City of LA Screws the Pooch in North Hollywood Again
There's nothing better than heading out to your day in your neighborhood and finding the streets ripped up without notice.
The main artery in our hood - where people need to go to get to work, shop, etc. is closed down (in an area where the streets are funky as it is and sometimes you have to go in big circles to get from one end of the block to the other). Businesses received no notice and tens of them are landlocked - customers who left their cars overnight at one auto repair place can't even get them out.
Who is the genius who planed this without notifying the community? Who is the Council Member for this area that needs to ream the folks in charge of this situation normal all fouled up?
Hint: He likes elephants and high schools.
The main artery in our hood - where people need to go to get to work, shop, etc. is closed down (in an area where the streets are funky as it is and sometimes you have to go in big circles to get from one end of the block to the other). Businesses received no notice and tens of them are landlocked - customers who left their cars overnight at one auto repair place can't even get them out.
Who is the genius who planed this without notifying the community? Who is the Council Member for this area that needs to ream the folks in charge of this situation normal all fouled up?
Hint: He likes elephants and high schools.
Labels: north hollywood, snafus, street repair, tom la bonge
Posted by Michael Higby @ 4/04/2009 10:47:00 AM
38 Comments:
What high school did you go to?
One evening around 10 p.m. I saw flashing lights and bulldozers pull onto my street. They went until one in the morning digging up the street. I could still cross the street to get in and out. The next night they returned and paved it. I received no notice. That's just the way it is. I was happy to get a new street. You complain if they don't fix streets, you complain if they do.
Why do other cities have no problem getting this right?
Hey Higby, why don't you put that twinkie down and help out the mutt who is blogging that he is on the verge of death with hunger. God forbid he goes and gets himself a job.
ZUMA MUTT WRITES:
"If you have never donated to support the efforts and have thought about it, today would be the best day, cause I've never been more in need; and it's my three year anniversary of being a stupid dummy who cannot stop this watchdogg non-sense...and I would like some comfort and perhaps even say try to enjoy one nice spring Saturday for a moment.
If I don't get some PayPal love today, this morning, real soon, like when I wake up...I'll probably just put the blog on private and resign from all of this activism and try to get back to life in Agoura Hills and Malibu and not worry about having to be Downtown for the council meetings.
So most likely we are looking at the scenario of "Zuma Dogg at City Hall (4/4/06-4/4/09)." I gotta do everything to try and kill off the Zuma Dogg character so Dave can live."
Of course the blog isn't on "private" and we have heard this mutt threaten to leave us so many times now it is pathetic. I am actually beginning to wonder if this whole "homeless wonder" stuff isn't just a big charade.
You're a very sad person. And to think you have a lovely family too that I've met.
Mr. Higby,
Great post! So dead on.
It is nice, in a weird way, to know you NoHo denizens are going through the same thing as we Hancock Park folks and my good friends on Los Feliz and Hollywood.
Tom LaBonge. The man never takes a position on an issue. He nevr leads. He is the scaredest "leader" I've ever met. With the worst staff in the world. Totally unresponsive.
Instead, he bungles everything he touches, while focusing on pressing issues like the elephant, etc.
Tom le bong La Bonge is indeed the worst. His "le bong" nickname is apropos, since he always acts like he is on drugs. His staff too.
I once called his staff with an issue, and they told me to call the city department. Um yeah, the same city department that gave me no satisfaction. The one I gave up on in despair, and called le bong's office.
Another time, I was told by a staffer that the staffer couldn't work on two issues at once. His bailiwick was bulky items; jotting down graffiti'd locations was too much for him.
the streets of west los feliz are tore up dude. Guess who the councilman is? you got it.
Higby tell us who he is
Or is he a she?
A few things:
(1) Tom LaBonge will never read this post. He doesn't know what this newfangled Internet thing is, much less a Blog. "Did I tell you what a good Councilman John Ferraro was? What high school did you go to?"
(2) Does anyone ask WHY Los Angeles can't pave its streets? I mean, all the other cities around here have nice streets, and their citizens pay LESS taxes than LA residents.
