By Bruno
The L.A. Watchdog
In the Internet age, the news that arriveson your driveway is referred to as "dead-tree" journalism because, for those of you scratching your heads, it's on paper.
This morning, my copy of the Dog Trainer (the LA Times, for the uninitiated) makes me want to pee on a tree.
Do reporters at the Dog Trainer follow the news? If you're going to cover City Hall, shouldn't you have some idea of what's happened there recently?
Or maybe the Dog Trainer has signed up for Antonio's re-election campaign, which isn't necessary because he doesn't have any opposition.
Here's the headline: Villaraigosa says he won't join Obama administration.
And according to the Dog Trainer, here's why:
Villaraigosa said he had a "conversation" with Obama in mid-November about joining the new Democratic administration but told the incoming president that he would stay in Los Angeles to focus on his reelection campaign and ongoing efforts to address the city's financial troubles and other pressing issues.
Then the Dog Trainer published this quote, noting the mayor "told the Times," like it was something special and not incredibly self serving.
"I'm honored and flattered to have been considered for an appointment in the Obama administration," Villaraigosa told The Times on Monday. "I made it clear I love what I do. And I feel that at this moment in my life, this is the job in which I can best serve my city and country."
Did the reporter just fall to Earth? Maybe he never saw this story in the New York Times: For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All.
And maybe he forgot our mayor was involved in a nasty scandal a while back involving an attractive reporter, which led to divorce court.
You wouldn't know it from the Dog Trainer, which just ignored Antonio, if he wanted to join our new president in Washington, would have to subject himself to the most intensive vetting in history.
Who knows? Maybe Antonio wouldn't be concerned with answering the 63 incredibly personal questions. But since he's already our mayor, shouldn't he answer them for us?
Here's the questionnaire, Mr. Mayor. Please send your answers to Bruno the Watchdog at ron@ronkayela.com.
Woof!
The L.A. Watchdog
In the Internet age, the news that arriveson your driveway is referred to as "dead-tree" journalism because, for those of you scratching your heads, it's on paper.
This morning, my copy of the Dog Trainer (the LA Times, for the uninitiated) makes me want to pee on a tree.
Do reporters at the Dog Trainer follow the news? If you're going to cover City Hall, shouldn't you have some idea of what's happened there recently?
Or maybe the Dog Trainer has signed up for Antonio's re-election campaign, which isn't necessary because he doesn't have any opposition.
Here's the headline: Villaraigosa says he won't join Obama administration.
And according to the Dog Trainer, here's why:
Villaraigosa said he had a "conversation" with Obama in mid-November about joining the new Democratic administration but told the incoming president that he would stay in Los Angeles to focus on his reelection campaign and ongoing efforts to address the city's financial troubles and other pressing issues.
Then the Dog Trainer published this quote, noting the mayor "told the Times," like it was something special and not incredibly self serving.
"I'm honored and flattered to have been considered for an appointment in the Obama administration," Villaraigosa told The Times on Monday. "I made it clear I love what I do. And I feel that at this moment in my life, this is the job in which I can best serve my city and country."
Did the reporter just fall to Earth? Maybe he never saw this story in the New York Times: For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All.
And maybe he forgot our mayor was involved in a nasty scandal a while back involving an attractive reporter, which led to divorce court.
You wouldn't know it from the Dog Trainer, which just ignored Antonio, if he wanted to join our new president in Washington, would have to subject himself to the most intensive vetting in history.
Who knows? Maybe Antonio wouldn't be concerned with answering the 63 incredibly personal questions. But since he's already our mayor, shouldn't he answer them for us?
Here's the questionnaire, Mr. Mayor. Please send your answers to Bruno the Watchdog at ron@ronkayela.com.
Woof!
Ron Kaye is the former editor of the Los Angeles Daily News where he spent 23 years helping to make the newspaper the voice of the San Fernando Valley and fighting for a city government that serves the people and not special interests.
Twice in recent years, Los Angeles Magazine listed Kaye among the city’s most influential people, specifically in the area of politics. Kaye has been variously described in the media as the “accidental anarchist,” “the Patrick Henry of the San Fernando Valley” and a “passionate populist.” He is now committed to
carrying on his crusade for a greater Los Angeles as an ordinary citizen. Previously, Ron worked at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner,
Associated Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer and The Australian as well as papers
in Fairbanks, Alaska and Yakima, Wash. He also wrote for Newsweek magazine, The Guardian in London and the National Enquirer.
Gawker played it about right:
http://gawker.com/5100843/obama-didnt-hire-this-loser
LMAO -- AV really must think we in Los Angeles are just plain dumb. Oh, that's right, we keep electing to anything he runs for. Joke's on us if we continue to do so. Pitiful, really.
LMAO -- AV really must think we in Los Angeles are just plain dumb. Oh, that's right, we keep electing him to anything he runs for. Joke's on us if we continue to do so. Pitiful, really.
Eh. Bruno!
Grrrrrreat! Lookin' for a dog fight?
Yeah, you, Bruno. I'm grrrrr talkin' to you.
Two stories in one day and you keep grrrrrowling that Tony Vee doesn't have any competition.
What's Walter Moore? Dog food? Chopped liver? Yeah, I'll bet you wish he were chopped liver. All the better to eat you with. I like chopped liver, too, but mom doesn't make it any more.
What you got aginst him anyway? He's doggedly tenacious. He likes strays like you; he's got three of them. Saved 'em from Boks. He's grassroots. Has a big base in the Valley.
