So it’s come to this: Would we better off if Walter Moore or even Zuma Dogg bad beaten Antonio a year ago?
I can say with certainty that we wouldn’t be worse off.
Think about it: The Mayor with 10 times the money as the other nine candidates narrowly won re-election and then spent the next 11 months traveling the world, wining and dining in restaurants only 1 percent of the people can afford, and living the life of a multimillionaire with bodyguards and servants nursing to his every whim.
Time and again, he was told the city’s finances were in desperate shape and yet he paid no attention and kept on spending the public’s money as if there were no tomorrow on sweetheart deals with unions and subsidizing luxury hotels and entertainments, expanding social welfare programs.
And all he’s offered is a blueprint for disaster, a strategy to do the bidding of Wall Street so he can borrow billions of dollars to conceal his failure while perpetuating the decline of the city for decades to come.
Tomorrow has already come and the bills are already coming due and all we get is a City Council following along this road to ruin like sheep. Their solutions are to fire 4,000 workers on top of the 2,400 handsomely paid off to retire — and all of them coming out of the 12,000 city workers who provide services to the general public at libraries, parks, community planning, building code enforcement.
City Hall is in chaos, our elected officials are in a panic and thinking only of themselves and their own luxurious lives even as poverty rates are soaring, unemployment is among the highest in the nation, property values declining, storefronts empty, homes being foreclosed with parks and libraries shutting down after fortunes were spent to build them.
They have betrayed the public trust but are without shame because we still treat them with a measure of respect they do not deserve when we should be storming City Hall by thousands and demanding a new deal because the one on the table stinks.
So I ask again: Would we better off if the Mayor and the Council were gone and we started all over again with a new set of faces drawn? You certainly could not be worse off.
I totally agree Ron, we couldn’t do much worst then what we have now. Not one council member has had the guts to say I will give up a couple of my staffers with their city cars, and set an example for the rest of the losers on council. NOT ONE has given a solution. They just keeping asking for more time. The even number seats are up for re election. Now is the time to start putting it out there to people not to vote these idiots back in office. On another note of WTF??? How the hell did Zine get to name a community center after himself? There’s photos in Daily News but interestingly no story. Talk about selfish, arrogant assholes!!! Instead of naming it after a more deserving person.
No. Walter Moore and Zuma Dogg have the same ego and delusions of grandeur that other politicians have.
I’d say Ron Kaye would be an excellent choice!
The problems with this City are caused entirely by City Hall.
Think about it: with our climate, our markets, and our geography, everyone in the world should want to come here to live and do business. It took some extraordinary mismanagement, year after year, to have a higher unemployment rate here not just than the national average, but even the State of California’s average.
Anyone who lives and works in the real world — you know, where you have to show up for work, pay your rent and/or mortgage, etc. — could do a better job than Villaraigosa, Garcetti, Perry, et al.
That’s what we really need: candidates who don’t really want to go into public office, but who are willing to do so, for a term or two, for the good of the city, and who then return to private life.
Career politicians have ruined what should be the greatest place in the world to live. But we can fix that. And we can fix it starting with the elections in March 2011.
I truly hope some of you out there will run. Warning: you will be insulted by people for no reason (see comment above, for example). But you will at least earn the right to complain, because you TOOK ACTION.
I don’t see much panic at City Council or at the Mayor’s office. The only panic and fear I see is with the people who provide the City’s services, the Employees. We have seen this coming for years. But these politicians have no clue. They continue to do business/nonsense as usual. Today was proclamation day at City Hall, wasting time when they should have been working on the budget.
It’s frustrating to see so little effort being placed on the budget, especially when employees get pressured to work on pet projects for these politicians. As a resident its even more frustrating to see all these politician place the blame on the employees. After all, it was the Mayor(a former SEIU Office holder) that agreed to do a favor for his former union as did the Council people who approved the ERIP deal.
