Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday
Out With The Old, In With The New?Are John and Ken correct that Mayor Villaraigosa and former television reporter Mirthala Salinas no longer an item? And to top it off Mirthala has a new man? I don't know but if the fact the dalliance caused Mirthala to lose her job but not the Mayor ended the relationship; or the daily reports I've been getting of an alleged new "girlfriend." I just really hope your gossip is not true, I'm not ready for another roller coaster ride.
Clowncil Told To Go On Diet
How does the City of Los Angeles stay within its means in the face of declining revenues? Of course as politicians their natural reaction is to raise taxes, however a City official is advising the Clowncil to do something revolutionary: cut back on spending. City Administrative Officer Karen Sission advised the Council to cut back on wasteful spending, particularly eliminating the practice of giving "fee waivers" to events hosted by select organizations. This is something Zuma Dogg has championed for some time.
Antonio's Trees of Mystery
Doug McIntyre has a great piece in Monday's Daily News about the Mayor's Million Trees program. So far 440 trees have been planted and another 100,000 have gone missing. McIntyre uses this only one example of how local government is running amok and that the "City Council and Villaraigosa are managing Los Angeles as if it were a fantasy-league city."
Where's The Dough?
Besides trees, apparently the City can't account for millions of dollars paid by developers of downtown real estate earmarked for parks. The Downtown News reports that developers have paid between $3000 and $9000 each per unit constructed into so called "Quimby Funds" intended to develop nearby parkland. On Wednesday, the Department of Recreation and Parks will have some "'splainin'" to do to the Clowncil.
Mirthala Could've Worked There
The official website for the new Metro Studio@Lankershim, the multi-million dollar mixed-use development at the site of the Universal City Metro Red Line station, was revealed today. The site gives an idea of what the facility - which will include the new home for NBC News, KNBC Channel 4 and Telemundo - will look like.
Pirates Are Everywhere, Savvy?
Avast ye mateys! We found one in Burbank and now it seems like pirate ships are popping up all over Los Angeles. With all the recent pirate activity here on Mayor Sam is this a sign of things to come? Who next could find himself in Davy Jones' locker?
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 10/16/2007 12:42:00 AM
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With regard to the trees... The Mayor's Office line is that similar efforts are made planting trees in New York.
There is a big difference between New York and Los Angeles. Like rain forest is to desert. Wouldn't it be more comparable if Mayor of New York planted a million Catus in Central Park?
Finally some men who have guts and balls to go against the groupies and kiss asses to Villaraigosa. I hope Smith and Zine stick it to them. I hope they vote NO today.
Pretty lame showing of NC's on Sat for Villaraigosa. Out of thousands of neighborhood council reps only 150 showed up.'
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......Two council members from the west San Fernando Valley are the chief obstacles to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bid to place a $243-million telephone tax on the Feb. 5 presidential primary ballot.
With the proposed measure coming before the City Council today, Councilmen Greig Smith and Dennis Zine -- two of the council's most fiscally conservative members -- still have not announced whether they will support it.
Only 150? The private caterer told me 350 for the really excellent continental breakfast--probably cost $10-15 per person just for the food. Wonder what they did with the extra fresh fruit, the bakery fresh Danish and other goodies? Nice touch having coffee in fancy silver urns, linen tablecloths, an audio system for background music, and all those neatly dressed waiters and waitresses. Oh wait, didn't the Mayor say the City needs more money? Now there's a mixed message.
Okay Mayor Sam, cue the soundtrack:
"This is what happens WHEN WHORES COLLIDE!!"
Any tears for this little man of no integrity and character. Who would have thought that Mayor Riordan would be the moral superior to this scumbag!
I hear Mirthala in now banging Richard Alatorre.
the thread should read : Matt Dowd AND Zuma Dogg RE: fee waivers.
omg, how many minutes of council time have I wasted on these?
Dowd don't try to ride on Zuma's coattails.
You are forever Jazzy Jeff to his Fresh Prince.
ROTFL!
Hey!! Someone promised a pirate outing yesterday. I want my money back!!
Those tree are being held by those 80 neighborhood watches in the 14th District - in seclusion of course.
Doesn't Parke Skelton ever get tired of lying?
Did "Pirate Hunter" lose his internet privileges???
there is a certain "hanging tree" at Hazard Park. A place Villarbaboso knows well.
Sorry Mr. Dowd. Zuma likes to think you are forever the David Gilmoure to his Roger Waters.
I did see a pirate!! I did, I did I did see a whoody pirate.
if you are comparing zuma to me, because i am supposed to be the crazy one...then i resent that comparison.
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen (tips hat and taps noggin):
Just a subtle reminder to never, ever underestimate the power of imagination, savvy? Other than that, carry on.
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Sent from my Blackberry
Zuma and Matt,
I know Springstein and the band. You are no Springstein or Little Steven. Don't give up your day jobs. Wait...., can't quit what you don't have.
i said dave and roger as in pink floyd, not the e street band. nice observational skills.
6:07: you kiss ass to Zine and Smith and make us wonder why.
