tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post111189371305398487..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: "How to Make Friends and Influence People: Six Ways to Make People Like You" by Bill Carrick and Kam KuwataMayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112079811922855802005-03-28T23:03:00.000-08:002005-03-28T23:03:00.000-08:00Antonio commissioned Hoffblum to do a poll?Now, th...Antonio commissioned Hoffblum to do a poll?<BR/><BR/>Now, that would be news!<BR/><BR/>Are yuo guys so green that you don't know that Hoffblum is a leading Republican pollster?<BR/><BR/>No, sorry Hahnistas, this one is on the up and up.<BR/><BR/>Jimmy Poopy is pooping big time. He can't even throw mud very well,. Most of his inside "shots" were so inside that most of the public didn't know what the Hell he was talking about.<BR/><BR/>Watch the money dry up for the about to be ex-Mayor as we most toward the finish line; the penalty for bad polls is that no one will give the money.<BR/><BR/>The polls tell a sad tale for Kenny's Baby Boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112065138479931732005-03-28T18:58:00.000-08:002005-03-28T18:58:00.000-08:00We just saw the replay tape of the debate today. W...We just saw the replay tape of the debate today. Why does'nt Antonio show the list of the names of the people in his distric that asked him to run and take a picture with them. That should shut people up. The question was asked in the debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112059270489877812005-03-28T17:21:00.000-08:002005-03-28T17:21:00.000-08:00EXACTLY, and that's because Antonio Villaraigosa i...EXACTLY, and that's because Antonio Villaraigosa is a pathological liar who can't be trusted to do anything he says he'll do. Someone prove me wrong.<BR/><BR/>End of story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112059186478639422005-03-28T17:19:00.000-08:002005-03-28T17:19:00.000-08:00"He has to prove Antonio is bad by going negative...."He has to prove Antonio is bad by going negative..."<BR/><BR/>Maybe you haven't been paying attention here? ADV can't prove he's NOT bad to save himself. The Fat-Cat's out of the bag on his negligence, lying, and incompetence over the past two years. No one has to go negative - just state the facts. Even the media is beginning to see the light of day through Antonio's empty suit. In a city stuck in the doldrums, people are beginning to see that a "do-nothing" councilmember who wants to become a "do-less" mayor out of sheer boredom and vindictiveness would be worse than sticking with what they've got now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112057730616827002005-03-28T16:55:00.000-08:002005-03-28T16:55:00.000-08:00To all you haters:With a little over 7 weeks to go...To all you haters:<BR/><BR/>With a little over 7 weeks to go Jimmy is toast.<BR/><BR/>He has to do two MAJOR things if he wants to make this race close:<BR/><BR/>1.) He has to prove Antonio is bad by going negative. To go hard and negative this early will only backfire and cost him votes because people, time and again, state that they hate mudslinging. Any errosion from his numbers to either Antonio or to no candidate (they stay home) only makes task #2 that much harder.<BR/><BR/>2.) Give a reason for folks to vote for him in a clear direct message. You can't have a mixed message like Bustamante or Kerry. "Vote against the re-call and for me." Simple - vote for me because blah, blah, blah.<BR/><BR/>CAN'T do #2 becasue he's #2.<BR/><BR/>Oh, what was that? I think that was a nail in his coffin (figurative). RIP Jim Hahn political career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112056636791403542005-03-28T16:37:00.000-08:002005-03-28T16:37:00.000-08:00You gotta love Steve Lopez in LAT. He even gets i...You gotta love Steve Lopez in LAT. He even gets it when it comes to Antonio.....<BR/><BR/>Challenger Antonio Villaraigosa is getting by on nothing but the fact that he isn't Jim Hahn. It's L.A., so we don't mind being lied to. For instance, Villaraigosa says he's going to build the world's greatest mass-transit system. There's a better chance of Keanu Reeves becoming an astronaut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112056191911002142005-03-28T16:29:00.000-08:002005-03-28T16:29:00.000-08:00You guys are hilarious but right on track. Once p...You guys are hilarious but right on track. Once people start hearing Antonio's been a sorry ass councilman they won't vote for him. Just put the records out there and the issues and Antonio doesn't have a chance in hell. He can take all the polls he wants but just wait until people realize he's been faking it all this time do you really think they'll vote for him as mayor? I DON'T THINK SOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112054546050253482005-03-28T16:02:00.000-08:002005-03-28T16:02:00.000-08:00I remember the last DC-based ADV favorability poll...I remember the last DC-based ADV favorability poll someone posted here. It said he had 81 percent favorability on his district (but then he didn't, that was "something else"), but then the same posters tried to say that meant 81 percent of LATINOS in ALL of the Eastside (not just his district), in primary voting... but then it didn't really. But, then they said they meant 62 percent, or was it 68 percent, or maybe. . . a higher percentage of a lower turnout, of a smaller group of likely voters assuming... something else!