I just spoke with ABC News Nightline, and they confirmed that the segment featuring Zuma Dogg, Los Angeles Candidate for Mayor, will air this Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 11:35pm. And I will be included in the segment. If anything changes, check back here. Otherwise, tune in at 11:35pm or set your DVR. It will also most likely be posted on the http://abcnews.com website after it airs.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
HUGE: Local Community Activists Kick Home Depot Out of Sunland-Tujunga
THIS IN FROM JOE B AND "NO HOME DEPOT"
THIS IS A HUGE-HUGE VICTORY FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVISM!
THEY TOOK BACK THEIR CITY!!!
THIS IS A HUGE-HUGE VICTORY FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVISM!
THEY TOOK BACK THEIR CITY!!!
Tuesday, January 6, 2008-
The Biggest Breaking News Ever!
VICTORY!
Home Depot pulling out of S-T!
We just spoke with a high ranking HD official
(at 10:45pm) and he confirmed!
We are literally shaking (and celebrating)!
More updates tomorrow as they come in!
Congratulations Sunland-Tujunga!
WOW!
Thank You Home Depot! You did the right thing!
LA Times covers the story HERE!
Ron Kaye has the story HERE!
Street-Hassle has an optimistic mention HERE!
Mayor Sam has the Breaking News HERE!
NBC has the story HERE!
The Biggest Breaking News Ever!
VICTORY!
Home Depot pulling out of S-T!
We just spoke with a high ranking HD official
(at 10:45pm) and he confirmed!
We are literally shaking (and celebrating)!
More updates tomorrow as they come in!
Congratulations Sunland-Tujunga!
WOW!
Thank You Home Depot! You did the right thing!
LA Times covers the story HERE!
Ron Kaye has the story HERE!
Street-Hassle has an optimistic mention HERE!
Mayor Sam has the Breaking News HERE!
NBC has the story HERE!
Monday, January 5, 2009
ELECTION '09: Beware Villaragiosa's Solar Ballot Bamboozle (NO on Measure B)
This article appears in the January issue of Boulevard Sentinel newspaper. It is a summary of recent press regarding Antonio Villaraigosa's Measure B (Solar panels). I put this together to hopefully be something that sums things up for voters including quotes from LA Times, LA Weekly, RonKayeLA and includes the ballot measure argument that Antonio is suing over.
IF YOU LIKE THIS SUMMARY, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS.
Thanks, Zuma Dogg
From LA Daily Blog.com
It may feel like we just got done counting votes in the last election; but the New Year means it is already crunch-time for the March 3, 2009 City of Los Angeles general election.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is up for re-election. And Zuma Dogg is challenging him, so look for my name on the ballot!
Two other big (and very important) elecions are for City Attorney and City Controller. Villaraiogsa's puppet, City Councilmember Jack Weiss, is running for City Attorney. (Even other councilmembers have told Zuma Dogg that they hope he loses. So please look into the other candidates and vote for one of them.
In the City Controller's race, you have constituent-loathed City Councilmember "Wicked" Wendy Greuel. So please vote for someone else, in that one, too.
Because, can you imagine the nightmare that this city would become if Villaraigosa is re-elected, with Jack Weiss as his City Attorney and "Greuesom" Greuel as City Controller? Ask around. Most people I have spoken with, think the City would be a scary place with those three in charge. (You could have a corrupt mayor working in cahoots with the city attorney and the controller will play the role of Hellen Keller.)
Ron Kaye blogged on his RonKayeLA.com, "The March 3 primary gives us the chance to change L.A., to elect candidates to the City Controller's and City Attorney's offices who can stand for the community. Villaraigosa, Wendy Greuel and Jack Weiss along with the 15 obedient council members will have nothing in their way if they prevail in this election."
But it is Villaraiogosa newest ballot-measure-bamboozle (Measure B, solar power bond) that has already generated the most media coverage and community discussion among the activists.
The avalanche of bad press on Measure B was triggered by an LA Times article that called attention to the "risky" nature of this half-cocked boondoggle that requires the blind public trust of the DWP and the City's blank check spending. Plus, LA Times reports that City Council President Eric Garcetti withheld an important report on the matter from other councilmembers, and more importantly, from the public.
And now, Ron Kaye informed the City through his blog, "Please be aware that the mayor's lawyer has dragged Jack Humphreville, me (Ron Kaye) and others who signed the "No on Prop. B" (opposition) ballot argument into to court today, challenging our statements. This is being done even as the L.A. Times reveals today that a critical report exposing this solar energy plan as costly and "extremely risky" was being kept secret from City Council members and the public even as the measure was being rushed to the ballot. The mayor's lawyer is demanding opponents pay court costs and legal fees when we don't even have a lawyer."
Zuma Dogg would like to remind you that this is not only a retaliatory move, but a scare tactic to try and prevent people from stepping up to write the opposition to the mayor's shady ballot measures and propositions. (And did you notice that Villaraigosa's City Hall just pulled the plug on the Time-Warner public access channel, just in time for election season?) Anything to silence public opposition.
Ron Kaye adds, "This isn't just an attempt to squelch the Solar Eight or the debate over this phony ballot measure but a direct assault on everyones' right to freedom of speech and to participate in the political and electoral process. We need support from Neighborhood Councils, homeowner and resident groups, service clubs, churches and every individual who cares about L.A. This is a defining moment. We need to come together and stop the political machine that is destroying the city. If we won't fight as one against these tactics and this dirty deal, I don't know that we ever will."
