CITY BEAT, "DECONSTRUCTING ANTONIO" A MUST READ!!
Alternative weekly City Beat takes on all things Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.In a four part cover story on the aspiring candidate for any higher office. City Beat assumes the role as "civic overseer" on the mid-term performance of the nation's second largest city leader.
From "Deconstructing Antonio" by Alan Mittelstaedt,
On this November day, the mayor did not say Yaroslavsky’s name one time. When
asked after the news conference if he was stealing credit for the idea, the
mayor still did not mention the county supervisor. Instead, he said others have
suggested similar ideas for Olympic and Pico in the past, including Richard
RiordanFrom "Antonio's Report Card" by Alan Mittelstaedt,
Twelve of 15 members of the L.A. City Council shared their views with CityBeat’s
Greg Katz about the mayor’s priorities, subway dreams, and his personal
style.
Three declined our repeated offers, and we speculate on their
reasons: Janice
Hahn still fumes over her brother’s losing re-election bid;
Bernard Parks heeds
his mother’s advice to be silent if you have nothing
good to say; and Greig
Smith, a Republican, is just being ornery.
From "Schooling Antonio",
Despite the campaign bluster, Villaraigosa’s first mayoral forays into
education
were relatively benign – he even balked at supporting an early
version of
legislation (introduced by state Senate ally Gloria Romero) that
would have
opened the door to mayoral control of L.A. Unified. The new mayor
instead chose
to focus on social issues closely related to student success,
such as school
safety and health care.
From "Antonio's to do List",
Call a news conference and promise that you will serve out your second
term,
if re-elected in 2009. And, so we know you’re telling the truth this time,
endorse Jerry Brown. All your good deeds are tainted by your
hyper-ambitiousness
and even many of your supporters think you’re
resume-building. Look at it
another way: Solving L.A.’s problems of traffic,
poor schools, pollution and
crime is enough for one lifetime.
Labels: City beat, los angeles politics, mayor antonio villaraigosa
Posted by Red Spot in CD 14 @ 12/13/2007 08:32:00 AM
48 Comments:
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Actually, Antonio is the nation's second smallest city leader after the mayor of Lilliput.
Would Mirthala please confirm?
P.S. If Greig Smith is a Republican, my name is Gulliver.
I was shocked at the kiss butts on council. Damn these people are weak.
The mayor is doing a good job,” says Cardenas. “For the first time we’ve had gang reduction zones
(Cardenas is an idiot! There has been gang reduction zones before Antonio became mayor moron)
He’s done a great job in instilling a new sense of energy in the departments and department heads.. Reyes
(IDIOT that's doing nothing)
..I appreciate his determination to take on the most pressing issues in the city – improving schools, hiring cops, and reducing traffic,” says Weiss
(Antonio hasn't hired cops. Again taking credit for someone else's work)
The mayor’s No. 1 chievement: “The most prominent and very noticeable success has been in the area of crime reduction, Alarcon
(MORON Alarcon gives Antonio credit for crime when he had NOTHING to do with bringing down crime. Ask the cops on the street dip shit)
Mayor Villaraigosa’s energy continues to elevate the presence of Los Angeles on a national and international level, Perry'
(Perry again not saying anything worthwhile except Antonio has energy
I’m pleased with what the mayor’s trying to do, bringing people together,” Wesson says. (AGAIN ANTONIO NOT DOING ANYTHING)
(The award for the biggest kiss but idiot on council goes to Rosendahl)
I give him an A-plus,” says Rosendahl
What an appropriate photo: Villaraigosa hugging himself!
My God these Clowncilmembers are such feeble weenies. Now, excuse me while I go weep for my city.
Cardenas, Reyes, Weiss, Alarcon, Perry, Wesson, Rosendahl.
Don't you ASSHATS GET IT?
People are PISSED OFF and tuned out because you worthless sacks do everything EXCEPT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE!
What this story shows everyone is what a bunch of sad, pathetic people we have running this city. Not one LEADER in the bunch that has the guts to say the truth. They're all afraid to say what they tell people away from city hall and we've all heard it. They can't stand Antonio and say he hasn't accomplished anything and butts in on their press conf. How do these people sleep at night and look at themselves in the mirror? They must know people know their all losers.
The Midget Mexican Mayor has helped make Los Angeles into the gang capital of the world. The city even looks like Tijuana in most parts of Los Angeles. This dumb Mexican needs to be elected mayor of Tijuana, that's where this sneaky cholo needs to be.
And the city clowncil a bunch of self serving, self promoting clowns. The only clown who needs more media attention his Zuma Mutt.