Tough decision needed to be made at that time and they neglected to do their jobs because they thought they were still electable and needed SEIU support.
In the end the employees and residents of L.A. will be the ones that lose everything.
Villaraigosa has announced — per OurLA.org — that he’s spending federal stimulus money to “train” 2,000 people for all those high-tech jobs we have here. What do you want to bet all 2,000 people come from the City’s payroll?
Ron, you show again what a sage you are when it comes to choosing public officials based on being loud, abrasive, uneducated, ADHD and filled with delusions of grandeur: Zuma Dogg even got himself booted from council today by Jan Perry for 30 calendar days for responding to a request not to shout “and break the equipment” with profanity. THAT profanity must have been music to her ears!
– As for Walter Moore, he’s just the last part, “filled with delusions of grandeur” like how he should be mayor of America’s second-biggest city, not having even served on a neighborhood council, commission or anything whatsoever. (Probably neither were even on their middle school student council.) Utter inexperience isn’t a benefit as we’ve seen, even WHEN you are surrounding by a large, expensive army of seasoned pro’s to hold your hand and try to keep your hoof-in-mouth disease from choking you.
C’mon. I appreciate that hyperbole is your hallmark, but give me a break on Zuma Dogg — a pitiable, deranged homeless man who doesn’t realize he’s the butt of the joke (and shame on all of you for turning him into a court jester for your amusement, rather than helping him get help).
Walter Moore is a more complicated animal. He’s a special-interest (billboard) lawyer who I believed then and now to be unqualified to be mayor and lead the city. And I agree with commenter Higby above that he appears to have ego and delusions of grandeur that don’t match up to reality. Having said that, I have been impressed lately that Moore is at least attempting to propose solutions to the deficit, rather than simply shouting there’s a problem.
But to answer your question, “No.” We would not have been better off with Moore or Dogg/Saltsburg as mayor.
Villaraigosa is one of the weakest mayors the city has ever had, but he’s only part of a much, much larger problem: Fecklessness and lack of leadership across the entire spectrum of city elected officials.
Eric Garcetti and the rest of the council? Weak. Wendy Greuel? Thin gruel. Carmen Trutanich? Rookie still trying to figure out big-league pitching.
What we’re facing here is not a budget crisis — it’s a leadership crisis. This city is long on self-important elected officials with mediocre credentials, and short on real public servants with the commitment and vision to lead.
It’s been a long time coming, as second-, third- and fourth-generation staffers ascended to council seats, and then spent every waking hour in office looking for the next seat to run for when term limits caught up.
With apologies to critics of the LAUSD, City Hall is where you’ll find the REAL Dance of the Lemons.
The problem is unsolvable unless and until new leaders step up and, well, actually lead. Make tough decisions for the betterment of the city, not themselves or the narrow band of self interests they pander to.
A bankrupt city is bad for all of us. But maybe a train wreck of epic proportions is what we need to throw these wretched midgets out of office and bring in a new crop of elected officials out of whom maybe we’ll find some real leaders.
There’s certainly none to be found in the crop we’ve got…
Yes we can do better. Much better than Walter Moore and Zuma Dogg although both good activists let’s look at the whole picture. We need a good executive who can realign the disastrous past thirteen years at city hall. Someone who is respected and knowledgeable who will take care of the taxpayers and not the special interests, developers and unions. Someone who will not just talk about what’s wrong but has the ability to make good positive changes in the way this city does it’s business. Voter apathy has been one of the main reasons why this city is failing. No one with the necessary talent and credentials wants to run. We have been electing dysfunctional candidates.
Geeze. We’d be better off with me and Bruno at the helm of the sinking S.S. Los Angeles. Hell, lets add Walter’s three rescue dogs in the mix, too, especially that cute little chihuahua mix (See http://www.waltermooresays.com) that’s so smart she know how to use a computer.
My kinda woofie gal.
What say you, Bruno?
G.