LA Weekly's Jill Stewart wrote in the most recent issue, "In short, City Hall and Villaraigosa have no idea how they are going to pull off the most massive, experimental, costly installation of solar panels ever attempted in the United States. It will require Angelenos to pour huge sums of their own money into Chinese solar-panel factories. Measure B wants the money from city taxpayers first with virtually no strings. The solar plan has the makings of yet another flubbed Villaraigosa dramaturgy."
LA Times' David Zahniser reports, "What they didn't discuss was an analysis by a city-hired consulting firm that called the solar plan 'extremely risky' and considerably more expensive than was being portrayed by the Department of Water and Power."
Adding, "Measure B, which calls for unionized DWP workers to install solar panels on rooftops and parking lots across the city, sailed onto the ballot with a unanimous vote. But days earlier, the council's top policy advisor was so troubled by the proposal that, in an e-mail to Council President Eric Garcetti, he recommended that the council delay it until a future election. Chief Legislative Analyst Gerry Miller warned Garcetti that the solar measure could result in "substantial increases" to the electricity bills of DWP customers. Neither Miller nor Garcetti made those findings part of the public record. Bottom line is they do not believe that the department can deliver on this program at all, and that the costs associated with the program are way understated,' Miller wrote in his e-mail to Garcetti."
Here is the opposition ballot argument to Measure B (Solar) that the shady, vindictive mayor is challenging:
There is a more efficient way to produce more solar power AND at a lower cost using better technology - but if Prop B passes - the City will be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on outdated technology that benefits no one but the people who paid to put this on the ballot.
This multi-billion dollar plan was placed on the ballot at the last minute as the result of City Hall back room dealings. There were no public hearings and no engineering and operational input from DWP. The Council did not consider the impact on Ratepayers, the overall cost of this massive project, or the impact on the already burdened infrastructure. Our rates were just raised 24%! It is just another one of these tricky deals that says it's about solar energy and workforce development. The LA Times wrote, "This rush to the ballot has the scent of swindle about it." Don't be fooled by City Hall. Demand honesty and transparency.
Measure B and Antonio Villaraigosa's lawsuit against the authors of the opposition ballot argument, highlights the whole kit and caboodle of ballot bamboozlement.
The mayor KNOWS this will slip by un-informed, mis-led voters. (They says it's for one thing, then ends up being something else.) Unfortunately, it is you who ends up paying for all of this wasteful. experimental and irresponsible non-sense.
This is why I hope you join me and many other people from across the city to help clean up city hall. It needs more than a sweep...it needs sweeping changes.
It will take the efforts of almost everyone reading this; along with all the activists on the blogs who lead the information charge and get the word out to the public.
PLEASE JOIN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EMAILING ALERTS ABOUT THE MARCH 3, 2009 ELECTION, relating to the many city positions, and especially Measure B. Stop the City Hall shell game being run by the mayor and city council. Let's keep the risky gambling inside casinos and out of City Hall.
Get out the word, to get out and vote. If you go to LADailyBlog.com, you can find specific articles regarding the March election , ready for you to email blast to your contacts.
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Friday, January 2, 2009
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Zuma Dogg To Appear on ABC News NIGHTLINE, Friday, January 9, 2009
Los Angeles candidate for mayor, Zuma Dogg, will be appearing on ABC News NIGHTLINE on Friday, January 9, 2009 at 11:35 pm on the ABC television network. Even if you are out of town, you will be able to see it anywhere in the country, or around the world. So, Zuma Dogg is going national and international with the shadiness that's going down inside Los Angeles City Hall under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council.
Hey Villaraiogsa and City Council...how did that illegal and unconstitutional Venice Beach ordinance, overturned by a Federal judge that banned the sale of incense and Zuma Dogg tshirts work out for you, losers? The fact that your ordinance was overturned, means you never should have passed it in the first place. Which means Zuma Dogg never even should have been to City Hall, even once. AND NOW LOOK YOU DUMB A-HOLE, LOSERAIGOSA AND SHITTY COUNCIL!!!
ZUMA DOGG IS ON THE BALLOT FOR MAYOR AND NOW ON THE HEELS OF THE LA WEEKLY ARTICLE YOU JUST GOT DONE READING, YOU CAN WATCH ZUMA DOGG ON ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009 at 11:35 pm, you dumb a-holes.
TRY VIOLATING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AGAIN, LOSERS AND WATCH IT BACKFIRE IN THE MEDIA, EVEN MORE.
YOU DON'T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A RUN-OFF???
What are you going to do wrong next, you dumb loser Villaraigosa? You have really surrounded yourself with some sharp folks. They done real well for you. Gadfly Zuma Dogg is "the biggest challenger" according to LA Weekly, and that's before Nightlight. LOL!
THE MAYOR WANTS TO RUN THE CITY??? HE CAN'T EVEN RUN THIS CHRISTMAS TREE
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Hey Villaraiogsa and City Council...how did that illegal and unconstitutional Venice Beach ordinance, overturned by a Federal judge that banned the sale of incense and Zuma Dogg tshirts work out for you, losers? The fact that your ordinance was overturned, means you never should have passed it in the first place. Which means Zuma Dogg never even should have been to City Hall, even once. AND NOW LOOK YOU DUMB A-HOLE, LOSERAIGOSA AND SHITTY COUNCIL!!!
