First Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet of 2011

After today, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a private citizen again. He's not really sure what he plans to do, if he will do more films, throw himself into more business ventures, etc. but he does plan to be a green crusader. In the meantime, Jerry Brown returns to the State Capitol for a third term as Governor, planning to do battle with both Democrats and Republicans on the state budget.

Not sure if this is the same as an Ass Clown award but Ron Kaye has named Councilman Dennis Zine as his "man of the year" noting the former motorcycle cop turned union head turned Clowncilman is a "Symbol of City Hall's deceit and dishonor." Kaye is pretty down on his hometown CM for a number of reasons calling Zine "Indefatigable, the two-faced man of a thousand fiancees never passed up a civic event where he couldn't force himself onto the stage or saw an elite party he didn't like." I don't know about Zine but that sounds a lot like this guy and this guy.

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