Zuma Mutt and his need for media attention would fit right in with the clowns on the city clowncil.
Again, this confirms the 41st mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa never had any goals for this great city of L.A. He was elected on May 17, 2005 and sworn in to office on July 1, 2005.
Whine, whine, gripe, Red Spot and gang do it again.
Actually, Zev's mandatory one-way plan for Pico/Olympic got residents so mad, associating themselves wouldn't do the Mayor and his group any good -- the residents are still fuming about even the lights being paced to just encourage one-ways, some no turns -- and lying that they were never consulted, when we had focus meetings about Zev's plan starting 8 months ago, but everyone was so negative, the Mayor came up with this rather unique plan. I'm just going for facts here, as a member of the Westside NC who's been involved since day one.
Seeing how offbase Alan M is on that one, I don't trust anything he says. But he's like any other reporter for a second-string paper which mostly covers concerts and stuff like that: trying to make a name for himself by laying things on Antonio. He tried an elaborate one last year that was shown to be bogus by this summer.
Only true things he says are Hahn and Parks being mad because they've been on the the wrong side of him, either wanting his job themselves or having her bro replaced by him.
Smith, I don't know about. He's not as pro-union as the Hispanics tend to be though, maybe he's not happy with some financial issues. He's often right on fiscally conservative stuff, but isn't good at forging working coalitions. You gots what you got on the Council.
City Council = RUBBER STAMP with NO CHECK AND BALANCES!
You want checks and balances, elect som REAL Republicans to look out for what a rabid leftie Deomcrat mayor is doing - instead of following like sheep in the voting booth.
Until then, you get what you vote (or don't vote) for.
I really thought a few councilmembers would have said "he's done a fine job but..." Everyone kissed his ass, even people who've opposed him in city council or other in the media. I'm kind of shocked.
The only thing this midget Mexican mayor has accomplished is a record-shattering number of photo ops and a travel budget that would have paid the salaries of every teacher in LAUSD for 5 years!
He has squandered our money and turned us into third world Tijuana.
I only have one question: Why is the second largest US city being run by a bunch of Mexican banditos???
Why is it such an impossible task to find an educated, dignified, experienced, articulate, anglo-saxon leader??? City Hall is such an embarrassment to citizens and to the country! It's shameful!!!
How much more are you going to tolerate??? Get rid of ALL of the bums downtown!!! And I'm not referring to San Pedro St.!
Instead of all of us complaining let's do something and add another failure to his record. Fight and campaign hard against the phone tax. Antonio already has his staffers and all the kiss asses using scare tactics telling people he will cut back public safety. BS BS BSBSBSBSBSBSBSBBSBSBSBSBSBS
Post NO on the phone tax on every blog and website you can. E-mail all your friends cause you know damn well this Mayor will LIE on the mailers scaring people because that's what he does best, lie, cheat, corruption etc. make your voices heard instead of sitting back and complaining.
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Your right the little mexican is like all mexican politicians, a liar and a thief. Any place where mexicans are in ofice there is corruption. Never, ever elect a mexican politicn to any office. The mexicans are worse than the black politicians, as hard as that is to accomplish.
We need to supprt Mayor Sam and KFI's John and Ken. These guys are exposing the mexicans for the corrupt no good slime they are.
We need to deport all these illegal mexicans and take back our city and country.
Keep up the good work guys and keep exposing the mexican mechista mayor!!!
and we are going to have another BIG WHORE cumming to city council
FABIEN NUNez he will be running for cd-1 Mr. donothing seat eddieboy ed reyes, is there anybody else out there who is interested how about a WOMAN!
"Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke."
- Will Rogers
Sorry but there's a big difference between ILLEGALS and the educated Mexican Americans who were born and raised in this city. Many of us are against everything Antonio stands for. The media doesn't want to hear our voices against illegals in this city. We are legal and love this country. Our parents respected this country and are senior citizens in their late 80's and speak ENGLISH. These illegals refuse to learn the language and assimilate. They behave arrogantly and are the most ungrateful people I've ever met.
4:49 don't take it heart -- the guy who keeps posting the anti-Mexican crap is well known to be one of MAV's boys trying to poison the debate because MAV can't battle with substance or facts. We appreciate you and all law-abiding citiznes and legal immigrants of every nationality.
Shame on you Mayor for dragging our dialog into the mud!
Vote “No” On Prop S
Laura Chick, Los Angeles City Controller
Daily News, November 20, 2007
“And we shouldn’t think of asking taxpayers for more money until we get our house (City Hall) in order”
http://www.ftpmoore.com/sisbad/houseinorder.pdf
Room to improve: Stop the wasteful spending and show Angelinos a savings in the general fund.
