Showing posts with label zuma-dogg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zuma-dogg. Show all posts

Friday, August 27, 2010

Go to ZumaShow.com for new Twitter Updates & ZUMA MUSIC RADIO stream

Go to http://ZumaShow.com, today, for new Twitter tweets from ZD and "ZUMA MUSIC RADIO" - ZD's own personal iTunes shuffle streaming on the net. If you are stuck listening to Jack-FM, KLOS, Star-FM...listen in on ZUMA MUSIC RADIO and you may enjoy it MUCH more. (Hope so.) Nothing like a good, steady, music stream with NO CLINKERS to help enhance the day behind the computer. http://ZumaShow.com (One link for all Zuma Dogg content.)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Zuma Dogg Hears Obama Not Happy How Villaraigosa Spent Stimulus Money (VERY Not Happy!)

It's not like there is a memo that Zuma Dogg came across, but as you know over the past three years a lot of people contact me with information and I have been posting the stuff I find to be credible, and as we look back, we can now see that a lot of the stuff other people have been warning Zuma Dogg about has come true. And I would like to add at this time that I was warned VERY EARLY ON in my blogging of city hall information, that the opposition would try to trip me up with a bogus story at some point to make me lose credibilty. And that has stuck with me and I always have that "looking over my shoulder" feeling to try and decide whether this is the story being sent to trip me up, or not.

And again, even though some people think ZD is too loud and (whatever), but even a lot of those ZD snobs agree that I've done a pretty good job of walking the tightrope in some gusty winds, and basically all of the shoes ZD has been predicting would drop, have dropped. EXCEPT ONE:

The indictment of Mayor Anotnio Villaraiogsa. NO OFFENSE. The mayor may be a charming bugger, and exude a lot of warmth and whatnot, but the city is fucked up and I feel there are more boatloads of corruption out of that office that the Ports of L.A. could ship out.

So I've tried to warn and expose it and hope some of it would be brushed back. But instead of that, it's more like a brush fire that is now a wildfire destroying all of Los Angeles.

So although I am at least emphatetic toward anyone facing incarceration, this corrupt pilfering of public money and trust must come to an end. The city is facing bankruptcy over this now.

AND TODAY, Zuma Dogg was talking to one of the people he hears from every now (and every ZD source brings some area of specialized knowledge to the conversation) about some stuff with Councilmembers, and as we are wrapping up the conversation, the source says something about Villaraigosa in a quick, off-handed way about "this pension guy who got popped who is singing."

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA, stop the presses!!! WAIT A MINUTE! DID YOU JUST CALL ME AND DID WE JUST TALK FOR A HALF HOUR AND WERE ABOUT TO HANG UP WHEN YOU SLIP IN THAT LITTLE DIDDY WE WERE WRAPPING UP?!?!

And I mention that, because to people who might think someone is feeding me B.S., it's not like this person called me to tell me this stuff. The caller was more concerned and interested in some Council District stuff, and this wasn't on the front-burner. AND, if I hadn't stopped the presses and started jumping all over it with questions and clarifications, it would have gone un-discussed.

And this person isn't THIS good of an actor to be that sly as to talk for a half hour about a bunch of other stuff then make one little comment at the end, that led to this whole enchilada I am about to serve, based on the conversation. So we will see how good this source is.

Some of this stuff included in the story will be able to be verified, I think. So here we go. Sorry, Obama: Haven't you heard I can't keep all this stuff in my head...I have to blog it or I go nutz.

OBAMA TO LET INDICTMENTS FALL ON VILLARAIOGSA OVER STIMULUS MONEY AND CRA PENSION MONEY:

See, it's already too good to be true, and I immediately asked my source if he was just reading back the predictions on my own blog. Here's what is being claimed:

Zuma Dogg warned the rookie politician Obama that the veteran politician Villaraigosa was bamboozling him on the Federal money. (Remember that post?) Well, I think Obama now realizes he DID get bamboozled.

The Federal Stimulus Money (a bamboozlement in itself) was supposed to go to create jobs with "shovel ready" projects.

Well, did you notice that the Mayor and City Council announced a couple weeks ago that they magically pulled some money out of the hat like a magician's rabbit; and now instead of massive layoffs, it's only going to be "furloughs."

WELL, Zuma Times was told that it was this Federal Stimulus money that was used for the budget gap.

When Obama heard that, he put the brakes on the second shipment of Federal Stimulus money. (That's one of the things maybe someone has heard. Whether the city has to now play tug-o-war for the second half of the money.)

ZD's blogger pal says, "It's sent to the properties (Airport, Port, DWP) to provide money for projects already approved and money provided. It does not create or retain jobs, as was the mandate of the stimulus package. Antonios team has tried to hide this from the Obama folks, or get into a semantic argument, but the administration isnt buying it."

SO, now that Villar did this (if this is what has happened) Obama has had enough, cause he is also upset at the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) because PENSION MONEY was funneled into all those projects because they thought L.A. would always be a Boomtown, even though Zuma Dogg was warning of collapse, which did occur and the money WAS lost in what we are now finding to be not so on the up and up investments.

(Sorry to the female CRA higher up who is trying to use her lobbying leverage in D.C. to put pressure on Obama to not crack down on CRA, but looks like Barack doesn't care about the politics of the situation and may be on the up and up when it comes to this stuff. (Even if you don't like his policies.)

So you have Obama miffed over the Stimulus Money and the CRA-based pension losses (remember I was FURIOUS that Wetherly Capital's long-time attorney William H. Jackson was appointed CRA CHAIRMAN by Villaraigosa in '05 the second he walked into office.) Wetherly is mentioned in all the pension investigations including Harrigan/Broidy and the GUILTY former Wetherly pension pitch man Julio Ramirez.

