Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Wednesday

CD12 Chief of Staff Mitch Englander - the man who once had a massive wall chart trying to figure out who Mayor Sam was - has jumped out early with endorsements and a campaign to replace his boss Sleeping Greig Smith in 2011.  He's off to a good start with an anointing by the Westside White Guy for the "12rth (sic) Council District" with the warning to all comers that Englander - scion of a political consulting family - has the support of usual suspects Wendy Greuel, Sheriff Lee Baca and Galpin Ford magnate Bert Boeckmann.  We'll see what happens 2011 is an awful long way off (and plenty of time for us to tell you all about Mitch) and the voters have fatigued of presumptive politicians and the special interest peddlers they represent.  One LA Times reader may foreshadow the lack of support for the status quo that could hurt Englander.  The tale of the tape will come when we see how much Neighborhood Council members flex their muscle in the coming CD2 Special Election.  As it is NCs are no fans of Smith and could tag Englander as guilty by association. Englander has chosen as his campaign consultant John Shallman who is doing wonderful things for Chris Essel.  Stay tuned.

With California Lt. Governor John Garamendi a likely winner in a coming runoff for a Bay Area Congressional seat, attention has turned to who Governor Schwarzenegger will appoint to fill the remainder of Garamendi's term.  One suggestion: former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan. Didn't Arnold get bit in the ass last time he appointed Riordan to something?

Zuma Dogg's role as a biblical-like soothsayer is celebrated in the blogs again when CurbedLA hat tips our piece about the recent water main breaks in Los Angeles.  Look for the usual dum dums to go bizarro again.

City Council Candidate Paul Krekorian has received the endorsement of the California Nurses Association. “It is clear to us – from both his experience and his support - that Paul will be the best representative for the Valley,” said Jill Furillo, CAN’s Southern California director. “We believe that Paul will do an excellent job in representing the Valley on health, labor and women’s issues to increase the standard of living for Registered Nurses and all residents throughout Los Angeles.”

Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday

500 homes were lost over the weekend in the Sayre Fire at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar making hundreds of families homeless.  The owners of the park, Fullerton based Oakridge, Ltd. plans to rebuild the park as quickly as possible; though individual homeowners will be required to replace their own homes through their insurance.  Both Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky called on new regulations for the manufactured housing industry with respect to better use of fire retardent materials.

When it comes to what's going to happen with the Democratic race for Governor, it all depends on if Senator Dianne Feinstein runs or not.  However there's both good and bad news for wannabe Governor Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.  He runs behind both Feinstein as well as Attorney General Jerry Brown.  However the Mayor is ahead of fellow contenders San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Lt. Governor John Garamendi.  Question though - if John McCain was too old to be President at 72 isn't DiFi too old to be Governor at age 77?

General Motors and Chrysler have both decided to forgo this year's Los Angeles Auto Show which starts this Friday at the LA Convention Center, leaving Ford as the only American automaker with a presence at the event.  Both GM and Chyrsler are fighting to stay alive and hoping for a federal bail-out.  In the meantime, foreign automakers - who are building cars people want to buy and many which are built in the US - are showing up in force and are doing quite well, thank you.  Providing a taxpayer funded bail-out to America's failed auto companies and their incompetent executives would be a huge mistake.

As gas prices rose earlier this year, ridership on LA's buses and trains went up.  Now as gas prices settle back down to a normal level, transit use is dropping off.  That's called market economics folks! In the meantime, MTA is offering increased service on the Red Line for holiday shoppers .

The next court date in the case of the murder of Jamiel Shaw is this coming Wednesday, November 17 at 8:30 p.m.  The Shaw Family invites you to attend if you're interested.  For more information please click here.

Blogger Leo Mar navigates the waters of buying tickets for events at the Walt Disney Concert Hall at the Music Center.  Going to the venue is time consuming and doesn't guarantee you tickets.  That being said Mar says your best bet is to go through ticket broker A Cheap Seat.

Jay Leno on Mayor Cholotonio

"Mayor Villaraigosa is vacationing in the U.K., which means that he's now cheating with a British news girl!"

--Jay Leno, The Tonight Show, 7/31/08

Since the Mayors from SF and LA are both cheaters and protectors of murderers, it's great to hear that Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, a veteran statewide leader, has decided to run for Governor.

Californians now have a great choice:

Jerry Brown or John Garamendi, instead of Greasy Gavin or Cholotonio.

From your friends at http://www.noblehaiku.blogspot.com/

Villaraigosa May Have Uphill Battle in Governor's Race

The race for the Democratic nomination for Governor of California is two years off but it's quickly becoming a two man show between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and former Governor and current Attorney General Jerry Brown, perhaps leaving little room for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who first must win re-election in 2009. 



Party insiders are placing Villaraigosa low on their list even behind current Lt. Governor John Garamendi who is also expected to seek the nomination (who if he does run will have run for Governor of California once in each of the four last decades). Of course, Brown, Newsom and even Garamendi have a distinct advantage over Villaraigosa in that they don't have to mount a re-election campaign for their current offices prior to the kick-off of the 2010 campaign.

Governor Newsom?

There has been some buzz in recent days about Mayor Gavin Newsom's political ambitions--most suggesting that run for Governor in 2010 is in the cards. Newsom joins a handful of others also thinking of that 1st floor office in the Capitol: Attorney General (and former governor) Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, state schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell, Lt. Gov. John Garamendi and former Controller Steve Westly.

Here is some analysis by Dan Walters. How do you see the race going?

Outtakes from the "RED SPOT INSTITUTE"

Good morning from the heights of the "Red Spot Institute". It seems that the other "BLOGGIN SOTS" are out and about, saavy ?


Here are some quick bits of news that is not fire related, or maybe except for one "Moronic Lt. Gov."

Los Angeles Times, "Parks vs. Ridley-Thomas for Supervisor":

Former Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas has announced that he will run for Board of Supervisor. This sets up a battle between Ridley-Thomas and City Councilman Bernard Parks for the seat being vacated by "Brentwood resident", Yvonne Burke.

www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ridley25oct25,1,1261301.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Townhall Blog, "John Garamendi Unplugged":

Rants of a moron. Watch the video link.

http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z100/generalissimodp/radioblogger/?action=view&current=10-23garamendi.flv

Los Angeles Times, "Elephant Hill Permit revoked:

BREAKING NEWS!!, Jose Huizar keeps a promise, too bad that can't be said for the Southwest Museum. Stay tune for more tales of "broken promises and backroom deals" from CD 14.