Tony Villar Dumps Trash on You

Its getting to be a near annual event - where an LA Mayor decides to up the trash tax.

In 2005, Mayor Poopy was going to do it before Tony Villar booted him out of office. In 2006, when city revenues increased $700 million, the city came back to you charge you for more trash money. They told you it was for more cops - but Walter Moore found out that wasn't true.

In the last two years, trash fees for homeowners and renters have gone from $11 to $26 and now they may go to $38 per month.

Instead of raising trash fees, how about outsourcing the whole operation and saving even more money than you'd earn by raising taxes. Trash collecting is not supposed to be a union, career job. Its a low skilled job for people with low skills. If they want a career wage, go get some education.

The only thing about as regular as raising trash fees is raising the Mayor and Council's salaries. But you people sit back and do nothing, especially many of those clueless ninnies on Neighborhood Councils who say "Oh we can't challenge the city - they'll take away our funding to plant trees!"

They told they had to pass the illegal, shady phone tax which a bunch of clueless little old ladies voted for in droves - because they needed more money. You thought that would be it, but Tony Villar and the 15 Clowncil Members will be back for even more. Trash fees, other fees, hidden taxes, water increases, etc.

And the big kahuna is coming - as Zuma Dogg and I have both been telling you for months - the city personal income tax better known as the "occupational license fee." (Because when is a tax not a tax? When it's a fee.)

Los Angeles City Council Agenda Item For 1/15 Includes Preparation of Lay Off Lists & Potential Financial Emergencies (Aka: City Hall Scare Tactics)

First of all you know Prop S (for "shady") really is shady, because Eric Garcetti is running around town trying to scare/threaten unions of lay-offs if they don't vote "yes" on Proposition "S" ("shady").

And now, for a hilarious comedy/propaganda scare tactic...here's something from the agenda for January 15, 2008 regarding the Katrina-like devastation the City of Los Angeles will be suffering if people do not dig deep into their pockets and vote "yes" on Prop S (for "shady"), the newly created cell phone and internet tax, that Antonio Villaraigosa is trying to mislead you into thinking is a tax reduction. Read the ballot language.

Does this look like it is a brand new tax that will be added to your bill; or something that you are currently being billed for that will go down if you vote yes?

"Proposition S updates, modernizes and reduces the current telephone tax in Los Angeles. " -Shady Ass Mayor and Clinton Campaign Co-Chair Antonio Villaraigosa (Hey Antonio...go canvas the City for absentee ballots. Make sure you don't fill them all out in the same handwriting.)

Meanwhile, here's some scare tactics coming to a council chamber near you. Make sure you show up at City Hall on Tuesday January 15th and sing a verse of "Prop S Punk" and tell those shady coffer drainers what you think about Proposition "S" (for "shady").

ITEM NO. (7)

07-4036

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to preparation of a fiscal contingency plan.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Parks - Greuel - Garcetti):

1. INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to:

a. Commence preparation of a fiscal contingency plan, as a potential response to drastic reductions in City revenues that could hit the City in the near future. The plan should be submitted for consideration in conjunction with the Mid-Year report to be released in early January 2008. The plan should include detailed recommendations for extraordinary budgetary controls to be implemented March 1, 2008, that will maintain key City services while balancing the City Budget and restoring the Reserve Fund to prudent levels.

b. Work together to develop, as part of the City’s Financial Policies, clear and concise re-opener language for all Memorandums of Understanding addressing potential economic downturn/financial uncertainties and/or declared financial emergencies.

2. INSTRUCT the Personnel Department to immediately commence preparation of potential lay off lists for implementation, as necessary.

(If The City of Los Angeles were a stock, looks like you should sell! And if you are thinking of investing in the City...looks like you should be thinking a lot more than twice. It's the Countrywide of U.S. Cities, y'all!)

SUMMARY: I hope George W. Bush is reading this. Los Angeles Mayor and Hillary Clinton Campaign Co-Chair Antonio Viagraosa has declared a financial emergency for the City of Los Angeles and Bush should be ready to help bail the City out and maybe have one of those Live Aid style Saturday International fund raisers where all those super-groups reunite for charity.

Or maybe Eli Broad can stop donating to museums 10 million dollars at a time and help out where it's needed.

How about having Antonio have The Bill Clinton Foundation kick in and help save Los Angeles. Now there is a worthy cause! Remember VillarClintons...you can't take over the budget of a school system, if there is no City?

Maybe if Antonio wasn't always flying to Asia, or New Hampshire, or Iowa, or Florida, or trying to take over the state school districts, or always running from photo op to photo op -- we wouldn't be in this mess.

But the real problem is that his whole administration has been one big con job. Why should he start being ethical now? (Someone from the mayor's team assured me last year that AB 1381 was fully constitutional and would be upheld by judges...it wasn't and it wasn't.)

Zuma's Prop "S" (for "shady") Mayor Sam Thread f/Walter Moore
Zuma Dogg - "Prop S Punk" Music Video

SUNDAY UPDATE: Daily News piece on Prop S (for "SUCKERS")

Disclosure: LACITY (short)