The only answer is that our leaders spend our money on:
--elephants at zoos
--"gang prevention" programs
--and Richard Meruello.
On Friday ColdWater Canyon was being repaired. Looks like going to Beverly Hills is a bit of an agony....
8:51 He doesn't have a clue. That is the problem with blogger, even the site owner doesn't know who is posting. He obviously wishes to render an uneducated guess. Maybe he eats psychic twinkies?
Miachel you should put up thread on city attorney debate yesterday and how bad Weiss did. He had Ace "Hatchet Man" with him and all these whipper snapper young UCLA students brought in holding signs. Ok, how dumb was that? Ace obviously has prepped Weiss telling him to attack attack because he can't debate and kept saying the same things over and over. Ace is the campaign manager for Villaraigosa for Governor and has an office in Newsom's town SF. He also lost Hillary's campaign because all she did was attack OBAMA. Weiss did horrible and needs to learn how to answer questions and show his record instead of attack.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-debate5-2009apr05,0,2845553.story
Of course the blog isn't on "private" [yes, thank you to the three people who donated to me on paypal yesterday and kept me going for another day!!!] -- and we have heard this mutt threaten to leave us so many times now it is pathetic [yes, it is pathetic...i keep saying i have to stop, but can't...i wish i could move on].... I am actually beginning to wonder if this whole "homeless wonder" stuff isn't just a big charade. [keep wondering...but thanks for calling me a "homeless wonder" -- at least you think I'm a "wonder."]
Meanwhile, I think you gotta admit, there is something a little nutty with your ZD obsession. Personally, I am flattered, but it's really odd? Am I that much of a topic starter. I mean, why do YOU care what I say and do? Don't you see the madness? You are focusing your entire life around what one private citizen is doing each day. (And you are going to MY blog and re-posting it here? ARE YOU CRAZY??? I THINK THE ANSWER HAS TO BE "YES." (You had to go to my blog to see that, then you reposted it...what is the point? Oh yeah, the point is that I have saturated your soul. I WIN!
How many people were at the SLAP meeting on Saturday?Anything less than 30 and you may as well pull the plug.
Quick: The city is going bankrupt; workers, citywide are going to have to be fired; services cut; library and park hours cut; fees being raised; new taxes created...
YOU HAVE $250 MILLION TO SPEND: How would you spend it?
a) Even though LAUSD and L.A. City are run separately, you give the money to the schools because the city cannot be a success if the schools are not.
b) Leave the $250 million for your "pet project" in the general fund, and put the "non-essential" pet project plans on hold during this economic "armageddon" (as it was described by one L.A. City CM.)
c) Spend $250 million (starting point, cause it always ends up costing more than projected) on digging up a street (Broadway, downtown) and install a trolley for the scores and scores of people who will suddenly be driving downtown to take the trolley down the street and drop them off in front of a theater for a live play or movie.
d) Give the money to some good non-profits providing emergency services to those most in need who are also plauging Downtown streets.
Answer: c), if you are a dumb and corrupt councilmember. And I think the money will only be approved if the trolleys include a big picture of the grinning CM on both side panels.
I thought Reyes was the dumbest councilmember, but anyone who would spend $250 million to tear up the streets and install a trolley, CLEARLY is the dumbest councilmember. (Or just the shadiest for not giving a "f*ck" and doing it anyway.)
Higby, he's trying to take over your blog!!!
ZD, go back to your crappy blog that no one reads or posts and satisy your needs there.
I am sorry anyone sent you money; you need to get a life.
You better be reporting those "gifts" because as a candidate, you will get an audit. It is income from the only job you have been able to keep for over a year.
Dan,
I love your writing as Captain Jack even though you have seem to lost your teeth for the most since all that happened last year. Still a fan.
Hey 7:31am you ASSHOLE!!! SLAP are the ones who stoppted Measure B the lying, deceiving piece of crap your Mayor put on the ballot without any community input. No doubt you're a Mayor groupie because I don't know anyone who supports anyone in city hall anymore and there is a movement to embarrass them all. So shut the hell up!!
