2.24.10

POP GOES THE FLY BALL... ER THE QUIZ

POP QUIZ - IF YOU GET 2 RIGHT ANSWERS YOU KNOW YOUR POLITICAL SH*T…

NAME THE TOP  APPOINTEE OF BARACK OBAMA  AMONG  HAITIAN AMERICANS...

NAME THE WELL KNOWN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN POLITICIAN WHOSE GRANDFATHER-IN-LAW  IS A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME...

MTA BOARD TAKES A CR*P ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS

MAYOR ANTONIO AND SUPERVISOR ZEV YAROSLAVSKY JOINED FORCES  LAST WEEK AT AN MTA BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER AN INVESTIGATION OF THE L.A. TIMES REPORTER ARI BLOOMKATZ AMONG OTHERS.

ZEV AND VILLARAIGOSA ORDERED INSPECTOR GENERAL TO FIND OUT HOW CONFIDENTIAL INFO FROM A CLOSED SESSION MTA BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE ONGOING SUBWAY FROM HELL LITIGATION WITH TUTOR-SALIBA CORPORATION, WHERE MTA'S LEGAL BILL HAS PASSED $30 MILLION.

DID SUPERVISOR MARK RIDLEY THOMAS LEAK CONFIDENTIAL  INFORMATION TO THE L.A. TIMES, DAILY NEWS AND THE DAILY(LEGAL) JOURNAL AS MIKE ANTONOVICH BELIEVES?

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: ZEV AND ANTONIO WENT AT EACH OTHER HAMMER AND TONG AT THE  BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING. ZEV WANTED ANDREA ORDIN, THE NEW COUNTY COUNSEL TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION. ANTONIO WANTED KAREN GORMAN  TO DO THE INVESTIGATION. ANTONIO WON THE BATTLE BECAUSE  THE MAYOR HAS A SET OF BALLS BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND ZEV DOESN'T. KAREN GORMAN'S ASS IS OWNED BY THE MAYOR. SHE GETS PAID MONTHLY TO COVER UP THE MAYOR'S CRIMES AT MTA REMEMBER STEVE BING AND RICHARD MERUELO?

WHO IS THIS KAREN GORMAN? SHE IS THE "ACTING" INSPECTOR GENERAL ...FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF DAMN YEARS. SHE IS  NOT PAID TO BE ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL. SHE GETS PAID  AS ETHICS OFFICER. SHE HAS NO QUALIFICATIONS TO BE INSPECTOR GENERAL. THAT'S WHY THE BOARD HASN'T APPOINTED HER.  INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS REMAINED AN UNFILLED POSITION. THE LAST I.G. WILLIAM WATERS WROTE A HASTY LETTER OF RESIGNATION STATING NO REASON FOR HIS HASTY DEPARTURE. IN FACT, HE FOUND HIS INVESTIGATIONS BEING THWARTED BY BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDING THE MAYOR. THE BOARD HASN'T STARTED WITH STEP ONE FOR FILLING THIS STATE-MANDATED POSITION. THAT'S A NATIONWIDE SEARCH. GORMAN CAME IN, KILLED INVESTIGATIONS AND BEGAN REPLACING NON-PARTISAN I.G. STAFF WITH THOSE  THAT OWE ALLEGIANCE TO MAYOR V. GORMAN WAS LOYAL TO FABIAN NUNEZ. THAT'S HOW SHE GOT THE ETHICS JOB AT MTA...WHERE SHE IS DOING AN INCREDIBLY POOR JOB...VERY, VERY LAX.

SO THE I.G. RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING INVESTIGATIONS INTO LAW FIRMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CORRUPT LEGAL SETTLEMENT MESS IS NOW IN CHARGE OF LOOKING INTO THE VERY SAME CORRUPTION MESS. DOES TUTOR HAVE A MOLE ON THE BOARD? DOES CINDY CRAWFORD HAVE A MOLE ON HER FACE?

HOLLYWOOD HIGHLANDS.ORG IS TIRED OF ACCUSATIONS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS NEGATIVE... NEVER POSITIVE... SNIPE...SNIPE... SNIPE. WHY DON'T YOU TRY SOMETHING POSITIVE. THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE ALWAYS NEGATIVE. LIKE A CONCER SURGEON... CUT...CUT...CUT. CANCER CELLS HAVE RIGHTS TOO. WHY ARE WE NOT WORKING TOGETHER

WITH THE METASTASIZING PROCESS?

OKAY. HERE IS OUR VERY FIRST POSITIVE PROJECT.

       

               HAVE A HEART FOR BILL 

               ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF THE

       PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON HEART DONOR LIST.