Geeze. We’d be better off with me and Bruno at the helm of the sinking S.S. Los Angeles. Hell, lets add Walter’s three rescue dogs in the mix, too, especially that cute little chihuahua mix (See http://www.waltermooresays.com) that’s so smart she knows how to use a computer.
My kinda woofie gal.
What say you, Bruno?
G.
On the 1 p.m. news on KTLK they said V. is going to announce this afternoon which city departments will be shut down completely.
Five will get you ten that the most corrupt of all, the CRA will not be on that list. Sure save his rich land developer cronies, but start axing cops and firemen.
That makes so much sense.
Get a room
“ZD’s profanity must have been music to Jan’ ears!”
Hearing council ban me for 30 days was music to ZD’s ears. Gonna drive the damages WAY UP! HIGHLY ILLEGAL MOVE ON COUNCIL’S PART. You’ll see. Zuma Dogg
Everyone get their Charters out: the Mayor will mess with departments NOT in the City Charter (unless he is truly insane). So how about:
Department of Planning and Development Services: Building&Safety, Planning (gotta keep the name, it is a Charter department), Transportation (planning group only).
Charter Departments: Personnel, Planning, Public Works, Libraries, Recreation and Parks, Police, Fire
Oh, he is eliminating 2 “small agencies.” Nevermind.
Ah, one of the things I don’t miss from running for office is the “anonymous” blogger who posts the same thing over and over, to give the illusion of . . . grandeur? Numerosity?
That a person is unwilling to have his name associated with his comments tells you something: take it with a grain of salt.
Zumadogg would be worse. The things that make him entertaining are the same things that would cause him to fail in the world of politics.
Walter Moore could make a better mayor though his ego and condescending attitude might just end up backing him into a wall. But I do believe he’s a smart guy.
I also believe there are better leaders out there than either of them.
THe joke of a Mayor is getting rid of Human Services and the Environmental Dept. Does anyone know what these people did? The Mayor needs to cut Cultural Affairs. I’ve heard more people tell me they use to work in that dept. and those employeed did absolutely NOTHING. Look on ourla.org layoff list and see how much they were paid to do nothing.
Both Zuma Dogg and Walter Moore regardless of their shortcomings, deserve more respect than those worthless Neighborhood Councils who subsist on the public dole, and come to life when they are about to lose it. These two have continued to contribute and participate in the public realm.
Captain Chaos and the league of extraordinary “politicos” were voted in for a reason. They have inherited a system that can no longer sustain itself through our traditional social-political mechanisms. They lead (along with the media), to create the illusion that globalization and re-gentrification (in the guise of urban renewal) do not exist. We see powerful social networks (i.e. unions, developers, public/private entities) all trying to adapt to capitalism “quirks”. Do we blame it on 40 years of deindustrialization, Prop. 13, derivatives, greedy financiers, bloated pension plans, downsizing, out sourcing, domestic/foreign markets, bad investments, public schools, the military industrial complex, lack of “revenues”, etc…etc…Just think, WE created all this…May be the Smart and Final kid is right…”Get Smart!” The adults run the show, start acting like adults…What do our elected officials, city workers, and city tax payers need to do in order to survive as an organization/City? “We” create our environment, demonstrate to the young folk, of this Great City, that adults can solve problems creatively and judiciously. Together, we can do it!
Looks like we need Paul Krekorian for Mayor 2013
Would Walter Moore or Zuma Dogg Be a Better Mayor? YES.
Unlike our current Mayor, both Walter and David recognized the problem and even brought up budget shortfalls and pension issues. Either one of them would have definitely addressed the budget issues when they took office which is the main problem with the Mayor and Garcetti – they did nothing. The Mayor and Garcetti are reactionary. Walter and David are PROACTIVE!
The Mayor was far worse than Garcetti however. At least the City Council President was in town and working on City business about a 100 times more than the Mayor.
