Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Friday

Superior Court Judge James Chalfant on Thursday ruled that San Fernando Mayor and LA School Board candidate Nury Martinez's ballot designation "as an educator is false" but that at this point reprinting ballots in her race against LAUSD teacher Louis Pugliese would be too costly and time consuming.  In the meantime Martinez is dealing with drama in her hometown as two members of the San Fernando City Council aligned with the Mayor were removed from office in a stunning recall election Tuesday.

Maybe too little too late but the Los Angeles Department of Transportation is working on a "memorandum of understanding" with the City's Neighborhood Councils. Of course this follows the DOT's disasterous roll-out of parking meter fare increases and other neighborhood related issues they undertake without community outreach.

The City of Anaheim has finally given up on their battle to force the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to take Los Angeles out of their name.  Two court challenges failed and the only real recourse would be to go to the State Supreme Court.  Perhaps Mayor Villaraigosa could charge the Angels to use the City's name in their moniker.

Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday

Corporate Welfare Report: The Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox are getting a free spring training facility courtesy of Arizona taxpayers. This ends decades that the Dodgers trained in Vero Beach, Florida at a facility they owned and had to pay taxes at.

Mickey Mouse has joined the NIMBY/CAVE/BANANA movement! That's right Disney is fighting mad that someone wants to build condos and apartments across the street from the Magic Kingdom in Anaheim - all because Disney was too punch drunk from their 50th anniversary celebration and stupidly brought in clueless executives from other parts of the company to run the park, one who had no idea how the politics in Orange County work. So what is Disney doing? Like the best of NIMBYs, they're seeking a political/legal solution.

The Daily News reports that fees paid by developers don't cover the cost of reviewing applications, effectively sticking taxpayers with the bill. However, if there wasn't so much waste, abuse and anti-business regulation surrounding development, this wouldn't be an issue.

Fellow Mirthala Banger Fabian Nunez has lost the support of the prison guards' union for his employment extension act, better known as Propostion 93, a term limits scam being hoisted on voters. Now this is because the prison guards are pissed about not getting the pay raise they wanted. However, it certainly doesn't hurt to have one of the most powerful public employee unions on the right side of an issue.

Post-Script: Special kudos to Joseph Mailander for providing as always insightful, interesting and often amusing contributions to the blog - and especially for stepping up when the old, dead Republican Mayor has been slacking off.