Law & Order: Los Angeles Apparently Inspired by Boyz n the Hood
This should have always been in LA. For crime, celebrity and sensationalism the LA court system is where the game is played. I don’t want to hear that "E Felony" crap, the real fun is with third strike drive-bys committed by 15 yr olds. I’d also vote for an episode spearing the Bell, Maywood and Vernon "Oldtimers".
Planners OK With Meier & Partners All Saints Expansion, Preservationists Still Peeved
@greybeard: I’m just suggesting that churches should pay their fair share of real estate taxes- can you explain to e why they dont?
lets take this project (for example) – why does this particular sect or cult need four big new buildings (55,000 square feet, seven stories tall) to worship their chosen diety? do they have all of their members on site 24/7 – or do they just need al that space for one or two days a week?
or are we regressing back to the time when humans built huge monuments to their gods to illustrate their devotion and subservience?
in either case – why do the rest of us have to bear the financial burden of their beliefs?
Decision In: CPUC Approves At-Grade Crossing for Farmdale
… I see no downside to grade separation…
M O N E Y
It’d be great if we could issue each kid a custom-fitted body armor suit so they’d never get hurt by anything ever, but at some point you have to realize that there are risks inherent everywhere and you can’t eliminate them all. Resources are not unlimited, and at some point you have to use your judgement instead of just yelling "Won’t somebody think of the children!"
Well, we did think of the children, and we think they’ll be OK.
Raphael Soriano's Jefferson Park Lukens House Needs a Savior
@Cameron:
It is G-H-E-T-T-o! If the recent market inflation didn’t float the boat of west adams (read gentrify) then nothing will. You would have to helicopter in food and water on a regular basis. Additionally, going to sleep with gunfire and whirly pigs would not be fun. I’d rather buy the ghetto green and green over by Loyola high school if I could handle the hood.
Go AZ!
SF Gate
July 13, 2010 Newsome:Food Stamps Attract Fatties
Presiding over a health conscious city, where soft drinks cannot be legally sold from municipal vending machines, where the bagel’s served at staff meetings are quartered, lest carb addicted snackers, recklessly indulge, and where the emaciated, gaunt look of AIDS sufferers is a style to be emulated, San Francisco mayor, Gavin Newsom, has joined a growing chorus of Bay Area politicians, who’re decrying the catalyst provided by Federal food stamp relief, on California’s growing problem with obesity.
In an e-mail sent to supporters, the Mayor who is the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor, said, "being destitute is no excuse for being culinary challenged. When I see mother’s opt for a dozen hot-dogs, over a $12 fillet of tuna or salmon, it turns my stomach." An offense, even worse, according to the sommelier turned mayor, is when, "food stamp recipients think it’s acceptable to pair pork shanks with anything other than a Beaujolais Nouveau. Where were these ignorant, people raised?" Staying on message, late last night, in a series of Tweets, the obviously exhausted Newsome had scolding words for a young campaign worker, who’d earlier sought out the charming, handsome candidate for a taste of his famed, carnal attention. With a cryptic, "Fat grls r sloppy fux", the mayor made clear that keeping a trim, lithe body, should be a paramount concern, even for those, who’re not chronically unemployed or sustained by the assistance of food vouchers.
The only way a tram makes sense in downtown LA is if it has its own private right of way. A streetcar running in mixed street traffic is just another DASH bus, and downtown already has six DASH bus routes.
It’s ridiculous to spend 95 million dollars to provide service that could just as easily be provided by a couple of DASH buses.
Yeah, it’s a long walk from South Park to the top of Bunker Hill. So take the DASH F bus to the DASH B. Or take the DASH E to the B. Or take the DASH F up to 6th and Figueroa, walk a block and a half to the Bonaventure, and take the Bonaventure’s elevators to the skybridge. Or if you feel like a bit of exercise, walk two blocks up and over to the Bunker Hill Steps. Or take the 81 local to Angels’ Flight. Or take the Blue Line to the Red Line to Angels’ Flight. Or take any one of the half-dozen or so local buses and two Rapid buses that circulate up Olive and down Grand. On weekends, take the DASH "Downtown Discovery" route.
Or, hey – since Bunker Hill and South Park are two of the very few places in LA where it’s easy to find a cab, and it’s under a mile and half, you could take a taxi, just like people in "real cities" do.
South Park to Bunker Hill is practically drowning in transit options, especially compared to almost anywhere else in this city. If the downtown business interests can assemble private funding then, fine, go for it. But it’s ludicrous to expect Federal taxpayers to foot the bill for this.
High-Speed Rail: Ridership Numbers Defended, Park Concerns, Whitman's No Fan
Poor, Poor Pitiful California
Rolling Stone Magazine
July 9, 2010
By Jann Wenner
Stopping short of making a full endorsement, singer Linda Ronstadt has told fellow musicians, she’ll “gladly suck Jerry’s dick againâ€, if the former California governor is re-elected to the office he first held, over three decades ago. The former pop temptress, who bares scant resemblance to her sexy, lithe, 1970’s appearance, when she ruled the roost, as the worlds best selling female vocalist, has long been an ardent supporter of liberal policies and causes. Admitting she’s “addicted to buying stuff on E-Bayâ€, Ronstadt dismissed Meg Whitman as “an uber-capitalist†and says that while she’s “had sex with plenty of other chicks-and Meg certainly is a hottieâ€, Ronstadt prefers “powerful directors and politicians as partners.†Perhaps foreshadowing a repeat of the often reckless fiscal policies that marred Brown’s first go around as governor, Ronstadt added, “I’ve told Brown that if he fucks California taxpayers in the ass with the same vigor he once fucked me, we can bring this state to insolvency by 2012, at the very latest.â€
Target Mania! Leimert Park Store, Crenshaw Boulevard Catalyst, Planned
If you know what’s on that parcel now, you can’t help but e excited. This not only brings locally serving businesses, but jobs closer to where people work. I do hope they make it fit with the nearby residential.