Its Comey does LA Day after Stormy becomes honorary Key Hole Madame of WeHo

On the day after Stormy Daniels became the latest honorary Key Hole Madame of West Hollywood (WeHo), terminated FBI Director James Comey's Book Tour makes its Sold Out LA Stop, as the former top G-man spins tales of his, alleged Rampart Scandal-like Law Enforcement Conduct.

Porn Star Stormy Daniels becomes the latest honorary "Key Hole Madame of WeHo". 

** Blogger's Notes: Please pardon the bloggin pause as we ponder the last time local governmental entities have granted a forum for two retched, self-serving Narcissists (with pending legal issues), on consecutive days .....,  as exampled by Porn Star Stormy Daniels and TERMINATED FBI Director James Comey.

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Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Monday

Mayor Villar pledges not to comment on the actions of the next Mayor of Los Angeles.

The Villar Greuel can rest assure that out-going Mayor Antonio Villar, will not comment on her actions as the third term incarnation of the Villar Political Machine (if elected).

With no apologies to former Vice-President Al “Jazeera” Gore, happy Global Warming morning from the frost-covered grasslands of CD 14. For the record, the National Weather Service LA/ Oxnard Office reports that the temperature dropped to 34 degrees at its official Downtown LA weather station, on the campus of the “University of Scandalous Conduct”. Of course, one can make a case that chilly, is the right description regarding USC’s community relations around its Health Sciences Campus, but I digress.

** Mayoral Candidate City Controller Wendy “The Villar Greuel” can rest assure that out-going Mayor Antonio Villar will remain silent (for media attribution) on how she executes the third term goals of the City Terrace native, if elected. As Daily News City Hall Beat Writer Rick Orlov reports in his “Monday Tipoff Column”, Mayor Villar’s political sensitivities will be confined to defending his own actions and not critiquing the next mayor (** especially if the Villar Greuel is elected).

** Orlov does double duty this morning in scribing, dare we say, a gusher PR piece on the Villar Greuel. Take note of the following passage.

"People understand I can be a good legislator, be a good businesswoman and go after those issues that are important. I think people will find I can do all those things and be tough. They want someone to lead them, I have demonstrated I can be that leader."
That was put to the test when James, one of her rivals in the race, accused her of campaigning on city time and allowing her staff to work on her campaign.
Greuel met the James challenge (Que?), going down to his news conference and telling reporters it was a reflection of the start of the "silly season" of the mayoral election.

Maybe Mr. Orlov needs  to read the latest on “Calender Gate”?

** If  “The Villar Greuel” thought that Randy Economy was going to fold after her “Private Citizen/ Campaign Consultant” John Shallman’s attack from the gutter, then they may not want to link here to Economy’s latest on “Calender Gate” via the Los Cerritos News Group.

** If you have the shakes for the latest campaign contributions totals, then we recommend the journalistic Cliff Notes report, stringed together by the City Maven. But if you want the background on the “story behind the donors”, link here to our first exclusive report on the questionable donations by Bet Tzedek associates to Assemblyman Mike Feuer City Attorney Campaign. The LA Dragnet Blog offers this comment from its post on our exclusive.

The Mayor Sam exclusive is particularly timely. Monday night sees the candidates for City Attorney debating at Temple Israel of Hollywood. The topic, 'How do Values and Ethics Inform the Job of City Attorney,' will likely lead to some awkward questions for Feuer based on the perception that he has accepted campaign contributions which appear to directly violate Measure 'H'.

** Bravo for Old Gray Collectivist Hag on Spring Street Columnist Jim Newton for his random act of journalism. This in stating the obvious about Mayor Villar’s shell game behind attaining the goal of 10,000 police officers.

** We turn our attention to our much missed former CD 14 City Councilman Jose Huizar Chief of Staff, now CD 9 City Council Candidate Ana Cubas. In the course of reviewing the information she provided for her Smart Voter webpage, she stated the following as her top priorities if elected.

Reform the BudgetImprove our transportation and city infrastructure, such as streets, sidewalks, and parksJobs and economic development, including investment in urban areas

We ask this simple question, how can we trust Ana Cubas to reform a budget when the video below showcases her lack of knowledge of the status of discretionary budgets that she helped oversee in her former job? (** or was that just spin to confuse an inquiring group on constituents?)

Your thoughts …………..

Scott Johnson in CD 14

Afternoon Briefs on the "newest pieces" of the Los Angeles Political Machine for Tuesday

Mayor Antonio Villar and Paris Hilton.

Paris with Antonio Villaraigosa Jr. 

Little did Paris Hilton know in 2007 at the Grammy's after party that she would be posing with two generations of Villar/raigosa politicos. Mayor Antonoi Villar's Princeton educated son Antonio Villaraigosa Jr.   was just elected to the Executive Board of the Los Angeles County Young Democrats. No word whether Parke Skelton had a role in the election of "Lil Tony" Villaraigosa to his first political position (** irony here is if the rumors are true in 2013, the younger Tony will retain the "Villaraigosa Brand" while Papi reverts to Villar via divorce settlement).

