tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post111577500588149644..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Boyd's Republican GambitMayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1116032474876870102005-05-13T18:01:00.000-07:002005-05-13T18:01:00.000-07:00"Meruelo is republican for av"WRONG! Guess again!..."Meruelo is republican for av"<BR/><BR/>WRONG! Guess again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115947103935749542005-05-12T18:18:00.000-07:002005-05-12T18:18:00.000-07:00Meruelo is republican for avMeruelo is republican for avAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115879756693189252005-05-11T23:35:00.000-07:002005-05-11T23:35:00.000-07:00News flash:"Republican for AV" is NOT Parke or Ace...News flash:<BR/>"Republican for AV" is NOT Parke or Ace.<BR/><BR/>He really is a Republican.<BR/><BR/>He is a member of the Lincoln Club.<BR/><BR/>And he had every right to be pissed off at his fellow Rep's.<BR/><BR/>If you knew where to look, you might find out who he really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115856736309067692005-05-11T17:12:00.000-07:002005-05-11T17:12:00.000-07:00Poor Antonio lovers. You guys must really be nervo...Poor Antonio lovers. You guys must really be nervous during this last stretch. Your guy usually stumbles and screws it all up. He can all the endorsements he wants. Bottom line is the race is a hell of a lot closer and Antonio is crappying in his little shorts. He knows there's enough baggage out there on him that hasn't even come out. TIMING TIMING TIMINGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115855371180337992005-05-11T16:49:00.000-07:002005-05-11T16:49:00.000-07:00Also, is this the same formula that Donnie Fowler ...Also, is this the same formula that Donnie Fowler used to get himself fired in less than a month on Wesley Clark's campaign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115855275199003842005-05-11T16:47:00.000-07:002005-05-11T16:47:00.000-07:00I'd really like to know more about "Donnie's Victo...I'd really like to know more about "Donnie's Victory Formula." <BR/><BR/>Does it include a lot of heavy drinking and weed smoking? Because that's the formula you'd need to be taking, if you think Hahn is going to win next Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>Anybody else have any insights here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115837082535105592005-05-11T11:44:00.000-07:002005-05-11T11:44:00.000-07:00The "Z" man at the "David Breeze" nails ADV's corr...The "Z" man at the "David Breeze" nails ADV's corrupt little bi-coastal dealings again -- and running DESPARATE and losing ground fast, ADV tells media he "won't respond to Hahn's accusations anymore" (then promptly makes another accusation ABOUT Hahn). But HEY, here's good news, dirty-money-man Muerelo has better "quip" writers than Antonio does!<BR/><BR/>Wednesday, May 11, 2005 <BR/>DAILY BREEZE<BR/><BR/>Villaraigosa's donors in Florida raise eyebrows; L.A. mayoral candidate's fund-raising swings through Miami bring to light shady characters and others who have business interests in Los Angeles.<BR/>By David Zahniser <BR/>Copley News Service<BR/><BR/>For Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa, it was a whirlwind day of campaigning -- a flight to Miami followed by three back-to-back fund-raisers with members of that city's business elite.<BR/><BR/>Villaraigosa's Florida allies used the April 13 visit to promote him as a rising political star.<BR/> <BR/>But some of the participants in those fund-raisers have been drawing unwelcome attention in Miami and Los Angeles, both for their private sector transactions and their public political dealings.<BR/><BR/>With Florida fund raising now serving as a major theme of Mayor James Hahn's campaign against Villaraigosa, the councilman has had to defend his appearance with supporters who include:<BR/><BR/>Home builder Sergio Pino, who co-hosted Villaraigosa's first Miami event. Pino faced questions last year after he held a fund-raiser for Miami-Dade's top prosecutor, just as her staffers were reviewing his daughter's case for felony cocaine possession. The case was later dropped.<BR/><BR/>Lobbyist Sylvester Lukis, a co-host of Villaraigosa's second event, who was indicted on federal bribery charges and acquitted. While he was found not guilty of all 10 charges in 1997, his wife was convicted of mail fraud in the same case and was serving a 27-month prison sentence until former President Clinton freed her in the final weeks of his presidency.<BR/><BR/>Sean Anderson, president of Travel Traders, a hotel gift shop company whose employees and associates gave Villaraigosa at least $47,000. District Attorney Steve Cooley is investigating whether money laundering was involved in the contributions, which Villaraigosa has chosen to return.