Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Monday

Bringing Back Broadway Executive Director Jessica Wethington McLean

Former Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) E.D. Russell Brown.

As the Downtown News reported on the controversy over the termination of Russell Brown as the Historic Downtown BID Executive Director Russell Brown, Councilman Jose Huizar was none too happy about seeing "his guy" being kicked to the Broadway curve. Thus, last Friday Councilman Huizar sent Bringing Back Broadway E.D. Jessica Wethington McLean to the Historic Downtown BID special meeting on the executive director controversy, to enunciate Councilman Huizar's feelings .......and the results were not pretty.

According to sources, McLean attempted to lay down the Huizzy way, with no conditions, to the Board of Directors which provoked a sharp exchange between McLean and Downtown Developer Tom Gilmore. The net result is that the Historic Downtown BID Board of Directors stood their ground and Team Huizzy came out looking less than professional.

** Coliseum employees sure know how to game the system when it comes to paying itself perks and no surprise that the "Valley Greuel" that daylights as the City Controller is pandering with another shallow audit that doubles as a name recognition exercise. 

** Governor Jerry "Moonbeam II" Brown will be front and center in the latest AEG production, as the Governor signs the Farmers Field Bill that grants special eniviromental exemptions to the Corporate Welfare City-State of AEG LA LIVE..

** Where are local leaders such as Mayor Antonio Villar and County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky imploring their fellow Democrats to "stay the heck away" from the anticipated OBAMAJAMAGEDDON traffic nightmare that will descend on West LA today?

Your thoughts...............

Scott Johnson in CD 14

Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles "Crumbling" Political Machine for Wednesday

Slayer of Mayor Antonio Villar's "Education Machine" and now LAUSD School Board Member Bennett Kayser.

Meet the "David" of the Los Angeles Political Community Bennett Kayser, who took on the assumptive heir of Mayor Villar's Educational Machine Luis Sanchez and dispatched him to the pandering haven of connected CBOs in Boyle Heights, with his upset election to the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education.

Tonight in a major blow to the Mayor Antonio Villar, Kayser took his political slingshot, whirled and flung in the direction of CRA/LA and the results ........, the LAUSD School Board voted to oppose Mayor Villar in his battle against Governor Jerry "Moonbeam II" Brown's plan to reallocate redevelopment funds to offset cuts in the state budget. Breaking ranks with the mayor was Board Member Richard "Dr, Death" Vladovic, who joined fellow Board Members Kayser, Steve Zimmer and Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte in supporting Kayser's resolution.

Councilman Jose Huizar supporter and "former" Downtown BID Executive Director Russell Brown.

When CD 14 City Councilman Jose Huizar can't kick your elected body out of its office space, then he trys using the "open meeting law" to get his way as the controversy over the removal of Huizar supporter Russell Brown from his E.D. position with the Downtown BID grows within the concrete canyons downtown. Lets remember as Huizar's office cries about supposed "open meeting laws violations", that these are the same lawbreakers who ignored Public Records Act requests from multiple entities, regarding the CLARTS Fund.

** Former City Councilman Robert Farrell's quest at a political comeback in the CD 15 Special Election, came to an end as the City Clerk deemed him not eligible for the ballot due to lack of proper signatures.

Your thoughts..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14

TGIF Afternoon Political News Dump: Michael Reagan eyeing US Senate run?

The Reagan Family at its Santa Barbara Ranch decades back.

Great Friday to all as the California Republican Party Convention convenes within the confines of the Corporate Welfare City-State of AEG LA LIVE in Downtown LA. As delegates, gadflys and democratic goof balls such as Bob Mulholland make the rounds, the hot political GOP rumor and since confirmed is that Talk Show Host and son of President Ronald Reagan Michael Reagan, is serious contemplating a challenge of Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2013. Given Senator Feinstein's weaken poll numbers and her recent money issues involving Democratic Campaign Treasurer Kinde Durfee, the time may be right for another Reagan run at public office.

** On the democratic side of the political landscape, a new blog dedicated to the upcoming political theatrics in the newly-drawn 30th Congressional District "Berman vs.Sherman" debuts courtesy of the Jewish Journal. This race is shaping up to be the local political version of the Haganah vs.Irgun infighting of the Jewish Independence.

** The Daily Breeze's "South Bay Pipeline" blog has the ballot order of candidates for the CD 15 Special Election. As of now 10 candidate have been approved by the City Clerk's office with four more awaiting clearance which would bring the total approved candidate to fourteen.

** Councilman Jose Huizar and Councilwoman Jan Perry had a busy morning after El Grito, promoting their "Parklet" plan for both CD 14 and 9. Memo to Councilman Huizar, before pushing another park plan on El Sereno, should you first make sure that the needed improvements to El Sereno Park see their proper resolution?

** The Downtown News is reporting that the "Downtown Business Improvement District" (BID) has voted to remove its Executive Director Russell Brown who also served on the Downtown Neighborhood Council. Brown will be replaced by Roberto Saldana who was the recent in-house counsel for Downtown Managment which is a major real estate concern owned by Australian Holocaust Survivor Joseph Hellen (who paid for CD 14 City Council Candidate Rudy Martinez's downtown billboard).

** Coming up later today, we will have a round up on the contested Assembly races locally, plus we are hearing rumors that an exploratory committee has been set up to challenge a "certain infant assemblyman".

Your thoughts.............

Scott Johnson in CD 14