They're the only two Republicans and talk about being cops but are always very provincial and only think about the West Valley.
When you say "fiscally conservative" you mean, don't give a damn about the rest of the city and are out of it, in more ways than one. Sling arrows at those who are in the thick of things by fact not by choice. So they're figuring that makes them out of sight enough to approve the biggest developments in the city, but not get the kind of scrutiny those who are in central areas get.
And neither seems very bright or well-educated.
Like you must not be, either.
They look and act exactly like the worst stereotypes people have of the Valley: out of shape and fat, bald or drab, isolated and greedy.
When New Yorkers or foreigners come to L A and start in the Valley they are mortified at the total lack of sophistication and culture. Those two personify all of that. We're not impressed, even if you are.
Sure, the rest of the Council includes some who are fat or dull or uneducated or dumb women in 80s powersuits who are anything but fiscally conservative/ responsible.
But there are some who aren't, and you can call the Mayor lots of things, but not fat and dull.
Say what you want about him and his pants, but he's done for L A's profile what dumpy dull old greedy Zine and Smith never could. I'm not pushing the Mayor, but if you keep shoving these two up our butts we're going to take a closer look. And it ain't gonna be pretty.
...fat or dull or uneducated or dumb women in 80s powersuits who are anything but fiscally conservative/ responsible.
To think these women could afford decent clothes but continue to wear the same suits from 10 years ago is hilarious. Mayor hasn't done shit for the city but embarrass us. Oh please putting new traffic lights and having a press conf. today is a joke. No one takes him seriously and word inside city hall is that everyone is jumping quickly on a sinking ship
10:23: Anyone dumb enough to jump ON "a sinking ship" deserves to be let go. Too bad for you Tony haters, but the guy is coming back, people forget this stuff, and he is working on the traffic, infrastructure issues, getting more cops on the street for crime and anti-terror, has done more for "his" cluster of schools in months than LAUSD in decades. Wish he'd been given his way for control earlier.
I do wish he'd do more to reign in the unions he was identified with, and put his foot down against the radical Mecha Hispanics like Alarcon who go public, like at the supposedly National Health Week conference yesterday, where he called for the U S to provide free healthcare for all immigrants as a "civil right," including illegals.
Because L A is the "capital of all Latin America, of Latinismo," and he has decided we have more to do with Mexico and El Salvador than New York or "our anglo homeland" England. You'd think these people would have gotten the hint from how the Arellano woman and the May 1st pro-illegals have been condemned nationally, but they're dense as boards. Or dense as a cheap torta made with old lard.
If you will, I need more cops to find the missing trees. One should never jump on a sinking ship, if you will.
838 - Perhaps Par-kay can find those trees next to the weapons of mass destruction.
....with a pirate standing guard
savvy ?
EVERY TIME HE GETS CAUGHT DOING SOMETHING WRONG HE SAYS "I am working on the traffic, infrastructure issues, getting more cops on the street for crime and anti-terror, doing more for "MY" cluster of schools in LAUSD."
I am tired of HIM, his corruput administration, his CLAIM to have gotten new cops,THE MONEY STOLEN IN THE CITY HALL AND THE LAUSD. I am tired that he defends all of the illegals, demands that they be given "constitutional rights" (they only have that in Mexico and governments south).
I hope Hillary takes him to Washington, so she can lose and WE WILL BE DONE WITH BOTH OF THEM.
Speaking of TREES...the trees that were planted a few months ago on the island on Santa Monica Blvd. in front of Century City (which were supposedly to BEAUTIFY the multi-million $$$ street widening project)...ARE DYING!!! And the ground cover and plants surrounding the dying trees is TURNING INTO WEEDS!
Can someone please send out the maintenance workers to pick the weeds and save the dying trees?????
Everything is dying...probably from the CO2 exhaust from the million of cars that are being thrown onto our roads due to the massive over-building of high density condo projects that are ruining this city!
Just heard Dennis Zine on the Al Rantel show...It seems the effing, imbeciles in City Council are laboriously debating the IRAQ WAR!!! THEY ARE SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO DECIDE THAT WE MUST BRING ALL MILITARY HOME...IMMEDIATELY!
WHAT IN THE EFFING HELL ARE THESE MORONS DOING???? THEY SHOULD BE DISCUSSING HOW TO PROTECT ANGELENOS FROM GANGBANGERS AND HOW TO GET RID OF 5M ILLEGALS IN THIS CITY!
WE ARE SO FUCKED IN L.A.!!!!!
wow, Dennis Zine, in council right now questioning Bernie's shady agenda item (taxes) and stuff. item 26. oh, there's that word again, just type 'transparency' into the search box.
and to the haters, I'm not trying to be anyone, but can you get Bruce to play this???
if youre so close...
point being, he's him, I'm just doing my thing, you ever hear the saying "play the ball, not the man"?
stick to the policy, topic or theme, ur cheap shots only reinforsh my comments becaushe all u got is da pershonal attack, mate.
This has been going on for years. Read for the spin.
