TGIF Outtakes from the "RED SPOT INSTITUTE"
TGIF from the "INSTITUTE OF BLUE DISGUST". That disgust is directed at many today. Can we start with the obvious ? Hmm.....FABIAN NUNEZ IS A CROOK!!
For whatever reason, the "OLD GREY HAG ON SPRING STREET" has a "hard on" for State Assembly Speaker, Fabian Nunez. The "AMMO OF GRAFT" that Nunez provides would give goose bumps to an NRA member. Today the Times discloses that Nunez used a suspended "CHARITY" to funnel donations for events that help him politically. The "HORATIO FABIAN ALGER" from T.J. via San Diego, received nearly $300,000 from those who business would be affected by legislation that came before him. Taking a line from KRLA Talkshow host, Kevin James, its time to call the DA Office of Public Integrity, and demand that they initiated an investigation of the "HORATIO FABIAN ALGER", working class sellout.
IBEW censorship case against Daily News denied:
The union that is the "TRUE BOSS AT THE DWP" had their "CHONIES IN A BUNCH". This coming after the Daily News published the names and salaries of workers at the nation's largest public utility. So what were the fatcats like Brian D'Arcy to do about this ? SUE THE DAILY NEWS!! They asked a judge for a restraining order against the "MOLDY GREEN SHEET". This to stop the disclosures of employees and salaries. Outcome ? The IBEW's blatant attempt to bully the Daily News was thrown out of court.
HOLLYWOOD writers to strike:
Big yawn except to the likes of "WWG", LA Weekly's Nikki Finke, Variety, and industry insiders. In his endless pursuit of a photo op, our Mayor has offer to help mediate talks. Just give me reruns of "Archie Bunker", "Sanford and Son", "Married, with Children", "Benny Hill", this for the "WWG". Get the hint ? You "producers of smut" don't measure up to the past.
PROTEST, PAYOFFS, AND DECEIT AT THE SOUTHWEST MUSEUM:
The "GREAT SELLOUT OF THE SOUTHWEST MUSEUM" to the "AUTRY BOX MUSEUM" at Griffith Park, is going to have serious ramifications if allowed to go through. More on this in the days ahead. This weekend the true "FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHWEST MUSEUM" will be protesting at the Autry's Griffith Park location.
FRIDAY, 6:00-8:00 PM
SATURDAY, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
SUNDAY, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Labels: daily news, dwp, fabian nunez, Hollywood writers, IBEW, kevin james, Southwest Museum
Posted by Red Spot in CD 14 @ 11/02/2007 09:09:00 AM
56 Comments:
Yeah, a big yawm that the city's signature industry will be shut down.
Let's keep hammering at the swindles over the Southwest Museum, which has been given a space in Griffith Park by the Autrey, where people will be able to actually visit the museum.
Good thing the three stooges who run this blog have their priorities straight. One does wonder why the Times is in a bunch over Nunez all of a sudden -- nothing more to say about the Mayor, I guess. Must be Nunez' hypocrisy as an alleged man of the people, who got his start as a union representative. Union heads from DWP to UTLA and Nunez are too big for their britches.
You got the story wrong about the worker salaries at DWP, though. The issue wasn't publishing the salaries, but the names of workers, which was unnecessary to make their point. Except to embarrass them: "Hey, Joe, since we're paying you $74 thousand, which is too much, can you come over here and cut my lawn, so I can get my money's worth?"
Nunez learned well from his "hermano mayor". Birds of a feather flock together, fight for illegal aliens and chase the same woman. Disgusting.
THROW THE BASTARD OUT!!!!!!
From Kevin Roderick, aka, "WWG",
You have to wonder when the Times will scrutinize Mayor Villaraigosa's methods of raising non-political money from political and civic interests.
One, I can agree with him.
One does tell the truth,
Let's keep hammering at the swindles over the Southwest Museum, which has been given a space in Griffith Park by the Autrey, where people will be able to actually visit the museum.
I thought that Jose Huizar had acheived a "GREAT VICTORY".
