Shade & Fraud - Why Eric Garcetti Should Consider Other Career Options

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport - Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won't be going to India as U.S. Ambassador any time soon.

President Joe Biden's recent re-re-nomination of him just a few weeks ago hasn't been withdrawn, but his White House - which keeps saying how important it is to have an ambassador in India - has yet to re-re-submit Garcetti's paperwork even though the second half of his term is well underway.

As of this morning, the U.S. Senate's Executive Calendar has a bunch of nominations, but none with the name Garcetti  on it.  

There are a few reasons why.

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Another Day, Another Death. But Only Platitudes From Nithya Raman

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport - Chaos and death keep showing-up in Sherman Oaks, almost as frequently as the sunrise, while LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman keeps dodging this column's direct questions about a recent spike in deaths of homeless people and violent attacks by some of them upon the rest of her local constituency.

Now, yet another homeless person has died...

...while another yielding a knife was arrested after making death threats and climbing the roof of a local gas station, causing a major response from the LAPD and LAFD.

Because it's just about housing...right?

Raman's media flack has complained that instead of answering our direct questions, The Guss Report and Mayor Sam should quietly accept their prepared, gratuitous statement that speciously sidesteps accountability like so many Brooklyn trolley dodgers back in the day.

That approach may work in mainstream media circles, but not here, because we won't waste your time regurgitating press releases in lieu of direct questions and answers.

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EXCLUSIVE: Top Bass Candidate For LAFD Chief Retires Amid Sexual Harassment Investigation

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport - Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Deputy Armando Hogan has abruptly retired from the agency during an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment allegations that keep plaguing the LAFD.

2021 Firefighter of the Year, Armando Hogan Source: Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Association

Hogan, who newly elected mayor Karen Bass had considered for the LAFD Chief's job, was both a donor and fundraiser for her.

Well-placed City Hall sources say that footage from several of City Hall's thousands of security cameras, may have led to incriminating evidence of the allegations against Hogan by a high profile and married LAFD civilian.

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Jose Huizar - I'll be talking about his federal plea deal today at 2pm on 790-KABC

@TheGussReport - Well, it's time for disgraced former LA City Councilmember Jose Huizar to face the music in federal court, and boy did the hard-working feds have an orchestra prepared, as he formally entered his guilty plea this morning.

Former LA City Councilmember Jose Huizar

Photo by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times

Today at 2pm on 790-KABC, I'll dig into the details of his racketeering and tax evasion dirty deeds and what it is likely going to cost Huizar when he is eventually sentenced.  

As the late, great KABC star Michael Jackson used to say, "do join us!"

Nithya Raman Shrugged Before Dead Bodies Piled Up

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport - Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman spent the first few years of her time in City Hall ignoring warnings about violent attacks on her constituents by homeless addicts, especially in a one-block area of Sherman Oaks.   I wrote about that just the other day, also warning Raman of the dangers that some of the homeless also posed to themselves.

As usual, the lawmaker whose predecessor, David Ryu, was ousted after just one term in office, just shrugged.

Within a week, not one, not two, but three homeless people from this one block in the San Fernando Valley died on the streets of what used to be a nicer-than-average neighborhood.

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Does 99% Of LA Have Any Rights Remaining? (Asking For 4 Million Friends)

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport - Hello, happy new year and welcome back.

I found myself unexpectedly redirecting traffic in the middle of Ventura Boulevard last week after slamming my brakes to avoid driving over a deeply disturbed young man whose life had become so unraveled that he was rolling on the pavement and speaking incoherently in the middle of the bustling intersection.

Beyond risking his own safety, being so low to the ground, he also risked the safety of everyone else in the area, such as another driver who did not see him when quickly changing lanes to avoid the jam he had caused...once again.

I write "once again" because the man's situation became clearer when the first LAPD patrol car and LAFD ambulance rolled up.

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Introducing ................, "Total Recall Outtakes from CD-14"

As we end the first week of 2023, the Mayor Sam Blog commences "Total Recall Outtakes from CD-14", dedicated to providing objective, factually-based missives on the Grass Roots endeavor to remove embattled CD-14 City Councilman Kevin Alexander (of or de) Leon from Office.

The Official Billboard of Shame in CD-14 Political Folklore.

** Blogger's Notes: SPECIAL EVENING UPDATE!! This weekend's signature gathering has been postpone. More information will be forthcoming---S.J. With no apologies to the hate mongers within the local Political Machine (and their stenographer enablers in the Fishwrap Legacy Media), we commence our new bloggin feature ......, "Total Recall Outtakes from CD-14". As the disgrace, embattled CD-14 City Councilman Kevin Alexander (of or de) Leon seeks out those who morals can be bought with free turkeys, toys or funding from his controlled Discretionary Funds (as superbly reported upon by longtime friend Tony Butka and Karl Schumacher via the Recall Kevin Deleon Facebook Page), Recall Organizers will be out in CD-14 tomorrow seeking signatures from those who will hopefully condemn Backroom Racism ........, via the Power of Signature. As the signature gathering commences (tomorrow's locations posted below), rest assure that a "extreme fringe element (DSA, BLM and those in the hypocritical Establishment)", will hold nothing back in seeking to obstruct this exercise in Grass Roots empowerment ........ and moral accountability. In the days ahead, the Mayor Sam Blog will endeavor to keyboard relevant content regarding the political conduct (past and present) of still Councilman (of or de) Leon, and provide timely missives on current events. The Mayor Sam Blog would also like to extend an invitation to those who would like to offer their own commentary (Pro or Con), in the spirit of fostering a civil dialog, you can contact me at outwardmsj66@yahoo.com. ** We should note that previous CD-14 City Council Candidate Raquel Zamora had stated to the Boyle Heights Beat that she would be establishing a "Recall Hub" in Boyle Heights at her Family Business, we invite her to provide us updated details----Scott Johnson, BASED in CD-14.    

 

Texting K.A. (of or de) Leon!! The gathering of signatures continues this weekend.

Will the needed amount of CD-14 Voters take a stand against Racism by signing the Recall Petition to remove the Disgrace Politico born as Kevin Alexander Leon from Office??