4/7/10
SO LITTLE TIME,SO MANY WINDMILLS...HE WHO SMIRKS LAST...SMIRKS BEST...IF ALL THE WORLD'S DESERTS AND BEACHES TURNED TO GOLD, MEN WOULD KILL ONE ANOTHER OVER A HANDFUL OF SAND.
LA POLITICAL WONK QUIZ QUESTION: WHAT MEMBER OF L.A. CITY COUNCIL STARRED IN A PBS AFTERNOON SPECIAL? ANSWER AT THE BOTTOM.
L.A. IN CHAOS...MAYOR V THRIVES... TONY AND THE COUNCIL AT ONE ANOTHER'S THROATS
THE NUMBER ONE POLITICAL BLOGGER IN L.A RECENTLY SPECULATED THAT MAYBE JOHN WALSH IS RIGHT WHEN HE ACCUSES THE MAYOR OF BEING ON DRUGS. OKAY. HERE'S OUR POSITION. VILLARAIGOSA IS ACTING BIZARRELY. CLAIMING THE CITY IS GOING BANKRUPT AND CALLING FOR A 3 DAY WORK WEEK. THE EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL. LOOK INTO THE MAYOR'S EYES. KIND OF SCARY. HIS MENTAL CONDITION IS WORSENING. THIS IS AN EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES SCENARIO.
HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS I ASKED AT CITY HALL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT ON APRIL 7TH. WHO IS THE MAYOR'S PHYSICIAN? WHAT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IS HE TAKING? IS THE MAYOR ABUSING PRESCRIPTION AMPHETAMINES? IS THERE A REPORTER IN L.A. WITH THE TEMERITY TO ASK THESE SIMPLE QUESTIONS OF THE MAYOR? IF THE MAYOR PUBLICLY DENIES TAKING SPEED, I'LL STOP ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND SEARCH FOR ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR HIS ODD BEHAVIOR.
ZEV'S NEW WEBSITE LAYS A $200THOUSAND EGG
HOLLYWOOD HIGHLANDS.ORG GETS UP TO 37,000 SUCCESSFUL SERVER REQUESTS A WEEK. ZEV IS LUCKY TO GET 2,000 VISITS A WEEK ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. WE GET MORE UNSUCCESSFUL SERVER REQUESTS THAN HOPELESSLY DULL ZEV GETS SUCCESSFUL REQUESTS. SO I RUBBED SALT INTO YAROSLAVSKY'S CYBER WOUNDS AT LAST MONTH'S MTA MEETING UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT... ON THE MICROPHONE. ZEV WAS SO HUMILIATED AND ENRAGED THAT HE SAID THAT HIS VISITORS WERE OF "HIGHER QUALITY". THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU ARE READING THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS WESTSIDE COUNTY SUPERVISOR BELIEVES YOU ARE A LOWER QUALITY NETIZEN THAN THE SMALL BAND OF SURFERS WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN BE INSUFFERABLY AT HIS SPOT IN CYBERSPACE. PLEASE DON'T CHECK HIM OUT NOW. IT WOULD MEAN A HUGE BUMP IN HIS WEB TRAFFIC WHICH WILL GIVE HIM BRAGGING RIGHTS.
THE SAD CASE OF CAO MANUEL SANTANA
L.A.'S CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER GOT CAUGHT ON A DUI A SHORT WHILE AGO. HE CHECKED HIMSELF INTO REHAB AT THE MAYOR'S COMMAND. THE OFFICIAL STORY IS FULL OF LIES? THE MAYOR PUT OUT A STORY THAT WAS SWALLOWED WHOLE BY THE MEDIA THAT SANTANA WAS PULLED OVER ON HIS WAY HOME FROM A FUNDRAISER ROAST OF STEVE COOLEY AT A DOWNTOWN HOTEL. IN FACT, SANATANA LEFT THE COOLEY EVENT AT LEAST AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED. SANTANA LIVES IN CLAREMONT. HE WAS ARRESTED ON A SIDE STREET IN COVINA? HUH? SANTANA WAS NOT SERVED DRANKS AT THE COOLEY FUNDRAISER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH. DIDN'T SANTANA GET DRUNK AT A SAN GABRIEL GENTLEMEN'S CLUB WHILE OGLING POLE RUBBING STRIPPERS? BEST WISHES, MR. SANTANA. YOU ARE THE LATEST VICTIM OF THE VILLARAIGOSA CURSE.
THE NAZIS ARE COMING! THE NAZI'S ARE COMING!
