Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council Pick Up $3,034 Tab For "Leather Meets Lace" Party at Playboy Mansion (What About The Financial Emergency?)

FINANCIAL EMEGENCY... APPROVE FEE WAIVER FOR HEFNER'S "Leather & Lace" PLAYBOY MANSION PARTY THIS OCTOBER: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council add bulky item fees, trash collection fees, DWP rate hikes, cell phone and internet tax, property tax for gang fees, personal income tax, infrastructure taxes -- and a declaration of financial emergency in the face of a $500-$700 budget deficit...but they continue to pick up the tab for events like these all across the City

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MOTION (GARSHADY - LABONGE) relative to declaring the Leather Meets Lace at the Playboy Mansion on October 4, 2008 a Special Event (fees and costs absorbed by the City = $3,034).

Special event fee waivers are supposed to be used for free events open to the public. So in case Hef's bodyguards kept you out of this private, invitation-only event called "Leather Meets Lace" (Was that an LAUSD benefit event?) Here are some photos Zuma Dogg took at last year's event.

I'm sure Hef thanks the City of Los Angeles for picking up the tab. (We all know he can't afford the three grand.) Wonder if voters in your district are as appreciative?

Zuma Dogg

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