<BR/><BR/>Developer Richard Meruelo, a businessman whose family has given Villaraigosa more than $100,000. Meruelo, who attended two of the Miami events, is battling the Los Angeles Unified School District over the site of a proposed high school.<BR/><BR/>Meruelo's brother, Homero Meruelo Jr., who also attended Pino's event but did not make a contribution. He was convicted of insurance fraud more than a decade ago.<BR/><BR/>Hahn camp questions judgment<BR/><BR/>Hahn's top campaign adviser argued that the Miami trip raises questions about Villaraigosa's judgment.<BR/><BR/>"When he went out to Florida, he assembled a rogues' gallery of questionable characters, and it raises more and more doubts about why are these people investing their money in Antonio for mayor," said Hahn spokesman Kam Kuwata.<BR/><BR/>Villaraigosa spokesman Nathan James said there was nothing unwise about the councilman's fund-raising trip. Any criticism from Hahn over that trip is an attempt to distract voters from his "failed record of leadership, his broken promises and his own multiple federal and state investigations of his administration," James added.<BR/><BR/>"What was unwise was Jim Hahn appointing his chief fund-raiser as head of the proprietary departments" -- the harbor, airport and Department of Water and Power, James said in a reference to former Deputy Mayor Troy Edwards. "That's an action he took as mayor that he's never fully explained."<BR/><BR/>Hahn has spent the past week running attack ads on the fund-raisers in Florida, a state whose politics have been the subject of newspaper investigations and federal corruption probes for a decade. One Miami Herald columnist argued last year that lobbyists had turned Miami's airport into a "suck-hole of avarice, favoritism and waste."<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, Richard Meruelo and other Villaraigosa backers voiced disgust that Florida fund raising has become a focus of Hahn's campaign.<BR/><BR/>"Hahn has nothing better to talk about," said one supporter, Miami media consultant Jose Cancela. "Florida's always good for a few political jokes."<BR/><BR/>One Miami event was co-hosted by Pino, whose company, Century Duty Free, was targeted by Miami-Dade's inspector general in 2002 for its handling of a contract at Miami International Airport. The report concluded that Pino and his three partners received $14.6 million but provided no services.<BR/><BR/>Backer was involved in Miami inquiry<BR/><BR/>Pino was also the subject of a Miami New Times article last year that focused on his July 22 fund-raiser for State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, the top prosecutor for Miami-Dade. The event occurred a few weeks after his daughter, 24-year-old Jacqueline Pino, was arrested on charges of felony cocaine possession and resisting arrest.<BR/><BR/>Pino's daughter was apprehended outside a Miami Beach nightclub after her friend, 20-year-old Vanessa Gonzalez, got into an altercation. As Gonzalez was being arrested, Jacqueline Pino removed a Ziploc bag of cocaine from her friend's pocket, and was then arrested herself, according to a police report.<BR/><BR/>Pino threw a fund-raiser for Rundle weeks later, even as prosecutors were reviewing his daughter's case. Pino confirmed in a New Times interview that the event was at his office and said he went ahead with it because he knew the arrest had been a mistake.<BR/><BR/>Rundle's office dropped the case on Aug. 6, saying it did so because Miami Beach police officers had failed to show up for meetings on the case. In a memo, a Rundle aide also said the cases were too minor to justify the "considerable time, effort and expense."<BR/><BR/>However, Miami Beach police spokesman Bobby Hernandez said his agency considered the felony charges serious and wanted to pursue them, but tried without success to coordinate with Rundle's office.<BR/><BR/>Pino could not be reached for comment Monday and Tuesday. But Cancela, who sits on the board of Pino's company, described the timing of the fund-raiser as "pure coincidence," adding that Pino has held several events for Rundle.<BR/><BR/>In another case involving a fund-raising co-host for Villaraigosa, Lukis and his wife, Lee County Commissioner Vicki Lopez-Lukis, were indicted on 10 counts of bribery. Prosecutors asserted that Lukis funneled money to Lopez-Lukis -- his girlfriend at the time -- as he persuaded her to award a county contract for his client, according to court documents.<BR/><BR/>Lukis was found not guilty after the couple argued that they were only trying to cover up their relationship. But a jury found that his wife had "knowingly and willfully devised a scheme to defraud the citizens of Lee County of their intangible right to ... honest services," according to court records.