"Gatto Truthers" get Shut Out by Portantino Backers in 43rd AD Delegate Elections

In a possible preview of the upcoming 2016 25th State Senate District Contest between former Assemblyman Anthony Portantino and 43rd AD Assemblyman Mike Gatto, the Portantino Slate shuts out the "Gatto Truthers" 14-0, in the recent 43rd AD Democratic Delegate Elections.  

"The Infant Assemblyman" will surely shed petulant tears after Saturday's Delegate Elections Massacre.



 "Lil Mikey" contemplating the repercussions of the Portantino Faction coming in deep to inflict a resounding Delegate Elections Whoop Ass. 

 With Saturday's shutout of the Gatto Truthers in the 43rd AD Delegate Elections, the political resurrection of Anthony Portantino becomes more assured.

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Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Friday

Did anyone notice me last night in Washington DC?

Great TGIF to all as our first post-summer political week nears H-hour. In case you didn't notice or care, Mayor Antonio Villar was seated with First Lady Michelle Obama last evening as the "Presidential Teleprompter" shilled line after line about creating jobs. (translate to yada, yada, yada and yawn)

** Meanwhile back in "Greece on the Pacific", a certain Building and Safety General Manager name "Bud" was taking credit for terminating ten of his employees this year for various nefarious activities. Note that there is no new terminations for taking bribes in exchange for permits. I will bet you a "City-wide Sam permit" that a  white-wash is in progress.

** Shall we name this pending legislation the "Gatto Residency Bill"? AB 1413 authored by Assemblyman Paul Fong would grant further protections for lawmakers from felony charges of lying about their residency as witness by the indictments of State Senator Rod Wright. These protections if passed, would provide cover for Assemblyman Mike Gatto who is the subject of a District Attorney investigation of his residency. But updating, this billed has been pulled to until 2012.

** Bravo to Assemblyman Anthony Portatino for exposing to the masses the bully proclivities of Assembly Speaker John Perez. In addition, Portatino had to endure the piling on tactics of the Gatto Truthers at the Burbank Blogger.

** The "Weekly of Record" tag teams in yeoman fashion the marriage of billboards and a football stadium within the "Corporate Welfare City-State of AEG LA LIVE".

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

Scott Johnson in CD 14

Friday Free for All

I'm back.  Yet another visit to the Pacific Northwest with the added opportunity to avoid YAWNmageddon.

Free Matt Dowd!

Now that Janice Hahn is going to Congress, the fight begins for her seat with yet another special election. While I don't have a horse in this race, it appears that firefighter union head Pat McOsker is quickly becoming the bloggers' favorite to be the whipping boy of this race.  McOsker, part of a politically connected family equally known for it's salty and surly aggressiveness as for it's dominance on the LA political scene, is already showing a need for anger management therapy.  Street Hassle reports that McOsker gave an expletive laden retort to questions as to his ability to simultaneously helm the union and run for Council. In the meantime, anonymous detractors of McOkser have started a blog and apparently endured the wrath of McOsker's brother, Mike.

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