By Bruno
L.A.'s Watchdog
Looking for a job in this miserable economy?
This dog has a suggestion for you: Become a political consultant.
Qualifications: Almost none.
In fact, Bruno's decided to get off his ugly butt and join the profession. I'd work for Zuma Dogg, who's my favorite candidate for mayor of course, but pro bone-o and he doesn't have enough money to eat, let alone the kind of cash to run an expensive television campaign that would get me 15 percent of the advertising buy -- plus a healthy write-up on production costs.
Dog Trainer columnist Steve Lopez, a star of the soon-to-disappear California section, followed up today on his poll on whether our mayor should roll up his sleeves and actually debate his opponents.
The results were not surprising, other than the fact that there's 5,000 people still reading the Trainer anymore:
Yes: 4,728
No: 118
No opinion: 26
My guess all 118 no votes work for Antonio and drive city cars. The 26 brain-dead "no opinion" votes are geniuses who came up with Measure B.
But my favorite quote in the column - one that should be placed in the annals of political consulting forever, so it can rival the wisdom of ubiquitous pundits like the scary looking James Carville - was uttered by the mayor's campaign manager Ace Smith:
"If you ask the question, 'Do you like ice cream,' everyone is going to say 'yes.' If you ask, 'Do you like ice cream with sand in it,' you get a different answer."
Huh?
So Bruno would like to do his own research.
What other stuff in your ice cream would make it less than appetizing?
Nails and broccoli come to mind, but go ahead and use your imagination. The winner gets to work with me on Zuma's campaign - if you all go to his blog and give him enough money to pay the bill, of course.
Woof!
L.A.'s Watchdog
Looking for a job in this miserable economy?
This dog has a suggestion for you: Become a political consultant.Qualifications: Almost none.
In fact, Bruno's decided to get off his ugly butt and join the profession. I'd work for Zuma Dogg, who's my favorite candidate for mayor of course, but pro bone-o and he doesn't have enough money to eat, let alone the kind of cash to run an expensive television campaign that would get me 15 percent of the advertising buy -- plus a healthy write-up on production costs.
Dog Trainer columnist Steve Lopez, a star of the soon-to-disappear California section, followed up today on his poll on whether our mayor should roll up his sleeves and actually debate his opponents.
The results were not surprising, other than the fact that there's 5,000 people still reading the Trainer anymore:
Yes: 4,728
No: 118
No opinion: 26
My guess all 118 no votes work for Antonio and drive city cars. The 26 brain-dead "no opinion" votes are geniuses who came up with Measure B.
But my favorite quote in the column - one that should be placed in the annals of political consulting forever, so it can rival the wisdom of ubiquitous pundits like the scary looking James Carville - was uttered by the mayor's campaign manager Ace Smith:
"If you ask the question, 'Do you like ice cream,' everyone is going to say 'yes.' If you ask, 'Do you like ice cream with sand in it,' you get a different answer."
Huh?
So Bruno would like to do his own research.
What other stuff in your ice cream would make it less than appetizing?
Nails and broccoli come to mind, but go ahead and use your imagination. The winner gets to work with me on Zuma's campaign - if you all go to his blog and give him enough money to pay the bill, of course.
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.
Bruno: You going to wear a funny hat and sun glasses?
Ron,
Your email box is full....Might want to look at switching to gmail to handle all your fame.
Hey, my woofing friend Bruno
Mostly you're right, but I gotta (woof) disagree with you a tiny bit on this one.
My mom has sand in her name, so I like a little sand in the ice cream she gives me every night as an appetizer for my kibble and scraps dinner.
You see, I have a hip problem, so every night she mixes chocolate-flavored glucosomine (I never learned how to spell and my paws prevent me from using the dictionary )into vanilla ice cream and stirs it with her finger.
Sometime a little sand in your ice cream ain't so bad; it just depends on how gritty it is.
Not only is she the best mom in the world, but she lets me have dessert first!
Your Friend,
G.