SO ZUMA TIMES HAS HEARD "THE PENSION GUY WHO GOT POPPED IS SINGING ON ANTONIO AND THEY GOT TAPE." (Not that the guy who got popped has tape, but in general investigators have incriminating evidence of the mayor on tape. I KNOW IT'S JUST A PERSON CALLING ME SAYING IT. But this does not seem entirely unrealistic of a scenario. Maybe L.A. Times wouldn't say that "they" got tape on Antonio over the pension stuff. But I don't NOT believe it. And this is a blog and maybe it will cause some additional information to surface and if nothing else will allow us to go back IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER and see if this is true.

Because August or September is when the indictments are allegedly going to fall on the mayor, just in time to make sure he doesn't announce he is going to run for Governor, or to bismirtch him up beyond repair should he be so bold.

ALSO ON THE RADAR: Alarcon's Children's Museum that went bankrupt right after the pension money was funneled into the sinking project.

ALSO ON THE RADAR: Remember last month when the city was not ready to approve the mayor's idea to sell off the parking revenue rights to some bankers for the inflated dream price of $80 million? Allegedly, the bankers were going to contribute $6-$7 million into Antonio 4 LuvGuv campaign fund. But looks like that got all messed up because it would have been too obvious.

SO TO RECAP TONIGHT'S TOP STORY: Zuma Dogg received a phone call from someone who has been pretty informative in the past, recently, and told me that he heard Obama is pissed at Antonio over taking the FEDERAL Stimulus Money to create jobs with "shovel ready" projects and stuck it in the general fund to help with the budget gap and that's why it's only furloughs instead of massive layoffs. And now, not only is L.A. not getting Part 2 of the money, the pension guy who got popped is singing a lot of karaoke about Villaraigosa, who they supposedly have on tape all up and down on the matter) and the Prez (Obama, not YOU Garcetti) is also upset about the CRA pension mess, just like Zuma Dogg.

All of this makes you wonder if this person was just reading my blog back to me to make me feel good cause they know I am down; or if Team Obama came across some of ZD's blogging in a Google search and forwarded it over to the right people; or if it's just so obvious and out of hand that of course a homeless fool is going to be right when he says the mayor is going to get busted over all of this pension mess. (I've been saying it all leads to the mayor's office, but it's a matter if they choose to go after him, or not. Sounds like they are choosing, if you believe the person who called ZD today for a little chit-chat about one thing that lead to another.

Ya know...I'm pretty tired right now, as you may know, and maybe I shouldn't post this biggest bombshell I have ever posted when my eyes are burning and bugged out and I am seeing double, but I think you are allowed to discuss things you hear on blogs.

But I am posting this because I would truly like to see if anyone else is hearing this stuff. ;-)

Monday, April 20, 2009

Los Angeles City Council Has To Approve Annual Budget BEFORE Union Approves the Offer (Bamboozlicious!)

Had to come up with a new word to describe this one, kiddies: "Bamboozlicious!"

ZUMA DOGG WORLD EXCLUSIVE REGARDING VILLARAIGOSA'S BUDGET PROPOSAL TO CITY UNIONS

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, you really gotta watch ANYTHING you say while walking on the streets around City Hall and while sitting at the outdoor cafes and all kinds of places you never think Zuma Dogg (or people who like to email him things) will be listening. The best exclusive stuff is always uncovered in the most coincidental and unplanned ways, just as in comedy where the funniest stuff can NEVER be planned. But here's the situation:

Zuma Dogg (publisher, writer http://ZumaTIMES.com) has learned that union leaders across the city have agreed to "taken" the deal that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villlaraiogsa presented today as part of his budget proposal. The deal calls for a 10% payroll reduction in most city departments (INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE); along with early retirement, an unpaid work hour per week and other "sacrifices."

FULL EXCLUSIVE (news BEFORE it happens) CLICK HERE.

  • OPEN ACOUSTIC MIC NIGHT w/ZUMA DOGG: Tues 4/21 @ The Hideout, 112 W. Channel & PCH in Santa M. ZD LIVE. Open for musicians to perform. 9:30pm

Sunday, April 19, 2009

VIDEO: MSNBC Cameraman Assaults Citizen on Public Sidewalk aOutside NBC Tonight Show Studios During Barack Obama Appearance

Here's exclusive video of Zuma Dogg being assaulted (grabbed and pushed) by an MSNBC camera man on the public sidewalk in front of the NBC Tonight Show studios in Burbank when Barack Obama appeared with Jay Leno. The police took down his name and Zuma Dogg is deciding whether to file a report against the crew member. No matter how obnoxious you may feel I was being...TOUGH F*CK! If you don't want a guy making noise in front of your INTERNATIONAL MSNBC REPORT -- DON'T DO IT ON THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK...GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE YELLOW TAPE. And the reason the police followed up after ZD showed the video to them, is because NO MATTER HOW MUCH I MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT OR WRONG...you are not allowed to defend a video shoot with physical assaults. The camera man should have had security or the police take care of any violations. (THE PLACE WAS CRAWLING WITH SECRET SERVICE AND SECURITY...THERE OBVIOUSLY WAS NO LEGAL PROBLEM ON MY END!)



