the specific resources regarding the crime problem, he did not seem to have any specific answers.
Zooms, I have a ton of catching up to do on the HOV issue, but I'm gonna bet they end up with HOV 3 (yup, three occupants min.) from 6a to 9a and 3:30p to 6p M-F with HOV 2 the rest of the time. If that doesn't work after a two or three year trial, then I'd look for HOV 3 all the way.
Just guessing.
In truth, the hybrid-in-the-diamond-lane thing never should have happened. It was a poorly devised "feel good" light green bill which incentivised a hybrid purchase that people were already willing to pay $2500 over sticker for. It didn't make sense.
The enviros knew hybrids in HOV would only decrease mobility in HOV while increasing pollution in the other lanes.
Hate to say it out loud, but, if anything, you WANT the cleanest cars sitting in traffic the longest and the dirtiest cars ('76 thru '94) getting the hell off the roads as soon as possible. The HOV Hybrid law gets the clean cars off the freeway quicker and leaves the dirty ones putt-putting behind.
I wouldn't look for it to be renewed after the sunset date.
Hoff, I like your idea that fat people should be charged a surcharge to encourage them to walk and cut down on auto pollution. Didn't you admit that you need to lose a stone or two? Do you walk or bike? Did you ever find out if Sam got that tummy tuck after losing 150 pounds?
Does he walk or drive a dirtbag car or a Prius? Let us know, huh?
Sandbagger at 6:15, I can't take credit for your "fat people surcharge." You're gonna have to try to get that passed through City Council without me. Wish you the best!
I have fantastic friends that "Live Large," so it would be a little out of character for me to frame something so personal that poorly.
As for your other questions, okay, perhaps you're angry, a little hostile even -- and you need my attention. You got it. How about we talk about you instead?
How was your day?
Jack, that infant head drop must have been pretty serious. Just this a.m. at 8 am you said on Jan Perry Whopper post that she should have run her idea through the MTA instead and banned automobiles, making everyone walk or bike. But I stand corrected, this legislation would not just apply to fat people. Although it should.
And it is a proven fact that every dollar increase in the price of gas decreases the fat population by 6%.
My day is fine. I'm not a fattie.
I like to walk.
And I have a bike.
And I don't need a tummy tuck.
Poor Jan, she's the one who took a lot of hits on this. But she's not the only fattie from what I read.
Take back the carpool lanes!
About Grand Ave - give credit when credit is due!
Didn’t ZD tell us before (on about 8/10) that it was “controlled burn” - MAV and the hotel guy may be buddies from the beginning? The lawsuit might just be a show to give Antonio excuses to ask the city to give away more concessions and goodies!?
Didn’t ZD also warn that the lawyer might have come out too strongly with too many good arguments and could accidentally shut down the whole project (and bring down Antonio too), because Antonio is weak now?
See how much quieter the lawyer is now from today or tomorrow’s LAT article?
Grand Ave follows LA Live’s pattern and shares the same “problem“.
The “problem” is that someone sues our City and appears to be trying to stop the new project.
Could MAV and his buddy create the problem together in the first place, so that only MAV (nobody else) and his buddy can reach an agreement later to solve the “problem“?
MAV can then openly ask the city to give concessions and goodies to his buddy at tax payer‘s expenses, while claiming to be rescuing the new project and our City!? Win-Win-Win solution? Wow! What a great leader, negotiator and creative problem solver MAV is!
Chances are, the deals were made and pre-arranged beforehand, all this is fake, and it is a show, just like most everything else MAV does, in my opinion! What a phony!
And having lawsuits against our City may be bad for our City, but may be good for MAV. MAV could use them as leverage to gain more (such as more political contributions, more consulting fees to MAV’s buddies … ) from the new project developers that MAV appears to be helping!
But MAV shouldn’t have tried the same trick twice in a role. He is making it a little bit too obvious now.
Locke High had a big gangster fight today. LAUSD and MAV don't have a clue in the world how to handle.
Jeff Barr his gang coordinater or whatever he is seems to have disappeared from the scene. Haven't seen him in South LA. But why would we need the gang coordinator around Locke anyways.
Have my doubts about whether Green Dot can handle it either.
Another step forward for Grand Avenue project
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-grand12sep12,1,233355.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been trying to strike a deal with Bonaventure owner Peter Zen that would head off a time-consuming legal battle over the project. Zen issued a similar legal threat two years ago when the city offered tax breaks to L.A. Live, another hotel mega-project being built near Staples Center.
In that case, Villaraigosa reached an agreement that allowed Zen to convert some of his hotel rooms into condominiums if vacancy rates reached a certain threshold.
Are they really buddies? Our mayor’s buddy keeps suing our City?
Interesting LA Live article:
… in the final hours of their regular session, lawmakers passed other measures, including the Anschutz bill. Approved over objections from advocates of affordable housing, it would make a company project near Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles eligible to compete for some of the $2.8 billion in bond money voters approved for such housing last year.
