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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

CM Greig Smith...Can You Please Make Sure Your Chief of Staff Isn't Blogging on Mayor Sam All Day...



There seems to be an elevated concern that Greig Smith may have a Chief of Staff who is spending waaaaaaaaaaay too much time blogging against people who challenge some of the things going on in the area, here on Mayor Sam's blog.

We all believe this has been the case for quite some time (years)...but for some reason, ZD is being contacted over it, a little more than ever before.

And from what I am told, there is plenty to speak out against, and plenty to hide. And people are not real happy about Las Lomas and Alatorre's involvement -- and CM Greig Smith claiming to be against it, while taking campaign contributions from the developer.

But regarding this guy the community calls "Bitch Dicklander"...I've heard from more than one person the guy will violate any law to accomplish his goal. And no one is scared of this little twerp -- no matter how much he threatens people or hacks blogs or bugs things. And I hope no one is campaigning for a Council seat in an LAPD reserve uniform at community events.

LA CITY COUNCILMEMBER GREIG SMITH...FYI...YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF "BITCH DICKLANDER"...CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE SURE CHIEF OF STAFFS ARE NOT BLOGGING AGAINST THEIR CONSTITUENTS ALL DAY ON THEIR COMPUTERS? Thanks, my man!

Meanwhile, just emailed this to Antonio:

Dear Mayor Antonio,

Some folks are contacting me about (Bitch Dicklander), who people have complained to me that they are being attacked on the mayor sam's blog by him. they tell me he has done some illegal things (nefarious illegal things) and I would like for you to look into seeing if there is a way you can prevent Chief of Staffers from wasting city time and money attacking constituents from City Hall on Mayor Sam.

I think this whole thing is gonna reflect badly on all of city hall...and that means it will reflect badly on you, because people don't make these types of distinctions.

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63 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The issues with Councilman Smith run very deep. He is clearly grooming his Chief of Staff to run for City Council, which would be a fucking disaster for CD 12.

Mini-Mitch moved into the district a while back, and joined the LAPD reserves so he can use that as a campaign tool like Greig did. (Let us not forget the front page photo of Greig in uniform posing with an LAPD cruiser just before the election) Greig even put "Police Officer" as his occupation on the ballot even though his real job was Chief of Staff for Hal "I never see a development I didn't like" Bernson for 20 years.

So there was Mini-Mitch at the Granada Hills Street Fair in uniform cruising around with his wife campaigning... ummm I mean "patrolling".

Let us also not forget the constant screwing of the North Valley over Sunshine Canyon, who's main lobbyist is Mitch's uncle Harvey.

Then there is the school Mitch sends his kids to, who got approvals to expand after overthrowing the Neighborhood Council.

Then there is the infamous Mitch breaking into the Mayors office... to this day he hasn't explained what he was doing in there.

The list goes on and on.

October 16, 2007 9:51 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

He broke in to do a video for his political roast. Well known.

October 16, 2007 10:05 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Yeah! And then when Mitch was nine years old, wanna know what else he did?!

ZD, for a "journalist," you make such interesting, and, uh, hypocritical points. Last week, it was okay for city workers to be blogging during working hours (as long as they served your purpose or your NC douchebag puppetmaster, Captain Fartnozzle) and this week, HOOODY DOOODY!, you're pissed about city workers blogging during working hours...

Before you "journal" any more, have you thought about working out your father issues?

October 16, 2007 10:17 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

There is a lot of creepy and false pro Smith and Zine garbage cropping up, making them the "un" Tony's, as though Zine weren't the biggest perv in City Hall along with maybe Reyes's mouth. Two right wing cops out of it geographically and culturally in the West Valley, personifying the dull, drab, fat and frumpy no-nothings who think "fiscally conservative" means screw the rest of the city, bitch about how my district is never getting enough cops or anything, and point the finger at everyone else.

Meanwhile, push along the biggest, most environmentally destructive developments anywhere, in a region which is hotter and uses more water and yearround A/C energy than any other in the city. (Where Zine's own lawn is England-green, refusing to zeriscape because he "wants to set a good example for the neighbors as a CM" by having a very water-wasting landscape.)