THE THIRD REICH IS RALLYING ON THE SOUTH STEPS OF CITY HALL. ANTI-NAZIS WILL BE COUNTER DEMONSTRATING. HOLLYWOODHIGHLANDS.ORG WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED AT THE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE NEO NAZI INVADERS. LOOK FOR JOHN WALSH WEARING HIS BARACK OBAMA MASK WITH A "I HATE NAZI" SIGN. AT A SKIN HEAD RALLY? WHY NOT? I ENJOY COURTING DISASTER. LAPD CAN BE COUNTED ON TO KEEP BOTH SIDES FAR APART.
80 FOOT FREDDY KRUEGER - UNSOLVED ARSON AND GRANDMA GOMEZ KICKED OUT - ANOTHER DAY IN HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD REAL ESTATE... HUGE 80 FOOT SUPERGRAPHIC OF FREDDY KRUEGER IN THE REMAKE OF NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET ADORNING THE NEW W HOTEL. TRULY HORRIFIC!
AND IT'S NOT ILLEGAL BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER GOT THE NECESSARY WAIVERS FOR SUPERGRAPHICS WHILE THE PROJECT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOLLYWOOD AND VINE WHERE AN UNSOLVED ARSON DESTROYED THE HISTORIC UNIVERSAL STUDIO BLDG. GET READY FOR A GRAND UNVEILING, THANKS TO LITTLE RICKY THE HOLLYWOOD CITY COUNCILMAN. A BRAND NEW PARKING LOT IS OPENING.
REMEMBER GRANDMA GOMEZ? SHE AND DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE EVICTED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO FROM THEIR NEWLY REHABBED APARTMENTS ON GOWER JUST NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD BLVD. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH UP THE BLOCK WAS THE LANDLORD. MORE THAN 20 UNITS LEVELED TO BUILD HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT STORY IN THE L.A. TIMES THE HOMELESS HOUSING IS ON PERPETUAL HOLD DUE TO THE RECESSION. THAT MEANS THAT COUNCILMAN GARCETTI AND THE CRA TORE DOWN PERFECTLY GOOD LOW RENT HOUSING TO GIVE US A VACANT LOT AND BROKEN PROMISES FOR HOMELESS HOUSING.
INDICTMENT OF LAUSD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
LAUSD COUNSEL RICHARD HOLMQIST IS PLAYING DUMB WITH HIS REACTION DISTURBINGLY SIMILAR
TO U.S. ATTORNEY JOHN MITCHELL'S REACTION TO WATERGATE. DIDN'T THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINT A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO PREVENT CORRUPTION? WHO DID THE SCHOOL BOARD PUT IN CHARGE? CONNIE RICE. SHE DESERVES AN EXPOSE OF HER OWN. CONNIE'S SECOND COUSIN IS CONDOLEEZA RICE.
ANTI- RACIST VICTORY…IN BAY AREA
THAT TRIAL OF THE OAKLAND COP JOHANNES MEHSERLE WHO BLEW AWAY A BLACK MAN ON RAIL PLATFORM IN OAKLAND ABOUT TO BEGIN IN DOWNTOWN L.A. IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. (CLICK HERE FOR WALSH ARCHIVES STORY) BART RECENTLY FIRED THE ALLEGED KILLER COP'S SUPERIOR. A BIG VICTORY FOR BAY AREA ANTI-RACISTS.
GRIC THIS...
WHAT'S GRIC MEAN? THAT'S THE NEW ACRONYM FOR THE GREEN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. AL GORE'S FINANCIAL TIES TO GRIC ARE VERY SUSPICIOUS.. HE'S QUIETLY MAKING A SMALL FORTUNE AND GETTING HIS ASS KISSED BY THE WORLD'S LIBERALS FOR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. WATCH FOR A FUTURE EXPOSE OF BIG AL RIGHT HERE.
SMIC THAT...
WATCH ALSO FOR A SMIC EXPOSE...THE SMOKERS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX... THE WEDDING OF BIG TOBACCO AND BIG MARIJUANA. SMIC IS RUNNING COMMERCIALS ON THE RADIO FEATURING RETIRED COPS FOR LEGALIZATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. NOW WATCH FOR THE OTHER SIDE TO COUNTER WITH HIPPIES AGAINST POT. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
SCARIEST OF ALL...
JAMIEL'S LAW ACTIVISTS STILL FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT... CITY CONTROLLER WENDY GREUEL JOINS THE PARADE OF INVESTIGATORS PROBING LAUSD... NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST CANDIDO MAREZ TAKING AN ACTUAL L POLYGRAPH TO CITY HALL TO CHALLENGE COUNCILMAN CARDENAS TO A LIVE LIE DETECTOR TEST. THE NEW MEXICAN CARDINAL IS FAR TO THE RIGHT OF THE OLD IRISH CARDINAL. HE IS SPAWN OF THE OPUS DEI SECRET SOCIETY... EVER NOTICE THAT CATHOLIC PRIEST NEVER SEXUALLY HIT ON BLIND STUDENTS... THEY STICK TO DEAF STUDENTS... MEG WHITMAN'S NICKNAME AMONG STAFFERS WHO LIKE HER MONEY MORE THAN THEY LIKE HER IS "THE SKULL".