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112054241567144762005-03-28T15:57:00.000-08:002005-03-28T15:57:00.000-08:00So this means people are STILL going to vote for H...So this means people are STILL going to vote for Hertzberg and Parks, in the runoff, just for the hell of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112054189301343052005-03-28T15:56:00.000-08:002005-03-28T15:56:00.000-08:00I'm sure the results of that just-posted, ADV-cons...I'm sure the results of that just-posted, ADV-consigned poll is very disappointing for his camp to hear at this point. Privately, they're sharing the results of the latest KABC-TV, SurveyUSA bot-poll that shows Villaraigosa in a lot better shape.<BR/><BR/>Villaraigosa: + 81 percent<BR/>Hahn: - 4 percent<BR/>Undecided: + 36 percent<BR/><BR/>With leaners: Villaraigosa: + 109 percent<BR/>Hahn: - 13 percent<BR/><BR/>Overall ADV has a 145% favorability rating, with 69 percent of those saying they would like to BEAR HIS CHILDREN men/women approx. same sampling); according to the same ADV-purchases poll, Hahn's favorability is [minus] 31 percent, with 24 percent of those saying they would like to REMOVE HIS FEEDING TUBE on or before May 17.<BR/><BR/>The good news for Hahn, however, is that this time the hyper-reliable SurveyUSA margin of error is +/- .000037% -- I'm just not sure which of these polls to believe?<BR/><BR/>HA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112050139034657952005-03-28T14:48:00.000-08:002005-03-28T14:48:00.000-08:00The Target Book was faxed this a.m. a new poll con...The Target Book was faxed this a.m. a new poll conducted this past week on the Los Angeles mayor's race. It was conducted for the Villaraigosa campaign by the Feldman Group (Diane Feldman), a Washington, D.C. based Democratic polling firm. The sample size of "likely voters" was 802 (error factor of +/- 2.2%). It is based on a 35 percent voter turnout.<BR/><BR/>If the election for Mayor were being held today and the candidates were (READ AND ROTATE FULL NAMES BELOW) for whom would you vote?<BR/><BR/>JAMES HAHN, Mayor 32%; ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA, Councilmember 54%; (DO NOT READ) Undecided 14%.<BR/><BR/>WITH LEANS: Hahn 36%, Villaraigosa 57%, undecided 7%<BR/><BR/>Your opinion on each candidate is VERY FAVORABLE, FAVORABLE, UNFAVORABLE, VERY UNFAVORABLE?<BR/><BR/>HAHN: 7/40/37/8 (47-45); VILLARAIGOSA: 19/46/18/6 (65-24)<BR/><BR/>Bernard Parks: 4/40/33/5 (44-38); Hertzberg: 7/34/20/3 (41-23)<BR/><BR/>Overall, do you think James Hahn deserves reelection as Mayor, or do you think that someone else should be given a chance.<BR/>Deserves reelection: 27%; Someone else 64%; don't know 9%<BR/><BR/>Allan Hoffenblum<BR/>CA Target BookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112043532245479142005-03-28T12:58:00.000-08:002005-03-28T12:58:00.000-08:00Maybe we need "term minimums" as much or more than...Maybe we need "term minimums" as much or more than term limits? If some of these people knew they had to stay in place for four full years before they could jump jobs, they might actually try concentrating for the first 2-3 years and have something to show for getting paid the big bucks besides more big bucks in the next campaign fund.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112043317378168282005-03-28T12:55:00.000-08:002005-03-28T12:55:00.000-08:00Didn't I also just see where the much-needed new p...Didn't I also just see where the much-needed new public high school project at Taylor Yard is also in jeopardy (serving some of the more jam-packed communities in CD-14), and may end up being MORE dense, overpriced housing tracts instead<br /><br />That was also championed by some of ADV's home-community supporters, and backed by him. <br /><br />Isn't this another another sterling example of ADV's impotent influence (not to mention a screw-up on the part of his hand-picked successor in the CD14 council position, LAUSD board's Jose Huizar)? Is anybody paying attention to the critical aspects of Eastside life or is every pol out there trying so hard to skip to the next job that they can't complete one stinking project for the people that elected them in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112039764634631662005-03-28T11:56:00.000-08:002005-03-28T11:56:00.000-08:00Let's not forget the Homeboy Industries Graffiti A...Let's not forget the Homeboy Industries Graffiti Abatement program which literally died. Two workers were killed cleaning graffiti and the project was stopped. The previous councilman had raised money to buy 6 fully equipped trucks and offered a measure of security. For the first time ever, Boyle Heights was virtually graffiti free. <BR/><BR/>Then Tony dropped the ball on the large object trash program which the previous councilman had implemented. Using the waste transfer station on Washington Blvd, residents were actually paid for dropping off large, bulky items which were all over Boyle Heights' streets and allies. Boyle Heights had never been cleaner, residents were actually takng pride in the appearance in their community. Then Tony comes along, look at Boyle Heights now, even Pico Union is looking better. Thanks Tony for turning us into the armpit of Los Angeles!