Open Thread for Super Tuesday
LAist has a good piece that covers both sides of Proposition S and was nice enough to quote me and Zuma Dogg. They even have a poll - the only one I've seen so far - that shows S losing handily. That goes to my prediction that IF the latte sipping, text messaging, casual young voters who may show up to vote for Barack Obama actually do go to the polls AND they see past the fradulent ballot title and description of S (as well its cousin Measure D in Pasadena), then maybe S could go down. Yes, it's a big if but who knows.
Zach Behrens, also at LAist, somehow thinks if your Presidential candidate ends the war we'll have a Subway to the Sea in five years. You're a cool dude Zach, but keep dreaming.
Don't forget our Super Tuesday party tonight.
So blog and predict away dum dums. What's the big upset of this election?
Zach Behrens, also at LAist, somehow thinks if your Presidential candidate ends the war we'll have a Subway to the Sea in five years. You're a cool dude Zach, but keep dreaming.
Don't forget our Super Tuesday party tonight.
So blog and predict away dum dums. What's the big upset of this election?
Labels: Barack Obama, laist, mayor sam pub crawl tour, proposition s
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 2/05/2008 09:49:00 AM
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The board of elections failed to deliver voting equipment to polling places ALL OVER LOS ANGELES... Developing
I smell a big RAT
This from drudgereport.com
In what areas did this happen? South Central?
Didn't Molina just endorse Clinton. She's probably pissed off from that "drudging" she took from those people that soundly booed her at the rally last Saturday.
I had a policeman vote AGAINST
measure S in my poll!
"S" will pass by a large margin.
ZD's support for the "No on S" was crucial.
Things are getting weirder and weirder in the primaries.
Mike Huckabee wins the first Republican primary of Super Tuesday, taking all the R. delegates in West Virginia in a resounding defeat of Mitt Romney.
Sen McCain instructed his supporters to vote for Huckabee after the deathbed confession by Barry Morse aka Lt Gerard of "The Fugitive", that it was Sen. John McCain who was really the "one armed man" who did the crime David Janssen was accused of.
Barry Morse, 89; played Lt. Gerard on 'The Fugitive'
By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 5, 2008
Barry Morse, an actor best known for portraying Lt. Philip Gerard, who relentlessly pursued David Janssen's Dr. Richard Kimble on the hit 1960s television series "The Fugitive," has died. He was 89.
RIP Barry Morse aka Lt. Gerard
The big upset of this election is that we ghosts are voting against all of the Propositions.
Speaking of the Subway to the Sea:
Anyone who wants it should email/ write the MTA (check their website), and their CM and Wendy Greuel as chair of Transportation Committee.
The Daily News has an Opinion stating that the Maglev train which would circumvent the city, going from the Ports of San Pedro to LAX to Ontario is better because the subway asks the "Vals" to subsidize the westside and is a rip off.
Hey provincial DN, who do you think creates the traffic, smog and pollution on the westside at rush hours and ruins their quality of life, and makes them very testy? All the canyons from the Valley are CLOGGED during long rush hours with people coming/ going from the valley but there's little morning traffic going into the valley.
We'll make a deal: when that pattern is reversed and citysiders are going to the valley to work, play and clog your roads, we'll pay for your share of subways, too.
This is the kind of provincialism which has buried this city in smog and traffic and total inertia.
The MTA PR director says the tide is turning as more people in L A move here from NY and have traveled the world, and seen how every city has a central metro -- but this Valley provincialism is still alive and well in the DN and local papers.
Not to say don't do the Maglev, which the (novice) company is willing to put in for free if they can keep the profits for some years - but what about long-term upkeep, maintenance (look at the police cameras which were donated but then there's no money for their upkeep), liability problems? Maglev is intended mostly to move CARGO, not people and won't help with LA's main traffic problems. Consider BOTH, but don't pit the Maglev vs. the mass transit without which we'll consider to be a mess.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE MASS TRANSIT SITUATION, PEOPLE. Antonio has Hill on board to promote L A's share of fed funds for mass transit. I'm NOT a Democrat but at least she's committed to this and owes Antonio/LA if elected.
We don't need to build out the Red Line to the westside to get a Subway to the sea.
What we need is a tsunami to take out West LA, Santa Monica, Culver City and Beverly Hills and bring the sea to the subway!
Beachfront property on the Miracle Mile! Woo hoo!
Good thinking, 2:12. You're just the kind of transportation strategist the city needs, "thinking outside the box" with novel ideas. Right up there with Ed Reyes and Mike Woo, who want to reduce parking problems by building new highrise shoeboxes for poor people in the most congested and pricey areas of the city, with NO parking spots.
Yes, you're all thinking so outside the box you might as well be put into a padded cell. Instead, you'll get cushy jobs in the "Planning" Dept.
@ 2:12 – Miracle Mile would have to be underwater for the sea to reach the subway. The new beach would be in K-Town.
A lot of buzz about Latinos going 2 to 1 for Clinton in California. Do you think Latinos will ever vote for black candidates?
6:31- Answer: No.
Other Question- "Why?":
A: Ethnocentricism, identification, culture, nationalism, fear, lower education level, simple ignorance and racism.
Q: And will latino activists ever include blacks in their push for issues?
Haven't seen it as a real thing so far- Even Villaraigosa campaigned under the guise of being a candidate for ALL people, trying to avoid labelling as the "latino" candidate. And that lasted just about up to the time that the last votes were counted.
Latino in L.A. (just the messenger)
I have been opposed to prop S all the way, I do however think that the language used in the ballot was deceptive. People just don't read, it should had been an increase of 9%, not a decrease. I hope someone takes it to court!!
Latinos and Blacks have never shown any strong kinship. Together they form the vast majority ethnicly in LA, yet they'll never join forces for that strong voice they constantly demand. Just look at the street gangs and the killings that prevail along ethnic lines. And civilian victims to boot! The two groups have been clamoring for the fwd position on the public tit for so long that they'd never render power to the other by voting for them..
It's not that Latinos don't like black candidates it's that they are fond of the Clinton years.
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