But what makes matters worse, is afterwards, when I walked back to try and get names and find out where they were from, the other crew member threatened me by saying, "You better bounce!" He kept repeating, "You better bounce!" AND went on to say that I had no evidence that the camera guy pushed me" and he added, "I will testify that he didn't push you and are making it up." (WHY HE WOULD SAY THAT WHEN CLEARLY I WAS RECORDING THE ENTIRE EVENT IS JUST ONE REASON WHY I SHOULD FOLLOW UP WITH POLICE AND A LAWSUIT.) I made several efforts to address this issue with NBC management, but they gave ZD the bamboozle-around...so we'll see what happens.


MORE TEA PARTY AND TONIGHT SHOW STUDIO VIDEOS HERE.

"Zuma Dogg is the only American comedian today bearing the comedy-genius thrown once borne by Lenny Bruce and Andy Kaufman." - Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"Brain-seizing artistry." - LA Weekly

FREE Family Fun In Los Angeles County w/ Zuma Dogg

Zuma Dogg takes you to a free place in L.A. County where you can take some fun pictures of some really cool wood carvings. More videos by Zuma Dogg at ZumaTUBE.com

Friday, April 17, 2009

Zuma Dogg's LA Daily Blog "Shady Report" For April 1-16, 2009

Here are all the links to check the triumphantness this month, so far, regarding Villaraigosa's Budget Plan/State of City Speech and today's L.A. City Council approval of the DWP "conservation" rate hike that may cold-cock many rate payers when they open their bill and find out the hard way they didn't conserve enough. Check when Zuma Dogg posted the info, against when other media outlets provided the same details. I don't NEED to link to their after-the-fact coverage like other blogs and radio talk show hosts. NEWS MEDIA, STILL REFUSES TO DISCUSS ANYTHING UNTIL L.A. TIMES, DAILY NEWS OR SOME NEWS REPORT SAYS IT FIRST. (Maybe movie theaters should show movies after Blockbuster has released it, just to be sure!)

MOST RECENT POSTS AT http://LA Daily Blog.com/

L.A. City Council Approves DWP's "Conservation" Rate Hike Plan (Your Water Bill Can DRAMATICALLY Increase Without You Knowing!)

Zuma Dogg at NBC Tonight Show on Barack Obama Night

VIDEO: Van Nuys TEA PARTY with Zuma Dogg

LA Daily Blog Programming Note From Zuma Dogg

Urgent Message Regarding Water Crisis In Los Angeles and Southern California

CITIZENS ALERT: SERIOUS WATER CRISIS HITS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (RATES TO SKYROCKET ALONG WITH SHORTAGES!)

Kinda Surprising DWP Warns of SHUTTING OFF WATER in July...BUT NO ONE IS MENTIONING IT IN THE MEDIA?!?!?

DWP Water Conservation Plan: Conserve or We WILL Shut Your Water Off

Villaraigosa's BUDGET Details to PREVENT Job Loss (But Unions WILL NOT Accept It, So LOOK FOR JOB CUTS IN LOS ANGELES!)

City of Los Angeles May Pass Ordinance REQUIRING Civilian City Employees To Pay More Into LACERS Pension Fund

Villaraigosa & Unions must decide IMMEDIATELY on L.A. City Budget Decisions

Los Angeles Cannot "Reward" It's Way Out Of Upcoming Graffiti Wave

WHY THE CITY CAN CUT THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AND NOT MISS A BEAT

Zuma Dogg To Villaraigosa on $7 BILLION City Pension Losses (and other almost as important things.)

Dumb and/or Shady L.A. City Councilmember Wants To Spend $250 MILLION on "Feel Good" Trolley -- IN THE FACE OF $7 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET CRISIS! (LOL!)

Zuma Dogg Anniversary Video Post

http://ZumaTIMES.com

AND PLEASE DONATE A LITTLE TO ZUMA DOGG RIGHT NOW ON PAYPAL PLEASE IF YOU LIKE ALL OF THIS. Don't not send $5 because you don't think it's enough. A lot of people would donate $5, but they don't think it's enough. But if everyone who felt $5 was "no problem" I would probably be a lot better off.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Video: Goodnight From Zuma Dogg

Zuma Dogg says "Goodnight everybody" at the end of a long day as an advocate in Los Angeles.



http://ZumaTIMES.com

Zuma Dogg Gets A Real Sign From His Real Friends

YIKES! I just headed over to my friend's house who I have know since I first moved to L.A. I crash on the floor at his house, once in a while. I had to head over to his house to use his computer to post some video tonight.

Two of our other friends were there, too, for a post-karaoke party. Before I walked in, I made an announcement, "Don't be scared, it's the same ZD on the inside." (Because I know I look so bad, I felt I had to warn them to minimize it, and so they wouldn't make too big of a deal.)

IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS SINCE I LAST SAW ALL THREE OF THEM:

Well, despite my warning, THEY WERE INDEED SHOCKED. They walk up close to me and look even closer. My friend says, "Wow, you have never looked this bad. You have aged so much."

IT'S BEEN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS?!?! And they really couldn't stop talking about it. I had to kind go on the defense a little and stick up for myself.

So I walked out of the room for a second, and as I am walking out, I turn around and see them all huddled together whispering about it. And really, it was quite an issue that they wouldn't f*cking drop. I finally had to just tell them to shut up already and say, "I AM WELL AWARE OF IT, THAT'S WHY I WARNED YOU!!!"

So yeah, it's as bad as I thought. And my friend even told me he has been reading my blog and reading my stories of how I am unraveling on the streets of L.A., 24/7...

But I guess it doesn't hit home until you see me in person. Meanwhile, it's all my fault, I need to help myself, I haven't done anything to help myself, I'm going to pull out of this all by myself. I know some people have some ideas for things down the line, and have thought about some things...I WOULD KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT and just relax...there is PLENTY of time, and everything is fine from what I understand...except I've turned into a museum sideshow spectacle.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FROM ZUMA DOGG TO LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

It's Zuma Dogg and Los Angeles City Council's Three-Year Anniversary today, and I want a divorce!

