Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Monday

Releasing it late Friday thinking you might not notice (but we can run it first thing Monday morning of course), the City of Los Angeles paid nearly one quarter of a million dollars to for a junket to Israel attended by Mayor Villaraigosa, staffers, Council Members and several local community and business leaders. The Mayor defended the cost of the trip saying that he learned much about airport security in Israel and told the LA Times "I think the taxpayers of Los Angeles can go to bed knowing that the mayor of Los Angeles is doing everything he can to secure our airport and protect . . . the safety of the people of the city."

The City Council will soon be voting on a Hollywood condo development near the legendary Capitol Records building. The City Planning Commission has approved the project but Capitol and it's parent, EMI have filed an appeal as construction will temporary halt recording and potentially damage the famous studios at the site where records have been cut by everyone from Nat King Cole to Green Day. The clowns at the City Council really need to re-think this one. This would be like building condos next to The Louvre.

The Daily News opines that the Los Angeles Unified School District has two Superintendents, one the actual Superintendent Admiral David Brewer who they call a figurehead; the other Deputy Superintendent Ray Cortines who actually runs the show. The problem is we're paying big bucks for both.

The City has worked out a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers to offer shuttle service from Union Station to Dodger Stadium, providing public transit to the ballpark for the first time in several years. The City will pick up the $70,000 price tag for the service which will start after the All-Star break and the Dodgers will cover the costs of marketing. The City is hoping for an average of 1000 riders per home game.

Britney Spears is now an aunt! Marking the latest chapter in a saga of a fabulously wealthy yet still white trash family, the pop diva's 17 year old sister Jaime-Lynn on Thursday gave birth to a daughter - Maddie Briann - in Mississippi. Auntie Brit was on hand but has since returned home to Los Angeles to terrorize the freeways.