I’m not a great fan of Phil Jennerjohn, but even on one of his interviews when he was running for mayor, he was asked how he will deal with the budget shortfall – which just confirms that the Mayor had a warning for at least 2 years.
“If you LIE down with dogs, you will get up with fleas An assertion that human failings, such as dishonesty and foolishness, are contagious. Cf. L. qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus surgent , they who lie with dogs will rise with fleas.”
To February 19, 2010 4:12 PM: Your statement doesn’t make sense, what’s your hangup with Neighborhood Councils? You make an hominem attack on an entity, not a person.
At least give specific examples. What did they do to you that pissed you off so much.
Your question is simple enough to answer, maybe too simple so the posts are making more of it than needed in order to pick up where they left off in earlier criticisms of each.
Either of these two, ZD or WM, would have been better than Tony as mayor on a number of bases. Familiarity with the city issues- Tony was gone too long, too often while Zuma Dogg and Walter Moore were here and able to digest the information as it happened. The Mayor was gone, detached from day-to-day developments and I am sure relied on his staff as human Cliffs Notes to substitute for personal experience and knowledge of issues.
The other part of this is clearly an interest in what was going on in the city vs. any other attaction, be it fundraising or the lure of a presidential primary campaign and the resulting potential for the opportunity to get an appointment with that administration. Villaraigosa was completely absorbed by his ultimate career goals of being in power somewhere other than in Los Angeles- Tony’s increasingly apparent personality disorders, headed by his narcissism, kept him thinking that he was the right guy for any job without putting in any amount of expected work.
ZD and WM did not have the distraction of becoming career politicians and were able to see the issues in real time and came to solutions for what was often ignored or misread by the Mayor. In any event, the Mayor was his own worst enemy by offering only a token presence in the city while being neglectful of what was to become a logjam of problems.
So while, of course, critics of ZD and Moore CAN find OTHER choices for the Mayor’s office, the question posed was not a search for for any wishlist personification, but an inquiry on a comparative basis.
Either of the two, Zuma Dogg or Walter Moore would have done a better job than Antonio, but the 4-year head start of Tony’s first-term may have still put the city too far into a death spiral and beyond recovery. But it’s hard to imagine ZD and WM being worse since they each continued to spot issues and problems and came up with solutions, while Tony did neither.
I’m a bit confused over the terminology here. Could someone please explain how it could be “delusional” for me to think I could have won and would make a good Mayor, having raised hundreds of thousand of dollars and having received nearly 72,000 votes — more than anyone serving on the City Council, and 10 times more than any candidate other than Villaraigosa?
While you’re at it, perhaps you could explain how my degree in Public and International Affairs, my 25 years’ experience protecting people’s rights in court, my service on my neighborhood’s HPOZ board and my real estate license somehow make me less qualified than other people? I really don’t get that part, either.
Better yet, instead of ad hominem attacks, how about comparing the policies I advocate with those City Hall actually follows, and explaining why mine are supposedly inferior?
Finally, while you’re at it, why not disclose your name, your credentials and experience, and what you have done to try to make this City better.
Vague assertions that someone is “delusional” hardly add to the discussion, though they may help you with your eating disorder, or anger management issues or whatever else makes you say things like that.
Condescending? Can you back that up with even one example? Perhaps a passage from my speeches or writings? I don’t think you can. That I believed — and still believed — that I was the best candidate in the race does not make me condescending. Heck, if I thought another candidate was better qualified, or had a better platform, I would be happy to write him a check and go back to my nice, quiet, private life, rather than suffer fools.
To February 19, 2010 12:38 PM – You are implying that having served on a Commission or Neighborhood Council is one aspect of experience that is important – Are you kidding me?
How soon we forget about Mayor Hahn’s appointees to Commissions – there was a big scandal with commissioners raising money for political campaigns and one commissioner at the Dept of Airports (LAWA) over-ruling a staff person’s recommendation for an award of contract.