** We are seriously considering the creation of the "media enabling award" for a local journalist who strays from the principles of non-bias reporting and engages in PR musings on the behalf of a local political entity. So far we have two nominations with "LA Antonio Times" Columnist Jim Newton's missive promoting a DWP rate increase on the behalf of Clean Water and the City Maven's Alice Walton who's question to Mayor Villar on why the "Health Department" did not shut down Occupy LA, enable the Mayor to momentarily put the blame on someone else for his lack of leadership regarding the "Flea Party Poopout".  

Lunch Time Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Monday ** Tentative Deal between Supermarkets and grocery workers.

Los Angeles Times Editor at Large Jim Newton.

** The sometime enabler of the "LA Antonio Times Era" of press release journalism Jim Newton, leaves the holding (and sometime shooting zones) fields of Mayor Villaraigosa's Summer Night Lights Program and goes in search of parents who want to pull the trigger on failing schools.

** LA Times City Hall Scribe reports that City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has filed a multi-million dollar suit against Beverly Hills based Sky Tag Graphics and its President Michael McNeilly, for illegally wrapping 17 buildings with towering super-graphic advertisements. Of interest in the filing are the co-defendants Legacy Partners and the CIM Group.

** Ron Kaye has the bloggin saga of Sacramento's reigning political bully who shares DNA with a certain Los Angeles Mayor.

** Latest update on the potential Supermarket Strike, is that both sides have reached a tentative deal as just reported on the noontime news from KFI. Many local politicos were out and about showing support for the workers. But the buzz from among average citizens was that the grocery worker's timing was not right. 

Your Thoughts..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14  

GRYD Program Deputy Mayor Cespedes "tosses softballs" with LA Times Jim Newton

"General Secretary of Gang Suppression Guillermo Cespedes at the microphone".

Disclaimer: Please note that in the recent past, the Los Angeles Times was bestowed the moniker "LA Antonio Times" for its shameless promotion of City Terrace native Antonio Ramon Villar. From the time of his Parke Skelton crafted political rehabilitation as the fleeting rep of CD 14 to his election as the mayoral ethical savior of the City of Los Angeles in 2005, the editors at the "former paper of record" compromise objective reporting by penning flowing PR pronouncements on the legislated agenda of the rising Latino Politico Rock Star, only to see his star power diminish forever due to a Telebimbo and unethical narcissism. Now "LA Antonio Times" roving editor Jim Newton continues his self-revival of that past subjective journalistic era with his latest column on Mayor Villar's GRYD Program. Join us in this latest bloggin deconstruction of yet another public relations puff piece from the "former fishwrap of record"---Scott Johnson.

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Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Monday

The Real Republican

Jim Newton profiles "Republican" mayoral candidates Austin Beutner and Rick Caruso.  Last I heard Beutner was registered decline to state and rumor is Caruso has or is re-registering as a Democrat.  Newton fails to mention actual Republican Kevin James, who has the backing of most Republican power players in LA.  He also says that Villaraigosa's victory against "goofy" Walter Moore "doesn't count" even though Moore and several other "goofy" candidates with little money and no name ID held the overfunded and popular incumbent to just 55% of the vote.

Apparently bloggers Joseph Mailander and Phil Jennerjahn have found an interesting way to amuse themselves - they will bet on whether or not Republican Sarah Palin will run for President.  Jennerjahn is convinced the former Alaska Governor will drop her hat into the ring; Mailander is putting his money on that Palin will remain on the book and talk TV circuit that's been so lucrative for her.  Mailander and Jennerjahn tried to get me involved in their reindeer games, holding their funds and being the final arbiter, I have politely declined.

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Councilman Jose Huizar: "Rudy Martinez doesn't speak Spanish."

"Parque Esqueleto" is the bloggin prophet! From sometime back.
Or maybe in the words of "Parque Esqueleto", this is all part of the plan to ward off the challenge of Rudy Martinez?
Very typical. Common SG&A tactics. As they did in the 43rd race they have learned to gin up "progressive" bloggers to fight opponents SG&A can't beat on the merits by tossing around the racist and homophobe cards. Trujillo and SG&A will be working to save the quite troubled Jose Huizar; they are scared to death of opponent Rudy Martinez. They can't call Martinez, a Mexican, anti-Latino. So perhaps he hates "teh gheys." Maybe, just maybe, Trujillo will exercise the nuclear option and call Martinez a pocho.

Some months later, with Trujillo exile to the bloggin wilderness, leave it to Councilman Huizar to open his "political nuclear suitcase" and launch the first "pocho strike" of the campaign. More after the bloggin leap.......... 

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