<BR/><BR/>Asked about the case, Lukis said his legal history is irrelevant to Villaraigosa's campaign and argued that his wife has already paid a major debt to society.<BR/><BR/>Meruelo argued that his brother's criminal history is unconnected to the campaign.<BR/><BR/>"(Hahn) is just desperate," he added. "He just wants to mar Villaraigosa in the eleventh-and-a-half hour."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115836241395259792005-05-11T11:30:00.000-07:002005-05-11T11:30:00.000-07:00Did you take this to mean they were in some kind o...Did you take this to mean they were in some kind of agreement with the publication?<BR/><BR/>Isn't this what you hacks call "opp research" or some stupid shortened, prot-military speak name?<BR/><BR/>How is that any different than the Anti-Antonio's here linking to the pro-Mecha crap from Tony's past, or Hahn-haters linking up Netkin's bile to try and make Jimmy look bad.<BR/><BR/>You're STRETTTTTTCHING this SO far, you look silly.<BR/><BR/>Isn't there ANY fake good news for ADV you people can re-gurgitate? His Todies in Northeast L.A. are just NOW announcing his L.A. Sentinal endorsement -- a week or so after the fact. Now THEY know Tony and his "stick myself with the poison needle accidentally" history, and know you HAVE to save some of the fake good news for the end, to cover his 4th quarter fumbles better.<BR/><BR/>Timing, and PACING, An-Toadios!<BR/><BR/>Tony's hit the WALL in this marathon, and he's NEVER run this race well before!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115833485262810622005-05-11T10:44:00.000-07:002005-05-11T10:44:00.000-07:00come on, does no one see the absolute, stunning ir...come on, does no one see the absolute, stunning irony of an alleged REPUBLICAN email linking to the people's weekly world?<BR/><BR/>delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115832230783494222005-05-11T10:23:00.000-07:002005-05-11T10:23:00.000-07:00I just LOVE how ADV-lusters keep trying to paint L...I just LOVE how ADV-lusters keep trying to paint L.A. as some city falling down around Hahn's ears while he naps. For most people in the city, things aer BETTER than they were 4 years ago, and they JUST aren't hearing all your spin. Your not getting them where they live -- but CD14, now THAT's another story. Things are WORSE (the kinds of things an active CM COULD have fixed, quickly easily).<BR/><BR/>That story's getting told and it's being believed, NOT just in CD14.<BR/><BR/>Mack over at LA Voice -- NOT a Hahn fan, has been saying MORE and more often how ADV did NOTHING in two years.<BR/><BR/>People are learning the words to the ADV song, and Mr. "bring them together" is quickly becoming known as Mr. "leave me alone, I'm campaigning."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115831940911550162005-05-11T10:19:00.000-07:002005-05-11T10:19:00.000-07:00OKAY, you're on Mayor Sam... Next week we start th...OKAY, you're on Mayor Sam... Next week we start the petition drive to have the Avenues and White Fence gang-bangers BUSSED up to those empty Valley schools, since the school-stealing deal is so "legit" and American?<BR/><BR/>Do they Tagging 101 at Valley schools as an elective? <BR/><BR/>It'll be a REQUIREMENT for graduation after this. (Behind-the-wheel drive-by shooting training will be an elective...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115831750896067262005-05-11T10:15:00.000-07:002005-05-11T10:15:00.000-07:00Shitty logic, this:"They are both Democrats, but V...Shitty logic, this:<BR/><BR/>"They are both Democrats, but Villaraigosa is the better choice."<BR/><BR/>For Republicans, dude says... like WOW. If you can't vote for a Republican, registers GOP-types, then pick the most rabid, leftist, socialist, gang-banger coddling, non-progressing "progressive" you can find.<BR/><BR/>There's SOME odd sense to that. After four years with a do-nothing "mare" like ADV, even liberal Democrats will be ready to vote to Wacko Walter.<BR/><BR/>Is that you hiding back there, Moore-is-better-next-time. Are your secretly trying to get ADV elected so the seat will be open for another try for you in 2-3 years (or, you can run in '09, after ADV's goes upriver with Muerelo when their "legal" deal to double-deck high schoolers in the Northeast is discovered for what it is...