You might not agree with the politics of Walter Moore, but at least he has real world experience, a good education, is intelligent, and recognized problems facing the City more than 4 years ago when he ran for the Mayor’s seat the first time.
Mayor Villaraigosa has been blatantly derelict in his duties of office. He has been away from office during most of the time of his second term and traveled at taxpayer expense while the working class and small businesses have suffered.
I agree that Moore is intelligent with a good education. I like the fact that he wants to shut down the CRA which has destroyed neighborhoods, put the City and State into debt, taken money away from schools and other services, and is allowed to borrow (issue bonds) without voter approval, and steal people’s homes and small businesses.
I also like that Moore recognizes the corruption of gifts and subsidies to developers. I believe that he is intelligent enough to recognize the absurd argument in favor of “Density” which only serves to enrich developers by dramatically increasing the value of their land holdings. Density involves overcrowding an already overcrowded city without the infrastructure or enough water supply to support it.
The negative of Moore lies in his support of billboards and the conflict he has representing them. I heard Moore on the Kevin James (KRLA) and he clearly stood up for billboard companies and their owners and against Kevin James statements at the start of the conversation.
The other negative of Moore (and others) is his support of nuclear power. He is right in addressing the energy issue, however he hasn’t truly penciled out the economics of nuclear power – the cost differences between natural gas fired efficient and clean burning combined cycle power plants. The initial investment (up front) capital costs are enormous and don’t factor in decommissioning.
To: 6:41
Speaking about being delusional. If these are the only two negatives you saw with Mr. Moore and you still did NOT vote against Villar, you’re really beyond anything.
On one side you get Villar, whoring for fat cat developers (btw, do you think he pays himself for his expensive lifestyle or just possibly could there be a sugar daddy of sorts, maybe Broad?) and pandering to unions & illegals and on the other side you have Walter Moore who may not be perfect but at least WILL WORK being a mayor.
You & yours have destroyed this city.
FINALLY, an honest, legitimate disagreement re POLICY!
As for billboards, I would ask that you be more specific about what you consider my “support” for billboards.
Part of my platform, you may recall, was to preserve L.A.’s low-rise, low-density architecture. Towards that end, I supported strong limitations on billboards. Seriously: Google it. I remember telling a reporter that billboards are the 3-D equivalent of internet pop-up ads. I also don’t think people should have jumbo-trons shining into their living rooms. I also opposed how they shrink-wrap building with those tacky plastic bags.
Again, don’t take my word for it: Google it. You’ll find an interview from the L.A. Weekly, and even some support from the guy whose office windows got covered up with that stuff.
As for the Kevin James interview, you have omitted the topic of discussion. It wasn’t just billboards, good or bad. Rather, the issue is whether the City should impose an extra tax on billboards, above and beyond what all other businesses and property owners pay. I oppose that, just as I have opposed special treatment for or against ANY business. Google it. Look at what I wrote about how City Hall screwed the hotels operating near the airport. Read how I have railed against subsidies to big businesses with political connections.
As for nuclear, I base my support primarily on: a) French and Japanese experience; and b) my belief that, as a nation, we need to stop depending on Middle Eastern oil. Are there costs associated with the benefits? Absolutely, but the same is true with all energy sources. However, I think a person can reasonably oppose nuclear power. We can respectfully agree to disagree on that one.
To February 20, 2010 7:09 AM, this is 6:41: Don’t a-s-s-u-m-e anything. I did NOT vote for Villaraigosa. I’m just not one dimensional. I look at all issues and point out the good and bad. Moore would be a better Mayor than our current one and I think I made that perfectly clear. He get’s the issue and is intelligent. And weighing the good and bad, I voted for Moore when faced with the choices offered.
But I also recognize what I feel are Moore’s weaknesses and if he was in a position of power, I would support those items that make sense to me and would oppose items that are either bad/corrupt such as favoritism toward billboard owners (which the past City Attorney supported) or could further bankrupt the City such as Nuclear power.
