Hogwash and Hypocrisy

By Daniel Guss

@TheGussReport on Twitter - Words not matching actions are once again all the rage at LA City Hall.

When former L.A. Mayor Richad Riordan passed away in April, those with whom I spoke, without exception, said he was our last great mayor.

He didn't perpetually make a jackass of himself on a national stage like two of his successors, Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa, did.  He didn't sloganeer like they did, and current mayor, Karen "Lock Arms" Bass, does.  And he didn't lose his first bid for re-election as James Hahn did in 2005, becoming the first alcalde to accomplish that feat since KKK member John Clinton Porter did in 1933.

Riordan was a moderate Republican, job creator and philanthropist who got LA through some of its deepest crises.  From time to time, he caused minor stirs by shooting from the hip, but at least he was authentic.

But, oh to have authenticity in LA City Hall these days, where post-pandemic words and actions once again gloriously misalign.

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Desperate Essel Thugs Don't Want Anyone to Vote Today

Taking a cue from ACORN as well as Klan thugs in the South who try to repress various segments of the vote, apparently Essel campaign staffers are up to monkey business across CD2.

The first report, as noted by the EsselWatch blog is that political operative Aaron Green was allegedly spotted stalking voters in Sunland-Tujunga:

As much of the Valley and Foothill communities went to the polls Tuesday morning to vote for change, Christine Essel’s developer lobbyist friends knew they needed to swing into action. By 10:30 a.m., reports began to trickle in that Aaron Green, the Director of Political and Community Relations for The Afriat Consulting Group, Inc., in Tujunga to monitor the voting. Green was watching voters at the Discount Tire Center on Foothill Boulevard in Tujunga – right down the street from what is now a huge empty lot after residents waged a five-year battle to block Home Depot.

Green you may remember is the one who pulled the bonehead move of sending out an email hitting up developers for Esselcash confirming Paul Krekorian would not do developers' bidding.

Next it got a little hairy at a voting location at Burbank and Hazeltine in the newly re-christened Sherman Oaks. At my old polling place at the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge (actually I think they call them Aviaries) a known Essel operative was reportedly standing right outside the door of the log cabin like structure handing out Essel flyer, a clear violation of election law. City Clerk officials had to be called in and our sources tell us a chaotic scene occurred when the Essel thug refused to leave.

If you see or hear of voter intimidation or other nonsense, please call us at 818-308-4745.