Late Morning Briefs on a Los Angeles Political Machine in Decline for Thursday

Finding the obstruction (via IBEW's "Boss D'Arcy Rizzo"), the political dysfunction (via a Clowncil Dictator Herb "Mini Amin" Wesson Commissioned Report) and the fault (under the Millennium Project), that highlights a "Progressive, Sanctuary City-State" in decline.

Do IBEW/ DWP Strongman Brian D'Arcy (top) share the same corrupted, Political DNA with former City of Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo (bottom), when its comes to disdain for oversight of the expenditure of public funds?

Good morning to all as Mother Nature cast the appropriate gloomy veil over a "Progressive, Sanctuary City-State" in need of an ethical intervention.That need was highlighted yesterday in a trio of stories which will surely reinforce the thought for some, that America's second-largest city is on the road to a Detroit-like future ........, if it does not get stuck first in the traffic along the way.

First, the trio of Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Attorney Mike Feuer and City Controller Ron Galperin made an joint appearance yesterday to strongly condemn the absence of cooperation from IBEW in producing requested documents, outlining the expenditures of $40 Million plus of funds allocated to two joint DWP/ IBEW Job Safety Training Non-Profits. ** Which just resulted in the resignation of DWP General Manager Ron Nickles.  

IBEW/ DWP Strongman Brian "Boss D'Arcy Rizzo" has fail to grasps since last May, that elections have consequences (especially when you are on the losing side) and that the" political door and lock that hide his and IBEW's "skeletons of past nefarious dealings", now have some new "political key masters". Thus, as the "political key masters" come to unlock "Boss D'Arcy Rizzo's" door (via subpoenas), the floundering, political scandal moniker namesake of the former, convicted City of Bell Administrator, would be wise to heed the paraphrased words of noted "Animal House Educator, Dean Wormer", that "fat ( with post mayoral election baggage), drunk (with delusions of current political power) and stupid (to not provide requested fiscal documents), is no way to sustain your post mayoral election political life". 



Second, for discerning Angelinos who have spent the last couple of decades living in Los Angeles, surprise, was most likely, not the first would broached in response to the dire findings of a 2020 Blue Ribbon Panel Report, commissioned by City Clowncil Central Committee Strongman Herb "Mini Amin" Wesson, regarding the "current state of being" of our "Progressive, Sanctuary City-State".

While the report is blunt and to the point, all the findings will all go to naught if the same usual cast of dysfunctional, supposed Progressives and Collectivists Dependentcrats, are the recipients of "promised funding" that will only grow a bottom class of dependent wards of government.

Third, take the moment to link on to the photo of the Capital Records Building above and you will find the major "fault" (at the base of the "scarp uphill" on Vine) at the center of the growing Hollywood Millennium Project Scandal. For decades, Geologists have opine and issue studies on past and possible activity on the Hollywood Fault Zone (strangely, the Building and Safety Department were derelict in knowing this), that stretches west in We Ho and West LA.

But yesterday, a new report was unveiled that elevates the future risks of a powerful quake along the fault zone and was quickly responded to by the discerning critics of the fault-straddling mega-project.

Your thoughts .............
Scott Johnson in CD 14.



Navigant (Energy) Consulting's Ron Nichols nominated by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as next DWP General Manager

On the eve of a possible City Council override of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's veto of a proposed city ballot measure that would give the council 2/3 powers to remove DWP commissioners and executives, Mayor Villaraigosa nominated a long-time energy consultant as the next General Manager of the embattled public utility.

Ron Nichols of the Navigant Consulting Firm bring years of experience in the energy field and is well-verse in California's recent energy issues. Navigant Counsulting is one of the main project managers for the California Sustainability Alliance, which is a who's who of energy policy wonks, working on "removing barriers to creating a green sustainabilty, on background alone, Nichols clearly is qualify for the GM position.

But the question here as in all GM appointments in the Villaraigosa era at City Hall, is whether Nichols has the political acumen to navigate the various political enclaves at the DWP and City Hall? Will Nichol's background in public-private partnerships continue to pay dividents for the likes of Ari Swiller, S. David Freeman and Keith Brackpool?

But most important, will Nichols win the blessings of DWP overlord and IBEW strongman Brian D'Arcy? If this happens, then meet your next DWP General Manager Ron Nichols.

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

Scott Johnson in CD 14