The Coliseum Comission Emails Chronicles, Part 1: Where the Brown Act be Damned

The First Part in our Coliseum Commission Email Chronicles, where coarseness is vogue and the Brown Act be damned.

Former Herald-Examiner Sports Scribe and current Coliseum Commissioner David Israel, searching for Backroom Deal-breaking Nazis.

CD 8 City Councilman and Coliseum Commissioner Bernard Parks, the alleged, inept Nazi "Colonel Klink" of the Commission.  

 ** Blogger's Note: Once upon a time in recent Los Angeles History, there was indeed a "Fishwrap of Record", not a "Otis Graying Collectivist Hag on Spring Street", but a "Hearst Examiner Paper on Broadway". As a child learning the act of reading, the daily review of musings from the best Sports Section in Los Angeles, was an exercise in vocabulary building via the likes of Allan "Mud" Malamud, Melvin Durslag, Lyle Spencer, Doug "Dougie" Kirkorian and a young sports writer named David Israel. Years later, Israel has parley his "craft of musing" into a lucrative life style of riches and political connections via his appointment to the Coliseum Commission by former Governor Arnold "The Kennedy Republican" Schwarzenegger. But sadly, a youth of today who was looking to grow he or she's vernacular via the latest Coliseum Commission musings of Israel, will need a bar of soap to clean the coarseness, a visit to the Holocaust Museum for lessons in sensitivity and most important, a tutorial on openness and ethics in governmental affairs. No wonder why Israel and his Coliseum Commission cohorts wanted back the documents given to the LA Times by an unidentified person, for the "act of fact-checking" is so easy when Israel's latest coarse and insensitive musings, are on the record---Scott Johnson.   

Commissioner Israel's email comments on meeting fixing and comments regarding Councilman Parks.

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

Scott Johnson in CD 14

LA Press Club Waxes Nostalgic on the Herald Examiner

This may be somewhat esoteric for anyone who grew up on Land of the Lost, loves the Smurfs and/or listens to Depeche Mode, but there was a time when the Herald Examiner was the place to be here in Los Angeles. Last Thursday, the Los Angeles Press Club hosted “A Return to Corky’s: The Ultimate Herald Examiner Almost-20th Reunion Party.”

Journalists from all over the world were there to recall a Southern California publishing tradition that dated back to 1871. Several notables from the local political/journalism scene were there: Santa Monica Councilmember Bobby Shriver, former KCBS Political Editor Linda Breakstone, LA Daily News Editor Ron Kaye, LA Times Top of the Ticket Editor Don Frederick, Show Business Historian Alex Ben Block, famed critic Peter Reinhart, LA Observed's Kevin Roderick, and the legendary former HerEx editor, James G. “Jim” Bellows.

It was a packed house, to say the least, and there were many stories to be shared. By far, my favorite was the one told by Don Frederick (videos 2 and 3) on his hanging up on a somewhat inebriated Bill Hearst.

(Full Disclosure - I am the Publicist for the Press Club, did outreach for the event and shot the video.)

The Slideshow

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Video 3

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March Media Hotsheet

"In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever." - Oscar Wilde

Some upcoming 4th Estate events for the month of March:

• March 8th – The California Chicano News Media Association hosts a primer for reporters entitled “Disparities in Latino Healthcare.” 9 a.m. For more information, go to http://www.ccnma.org/ or call (213) 437-4408.
  
  March 11th – Zócalo presents “My Colombian War,” a conversation with award-winning Colombian-born journalist Silvana Paternostro.” 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to http://www.zocalola.org/.
  
  March 13th – The Los Angeles Press Club and Alex Ben Block present “A Return to Corky’s: The Ultimate Herald Examiner Almost-20th Reunion Party.” 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to http://www.lapressclub.org/ or call (323) 669-8081.
  
  March 15th – The Associated Press Television Radio Association is having its “61st Annual Convention” with free weekend workshops for journalists. For more information, go to http://www.aptra.org/.
  
  March 22nd – The Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles presents “New World of Media Photojournalism Seminar and Awards Dinner” for still photographers and videographers. 9 a.m. For more information, go to http://www.ppagla.org/ or call (714) 573-0902.
  
  March 27th – The Los Angeles Press Club presents “Transforming the LA Times: An Evening with Russ Stanton.” 7 p.m. For more information, go to http://www.lapressclub.org/ or call (323) 669-8081.
  
  March 29th – The Society of Professional Journalists – Greater Los Angeles Chapter hosts a “Freedom of Information Workshop” for reporters. For more information, go to www.spj.org/losangeles.