ZUMA DOGG IS ON THE BALLOT FOR MAYOR AND NOW ON THE HEELS OF THE LA WEEKLY ARTICLE YOU JUST GOT DONE READING, YOU CAN WATCH ZUMA DOGG ON ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009 at 11:35 pm, you dumb a-holes.
TRY VIOLATING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AGAIN, LOSERS AND WATCH IT BACKFIRE IN THE MEDIA, EVEN MORE.
YOU DON'T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A RUN-OFF???
What are you going to do wrong next, you dumb loser Villaraigosa? You have really surrounded yourself with some sharp folks. They done real well for you. Gadfly Zuma Dogg is "the biggest challenger" according to LA Weekly, and that's before Nightlight. LOL!
THE MAYOR WANTS TO RUN THE CITY??? HE CAN'T EVEN RUN THIS CHRISTMAS TREE
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A MESSAGE FROM RON KAYE Regarding This Saturday (Solar Measure B)
Everyone:
I'm sure everyone knows about the lawsuit against the "Solar 8" over the Prop. B ballot arguments. I'll be talking about the measure and the legal issues to the L.A. Neighborhood Council Coalition meeting on Saturday at the Hollywood City Hall, 6501 Fountain Ave. and those who are interested in being involved can hang out after the LANCC for an informal meeting of the Saving L.A. Project to discuss strategy for the March 3 election.
This is a great opportunity for us to help make a difference. The way City Hall is treating the community has reached a level of arrogance that is bringing people together from all over the city to work for change.
The LANCC meetings starts at 10 a.m. and I'm supposed to speak along with others about 12:30 p.m. so we should be able to hold our meeting about 2 p.m. or so. It's really just to bat ideas around about strategy and tactics and organizing various groups to get involved.
I've been writing a lot about the solar issue on my blog if you want to read in:
http://ronkayela.com/2008/12/the-solar-8-our-legal-defense.html
Many of the court documents and other material are available in those articles.
We're going to need to raise funds for the legal case and the campaign. The DWP Committee led by Soledad Garcia has set up a bank account to receive donations and the money is being handled by SLAP President Heinrich Keifer.
Send checks to "DWP Committee for advocacy," c/o of Secretary/ Treasurer Heinrich Keifer, 5669 York Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90042
Thanks to the commitment to the community of mayoral candidate David Hernandez who pledged $1,000 and City Controller candidate Nick Patsaouras who pledged $500, we are off to a good start. All donations are welcome and most importantly help get the word out to other groups you're involved with.
This solar plan is a fraud. It's not about bringing solar energy to L.A., which gets less than 1 percent of its electricity from the sun because the DWP and its union, the IBEW Local 18, have blocked development of solar energy. Prop. B is nothing but a payoff to the union so we can move forward with green power -- something we all want to see -- but the cost is too high and there's utterly no planning or studies to justify.
Even beyond that, the process of rushing this measure through the City Council in just three week with little or no serious public discussion, excluding Neighborhood Councils and the DWP Commission and keeping critical information secret says a lot about just how bad this measure is.
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to City Attorney candidate Noel Weiss for stepping forward last Saturday to give us legal help in responding to the lawsuit.
Happy New Year to everyone, it's going to be an exciting roller-coaster ride.
Best, Ron
I'm sure everyone knows about the lawsuit against the "Solar 8" over the Prop. B ballot arguments. I'll be talking about the measure and the legal issues to the L.A. Neighborhood Council Coalition meeting on Saturday at the Hollywood City Hall, 6501 Fountain Ave. and those who are interested in being involved can hang out after the LANCC for an informal meeting of the Saving L.A. Project to discuss strategy for the March 3 election.
This is a great opportunity for us to help make a difference. The way City Hall is treating the community has reached a level of arrogance that is bringing people together from all over the city to work for change.
The LANCC meetings starts at 10 a.m. and I'm supposed to speak along with others about 12:30 p.m. so we should be able to hold our meeting about 2 p.m. or so. It's really just to bat ideas around about strategy and tactics and organizing various groups to get involved.
I've been writing a lot about the solar issue on my blog if you want to read in:
http://ronkayela.com/2008/12/the-solar-8-our-legal-defense.html
Many of the court documents and other material are available in those articles.
We're going to need to raise funds for the legal case and the campaign. The DWP Committee led by Soledad Garcia has set up a bank account to receive donations and the money is being handled by SLAP President Heinrich Keifer.
Send checks to "DWP Committee for advocacy," c/o of Secretary/ Treasurer Heinrich Keifer, 5669 York Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90042
Thanks to the commitment to the community of mayoral candidate David Hernandez who pledged $1,000 and City Controller candidate Nick Patsaouras who pledged $500, we are off to a good start. All donations are welcome and most importantly help get the word out to other groups you're involved with.
This solar plan is a fraud. It's not about bringing solar energy to L.A., which gets less than 1 percent of its electricity from the sun because the DWP and its union, the IBEW Local 18, have blocked development of solar energy. Prop. B is nothing but a payoff to the union so we can move forward with green power -- something we all want to see -- but the cost is too high and there's utterly no planning or studies to justify.
Even beyond that, the process of rushing this measure through the City Council in just three week with little or no serious public discussion, excluding Neighborhood Councils and the DWP Commission and keeping critical information secret says a lot about just how bad this measure is.
