Separated at Birth ??

"Councilman Potato Head"

From the Daily News Rick Orlov,

Rebuffing concerns about widespread irregularities in the 5th Council District election, county Registrar Dean Logan said he's concluded that problems were limited to only a handful of voters.

The five-page letter released Friday said extensive inquiries had resolved all issues raised by David Vahedi, the neighborhood council leader who trails former Assemblyman Paul Koretz by about 700 votes as the final ballots are tallied.

Looking like "Landslide Koretz" will become "Councilman Potato Head Koretz".

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

CD 5 is "THIS" close...**Final results posted.

This race will be decided during the "wee hours" of the morning.

Consider the latest at 12:46 AM.

PAUL KORETZ 15,787 50.51
DAVID T VAHEDI 15,471 49.49

This may require a recount............

****Final results with 100% of precincts reporting,

PAUL KORETZ 15,917 50.53
DAVID T VAHEDI 15,582 49.47

Koretz by 335 votes.........

Political briefs on May 19 ballot issues..........

Political briefs and links on the ballot May 19.

**** Freshness at City Hall ?? The Daily News advocates that with their endorsements of Carmen Trutanich and David Vahedi.

****Sorting through the numbers when it comes to Jack Weiss is the focus of this "OLD GRAY HAG ON SPRING STREET" story.

On the subject of numbers, these make you go hmmm.

05/05/08 Steve Sugarman (Money Mgr., GPS) Santa Monica, CA 90402 Jack S. Weiss City Attorney 1296355 - JACK WEISS FOR LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY A - Monetary Contribution Received (IND - Individual) [Period: 01/01/08-06/30/08] $1,000.00 [Election:

03/03/09] 04/29/09 Steven Sugarman (Money Mgr., GPS Partners) Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Jack S. Weiss City Attorney 1316235 - JACK WEISS FOR LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY 2009 GENERAL A - Monetary Contribution Received (IND - Individual) [Period: 04/05/09-05/02/09] $1,000.00

****Who cares about the races for Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees ?? You be amaze when you read this.

****Regressive opinions on taxes still in vogue within the editorial confines of the "OLD GRAY HAG ON SPRING STREET".

****Wonder what Ron Kaye thinks of these endorsements on "The Ones" in the "MOLDY GREEN SHEET" ??

****Is it time to start a "Total Recall" of Governor "Kennedy Republican" with poll numbers showing that "The Ones" are naught in the minds of California voters ??

****Will the number of voters who care to cast ballots in this vacant State Senate race in the 26th District reach 10% ??

****Wonder who postal workers would vote for in the Congressional Race to replace Hilda Solis after depositing the fliers of the various campaigns ??

****"Insider v. Outsider", is anyone better than the "Westside Political White Guy", Jack Weiss in CD 5 ??

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Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday

Billboards are a big issue in the 5th District Council race and for the first time I've seen reported something I had suspected all along.  Most regular people don't care about billboards according to surveys.  That being said, the NIMBY core is fanatical about this issue, more so than crime or the economy it appears and they represent a good chunk of the current voting masses given LA's apathy.  Politicians beware.

Speaking of billboards the LA Weekly takes a look at Walter Moore's legal career representing billboard companies.  Nothing really new here if you've been reading Street Hassle or Ron Kaye but the Weekly does get Walter on record as denying that he is Satan.  First comment on the Weekly post is from Moore's opponent Phil Jennerjahn who appears as a chihuahua nipping at Walter's heels.

Controversial, conservative, evangelical preacher Pastor Rick Warren seems to present an odd fascination for some liberal Democratic politicians.  First President Obama chose Warren - much to the chagrin of liberals and some gays - to deliver the invocation at his inaguration last month.  Next, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chose the anti-gay and anti-choice cleric to headline Villaraigosa's "Prayer Breakfast" over the weekend (is this an appropriate event for an elected official to hold?).  According to Politicker.com it was a contest to see how much Warren could avoid mentioning gay marriage and abortion and how often Villaraigosa could say he was much in favor of both.

Supporters of Measure B - the controversial solar energy plan on the March LA ballot - appear to have union members bamboozled.  Though trades and other unions think the plan means more jobs for them, it doesn't.  Well for the DWP IBEW members possibly, but that's about it.

The New York Post reports that the Empire State's Governor David Patterson has quietly raised the salaries of key staffers despite asking for cuts in state employees' pay due to budget cuts.  Some raises amounted to as much as 46%.  No word if Mayor Villaraigosa contacted Patterson to ask how he did it.