The bill, AB 1053 by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles), was among a handful of measures that changed substantially in recent days. Watchdog groups are highly critical of such bills -- known as "jam jobs" -- because they do not go through the normal vetting process of months of public hearings. The bill was amended in the Senate last week.
Anschutz has donated $50,000 to the campaign for a ballot measure, championed by the Democrats who control the Legislature, that would extend term limits of sitting lawmakers.
Fabian Nunez? Jam Jobs? Donated $50,000 to the campaign? Extend term limits?
And these people think everything will be OK? How arrogant!
They must think this is so complicated that nobody cares or understands?
Was the housing part of the project NOT supposed to require any government subsidies or help when the project was approved? Ahhh … nobody will remember or care? Anyone remembers?
Whatever LA Live gets, Grand Ave will follow and want more!
Where's Waldo?
Where's Waldo? is the North American psycho and media whore first adapted for dummy audiences from Where's Hugo Garcia Hernandez?
The franchise was created by Zapatista Movement. As a young adult, little HGH illustrated crowds and other tantrum scenes for clients. In 1986 he was approached to print a book of his failures. To tie each scene together he came up with the idea to insert a cult message into each print for readers to find. For the initial El Sereno release of his book in 1987 he titled the character "Wally". The "Where's Wally" trademark was adapted for 28 countries. In addition to incoherent rants, each book gave a new name and personality to the character. He became Hugo the clown in France, Hugo the loser in Germany, Unibrow in Denmark and Dumbass in Norway. Hugo can also be found in Japan. In Israel, Hugo got renamed as Hitler, and was a huge success at the time of its release. However the most successful of the franchises, even surpassing the original "Wally" brand, was the North American adaptation, "Where's Dictator?"
wikipedia
Thanks to Zuma for bringing us yesterday the major Anschutz-LA Live article which appears on the front page of the printed LA Times today (9/13/2007)
Yes, they are buddies - at least Zen appears to be a big supporter of Villar.
And this is the third time, not the second time, that they pull this negotiation trick together. Do we have short memory?
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-133978368.html
With the hotel industry veering toward a possible lockout at the start of L.A.'s summer tourist season, mayor-elect and former union organizer Antonio Villaraigosa called hotel owner Peter Zen, not union officials, with an offer to mediate.
The deal that Villaraigosa brokered largely gave workers what they wanted.
What did Zen get or was promised to get?
That would seem to bode well for the union cause, as the mayor-elect's close political ally, Councilman Martin Ludlow, takes the helm of the county's powerful labor federation.
What's more likely to happen is a testing of the waters, both by organized labor and Villaraigosa, who came to office with contributions from business supporters like Zen, who runs the Westin Bonaventure hotel and gave at least $7,000 through his business.
Hotel labor dispute settlement, LA Live and now Grand Ave.
Just like we are tired of Villar’s affair because it is old news, we are tired of Villar’s old tricks, and we are tired of seeing Villar’s old face. Villar is old news.
We need some fresh looks and fresh faces in city hall already.
A NEW mayor can't happen soon enough
for most of us. Arnold,we have a job
for you right here in your hometown!
I have seen many illegal aliens in one car, if we require three people in a car to legally use Car-Pool lanes we will have more illegal aliens using the freeways.
Say NO to illegal aliens in the car-pool lane.
Zumma, I'm surprised you want more illegal aliens with no insurance driving in the car-pool lanes.
WTF??? I agree if you move to three, that will make it easier for the low-income workers who pack the cars to the job sites.
I am not FOR moving it up to three? Where did you get THAT idea? I said they should keep it the same and if it is under 45mph, even those compliant with HOV standards cannot enter. (I was only slightly tounge in cheek. It's all about the Deming stuff that shows how incentives like this (money if you keep it over 45 mph) does NOTHING to solve the problem/achieve the goal. It simply pleases the people making the goals.) So if the goal is to keep it at 45 mph...only one way you are going to do that...install a meter/signal that turns "red" when the HOV is maxed.
DO NOT ADD ADDITIONAL HOV LANES!
L.A. Live “Onsite” “Affordable” Housing
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2007/05/la_live_condos.php
“Finally, affordable housing comes to Downtown LA. We're glad to see our house servants will finally have a place to live that's sort of close to us.”
2 bedrooms
$1.8 to 2.6 million
1,670 to 2,588 sq feet
3 bedrooms
$2.8 to 5 million
2,007 to 4,305 sq feet
http://loftla.com/mb/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=683
“They only had 2 1 bedrooms left in this round. 1.3Mil for a 1300sq foot 1 bed room. Another one was 1.5Mil for 1200 sq ft. but located higher up.”
Got to take a look at this too:
Ritz Carlton Residences at L.A. Live.
http://www.allaccessliving.com
What, so now even "Where's Waldo" is tied in to a Marxist Zapatista Mecha plot?
Something to do with the failures of a little Mexican, and so now there are plates and books to confuse kids?
Is there no amount of effort you people will expend to try to blame the Mayor for absolutely EVERYTHING? And to make absolutely EVERYTHING into a Mecha plot?
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