They've been out of sight, out of mind as they do their shady deals, but if you push them in everyone's fact as "better" look out.

October 16, 2007 10:42 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

That little puppy needs some doggie prozac.

October 16, 2007 10:59 AM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

ZD,

Let me offer some information here.

With regard to the Jaycee chapter that your friend here is a member of, I think we need to distance this issue from them.

Yes, your friend here has been active with the group in the past and at present but my perception is that the group is no longer - if it ever was - about this guy.

I have had recent opportunity to meet several members of this Jaycee chapter and they are top notch guys - not shady. I have also had a chance to participate personally in at least one of their projects and was very impressed by what I saw.

BTW, your friend was not participating that time.

So lets distance the good guys from any bad guys and no longer refer to this Jaycee chapter as shady.

I believe that you and I may have been given some not so unbiased information with respect to this group.

And I think you know what I mean.

Maybe we can update the main post that Mayor Sam does not view this Jaycees chapter as shady and may have been bamboozled by someone who had reason to make me think otherwise. Mayor Sam is not making a judgement whether or not your friend you are writing about is shady, but he can say his Jaycee chapter has grown beyond him and is not shady. Okay?

October 16, 2007 11:01 AM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

All the more reason to vote for Walter Moore!

October 16, 2007 11:04 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I think the video is clearly a threat and actionable.

October 16, 2007 11:22 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Call during work hours at (213) 485-1498.

October 16, 2007 11:26 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Mr. Dogg, please call us at 1-800-THE-LAW2.

We're here to help. Please have your credit card ready.

October 16, 2007 11:36 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Mitch and Zuma in the same stroke. One can only smile.

October 16, 2007 11:42 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Zuma, you should start packing your bags now.

October 16, 2007 12:01 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Here's some more ZD prediction gone South. He was sure that Jack was toast. What a loser.

"Campaign to recall Weiss won't go on

Westside activists who sought to oust the L.A. councilman over development issues say they lack the signatures needed to put it to a vote."

October 16, 2007 12:11 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

mayor sam, thanks for the update on jaycees. i took that part down based on your updated info.

and i see typical dicklander all over the comment section. hence, making it worse.

October 16, 2007 12:22 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hey Sam, if the Jaycees chapter should be distanced, then why was that chapter sharing Greig Smiths booth at the Granada Hills Street Fair?

How is it that Mitch Englander got the OYC award tis year?

Why are they an "invite only" chapter?

Or did you forget YOU were the one who had problems with all of this, or so I've heard.

Why the sudden kiss-up? Or has the chapter morphed into something productive?

Lets look at their board, shall we?

John Bwarie
Deputy District Director
Councilman Greig Smith

Mitchell Englander
Chief of Staff
Councilman Greig Smith

Tamar Galatzan
(LAUSD School Board - Backed by Smith and Englander to settle a long-standing fued with Jon Lauritzen)

Wendy Saunders
Ops. Executive Director
Mid-Valley Family YMCA
(BIG SUPPORTER OF GREIG SMITH, Smith routinely funnels money to this YMCA)

And that was just a cursory review so don't even pretend there is nothing shady when one council office hijacks a Jaycees chapter, names them "SFV Jaycees" like they're the only game in town and then fills the board with political cronies and Greig Smith supporters/donors.

SHADY AS ALL GET OUT!

October 16, 2007 12:23 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I don't get what his definition of "get" is, get it ?

October 16, 2007 12:24 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Despite what Sam has said, anyone with a brain can figure out that the Jaycees chapter is essentially Englanders campaign committee. Instead of choosing people who are a value to the community, they choose members who are aligned with Smith/Englandar/Bwarie politically... and that is not what the Jaycees are for.

For Higby to not call them out for that bs is astonishing.

October 16, 2007 12:27 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

where did i ever predict jack weiss was toast. please repost those sentiments. i may have reported on a recall campaign, but where is my prediction that he would be recalled?

and now that mayor sam gave me the jaycees update (about the shady jaycees), i am going to take the video down and try to edit it, or reshoot it.

point is...it's not because of any perceived threats i made toward a fictional character whose name is not an actual person.

but i can tell by the comments, it was seen by the right person/people.