To Walter Moore, this is 6:41:
Weighing all of the issues, I supported you over Villaraigosa.
Yes, we can agree to disagree on the issues. And yes you are right about the topic, more specifically it was aimed at taxing billboards which you opposed, but I still got the impression based on your representation of billboard owners that it wasn’t a pure philosophical/broader point of taxing businesses completely out of the City.
On the point of Nuclear power, I was more focused on the monetary aspects and less on health or political reaction to associating Nuclear with the issue of waste disposal or proliferation of weapons. Japan and France may be good examples, however they are heavily subsidized.
Just list out an entire cost of building, permitting, and running a Nuclear power plant compared to a Natural Gas fired combined-cycle (gas turbine/heat recover boiler/steam turbine) plant. The upfront costs of a 600 MW turn-key combined cycle gas fired power plant would be much smaller and less risky than a comparable Nuclear plant (and that is not counting the political opposition).
In theory, the Nuclear plant would make up for that and start paying back through the fuel costs. But that payback if ever realized would be decades away. If you are consistent in not wanting to “unfairly tax” billboards, then I think you would be consistent in not having the federal government subsidize nuclear power.
As for the billboards point, I believe ALL lawful businesses should be treated equally. Always have. If Kevin had asked me my position about imposing extra high taxes on ANY lawful industry, my response would have been the same. Should we impose extra high taxes on hotels? No. Should we make them pay higher salaries than other businesses? No.
Did you hear Kevin’s response when I asked if he would support having the City impose extra tax burdens on radio stations and law firms? He understood that would be bad for business.
I have likewise opposed Jan Perry’s nutty attempts to ban new fast food restaurants in her district.
We need jobs, jobs, jobs. And when people propose singling out one industry or another for extra high taxes or other onerous treatment, it provides a huge disincentive for employers to move here or stay here. Next week, someone at City Hall may decide that YOUR industry is “unfairly” profiting, and may decide to tax away what little profit margin you have left.
Also, FYI, I think I’ve handled maybe a dozen billboard cases in my 25-year career. All but one were landlord-tenant disputes — like when a rap record company “hijacked” a sign. I believe billboard companies, and all other companies, should be treated fairly and equally. I believe they should all obey the law. And I believe we citizens are entitled to regulate the size of all structures in this city — including billboards — to preserve our quality of life.
Turning back to nuclear, you propose natural gas instead. Hey, both are fine with me. But are you familiar with the natural gas pipeline system in this country and Canada? There are — or were, last time I checked — some real issues with ensuring adequate supplies and deliveries of the stuff. In fact, I once got a $6.6 million judgment against a Texas oil man for committing fraud in the sale of natural gas: he falsely claimed the gas he was selling included “firm transportation” from Canada, and it did not.
Also, there are some very new technologies in nuclear that may appeal to you. Instead of building a massive $10 billion plant, they plan to make much smaller, pre-fabricated units — in Indiana, I believe — and transport them by rail to the sites where they’re needed. That could be a good way to go.
Obama supports new nuclear construction now, too — which may be a plus or minus to you depending on your political leanings.
Anyhow, THANK YOU for an INTELLIGENT discussion about policy issues. That is what this City needs. We taxpaying citizens are all on the same side with respect to most issues. We all want high employment, safe streets, clean air, etc. We should focus on how to work together to achieve those outcomes, rather than slogging through petty name-calling by anonymous angry people.
Hey, about about YOU run for office?
Based on the cradle-to-grave (ultimate cost), if you can show that a Nuclear plant can be built competitively without major subsidies and with competent and safe control of spent fuel rods, I’ll personally break ground with you on a new plant.
Ron,
You supported the re-election of Villaragiosa because you did not support either of the two candidates you now mention. Wasn’t this blog’s strategy to vote for no one and send a message to the mayor that he won with low voter turn out? How’s that working for ya. That’s why it’s important to take a stand, without worrying about what a bunch of ignorant snobs will think of you.
