Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Monday
When it comes to shared sacrifice for LA's Neighborhood Councils in the current budget climate, the Daily Breeze agrees that the 10% reduction proposed by the Mayor is fair. So does Eric Garcetti. Yet Sleeping Greig Smith and Bitter Bernie Parks want to slash the panels' annual stipend to an amount equal to the the price of a two bedroom home in Van Nuys - in 1958. Smith is apparently so resentful of the Councils in his District that he's willing to play economic hardball. However before that happens City Hall will be under siege from SLAP-happy Bastille stormers fresh off their historic victory on Measure B. It's unlikely Sleepy and the Bitterman will be able to find more than a handful of CMs who will want to face pitchforks up their patoots.
Council President EricGarcetti is asking his constituents what should be done with all the new Obama era spendalus money targeted for his District. Atwater Village Newbie has a good answer: "Do your job." Rather than creating photo opp worthy new projects focus on fixing what's already broken. Good advice.
The always on top and politically active Beckford School moms and dads in the San Fernando Valley are stepping up again. They're joining with some neighboring schools to stage a protest rally against the LAUSD's nonsense. Pretty impressive in that they've lined up both controversial school board member Tamar Galatzan as well as comedian Sandra Tsing-Loh. Via the Beckford Parents Blog.
LAUSD couldn't entice big name educators from the East Coast to come and run the new multi-million dollar "arts" high school downtown so they've turned to Van Nuys instead. The Downtown News reports that Suzanne Blake of Vista Middle School will helm the new campus, which has been the target of criticism from within several camps in LA.
Speaking of the Downtown News apparently our friend and blogger Don Garza from Central City East has a problem with the paper. Don feels that the News is spamming him with weekly news updates and can't seem to get off the list. We think that both the News and Don Garza are excellent sources of information about our City's center however perhaps our other friend Jon Regardie, executive editor of the paper, can get Don off the list or at least take him out for a cup of coffee and patch things up. We hope so.
We noted recently proposals in the State Legislature to sell the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, most likely to USC. Apparently County Supervisor and Coliseum Commission board member Zev Yaroslavsky is aghast at the idea. The Coliseum Commission - a confusing joint powers arrangement of the City, County and State - has really done a poor job over the years managing the facility, probably botched any chance for pro-football in LA proper and has allowed the facility to forgo much needed improvements. There is no doubt USC would do an excellent job of running the stadium. Zev needs to think less about his season tickets and stop acting like a Bruin.
Council President EricGarcetti is asking his constituents what should be done with all the new Obama era spendalus money targeted for his District. Atwater Village Newbie has a good answer: "Do your job." Rather than creating photo opp worthy new projects focus on fixing what's already broken. Good advice.
The always on top and politically active Beckford School moms and dads in the San Fernando Valley are stepping up again. They're joining with some neighboring schools to stage a protest rally against the LAUSD's nonsense. Pretty impressive in that they've lined up both controversial school board member Tamar Galatzan as well as comedian Sandra Tsing-Loh. Via the Beckford Parents Blog.
LAUSD couldn't entice big name educators from the East Coast to come and run the new multi-million dollar "arts" high school downtown so they've turned to Van Nuys instead. The Downtown News reports that Suzanne Blake of Vista Middle School will helm the new campus, which has been the target of criticism from within several camps in LA.
Speaking of the Downtown News apparently our friend and blogger Don Garza from Central City East has a problem with the paper. Don feels that the News is spamming him with weekly news updates and can't seem to get off the list. We think that both the News and Don Garza are excellent sources of information about our City's center however perhaps our other friend Jon Regardie, executive editor of the paper, can get Don off the list or at least take him out for a cup of coffee and patch things up. We hope so.
We noted recently proposals in the State Legislature to sell the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, most likely to USC. Apparently County Supervisor and Coliseum Commission board member Zev Yaroslavsky is aghast at the idea. The Coliseum Commission - a confusing joint powers arrangement of the City, County and State - has really done a poor job over the years managing the facility, probably botched any chance for pro-football in LA proper and has allowed the facility to forgo much needed improvements. There is no doubt USC would do an excellent job of running the stadium. Zev needs to think less about his season tickets and stop acting like a Bruin.
Labels: 2009-2010 City Budget, beckford pta, Bitter Bernie, don garza, eric garcetti, fee waivers, greig smith, jon regardie, lausd, los angeles memorial coliseum, neighborhood councils
Posted by Michael Higby @ 5/11/2009 04:00:00 AM
7 Comments:
It doesn't matter what the fee waivers are for they are out of control. People should call their CMs and let them know it has to stop.
Michael, I have NO idea how a certain issue that is bigger than Watergate was left uncovered on your Hotsheet today.
In a related and un-coverd matter on this blog,, Richard Riordan just announced on the radio this morning that the State will be bankrupt in five years over the pension and retirement funds.
Ten percent salary cut? For whom? Just the civilian employees - who make up less than 1/3 of the city's salary costs.
Why not make the Fire fighters and cops take a cut - then they could all take a much smaller cut.
Higby, you kow nothing aobut the Coliseum Commission or its effort to gain a team from the NFL.
Over the years, the Commission has exerted great efforts to get a team, but were thwarted for years becuse of Paul Tagliabue's hate for the Raiders and the Commission that joined in a suit against the league that netted millions to Al Davis and about $15 Million to the Commission. Tagliabue was the lawyer that lost the case and he never forgot it.
Meddling by Mike Ovitz kept the league from choosing the Coliseum later in the 90's.
Now, Ed Roski is mounting a strong campaign to build a new venue in The City of Industry. It is too bad, because the Coliseum still is the best location and the Commission would gladly have a NFL team there and would glady remodel to make it happen.
Higby, your tirade sounds like the uninformed Saltsburg stirring up crap about which he knows nothing.
Go libel someone else; you are dead wrong on this one.
Mayor Sam how come you allow comments by RedSnot that Villaraigosa is fat, when you yourself were hyper sensitive to someone making similar comments about you this weekend?
If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander, unless you say that there are rules for all of us when we make comments, and a separate set of rules for you.
I think you overreacted in your string of comments this weekend. And I would have thought that in the wake of those comments, you would not be allowing RedSnot to make similarly obnoxious comments about our Mayor.
I definitely don't care, either.
9:03
You have your facts wrong. The reason the NFL didn't come back to LA was because they wanted the taxpayers to put money into a stadium. When local officials said no (as they should) the league took $500+ million from Bob McNair and gave the expansion franchise to Houston, which would start as the Texans in 2002.
This went down in 1999.
Ovitz and his group (Tom Cruise, Magic, Jerry West, etc.) had a good stadium, but on a toxic site in Carson.
Ed Roski and his group decided to update the Coliseum. Excellent plans.
NFL designated Ovitz as the party they wanted to deal with, so he took over the idea of renovating the Coliseum.
Yet time and again, the NFL asked for the taxpayers to pony up. At one point, Ovitz offered to have the city build a parking garage (with tax dollars) to serve the Coliseum, USC, Exposition Park, and the California Science Center. It would've paid for itself with parking fees.
The NFL said that wasn't enough.
Believe me, the Coliseum Commission has a HORRIBLE record of keeping tenants in both the Coliseum and Sports Arena.
But even they can't be blamed for the failure to get an expansion team.
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