SUPPORT ZUMA DOGG ON HIS THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CITY HALL ACTIVISM: Three miserable years ago today, April 4, 2006, was the first day Zuma Dogg went to city hall for his first public comment.

Not such a triumphant ending. It's 4:24 in the morning, and this is the ONLY time I could get in front of a free computer. So at least check the other new posts on this blog (and LA Daily Blog link) cause I tried to catch up on some stuff just to keep my mind occupied.

But, I am completely broke and when I wake up, it will be BIG problems, because I am still on the streets without gas to drive around and am shaking from hunger now, which is why I am awake...and in the morning will be REALLY starving and I am actually in physical pain from hunger, right now. So beware any emails or voice mails you may get when I wake up this morning.

If you have never donated to support the efforts and have thought about it, today would be the best day, cause I've never been more in need; and it's my three year anniversary of being a stupid dummy who cannot stop this watchdogg non-sense...and I would like some comfort and perhaps even say try to enjoy one nice spring Saturday for a moment.


If I don't get some PayPal love today, this morning, real soon, like when I wake up...I'll probably just put the blog on private and resign from all of this activism and try to get back to life in Agoura Hills and Malibu and not worry about having to be Downtown for the council meetings.

So most likely we are looking at the scenario of "Zuma Dogg at City Hall (4/4/06-4/4/09)." I gotta do everything to try and kill off the Zuma Dogg character so Dave can live.

ZUMA DOGG (2000-2009)

From Zuma's PayPal inbox:
Message: Hey ZD, just a little something, I hope it helps.  I've been following your work 
since the election and I appreciate the things that you do for the residents of the City

of Los Angeles. Please keep up the good work. I can only imagine how hard it is for you
to keep pushing forward but just know that as long as you are doing what is right, Light
(Good) always defeats darkness (evil).

May the Lord Bless you and keep you and make his face to shine upon you, be gracious to
you and grant you peace Amen.

I'll be praying for you.

[Thank you! I like the combination of prayers and paypal! ZD]

Friday, April 3, 2009

Spineless-Cowards Update: L.A. City Council Meeting Report

Daily News Article on City Council's "Dog & Pony Show" Friday (Featuring color photo of L.A. City Icon Zuma Dogg): Glad to see a newspaper (Daily News) finally do a story on Los Angeles City Clowncil's "Dog and Pony Show" Friday's. I don't want to start complaining about the waste of time and money, and how they many times end up losing a quorum (no time for business after the…

VIDEO: ZUMA DOGG PUBLIC COMMENT FOR APRIL 3, 2009:

Zuma Dogg 3 Year Anniversary PUBLIC COMMENT

“...Mr. Zuma Dogg on item 10/REAP (Rent Escrow)....”

“...Zuma Dogg on CONTINUED Special Event Fee Waiver BAMBOOZLEMENT...”

“...Mr. Zuma Dogg on Status of WOMEN Conference...”

“Zuma Dogg on Unfriendly Business Environment and SAFE PASSAGE...”ZumaTIMES.com


MORE POSTS NOT COVERED HERE AT ZUMA'S OTHER BLOG: HTTP://LADAILYBLOG.BLOGSPOT.COM

Daily News Article on City Council's "Dog & Pony Show" Friday (Featuring color photo of L.A. City Icon Zuma Dogg)

Glad to see a newspaper (Daily News) finally do a story on Los Angeles City Clowncil's "Dog and Pony Show" Friday's. I don't want to start complaining about the waste of time and money, and how they many times end up losing a quorum (no time for business after the paid kiss-ass session for friends and cronies) and people who show up for those items that get bumped end up wasting several hours waiting, only to have to come back another day. It's a disgrace, but how else does a disgraced body behave?
AND OF COURSE, you cannot do a story about City Council without the standard Zuma Dogg mention and color photo. Yes, Zuma Dogg has inserted and entrenched hisself into the L.A. political scene and walks away an "icon."
Zuma Dogg, who speaks out at every L.A. City Council meeting, speaks with City Councilman Bill Rosendahl in a corner during a recent session. (Tina Burch/Staff Photographer)

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Recent Posts From Zuma Dogg's Bamboozle-Busting "L.A. Daily Blog"

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Here are some recent blog posts from my other blog, "LA Daily Blog," including some posts that were not posted here on the Zuma Times blog. Since BNN (Blog Net News) and Alltop news wire services are featuring BOTH blogs (Zuma Times and LA Daily Blog) that I am trying to distinguish them. LA Daily Blog for local Los Angeles related issues only and Zuma Times for the national stuff and other non-city hall political stuff. But I don't like people to have to skip around to both blogs to catch everything. So first thing I could suggest, if you simply want an email alert of posts from BOTH blogs, without having to check...do a Google alert for "Zuma-Dogg" and it will email you everytime I have a new post. AND, it will also email you anytime any of the other blogs post about Zuma Dogg. So it's a good way to catch it all. (The Mayor Sam stuff, too. Make sure to spell it like this: "Zuma-Dogg" or you will get stuff about "Zuma" and "Dogs". But ["Zuma-Dogg"] means only the one and only.)

Otherwise, if you only check into
http://ZumaTimes.Blogspot.com you can see the LA Daily Blog "HEADLINE FEEDER" on the right hand side of the blog. Or if you go to http://LADailyBlog.Blogspot.com you can see the "Zuma Times" blog headlines.