THANKS TO THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER’S THE GLOBE WE NOW KNOW THAT BILL CLINTON MAY NEED A HEART TRANSPLANT SOONER OR LATER... VERY SOONER ...NOT MUCH  LATER. HERE WE RISE TO THE OCCASION. IF YOU MEET THE HEART DONOR QUALIFICATIONS, SIGN UP HERE... IF, GOD FORBID, YOU DIE IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE SAME TIME THAT BILL'S DOCTORS, GOD FORBID, COME TO THE DECISION HE NEEDS SOMEBODY ELSE'S USED TICKER, WE'LL ELONGATE CLINTON'S LIFE. WE'D LIKE TO COORDINATE THIS OUTREACH WITH THE OUR FAVE - THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

READY TO DONATE YOUR HEART TO BILL CLINTON JUST IN CASE...CALL

THE ENQUIRER AT 1-800-749 -7733 EXTENSION 1015. TELL THEM HOLLYWOOD HIGHLANDS.ORG SENT YOU.

WHILE WE'RE ON THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, MIKI AND I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE ENQUIRER SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE. THE STORY IN QUESTION IS THE JOHN EDWARDS SEX SCANDAL. THE PULITZER IS CONTROLLED BY A CABAL AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. THEY'RE SO STODGY THEY READ THEIR OWN RULES AS DISQUALIFYING THE ENQUIRER FROM THE SUBMISSION PROCESS. THE PULITZER PRIZE JUDGES ARE SUCH DINOSAURS THAT THEY NEVER SEE TABLOIDS BECAUSE ALL THEIR SERVANTS DO THEIR SUPERMARKET SHOPPING FOR THEM. AGAIN, IF YOU FEEL THE WAY WE DO, THEN   CALL THE ENQUIRER 800-749-7733 EXT. 1015 OR 1-561-989-1015. MENTION THIS WEBSITE, PLEASE.

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT -

THE MTA LET THE DOGS OUT...

MTA’S 10 X $$$ MILLIONS GATING-GATE

SUBWAY FROM HELL BOARD COMMITS $200 MILLION TO GATING RAIL (GATING GATE...) SYSTEM AND THEN DECIDES TO LEAVE THE GATES UNLOCKED. U-N-L-O-C-K-E-D. THAT'S RIGHT. A LOT OF HEAVY SHI*T COMES DOWN AT MTA'S LIGHTLY ATTENDED COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WHAT IS THE DETERRENCE FACTOR ATTACHED TO UNLOCKED GATES? WHEN ASKED WHO AMONG MTA BOARD MEMBERS AT THEIR OWN HOMES LEAVE THEIR GATES UNLOCKED, NOT A SINGLE HAND WAS RAISED. GATE PROPONENTS CLAIMED THAT THE HONOR SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING AND THE BARRIER FREE ERA HAD TO END. MILLIONS WOULD POUR INTO THE TICKET VENDING MACHINES, FAR EXCEEDING THE COSTS OF THE GATES. AND OF COURSE FARE INSPECTORS WOULD BE NEARLY ELIMINATED BY GATING. CEO LEAHY SAID LATE LAST YEAR THAT THE TURNSTILES WOULD REMAIN FREE-SPINNING UNTIL EVERY UNDERGROUND STATION HAD COMPLETED INSTALLATION AND TO EXPECT THE GATES TO BE LOCKED BY FEBRUARY OR MARCH.

BUT LEAHY CHANGED HIS TUNE AT THE FEB. MTA OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. PLANS TO LOCK THE MTA GATES HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. THE GATES WILL ONLY SERVE A DECOY ROLE. LIKE WOODEN DUCKS ON A LAKE. THE HONOR SYSTEM IS BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT. NO SUBWAY ON PLANET EARTH HAS ADOPTED THE UNLOCKED GATES SYSTEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF L.A.

THERE MAY BE A HIDDEN REASON. MTA HAS UNDERGONE A HOMELAND SECURITY SAFETY AUDIT. HERE'S WHAT I'M WONDERING.

1.HAS THE GATING SYSTEM BEEN INSTALLED IMPROPERLY?

2. HAS THE MTA BEEN ORDERED TO KEEP THE GATES OPEN TO  AID IN EGRESS DURING AN EMERGENCY? WHO KNOWS?

LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY.

HERE'S THE ANSWER. WHAT'S THE QUESTION ANYHOW?

ANSWER:ANN SIMMONS

                  CARLA RIVERA

                  CARLA HALL

                  BRAD TURNER

                  KURT STREETER

                  RON WHITE

                  SANDY BANKS

AND THE QUESTION IS: NAME THE SEVEN REMAINING BLACK REPORTERS AT THE L..A. TIMES.

