Mayor McCheese-araigosa

Have you grown tired yet of Mayor Villaraigosa criss-crossing the country for fundraisers, when he should be here working on the city's financial failures on his watch?

His self-promotion. His smiling that cheesey smile for anything with "Nikon" written on it. Just call him Mayor McCheese-araigosa. They do have the same smile, don't they?

When Mayor Villaraigosa threatened months ago to lay off hundreds of city employees, and ended up getting rid of only one job, any remaining doubters about his deceitful nature finally had a light-switch go off about the Mayor.

Then, just recently, Villaraigosa saw an opportunity to blame his and City Council's financial failures on the obvious: Wall Street.

But we all knew that that was untrue, too, because Villaraigosa and the City Council continued to give raises to city employees, almost as fast as it gave away city-owned properties (which were falling in value) and fee waivers.

The LA Weekly has a great article in its publication today, showing how right down the street, the County Supervisors have stewarded our taxes much more wisely, and much less selfishly, than those in charge at LA City Hall. Bill Fujioka, the former Chief Administrative Officer for the City, who took the comparable job at County, sure picked the right time to leave the Villaraigosa administration.

One has to ponder, if Mayor McCheese cheated on his wife, as Mayor McCheese-araigosa did, did he get any "special sauce" on the sheets? Lettuce ponder. Maybe on the buns?

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Speaking of slickness, oil slipped below $70 per barrel today for the first time in more than a year, as the Dow soared more than 400 points following yesterday's dive.