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to City Attorney candidate Noel Weiss for stepping forward last Saturday to give us legal help in responding to the lawsuit.
Happy New Year to everyone, it's going to be an exciting roller-coaster ride.
Best, Ron
Monday, December 29, 2008
Community ROSE BOWL PARTY - New Year's Day in Lincoln Heights, CA
LA Voters For Change
ZUMA DOGG
For Mayor
Thursday January 1st, 2009
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Rose Bowl Party
12Noon - End of Game
DJs * LIVE Music * Food * Voter Info
USC vs. Penn State
Corner of
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2437 N. Broadway
Lincoln Heights, CA 90031
Meet and Greet
Zuma Dogg, Candidate for Mayor
Jesse Rosas, Candidate for L.A. City Council District 1
"Let's Clean Up City Hall"
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Recent Blog Stories Featuring Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa
Neighborhood Council Blog: Recent Press About Villaraigosa's ...
...blic Access TVvia Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by LA Weekly - Los Angeles,CA,USA on 12/26/08By Rick Anderson By Patrick Range McDonald The day before Thanksgiving, Zuma Dogg, an outspoken community activist who has a comedian's sense of ... Neighborhood Council Blog - http://neighborhoodcouncil.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - 6:15 PM (3 hours ago)
Recent Press on Measure B (DWP Solar Energy Bond/March 3 Election) VOTE NO!
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his team of lobbyists, strategists and pay-to-play cronies have sued the eight people who signed the No. on Prop. B ballot argument -- an attempt at intimidation under the guise of law.This measure isn't about solar energy and has nothing to do with the largest solar energy in... LA City News - 10:47 AM (6 hour...
LA City News - 5:32 PM (4 hours ago)
Recent Press on Measure B (DWP Solar Energy Bond/March 3 Election) VOTE NO!
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his team of lobbyists, strategists and pay-to-play cronies have sued the eight people who signed the No. on Prop. B ballot argument -- an attempt at intimidation under the guise of law.This measure isn't about solar energy and has nothing to do with the largest solar energy in... LA City News - 10:47 AM (6 hour...
LA City Update - 5:32 PM (4 hours ago)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa Tries To Silence The Public Over "Risky" Ballot Measure "B" (Solar Energy BONDoggle)
...and Mayor Villaraigosa. The speed with which the Council moved to place the measure on the ballot led the LA Times to remark that it had the "scent of a swindle." "This rush to the ballot has the scent of swindle about it."LA TimesThe next turn in the story of a swindle was excellent reporting by the only reporter apparently...
LA City News - 5:32 PM (4 hours ago)
Recent Press About Villaraigosa's "RISKY" Solar Bond on March Ballot (Measure B)
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his team of lobbyists, strategists and pay-to-play cronies have sued the eight people who signed the No. on Prop. B ballot argument -- an attempt at intimidation under the guise of law.This measure isn't about solar energy and has nothing to do with the largest solar energy in...LA City News - 10:47 AM (6 hours ago...
LADailyBlog.com: Neighborhood Council Blogspot: ZUMA DOGG - THE ... - 5:27 PM (4 hours ago)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa Tries To Silence The Public Over "Risky" Ballot Measure "B" (Solar Energy BONDoggle)
...and Mayor Villaraigosa. The speed with which the Council moved to place the measure on the ballot led the LA Times to remark that it had the "scent of a swindle." "This rush to the ballot has the scent of swindle about it."LA TimesThe next turn in the story of a swindle was excellent reporting by the only reporter apparently...
LA City Update - 5:17 PM (4 hours ago)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa Tries To Silence The Public Over "Risky" Ballot Measure "B" (Solar Energy BONDoggle)
...and Mayor Villaraigosa. The speed with which the Council moved to place the measure on the ballot led the LA Times to remark that it had the "scent of a swindle." "This rush to the ballot has the scent of swindle about it."LA TimesThe next turn in the story of a swindle was excellent reporting by the only reporter apparentl...
LA City News - 5:13 PM (4 hours ago)
City Hall Seeks to Silence Critics
It's amazing to me that this story has yet to show up in any of the local media when one considers the civil liberties implications of the Mayor of a major city taking opponents of a controversial measure to court to silence their dissent. In searching the net, the activist blogs are on the beat... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics - 5:06 PM (4 hours ago)
City Hall Political Machine Tries to Intimidate Activist Community
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his team of lobbyists, strategists and pay-to-play cronies have sued the eight people who signed the No. on Prop. B ballot argument -- an attempt at intimidation under the guise of law.This measure isn't about solar energy and has nothing to do with the largest solar energy initiative ever undertaken. The City ...
LA City News - 10:47 AM (11 hours ago)
Prop. B Is for Bribery and Blackmail -- Political Power, Not Solar Power
This is pay-to-play pure and simple.The DWP and the IBEW union that runs it blocked solar energy development in Los Angeles for a decade, demanding that the utility own all major solar installations and that the work of installing the units and maintaining them belong to the IBEW.They blackmailed the city, held solar energy development hostage. And...