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115831399917324432005-05-11T10:09:00.000-07:002005-05-11T10:09:00.000-07:00Hey, Repub For AV... don't worry, since you're ano...Hey, Repub For AV... don't worry, since you're anonymous, and a ACE/PArke plant, the GOP isn't going to miss you. The only GOP functions you've ever attended were as a spy, and I'm pretty sure if you eve did reveal your ID, not Reaganite would cross the street to piss on you if your hair was on fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115830431625787982005-05-11T09:53:00.000-07:002005-05-11T09:53:00.000-07:00FAKE GOP dude, if your idea of "prgress" is cranes...FAKE GOP dude, if your idea of "prgress" is cranes all over town, your not a pro-business Republican, you're a GD developer. ARE YOU RICHARD MURUELO???<BR/><BR/>Ask ADV some time what his base core rank and file in Northeast L.A. thinks about "cranes" and development.<BR/><BR/>Those tree-hugging, historic preservationists never met a development they couldn't EASILY learn to hate.<BR/><BR/>If you miss seeing your little Bob the Buider cranes all over town and think ADV and his rabid lefties will help you out on that front you are SO mistaken. There isn't a candidate in the history of city politics more beholden to the "nothing moves, nothing changes" leftist progressives than Antonio.<BR/><BR/>If you see ANYTHING related to cranes under HIS watch, it will be some neo-Greenpeacers scrapping the NEXT school site in L.A. to preserve some rare Angelino Spotted Billyclub Crane species that's number 514 on the endangered species list.<BR/><BR/>ADV = pro-BUSINESS? Boy are you spanking his endangered monkey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115829967598415862005-05-11T09:46:00.000-07:002005-05-11T09:46:00.000-07:00What was on those tapes? Come on, give Mayor Sam ...What was on those tapes? Come on, give Mayor Sam a bone here, he deserves some recognition for hosting this blog, he should have at least one scoop in this election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115827715745431292005-05-11T09:08:00.000-07:002005-05-11T09:08:00.000-07:00I am going to make a direct plea to Antonio Villar...I am going to make a direct plea to Antonio Villaraigosa. I supported you from the first Mayoral election and believed every word you said about the community and people. Last night, I was presented with the tape, the attendance was not 40 people as previously posted by the one holding the tapes, it was more private, about 25 people attended. After hearing the recordings, my support for you is over. My hope is for this tape not to be made public. I plea with Villaraigosa to be honest and for the person holding the tape, do not make it public, it's not worth the threats you might get from people in shady places. I would not release it, it is extremely damaging to Antonio Villaraigosa. I will not vote on May 17th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115827329531883132005-05-11T09:02:00.000-07:002005-05-11T09:02:00.000-07:00Thanks to a past poster who informed us on the pro...Thanks to a past poster who informed us on the process to have SVREP and Barrio Planners books audited. I and two other concerned citizens wrote our letter to the AG citing corruption and illicit activities in these two organizations mentioned above. We documented our suspicion of and not limited to Villaraigosa and his involvement, Antonio Gonzalez, Alma Martinez, Ron Martinez, Gloria Molina, Frank Villalobos, Alvin Parra, Martha Molina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115826482740419382005-05-11T08:48:00.000-07:002005-05-11T08:48:00.000-07:00Time for me to have to explain some things again:1...Time for me to have to explain some things again:<BR/><BR/>1) Individual Republicans can endorse whomever they want - Poopy, Villar or my a potted plant. <BR/><BR/>2) The problem with the Lincoln Clubs is that the corrupt leadership chose to endorse a candidate without approval of the members of that organization. That's even worse than Jimmy Hahn and Natalie Reyes driving city staffers to Democrat meetings in city owned vehicles to stack the deck on endorsement votes when they have no intention of actualy being members, but they at least followed those clubs' flawed process. What the Boyd's have done here is wrong - no matter who they endorse and Republicans have a right to be pissed.<BR/><BR/>3) I don't give a shit what Hurricane Jackie Goldberg thinks. Despite her socialism, we still have private property rights. If the owner of that property decided to sell to Muerello instead of the dumbasses at the LAUSD, so be it. If the LAUSD dropped the ball, wouldn't be the first time, but nothing criminal about it. If Muerello saw a business opportunity and speculated on some land, good for him. That's the American way. He could very well buy that property to later find the LAUSD changed their mind on it, and now the land ain't so hot.<BR/><BR/>4) Its sad that we have come to the point in this city where both the Democrats and Republicans have become horse's asses.