October 16, 2007 12:29 PM  

Blogger Zuma Dogg said:

It would be nice to tell it to a judge, cause then i can tell him the things i'm not comfortable blogging about here. but in court it would be relevant. and do you think i just woke up and decided to this was a bigger deal today, than it was this time last year? whether it is, or not...it seems to be coming up more.

but instead of chillin...someone's fear-based anger is getting the best of them, and it's all gonna unravel...instead of just chillin' out and letting it go away. which is why i don't think people who react this way make for good elected officials. i think we are seeing that people in the community will only put up with so much out of the people who are supposed to be representing them.

October 16, 2007 12:46 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Ooh. Good point.

So, when are you running for council? You'd make a fine elected official.

October 16, 2007 12:55 PM  

Blogger Zuma Dogg said:

10:17am...it IS entertaining ISN'T it! When I work that one out, it could be the end of ZD. However, late night and early morning phone calls from dis-satisfied constituents doesn't help.

Uncle Matty...HILARIOUS!

Mr. Potato Head...I know you are, but what am I? I know you are, but what am I? I know you are...INFINITY!!! I AM RUBBER, YOU ARE GLUE...

October 16, 2007 1:04 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Just a few problems here; ZD is not a resident of Los Angeles City, nor is he a resident of anything but a van parked in Malibu.

Then there is the filig fee, or the signatures.

Any way you look at it, the man is a loser. Why enter an elective campaign to prove it?

October 16, 2007 1:06 PM  

Blogger Red Spot in CD 14 said:

Zuma,

Whats up with Mitch today ? Just hope his boss and Zine have the fortitude to vote down the "PHONY TAX" measure.

October 16, 2007 1:08 PM  

Blogger Red Spot in CD 14 said:

Being a "POLLOVILLARNISTA" these days, is a case study in "BI-POLAR DENIAL".

October 16, 2007 1:18 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Who dares to mention my name?

October 16, 2007 1:20 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Good afternoon sots (tips hat):
All things are relative, are they not? Especially in the Case Number 1:2007cv02867 filed in the New Jersey District Court as it relates to two plaintiffs whose ties to New Jersey are apparently more than just familial, savvy? (Whispers) I would not want to be accused to serving “dogg food” to someone just because of what our man Digger digs up which is, if you will, rather interesting in a relative way. Shall we pirates dig a little deeper? Yes, lets.

October 16, 2007 1:25 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

12:29: Zuma, you are a zerobrain again -- you actively promoted Weiss' recall on this blog, siding with the enemies, over and over, it's all out there on the internet. You never say his name without calling him Jackass, you posted many threads against him to try to help the recall, sure as heck not to have an objective policy debate.

Plus you keep admitting that you hate him the most of anyone on the Council and hoped to see him go. Guess what, he's going to be the City Attorney, and you're not likely to be his best friend.

As for making a threat against Smiths' guy -- you sure did, but if anyone says anything against you as their opinion, you scream "libel" "lawsuit" making no sense at all.

You recently tied Garcetti, Huizar and Reyes to "shady" deals, blame the Mayor for all sorts of crap, and keep telling us he'll go down.

Perry also get more than her share.

No one cares what you think, but stop denying your predictions and threats. Grow up, put up or shut up.

October 16, 2007 1:48 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

THOSE ASSHOLES VOTED FOR THE PHONE TAX. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUTS OF SMITH AND ZINE??? IDIOTS BECAUSE THIS TAX WILL NEVER PASS AND PEOPLE ARE PISSED ALREADY AT THE MORONS IN CITY COUNCIL.

October 16, 2007 1:58 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

THE CAMPAIGN STARTS NOW

NO TO THE PHONE TAX

NO TO CLOWNCIL

NO TO THE USELESS MAYOR

October 16, 2007 2:07 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The vote wasn't to support the tax, but to put it before the voters, as Smith said. He isn't sure he'll tell his people to vote for it, but after discussion, he and Zine couldn't come up with any alternatives to not cutting services like cops, LAFD or trash pickup.

What the council needs, is not to get into this position in the first place, to not blow the reserves. The police and LAFD payouts alone, have eaten up the equivalent of the remaining $14 mil in reserves, and could eat up more.

