Steve
Cooley is not just another pretty face.
And
he may be the cheapest date in town — especially if you compare him to our
mayor.
The
San Francisco Chronicle, in a story Sunday that reads like it was written by
Kamala Harris’ campaign consultant, Ace Smith, details the gifts Cooley has
received — and reported as the law requires.
“Corruption fighting candidate took many gifts,” the headline says. suggesting he’s a crook and a hypocrite.
Good
God! Lakers tickets!! Stop the presses!
Except
in this case, while Antonio is courtside sitting beside Jeffrey Katzenberg,
poor Steve is obviously in the nose-bleed section, drinking cheap wine the
mayor wouldn’t give Lu Parker’s dog Monkey and sucking on an unlit $5 cigar.
Just
so you don’t get lost — or fail to enjoy this as much as this dog — Kamala
Harris, the very attractive San Francisco DA, is running against the somewhat
less attractive LA DA Steve Cooley to be state Attorney General —
Antonio
isn’t running for anything at the moment.
It’s more like he’s running from investigators
from three agencies – including Cooley’s! – looking at his attendance at dozens
of concerts and sporting events, for which, as we all know by now, he was
comped by lots of big shots doing business with the city.
And unlike Cooley, Antonio failed to report the
gifts, saying he was there to perform “ceremonial” duties.
(I’m sorry. Bruno always has to roll on his back and laugh when he writes that. Rub my tummy.)
This
is all so delicious.
In
case you forget, Ace, who relishes the fact that he’s a very mean guy when it
comes to politics and will probably take the Chronicle story, roll it up and try to
beat Cooley over the head with it from now until Election Day, also ran
Antonio’s last earth-shattering mayoral campaign. To help you remember, Antonio barely won re-election against a field of unknowns that he outspent close to 20 to 1.
Cooley
bad. Antonio good. Maybe we should call him Deuce Smith.
After
giving Kamala’s spokeswoman lots of space to beat up Cooley for taking the
cheap gifts — which he reported! — the Chron writer, or Deuce, added this
graf:
“Harris,
San Francisco’s top prosecutor since 2004, has only declared a handful of gifts
in the six years she has been district attorney, and most of it was travel funds related to an Aspen Institute
fellowship, which is given to elected officials seen as emerging political
leaders. “
Shameless!
Then
there was a list of just about all Cooley’s gifts, including – 20 $5 cigars
from a very cheap judge, $150 in tequila
and cologne from Ghanem G&G Auto enterprises and $94 dress shirt and tie
from Aimen Slaeb, of a Shell service station.
A
Shell service Station?
Journalists
have an expression for this kind of writing, but Bruno’s far too polite to
repeat it. It rhymes with “snow job.”
To
heck with how these two feel about the death penalty or other issues affect
I
want to know why nobody’s giving Kamala any presents and what the guy
from the Shell Station is trying to buy with the shirt and tie from Walmart?
Woof!
I read that article and was laughing by the time I was halfway through the piece. It was such a shameless attempt to smear Cooley without basis and to promote Kamala that only an idiot wouldn’t have been able to see that. Ace Smith didn’t help Kamala in my book but he did manage to destroy his credibility as an unbiased news reporter. What a moron. One has to wonder if he hasn’t been bought and paid for by Kamala’s campaign people.
I read that article and was laughing by the time I was halfway through the piece. It was such a shameless attempt to smear Cooley without basis and to promote Kamala that only an idiot wouldn’t have been able to see that. Ace Smith didn’t help Kamala in my book but he did manage to destroy his credibility as an unbiased news reporter. What a moron. One has to wonder if he hasn’t been bought and paid for by Kamala’s campaign people.
You read it a little too fast, Not a Sheep (cute name!0 Ace, or Deuce as he will now be known, is Kamala’s campaign consultant, not the reporter who wrote the article. And he might be the most biased man to ever walk the earth.
Mayor behind bars =s a Cooley vote. No such happening, Kamala gets my vote. At least, I won’t have to look at Cooley’s ugly mug and beer belly for another 4 years.
If you love Antonio, you’ll love Kamala
Antonio is an uneducated thug; Kamala is an intelligent and educated woman who lives on her own income and not hush money provided by developers.
Ace Smith is the dirtiest, sneakyiest person to run a campaign. Remember he ran Antonio’s campaign against Hahn. He’s a weirdo. No one is buying this sotry against Cooley. The difference is COOLEY REPORTED THE GIFTS. Antonio on the other hand like the gangster, low life he is tried to sneak it through and got caught. Then he told Jimmy Blackman to take the fall. Kamala Harris doesn’t believe in the death penalty for violent criminals who KILL COPS. She’s not experienced enough for AG.
Cooley and Bruno look like brothers.
Bruno is better looking, and he is an ugly mutt.
Cooley has not only been sued by the association representing all the Asst. DA’s working for him, but the judge presiding over the case in Superior Court wrote that it’s the most shockingly egregious case of persecution, retribution, discrimination and retaliation, against any DA’s who dare not play along with him politically.
There are numerous other cases where Superior Court judges gave him a HUGE slap for putting his ego and “winning” above justice, like the cases of Deborah Peagler and Paul Lisker. Where he ruined people’s entire LIVES because of it.