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112037993090605642005-03-28T11:26:00.000-08:002005-03-28T11:26:00.000-08:00Since the thread topic was about "influence" I thi...Since the thread topic was about "influence" I think Tony V. takes the prize for least effective influence on things that really matter to his own community. This is about the 5th or 6th significant failure on his part to do anything about destruction of open space, culture, or quality of life in his own district pointed out on this blog in recent months. Meanwhile, far-less "charismatic" Reyes, next door, is hitting doubles and the occasional homerun for his constituents in CD1 with similar concerns. Villaraigosa has a recent win/loss record that mimicks the current Lakers' - especially in the Northeast, where he lives. Southwest Museum, Elephant Hills, Pacific High School, Moon Canyon, Santa Fe Hill, and on and on. Each had his "support" which seems to be the kiss-of-death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112037528068288842005-03-28T11:18:00.000-08:002005-03-28T11:18:00.000-08:00Attention Deficient Villaraigosa's gross impotence...Attention Deficient Villaraigosa's gross impotence as a public "servant" is on display once again this week. The Southwest Museum, the "jewel" of his district and home community for decades and one of its main tourist and cultural attractions is being consumed by the Gene Autry Museum (cowboys beating up the Indians again) and moved against the community's wishes to a new location, while ADV is twiddling his thumbs or sucking them, or something. He's been "supporting" its retention in Mount Washington (lip service) for several years now. They put a Goldline stop there just for the museum (remember... that's the mass transit ADV single-handedly saved?) <BR/><BR/>Gee, what well-known edifice will he have to stand in front of now for campaign mailer photos -- to prove he knows where CD14 is? He's been using the Southwest's picture for the last 3-4 races. Maybe he can still pose in front of the empty shell of what was L.A.'s first museum, now abandoned, and just tell people it's the new shrine to Antonio VIAGRA-gosa, patron saint of flaccid political support. <BR/><BR/>Gawd help you if ADV "supports" your cause. You might as well kiss it goodbye the minute he signs on...<BR/><BR/>HEADLINE: Autry National Center Commissions Overland Partners Architects to Design New Buildings and Galleries at Los Angeles Campus; Design will highlight collection of Southwest Museum of the American Indian and expand Center's Research Institute and Library<BR/><BR/>LOS ANGELES (March 7, 2005) -- The Autry National Center has selected Overland Partners<BR/>Architects, an award-winning firm based in San Antonio, Texas, to develop a master<BR/>plan and design new buildings and expanded galleries for the multicultural history<BR/>center's campus in Los Angeles's Griffith Park. The project will physically merge<BR/>the multiple institutions that have come together in recent years to form the Autry<BR/>National Center. A large portion of the Autry's expansion will be dedicated to the<BR/>Southwest Museum of the American Indian, quintupling the gallery space currently<BR/>devoted to its world-class collection. <BR/><BR/>[SNIP]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112031121799680022005-03-28T09:32:00.000-08:002005-03-28T09:32:00.000-08:00Unbelievable that the truth about Antonio is comin...Unbelievable that the truth about Antonio is coming out. Amazing that the rest of the city is seeing one person on TV and the rest of us who know the ins and outs of Antonio and his moronic field staff know the truth. Antonio has no class, sleazy and a big bully. When some of his constituents go to city council to speak their mind he has that arrogant asshole Jimmy Blackman or Antonio himself confronts the person and tells them NOT to go to council and embarrass him. Is this the kind of man who should be mayor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112030508934252082005-03-28T09:21:00.000-08:002005-03-28T09:21:00.000-08:008:14 ANONWhat's this about a child abuse case bein...8:14 ANON<BR/><BR/>What's this about a child abuse case being filed against Tony?<BR/><BR/>Got any more details?