There still has been no accounting from Chick as to where current taxes and bonds are being spent.

October 16, 2007 2:08 PM  

Blogger Zuma Dogg said:

1:48pm,

Pretty weak. You listed a bunch of things I said about Jack Weiss, but no where did you say that I said he would be recalled, which was the initial point you were making. (That I made a "prediction".) I didn't say he is, or isn't a shoe in for City Attorney, either. But that doesn't mean I am not concerned about him BECOMING City Attorney.

And all that other stuff...yeah, whatever. I don't think I give Perry her fair share all things considered. I think I give her a break because a lot of the stuff is dumped in her lap simply because downtown is in her district. When I criticize LAANE, affordable housing policy, downtown luxury development projects, non-profit concerns...you don't see me calling her out on it. I think Antonio is more of the problem that Jan is stuck fighting with.

October 16, 2007 2:16 PM  

Blogger Red Spot in CD 14 said:

Zine and Smith = A-holes.

October 16, 2007 2:18 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Asshole council members and Mayor will use scare tatics to say they will have to cut cops. If that's true THEN STOP COLLECTING TRASH FEE. As far as payouts Bitter Bernie is responsible alone for over $70 MILLION BECAUSE OF RAMPART. GUTLESS ASSHOLES SMITH AND ZINE. Shows they have no balls and are lapdogs like the rest. Not one single leader in the bunch. Even after NC's said HELL NO ON SATURDAY. JOHN & KEN SHOULD BE FUN TODAY ON KFI. "HANG UP ON THE PHONE TAX"

October 16, 2007 2:19 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Pirates are as stupid and irrelevant as always. The game was always Zuma...

Don't you get it?

October 16, 2007 2:20 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Dumb & Ddumber Smith and Zine could have been the people's Heroes if they would have voted NO. Now they look like the weakest links because they caved into pressure. And Smith is an idiot by saying he doesn't know whether he'll tell his people to vote for the tax or not. MORON "your" people now know you are a complete moron and won't listen to anything you have to say. It would not be on the ballot if you had the balls to vote NO. Your wife must be embarrassed to have such a weak ass husband.

October 16, 2007 2:25 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Who cares what the NC's want: they're NIMBYs first and always. If it were up to them, each of them just wants to get services for their districts, without more development, telling the city to "just find it."

Well, there ain't no new revenue sources right now. As Smith and Zine had to concede. What's unfortunate is they all feel like the train raced away from the station without anyone in charge of the caboose, the command center for how financial decisions are made.

A better way in the future is to make each dept. cut expenses before it gets to citywide crisis. What Laura wants to do. There must be so much waste out there. And it's time for a union salary freeze.

Maybe that's what should go on the ballot, so the CM's can say "Out hands are tied by the voters, so we can't give you a raise."

October 16, 2007 2:32 PM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

Oh which dummy to respond to first?

Zuma "smeared" the Jaycee chapter based on what he was told by someone else. Maybe he should have investigated more but I don't read Zuma's stuff before he posts and when I saw it I filled him in.

And sure maybe I SHOULD have a beef with this Jaycee chapter since their previous leadership 1) dissed my chapter's President (who is universally LOVED in our community here as well as the Jaycees as a whole) and 2) when they had their SFV chapters "alumni" event they did not invite me, an alumni who is as far as we know the only SFV native to have served as President of the California Jaycees. But #2 I can live with, sure I took it personally, but its not the end of the world and we can move on.

I have been a member of enough organizations to know they are (generally) not defined by one person. And in recent months I've met a good handful of folks from the SFV Jaycees who are solid, decent people who are doing some good things. Yea, they have a tie to Smith - but so what - he's a former Jaycee himself. Very little of what they do revolves around Smith or ZD's friend. ANd the people you list as members, well I believe only Bwarie is actually active. When I was president of the North Hollywood Jaycees Stuart Waldman, Mark Dierking and Caprice Young were members too. We didn't expect people at their level to be active but they gave us a hell of support. But that didn't mean we did the bidding of Hertzberg or Padilla or the LAUSD. I would say the same is true of Galatzan being part of this Jaycee chapter.