***BREAKING NEWS****
Anonymous said...
isn't 'red spot' urteaga himself? i remember a post from a while back that outed urteaga (red spot) and john edwards (councilman john).
is he 'anonymously' posting in favor of himself? as a moderator no less?
a little research on this blog finds threads about urteaga blogging here (rather than campaigning) throughout nick pacheco's failed bid for elective office in 2005.
what's going on here?
and, with apologies to allen iverson, what are we talking about here? montebello. montebello? we're talking about montebello.
November 01, 2007 7:33 PM
From Eastern Group Publications,
—Montebello Municipal General Elections
We have been shocked by how adamantly members of the current City Council have fought to keep the city’s voters from having a say in the future of the city-run fire and police departments. Whether the city should contract with the County of Los Angeles Fire Department should be allowed to go to a vote. A good number of voters signed petitions calling for a special election, but it was blocked by three members of the council who failed to put the desires of the voters ahead of their own. Recent decisions that appear to skirt legal advice from the city attorney, and flaunt campaign laws, make it impossible for us to support the re-election of the two incumbent council members on the ballot.
Therefore, we recommend for City Council:
—Kathy Salazar, a former council member and mayor who has been willing to fight for the people’s right to vote on the fire and police issue by taking the matter to court herself.
—Robert Urteaga, who gained the support of a number of respected local elected officials, but who more importantly represents a fresh voice and point of view from the old vanguard, which in many ways has blocked true progress in the city. We hope that those officials who have endorsed him will not only keep an eye on him, but also help him work other municipalities to bring resources to Montebello.
Nunez has contempt for Californians.
It's appropriate to request of corporations to be good corporate citizens, especially if you can put those monies or resources in the hands of the neediest Californians, absolutely
Media "HOLEalaVILLAR",
A WGA strike in 1988 lasted 22 weeks and cost the industry an estimated 500 million dollars. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has warned that a similar strike today could cost the industry almost double.
"If it (cost the industry) 500 million dollars in 1988, a slowdown of that length would have over a one billion dollar impact today," Villaraigosa told the Los Angeles Times. "I'm very concerned."
Re: DWP salaries printed in DN --
Those printed figures were low-ball; the employees really take home significantly more than the DN reported. The salaries might be old, or not including things like night pay, overtime or other "bonuses." DWP workers can sometimes keep step increases after the job changes; i.e. keeping night differential after going back on days.
I thought the salaries were on public record, so if one knows an individual's classification, then the salary could be extrapolated. Of course all those things like overtime are not included.
Media "HOLEalaVILLAR, cont.
Mayor Villaraigosa to the rescue! We're saved! Call off the strike! [THR]
"If it (cost the industry) 500 million dollars in 1988, a slowdown of that length would have over a one billion dollar impact today," Villaraigosa told the Los Angeles Times. "I'm very concerned."
All the studio heads should take note. After all this is guy that can spot a fiscal emergency before anyone else has an inkling of an idea about it. I wonder if he has suggested to the studio bosses that they threaten to lay off their studio security and fire departments to scare the writers into not striking!!!
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen (eyes horizon and checks compass):
Professor Spot, are you about? (Looks at Red Spot) Ah, there you are. Do you mind if we call you by your given name? (Red Spot nods) Very well, Reverend Molimor Serafin de Jesus. (Strokes chin thoughtfully) Do you mind if I call you Holy Moli? (Crew laughs) Holy Moli, the professor turned preacher of conservatism. (Looks around Professor’s office) Nice quarters you have here. Here, sit a bit and let’s talk. (Motions for Professor to sit down).
It seems that you have rattled the cage of the beastie we like to call “The Wee Farmer” by virtue of his run for some sort of Dairy Board. (Rolls eyes and shakes head) If there’s any one who knows about cash cow teats, it would be this one’s boss, savvy? May I take a moment to remind you, sirrah, of one of my predictions regarding the encouragement of someone’s staff to “do the right thing” regarding someone else being investigated on possible corruption charges? (Red Spot nods again) I don’t think The Wee Farmer will be persuaded to do the right thing, as monies from the boss’s campaign war chest went into The Wee Farmer’s own campaign war chest, savvy? Nevertheless, we’ll keep a close watch on the goings-on between The Wee Farmer and Captain Blackheart, we will, for pirates in San Francisco and Miami are interested too.