THERE ARE NO BLACK EDITORS AND ONE BLACK EDITORIAL WRITER. THIS SITUATION IS SHAMEFULLY RACIST.  BUT, OF COUSE, HOLLYWOODHIGHLANDS.ORG IS OLD SCHOOL. AMERICA IS NOW POST- RACIAL THANKS TO BARRY OBAMA. THE TIMES OWNER SAM ZELL IS POLITICALLY-CORRECT COLOR BLIND. IN FACT , WE WHO CALL ATTENTION TO THE PITIFUL STATISTICS ARE THE RACISTS. IN FACT, AT THE TIMES, THE PERCENTAGE OF MINORITY REPORTERS EXCEEDS THE PERCENTAGE OF MINORITIES IN THE GENERAL WORKFORCE. HOWEVER,ONE SUBGROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOSTING THE MINORITY STATS AS A WHOLE. THAT GROUP IS ASIAN WOMEN.

THANKS TO GARMENTANDCITIZEN.COM FOR THE REPORT OF A PHANTOM  PHONE POLL THAT ASKED RESPONDENTS OPINIONS ON THREE THINGS: L.A. CITY COUNCIL, LITTLE RICKY GARCETTI, IN PARTICULAR, AND BILLBOARDS. HEY LITTLE RICKY, WHO PAID FOR THE POLL AND DON'T PLAY DUMB?

RIGGING THE POLLS

SPEAKING OF POLLS, THE MTA JUST RELEASED THE RESULTS OF ONE THE BOARD COMMISSIONED SHOWING THAT MTA RIDERS FAVORED A FARE INCREASE. UNDER ANGRY QUESTIONING FROM THE PUBLIC (MEANING YOURS' TRULY) THE POLLSTERS FOR HIRE ADMITTED AT THE BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING THAT THE RESPONDENTS WERE PHONE CONTACTS RATHER THAN ON SITE CONTACTS. FURTHERMORE THE PHONE CONTACTS WERE OLD RESPONDENTS THAT HAD BEEN SURVEYED PREVIOUSLY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. IN THEIR WORDS, THEIR OPINIONS WERE KNOWN BEFORE THEY WERE CHOSEN FOR THE LATEST POLL. SUPERVISOR KNABE ORDERED MTA STAFF NEVER TO CONDUCT A POLL LIKE THIS ONE AGAIN AND TO RETURN TO RANDOM ONSITE POLLING.

THE SCORPION, THE GADFLY AND

THE M*TH*R-F*CKING SHOE

DON'T CALL ME A GADFLY UNLESS YOU LIKE TO BE CALLED A M*TH*R-F*CK*R IN TURN...WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. PERSONALLY, I DON'T MIND BEING CALLED AN INSECT. BUT

THE INSECT I IDENTIFY WITH IS THE SCORPION. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH SCORPIONS WAS IN AFRICA... THE FIRST

DAY WE ARRIVED IN ADDIS ABBABA, WE WERE TOLD BY STAFF

TO KEEP OUR SHOES IN A DRESSER DRAWER. WHY? THE YEAR BEFORE, A SCORPION  HAD STUNG A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER WHO'D LEFT HIS SHOES BY THE  BEDSIDE.  DON'T F*CK WITH A SCORPION AND IT WON'T F*CK WITH YOU. REMEMBER SCORPIONS LIKE DARK WARM PLACES... LIKE YOUR SHOE.

RADIOACTIVE OBAMA, ODDS ON CLINTON

WHEN WILL VEGAS START LAYING ODDS ON HER 2012 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RACE AGAINST BARRY(SIX-MILE ISLAND, TWELVE-MILE ISLAND, TWENTY-FOUR MILE ISLAND, 48 MILE ISLAND ) OBAMA. WITH ALL THOSE NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS IN THE OBAMA FUTURE, NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL NAMING RIGHTS. HEY, RUPERT MURDOCH, HOW ABOUT THE HOMER SIMPSON ATOMIC PLANTS. INCIDENTALLY, THE HERO OF "DAY OF THE LOCUTS" WAS NAMED HOMER SIMPSON WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO IVAR STREET JUST NORTH OF YUCCA STREET WHERE DAY OF THE LOCUSTS WAS WRITTEN. WATCHA CLIP OF THE SUCCESSFUL MOVIE VERSION - RIGHT>>>)