Ron Kaye L.A. - 12:26 PM (9 hours ago)
Forget Ethics Reform:Video Cameras, Bugs and Wiretaps Are the Way to Clean Up City Hall
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's point man to clean up the mess wants to have video cameras installed in the locomotive cabs so we can keep an eye on what's going on."We're talking about the ability to look into a [locomotive] cab in real time and see what's happening," said Metrolink board member Richard Katz, who Villaraigosa put on the panel afte...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 27, 2008 (yesterday)
Volunteer to Help Los Angeles Neighbors in Crisis
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are encouraging local residents to join the City of Los Angeles Crisis Response Team volunteer program.Crisis Response Teams (CRT) are groups of trained volunteers on call to provide immediate, short-term on-scene support and guidance to families, neighbors, witnesses and survivors in their community traumatized by fir...
LAFD News & Information - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
[Zuma Press] Recent "Zuma-Dogg" Blog Mentions
...to Mayor Villaraigosa. ...Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home... - http://mayorsam.blogspot.com/Dwarl: Other blogs in Los Angelesvia Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by D.. on 12/26/08Zuma Dogg though, seems to have devoted his life to doing this - he tries to hold our elected politicians to account, but so much seems to slip and slide through the massive m...
Zuma Times Blog - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
[Zuma Press] Recent "Zuma-Dogg" Blog Mentions
...to Mayor Villaraigosa. ...Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home... - http://mayorsam.blogspot.com/Dwarl: Other blogs in Los Angelesvia Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by D.. on 12/26/08Zuma Dogg though, seems to have devoted his life to doing this - he tries to hold our elected politicians to account, but so much seems to slip and slide through the massive m...
LA City News - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
L.A. mayor looks to the future
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa found himself tested on almost every skill he has learned in his years in public life: Devastation with the Metrolink crash and wildfires and having to ...
*Los Angeles* News - Topix - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tested in 2008
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa found himself tested on almost every skill he has learned in his years in public life.
News - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
Revolution by Newsrack
If the revolution that takes down LA's kleptocracy happens in 2009 it will no doubt be due in part to the excellent reportage of David Zahniser in the LA Times and the folks at the LA Weekly namely, Jill Stewart, Daniel Heimpel and Patrick Range McDonald. Indeed, Weekly helmstress Stewart offers... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics - Dec 25, 2008 (3 days ago)
Christmas Eve news and notes
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, labor boss Maria Elena Durazo and Assembly Republican leader Mike Villines are among the politicos who sent letters of recommendation urging bail for Esteban Nuñez. Hector Tobar/LAT Looking back at a good year of change through the lens of L.A.'s left. Liberty Hill Art Talk's Edward Goldman and Arts Journal's Lee Rose...
LA Observed: Remember that name - Dec 24, 2008 (4 days ago)
Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Christmas Eve
...drenched Mayor Villaraigosa's $24 million anti-gang program, be sure to read it here and here. According to Heimpel a "secret" panel doles out the tax money to various "anti-gang" programs; a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics - Dec 24, 2008 (4 days ago)
Chicago-style politics
...that Mayor Villaraigosa looks to him for inspiration.
Notes from Los Angeles - Dec 24, 2008 (4 days ago)
Recession Reality Check: Boxer Preps for Obama
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Boxer Staff Member: Adolfo Bailon Date Contacted: December 2, 2008 The City of Los Angeles currently has a budget shortfall of $130 million, primarily due to the weakening economy. Of the City's overall $130 million shortfall, $75 million is directly attributed to reductions in sales and business taxes, documentary tr...
LAist: *Los Angeles* News, Food, Arts & Events - Dec 23, 2008 (5 days ago)
Recession Reality Check: Boxer Preps for Obama
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Boxer Staff Member: Adolfo Bailon Date Contacted: December 2, 2008 The City of Los Angeles currently has a budget shortfall of $130 million, primarily due to the weakening economy. Of the City's overall $130 million shortfall, $75 million is directly attributed to reductions in sales and business taxes, documentary tr...
LAist - Dec 23, 2008 (5 days ago)
And Justice for Some
If you're a 19 year old charged with a heinous murder how can you get your bail reduced and be released from jail? Hope that your father is a well connected former Speaker of the California Assembly and that his powerful friends write letters on your behalf to the judge. That's what happened,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics - Dec 23, 2008 (5 days ago)
Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Tuesday
...for Antonio Villaraigosa and Eli Broad and one against Zev Yaroslavsky and the taxpayers. Tom Christie writes at the LA Weekly blog that Tuesday Villaraigosa and Broad will join to announce the selection of a new CEO for LA's Museum of Contemporary Art and that the troubled MOCA has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo...
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics - Dec 23, 2008 (5 days ago)
LA Daily Blog.com - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Extra, Extra
...Mayor Villaraigosa wants to know what you think. The City is running a survey on their website about the current budget crisis. Give 'em your 2 cents' worth while you still have 2 cents to spare. So if you are underage and want to drink and/or get high--or just get high, period--at a concert, be forewarned, the Forum is so not the place to go ...
LAist - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Extra, Extra
...Mayor Villaraigosa wants to know what you think. The City is running a survey on their website about the current budget crisis. Give 'em your 2 cents' worth while you still have 2 cents to spare. So if you are underage and want to drink and/or get high--or just get high, period--at a concert, be forewarned, the Forum is so not the place to go ...