AND, I will do updates like these, that puts the stuff from LA Daily Blog, not originally included here, "on-the-record" through these links.


From LA Daily Blog.com

Sponsor Zuma's City Hall Meeting For Friday (in Van Nuys)

Thanks for NOTHING Councilmember! (NOTHING but FALSE hope)

Zuma's Notes on U.S. Auto Bailout Conversation with Washington Insider

Zuma Dogg's Captiol Hill Inside Info on U.S. Auto Bailout (Intro)

Villaraigosa MUST NOT Become Governor of California (As A Matter of National Public Safety...BARACK OBAMA ALERT!!!)

Zuma Dogg 3 Year Anniversary Post: Gotta Admit, ZD Tried To Tow The Line

Meruelo Maddux & "Legalize L.A." Goes Legally Bankrupt as Part of American Apparel/Meruelo Maddux Bankruptcy Bamboozle

LA DAILY BLOG Now Featured on ALLTOP News Blog

Zuma Dogg Weekend "Shady Report" (Top March Blog Posts by L.A.'s Bamboozle-Buster)

Zuma Dogg "Public Comment" on City of Los Angeles' $7 BILLION Pension & Retirement Loss/Bail-out

ALERT: City of Los Angeles To Go BANKRUPT Over City Employee Pension & Retirement Funds (Councilmember Calls It "Armageddon!")

Zuma Dogg on The Future of LAUSD (There ISN'T a future)

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Why Villaraiogsa MUST NOT Become Governor of California (It's A Matter of National & Public Safety)

Some loser posted this comment on another blog, and here is my reply, which actually turned into a good rant on what any new reader needs to know about the City of Los Angeles under douchebag-dummy of a mayor, Antonio Loseragiosa. THIS CONTAINS THE TWO BIG ISSUES, AND THE ONLY ISSUES THAT ANY NEW ZUMA DOGG NATIONAL OR STATEWIDE READER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF L.A. AND VILLARAIGOSA.

Rageaholic said..."ZOOMA DOGG IS STOPPING PROGRESSIVE IDEAS FROM GETTING MOMENTUM JUST BECAUSE HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND EM."

When you say I am stopping momentum on progressive ideas...

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, RAGEAHOLIC? First of all, thank you if I am stopping one of their shady ideas from getting momentum...GOOD! But why not explain the idea I am preventing, at least, even if you don't explain it to me. And please explain how I am preventing it from gaining momentum, so I can continue down that path, Rageloser.

Meanwhile, thanks for making my day, in your small-loser way! ;)

And tell BH Kim of DONE, it is not in the spirit of the CA EXEMPT permitted vehicle that you drive, to park in the "Loading Zone" to "load" your morning cup of coffee into your car. Is it? Anyway, I still love you BH, and wish I didn't have to blast you on it. But then I would be treating the other shady city officials who are screwing the community, the way your DONE office is at the NC level is, then it wouldn't be fair to the other people like Monica Garcia that I have filmed for similar behavior.

It all boils down to the fact that these people who work for the city think they are above the people they represent, instead of being "of" the people they represent. And that's how you feel comfortable parking in the red fire lane with your dry cleaning; or use the loading zone for your personal coffee valet zone. Or as mayor, push LACERS into risky Wall Street and Real Estate investments tied into your #1 campaign contributor (Muereulo Maddux) that ended up costing taxpayers $7 BILLION this past year, and the bankruptcy of Muereulo Maddux. A company that the CRA is invested in with projects, and there is going to be A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT LESS MONEY COMING INTO THE CITY NOW THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE GOING BELLY UP, and since MM is declaring bankruptcy, none of the people he owes money to will be getting paid, which will further hurt the economy. And when banks take over and look into the books, I am told by company insiders to expect massive fraud (funnelling the money out of the company and into his pockets), which has now sunk the biggest Downtown landlord -- AND OPERATOR OF LEGALIZE L.A./AMERICAN APPAREL.

Between Mureullo Maddux going under (and I predict it will be determined that it went under due to fraud); and LACER losing $7 Billion in one year, as a result of what Zuma Dogg predicts will be found to be extremely risky investments, outside the jurisdiction of any "investment grade" investment. We saw LACERS finally pull out of Grand Ave Project, after Zuma Dogg warned of the extreme risk on this project, under the forthcoming economic predictions (that came true), so whether it was because of my warnings, or not, at least they pulled out of Grand Ave Loser Project.)

But what DID THEY NOT PULL OUT OF???? What was invested in Mureullo Maddux? Was LACERS invested in AIG, Countrywide type companies? If so, how did that happen? Who was overseeing the investments from the city?

How did the money managers running the LACER portfolio get the accounts? Was money contributed to politicians, like Villaragiosa for the right to lose the $7 Billion in one year, though risky investment scemes in violation of regulations set in place to prevent a degenerate like Villaraigosa from rolling the dice with taxpayer money, way over invested in risky investments, then not having the same foresight that Zuma Dogg had, to warn people to GET OUT!!! Yes, it's all on the record. Zuma Dogg issues this financial predicition regarding the stock market and LACER pension money being at risk, and the whole situation we are in, right now.

I'm not saying the mayor has to wake up and tune in for Zuma Dogg's public comment and listen to my warnings. But the point is, if Zuma Dogg knew and was fully aware and fully accurate in this doomsday prediction and warnings of the stock market dropping to this degree, and all the forclosure predictions and the whole thing...

THEN WHY DIDN'T ANTONIO KNOW? WHY DIDN'T ANTONIO ACT TO SAVE THE GENERAL FUND? Because he doesn't care. His #1 campaign contributor that got him elected into office in '05, just fleeced the city, all of Villar's pal had all that money invested into their projects...