LOOKS LIKE RAY CORTINES IS ON HIS WAY OUT AFTER WE AT HOLLYWOODHIGHLANDS.COM EMBARRASSED THE LA TIMES INTO PICKING UP OUR SCHOLASTIC BOOKS/CORTINES CONFLICT OF INTEREST STORY. ( Check out columnist Betty Pleasant’s take on the Cortines $candal at right...don’t mince words Betty!)WHO WILL THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS BE? DON'T ASK US/ DON'T ASK MAYOR ANTONIO/DON'T ASK SCHOOL-BOARD PRESIDENT MONICA GARCIA/ DON'T ASK THE REST OF THE SCHOOL-BOARD/ DON,T ASK THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. ASK THE ONE WHO WILL MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION. THAT WOULD BE BILLIONAIRE ELI BROAD WHO MAKES THE DECISION AFTER MEETING WITH HIS CONSIGLIERE DICK RIORDAN. DICK WILL BE CELEBRATING HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IN MAY. IF CATHOLICS ARE RIGHT ABOUTH HEAVEN, DICK HAS PAID ENOUGH FOR HIMSELF AND ALL HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

EXPO LINE $220 OVER BUDGET AND 2 YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE. EVEN RAIL JUNKIE MARK RIDLEY THOMAS ATTACKS EXPO ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BUSINESS JOURNAL

TRAVEL TO NOWHERE SPECIAL DEAL:

W HOTEL HAS LOWERED ITS ROOM RATES TO UNDER $119. THAT HOW DESPERATE W IS TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

HOW DIANE WATSON CAUGHT MAXENE WATERS WITH HER PANTS DOWN OR ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR SOUTH-CENTRAL STYLE.

FIRST DIANE DECIDES SHE'S HAD ENOUGH. THE PLANE TRIPS WERE WHAT HURT THE MOST. SHE KEEPS QUIET EXCEPT FOR DROPPING BIG HINTS AROUND KAREN BASS, HER ANOINTED FAVORITE. SHE ROPES A DOPE, MEANING CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS, BY MAKING  ALL THE FILING MOTIONS. THEN SHE  CONTACTS RICH SIMON OF THE L.A. TIMES THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY, TO SAY SHE WAS BAILING OUT AND NAMING HER SUCCESSOR. KIND OF LIKE WHAT NELSON MANDELA DID WHEN IN POWER. THE TIMES PRINTED KAREN BASS' NAME. MARK RIDLEY THOMAS WAS WARNED AWAY FROM RUNNING AGAINST BASS BY BIG LABOR WHO OWN HIM. WITH UNDER 4 MONTHS UNTIL THE  DEMOCRAT PRIMARY, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR A WORTHY OPPONENT LIKE HERB WESSON, ANOTHER FORMER ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, TO RAISE THE SEVEN FIGURE SUM THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RUN A CREDIBLE CAMPAIGN AGAINST BASS. (See favorite of our’s Betty Pleasant’s analysis of the scene at right and read her column “SOULVINE”) BASS HAS NO STREET CREDIBILITY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL, PEOPLE ARE ASKING ONE ANOTHER:"KAREN WHO?"

THE OSCAR GRANT CHANGE OF VENUE RALLY WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. COVERED BY TV. IT WAS PEACEFUL AS  PREDICTED. WILL THE TRIAL HEAT UP, WILL THE OAKLAND

  Click screen above to watch video of rally

OFFICE GET AWAY WITH MURDER BY IMPLEMENTING THE DYSLECTIC DEFENSE: "MEANING TO SHOOT MY VICTIM IN THE BACK WITH MY STUN GUN… I INADVERTENTLY SHOT HIM TO DEATH WITH MY SERVICE REVOLVER…OOPS!" (This is almost as good as the famous "twinkie defense" that got ex Supervisor- more importantly ex-cop Dan White off for murdering San Fran Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone. It was immortalized by the Movie "MILK" starring Sean Penn as Milk. Where do they get these crazy defenses of cops and ex cops up in the Northern end of the state? We know there is a lot of fog… but is it true that the fog is really thicker between people's ears than out on the bay? Point is, on either side of the bay - they don't convict cops of killing anyone. If the Mayor didn't count, just imagine what they thought of poor Oscar Grant.

Grant families' only chance is that an LA Jury may not be so protective of a Northern Ca cop. Look on the bright side, it isn't being tried in Simi Valley Cop Haven (Rodney King) and Johnny Cochran (OJ Simpson) won't be making up cute jury hypnotizing rhymes

from the grave. Let’s see - "If the stun ain't the gun - you must let him run..." well I never had a career in the law anyway. Maybe Oscar Grant's family will have half a chance at half assed justice. Hey all you fellow dyslectics out there - we'll have our own defense if it works - anybody you've been meaning to rub out? Just kidding…)

MORE NEXT MONTH ON THE DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS TRIPLE KILLING. IF WALTER MOSELY AND JAMES ELROY DECIDED TO WRITE A CRIME NOVEL TOGETHER, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BORROW THE PLOT FROM THE REAL LIFE WASHINGTON TRIPLE SLAYINGS.

