.........we now return you to your local issues.

"The Chief Bobby of London"??

Los Angeles Police Chief William "Bill" Bratton is rebutting rumors that have him interested in becoming the top cop in London, England.

The former Mayor Sam Award Winner had this to say to the Daily News,

"It's being speculated on over in England, but it's not likely. I'm not interested," he said.
"I'm flattered to be thought of in a positive way, but it's nothing that's going to happen."

The ambitious and upperly thinking chief with bombastic, accented wit to match, has been the subject of speculation that he is interested in the position of "Head of Homeland Security" if Barack Obama were to win the Presidential Election.

In other news out of City Hall............

Layoffs have arrived in Recreation and Parks.

150+ part time employees have been cut from the payroll and hundreds more have seen their hours cut. Positions such as park rangers, recreation assistants, child care workers are among those that face reductions.

Interesting to note is that Mayor Villaraigosa and Councilman Huizar recently supported a proposal by Rec. and Parks to give a lease to a non-profit for "the development of recreation programing" at the Hazard Park Armory.

Can one speculate that these "Friends of Labor" are contracting out city services to non-labor entities who have political ties at City Hall??

LAUSD get unexpected windfall from Sacramento.

In their effort to sell the dubious Prop Q, the "Monolith of Waste on Beaudry" received news that an extra $165,000,000 was on the way to be wasted in parts unknown.

Mayor 11/100 Antonio Villaraigosa on the road again.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is heading to Palm Beach for a meeting of the U.,S. Conference of Mayors, his office announced. No further details were available. (this must qualify as Rick Orlov's shortest story ever)

"89/100 of the details" are never made public unless you run into a guy name "Antonio" in a elevator with wine and takeout.

Translating e-mails by ex. LACERS GM Robert Aguallo.

New friend of Goerge Pla, Henry Cisneros, and Richard Alatorre has these interesting e-mail exchanges with counterparts accross the country as noted by the Times David Zahniser.

In the weeks before Aguallo left his job running the city’s largest pension agency, he dropped a few e-mails soliciting private contributions for his party/charitable fundraiser to companies that had sought lucrative business with his agency. But equally unusual was the April 30 exchange between Aguallo and Joseph Haslip, the New York City assistant comptroller for pensions, about an coming conference in Chicago.

The subject line: “Dude, Are U Doing Opal-Chicago?”

Aguallo: “yes...this LA Pimp will be there..will brief you on my next adventure...”

Haslip: “Dude the nyc pimp will be in the house. I hear the OC pimp is coming too.”

Happy Sunday to all!!