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Yesterday, City Planning hosted the first of what should be many public input opportunities regarding AEG's proposed downtown football stadium. Attendees were asked to submit written comments addressing the concerns they may have over impacts of the billion dollar stadium. I'm pretty sure when it's all said and done, traffic impacts will wind up being the number one concern that the draft EIR will need to address. And no, the Environmental Impact Report will not be including concerns over stadium beer prices, sorry.
KCET is reported to be in talks with the Church of Scientology to sell their historic Sunset Blvd studio.
Oh No! Does this mean they'll paint the whole facility that revolting shade of blue? Will Huell Howser have to take the Free Personality Test? Will Xenu be hanging out at the nearby Tiki Ti Bar? We're still waiting for a statement from Anonymous on what their response to the deal will be.
The City Council and Controller Wendy Greuel are warning all city department heads that if they blow their budgets they may not get paid. Now that's an incentive program!
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation has been forced to cancel a GOP Presidential Debate scheduled for May 2 due to "lack of committed candidates". The Foundation will try again on Sept 14th, hoping that maybe by then there will be a Republican field worth holding a debate over.
And finally, now that exploding potato head Kevin James has entered the mayoral race, there has been some speculation if any other right wing blowhards might throw their hat in the ring as well. Well, if you follow the social networks you might have seen a recent poll where people are actually writing in the name of our resident Tea Party wacko, Michael Higby, as a choice for Mayor of LA in 2013. C'mon people, I like the guy, but if Michael was Mayor, Los Angeles would become some sort of Libertarian hellhole where the Department of City Planning would be disbanded and people could build nuclear plants in their back yards.
Let's just pretend that poll never happened, okay?
Labels: AEG, Controller wendy greuel, EIR, Michael Higby for Mayor?
Posted by Unknown @ 3/31/2011 12:00:00 AM
17 Comments:
I think Higby would be a great candidate. He'd never win but he sure would kick some butt in the debates.
"...but if Michael was Mayor, Los Angeles would become some sort of Libertarian hellhole where the Department of City Planning would be disbanded and people could build nuclear plants in their back yards."
That doesn't sound like hell to me.
One way to mitigate the traffic around the proposed stadium....make all the streets "One Way" streets....Let's call it the "Mayor's Way!"
Joe,
Why didn't you mention the "BREAKING NEWS" in Ohio, regarding unions?
Is it because the news part of it doesn't meld with your p.o.v., so you don't want to write about it? Or will you say that you've got plenty of other things to write about?
How can similar news of for the union in Wisconsin be "BREAKING NEWS" but not in Ohio?
In the same way that people told Stephen Box that he had to lose the stupid attire and hat, Higby would have to go on a strict training and proper diet program. Sad as it might be, "noone" is going to vote for someone who looks like they could drop at any moment. That ingrate Zuma Dogg posted very unflattering photos of Higby last year, further proving that petty jealousies of Zuma Dogg and Phil Jennerjahn are at the core of their dumb commentaries.
Higby doesn't get respect on his own blog. He won't be able to get it from the public at large.
If Michael Higby ran for Mayor, you won't need a crytal ball to predict what his position will be on the food trucks.
In a runoff, Mayor Sam couldn't get a tenth of the votes that Zuma Dogg could.
12:52a, that's only because Higby has a big mouth, not because he understands issues or policies.
The entire 6 years of this blog would be perfect fodder for his critics.
I'd sooner vote for Richard "DICK" AlarCON before I'd vote for Higby.
He'd get more votes than Jennerjahn!
Good morning, Joe B:
How do you feel about Obama putting forces (military and CIA) on the ground in Libya?
I anticipate that you'll say that the forces were put there by NATO, but NATO is largely paid for with our tax dollars, and nearly half of its forces are U.S. soldiers.
Didn't Obama get a Nobel PEACE prize? Libya doesn't pose a threat to the U.S.
What do you suspect has changed? I think it's that Obama hadn't a clue about what it's really like to be president, and when he landed in the Oval Office, the realities hit him square in the face.
What say you?
I'm with you 8:28a!
I hope Higby gets to feel what it's like to campaign alongside Phil Jennerjahn, a truly narcissistic nut case who only HIGBY thinks is "smart."
Right Joe B!?
I would never fucking cast my vote for an a**hole like Mayor Sam.
8:05... speaking of Alarcon...
IS anyone, anywhere, going to give us an update on that case?
it's been a year.
The only contest that Higby could win is that July 4th one eating frankfurters against that Asian dude.
Let's see the council is going to give AEG anything they want on concessions. Does this mean the city deficit gets bigger? Who picks up the tab for traffic improvements like upgraded offramps and other street improvement, oh that's right the council will waive that cost to or let the taxpayer pick it up. This sounds like a deal we cannot refuse.
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