(Snaps fingers and taps head) I have an idea, Professor Spot. Let’s all send empty milk cartons to that certain someone’s field office over in the CQ. (Whispers and winks) It will be interesting to see whose photo appears on the back of the milk carton. I’ll put 10 quid down on His Nibbs, savvy?
(Rises and extends hand) So nice visiting with you, Moli. One of our Five who is, if you will, not a fink, telephoned and told us to send greetings back to you. We shall shortly see this Five for luncheon today. (Chuckles) I say, the next time you pay a visit to their abode, fresh guac should be served in your honour, savvy?
Red Snot, I realize there's hardly anybody left in 14 you could call a "friend" among the tidal wave of blues, but is there ANYONE . . . anyone at all who could help you with the spelling, grammar, and punctuation in your posts before they go up online?
Yes, most educators are rabid liberals, but that doesn't mean that actual EDUCATION is evil.
Maybe someone that got at least a "C" in English composition could come bail you out?
It's just killing me:
"Lets" start with the obvious" (yes, "LET'S")
"a NRA member"
"Today, the Times disclose"
"from many who business"
"its time to call" (no, "IT'S" time to scream!)
"demand that they initiated"
"they ask a judge"
(There's so many more, but I gotta stop before I cry for the Queen!)
Maybe it's not your fault, and the "d" key only works at the end of present tense verbs, because it's SURE missing from all those in past tense!
The problem is, with the even less literate Zuma Dogg and Red Spot posting most of the material here now, it will be SO easy for critics to dismiss anything posted here as being the rants and raves of the kids who once rode the short bus to school (at least until 9th grade).
Media "HOLEalaVILLAR", next
In a surprise development, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has offered his services to help bring about an agreement between the writers and the Hollywood TV and film studios. Representatives of the guild met with the mayor Tuesday, who subsequently reached out to studio reps.
Hey Red Spot Moli! Next time I see you, the guaca is on me, my friend. Got your call, you GO Moli! I'll catch up with you later on in the weekend. Girl Scouts tonight and catechism tomorrow. Pirates in the lobby downstairs.
Captain Jack Sparrow has just predicted Boston will win the 2007 World Series.
1:18p, A better name for Red Spot would be Blue Collar. There's no way that guy could ever be an executive.
I'll confer with the Spot about his ablilty to "wrote". But he is correct on topic matter.
If he's can't writed good, how cans we knowed if he does hear any better an understanded nuff to knowed what sources kin telled hims?
Maybes he's actualy is stilled in the fith grade, or some muddle school in eegle rock?
1:57
Red Snot excluded, we might actually be better off with a few experienced, street-smart blue collars leading the city. The Ivy Leaguers that keep falling into the mix here are clueless.
1:18
You left out -- IBEW "Censureship"
"CENSORship" is one word the pinko commie libs certainly know how to spell!
After "STRIKE," "PIG," and "MOMMY" (that last one followed shortly thereafter by "... who's my Daddy?), it's one of the first words they all learn to chant.
As a former journalist for a large daily newspaper - jumping to PR in the private sector pays waaaay more - I keep looking for the news in the Times' investigative scoops on Nunez. So far, they have "discovered" that Nunez spends money on trips to visit and confer with world leaders - all legal, properly reported and no taxpayer money involved. Describing his spending as lavish is laughable if you have any experience traveling in Europe on business.
Then today I see that - GASP! - he gets wealthy businesses to give money to charities in LA. Worse, he puts his name on some of the events charities spend on events. Things like giving away toys to children, soccer events that teach healthy eating and lifestyles for kids, and sending children to observe government in Sacramento. Nunez is a freak! Oh, and I think I've seen the LA Times plaster their names on a few events around town that they co-sponsor with other companies.
A word to the Times - Let me know when you have found that Nunez has actually done something worth reporting. I love scandal as much as the next person. Could you find some?
^^^^^^^^
Now that was a funny thing you postded, savvy !! You woulded make a great fourthed stooge.
Anonymous said...
isn't 'red spot' urteaga himself? i remember a post from a while back that outed urteaga (red spot) and john edwards (councilman john).
is he 'anonymously' posting in favor of himself? as a moderator no less?
