Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Monday

District Attorney Steve Cooley is well on his way to being re-elected to his third term though he once blasted former opponent and District Attorney Gil Garcetti for doing the same. Cooley says he further goals to achieve.

Despite the scares and Neighborhood Council votes, Joe Mailander reports that LA's libraries have not been cut in their funding in the coming City Budget. Still it was a good opportunity for the libraries to shake down their patrons and the Neighborhood Councils.

You've read here about the antics of former Glassell Park Neighborhood Council President Bradley and his top lieutenant Paula Bagasao. Now David Markland picks up the story at his KNBC blog. Among the antics at the Council's meeting Tuesday; reviewing complaints over Bradley's attempt to prevent a stakeholder from video taping the Council's meetings and a complaint against Bagasao for alleged racist remarks made against Hispanics and Whites. In case you forgot what fun Bradley and Bagasao are, here' s video reminder.



Rick Orlov blogs what local Democratic activist and former candidate for LA Community College District Trustee Maria Agazaryan and her husband did with their $2100 tax rebate stimulus check: a shopping spree for patio furniture.

A goofy screed about the comining of the new 747 area code as an overlay for the 818. Writing in CityWatch developer Rickey Gelb doesn't understand how after 20 years of use the area code is running out of numbers. His math of six numbers of every man, woman in child doesn't take into account business lines, cell phones and other uses for lines. Time marches on Rickey, its time for another area code.

You can see a video of the new MTA advertising in subway tunnels at the LA Times website. Though the billboard NIMBYs are screaming about it. It reminds me of the old Peoplemover throuh Superspeed Tunnel at Disneyland back in the 70s.