Give the guy some credit. So he doesn't have $2 mil in the bank. He's got bark and a law degree.
Vee can't say that.
In stead of grrrrrumbling that A.V. doesn't have any competiion, get with the progrrrrram and give Walter Moore a bone now and then.
I'll be watchin' you, Watch Dog. I got bite, too.
Your tail waggin' pal.
G. Shepherd
Grrrrrr
Yeah, I heard this on the radio this morning.... Villaraigosa said he had a "conversation" with Obama in mid-November about Antonio joining his administration, Villagraigosa adding that they spent most of the time talking about the fire situation in Southern California.
I wonder how Obama recollects the conversation?
Anybody taking odds on the topic of discourse being anything other than the fire situation?
Well, at least part of the story is likely true, they talked in mid-November.
The question that kills Antonio is where he would have to disclose all his e-mail names and dating website handles. The imagination runs wild with the possible names under which he posts to dating websites... which might account for the 90% of his time he spends NOT performing work of the City.
The other killer question is having to disclose details of his divorce. The rumor is that he keeps postponing the divorce by claiming he can't find an attorney. Poor Corina. It is criminal how he is dragging this out and stringing her along. She is the one who should be Mayor. At least she has demonstrated class and intelligence through this mess.
The last time I was in the Liberty Grill, which I hear he has been HANDED an ownership interest by some members of the Good Old Boy Network, the little A-hole was presiding over the room. He came up and poured our water glasses and brought bread to the table. Then he loudly proclaimed he was a Full Service Mayor. Of course, just like everything else, he left when it came to taking our order and FOLLOWING THROUGH to the end of the meal. I regarded it all as a metaphor for his administration: Brings you the easy stuff, has no attention span for the part that requires actual work. I wanted to throw the pitcher of water on him, but his goon squad was parked at a nearby table. The nerve. He just assumed we would all be delighted that the Mayor brought our table some water and bread. We were polite but not amused.
Then there is the media whore factor. This ego maniac runs all over town jumping in front of cameras and taking credit for stuff he did not do. He is a joke of a man. A joke.
hey 6:40 watch out- I called him a media whore and one of his flunkies jumped all over me. However, I know a real winner like Obabma would not engage a real loser like AV to do anything important. He was probably fanning his tail trying to be noticed by Pres-elect. Hopefully he will stay away from AV before he does something not only to embarass him but to set him up in some scheme of his. AV is a street dogg.
hey 6:40 watch out- I called him a media whore and one of his flunkies jumped all over me. However, I know a real winner like Obabma would not engage a real loser like AV to do anything important. He was probably fanning his tail trying to be noticed by Pres-elect. Hopefully he will stay away from AV before he does something not only to embarass him but to set him up in some scheme of his. AV is a street dogg.
Birds of a feather...
Obama made a smart decision not to include AV in his cabinet since he and Fabian Nunez are bosom buddies! In fact Nunez was Hillary's CA co-Chair during the campaign.
Ex-Assembly Speaker Núñez's son held in homicide
By Stan Oklobdzija
stano@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Dec. 03, 2008 | Page 3A
The 19-year-old son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez was arrested in Sacramento County along with three others Tuesday on suspicion of homicide in the Oct. 4 stabbing of a 22-year-old college student in San Diego.
Esteban Núñez, Ryan Jett, Leshanor Thomas and Rafael Garcia, all 19, were taken into custody with the assistance of Elk Grove Police Department officers and Sacramento County sheriff's deputies, according to a San Diego Police Department press release.
Núñez was arrested about 2 p.m. at his father's home in the 3300 block of American River Drive, said Sgt. R.L. Davis, Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman.
All four men will be taken to San Diego, where each will face one count of murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the release said.
Steve Maviglio, Fabian Núñez's spokesman, said the former speaker would have no comment.
The stabbing occurred after the four men allegedly got into a fight as the victim and four friends left a party, the release said. Luis Santos and two friends were stabbed, it said.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that San Diego police detectives searched the Sacramento-area homes of all four about a week after Santos' death.
I knew it was just a matter of time before you people, Mayor Sam and others so inclined would blame Villar for Nunez's son. It's a terrible thing, but Villar's own son is going to Princeton and seems on a different path. The Kennedys have bad seeds in their family, but it hasn't tarnished JFK, RFK or their kids, or Maria Shriver's branch -- even Teddy has been rehabilitated.
Whatever Nunez's kid's failings are seems to have to do with him and his situation -- like how little attention to his son Nunez paid during his years focused on acquiring power and away in Sacramento. His unapologetic arrogance over his extravagant expenditures certainly contributed to his losing a chance at a 3rd term.
Was he an uninvolved father? If the kid is 19 and Nunez is only 40, he had the kid very, very young -- don't he and his wife have other kids where he's been more hands-on? This will certainly end Nunez' career once and for all, anyway. But using this horrible situation, a murder by these punks, for political "ha ha's" is sinking pretty low.
10:52, you're the only one here suggesting a link between Villaraigosa and Nunez's son.
Of course there is going to be a link between Villar & Nunez' son since Villar had to open his mouth and say what a "good kid" he is. So good, that his now taken down my space pictures showed him and his "Hazard Crew" flaunting their tattoos, drinking and drugs as well as the torture of animals ( see Latino Politics blog, pictures are still posted there).
Villar and Nunez are both morally and ethically bankrupt and good friends so of course they would be linked in people's minds.
its too bad nobody mentions what the victim's family is going through. I only hear how terrible it must be for the Nunez family