"How many people were at the SLAP meeting on Saturday?Anything less than 30 and you may as well pull the plug.
April 05, 2009 7:31 AM"
You were't there and obviously you don't participate, so why do you care.
It was a great meeting and the attendance was very good. We piggy back the LANCC meetings who sponsored a debate between candidates for City Attorney. During our meeting we voted to endorse Vehedi and Trutanich, because they meet the leadership standards of our group. We also covered other issues. Too bad you weren't there to contribute!
Mayor Sam how long will it be before zooma dogg goes to city council and either starts crying or does a Goodfellas on them? From what he is posting right now, your candidate for mayor is in the middle of a begging parade also known as a pity party. Hahahahahahaha maybe u shouldn't be screaming at erik garsetti all the time zooma dogg! Hahahahahhahahaha. A little dignity and respect would have got you a whole lot more down the road than where you are right now. at the least you can always ask Rosendoll to get you something from the snack tabl;e and a boddle of H20 to keep u satisfied even tho i know you don't like girl scout cookies they can keep ur blood pressure up and it'll keep you awake. Hzahahahahahahaha why ru trying to do away with the zooma dogg character? I think it's a good persona for you so it should not be easily thrown away after all the work u've done to get that name recognnition, so I guess you'll have to make a choice this way or another you know what I mean? If I bring my lunch in a brwon bag on Wednesday I will share some of it with you and will send you a note about where to pick it up is that okay? Heh heh heh.
For Shitty Attorney my first choice was David Berger, Walter Moore's running mate. He wanted to get that Gangbanger Mayor and his ACLU Westside and Hollywood Liberls out of the way so we could take back our city. Get rid of the wetbacks that Tony and his homies want to take over our city and our country.
I am taking David Berger's advice and voting for Carmenu Nuch Trutanuch a Tru American. No more giving away the country to the illegal Latino gangbangers and the white guilt westside/Hollywood liberals!
Watch the Weiss and Antonio groupies come out now attacking LANCC. At least these are people who are acitve and dont' sit on their ass complaining like the politican's people do. Watch the Mayor stack tonight's budget meeting on the Westside with his people. He always does that cause he doesnt' have the balls to face the music alone.
Why does it bother you so that Antonio has supporters, lots of them, who care enough to come out and show their support?
How many does ZD have? Maybe three who saved him from starving out the evil demon that has possesed the body of David Saltsburg, aka Dave Elliott.
Get over it; he's the Mayor and you're not.
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12:15am,
Oh, I would LOVE to start crying from the podium! (Don't look for a "Goodfella" though, whatever that is. Sounds like something that wouldn't get past security, anyway!)
But, I had tears of joy thinking back on the past three years and all the people who I have met, right before comment, recently and my eyes were teary...I was hoping they would drip tears from the podium under my glasses...but when I go up to the podium and start talking, it all goes away and it's just regular ZD.
You say, "A little dignity and respect would have got you a whole lot more down the road than where you are right now."
Wow, this sounds like Eric. However, I disagree...it doesn't matter how you say stuff to council...there is only ONE thing that works...THE ZUMA DOGG TREATMENT!
And finally, loser, I may put my blog on private soon...NOT to punish people like an Andy Kaufman stunt,
but because I need to get off this treadmill (i went to ONE council meeting, and stayed for THREE YEARS...how did this turn into a "rest of my life" thing?)
So having a blog, like free public access cable time; free City TV public comment time all keeps me on a treadmill. And I have already told you I am a degenerate in my own way, and cannot stop. So maybe putting the f*cking blog on private may help me move on.
