There is no question this is my favorite blog post of all time because it is the perfect application of blogging. With the DWP rate hike proposal back on the Los Angeles City Council agenda this Wednesay April 2, 2008; I went back to last week's meeting (Tuesday March 25, 2008) when public comment was held and pulled the audio and posted it for all to hear -- along with a lengthy discussion of the controversial water and power rate hike proposal during it's appearance on the Council agenda. A true town hall blog thread.
As you know, Council voted 11-2 in favor of continuing the item (DWP rate hike proposal) until Wednesday. So things didn't go so smoothly for DWP GM David Nahai. You can hear him go into his "Two minutes to Wapner-style" response when he starts to see he ain't gonna get the hike that day (led by CM Parks move to continue, which was seconded by CM Janice Hahn).
CM Eric "Garshady" Garcetti and Tom "Ted Baxter" LaBong were the only two CMs who wanted to approve the DWP rate hike, on the spot. (CM Jackass Weiss was absent in both mind and attendance. And AlarCON ditched the vote, too.)
So here it is...the best ZD thread ever. The one where you can hear audio of all the public comments from all of ZD's fellow friends from the community who showed up to make a difference. Plus, you can hear some highlights of Councilmembers and GM Nahai to hopefully give you a feeling of the meeting.
VIDEO: You can watch the video of the entire debate here, if you want to sit through the entire discussion. ("Jump to" Item 2 or scroll in if "Jump to" doesn't work for you.)
AUDIO: CLICK HERE for "Audio Page" of each individual Public Comment from Dr. Daniel Wiseman, Jose Aguilar, Candido Marez, Soledad Garcia, Don Jones, Lydia Grant, Ms. Rose, William Morrison, Olga Hall, VICA-loser Brendan Huffman-Galatzan (for it of course), Donna Pearman. Plus Councilmembers Greig Smith, Dennis Zine, Janice Hahn, Bernard Parks and some Tom LaBong for comedy relief. (Even though he wasn't trying to be.) Or scroll through this:
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