The judge is a conservative white guy, NOT Democrat.
Whatever Ace and Kamala have thrown at him, there is a LOT more substantive stuff they haven’t. Why Ace picks the tickets I don’t know, I’m sure it’s true, but to me these other issues get more to the heart of whether we can trust or even tolerate giving someone even MORE power when he’s so shockingly misused and politicized what he’s got.
Meddling in city politics to twist arms to get his wildly under-educated and prepared puppet, is just another case in point, but it’s how he treats the “small people” like Lisker, Peagler, and his own DA’s, that should scare anyone who might themselves face the “justice system.”
The L A Slimes has buried the story.
The death penalty for cops issue is a red herring: we’re one of only a handful of countries besides China, Iran and Saudi Arabia that still practice the death penalty. Watch “Monster’s Ball” with Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton to get a sense of how dehumanizing it is FOR THE PEACE OFFICERS WHO HAVE TO CARRY OUT THE EXECUTIONS.
I’m just as fed up of Ace Smith kind of dirty politics. Wish Kamala would hire someone else. However, that does not justify having a candidate like Cooley with his dreadful record against his own employees. Managers who do this to staff deserve the boot. I don’t want them representing me.
I mean this with respect, but I am being honest here – Kamala Harris is hot. Especially in the photo that is posted in this article.
I also heard that she is nice to dogs.
Kamala Harris is an idiot
Dear Ron,
Thank you for the laugh.
After reading some of the salaries for the City employees the other day (minus LADWP and ?, I think that we really should be breaking up this City into a few new towns.
If you look at the Mayor’s staff alone – look at how many new Mayors we could have! They are already on the payroll! And if we broke the Valley up into a few more seats – without that famous Roscoe north – south divide – maybe we could actually get more accomplished. Less commutes downtown. City services in the Valley for the Valley – and likewise – elsewhere.
If the City Council did not have such huge districts, and they did not have to manage the whole City – just these new smaller entities – wouldn’t they be more available and more accountable to their constituents?
Right now – the City Council tries to represent the whole City like it is “one size fits all”.
For example, the new LADWP water plan will shift sprinklers to three days a week, 8 minutes a day for residents. The Valley is hotter than it is downtown. Some yards are bigger. Some have more trees. Other people have horses. Others live in apartments, garage apartments, condos, in their cars, or on the streets. How are we a “one size fits all City”?
Then lets talk about sidewalks. They want the homeowners to be responsible for the repair of the sidewalks when most of the damage is from the City trees. Some people have really big trees with really damaged sidewalks. Is it fair to penalize these people who may live in the older neighborhoods, and they may be barely making ends meet now?
What about the libraries and the parks? We haven’t seen the heat of the summer yet. These are places that our residents could go to if they don’t have A/C and their own pools – to cool down.
Does anyone at the Council or any candidates think like me? Please let me know – I’ll support them.
Cooley seems to do selective prosecution.
I’m all for going after corruption, provided the prosecutor ignores party lines, high donors, etc.
Antonio`cronies are Kamala`s cronies. Birds of a feather.
WTF?? $53 MILLION in federal Homeland Security funds to LA areas and guess who will say where the money goes? Yup, the Failure of a Mayor. Does anyone trust he will use the money for Homeland Security, or just pay his lapdogs who are idiots but have a title andmake well over $100,000? What a f–king idiot. The Mayor says, “This will help us deal with and prepare for the next big emergency, whether it’s mudslides caused by torrential rains, wildfires fueled by the Santa Ana winds or any other disaster.” WILL SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO THIS MORON WHAT HOMELAND SECURITY IS? Its fighting terrorists something his clowns have no clue about. When are the FEDS coming after this fool?
How come you ran a close-up of Cooley’s mug but a long shot of Harris? That was mean to your readers.
Kamala is more prettier up-close. A long shot of Cooley would show his pot belly. You’ll have to photoshop him to make him half way presentable.
Go to dinner with Harris. VOTE for Cooley.
Give him a gift of one year membership to 24-hour fitness.
Really Ron?
You’re shilling for a DA who has been issued a FEDERAL INJUNCTION TO STOP PERSECUTING HIS OWN DA’s, for christsakes. Everyone in that fucking DA’s office is paranoid about Steve’s retaliatory nature. You’re obviously a great judge of character. As is your Republican crony Steve Cooley, judging by his BFF’s: you remember Curt Hazell, right Ron? The former college roommate and right hand man of Cooley’s who impregnated a stripper, who also happened to be a witness in a case he was involved in. Why, that isn’t improper at all, is it Ron? His stripper paramour, surprisingly, is now dead. He is currently raising their child with his wife. Wow, what a gentleman. “Daddy, tell me all about when you and Mommy met….”
Read it for yourself Ron, and tell me those are the kind of ethical men you want in the Attorney General’s office.
http://www.laweekly.com/2006-08-17/news/sex-justice-and-the-d-a-s-office/
If you think Tony Villar and his bunch are without a shred of moral fiber or character.. oh baby, you and Bruno ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Hey Ace Smith!! Shut the hell up!! Cooley is going after our dirty politicians and making major points. You should concentrate on your loser AG candidate Kamala who has less experience then the Mayor does in his current job.