And I don't think I yell at Eric. I think things are running pretty smoothly, for the most part. THERE IS A LITTLE ISSUE, NOW AND THEN, LIKE ON FRIDAY...but Eric even gave me an extra 30 seconds, cause he took my time on another item, and THAT WAS A FIRST. And he did the right thing, because it wasn't exaclty a slam-dunk on his part when he cut me off on the previous item. So he gave me the lousy 30 seconds for me to make my point (in the course of a two hour meeting) -- and that was good enough for me to drop the "amendment violation issue" and all the city attorney follow up stuff trying to get to the bottom of it. That meant a lot to me that Eric did that and I took it as a good sign. And that's how you bridge gaps and bring people together.
A couple things for the mayor's office to think about from your friendly, neighborhood Zuma Dogg:
I know the mayor just let Seven ($7) Billion dollars fly out of the general fund into risky "non-investment grade" investments on Wall Street and real estate that benefitted the benefactors (pension managers/Wall Street investors and Villar's developer contributors, like M. Maddux, Villar's #1 Campaign contributor when he was first elected mayor -- and has now declared bankrutcy and people won't be getting paid -- although Meruello got his end).
Anyway, now that the mayor has to try and cover for all of that (along with irresonsibly handing out raisies and benefits to everyone, when the city couldn't afford it any more than MC Hammer could afford his gold plated mansion)...
So you had to QUADRUPLE the parking meter rates. But here's something out of Zuma Dogg's 14 Point plan: It doesn't do any good to raise rates, if 3 (THREE) of 5 (FIVE) parking meters on the street ZD just walked down WERE OUT OF ORDER IN "FAIL" MODE.
(Yes, the ZumaCAM documented this lack of efficiency.)
And YES, Zuma Dogg has had a private conversation at City Hall with the head of parking meters...
And he is aware of the failure (no, not of the mayor's entire tenure) but with the problem with these cheap-ass parking meters that Villar had installed than "FAIL" more than a LAUSD student at one of his mayoral-takeover clusters.
But to make matters worse, there are signs posted in the city that say, "If you park at an out of order meter you may get a ticket."
LOL! That really sums up the City of Los Angeles under the Douchearagosa administraion.
Install meters that "FAIL" (go out of order) more than the ones that were already there. THEN, you have to keep paying people to drive around and fix them. (And Santa Monica does NOT have this problem with their meters, so maybe you should give the mayor of S.M. a call to see how THEY did it.)
PLUS, HEY DUMMY MAYOR...Here's how it works: The city is short of parking in this city that you allowed too many people to cram into. IF THERE IS A METER THAT IS BROKEN...THAT'S ON YOU, HOLMES!
THE PEOPLE GET TO PARK THERE FOR FREE UNTIL YOU FIX IT, LOSEROSA...
BECAUSE THE GOAL IS NOT TO REDUCE PARKING SPACE IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MONEY IN THE CITY, DUMMY! YOU ARE THE MOST ANTI-BUSINESS, ANTI-TOURISM, ANTI-CITIZENS MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT!
Hey Antonio, I'm starting to think you may not have the best interest of the citizen's of Los Angeles and the State of California in mind.
Remember Antonio, you were (supposedly) voted into office by CITIZENS, not just residents. Start recognizing the difference and behaving as such! You'll just have to tell your college buddies there was too much political pressure. Tell them you only got 55% of the vote and LOST in some districts entirely, Mr. Governor?
So that's about the parking meter issue.
Secondly, regarding traffic:
The city will never reduce traffic in any meaningful way, as long as a lane of 20 cars has to slam on the brakes and wait for ONE pedestrian to cross the street.
IF YOU ARE WAITING TO MAKE EITHER A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN, as soon as the light turns green...WELL, so does the crosswalk light. So, BOTH lanes are on "HOLD" (NOT moving) while ONE person starts to make it across. THEN, if there is time for cars...A SECOND pedestrian may be ready to cross, now, too. SO YOU STILL CAN'T MOVE!
Then, as the light is turning yellow (to red) ONE car has a chance to jackrabbit a turn...
AND THE REST OF THE CARS ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.
Don't you see it?!?!?
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT HAVE THE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS ON THE SAME GREEN LIGHT.
