Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Wednesday

 United Firefighters of Los Angeles (UFLAC) President Pat McOsker and fellow firefighters.

Mayor Antonio Villar.

There is nothing better for Los Angeles bloggin discourse than a "little political dust up" between Mayor Antonio Villar and former Mayor James Hahn associates, "The McOsker Brothers".

Witness Mayor Villar and LAFD Chief Brian Cumming's "defend the response times" press conference yesterday and the mayor's reaction to the proximity of UFLAC President Pat McOsker at the back of the presser, among the scribes.

As the "Brother McOsker" know, there is nothing like a vindictive Villar to contend with in local politics, especially when your most recent UFLAC memo crafted by its President Pat McOsker, reflects badly upon a mayor craving the national political spotlight (and cabinet appointment in a second President Obama Administration)....... and the reaction from Mayor Villar via the Daily News.

Villaraigosa called McOsker's criticisms outrageous, adding, "It is a reflection of the lack of leadership up in that union. It's the same guy who put out posters saying they were going to die (because of the cuts)." 

Mr Mayor, you may want want to review this emotional testimony of Luis Gonzalez before pointing fingers at UFLAC leadership in the future.

** The City Clowncil Central Committee is back in session today as we near the start of the 48 hour countdown to a Friday meeting that may see a final vote on Redistricting 2012.

** 46th Assembly District Candidate Adrin Nazarian has picked up the endorsement of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA). We are still waiting word on the fate of candidate Laurette Healey.

** City Councilman Bernard Parks had this retort to a Betty Pleasant musing from last week.

Betty Pleasant explains the whole black thing

In another column pushing Mark Ridley-Thomas over Bernard Parks in the Supervisor race, the Wave's Soulvine columnist tells some recent South L.A. history from when Mayor Jim Hahn dropped Parks as LAPD chief: "Even though I had serious problems with Parks as police chief, I was incensed by what all those white people were doing to him and I used the bully pulpit of my paper to help whip up rage against those people, to circle the wagons against those people who were bringing down a Black man. Our support for Parks had nothing to do with his being chief, and everything to do with his being Black. Yes, the instinct to close ranks racially does come to the fore, and to quote my grandpapa again, 'sometime it be like that.'" Pleasant was then city editor of the Sentinel. The Wave  

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Betty being a bit hypocritical?

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

Scott Johnson in CD 14