LAist: *Los Angeles* News, Food, Arts & Events - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Scenario for Dictatorship: Los Angeles of, by and for the Special Interests
...behind Antonio Villaraigosa -- men like Ari Swiller and Keith Brackpool who have huge investments in water and power development companies -- have been raising millions in campaign funds for the mayor and the political machine he heads.They are part of the inner circle of strategists and operatives who see themselves on the brink of controlling ...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Tell the Mayor That You Want Better Transportation
...Mayor Villaraigosa wants to hear from you! The Mayor's Office just released their annual survey to help them create their budget priorities for the next fiscal year, giving all transportation activists another chance to let our elected leaders know how we feel. Of particular interest to Streetsbloggers, the last one-third of the survey has to...
Streetsblog - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Morning Buzz: Monday 12.22.08
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa include Andrea Alarcon, daughter of Councilman Richard Alarcon, to the Board of Taxicab Commissioners and Christine Essel, formerly SVP at Paramount Pictures, to the airports board. You can tell Villaraigosa via the web what services not to cut. Rick Orlov/Tipoff City Controller Laura Chick will release a report on op...
LA Observed: Remember that name - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Your Mayor, trolling for a budget mandate
~Hey, kids, at last, here's your big chance to put yet another opaque layer of anonymity between you and your government:To ensure that the needs of your neighborhoods are voiced, my office has created a budget survey to help guide the development of the City budget. This survey asks you to make very tough choices regarding real decisions that I wi...
street hassle - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Lincoln High 90031- Quick Notes: The City "asks" for your advice ...
...Publicity For Villaraigosa/Garcetti's MEASURE B (Solar Energy BONDoggle) by LA TIMES (And They Are Supposed to SUPPORT VIAGRAOSA!) - ... Lincoln High 90031- Quick Notes - http://lincolnquicknotes.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Streetsblog Interview: Steve Hymon
...Villaraigosa is a big player in local transit circles, chairing the MTA Board and such. I don't have to pay attention to the elephant debate, but there's still important stuff that goes on here. Streetsblog: So what was the big story of the year for LA County. I'm guessing you'll say Measure R and everything that happened during the ...
Streetsblog - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Ron Kaye's worldview growing darker?
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fraudulent solar energy proposal leads straight to President-elect Obama, raising questions about whether all that talk of change and citizen participation and democracy was just so much lip service. Yeah, the whole world is questioning Obama's sincerity and integrity because of L.A.'s local solar initiative. More ...
LA Observed: Remember that name - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
At Sundown, Menorahs Come Alight For Hanukkah
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa scheduled to make an appearance. On Monday, Villaraigosa will light the City Hall menorah and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Energy Alternative Menorah.
Los Angeles survey seeks input on budget crisis
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city officials are giving you a chance to do just that.
Los Angeles Times - Opinion - Dec 21, 2008 5:38 AM
Los Angeles survey seeks input on budget crisis
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city officials are giving you a chance to do just that.
L.A. Times - California | Local News - Dec 20, 2008 10:44 PM
Zuma's LA Daily Blog: MORE Bad Publicity For Villaraigosa ...
WE'RE TALKING "FRONT BURNER" LIKE THE DAYS WHEN ZUMA DOGG WAS BLASTING ABOUT CONDO-CONVERSIONS IN VIOLATION OF VACANCY RATES!!! HOW DID THAT GO FOR YOU HERB! MY NEW YEARS RESLOUTION IS TO KEEP YOU HONEST, HERB. NONE OF THIS DOUBLE-TALK, ... Zuma's LA Daily Blog - http://ladailyblog.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - Dec 20, 2008 7:58 PM
L.A.'s Solar Energy Fraud: Is this what President-elect Obama stands for?
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fraudulent solar energy proposal leads straight to President-elect Obama, raising questions about whether all that talk of change and citizen participation and democracy was just so much lip service.The mayor himself was named to Obama's transition team of economic advisers. Deputy Mayor Nancy Sutley -- architect of ...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Jane Usher's resignation letter
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, chided him on several points and, as I said on the radio spot, "essentially called BS on the mayor's approach to letting developers build wherever a bus might someday pass, in the name of transit friendly growth." Usher urged the mayor to "please reject the careless, sprawl-inducing approach of adding density at every...
LA Observed: Remember that name - Dec 21, 2008 12:06 AM
The 'Secret' Solar Plan Document -- 13 reasons Prop. B is a Fraud
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's lawyer who is representing Mitchell Schwartz and the League of Conservation Voters political action committee which claims there are false and misleading statements. Rebuttals are due Jan. 5 and the next hearing is Jan. 8. We are seeking a lawyer and received several offers of donations.. At a news conference Friday,...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
L.A. survey seeks residents' input on budget crisis
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city officials are giving you a chance to do just that.
L.A. Times - California | Local News - Dec 19, 2008 5:05 PM
NEW: Welcome to LOS ANGELES VOTERS FOR CHANGE (March 3, 2009 Election Slate)
...where Antonio Villaraigosa is up for re-election, several Los Angeles city council and LAUSD board member seats are on the ballot; along with numerous ballot measures.Last mayoral election, no one had heard of YouTube or MySpace. Most of us had never even heard of a "blog", let alone read one. And although many of you had email accounts, this el...
L.A. Voters For Change - Dec 23, 2008 (5 days ago)
The Loneliest Mayor
Jm~The Mayor discovered Twitter two weeks ago, now he's reinventing LA through Facebook, looking for a thousand pals by year's end.Try it. Be B(FB)FF with the Mayor.
street hassle - Dec 19, 2008 4:12 PM
Century Plaza= Next Ambassador: Well, someone had to draw...
