Happy Birthday to Larger-Than-Life City Activist Jose "Flounder" Aguilar!!

 This blogger would be callously remissed if he did not take the bloggin time to wish one of the City of Los Angeles larger-than-life political activists (in body and heart), who labors on three neighborhood councils, travels the city from cause to cause and is the undisputed heavyweight champion of information/campaign material dissemination Jose "Flounder" Aguilar, a hearty Mayor Sam Birthday!! 

Some may take issue with me for bestowing the "Flounder" moniker on my dear friend, but innocuous nicknames are better than some of the things stated last evening by members of the City Clowncil Central Committee about their colleagues. Plus, I am certain that regular readers of Mayor Sam in the vastness of the political cybersphere, have coined other explicit phrases for Jose, especially those within the machine at 200 Spring Street. 

Wherever Jose is at this late hour (posting campaign signs? Evening snack?), we are sure that his response to this surprise Mayor Sam B-day greeting, would run along Flounder's famous line in Animal House, "HHHEEEEYYY, isn't this great!"

When this blogger first met Jose, my initial reaction was along the line of Flounder's faternity brothers, (only I threw verbal and bloggin barbs, not beer bottles) When Jose flirted with embacing the machine during the last CD 14 Elections, it was tough love and a bond of activist brotherhood that keep our friendship together.

Thus once again, I'm sure that I speak for many across the political landscape in wishing my close friend Jose "Flounder" Aguilar, a blogging great birthday!

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

Scott Johnson in CD 14