A Public Service Announcement for Jose Huizar from Zuma Dogg

.@MayorSam: tell @JoseHuizar to take down his campaign signs, paid w clarts fund money. They are magnet for graffiti. pic.twitter.com/uDBqlVykoq
— Zuma Dogg (@ZumaDogg) March 7, 2015

WayBack Wednesday: Huizar's BlackBerry Love

A comment thrown out by candidate Gloria Molina at Wednesday evening's CD14 debate at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock has made us get sentimental for the days of 2008 when a joint Zuma Dogg-Mayor Sam breaking news story showed Council Member Jose Huizar in the midst of some heavy duty texting during a Council meeting.

"Why are you not answering my calls?

This was on the Council Member's then BlackBerry. For some of you young kids out there, a BlackBerry was not really a smart phone, but not quite a dumb phone either that all of us had before Android hit the scene. The rub was that Huizar was sending "lovey-dovey" messages to some particular female. Of course, years later the Council Member's affairs played out in the press and our suspicions were correct.

"Lovey-dovey messages?"

Getting back to this evening, during a heated exchange in the debate, Molina made the broad statement "We don't need a sexual harasser in City Hall." Wow. Kind of harsh. But maybe Gloria is on to something.

Anyway, enjoy the retro moments!

(Photos and video by Zuma Dogg)

Wendy Greuel CD14 Campaign Now Officially a Cartoon!

Read more at the LA Times!
Read more at The Foothills. Observed.

"They come here and think they can win our support with some sweet bread and mariachi. They want to ridicule us."

Luz Montoya, Boyle Heights community activist

Mayor Sam Candidate Endorsements: Split Decision for CD14

This is the next in a series of posts where JoeB and I will give our endorsements for candidates for LA City Council and School Board. Where there is agreement we will give the official MayorSam endorsement to the candidate. Next up is CD14. For each post we will give both Joe's endorsement and mine along with our comments. The choices in CD14 are:

MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 14 

•  JOSÉ HUIZAR, Los Angeles City Councilmember
•  RUDY MARTINEZ, Small Business Owner
•  None
•  Other: 

JoeB:  I feel sorry for the citizens of CD14 who are forced to choose between these two horrible candidates. Huizar has been a disaster on the PLUM committee, having, among other things,approved Alarcon's Truck Driving School in the middle of an Open Space designated site. Martinez will bring new meaning to the terms "mediocrity" and "incompetence" should he succeed in ousting the incumbent. Either way, it means four more lost years for CD14.

Michael Higby: Rudy Martinez is a dynamic, articulate businessman who represents a stark contrast to the insider Jose Huizar.  With Box and Martinez on the Council, along with Krekorian and Parks they could easily lead a new coalition for change in Los Angeles.  Martinez is a candidate with big promise while Huizar stands for the failed past.  Vote Martinez.

Verdict: One for none, One for Martinez

Latest Updates on The Huizar Campaign Meltdown

City Maven has Mike Trujillo's "Nixonian movement." (By the way you can't comment on the City Maven story so feel free to borrow our real estate.)



The Maven also reports that following Mike Trujillo's Jules Winnfield moment (which preceeded the above referenced Nixonian movement), Jose Huizar's drop the hammer on Rudy Martinez press conference has been cancelled.  A video preview of what the presser would have been like is provided below for your amusement.

Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Tuesday

Rut-Roh!

HotSheet is after the jump...

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Has Huizar Gone Chicago Sending Inspectors After Martinez?

Back in Richard Daley's Chicago, things were clear. If you were with the machine, you got goodies and treats from the guv'mint.  If you weren't, you might wind up on the bottom of Lake Michigan or at least, feel the full wrath of the Boss himself.

That very type of maquina is apparently alive and well with the now storied CLARTS scam and other delightful pieces of fraud, waste and abuse in Jose Huizar's CD14.  Say what you want about Zuma Dogg, but his coverage is almost, always right and CLARTS has been on his shadar for some time.  The spinners can hate on the Caucasian Scott Johnson, but Zuma is the Gospel.

So now the latest news from the LA Weekly is that allegedly once Huizar's opponent Rudy Martinez stepped into the race, Building and Inspectors were on Martinez' local business like white on rice - on the basis of an "anonymous" complaint.

It continues to add up - and no matter how Michael Trujillo or the Stay-At-Home blogger try to desperately spin it, Jose Huizar is just bad news for CD14.  Rudy Martinez may be no saint - in four years if he is just as shady as Huizar, we'll boot him, too.  In the meantime, CD14 is dying on the vine and can no longer afford an opportunistic slug like Huizar who is the second coming of Juan Peron.

Have You Been Unfriended by Jose Huizar?