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO HAVE ALL THE CARS IN ALL DIRECTIONS HAVE A RED LIGHT AT THE SAME TIME...and all the pedestrian traffic from all corners will cross then.
So there are two things for the mayor's office to look into. Three things if you count taking his head of his puppet-master's ass, AND GET DOWN TO ADDRESSING THE $7 BILLION LACERS PENSION LOSS THIS PAST YEAR IN THE FACE OF EVERY ZUMA DOGG WARNING! (So if ZD knew why didn't AV?) So yeah, let's just call it three:
1.) LACERS
2.) Parking Meters
3.) Pedestrian vs Traffic signal timing.
and of course, the honorary 4.),
4.) Implement the 14 Points, dummy. (Have someone who passed the bar explain it to you.)
They've had a stretch of Whitsett between Magnolia and Riverside torn up for going on 9 months now.
If I were a resident on that block I would've gone D-Fens on them months ago.
YOU DON'T YELL AT ERIK? THAT'S A WHOLE LOAD OF LYING, DENYING CRYLOSER CRAP!
EVERY BODY WHO IS THERE SEES THAT YOU YELL AT ERIC MORE THAN ANYONE EXCEPT THAT PANZIE DION OCONOR!
YOU YELL AND ABUSE THEM ALL. MAY BE THAT WORKS BUT YOU ARE ONE RUDE MOTHERFUCKER ZOOMATARD! GO BACK TO YOUR VAN RIGHT NOW AND DRIVE IT AND YOUR LEFT OVER GIRLSCOUT COOKIES AND TOP RAMAN AND GO BACK TO DAYTON OR CLEVELAND OR WHATEVER CRAPPY POLUTED SHITTY CITY YOU CRAWLED OUT FROM.
AND WHERE THE FUCK IS MAYOR SAME??? IT IS MONDAY MORNING AND YOU HAVE SOME STALE OLD CRAP FROM SATURDAY UP HERE!
THIS IS THE BEST POST OF THE WEEK! AND THE ONLY ONE!
UNSAFE WORK CONDITIONS FOR CITY WORKERS, CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS IN EAGLE ROCK:
Eagle Rock, CA: I am here to report of unsafe work conditions for City workers, today, at the Eagle Rock library, in CD 14. (The mayor's old district he still cares very, very much about.)
The men's bathroom has an "Out of Order" sign on the door. I guess this means the bathroom is not in working order and cannot be used.
Excuse me!!! How is an employee expected to work all day without being able to go to the bathroom?
After some investigation, I found that employees are forced to leave the library, walk outside (so you are already at risk); down broken sidewalks; across the street; down a full city block; and are expected to use the bathroom at the commercial retail coffee shop.
UM, I think this is unacceptable. This in not the first time this has happened at this location.
The library must be closed until it is in operational order. You cannot put city workers at risk while on the clock making them go outside and walk across the street, then down the street to use a retail shop bathroom.
And you have kids here. What should I tell them? To go piss in the bushes?
Maybe you should tax the vendors I saw last night selling bacon-wrapped sausage on a hot plate cart -- ON THE SIDEWALK -- UNCOVERED -- IN BETWEEN FOOD AND BEVERAGE RETAIL OUTLETS; and put that money into the general fund to fix some of these things.
Yours in civic service,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Zuma Dogg.
ANTONIO VILARAIGOSA...HE STANDS WITH THE BACON-WRAPPED SAUSAGE VENDORS SELLING UNCOVERED (PARTIALLY) COOKED FOOD IN BETWEEN OTHER RETAIL STORES THAT HE IS RELYING ON TAX REVENUE OUT OF!
(Hey Antonio, are you sure you work for a city in the UNTIED STATES? You do know there are laws about this? Do I have to personally get the health department and police involved?
HEY TELEVISION NEWS CREWS AND REPORTERS THAT WANT TO DOCUMENT THIS UNSANITARY, UNSAFE, UNTAXES MADNESS...
Just go to York Blvd, just off Eagle Rock Blvd. (See Johnny's bar or York Bar & Grill...or all up and down the street.)