AND NOW VILLAR IS OFF TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE!

What does HE care. The money's been made. The plan worked. Now it on to bigger fish to fleece.

All of this, cause Bong Wahn Kim had to park his CA State Exempt vehicle in the loading zone to get his personal cup of coffee.

But it's all because THEY are the entitled ones, above the people, not of the people. And it's their city to do what they want with.


See also Zuma Times blog for more posts from today by Zuma Dogg.
http://zumatimes.com/

NATIONAL MEDIA ALERT: (INSIDER) U.S. Auto Bailout Details To Be Posted Here

Yes, it's true: For those national media outlets (newspapers, radio and cable talk show hosts) that would like the "Inside Captiol Hill/Congressional" buzz regarding the future of General Motors and Chrysler, under the plan outlined by President Barack Obama yesterday (3/30/09), then watch this blog in the next hour or so, as I recap the conversation I just had with someone who read Zuma Dogg's blog post from yesterday regarding the auto plan called, "Why Obama's Auto Plan Will Not Work."


They wanted Zuma Dogg to be more informed, and help other people be better informed who think we should just let G.M. and Chrysler go into bankruptcy and fail under "free market" conditions. So please do not shoot the messenger, but YES, it's from the Democratic side of Capitol Hill. So consider it the best spin out there, that I have heard, that explains the complexity of the situation --

AND WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING!!! This whole situation was described as "political theater" to try and stabilize a negative PR situation in the minds of the consumers over the fear of their auto maker going bankrupt. So to chum the water, as I prepare the main post, is a big problem Barack is having, in trying to stabilize the economy, are the people on the other side who WANT him to fail for politcal reasons -- and it's a fragile situation, and it's so fragile, that all this bad "fear" PR can actually end up being the straw that breaks the camel's back. So in this case, the surgical staff needs complete silence from the peanut gallery, but he isn't going to get that. So he better be as good as Alan Alda in M*A*S*H, because Barack will have to save the situation under those types of political and PR conditions. And those perceptions can become realities.

So check back soon, for the whole 4-1-1 from the (202). And as always, simply on the realest, dough!

http://ZumaTIMES.com

Now, the same bamboozle-busting inside info you are used to at the City Hall local level, has now expanded to Washington, D.C., into Capitol Hill.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Zuma Dogg THREE YEAR Anniversary Post

As the first week in April marks the three year anniversary since Zuma Dogg first stumbled into Los Angeles City Council chambers for "public comment" regarding Venice Beach issues, you can say what you want about "Zuma Dogg," but you gotta admit, he's tried to tow the line over these past three years inside Los Angeles City Council chambers, and especially this past year -- cranking out perfect attendance at the council meetings.

Follow up the three meetings a week, staying for the whole meeting, commenting on the un-commented upon, most shady agenda items throughout the meeting; not just general public comment. All the follow-up conversations with city hall staffers, the people; countless hours on the phone listening to people's stories, listening in person as scores of people stop me on the street to inform me of the issue plauging their community; the committe meetings; planning/neighborhood council meetings; follow up blogging; hours on hold with radio stations waiting for a couple minutes of airtime to hopefully alert the masses -- ALL WHILE LIVING ON THE STREETS, OPERATING OUT OF MY VEHICLE, on very little budget, rolling into city hall many days on an empty stomach, empty wallet and empty gas tank. And if someone gives me $5.00 at 9 in the morning, I'll take it and run down to city hall for the meeting. Many days have started out with $0.00, but somehow by 10am, I find myself in chambers. And I have said their is one of those Deepak Chopra/Wayne Dyer energy forces supporting me and dragging me around for the activism I have been cranking out. And look at the past three months of mayoral campaigning where I was just holding it together enough to maintain a professional image for the Bill Handle KFI/Good Day L.A./Mayoral Forum events, while answering the treadmill of LA TIMES/Daily News/etc. questions out of the library, and finishing up by pouring whatever money I had into internet cafes to get things done.

And although the wheels have been falling off of "Zuma Dogg" himself, he (I) HAVE maintained a level of professionalism, setting an example, trying to simply get out there and generate some momentum, I would hate to refer to is as something bordering on leadership. I've gone where no one has gone before, they tell me, and I've paid the price personally. But I kept it going, through thick and thin. And it's all because of the feedback (energy) of the people on the streets. In other words, when you tune into TV 35 or hear me on the radio or see me on some other news media as they pop up, the people watching have no idea of the bridge burning behind me, and the wreckage I deal with the rest of the time.

So point is, for whatever reason, after jumping out there in the public eye through the media (eight years on public access cable and three years at City Hall), I've towed the line and woken up each day, and done NOTHING else but try and change the world and alert the masses and try and get them to join me.

But if you remember that old Tootsie roll commercial from the 70's, "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?" One, Ta-hoo, THREE (Crunch sound)...Three! And how many years can Zuma Dogg crank it out on the streets doing what he has just done? One, Ta-hoo, THREE (Crunch sound)...Three.

I've been "Zuma Dogg" for EIGHT YEARS, since debuting on public access cable. Newspapers have said I'm the only American comedian bearing the comedy-genius thrown once borne by Lenny Bruce and Andy Kaufman. LA Weekly called me a "public access icon" and described my show as "brain-seizing artistry." I've had more Academy, Grammy and Emmy Award winners stop me on the shopping plazas of Malibu to pay their respects and try and figure out how the hell I improv like that? ABC News Nightline had me on in January for my activism. And I'm stopped and blessed by the people of Los Angeles County on a daily basis when they tell me how much "Zuma Dogg" means to them and the city. And it has been the biggest blessing and overwhelming experience of my life. I NEVER thought this would happen.