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other local politicians were all to ready to praise a developer's plans to demolish the Century Plaza Hotel for two new futuristic high rises.The history of the site seems lost on them. In fact, I'd say that the Century Plaza has been a late 20th century counterpart to the Ambassador Hotel, the 1920s era mid-Wilshi...
Curbed LA - Dec 19, 2008 4:03 PM
Mayor Passes New Rental Foreclosure Law
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Los Angeles Times Exposes Measure B (Solar Energy Bond) As "Extremely Risky" While Council President Eric Garcetti Witholds Information From Public
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and council members have embraced the solar plan, which was spearheaded by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the union that represents DWP employees. Under the plan, all the solar panels would be owned by the DWP and installed by the utility's workers.Councilwoman Jan Perry, who heads the Energy and ...
L.A. Voters For Change - Dec 19, 2008 1:02 PM
L.A. Voters For Change - Candidate Slate (March 3, 2009 General Election, City of Los Angeles)
Mayor: David Saltsburg (Aka: Zuma Dogg)City Attorney: Noel Weiss, Carmen TrutanichCity Controller: Nick PatsourasCouncil District 1: Jesse RosasCouncil District 3: Dennis P. ZineCouncil District 5: David T. VahediCouncil District 7: Richard Alarcon is running un-opposed.Council District 9: Jan Perry is running un-opposed.Council District 11: To Be ...
L.A. Voters For Change - Dec 19, 2008 1:02 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Mayor Attempts to Censor Prop B Facts
The Mayor is dragging community activists and neighborhood council DWP Committee members to court today in an attempt to censor the facts associated with Prop B, the IBEW's $3.6 billion money-making March 3 ballot scam disguised as a "solar energy bond". From Ron Kaye: ...Please be aware that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics - Dec 19, 2008 12:11 PM
Another Mayoral lapse in the making
~Community organizer Ron Kaye says he's being dragged into court by a Mayoral goon squad including Stephen Kaufman regarding the wording of a ballot measure argument, of all things. This has got to be reciprocity for the Hayes/Hernandez's efforts to overturn the Term Limits initiative, which Kaye reported very attentively to City Hall's embarrassm...
street hassle - Dec 19, 2008 11:31 AM
Baby Elefant: The Seat Exeo, retail
...Loser Mayor Villaraigosa at Ci... The actor of 'Borat' breaks into the parade of the... Da Ali G Show - Season 1 - "Law" - Ali G's part on... The market shares in Russia opened lower prices of. ... Baby Elefant - http://baby-elefant.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - Dec 19, 2008 9:28 AM
Zuma's LA Daily Blog: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Wants To Know ...
PayPal Zuma Dogg. Call Zuma Dogg! ZD Cell Phone: 213-785-7272. Leave comment or story ideas on voice mail if I don't pick up. (Anonymity guaranteed. Call anytime!) LA Daily Blog Links. Zuma Dogg For Mayor Campaign Website · Zuma Dogg ... Zuma's LA Daily Blog - http://ladailyblog.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - Dec 19, 2008 5:52 AM
Los Angeles City Budget. What's Important To You?
...Mayor Villaraigosa and other City leaders are asking for your input on the performance and necessity of the services provided by the City and to help them place priorities on the levels to maintain.Mayor Villaraigosa and City Leaders are conducting an online survey, and all stakeholders are encouraged to take this survey to convey your concerns ...
LAFD News & Information - Dec 19, 2008 10:59 AM
Money, Money, Money -- Where Has All Our Money Gone?
...Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa while it gives raises of up to 6 percent to city employees on top of the endless step increases they get for doing the same job this year they did last year.Revenue is up 30 percent in three years under the mayor's leadership but spending is up even more. In laying out just how bad things are with revenue falli...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 18, 2008 3:10 PM
Recent Press About Villaraigosa's "RISKY" Solar Bond on March Ballot (Measure B)
VOTE NO ON MEASURE B.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa Tries To Silence The Public Over "Risky" Ballot Measure "B" (Solar Energy BONDoggle)
...S BLOG: City Hall Seeks to Silence Critics It's amazing to me that this story has yet to show up in any of the local media when one considers the civil liberties implications of the Mayor of a major city taking opponents of a controversial measure to court to silence their dissent. In searching the net, the activist...
LA City Update - 5:17 PM (5 minutes ago)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa Tries To Silence The Public Over "Risky" Ballot Measure "B" (Solar Energy BONDoggle)
...S BLOG: City Hall Seeks to Silence Critics It's amazing to me that this story has yet to show up in any of the local media when one considers the civil liberties implications of the Mayor of a major city taking opponents of a controversial measure to court to silence their dissent. In searching the net, the activis...
LA City News - 5:13 PM (9 minutes ago)
City Hall Political Machine Tries to Intimidate Activist Community
...blic Debate on Solar Energy Fraud Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his team of lobbyists, strategists and pay-to-play cronies have sued the eight people who signed the No. on Prop. B ballot argument -- an attempt at intimidation under the guise of law.This measure isn't about solar energy and has nothing to do with the largest solar energy in...
LA City News - 10:47 AM (6 hours ago)
[Zuma Press] Recent "Zuma-Dogg" Blog Mentions
...blic Access TVvia Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by LA Weekly - Los Angeles,CA,USA on 12/26/08By Rick Anderson By Patrick Range McDonald The day before Thanksgiving, Zuma Dogg, an outspoken community activist who has a comedian's sense of the absurd, ...Meet Your New Mayoral Candidate...via Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by Valley Doll(Valley Doll) on 12/...