OR, just go to an LAUSD school playground and look for the ice cream vendors, cotton candy vendors, candy vendors, chips...it's all there on the sidewalk for kids to purchase, as they are unsuperivsed. Hell, just come over the the Eagle Rock library, right now, you can get in line with the kids!
Then bacon-wrapped sausage off the hot plate cart on the sidewalk for parents at night!
A REMINDER TO THOSE WHO CONSIDER IT A SIN TO LIE:
Publicly saying one thing (like you don't post anonymous comments here about Zuma Dogg), then posting anonymous comments about Zuma Dogg is something that will be considered on Judgement Day.
Have a nice post!
11:59 is nuts.
JUDGEMENT DAY, LIKE ZOOMATUSH IS A LOAD OF BUNK. THE LIES HE TELLS ABOUT VILLARARIAOGSA ARE THE BIG SIN HERE. HE SCREAMS AT ERIK GARCETI AND IS RUDE, RUDE, AND RUDE DUDE! ERIK IS A VERY NICE AND SMART MAN AND ZOOMA IS A MEAN MAN AND WHO IS VERY BAD BAD BAD STINKIE.
WHY THE CITY CAN CUT THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AND NOT MISS A BEAT
by Zuma Dogg
Welp, I already mentioned the men's bathroom is out of order, while the library remains open, so workers have to leave and go down the street and across the street? (Legally, I think it needs to be closed until repaired? A clarification from a reader, perhaps?)
But here is why you can fire two of three workers at the Eagle Rock library, at least, and be better off for it:
I notice that I can't log onto my computer that I had to reserve and wait for.
So I go to another open computer, and can't log onto that one, either.
I notice the person next to me can't get logged on (but is still trying over and over again to the same result.)
AND THEN, I notice everyone is kinda bouncing around to the next computer thinking the ONE they sat down in front of was the only one not working.
So ZD approaches the three librarians seated behind a desk in the computer area. (NOT the people checking books in and out, just three workers seated incase three librarians are suddenly all needed at the same time and no one could wait.) So I approach the three librarians and ask, "Are you aware the computers are not working?"
They all shook their heads from side to side in unison with a look of shock of stupifiedness and mubbled out, "Noooooooooo?" all in unison.
I added, "They aren't working" and left.
So I come back a half hour later, cause I can't take it, I have to send an important email out that someone is waiting for, so I go back in, and it's the same "computer shuffling" going on.
I look and see ALL the screens say, "Timeout Session" and won't log on. So I ask one person trying to log on that I remember from a half hour ago, and ask, "Are the computers messed up?" He says, "Yeah!" And it's OBVIOUS to EVERYONE that there is a problem.
So I mention to the librarians, "Look around, the computers aren't working."
You have never seen six shoulders shrug all in unison so non-chalantley, so quickly.
So that meant nothing was being done about it. (Like notifying someone.)
So ZD is now at an internet cafe for a few minutes.
POINT IS: If you have three librarians giving you the three monkey "see/hear/speak no evil" routine, and don't even want to look up to see if there is a problem, let alone respond to it when they are notified...
FIRE TWO OF THEM, cause you only need ONE person to "shush"...NOT THREE. And you just lost $7 Billion in risky Wall Street and Real Estate investments.
SO START BY FIRING TWO OF THE THREE "DO-NOTHINGS" AT THE LIBRARY AND READ "INTERPRETING DEMING'S 14 POINTS"!
2:18 ur ntz 2.
11:59AM,
Oh my goodness, thank you for that meltdown entertainment. Now I know what I look like. It IS entertaining, isn't it, kiddies. LU-HUV it! ;)
You know, I wasn't gonna go to the council meeting, whether I have the gas money, or not...but HOW can I resist when you are getting THIS nutty?
Jesus, Joseph and Mary, Higby, make this nightmare go away.
How many times can he take over your posts before yuo make it stop??
ditto 8:36
He has his own blog to ramble on and on and on.
Enough already!!! Its getting really boring.
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