But as of March 30, 2009; although something could spark at any moment, as I have been waiting for for the better part of eight years, I think we are seeing the end of "Zuma Dogg" and the whole thing is really, really winding down. I hope Dave makes it out in time.

Villaraigosa's Top Campaign Contributor Contributes "Los Angeles Bankruptcy" To The Taxpayers of L.A.

Zuma Dogg's "Zuma Times" blog has been covering the story of how the biggest landlord in Los Angeles, Meruelo Maddux (Downtown's biggest property owning fish, and biggest campaign contributor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when he was elected in 2005) has declared bankruptcy.

Now Wall Street Journal is covering the Meruelo Maddux downtown developer debacle. IT'S BIG KIDDIES. And Zuma Times has heard from inside sources that when the banks have to come in to take over, and starts looking into the books, they just might find massive fraud, as we have seen with Enron and Bernie Madoff. Look for someone to go to jail over this. Almost forgot that Meruelo Maddux's American Apparel factory whose slogan is, "Made in Downtown L.A." (by non-documented workers) is also part of this mess. So unfortunatley, we may see even more illegal immigrants out of work now. If so, have them call their mentor Antonio Villaraigrosa for a job at city hall. He's always willing to help out any undocumented workers.

And in possibly related matters, it was announced last week that the City of Los Angeles pension and retirement fund (LACER) lost $7 billion in the stock market, last year, and Zuma Dogg says if you look into the bad LACER investments, you may find LACER was strong-armed into investing in loser Downtown development projects like Related Cos., Grand Ave Project (that is still yet to get moving forward due to money problems); and perhaps Meruelo Maddux projects, as well. Zuma Dogg made so much noise over LACERS investment into Grand Ave Project, they DID indeed eventually pull out of that project, whether it was because of my noise, or not. Point is, ZD said it was shady and risky for LACER pension money to be invested in, and LACER agreed, and now the biggest real estate landlord and operator of the Villaraigosa-friendly "American Apparel/Legalize L.A." has gone bankrupt, and I would bet every penny in Vegas you will find the money went out the back door, and in this down economy, there wasn't Wall Street money pouring in anymore to cover the "front-end loaded management" contacts and flat-out fraud. One Los Angeles City Councilmember tells Zuma Dogg that the City of Los Angeles is tied in with some CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) projects that are funded with taxpayer money. So those investments are probably down the drain.

Here's what Zuma Dogg would like to know: The city doesn't manage these portfolios, themselves. They hire Wall Street investment firms to manage the accounts. LACER is supposed to stick with high-quality, investment grade, investments. Not this risky Wall Street stuff that all went "belly up" with all the fraud, waste and abuse, and not in shady, specualtive land deals, that as you can see ended up in bankruptcy, because this economy can't handle the profit pilferage any longer. How much money, if any, did the people running these portfolios contribute to Villaraigosa to get the accounts. How much of the portfolio was "out on a limb" with risky investments as opposed to "investment grade" and did the managers walk off with bonuses after losing $7 billion in a year?

Now, the problem is that the City of Los Angeles is legally required to pay full LACER benefits, and it was announced that the city will be paying 56% of every dollar toward this bailout starting by 2012.

Click here for video of Zuma Dogg addressing this issue before Los Angeles City Council.

AND NOW, The WSJ, much more shallow take.

From
WALL STREET JOURNAL

By Eric Morath

The factory behind American Apparel’s “Made in Downtown LA” slogan is in bankruptcy. The Alameda Square development in downtown Los Angeles, home to clothing maker American Apparel Inc.’s headquarters and factory, was among the 40 properties that developer Meruelo Maddux Properties put into bankruptcy Friday.

The factory is the focal point of the cotton-clad company’s “Legalize LA” campaign. The company, which prides itself on manufacturing its hipster-friendly t-shirts and leggings in the U.S., is a vocal advocate for a path to legalization for California’s undocumented workers. Politicians, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, have used the factory as a backdrop to talk about legalization.

An American Apparel spokesman declined to comment on Meruelo Maddux’s bankruptcy filing. The Los Angles developer said Friday that its financial reorganization won’t affect its tenants.

In additional to American Apparel, Alameda Square is also home to the Alameda Produce Market and Meruelo Maddux’s headquarters.

FYI from ZD's email inbox: Zuma,

Just as an FYI, Maddeux doesn't operate or have anything to do with
American Apparel's factory outside of being the owner. American
Apparel is a tenant and Muereulo Maddux is the landlord. Their
bankruptcy might eventually change who the company's rent goes to or
whether the property comes on the market, but it has no relationship
to the financials of AA.

NOTE: Los Angeles Downtown News is also covering the Meruelo Maddux situation
HERE.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Barack Obama Needs To Get To Know Dr. Deming's 14 Point Plan For "Methods of Management of Quality & Productivity"

As a new wave of readers find this blog thanks to Alltop featuring Zuma Dogg's "Zuma Times" and "LA Daily Blog" on their news aggregate service, I want to start a new season of blogging, by starting with some "first things, first" (big picture issues) mixed in with the daily top local political news covered by Zuma Dogg, L.A.'s bamboozle-busting icon, shining light on political shadiness.