Anyway I know where this information is coming from and its really tangential to the issue at hand and more importantly we should be far more concerned that Greig Smith voted for the shady phone tax than what some Jaycees are doing.

October 16, 2007 3:11 PM  

Blogger Zuma Dogg said:

Ah, excuse me Mayor Sam...I was trying to keep you out of it, but don't you remember...YOU told me the tale of the shady Jaycees I referred to, which is why when you clarified with a new "take" on the situation, I was quick to remove that information from the thread.

So that's cold that you threw me under the bus with this..."Maybe he should have investigated more".

I guess you could say even though i heard it from you I could have investigated it more...but I simply asked the question because i felt you have some cred with me. so if you told me...there must be enough to it to at least mention i heard it. as opposed to making a headline over it.

October 16, 2007 3:35 PM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

Zuma,

I think you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to throw you under the bus, only we got SLIGHTLY bamboozled by you know who. Everything else in story you say about this guy and even his involvement with the Jaycees stands; I just didn't want any of the good guys to get touched by the shadiness.

And with a little more knowledge that we have now that we didn't have then we know how and why we got a little bamboozled.

However that doesn't mean you're not right.

And for the other person I never took down Zuma's video. He can put it up. And its on You Tube too. Have at it.

Again, my only point was not to impact the rest of the Jaycees because of what Zuma was reporting on this one guy who yea is probably everything everyone thinks about him.

That's all. And also to whoever said I was sick of Zuma or cleaning up his act, I know who you are, and you are wrong.

October 16, 2007 3:43 PM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

Oh - ZD - when I said

"Maybe he should have investigated more".

What I meant was that it would have been in nice in theory if you did as the loser crybaby suggested and talked to ALL the Jaycees but I wasn't saying you should have or failed to do that. All bloggers could always aks more questions but there's only so much time.

Anyway lets not let one shady jealous crybaby loser cause us problems here. I totally support your story; just want the folks to know that not all the Jaycees are shady.

October 16, 2007 3:47 PM  

Blogger Zuma Dogg said:

Mayor Sam...i hear ya! thanks. good recap.

October 16, 2007 4:05 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

This is why our Councilmen get away with so much.....

Lawbreakers Exposed:
The Criminals R Us
Even though crime is rampant in this country, vast numbers of lawbreakers remain free. That's a good thing, because how would we get the kids to soccer practice if we were locked up? Yes, the lawbreakers are us, but our criminal conduct, thankfully, is largely ignored. "American law is underenforced -- and we like it that way," writes Columbia Law School professor Timothy Wu in the introduction to his multipart Slate series, American Lawbreaking.

In the series, launched Sunday, Wu explores what he calls the "black spots in American law: areas in which our laws are routinely and regularly broken and where the law enforcement response is ... nothing." Oddly, he starts with an example that does not squarely fit his thesis, That Other Drug Legalization Movement, in which he examines how pharmaceutical companies push legal drugs as substitutes for illegal ones -- Ritalin as stand-in for cocaine, for one. Next, in How Laws Die, he considers the emergence of anti-smut laws and their almost total lack of enforcement -- good news for the 70 percent of men who admit to viewing porn. Next comes Tolerated Use: The Copyright Problem, in which he describes copyright as the second most violated law in the United States, after traffic laws, and one we all breach almost every day.

If all this lawbreaking is relatively innocuous, why should anyone care if it is tolerated? The reason, says Wu, is because we fail to understand this "tolerated lawbreaking" as a means by which our nation creates social and legal policy.

"Almost as much as the laws that we enact, the lawbreaking to which we shut our eyes reflects how tolerant U.S. society really is to individual or group difference. It forms a major part of our understanding of how the nation deals with what was once called 'vice.' While messy, strange, hypocritical, and in a sense dishonest, widespread tolerance of lawbreaking forms a critical part of the U.S. legal system as it functions."

October 16, 2007 4:38 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

better be careful accusing people of threatening people unless threats were actually made and people's names were mentioned. don't get twisted-up in your own propaganda attempts.

you have been warned. from here on in, you are on your own.

October 16, 2007 7:01 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Look who's talking.

ZD, you are a punk.