CHECK LAUSD WATCH FOR EXPOSE ON THE NEW $78.50, ONE SIZE FITS ALL TEACHING CREDENTIAL PIONEERED BY GOVERNOR ARNOLD. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.WEBREAK IT ON THE BLOG THEN I PESTER THE L.A. TIMES ASS FOR IGNORING WHAT'S IN CYBERSPACE UNTIL THE CITY EDITOR SHELBY GRAD IS FORCED TO COVER THE STORY THAT WAS BROKEN HERE AT HOLLYWOODHIGHLANDS.ORG.

LAPD FINALLY REPAIRED THE SIGNAGE ON THEIR BUILDING RESPONDING TO PRESSURE EMANATING FROM HERE. THE SIGNAGE READ “LOS  A GELES POLICE DEPARTMENT”. THE 'N' LETTER  HAD BEEN STOLEN.

AND FINALLY, THE TUNNEL ADVISORY PANEL HAD A HEARING AT RAMONA HALL. THE NEWS WAS BAD FOR TUNNEL FANS. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO TUNNEL FANS IN THE ROOM ON FEBRUARY 15. THE TUNNEL EXTENDING THE 710 FREEWAY WAS FEASIBLE... BUT JUST BARELY FEASIBLE AND NOT ECONOMICALLY CONSTRUCTIBLE AT ALL. A COUPLE OF THE ROUTES  WERE BLOCKED BY OLD TOXIC SUPERFUND SITES. ANOTHER  COUPLE OF POTENTIAL ROUTES BLOCKED BY INTERSECTING ACTIVE EARTHQUAKE FAULTS. IN ADDITION, HIGH WATER  TABLES AND TOXICS COMPLICATED OTHER POTENTIAL UNDERGROUND PASSAGES. MARS WILL BE COLONIZED BEFORE THE 710 EXTENSION IS COMPLETED.

SO LITTLE TIME...SO MANY WINDMILLS.

ANSWER TO THE QUIZ QUESTIONS: ANDRE BIROTTE OF THE L.A. POLICE COMMISSION SAILED THROUGH U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION IN RECORD TIME. HE'S HAITIAN AMERICAN. HE WASN'T ANTONIO'S CHOICE. HE MIGHT KICK SOME ASS AS LOCAL U.S. ATTORNEY.

CONGRESSWOMAN MARY BONO, SONNY'S WIDOW IS MARRIED TO FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN CONNIE MACK WHOSE GRANDFATHER CONNIE MACK WAS OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE OLD PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS AND IS ENSHRINED IN COOPERSTOWN.

Johnny and the famous glove, click photo at left for story on Cochran

and the glove

ANDRE BRIOTTE LA’S NEW US ATTORNEY...WITH FORMER CHIEF BIG BILL - (WHY DID HE LEAVE SO QUICK )BRATTON.

CONNIE MACK - THE ORIGINAL...CLICK ON THE

PAINTING AND CHECK OUT

SOME ATHLETIC’S HISTORY

THE INFAMOUS  TWINKIES OF THE BATTY “TWINKIE DEFENSE”

OUR FAVORITE TABLOID SPURNED BY PULITZER COMMITTEE  ...HOLLYWOODHIGHLANDS.ORG TO THE RESCUE...

NEVER ONES TO MISS A “WE

TOLD YOU FIRST MOMENT”...

WE TOLD YOU DURING THE CAMPAIGN

THAT OPRAH WAS OBAMA’S SECRET WEAPON - THE BEHIND THE SCENES ARCHITECT OF HIS VICTORIOUS

CAMPAIGN...

NOW SHE’S TRYING TO SAVE HIS RADIOACTIVE NECK. THE GLOBE HAS IT ALL WRONG. WITH OPRAH’S NOT SO SECRET SECRET...

WELL LET’S JUST SAY, MICHELLE IS NO FOOL, SHE KNOWS SHE

HAS NOTHING TO WORRY

ABOUT.

READ ABOUT THE PULITZER CAPITULATING TO OUR DEMANDS AND PUTTING THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER INTO THE RUNNING FOR THEIR JOHN EDWARDS STORY -JUST CLICK ON PREVARICATIN’ PROPAGATIN’

PHILANDERIN’ JOHN’S PICTURE TO READ MORE...

click video box left to see clip of famous climax of “Day of the Locusts”

film.