Actually from yesterday (can't blame me for having trouble keeping up with my newspaper reading).
"I think it's a lot to ask of a candidate to think about not only who gave them money, but who those contributors might be doing business with," - Laura Friedman, Glendale (CA) City Councilmember. From here.
Today's update to this story is here: Lockyer, Chiang freeze money they got from developer
Read it and weep. Happy holidays and Merrrrry Christmas Los Angeles!
Showing posts with label City Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City Council. Show all posts
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, October 12, 2009
To Mayor Villaraigosa: Sell The Police Stations To Non-Profits!
Hey Mayor! If Los Angeles can't maintain its police force, why not do to police stations what you're doing to our schools?
Instead of making "fiscally responsible compromises", sell individual police stations to the highest non-profit bidders! Its a win-win situation!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Josh Haden's Guide To The March 3 Los Angeles Municipal Elections
I wanted to write a much longer blog entry on today's Los Angeles election, in which we Los Angeleans, amongst other things, get to vote on a new mayor, but I simply didn't have the time!
Its frustrating because this is a very important election for Los Angeles, even though probably most registered voters will be ignoring it.
An incredibly fascinating article about the corrupt and out-of-control politics of our city was published last week in the L.A. Weekly, I encourage everyone who's interested to read it.
Every city's political machine is corrupt to a certain extent and Los Angeles is no exception. Watch the movie "Chinatown" with Jack Nicholson to see how twisted it is and how far back the corruption goes.
Anyways, I love my city no matter what!
Please note this guide only applies to my voting district. There are many offices and candidates I won't be covering here, a great source to check out for other districts is the Young Progressive Majority.Org Voter's Guide.
My picks for the election, without fanfare and very little if any explanation:
Mayor: David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg
City Attorney: None
Controller: None, there really is no good candidate running for this important office, and that's sad because this office oversees audits of city government operations and financial disbursement programs, amongst other things. The apparent front runner, council district 2 representative and council President Pro Tempore Wendy Greuel is so much a part of the problem in L.A. city government I don't know how anybody could expect her to have a proper neutral perspective to do a good job. Her television advertisements are so disingenuous (me paraphrasing: "such and such office hired a firm to teach its employees Zen meditation! Horrible! With me in office there will be no governmental funding of Zen meditation on L.A. city property!"). I'm not sure we should trust her. I hope she proves me wrong.
Los Angeles Community College District:
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 2: Angela J. Reddock
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 4: None
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 6: Toss-up between Robert Nakahiro & Nancy Pearlman.
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 7: Miguel Santiago
Measure A: YES
Measure B: NO (A good article about this measure can be found here.)
Measure C: YES
Measure D: YES
Measure E: NO
Happy voting!
I'm going to sleep now!
Its frustrating because this is a very important election for Los Angeles, even though probably most registered voters will be ignoring it.
An incredibly fascinating article about the corrupt and out-of-control politics of our city was published last week in the L.A. Weekly, I encourage everyone who's interested to read it.
Every city's political machine is corrupt to a certain extent and Los Angeles is no exception. Watch the movie "Chinatown" with Jack Nicholson to see how twisted it is and how far back the corruption goes.
Anyways, I love my city no matter what!
Please note this guide only applies to my voting district. There are many offices and candidates I won't be covering here, a great source to check out for other districts is the Young Progressive Majority.Org Voter's Guide.
My picks for the election, without fanfare and very little if any explanation:
Mayor: David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg
City Attorney: None
Controller: None, there really is no good candidate running for this important office, and that's sad because this office oversees audits of city government operations and financial disbursement programs, amongst other things. The apparent front runner, council district 2 representative and council President Pro Tempore Wendy Greuel is so much a part of the problem in L.A. city government I don't know how anybody could expect her to have a proper neutral perspective to do a good job. Her television advertisements are so disingenuous (me paraphrasing: "such and such office hired a firm to teach its employees Zen meditation! Horrible! With me in office there will be no governmental funding of Zen meditation on L.A. city property!"). I'm not sure we should trust her. I hope she proves me wrong.
Los Angeles Community College District:
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 2: Angela J. Reddock
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 4: None
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 6: Toss-up between Robert Nakahiro & Nancy Pearlman.
Member Of The Board Of Trustees, Seat No. 7: Miguel Santiago
Measure A: YES
Measure B: NO (A good article about this measure can be found here.)
Measure C: YES
Measure D: YES
Measure E: NO
Happy voting!
I'm going to sleep now!
Monday, December 15, 2008
I Met Tom LaBonge Today
I met L.A. City Councilmember Tom LaBonge by chance today while we were shopping at a local supermarket.
I was so tongue-tied I forgot to tell him to please save Los Angeles Public Access television!
Instead I said "I watch you on T.V." Maybe he got the message.
I love watching the penny-ante preachers, the beer-drinking guys who interview porn stars, that famous acting expert guy, and the guy who just stares back at you for half an hour. They're part of what makes our city great.
Not to mention the L.A. City Council meetings, which air in tape delay every business day. Go Zuma Dogg! And Tom LaBonge too!
And my favorite T.V. news anchorwoman, Ellen Cheng, who hosts the informative L.A. This Week.
It'll be a sad day if L.A. Public Access goes away. It doesn't seem right. The new California State law (which is supposed to go into effect Jan. 1) that allows Time Warner to pay a fee into state coffers rather than offer Public Access programming is fundamentally unfair and deprives L.A. citizens of programming that isn't homogenized and sanctified by greedy corporations (like Time Warner, sad to say) who are just trying to push their agenda on us. Public Access is commercial-free and I doubt Time Warner makes any money off it. Its probably a liability to them.
Some things are more valuable than money! At least that's my opinion.
I was so tongue-tied I forgot to tell him to please save Los Angeles Public Access television!
Instead I said "I watch you on T.V." Maybe he got the message.
I love watching the penny-ante preachers, the beer-drinking guys who interview porn stars, that famous acting expert guy, and the guy who just stares back at you for half an hour. They're part of what makes our city great.
Not to mention the L.A. City Council meetings, which air in tape delay every business day. Go Zuma Dogg! And Tom LaBonge too!
And my favorite T.V. news anchorwoman, Ellen Cheng, who hosts the informative L.A. This Week.
It'll be a sad day if L.A. Public Access goes away. It doesn't seem right. The new California State law (which is supposed to go into effect Jan. 1) that allows Time Warner to pay a fee into state coffers rather than offer Public Access programming is fundamentally unfair and deprives L.A. citizens of programming that isn't homogenized and sanctified by greedy corporations (like Time Warner, sad to say) who are just trying to push their agenda on us. Public Access is commercial-free and I doubt Time Warner makes any money off it. Its probably a liability to them.
Some things are more valuable than money! At least that's my opinion.
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