Zuma Times Blog - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
[Zuma Press] Recent "Zuma-Dogg" Blog Mentions
...blic Access TVvia Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by LA Weekly - Los Angeles,CA,USA on 12/26/08By Rick Anderson By Patrick Range McDonald The day before Thanksgiving, Zuma Dogg, an outspoken community activist who has a comedian's sense of the absurd, ...Meet Your New Mayoral Candidate...via Google Alerts - zuma-dogg by Valley Doll(Valley Doll) on 12/...
LA City News - Dec 26, 2008 (2 days ago)
Sunshine on Solar Fraud: The City Council Debate
...bout things and make up their own minds but if I have to go back to the fateful City Council meeting on Nov. 7 and listen to these people prattle dishonestly about a half-baked solar energy plan, you should to.The debate started with President Eric Garcetti asking -- or more precisely answering -- what he claimed were the 13 questions distilled ...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 25, 2008 (3 days ago)
Scenario for Dictatorship: Los Angeles of, by and for the Special Interests
...the people behind Antonio Villaraigosa -- men like Ari Swiller and Keith Brackpool who have huge investments in water and power development companies -- have been raising millions in campaign funds for the mayor and the political machine he heads.They are part of the inner circle of strategists and operatives who see themselves on the brink of c...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Lincoln High 90031- Quick Notes: The City "asks" for your advice ...
...Blog- City of L.A.'s fraud, waste, & abuse · MORE Bad Publicity For Villaraigosa/Garcetti's MEASURE B (Solar Energy BONDoggle) by LA TIMES (And They Are Supposed to SUPPORT VIAGRAOSA!) - ... Lincoln High 90031- Quick Notes - http://lincolnquicknotes.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
LA Daily Blog.com - Dec 20, 2008 4:29 PM
L.A.'s Solar Energy Fraud: Is this what President-elect Obama stands for?
...bility for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fraudulent solar energy proposal leads straight to President-elect Obama, raising questions about whether all that talk of change and citizen participation and democracy was just so much lip service.The mayor himself was named to Obama's transition team of economic advisers. Deputy Mayor Nancy Sutley -- ar...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
NEW: Welcome to LOS ANGELES VOTERS FOR CHANGE (March 3, 2009 Election Slate)
...candidates and ballot positions in the March 3, 2009 City of Los Angeles general election.The Power of LA Voters For ChangeWe The People of Los Angeles, have a chance to create some real change at City Hall during the March 3, 2009 general election where Antonio Villaraigosa is up for re-election, several Los Angeles city council and LAUSD board...
L.A. Voters For Change - Dec 23, 2008 (5 days ago)
L.A. Voters For Change: Los Angeles Times Exposes Measure B (Solar ...
...burg (Aka: Zuma Dogg); City Attorney: Noel Weiss, Carmen Trutanich; City Controller: Nick Patsouras; Council District 1: Jesse Rosas; Council District 3: Dennis P. Zine (Incumbent); Council District 5: David T. Vahedi ... LA Voters For Change - http://lavotersforchange.blogspot.com/
Google Alerts - zuma-dogg - Dec 19, 2008 1:04 PM
Los Angeles Times Exposes Measure B (Solar Energy Bond) As "Extremely Risky" While Council President Eric Garcetti Witholds Information From Public
...bitious L.A. solar plan 'extremely risky' An outside consultant says Measure B, which easily made the March 3 ballot, is more costly than portrayed by the city's Department of Water and Power.By David ZahniserDecember 19, 2008When members of the Los Angeles City Council agreed last month to put an ambitious solar energy plan on the March 3 ballo...
L.A. Voters For Change - Dec 19, 2008 1:02 PM
City Hall's Solar Energy Fraud Revealed
...oppose Proposition B -- the solar energy fraud measure -- into court this morning to challenge most of their argument on the March 3 ballot.Kaufman -- who has long represented the mayor and boasts his clients include the City Attorney, a majority of the City Council, powerful city unions, numerous Democratic Party politicians, several insider in...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 22, 2008 (6 days ago)
Analysis calls ambitious L.A. solar plan 'extremely risky'
...consultant says Measure B, which easily made the March 3 ballot, is more costly than portrayed by the city's Department of Water and Power. When members of the Los Angeles City Council agreed last month to put an ambitious solar energy plan on the March 3 ...
Los Angeles Times - Top News - Dec 18, 2008 10:54 PM
Analysis calls ambitious L.A. solar plan 'extremely risky'
...consultant says Measure B, which easily made the March 3 ballot, is more costly than portrayed by the city's Department of Water and Power. When members of the Los Angeles City Council agreed last month to put an ambitious solar energy plan on the March 3 ...
L.A. Times - California | Local News - Dec 18, 2008 10:28 PM
Vote "No" on Prop. B -- The Solar Energy Fraud
...March 3 ballot measure Proposition B is a fraud and must be defeated.A lot of discussion focused on the lack of strong candidates taking on the mayor or any of the six incumbents seeking a third term they are eligible for thanks to the ruse they used to undo term limits restrictions under the guise of meaningless ethics reform in Proposition R.M...
Ron Kaye L.A. - Dec 7, 2008 5:09 PM
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