Red Spot in CD 14 said...
From Eastern Group Publications,
—Montebello Municipal General Elections
We have been shocked by how adamantly members of the current City Council have fought to keep the city’s voters from having a say in the future of the city-run fire and police departments. Whether the city should contract with the County of Los Angeles Fire Department should be allowed to go to a vote. A good number of voters signed petitions calling for a special election, but it was blocked by three members of the council who failed to put the desires of the voters ahead of their own. Recent decisions that appear to skirt legal advice from the city attorney, and flaunt campaign laws, make it impossible for us to support the re-election of the two incumbent council members on the ballot.
Therefore, we recommend for City Council:
—Kathy Salazar, a former council member and mayor who has been willing to fight for the people’s right to vote on the fire and police issue by taking the matter to court herself.
—Robert Urteaga, who gained the support of a number of respected local elected officials, but who more importantly represents a fresh voice and point of view from the old vanguard, which in many ways has blocked true progress in the city. We hope that those officials who have endorsed him will not only keep an eye on him, but also help him work other municipalities to bring resources to Montebello.
November 02, 2007 12:13 PM
SHAMELESS!
Anonymous said:
Anon 11:55
Nick's campaign manager was Robert URTEAGA, not Orteaga.
But, yeah, he's finished too. I'm glad I didn't preside over a 60 point swing like that...
November 09, 2005 12:07 AM
Orange County sheriff Michael S. Carona is a slime-ball crook. And Carona was in court with his co-defendants, his wife and mistress. And you clowns think the midget mayor is shady, well Michael S. Carona wins the sleaze- ball prize. Thank God, this guy never ran for Lt. Governor of California.
Read the Federal Indictment, and remember the feds have about a 95% conviction rate. The feds don’t waste time on cases that are not as solid as a rock.
http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2007-10/33557292.pdf
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Anonymous said:
Has anyone else noticed the Pacheco campaign has bungled a 30 point lead?
Who is to blame for this?
Is Nick a bad candidate?
I don't think so.
Is Robert Urteaga a campaign mis-manager?
Very likely.
Is Huizar the better candidate?
UH-OH.
See y'all on election day, when all will be answered!
November 03, 2005 8:02 AM
Talk about conflict of interest. Isn't it bad when LA Slimes and Disney and ABC are the only ones constantly on all the city banners with Antonio. Wonder what they're getting in return, maybe some puff pieces or not hard ball journalism on his croonies like Alatorre
They get to rename the "OLD GREY HAG ON SPRING STREET" the "LA ANTONIA TIMES". Plus the other stuff you mentioned.
Oops! Damn!
Red Spot, what exactly was "Stanford & Son" anyway?
You must be the ghost of "SANFORD".
Sheriff Carona, the Slime-Ball and corrupt asshole is being asked to resign by the board of supervisors, but the crook Carona says NO! Can you believe this slime-ball; he thinks he is a damn king or something. The board of supervisors is putting on the February ballot a new law. The new law gives the county board of supervisors the power to immediately fire slime-balls like Carona.
The FBI should come and drag Carona’s corrupt ass out of his office immediately.
What do you think ???
Where is Pirate Hunter aka "Little Pepe"? Busy downloading porn again?
Travels of Mayor "Media HOLEalaVILLAR,
From the National Mayor's Conference on Global Warming.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa addressed the convening of
mayors and said, "Mayors need to lead the way on global warming, we need to
change the way we do business in America." The mayor emphasized his
commitment to build subways, use alternative energies and use of plug-in
hybrid cars.
No problems at home to worry about ?
when did Rafael Gonzalez leave Collective Space to work for the Mayor? sometime in 2005? was he the one who set this scheme up for fabian?
too bad that a small nonprofit with good intentions in a neighborhood that really needs help will likely have to be shut down because people like Rafael and Fabian decided to use it as a vehicle to advance a politician's personal agenda.
aka "RAFA". Is this the same thug who was making threats at the ongreso.
LA Times and City Hall relationship: the LA Times is the press arm of City Hall.
The LA Times was very excited to be doing an article about a controversial issue in the city. Two crack reporters were hot on the story, which would have put the City in an akward light. These reporters spoke to a few people in different city departments and they agreed to comment. These two reporters then asked the Mayor's office for a comment on the story.