JERRY BROWN'S OPPOSITIONAL RESEARCH PEOPLE ARE READY TO SHOVE THE SKULL'S TIES TO COMPANIES LIKE GOLDMAN SACHS UP HER METAPHORICAL BUTT... WHAT'S L.A. TIMES EDITORIAL WRITER ROBERT GREENE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THAT PRIZE MONEY HE RECEIVED FOR WINNING A CONTEST THAT JUDGED HIM THE BEST EDITORIAL WRITER IN AMERICA?... RIDERSHIP IS PISS POOR ON THE NEW ANGEL'S FLIGHT. TOURISTS DON'T HANGOUT DOWNTOWN. AND RIDING FUNICULARS IS NOT AN HISPANIC THING. NEAR DEATH OLD WHITE GUYS LOVE ANGEL'S FLIGHT...RIDERSHIP ON THE EXTENSION OF THE GOLD LINE INTO EASTSIDE IS IN THE TOILET... ABOUT 4 OR 5 THOUSAND BOARDINGS A WEEKDAY. THE DREAM OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT ON SOTO STREET IS NOT A LIGHT-RAIL. THE DREAM OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT IS A CARRRRR! ... UTLA PRESIDENT A J.DUFFY CONFESSED TO PATT MORRISON THAT HE HAS A HISTORY OF HEROIN ADDICTION... WHERE AND WHEN?...JOHN WALSH (AMERICA'S LEAST WANTED) IS STILL NUMBER ONE ON UTLA'S VICE PRESIDENT JULIE WASHINGTON'S SUSPECT LIST AS THE MURDERER OF HER SON. OTHERS SUSPECT IT WAS A DOPE DEALER HIT. INCIDENTALLY JULIE AND A.J. HAVE WON CONTROL OF 22 SCHOOLS... BOTH ARE GREAT ROLE MODELS FOR THE KIDS... THE TIMES HAS A MORATORIUM ON EXPOSES OF UTLA. IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THE PARCEL TAX APPROVED AT THE POLLS . POOR HOWARD BLUME IS MISSING IN ACTION. IF YOU WANT TO LOCATE HIM , HE'S UNDER THE EDUCATION EDITOR, BETH SHUSTER'S THUMB... CHECK OUR TRIBUTE TO L.A. TIMES CITY EDITOR SHELBY (JABBA THE HUTT) GRAD LAST MONTH... EXPECT REPUBLICANS TO USE THE CHILD PORN POSSESSION ARREST OF A BARBARA BOXER D.C. AIDE IN 2008. MAYOR NEWSOM IS SO SURE OF WINNING LT. GOVERNOR THAT HE'S LOOKING INTO POSTPONING HIS SWEARING IN. THAT WAY HE WILL STILL BE MAYOR WHEN KAMALA HARRIS IS ELECTED ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SWORN IN. THEREBY ALLOWING GAVIN NEWSON TO APPOINT HER SUCCESSOR IS S.F. D.A. MINUTES BEFORE HE'S SWARN IN. OTHERWISE, MAYOR NEWSOM'S ENEMIES ON THE S.F. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GET TO APPOINT THE SUCCESSOR TO D.A. HARRIS. THE FLAW IN THE LOGIC IS HARRIS WINNING THE PRIMARY BECAUSE ROCKY DEGADILLO HAS PLENTY OF DIRT ON KAMALA WHICH HE MAY USE... DON'T YOU LOVE THE PIC--POWER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX COMMERCIALS ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR ITS PROPOSITION 16 MANDATING A TWO THIRD VOTE BY THE PUBLIC BEFORE A CITY COULD SWITCH FROM PRIVATE POWER TO PUBLIC-OWNED (MUNICIPAL) POWER. I HAVE SEEN THE COMMERCIAL SO MANY TIMES I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE SPOKESMODEL - ISN'T SHE GORGEOUS? NO ONE THAT ATTRACTIVE COULD LIE TO ME. I TRUST EVERYTHING SHE SAYS.
QUIZ ANSWER: THE CUTE LITTLE STAR OF PBS AFTERNOON SPECIAL WAS ERIC GACETTI, PLAYING A BLIND KID
BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG...I LOVE L.A. I LOVE THE L.A. TIMES...I LOVE LAUSD. I LOVE THE CEMENT HEADS WHO CALL ME A NIMBY. I LOVE ZEV WHICH MEANS WOLF IN GERMAN. MOST OF ALL I LOVE CATCHING POLITICIANS WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN OR THEIR DRESSES UP.