Villaraigosa's Idiotic "Tsunami" Statement

Leave it to L.A.'s playboy Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (a.k.a. El Pollo Antonio) to make a stupid statement. He likened California's budget and tax battle to Japan's earthquake and tsunami.







From China's People's Daily website:

A coalition of local government officials, students, teachers, unionists and business leaders joined a call on Monday, urging Republican legislators to support California Governor Jerry Brown's budget proposal.

The coalition made the call after Brown and a group of Republican lawmakers had failed to reach compromise on ways to address the state budget crisis over the weekend.

"I think it's absolutely outrageous that these people (Republican state legislators) would abdicate their responsibility, sign on to some ideological pledge that says they won't raise revenues even when the state is stuck underwater," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said on behalf of the coalition.

"This would be a tsunami when you think about the devastating impact on families," he said. "My hope is that they'll get back to the table and be responsible, and put this on the ballot. That's all we're asking."

To eliminate the state's 25-billion-dollar budget deficit, Brown wants to ask the voters to decide whether to extend billions in sales, income and vehicle taxes for an additional five years, but Republicans oppose his proposal.

A tsunami?! Stuck underwater?! Thousands of people died, were injured and left homeless due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and Villaraigosa says that the GOP's insistence of budget cuts, holding down taxes and reforming the state employee pension mess (a money-laundering operation for the public employee unions) will have the same effect on families. Incredible!

The mess in Sacramento was caused by his own party, with a little help by ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. They have no desire to fix the fiscal mess in Sacramento as it would run counter to the interests of the Democrat Party's constituency groups.

California taxpayers are already being taxed to death and the politicians demand more out of them. The idiocy of Villaraigosa is mind-boggling!

To read the full People's Daily article, go here.

L.A. To Eat Jackson Funeral Bill, Says Mayor

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, back from his African vacation, hit back on critics who criticized the city's expenses that were incurred for Michael Jackson's memorial service at Staples Center last week.

"This is a world-class city, and we provide fire and police protection, period," Mayor Villaraigosa said. "The idea that we would charge the family for a funeral is nonsensical."

Excuse me, Mayor, but Michael Jackson was a private citizen and most private citizens pay for their own funerals and the security motorcycle escorts that accompany funeral motorcades. And what the hell does "world-class city" mean? It is also the city's responsibility to provide police and fire protection.

The city is heavily in debt, and to expect taxpayers to foot the bill for Jackson's funeral/memorial services is grating. Jackson's family are millionaires, so they should pay for their own funeral expenses.

Villaraigosa also criticized the website that was set up by his own staff to raise money to defray the city's costs. $35,000 dollars in donations from about 1,800 people has been raised to date. Villaraigosa called it a "ridiculous" move.

The cost to the city has been estimated to be from $1.4 million to $4 million.

I heard a tape recording of Villaraigosa's remarks yesterday and he was rambling and virtually incoherent.

Villaraigosa Dating Another TV Reporter

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio ("El Pollo Antonio") Villaraigosa is dating another television reporter, according to a story at FoxNews.com:

The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that Lu Parker, a KTLA-TV reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and a former Miss U.S.A, has been dating Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa since March 2009.

Parker anchored a newscast Sunday during which she announced Villaraigosa's prospects of running for governor in 2010.

Station executives, however, insist that her relationship with the mayor does not present a conflict of interest.

"Now that we're aware of the relationship, she will no longer be covering local politics," KTLA-TV news director Jason Ball told the newspaper. "I have the utmost faith in Lu Parker's abilities."

For the full story, go here.

The last time Villaraigosa dated a television reporter, it led to him being divorced by his wife.

Villaraigosa Endorsement: L.A. Times Will Always Be The L.A. Times

Villaraigosa Endorsement: L.A. Times Will Always Be The L.A. Times

The Los Angeles Times endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for re-election today. That's really no surprise. The Times has always (at least since it became a liberal newspaper after the stewardship of the Otises) tried to ally itself with the power elites in the city. They really have never bucked them.

The Los Angeles Times endorsement editorial starts off saying that Villaraigosa beat James K. Hahn due to his "lackluster performance" but goes on to say that Villaraigosa "in some sense" is where Hahn was then. It is more than "some sense," Villaraigosa has only been an 11% mayor (from a study conducted by another newspaper).

The Times also states that Villaraigosa "squandered his goodwill with his less than straightforward handling of his extramarital affair." Well, for goodness sake, if his wife couldn't trust him, why should the voters trust him?

Villaraigosa is lauded for his skills as a "power broker" and "deal maker." I don't see any results except for tax and fee hikes and capitulations to union boss demands. Maybe that's why Villaraigosa is refusing to debate Walter Moore. He is afraid to defend his record in a debate. El Pollo Antonio (The Chicken Antonio)!

The endorsement says, "We still hold out hope that Villaraigosa can become a great mayor." In other words, we're still waiting after four years! Seems hardly a ringing endorsement (more like a back-handed slap). That is sure to instill confidence with the voters.

The Times shows its idiocy by saying (in answering the Mayor's critics), "The Times rejects the naive calls for Villaraigosa to spend more time in the city, at his desk." They appear to think it's okay for the Mayor to run around with presidential candidates and grandstanding for the press. He's never met a camera he didn't like.

If that's what the Los Angeles Times calls being a mayor deserving of re-election, I'm glad that I am supporting Walter Moore instead.

The Times blew a great opportunity to restore some (what little they had) professional credibility. Instead, they fell back to their old ways of kissing the the asses of the city's liberal power elites.

Coward Antonio Villaraigosa Won't Debate Walter Moore

Coward Antonio Villaraigosa Won't Debate Walter Moore

by Armand Vaquer

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa refuses to debate attorney Walter Moore on the issues during this year's mayoral campaign.

Moore is the only candidate who has qualified for matching campaign funds. Villaraigosa declined to participate in the matching funds program so he can't be forced to debate Moore.

Villaraigosa's horrid record as mayor should be debated and he should be forced to defend that record. By refusing to debate, Mayor Villaraigosa, besides being a lousy mayor, is also showing that he's a coward.

El Pollo Antonio!

Walter Moore For Mayor