The Mayor's department then told them not to run the story. The reporters said why not. The Mayors office said "because I said so." Then the Mayor's office contacted the reporters editor, and the editor killed the story.
The Times and City Hall are too cozy to really report any important news when it comes to City Hall and their buddies. The Times wants continued access to people in City Hall so they don't print articles that the City doesn't like because they don't want to lose access.
Another thing I've noticed, when people at the Daily News have the "editorial staff" write a negative article about City Hall, they never sign it with a name. The journalists also want continued access to City Hall. This is why the only real news about City Hall will come from smaller papers or blogs.
Steve Lopez of the Times wrote in his column that it would be "fishy" to give the Valley a break on electric rates, since there are poor and hot areas of the city side who shouldn't subsidize the big homes built on cheaper land in the valley.
Then yesterday their editorial writer said go ahead, give the valley a break on power, but revoke the 15-yr break they've had on water which encourages waste and big, green lawns that are unsuitable for an arid climate. Anyone environmentally concerned should be planting succulents or making Japanese rock gardens.
So they don't always support City Hall. The Mayor wants the power break, Eric doesn't -- is the Times siding with the Mayor for political reasons or throwing a bone to the Valley readers?
I am glad they printed the names with the dwp classification salary information because both employees and citizens can look up the incompetent mayor appointed crony by name and associate dollars with the mayor's gift.
For instance in the case of David Nahai, he was fronting for the mayor for free, now the mayor has him doing the same thing for $342,000 plus lifetime benefits and retirement.
Oh and don't forget the transition assurance cost -- the $250,000 paid to Deaton to assure he moved on before a leader of known competence threatened the patronage deal.
The real kicker is that by putting Nahai in the driver's seat, the mayor can keep a lid on the absence of managerial competence. All the union-backed appointments made under the last three mayoral appointed General Managers will be Nahai's legacy.
6:16: Should anyone wonder whether the readers of this blog are stupid, you have put the issue to rest once and for all.
Your first paragraph is a laughable, unintended satire of how the Midget Mayor is responsible for everything including the salaries of blue-collar DWP "cronies" who is your right, as a moron, to know by name for this very relevant reason.
And the fact that Nihai has served for free all this time, is absolute proof that he did that just so the blue-collar DWP workers can fleece the city. Good thing we know all their sneaky names. (You can blast D'Arcy and dock his salary all you want, though.)
Guess you learned all you know about life and logic and shady, shady dealings from Deming and John Powers and Sun Tzu, as interpreted by that great political philosopher of our time, Zuma Dogg.
Hemlines are too short for old fat ladies these days, unless they wear the loose hippie Indian tie-died look, and that's the fault of the Midget Mayor, too. Because he's attended some fashion shows and so they're pandering his to his taste for hot women with nice legs. If he preferred fat women with tree stump legs, they'd be making skirts suitable for the average Valley doll.
Actually, here's a City Hall secret: he really devised this plan to force the Valley to save power, because if they stayed in their long skirts and long pants to hide their fat tree stump legs, they'd need more air conditioning.
It's time for Nunez to resign as Speaker. He is hurting the Dem's, the term limit extension and all the other Latino legislators. He needs to go and go NOW!!
Got that one right, 7:47: Nunez is a Rhino pol's wet dream, unless they're in favor of extended term limits. He is exactly the kind people want out.
Arnold apparently has some similar fundraising schemes, but he's popular and an enigma and too rich to be bought, just not dumb enough to blow all his own money in office. And the Republicans need him, the Dems do too.
Nunez is giving the Rhinos an excuse to keep fighting the dems and cities like L A and San Fran.
We need those transportation bucks and money spent right here in L A.
I thought that Jose Huizar had acheived a "GREAT VICTORY".
November 02, 2007 11:48 AM
The "Great Victory" was for Huizar, Villa, the Autry and the "Blue Ribbon Commission"
The real people of the community still think they are all thieves.