Members of Latino gang charged with race-motivated crimes
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Federal prosecutors level racketeering and drug charges on more than 60 people who they say targeted African American rivals.
By Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
12:36 PM PDT, October 16, 2007
Federal prosecutors today charged members of the Latino Florencia 13 street gang with racially motivated crimes against African Americans, including several attempted homicides.
Authorities said the gang specifically tried to eliminate rival African American gangs in South L.A. and the Florence-Firestone area in an effort to "cleanse" the neighborhood. In doing so, they mistakenly harassed and attacked innocent African American residents, according to the indictment.
More than 60 members and associates of the Florencia 13 street gang were charged with federal racketeering and drug charges.
"In their attempt to intimidate African Americans in the community, they targeted innocent citizens," U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien said.
O'Brien said the arrests were the result of a nearly three-year investigation into the gang that culminated in federal indictments at the end of the summer.
The arrests come as both local and federal officials have launched a crackdown on race-motivated gang crime across L.A. Authorities have already filed charges against a different Latino gang in the Harbor Gateway area accused of crimes against African Americans, including the slaying of a teenage girl last year.
Gang crime has been dropping across Los Angeles over the last few years, but Police Chief William J. Bratton and other authorities have expressed concern about isolated instances of racially charged gang violence both on the streets and in L.A. County jails.
According to prosecutors, the defendants are named in two indictments: one that charges violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and another on charges of federal narcotics trafficking violations. The indictments were returned by a federal grand jury Sept. 27 and were unsealed this morning, authorities said.
ari.bloomekatz@latimes.com.
11:44 am - If you ever passed Chemistry 101, you would know that CO2 does NOT kill trees; CO does! CO2 (carbon dioxide) is necessary for plants to survive, in conjunction with N (nitrogen), P (phosphorus), and H2O (water). Plants give off O (oxygen) as a waste product. CO (carbon monoxide) kills off plants, humans, animals, and screwballs such as yourself!
A joint production from the "POLITICO FORMERLY KNOWN AS ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA, tony villar, and the "RINO KENNEDY REPUBLICAN". Our "LITTLE DOOKIE" HELFAND provides the Press Release.
By Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
1:23 PM PDT, October 16, 2007
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a gift for Los Angeles motorists today courtesy of state voters: $150 million in transportation bond money to synchronize all of the city's 4,385 street lights.
The automated traffic system is expected to reduce drive times by 12% -- shaving four minutes off a 30-minute drive -- when completed in June 2011, according to city traffic officials.
"This mean, of course, a smoother and faster and safer commute here in this city," said Schwarzenegger, standing with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and other officials in the city's traffic-control nerve center beneath City Hall.
But city transportation officials said the automated system would have limited impact on the most congested intersections.
"This can't do magic, but it can allow us to know from here how bad congestion is," said John Fisher, assistant general manager of the city transportation department.
The $150 million is part of a $20-billion state transportation bond measure approved by voters in 2006. State leaders grabbed some of the bond money this year to help balance the state's budget, infuriating local transportation officials who said the region's transportation needs far outstrip available funds.
The traffic signal money for Los Angeles, officials and motorists agree, is needed to address a problem that not only irks commuters but slows commerce as motorists inch along city streets clogged many hours of the day. Officials said the new system would reduce the amount of time that cars spend idling, which in turn would decrease carbon emissions, the primary cause of greenhouse gases.
The city has already synchronized 3,268 of its signals. The state money will now allow the remaining 1,117 to be coordinated so traffic becomes a little less stop-and-go. Officials will also install 340 more traffic tracking cameras so that the city will have a total of 650 monitored intersections.
Before the announcement, Villaraigosa showed Schwarzenegger and the other officials around the city's underground Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control center, pointing out a bank of monitors displaying traffic conditions at several intersections and roadways throughout Los Angeles.
The announcement provided Villaraigosa an opportunity to highlight one of his campaign pledges -- to reduce traffic congestion in the city -- after a difficult summer in which questions about his private life dominated his public appearances. "We're giving commuters in Los Angeles the green light," he said.
Good one, Red Spot! L.A. SHOULDN'T have synchronized traffic lights, right?!
Excuse me, L.A. already synchronizes over half of its traffic lights. LADOT can adjust signal timing from a center called ATSAC underneath City Hall East. The $150 million in state money will help synchronize more lights and have better software. But no amount of synchronization can deal with morning and evening rush hour.
You're right, that ain't half bad. Let's just leave the lights as they are. Excellent suggestion.
Wow, poor Antonio. He can't do anything right for you guys. If he does something bad, you drag it on for weeks. If he does something good, you try to find fault and if you can't, you just ramble about him for a week.
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Excuse me, but didn't this blog originally endorse Antonio? There is no excuse for hypocrisy and the mainstream media has given him a "free pass" throughout his political career. Thank goodness for blogs like this that can offer the truth that Antonio and Parke try so desperately to hide.
But just like Mirthala, the mainstream media will be forced to come out with the truth eventually. And the truth - in personal and public life - does not bode well for Antonio.
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