TGIF Afternoon Political News Dump: Michael Reagan eyeing US Senate run?

The Reagan Family at its Santa Barbara Ranch decades back.

Great Friday to all as the California Republican Party Convention convenes within the confines of the Corporate Welfare City-State of AEG LA LIVE in Downtown LA. As delegates, gadflys and democratic goof balls such as Bob Mulholland make the rounds, the hot political GOP rumor and since confirmed is that Talk Show Host and son of President Ronald Reagan Michael Reagan, is serious contemplating a challenge of Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2013. Given Senator Feinstein's weaken poll numbers and her recent money issues involving Democratic Campaign Treasurer Kinde Durfee, the time may be right for another Reagan run at public office.

** On the democratic side of the political landscape, a new blog dedicated to the upcoming political theatrics in the newly-drawn 30th Congressional District "Berman vs.Sherman" debuts courtesy of the Jewish Journal. This race is shaping up to be the local political version of the Haganah vs.Irgun infighting of the Jewish Independence.

** The Daily Breeze's "South Bay Pipeline" blog has the ballot order of candidates for the CD 15 Special Election. As of now 10 candidate have been approved by the City Clerk's office with four more awaiting clearance which would bring the total approved candidate to fourteen.

** Councilman Jose Huizar and Councilwoman Jan Perry had a busy morning after El Grito, promoting their "Parklet" plan for both CD 14 and 9. Memo to Councilman Huizar, before pushing another park plan on El Sereno, should you first make sure that the needed improvements to El Sereno Park see their proper resolution?

** The Downtown News is reporting that the "Downtown Business Improvement District" (BID) has voted to remove its Executive Director Russell Brown who also served on the Downtown Neighborhood Council. Brown will be replaced by Roberto Saldana who was the recent in-house counsel for Downtown Managment which is a major real estate concern owned by Australian Holocaust Survivor Joseph Hellen (who paid for CD 14 City Council Candidate Rudy Martinez's downtown billboard).

** Coming up later today, we will have a round up on the contested Assembly races locally, plus we are hearing rumors that an exploratory committee has been set up to challenge a "certain infant assemblyman".

Your thoughts.............

Scott Johnson in CD 14