LAist: Another Term for Mayor Tony?

guaninga

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:54:50 -0800

I am an ex-Villaraigosa supporter. To be honest if his wife can't trust anything he says why should I? Let him go crawling back to her and beg for forgiveness...if she forgives him then I will think about it.....

KG

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:54:10 -0800

As long as Villaraigosa keeps supporting the LAPD against the LA Times he has the Westside vote and the election in the bag.

Zach Behrens

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:09:27 -0800

nicksm, I'm glad you call in, keep up the good work on that. Graffiti is a tough issue and I believe if a community really does not want it, it can be fought pretty easily. Mayor V needs to supply us with more tools to easily fight graffiti, so it doesn't become our full-time job. Even though it could be improved, I'm digging the first version of online reporting for graffiti with city of LA jurisdiction: http://www.lacity.org/bpw/OCS/grsr.htm As far as I know, it seems Greuel and Garcetti are the ones who are really taking graffiti to issue. For me, as a LAPD block captain, I walk my block and report it as soon as it goes up. If it's a gang tag, I call my SLO and snap a picture for him. I rarely see graffiti anymore since I started fighting it consistently. You just have to keep it up and not give up. And if you want to unofficially "adopt" a certain mural on the freeway by calling Caltrans and Cultural Affairs about graffiti on it, I'm sure you can make a good relationship and partnership to get that going. The key to all this is building relationships. But I know, we don't all have the time for that and wish things would just get done without us having to nag. And discussion is for another day....

Zach Behrens

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:52:05 -0800

Who's James Hahn? ;)

jrb

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:29:58 -0800

Villaraigosa has been an outstanding Mayor. This is the first Mayor I've seen in this city who has been as involved, always on the scene, and always where he should be in a crisis. Jimmy Hahnn was as crooked as a dog's hind leg. All you had to do was look on the City Ethics Commission websight, to see where his real loyalties were. The only thing miraculous was that he never got caught red-handed. I'm glad "Teflon Hahnn" is gone. I'd vote for Villaraigosa's re-election in a heart beat.

nicksm

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:33:34 -0800

yes i have spoken, i call caltrans frequently - let me rephrase - altough the freeway is under the juridiction of caltrans, the degenerates that grafitti said freeway are under the jurisdiction of mayer jose.

Zach Behrens

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:36:36 -0800

Just for the record, "art" on the freeway has nothing to do the Mayor or the City's jurisdiction. That would be the state and in my experience, every piece of graffiti I have ever reported to Caltrans has gotten taken care of. So the question is, have you spoken up? If not, give it a try. 213-897-3656 is the number. Let us know!

Elise Thompson

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:31:34 -0800

I just can't wait to see all of the new outfits - really, is there anything he won't wear? From chef's whites to Asian garb,there is nothing he won't don to mug for the cameras. Please, please, please, somebody invite him to the Christopher Street Parade and convince him that he REALLY needs the leatherboy vote!

nicksm

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:18:24 -0800

Judging by the "art" decorating the walls of the 10 freeway on my way to the office, grafitti is not getting better nor anywhere close to a solved problem. I think it actually much worse...

jamesey

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:47:52 -0800

Can anyone name one problem he has solved with LA? Our schools, traffic, graffiti and crime are the exact same shitstorms that they were before he started.

iluvhatemail

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:25:48 -0800

It doesn't matter to me how long he may stay for a 2nd term as much as what he did with the first 4 years. My opinion is he was more worried about the appearance and marketability of our city rather than fix the existing problems. Will have to wait and see what the competition looks like before making a decision.

Zach Behrens

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:09:32 -0800

Mayor V is a shoe-in if looking for a second term. His campaign team is a power horse, amazingly slick. Who wants to run against that? I guess, though, you never know what could happen between now and then...