<BR/><BR/>5) Who gives a fuck if Stuart Waldman runs against Andrei for the Neighborhood Council? What does that have to do with this post? Who gives a shit about Valley Glen? What are they going to do? Talk about the new $3 movie theatre in Valley Plaza? Get more folks to join the Ballys on Victory Blvd? For Christ's sake? Lets find something more interesting to do.Mayor Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115824077359745702005-05-11T08:07:00.000-07:002005-05-11T08:07:00.000-07:00Nick Tonsich, James Acevedo, Ted Stein, Troy Edwar...Nick Tonsich, James Acevedo, Ted Stein, Troy Edwards, Leland Wong, Chris Hammel, John Stodder, Doug Dowie, Pierce O'Donnell,Charles Fitzgerald, Alan Abrams, Alan Casden, the McOsker brothers, one in the Chief of Staff's office and the other in the Firefighters Union; how many more to go?<BR/><BR/>How much behind the scenes chicanery do you guys need to see to be convinced that this is the most investigated administration since Frank Shaw?<BR/><BR/>This city is twisting in the wind, while these folks have projects approved by the city, sit on the Commissions that approve them, pay each other huge amounts of money and give a union a huge raise because your brother is running it, make money hand over fist and all the while, we pay taxes and watch our taxpayers money go down the drain.<BR/><BR/>And still you say "Vote for Hahn" or "he fixed some potholes or fixed an intersection". How many potholes and intersections did he NOT fix?<BR/><BR/>He hasn't fixed traffic, or police or LAX or any other major problem in four long years.<BR/><BR/>He has been fiddling while LA has been burning time.<BR/><BR/>It is time for a change.<BR/><BR/>Vote for Antonio on May 17th. Nothing could be worse than Hahn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115822523165133742005-05-11T07:42:00.000-07:002005-05-11T07:42:00.000-07:00Not pissed, just amused. And no, you are not a si...Not pissed, just amused. And no, you are not a simple voter. You are a paid Hahn hack who has run a dirty, exceedingly negative campaign. Then again, I guess you can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh*&.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115821415995669472005-05-11T07:23:00.000-07:002005-05-11T07:23:00.000-07:00Testy poster and obviously an ADV lover. Sure soun...Testy poster and obviously an ADV lover. Sure sounds like their a little pissed. Could it be that they know their little man Antonio at this point in 2001 screwed it up himself? Could it be that they know in the next couple of days the big guns will come out and expose his sleazy behavior, his record on crime, his absenteeism and he's missed two weeks of city council meetings. Antonio is now saying he wants to get his positve message out. Does anyone know what that is. I love how the ADV lovers always blame Hahn staffers on posting. Idiot!!!! We're voters who are sick and tired of ADV's trust me and I can bring people together. If he can't clean up his own district he has NO business on the other side of the city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115820423066492402005-05-11T07:07:00.000-07:002005-05-11T07:07:00.000-07:00How does it feel for all you Hahn flacks to go int...How does it feel for all you Hahn flacks to go into the office every day and type, type, type as much as you possibly can for a cause you already know is lost. It makes me laugh to think of you losers wasting so much time, as if your inane comments could change the fact that Hahn is down by 11 points with 6 days to go, has no money, no morale, and no chance. Maybe if this election were based on time wasted typing Hahn would win, but unfortunately for you it isnt.<BR/><BR/>I just want to make sure you type, type, type Wednesday morning after Hahn gets his ass kicked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115819994931675242005-05-11T06:59:00.000-07:002005-05-11T06:59:00.000-07:00Now THAT's a rogue's gallery of GOP support! Arno...Now THAT's a rogue's gallery of GOP support! <BR/><BR/>Arnold's promised Murelo big deals if he DOESN'T endorse him next time around.<BR/><BR/>HA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115819927518250612005-05-11T06:58:00.000-07:002005-05-11T06:58:00.000-07:00SO change your bogus screenname "Republican_for_av...SO change your bogus screenname "Republican_for_av" - (Dirty) Money-Bags Murelo has options on using it next. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1115819828141834992005-05-11T06:57:00.000-07:002005-05-11T06:57:00.000-07:00OH, damn. Fake GOP4AV (Parke Skeleton) is going to...OH, damn. Fake GOP4AV (Parke Skeleton) is going to "leave" the Republican party...<BR/><BR/>To paraphrase Will Rogers, "now the average IQ will go up in BOTH places!"<BR/><BR/>HA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com