And like Andy Kaufman busting out "Shakespear" on a college audience; here come's Zuma Dogg's starting point for all discussion of government operations. And now that Barack Obama is in charge of U.S. operations, as President of the United States (with heavy global influence and impact), I would like to not only remind President Obama of Dr. W. Edwards Deming and his 14 point blueprint (Methods for Management of Quality and Productivity), but I am here to declare that until the U.S government starts embracing and operating under these guidlines, you may as well take all that taxpayer bail-out money, and put it in the White House document shredder.

So for the record, here is my interpretation of Deming's 14 points that I hope White House officials remind Mr. Obama to read. This interpretation has been read and approved by Dr. Deming, himself, before he passed away in the early '90's. "I appreciate much the attachment you sent ("Interpreting Deming's 14 Points"). It is well done. I agree with your statetment that grading of pupils is an attempt to produce quality by inspection. As a way of life, it doesn't work. I thank you and remain sincerely yours, Dr. W. Edwards Deming.

This article was then published by Quality Digest in 1994. So hopefully, you can read the following article "Interpeting Deming's 14 Points" in confidence that I captured the essence and setiments of Dr. Deming.

I thought of writing a follow-up, update to this article, applying it to today's economic conditions, but feel since this was approved by Deming and printed in "Quality Digest" -- let's go with this basic, overall version that really sets the tone for all upcoming blogging.

Deming's 14 points warns of the problems with commision and merit pay (bonuses). Hmm, can you think of any recent situations where this may have come into play? Like AIG and all the Wall Street shadiness, recently that Obama has had enough of. HELLO, Dr. Deming.

Barack, get to know Zuma Dogg, and get to know Dr. Deming. It's the only hope for the U.S. economy and future of the world. But I am ready to assume the leadership role and am ready for the task.

CLICK HERE FOR "INTERPRETING DEMING'S 14 POINTS" by Zuma Dogg

More on Zuma Dogg at
http://ZumaTimes.com/. And be sure to watch the YouTube videos.

NOTE: You can check out my blog feed on these links,
http://news.alltop.com/ for "Zuma Times" and http://los-angeles.alltop.com/ for "LA Daily Blog"

Zuma Times Blog NOW FEATURED ON "ALLTOP" NEWS SITE

Featured in Alltop

Since they are using the marketing slogan, "Best of the best," I guess the people at ALLTOP felt it necessary to include "Zuma Times" in their innovative news feeder service. Check out the company I keep for as long as it lasts until they realize they made a big, big mistake! (LOL!) Meanwhile, since I may have a bigger, newer, more national audience, maybe some of Villaraigosa's shadiness will make it to a bigger, newer, more national audience, just as he's trying to run for Governor of California. So to all the new Alltop readers in the State of California, who may be reading for the first time; the first thing you need to know is, "Vote for anyone but Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor of California in 2010," and please spread the word to other civic minded voters.

And now, I'm going to re-post on the Zuma Times blog, some of the top stories from the LA Daily Blog archives, for all the new Alltop readers.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Zuma Dogg on L.A.'s $7 BILLION Pension Bail-Out (Public Comment)

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS PUBLIC COMMENT BY ZUMA DOGG: The Daniel Hannan of L.A. City politics.

1) "Zuma Dogg Public Comment on Los Angeles City $7 BILLION in Pension Losses and BAIL-OUT: “CLICK HERE...>> Councilmember Greuel: zuma...”

2)
More ZD Public Comment on LA City $7 BILLION LACER Investment Losses (FRAUD!) “CLICK HERE...Mr. Zuma dogg,”

3)
Mr. Dogg, on "The Era of Transparancy." “CLICK HERE...Mr. Dogg, zuma dogg....”

ZUMA DOGG'S "I TOLD YOU SO'S" (WARNING/ALERTS):

Neighborhood Council Blog: City of Los Angeles Faces $600-$700 ...
Hey Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Zuma Dogg's Batcomputer just crunched ... LACER PENSION FUND ALERT: I hope LACER wasn't over-extended in risky ...

Zuma Dogg Blog: Downtown Los Angeles Presents: Eli' Broad, Related ...
More on Zuma Dogg and ZAP You may have heard of the nearly $2 Billion Downtown CRA .... I hope LACER pension money isn't being invested into this project, ...

L.A. Daily Blog: MUNICIPAL BOND MARKET IN TROUBLE: LA Times ...

29 Feb 2008 by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg)
LA Times finally reports today (Friday 2/29/08) what Zuma Dogg already reported about two weeks ago. (If you are an investor, do you know how much difference two weeks makes, in a situation like this? Someone should sue the LA Times for not ... Hope LACER/CALPERS ISN'T HOLDING THESE. Taxpayers are set up for a bigger burn than Malibu. click here. AND NOW, LA Times (2/29/08) re-hash of ZD's two week old blog posts. (Wow! Better renew your newspaper subscriptions.) ...

LACER: And, oh no...someone just sent ZD the recent LACER audit with all those answers to ZD's questions about risky stock investments. And, oh no...it lists that info. It's 344 pages, and I don't have that much blaze...but I'll try and sniff out the shadiness and report back. Meanwhile, if any of my "legalese-busters/ZD helpers" think they can sift out any important insights from this report, send me an email, and I'll send you a link.

Posted by Zuma Dogg (on Mayor Sam's Blog) @ 2/23/2008

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY??? AFTER THREE YEARS OF ZD AT CITY HALL, LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, AND ANALYZING THE IMPACT, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND WALL STREET, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY, I SHOWED UP AT CITY AND WARNED ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND BLOGGED ABOUT IT FOR THE RECORD, AND I HAVE BEEN RIGHT AS CAN BE, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!!!

IT'S GETTING PRETTY TENSE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHEN ZUMA DOGG IS SHOWING UP DELIVERING THESE TYPES OF SPEECHES.