You folks should also take a look at L.A. Weekly article: "Alleged Thieves Still on County Payroll"
An example of "our government in action"? Definitely an example of a really lousy system.....
3:17: I would like to run for Reyes' seat instead of Nunez, I'm a woman, have a Masters in Science from USC and have family ties going back three generations.
Problem is, I'm not Hispanic. And I"m wondering, since allegedly the Hispanics aren't racist or anything, do I have a chance if I run based on my merits and clean, honest record?
No, I thought not. After all, the Hispanics have 5 seats on the Council now explicitly due to forced redistricting on their part just 5 years ago. Anyone remember that until then, the westside had 3 council seats, vs. just 2 now?
And remember that the redistricting was explicitly done so that Latinos would control another district at the expense of the shrinking white people on the westside?
(Actually, the whites aren't really shrinking, they just don't reproduce as fast as the Hispanics. And people from Russia and Poland can't just sneak in here by the millions to add to "white" numbers. I wish they could, I know an awful lot of educated whites from those counries who are shut out of the global economy, which only works for the corrupt.)
Not that Hispanics "stick only to their own kind" or anything, or would never elect a "gringo" who's from and loves this country.
So I've got a good chance at winning in CD1 then, right?
What do you say, you plant who keeps calling whites racists because they dare to point out specific ways the Hispanics are bringing Mexican corruption up to CD1 and 14 etc.? (Corruption the honest Mexican citizens abhor.)
EGP News Service
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 2005 mayoral campaign accepted $2,500 in excess contributions, but the mayor and the three donors who exceeded the limit will not be fined, the city’s Ethics Commission decided Tuesday.
Commissioners found the mayor’s campaign accepted funds beyond the $1,000 per person contribution limit in three separate cases.
Park Avenue Productions Inc. and Unity America Fund each donated $1,000, even though the entities were owned or controlled by the same majority shareholder, according to the commission.
In the second case, Sam Navarro donated $1,000 and his company, Graphic Electric, also made a $500 donation.
In the last case, Connie Flores and The Seville Group, of which Flores owned 52 percent, each donated $1,000 to the campaign.
Candidates in citywide elections may stipulate to the violation of excessive contributions without receiving a monetary fine if the excessive contributions are less than $6,000 or 0.5 percent of all contributions made to the candidate.
An attorney for the mayor urged the commission to reject the stipulated agreement because the infractions involved such small amounts of money, and the policy does not allow for any procedural review.
“The mayor has taken responsibility, he has stepped up to the plate and signed this infraction penalty rather than expend the resources of this commission and go through a drawn-out process, and he’s accepted responsibility for the actions of his campaign committee,” said Stephen Kaufman.
“The question is — does the adoption of an infraction policy then swallow up any type of prosecutorial discretion that may otherwise be applied”
Commission President Sean Treglia said the policy should be reviewed, but urged his colleagues to refrain from making policy “on the fly.”
“Stick with the legal issue at hand and debate whether we want to accept staff’s recommendation,” Treglia said.
“I’ll just leave you with a couple of headlines. One, is this the mayor’s rule because would this policy only affect people running for mayor or citywide office?” he said.
“If the enforcement staff were to exercise discretion and dismiss this case from the onset, what about the contributors? Do we dismiss them as well? What rule do we apply to them in this circumstance?
Worrying about these $500 contribtions when campaigns cost so much is ridiculous. From the side of the contributor, especially -- how can they be expected to know the ins and outs of this little contributions which don't buy you a bottle of wine at Nunez' table, let alone major influence? They're a distraction from the big things, the really corrupt ones who raise and give hundreds of thousands under umbrella organizations, like the Hsu guy recently caught.
You don't want it so the average small business person is afraid to give any money and leave it all to the bigshot pros to play the game.
Why wouldn't the Mayor and Weiss ever mention Zev during the announcement of the Pico-Olympic compromise they've just announced? Maybe because the opponents attacking Jack at that conference and everywhere are the same misanthropes who launched the recall campaign: Tract 7260 and their Westside NC, Eveloff and his allies who tried to turn their hood into a fiefdom.
And have used their webside to attack Zev's plan ever since he proposed it last April. But NOT to attack Zev himself -- to attack Weiss for saying "it's worth studying," and then he set up a number of community meetings to do just that and gather input. But of course these no-no's refused to offer anything but hostility to everything, and blamed Weiss for putting Zev's idea in front of the community. Zev had just lobbed his hotball idea and run for cover.
Zev never thanked Weiss for taking the heat for him, or even for being falsely made to look like he was actively endorsing the recall against Weiss. Zev doesn't stick his neck out for anyone except Zev.