If the general manager is selected by the mayor, and the board members are selected by the mayor, and the general manager and the board appoint the subordinates, and they all serve at the mayor's pleasure, and the mayor is beholden to labor, how is it that a conflict of interest? You're right. It isn't. That is the problem. There is no opposition or conflict. No one in this closed loop of interests serves the citizens.
That is why when the citizens demand answers, the blue ribbon investigators selected by this closed loop never reveal anything. That is why the most powerful man in Los Angeles, didn't accomplish anything except maintain the status quo. That is why overtime remained at 16 percent, productivity remained low, and the infrastructure was ignored.
Rather than dealing with these silly root cause fiduciary questions, maybe we should just deal with little questions like the symtoms of this mayoral fiasco of city resources. Like why is the DWP planting a million trees in this desert and using water trucks to water them? Why are we building green wind generators in tehachapi and geothermal generation systems in imperial valley -- so far from LA. Doesn't that force DWP workers and contractors to drive out there? That is a lot of gas up in commute smoke just to build and maintain these (cough, cough)"geen" systems? Why doesn't Nahai
and Villaraigosa want to build green systems right here in Los Angeles and employee Los Angelinos?
Better hope the Neighborhood Councils get their advocate. Councilmembers I hope you're listening. The union may have money but the Neighborhood Council has the votes. You may not be able to count on voter appathy next time.
I am documented, white, poor, unemployed and have had my car taken four times. I had one illegal tag. Others were insurance.
My car wont go fast enough to hurt anyone; but I get tagged all the time.
@2:28 You mean "jumping to BJ in the private sector", since you apparently think that Nunez can do no wrong.
And why gripe about SPOTTY grammar in a blog when the Daily News, a "major" Los Angeles newspaper, doesn't seem to understand the concept of paragraphs in their articles. Open a "front page" article and you'll only see single sentences and line breaks.
So I see the National Mayor's Conference on Global Warming was in Seattle November 1st and 2nd. Is that the group our esteemed mayor addressed? How was he able to leave the city in the midst of a fiscal crisis? Who paid for this trip? How many people did he take with him? How much did it cost for them to go? I would think in the midst of a fiscal crisis that trips such as this should be cancelled. In fact, trips like this simply contribute to global warming. This address could have been delivered via satellite...much more environmentally responsible! I wish some reporter with some balls would explore this!!
Slow cars are a hazard to the road; people take risky chances to get around them. You can get a ticket for going too slowly, or failing to proceed through a green light.
Drive faster and get a decent car.
To do that, you may need to get a job, or are you in the ZD class?
To qualify, you need no job, live in a van, eat free food wherever you can cadge it, beg for gas money, food money and coffee money, and pay no taxes.
But, know everything.
Oh, and be a senior advisor to The Mayor, The City Council, and the Board of Supervisors and The LAUSD.
(self appointed)
To 7:54
Zuma isn't even around (probably not even awake yet) and you're bashing him...on a Saturday morning at 7:54... Your bashing of the Dogg is getting old. Go for a walk or something.
Everyone should BOYCOTT THE LA SLIMES. They are losing tons of readers. All you have to do is read Steve Hymon's dumb ass columns. Talk about immature, ammature reporting. Then the reporter I thought would really kick ass turns out to be just another lapdog, David Zahniser. He use to be a hell of a reporter at Weekly but his story on Alatorre failed to include so many facts about his corruption. Jim Newton is in the pocket of Antonio. Dave Bryant KCAL had a great roundtable on local news and internet. Many mentioned the power of blogs and how more and more people are turning to internet and blogs and newspaper and local news will soon lose viewers and readers. We not as stupid as the politicans and know when reporters are trying to spin the wrong way.
Red Spot grow some balls, why do you delete the comments about your 3rd grade grammar?
Where did you "learnded" that trick ?
Imagine no more sitcoms! It's easy if you try......
So more reality shows only, great.
The Bachelor, What Fattie Lost the Most Weight in Public Humiliation,
What Sad Sack Family Can Look Most Grateful Getting a Charity Makoever,
Who Can Survive Longest Living on Dead and Dried Bugs,
Which Smelly Bums Can Waste the Most Time and Money at City Hall,
(Clue: at least a couple of them are suing taxpayers of our City for not letting them compete against four-wall, taxpaying merchants as they peddle their junk in Venice)
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