Thank you, 4:04am. My sentiment exactly. Ron (for whatever reason) didn’t support either of the two candidates. Let’s be frank here — Zuma Dogg didn’t stand a chance. But Walter obviously did. Why didn’t you, Ron, support the candidate that DID HAVE a chance to at least take Villar into a runoff. WHY is that? Because you either didn’t want to rock the boat or felt jealous that it wasn’t you running?
Ron if you take this blog seriously, you should come out clean & explain yourself. Otherwise you have NO CREDIBILITY.
Walter attracted a racist base, and his main platform was opposing SO40 and wanting LAPD to check immigration status without other offense, which would lead to profiling lawsuits like you couldn’t believe UNLESS everyone were checked like at airports – both bad ideas, both things no civil rights lawyer would ever contemplate, from the left OR right, thinking through the consequences. But Walter is a BILLBOARD lawyer, isn’t he?
And blaming the city for the Jamiel Shaw Jr. murder when in fact it was the COUNTY Sheriff under Lee Baca and COUNTY DA under Republican Steve Cooley who let out his murderer Espinoza without turning him over to the feds and just buying his story that he was an American, is either stupid or just plain grandstanding – like Carmen Trutanich was doing, happy to join buffoons like Zine and Kevin James and McIntyre who even dragged poor Mrs. Balogna from San Francisco down to try to pin THAT on Los Angeles officials. Shameless and stupid.
Walter has some good points, however, on various issues and I hope he contributes and doesn’t just keep whining away about how he didn’t get elected!
Condescending?
I based it entirely off your previous posts on this board. When you talk about the issues like you have above, you come across as likable and knowledgeable. When you hijack a discussion to blow your own horn and try to “win” arguments by telling posters that since they’re not running for office like you are, they have no clue what they’re talking about, you come across unlikeable and condescending.
I’m a bit confused over the terminology here. Could someone please explain how it could be “delusional” for me to think I could have won and would make a good Mayor, having raised hundreds of thousand of dollars and having received nearly 72,000 votes — more than anyone serving on the City Council, and 10 times more than any candidate other than Villaraigosa?
For one, your logic is off. It’s not delusional to think that you could have won, because you could have. But as far as being a good mayor, fundraising and votes tell us nothing about your leadership. Thinking that having a large support base qualifies you as a good mayor is logically fallacious. The current mayor once had a large support base as well.
Based on the cradle-to-grave (ultimate cost), if you can show that a Nuclear plant can be built competitively without major subsidies and with competent and safe control of spent fuel rods, I’ll personally break ground with you on a new plant.
Wondering what you mean by “built competitively”.
As far as competent control, there’s competency already thanks to control engineering. Far as safe, that’s a relative word. A person could look at Toyota’s brake problems and say that the automobile industry does not have safe control over their products.
Speaking of subsidies, a lot of them would be federal, not city. Realistically, even though I’m pro-nuclear, I can’t imagine LA ever building its own nuclear power plant. It would be too politic. The only way it would happen is if public perception over nuclear technology changes and the price of natural gas skyrocketed. Right now more Natural Gas combined cycle units are the practical compromise between eliminating coal and going 100% green. That or to buy nuclear energy off the energy market.
To: 7:59
Why is that every time somebody opposes illegals, he is immediately branded a racist? Do you agree that by sneaking across the border, illegals are in violation of our laws? Or just because you live in a “safe” gated community and want to have a gardener and a nanny on the cheap, laws are really not laws because it benefits you or because you feel guilty.
Do you agree that LA has become a 3rd world toilet because a large percentage of the population is illegal and hence works for cash, requires many social programs that they don’t pay for, ignores various other laws and turns what once used to be neighborhoods into squatter camps.
It’s long overdue that somebody starts asking hard questions — can LA survive when a few million of its population are illegal invaders.
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