So now that the Mayor and Weiss came up with this compromise based on recommendations from DOT and the best of the community ideas from those meetings, they're going to say, "Thanks, Zev?"
Alan Mittelstaedt should stick with being a leftist prof. of (anti) government at USC, because what he knows about the actual workings of City Hall you can put on the buckel one of his wornout Birkenstock hippie sandals.
7:07 PM = Late night in 3rd. Floor Spin Chamber.
www.nolasvillas.com
No Las Villas
FABIAN NUNEZ FOR CD1!!!!!!!
YEAH BABY, ANYONE IS BETTER THAN REYES
Red Spot,
Me thinks 7:07 PM = Late Night 3rd Floor Spinner has a mom who works for Zev. Interesting. I guess business is business.
No matter what I think of Antionio (not much), 11:08 a.m. is so full of crap his eyes are brown.
Zev doesn't even stick his neck out for Zev. He waits for a parade to start and then jumps out to lead it.
1114 me thinks you are right.
there is a lot of MEAT in that post.
i mean 948 is right
the MEAT boy whose mama works for zev
So it is official then? Meat's mama works for Zev? What does she do?
11:07 PM looks like Meat, too. I say Clinton needs to go vegetarian.
that is vintage red MEAT
his mama does work for zev
did tony get her the job?
If only we were so lucky to get MEAT back here. That would make one hell of a fun blog!
HEY 6:07PM
hOW DO i GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU?
he got fired for bloggin
You guys are getting spun by the Midget Mechista Mexican Mayor; now you want another Midget Mexican Mechista for CD 1?
White flight is on the horizon. What will the city do when there is no one left in it to pay the taxes that the Midgets Mexican Mechistas spend?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZBPMKyyaBA
funny Hillary spot.
No on Proposition 93, the Term Extension and NO Legislative Reform.
No on MECHA Speaker Fabian Nunez for CD1.
Things that make you go hmmm..
One man's creativity is...
From today's Sacramento Bee:
Núñez said the state cannot fix its structural budget imbalance only by cutting services.
"The fact of the matter is we've been cutting our way out of this budget mess for the last four years," Núñez said. "I think it's time we show a little bit of creativity."
From the Legislative Analyst's web site:
Year General Fund Spending
03-04 $76.3 billion
04-05 $79.8 billion
05-06 $91.6 billion
06-07 $101.9 billion
07-08 $104.2 billion
Growth in general fund past four years: $27.9 billion
Percentage growth in general fund past four years: 36.6%
Average percentage growth in general fund past four years: 9.1%
Average population growth past four years: 1.35%
Average inflation past four years: 3.3%
City Beat just another puff piece for Tony Villar. No way is that anything close to an objective look at this do-nothing mayor wannabe. What has he accomplished?
Forlorn hope for Tony.
On the road for Hillary
Posted by Rick Orlov at 11:46 AM | Election 2008
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is making his second trip to Nevada this weekend on behalf of the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Villaraigosa, one of the national co-chairs of Clinton's effort, has made one other trip on her behalf to Nevada to make the case to Latino voters to convince them to vote for her. He also recently went to Iowa to campaign for her.
Alan Mittelstaedt does not wear Birkenstocks. Any more. (And they're buckles, not buckels, don't fall into the Wet Spot School of Spelling, dude.)
Also Alan grew up with Zev and is part of that generation, but although he should be the first to remember the hypocrisies of his "leading the revolution" versus his actual past, he has generational amnesia. A
And he can't see Zev lobbing idea grenades out there then running for cover, making someone else do the work of trying to put the parts into some sort of whole -- trying to salvage Zev's own idea -- and refusing to come to the defense of that person, even to publicly refute that he's the critic of the person who's helping him.
Remember, no one has to accredit journalists, their biases are right out there, and the only selection is by virtue of who a reputable paper hires and how they vet and stand behind the facts of their stories.
Alan spins conspiracy theories that implode, and was looking for dirt on the Mayor. Which is probably why the CM's except for Hahn and Bernie, decided to close ranks and not give him any.
December 14, 2007 4:25 PM
Who is paying for these trips?
Does Clinton let Villaraigosa speak to any European crowds (white people), or only Hispanics?
You said: You want checks and balances, elect som REAL Republicans to look out for what a rabid leftie Deomcrat mayor is doing - instead of following like sheep in the voting booth.
Until then, you get what you vote (or don't vote) for.
Oh yeah, that really worked out for the constituents in CD 3 and CD 12. Where are the checks and balances? All we see are checks coming in from developers.
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