October 17, 2007 6:54 AM  

Blogger Jim Alger said:

Sam,

Noone got bamboozled about the Jaycees. YOU came to ME with the bitching and moaning about the SFV chapter... I didn't even know there was one.

YOU came to ME bitching about their name.

YOU came to ME bitching about their "invitation only membership"

YOU came to ME bitching about how Englander got the OYC award through some shady backroom bs -- filing his papers well after the deadline and so forth. I merely gave the only motivation I could think of as to why Englander would do such a thing... connecting the dots YOU provided.

Now you have the nerve to act as if you were bamboozled??? I din't know jack about the Jaycees, you are the inside player on that field so quit acting all innocent here because your beloved Jaycees were mentioned.

Maybe they straightened up, but don't deny your initial well publicized opinion to me and others.

October 17, 2007 9:04 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Wow... that is some good detective work super sleuth ... the only person on the planet that uses noone instead of no one is Jim.

Moron.

October 17, 2007 10:40 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

HAHAHA I love when someone tries to "out" someone else on the blog while posting anonymously themselves.

I think both Jim and Higby are correct...

Higby's point is that the Jaycees, as a whole and even this SFV group, has done some wonderful things.

Alger's point is that the chapter may have morphed into something good, but is being used as a political support for Englander (as evidenced by some shady award deal)... a point in which Higby apparently used to complain about.

Interesting that Higby threw both Alger and ZD under the bus (although he never mentioned Alger but said "you know who" as if we're stupid) to defend the Jaycees when the Jaycees as a group weren't attacked. Just this one chapter and I can tell you that Higby was hopping mad about the shenanigans that was going on regarding the SFV Jaycees not that long ago.

October 17, 2007 10:54 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I don't think Alger truly gives a shit about Mitch. His post says he merely "connected the dots" not that he had any real opinion either way.

Besides, Alger lives in Ventura now, why the hell would he give a crap about Mitchell?

October 17, 2007 10:57 AM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

My beef with the SFV Jaycees - as if it even matters to 99.9% of the people who read this blog - was the way that their previous president treated the President of the Universal City-North Hollywood Chapter when he wanted to discuss some issues around their formation. But I don't hold grudges, its over and that's that. I also believe or now know that some outside parties did some things to agitate things between the two groups. Whatever - the main guy involved at the time as far as I know isn't really so these days.

Regarding Mitchell's award - my issue was not with Mitchell himself but was with the decision of the Jaycees foundation board to extend the period of nominations 2-3 months past the original deadline that had been advertised previously for several months. Apparently some people need weeks to complete a two page form. They probably work for the city. Again, that had nothing specifically to do with Mitchell, at the time request was made to extend the deadline (and extend it againa and again) I was not aware Mitchell was being nominated. He was not the only one who filed late so you can't really blame him for that.

And I never threw ZD or Alger under the bus, Alger outed himself as I mentioned things that only ZD, Alger and I knew. Had Alger not posted no one (or noone?) would have known it was Alger (at least not for sure). ZD already made it clear he understood the issue.

With respect to Mitchell however if he is using Jaycees to advance his political career well so be it. He wouldn't be the first, there's quite a few doing that right now and have been in the past, like say Greig Smith, Bill Clinton, Pete Wilson, etc. Nothing wrong with that - that's the whole purpose of the organization - to create leaders.

And again my whole point initially is that the SFV Jaycees have some great new members who have nothing to do with Mitchell, Alger, me or any alleged shadiness. I didn't want this blog to give an impression that they are "shady."

ZD understands that. Why don't you?

October 17, 2007 1:16 PM  

Blogger Zuma Dogg said:

Mayor Sam,

10:54am DOES understand, but they are here to perpetuate sh*t. I mean who would even bother to mention the stuff mentioned in their last paragraph about throwing people under the bus (as a third party commentator).

October 17, 2007 1:52 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

MS/ZD -

Please.

Stop posting stuff that draws out Alger.

Thank you.

October 17, 2007 2:21 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I've only just started reading this blog in the last day and a half, and it seems to me that Zuma Dogg isn't very intelligent. How did he get this job?

October 17, 2007 2:43 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hes more intellegent then me. Thats why.

