Open Thread for Thursday
Sorry my friends the old, dead Republican mayor wasn't able to blog away like a mad dum dum last night but I am sure you will hear more from my compadres later. In the meantime feel free to discuss. I will give you a topic:
Taxapalooza
Yes it appears that our City Council has yet to meet a tax/fee/charge they didn't like and they are being extraordinarily creative in finding new ideas every day.
By the way, I have to charge you a user license fee assesssment to read this post. Sorry.
Taxapalooza
Yes it appears that our City Council has yet to meet a tax/fee/charge they didn't like and they are being extraordinarily creative in finding new ideas every day.
By the way, I have to charge you a user license fee assesssment to read this post. Sorry.
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Posted by Mayor Sam @ 10/04/2007 09:02:00 AM
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Here is my two cents "user license fee assesssment " which is twice what the information on this blog is worth.
yea, yea, hoody-hoo,
I just spoke with my councilman's office (Zine). They told me that yesterday Zine and Greg Smith voted against putting the NEW phone tax on the ballot in Feb. I wasn't aware that there was a vote yesterday. Anyone have any info. on this?
Check the (NICELY REDESIGNED) dailynews.com for Kerry Cavanaugh's story on the phone tax.
They talked about this for a long time in council yesterday. Mayor's office (thru Karen Sisson) pushed very hard to get this on the ballot, and to do so ASAP. Otherwise, "funding crisis in city government", etc... CLA Gerry Miller also spoke: if city loses this funding, potential major cutbacks....
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Don't know about "nicely redesigned" Daily News website, but, yes, the Kerry Cavanaugh article is a good one in terms of the discussion yesterday.
Although this was all explained in quite a bit of depth earlier in the week in detailed article in the L.A. Times...
Also check out the NICELY REDESIGNED Access Hollywood, although there won't be any reports on the proposed phone tax.
"funding crisis in city government"
And 15% increases to city employees in the next two years. Great thinking.
Let's vote for a tax hike! At least the employees will vote for it. Why not. They can afford it.
Please, please, please go to Iowa.
Dumbass.
I have an idea on how to save taxpayers money. Get rid of DONE and the Neighborhood Councils. They are wasting our tax dollars.
If the Mayor and the Council-other than Zine and Smith- would start to act more responsibly and ethically, I think it would be worth a lot more than exiling the messenger "to Iowa."
10 percent tax on phones in city was based on IRS law that was rescinded last year- the emergency is that they can't stop spending.
And then they act as if constituents are stupid when they want to put on a ballot measure that says "tax reduction" from 10% to 9% instead the truth. That truth would be to admit that the vote is to ESTABLISH a tax that would be 9%. 9% more than ZERO is a "raise." The tax would be zero since the present collection of any tax on the calls without voter approval is invalid and the court will rule the same if the City heads continue to litigate.
They lie and they lie somemore.
The Tenny Pierce case was an expensive joke on the taxpayers. It cheapened any real race discrimination cases that may come along. They can spin it any way they want but the result is the same, equivalent to holding "the winning lotto ticket."
Why can't the City Attorney's office handle any significant litigation IN-HOUSE? Farming out the work to private counsel is not getting us anywhere. It's expensive and the billing is out of sight and out of control. If no one in the C.A.'s office is good enough or knowlegeable, then START TRAINING, you are going to be getting more of these cases now to be able to practice on.
By the way, what's with the statement of Weiss (possibly it was the equally fallible Garcetti)to Councilmembers before the "vote" this week to "approve" the settlement to Pierce?
He said that not approving it would be "against the law", or words to that effect. Is he trying to intimidate the members (as if they were not caving in already) to say they personally may have some criminal exposure or even civil exposure for a "no" vote?
The outcome was pre-cast and the
proceedings were a sham.
THAT is the kind of council and leadership at city hall nowadays.
And their staffers are in it hip deep, as well.
A view from CD-14.
SAY IT AGAIN "DUMP DUNE"
One does not need to go to a comedy show for entertainment. Watching this Council is comical.
heh, heh heh, heh heh..
you used smith and honesty and ethics in the same sentence. heh heh
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