Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Thursday
What's the difference between former City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and other termed out ex-politicians? Rocky has become a private sector whore as opposed to a long list of other out of work electeds such as Cindy Montanez, Sharon Runner, Wally Knox, Fabian Nunez, Sheila Kuehl, et al who have all been set up with cushy six figure jobs on the government dime by Mayor V or the Kennedy Republican. And that's probably only because Rocky is so hated by everyone in politics he had no favors to cash in. Next up: "Which Way Jack Weiss?"
Big split in Valley Latino politics as Coumcilman Richard Alarcon declares support for Jerry Brown for Governor while State Senator Alex Padilla is in the Gavin Newsom camp. With Mayor Villaraigosa out of the race Brown and Newsom are scrambling to scoop up as much Hispanic support as possible. Alarcon's support for Brown confirms what I have said for sometime is that Brown is poised to win the Democratic primary as older Hispanic voters - who vote more reliably than younger voters - will flock to Brown remembering his association with Cesar Chavez and historic Latino civil rights battles of the 60s and 70s as well as their general comfort level with the senior and more moderate Brown over the liberal and erratic Newsom.
We recently featured writer/filmmaker Matt Olay's animated spoof on Mayor V here on the blog. The short which has been posted to numerous local blogs as well as covered by the LA Weekly garnered a lot of chuckles. However Jonathan Lloyd writing at KNBC's blog seems to have a big problem with it. He also apparently disputes the Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald's excellent article that exposed how little work Mayor Villaraigosa actually does. Perhaps if the dinosaur media like KNBC actually did some journalism they might discover the utter dysfunction that is LA's reigning kleptocracy.
And finally if you want to see a gorgeous photo of Los Angeles Union Station take a ride over to View From A Loft
Big split in Valley Latino politics as Coumcilman Richard Alarcon declares support for Jerry Brown for Governor while State Senator Alex Padilla is in the Gavin Newsom camp. With Mayor Villaraigosa out of the race Brown and Newsom are scrambling to scoop up as much Hispanic support as possible. Alarcon's support for Brown confirms what I have said for sometime is that Brown is poised to win the Democratic primary as older Hispanic voters - who vote more reliably than younger voters - will flock to Brown remembering his association with Cesar Chavez and historic Latino civil rights battles of the 60s and 70s as well as their general comfort level with the senior and more moderate Brown over the liberal and erratic Newsom.
We recently featured writer/filmmaker Matt Olay's animated spoof on Mayor V here on the blog. The short which has been posted to numerous local blogs as well as covered by the LA Weekly garnered a lot of chuckles. However Jonathan Lloyd writing at KNBC's blog seems to have a big problem with it. He also apparently disputes the Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald's excellent article that exposed how little work Mayor Villaraigosa actually does. Perhaps if the dinosaur media like KNBC actually did some journalism they might discover the utter dysfunction that is LA's reigning kleptocracy.
And finally if you want to see a gorgeous photo of Los Angeles Union Station take a ride over to View From A Loft
Labels: alex padilla, gavin newsom, Jerry Brown, matthew olay, mayor antonio villaraigosa, Richard Alarcon, rocky delgadillo, union station
Posted by Michael Higby @ 8/13/2009 02:00:00 AM
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