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112026497416383922005-03-28T08:14:00.000-08:002005-03-28T08:14:00.000-08:00What's all this stuff about Tony being a barrio bu...What's all this stuff about Tony being a barrio bully? He was never a barrio bully, I know, I grew up with him. He was just a big coward who always ran away from a fair fight and came back with either a knife - box cutters were his choice - or the Rodriguez brothers that he always hid behind. He had a big mouth and was a big instigator, just like any other little pussy out there. Tony was always the guy yelling the insults then getting his ass- all 5 foot 6 of him - out of the way while others fought his battles - sound familiar, this is exactly the way he runs his political campaigns - always the crying wimp. Like Steve Lopez said, L.A. may loved to be lied to, but they don't like pussies! The only people Tony fought with were women, and the list is pretty long. And by the way, do you guys know that there is a Children's Protective Services report on Tony. The mother of his second daughter -Priscilla - filed an action against him because she showed up to school one day with a big bruise on her arm after Tony tired to play weekend daddy. Accoriding to Tony, he pinched her because she was out of line and a bruise was left. I'm sure Parke had this sealed already but I bet there are some school records out there. Way to go Tony, can't fight a man but women and children are fiar game!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112024233307280042005-03-28T07:37:00.000-08:002005-03-28T07:37:00.000-08:00So take a great big guess about who will be the su...So take a great big guess about who will be the subject of Antonio's wrath...<BR/><BR/>Better watch your six.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112021984369954512005-03-28T06:59:00.000-08:002005-03-28T06:59:00.000-08:00Antonio's people have been in the cold for four ye...Antonio's people have been in the cold for four years? You don't know what you are talking about. Immediately Tony got on the council, he had his people get plumb commisssioner jobs and positions, i.e., Cynthia Ruiz. And all Antonio did was to screw the mayor. You Villaraigosa supporters just mouth off without knowing any of the facts. <BR/><BR/>PS. And Villaraigosa is very, very vindictive. Why the LAT and other papers don't carry this stuff on Villaraigosa is a local scandal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1112020804773286112005-03-28T06:40:00.000-08:002005-03-28T06:40:00.000-08:00ISSUES, ISSUES, ISSUES, Hahn is going to blow Anto...ISSUES, ISSUES, ISSUES, Hahn is going to blow Antonio away tonight talking about issues and his accomplishments. Antonio has NO RECORD and has to go back to his assembly days. Those who are active in CD14 know all to well that Antonio has threatened and harrass people who aren't supporting him. That is his barrio bully way. Let's see how he does alone tonight. He had the other 3 candidates attacking Hahn last time. But Antonio doesn't know how to defend himself alone. I guarantee every time Hahn states an accomplishment all Antonio will do is attack. MEAT grow up!! Chief Parker shame on you being used as Antonio whimping boy. Let him do his own dirty work. I remember the days when you were balanced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1111999726277371872005-03-28T00:48:00.000-08:002005-03-28T00:48:00.000-08:00If the point of this original post is to say that ...If the point of this original post is to say that Hahn's campaign people aren't being nice to those who oppose them, why us that worthy of an expose'<BR/><BR/>Have you read what ADV's people say about and to Hahn and his supporters. Where's the difference? <BR/><BR/>I'm sure you're back on ADV's Parke-penned, pep-rally e-mail letter of the day by now Mayor Sam and/or Chief? Read those and say honestly whether they are any kind of "love" letters about their opponent, then cut out the hypocritical one-sided finger-pointing bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1111999438580992572005-03-28T00:43:00.000-08:002005-03-28T00:43:00.000-08:00It isn't the mean, nasty, negative stuff you have ...It isn't the mean, nasty, negative stuff you have trouble re-butting MEAT. You just shout back nasty stuff about Hahn. It's the straightforward, logical, questions dealing with Villaraigosa continued lack of honesty and inability to gte anything done in two years in CD14 that are too hard for you to deal with. You try to spin back campaign tripe, which is quickly refuted as being lies and exaggeration, and then on your second pass, you accused the people who expose the lies as "haters." Its been a constant revolving door. 1) You lie for ADV; 2) Your lies are exposed by people who know him and his record better, 3) you can't respond logically, so you say they "hate" or are Hahn staffers trying to protect their jobs, or are "bitter" Pacheco ex-staffers... and then finally you attack Hahn again with some unproven claim of corruption.<BR/><BR/>ADV's corruption is offered in evidence here every day often by you, in the repetition of campaign lies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1111997532932317152005-03-28T00:12:00.000-08:002005-03-28T00:12:00.000-08:00[From L.A. Observed]"The Villaraigosa campaign on ...[From L.A. Observed]<BR/><BR/>"The Villaraigosa campaign on Friday emailed reporters a release titled "The Question for Jim Hahn: Just How Hypocritical Can You Get?" It then showed up verbatim as an item from "Chief Parker" on the Mayor Sam anony-blog without mention of the source. *Update: As of 3 p.m. Saturday, the item has been pulled along with a few dozen or so comments."<BR/><BR/>WHAT HAPPENED MAYOR SAM???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com