October 17, 2007 4:19 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

So Sam, according to your post, Alger was 100% accurate... so why the beef?

October 17, 2007 4:24 PM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

I have no issue with Jim. I don't agree with him on a LOT. He seems to think I have an issue with him personally.

And I never really discussed Alger until his name came out. Last I heard he wanted nothing to do with this blog.

October 17, 2007 4:44 PM  

Blogger Mayor Sam said:

By the way the Pirates will be looking into all of this. It could be interesting.

October 17, 2007 4:46 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

That should be good. They're less credible than Zuma Dogg!

October 17, 2007 5:51 PM  

Blogger Jim Alger said:

For what it is worth, I don't think their is a "beef" with Sam. I rarely come on this blog except ZD sent me an email that I responded to about some nitwit trying to bash me... why that nitwit even cared about me is beyond my comprehension.

I took issue with Sam's rush to defend the Jaycees while acting as if I was trying to push some anti-Jaycee story. The issues with the SFV Jaycees may be resolved, but to at as if they never existed was more than disingenuous. Moreover, they were brought to my attention by Sam himself, so being the source of the information you are in no position to attack the information.

As for Englander, he is an emotional punk who thinks he is the slickest thing since Christ who would sell out his own mother if he thought it would get him further down the political road, but as of now he is not my problem. I'll deal with him at the appropriate time, in the appropriate manner should he be dumb enough to actually attempt a run for City Council.

Until then, it's all speculation folks. Now I shall return to the rock from whenst I came.

October 17, 2007 6:07 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Oh please. Mitch Englander could/would never win a Council seat in CD 12. That is hilarious!

As it is, who dislikes Greig? Oh right, every homeowner group, neighborhood council and any other organized group out there (except apparently the Jaycees).

Englander has no name recognition, but claims you don't need it, you buy it.

Anyone who dislikes Greig is not going to vote for his chief of staff. His chief of staff barely goes out in public to any events. Mostly because he is snobby and thinks he is above CD 12 residents.

Going over the list of people who dislike Greig who would refuse to vote for stranger Englander is mind boggling. They couldn't be MORE pro-development and instead of discussing bad projects with his community who would help if Greig/Mitch would give on anything instead of keeping campaign money and voting that way. Mitch hides and then calls the activists names behind their backs. It is the job of the constituents of CD 12 to put Greig/Mitch together in the same slimy pit. They need to get together and go door knocking for anyone but Mitch.

Which brings me to the biggest question, who would run against Mitch in that district over in the north valley? If someone doesn't come along soon, Mitch will have no competition and we'll get another 8 years of shitty representation of old white men who actually like projects like Ahmanson Ranch, Newhall Land and Farm, the landfill, the over development without asking for input from the community, the changing zones in Old Granada Hills to allow music studios to build three-four story buildings on the street behind Los Alimos where people have lived for 30 years, Kohl's and how he went aainst every NC, now ..

Mitch Englander could NEVER be elected here.

October 18, 2007 1:41 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

1:41

Englander is an old white man? What age is considered old?

October 18, 2007 11:47 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

You aren't going to disagree that CD 12 has been run by old, white Republicans forever, right? And the assembly district? And the County supervisor seat?

I don't know how old Englander is, but I know he will be nothing but an extension of his boss Greig, and his boss Bernson. He's just part of that regime.

If you were knowledgeable about this subject, you would know that the real people who make these decisions are the people they hire, not the elected.

Mitch couldn't get elected, but if he did, Bernson, Smith, Samson, Shapell and their friends will be making the decisions, not anyone else.

I guess Mitch Englander is 50, but I've only seen him twice at City Hall.

October 19, 2007 1:56 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Obviously none of you guys know Mitch, and probably haven't even met him. Because you would know he's a great guy and does a great job. (And he's under 40 - the Jaycees is for people under 40 you idiots!)

He's extremely involved in the nort west valley community, sits on about 15 boards of charitable and other organizations involved in doing good works, works long days and nights and is involved in a hands on way in small and large projects, services, issues etc. in district 12.

As a person, he's also highly concerned with treating people well, including his staff.

October 19, 2007 10:32 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The Englander campaign is heard from.

October 20, 2007 8:12 PM  

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