tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post116386054166530312..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Saturday Open ThreadMayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164091864963081372006-11-20T22:51:00.000-08:002006-11-20T22:51:00.000-08:00Has anyone been to Sierra Madre? They don't have ...Has anyone been to Sierra Madre? They don't have many, if any, palm trees, but they save all of their old trees at any cost. What a beautiful little town.<BR/><BR/>Gail Goldberg and the councilmembers ought to go for a view and have lunch at one of their great restaurants. Maybe they would learn something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164091669029370662006-11-20T22:47:00.000-08:002006-11-20T22:47:00.000-08:00Is Ms. Hahn or any of the other Clowncil members a...Is Ms. Hahn or any of the other Clowncil members aware that 100- year-old trees are being taken down all over the city by their developers which are then replaced by a couple of seedlings that take 100 years to grow to be, yes, 100-years-old?<BR/><BR/>They were arm-twisted into expanding the Tree Ordinance, but guess who has the right to make the discretionary decision to allow the trees to be taken down anyway? Why the City, of course.<BR/><BR/>Sure they are aware of all this! Do they give a damn? Hell, no!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1163881855104391932006-11-18T12:30:00.000-08:002006-11-18T12:30:00.000-08:00Great points re the Mayor and the murder.We should...Great points re the Mayor and the murder.<BR/><BR/>We should also point out that, while telling the rest of us to let go of our selfish desire to have even the tiniest of yards, he himself moved into the Mayoral Mansion, in a gated community, and has his chauffeur drive him to work. Why not instead move into an apartment in a high-rise downtown and walk to work?<BR/><BR/>Oh, I forgot: he's never in the office anyway.<BR/><BR/>And yes, Ms. Hahn and Clowncil Members, how about you take care of the hundreds of murders per year before moving on to whether our city is photogenic when observed from space?Walter Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885641116259381431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1163865886421559772006-11-18T08:04:00.000-08:002006-11-18T08:04:00.000-08:00Aren't you being unfair to Ms. Hahn? Of course not...Aren't you being unfair to Ms. Hahn? Of course not. Each day there is enough done by at least one of our councilpeople to let us know why they get the big bucks. As an astonished Jack Benny used to say (even before there was Father Guido Sarducci), "WEEELLL!!??"<BR/><BR/>Since elections are over I suppose the councilmembers will retreat into their own world of special interest agendas and blow off the public until time comes again that they need votes. Meanwhile, I expect that they will be working on getting more of that lubricant, MONEY, for their political machinery to fend off any future office challengers.<BR/><BR/>Along the way, we will continue to suffer more gems like the one you cited from Ms. Hahn. And we have to give her the big "Duuhh?" for this one.<BR/><BR/>BTW, remember it was our dear Mayor AV who said that the days of big yards (where you usually can find a tree or two) are GONE, and that L.A. is changing. More or less, his message was, "Accept it." Thank you, you great social architect.<BR/><BR/>I would like our councilpersons to get more REAL. Their salary raises are so neatly detached from their control- "What, another raise for me? It's set by the law, not us- Can't do anything about it." Such a clever device. Blah. Getting real means to get down to business on GANG violence, work on some tough love instead of buckling under to every special interest with a big mouth or big checkbook. <BR/><BR/>People are dying from these civil terrorists and all the sadness for the victims- and many there are- should open the eyes of the powers that be. Put away your proclamations and stop hurting you arms slapping yourselves on the back (Hi, Mayor) and do SOMETHING meaningful.<BR/><BR/>How are we supposed to enjoy Trees if there's a chance you or someone you know might be shot. I don't think there is an "acceptable level" for such deaths.<BR/><BR/>Anybody can be victimized by gang violence these days. And let's not forget, councilpersons, that the TRASH "FEES"(aka, "taxes") were created to get more cops onboard... so apply it to that end. I wonder why someone would want to get a job where their career could end in an a matter of moments, either through death or injury, or having a particular action dissected until it's found "out of policy" or worse.<BR/><BR/>rg in lovely e.r., a part of CD-14, Hello, Mr. Huizar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com