Saturday, March 6, 2010

L.A. CITY NEWS Week In Review for Saturday March 6, 2010 - KNBC 4 INVESTIGATIVE REPORT on City Hall Wasteful Trips & Junkets (PREVIEW)

NEXT WEEK: KNBC 4 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY FRANK SNEPP ON VILLARAIOGSA & CITY COUNCIL'S LUXURIOUS TRIPS & JUNKETS PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. OUTRAGE!!!

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L.A. CITY NEWS - Week In Review:
  1. ABC News talking of SHUTTING L.A. Bureau: Boo hoo hoo. When's the last time you cared what they broadcast? - http://ow.ly/1eVim
  2. NEW ZD SHOW NOW STREAMING: Hilarious & Informative L.A. CITY NEWS UPDATE by Zuma Dogg LIVE from Venice Bike Path - http://LADailyBlog.com
  3. LA CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE: What is it about, "PERFORMERS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE SELLER'S PERMIT" don't you IDIOTS understand? DOH, I mean DOUGH!
  4. L.A. CITY CREDIT CARD ON HOLD?: USE WAY UP! 70% goes for tools and equipt. End up paying off long after usage ends. Pay-as-you-go, L.A.
  5. 5 LAPD, court time & expense: A lot of resources and money spent on "undercover bust" of performer Matt Dowd for protected act at Venice.
  6. $470,000: That's how much Council had to deposit into Federal Court on Hunt/Dowd lawsuit. Zuma has additional BIGGER suit. When does it end?
  7. NOTICE TO L.A. CITY ATTORNEY CARMEN TRUTANICH: Until now, ZD said all these mess ups were ROCKY'S. From here, it's YOUR office moving ahead.
  8. CARMEN TRUTANICH: Please ask your idiot city attorney's to read, ""WHO IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE SELLER'S PERMIT" regarding Matt Dowd ticket.
  9. CARMEN TRUTANICH: Your BONEHEAD city attorneys REALLY did it this time. Ask about Matt Dowd's Venice ticket. JURY TRIAL! Don't be a clown.
  10. If an L.A. City Councilmember attends a "business related" convention, should city pay for spouse's trip and registration, too, CM Parks?
  11. GRIEG SMITH: Big crybaby pussy when it comes to budget crisis, but is one of TOP SPENDERS when it comes to expensive trips on city money.
  12. Jose Huizar & Dennis Zine: You should vote to end practice of "cash advances" to pay for your expensive trips. Huizar, nice excuse to NBC.
  13. ONE THING L.A. city council members can agree on: Always a good reason to fly to Vegas for some convention or event...paid with city money.
  14. FORGET UNCOLLECTED DEBT: Make Council pay back money out of general fund used to pay for Council's luxury trips and we'd be fine. WENDY!
  15. I think it's GREAT that Jose Huizar attends his annual Princeton reunion. He makes enough to afford it...WHAT, PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUND?
  16. After hearing details of KNBC4 investigation into council's lavish "business" trips, thinking council's main function is planning next trip.
  17. ERIC GARCETTI: How did the City of L.A. and residents BENEFIT by spending general fund money on your trip to Disneyworld for you and Amy???
  18. For past 4yrs, I watched council & Villaraigosa LITERALLY give away the money as quickly as possible. NOW they don't like recommendations.
  19. PIC: LA city workers facing layoffs unroll red carpet of shame protest across from Mayor's pre-Oscar bash. http://twitpic.com/16nhv1 LOL!
  20. RT @LANow: Bail posted for couple accused of installing illegal supergraphic http://bit.ly/b0A64e
  21. RT @LANow: Union workers plan protest at Villaraigosa's pre-Oscars bash http://bit.ly/cEqhvl
  22. LA County sheriff gave early release to 200 inmates this wk, saying there was no place to house them: http://bit.ly/c9VWsS
  23. RT @latimes: California misses out on federal edjavascript:;ucation funds http://bit.ly/c4x0EQ RT @LANow
  24. "PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. If we worked round the clock, three shifts a day we couldn't get it done in time." (Response on processing layoffs.)
  25. BREAKING NEWS: KNBC 4 NEWS doing INVESTIGATIVE REPORT on Mayor & City Council's world-class luxury trips at taxpayer expense. OUTRAGEOUS!
  26. VILLARAIOGSA spins L.A. Budget EMERGENCY in Huffington Post - http://ow.ly/1emgr
  27. TODAY, LA. mascot Antonio Villaraigosa is actually, celebrating the grand opening of Costco in Pacoima.: You have GOT to be kidding. BUDGET?
  28. WHEN CITY COUNCIL comes up with solutions they cannot process & are downgraded over "lack of action," term "inept" is not just name calling.
  29. ALTHOUGH THEY PORTRAY an air of competence and arrogance, I think L.A. City Council has CLEARLY proven to the world THEY ARE 100% INEPT!
  30. CITY HALL'S BUDGET CHALLENGE: Cannot process layoffs fast enough. Has to drive 100 miles in one hour, when car only drives 30 MPH.
  31. LAYOFF'S CANNOT BE PROCESSED IN TIME: Anyone who thinks L.A. City's "layoff" plan will prevent bankruptcy needs to watch Item 4 from 3/3/10.
  32. MORE SUPERGRAPHIC CRACKDOWN - Warrants are issued against four people accused of installing illegal supergraphics. http://ow.ly/1e5qP
  33. L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa finalizes first list of city job cuts. FAILURE! - http://ow.ly/1e1RE
  34. RT @LATimescitydesk: LA County Sheriff Lee Baca says early inmate releases 'inevitable' if budget crisis continues: http://bit.ly/b2a6zE
  35. VIDEO: KNBC 4 NEWS stops by Zuma Dogg's Venice Blog Studio for investigative report. BEHIND THE SCENES - http://ow.ly/1e1mv
  36. L.A.City Council expecting another Moody's downgrade. "Do not believe city acted quickly enough." Just too slow. Shucks!
  37. AT THIS POINT, I think Janice Hahn's relentless blabbermouth and stupidity during this emergency should be considered a misdemeanor crime.
  38. City Layoffs May Not Save Enough Money: A plan to eliminate 4,000 municipal jobs in Los Angeles may not save as mu... http://bit.ly/b8H1By
  39. Villaraigosa to co-host reception for Oscar nominees (As if they want to hang out with LOSER mayor. Vanity Fair, watch out!
  40. Breaking news: Judge orders injunction against Steve Cooley: Describing District Attorney Steve Cooley's actions a... http://bit.ly/90mQwK
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