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

First of all, to those just tuning in for the first time, my name is Zuma Dogg, the bamboozle-busting political activist in Los Angeles, shining light on political shadiness. I put my name of the ballot in the recent mayoral election (March 3, 2009) and came in fourth out of a a field of ten candidates, without spending a penny, beating candidates with party endorsements. And I have recently been featured on ABC News NIGHTLINE for my work here inside Los Angeles City Hall as a watch-dogg and local media superstar. ("Public Access Icon" - LA Weekly, 2/09)

Sean Hannity may get a kick out of "Zuma Dogg," but I'm not as hopeful about Bill O'Rielly. But either way, like me or not, TOO BAD. You will find Big ZD is the one that political insiders like to cry to with their spin. And people like to tell me things about political shadiness, the way people like to tell Mike Walker from National Enquirer stuff about Hollywood celebrities. Ask that loser-dummy of a Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Viagraosa about "Zuma Dogg' or any of his inferior, weak-minded spin-losers that have been powerless to neutralize my PR media attack on Villaraigosa and his spineless puppets that pose as City Council members.

So here is the Senate buzz on Capitol Hill about Obama's auto industry plans as he discussed yesterday, and I hope I am not in too much trouble for blogging this.

[This part is a little choppy, because I had limited time, but wanted to get the info out there. I wasn't going to blog this, it was going to be part of my script for a video. But may as well post it. Butr like a Quenton Tarantino movie, it pulls together at the end.]

General Motors has 264,000 workers, not including dealers, suppliers, mechanics, etc. General Motors CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO FAIL!

Chrysler (with only 53,000 employees, "yes," General Motors, "NO!" (And I'll try to explain why some on Capitol Hill say GM cannot fail by the end of this post.)

CHRYSLER IS GONE ALREADY. They can either chose to go ahead with the "arranged marriage" with FIAT, or Obama will allow it to fail. THERE WILL BE NO BAIL OUT FOR CHRYSLER. It will either merge, or be allowed to fail. SO PLEASE SIMPLY ACCEPT THAT FACT. I don't even think they care, that much, based on the numbers. So it's up to Chrysler. I'M SURE THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CHRYSLER/FIAT THING WORK; But I am here to tell Chrysler, DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET THE "G.M. TREATMENT!" (Zuma Dogg "Terminator" Voice: YOU WILL BE LIQUIDATED!)

G.M. more complicated. If G.M. fails, so does the Republican Senator from Alabama, Richard Shelby's HONDA factory. You see, if G.M. fails, companies that make parts like seats for G.M., Honda and others will lose just enough business to have to go out of business themselves. AND THEN WHERE IS HONDA GONNA GET THEIR PARTS? Japan? At least the Honda parts are being made in the U.S.

Bankruptcy and Legacy costs (code word for "pension costs"). Republicans want to wipe em away.

If G.M. fails, pensions will fail (legacy costs), and you will have all of these 264,000 G.M. employees out of work, and without the pensions they were planning on all of their careers, to pay their house payments, pay bills, and buy things.

PLUS, all the related workers like auto dealers, part makers, suppliers, mechanics -- ACROSS THE COUNTRY!

If G.M. goes bankrupt, the United States will lose 2.5 million jobs in 3 weeks time. And this will put the U.S. and Wall Street right into a FULL BLOWN DEPRESSION!!!

TWO OPTIONS:

a) 60 days for G.M. to get their game plan together (meaning half the G.M. board will be out the door and replaced with new boardmembers, so Obama can say, "I feel confident that with this new board, we can avoid an "organized bankruptcy" for now," or;

b) an "organized bankruptcy of General Motors." (Which means the "legacy" pensions will be preserved. AND THAT'S A BIG, BIG ISSUE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.)

OBAMA DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE G.M. GO INTO BANKRUPTCY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE JOB LOSSES, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT THAT WILL DO TO CONSUMER CONFIDENCE (which could be as much as 60% of a factor), that is just "unfounded fear" based on bad perception. (If I buy this car, there will be no parts or service.) So I guess the "organized" part would be the part where Barack has says that the U.S. Government would guarantee the warranties (AND ZD says "organized" includes keeping the pensions).

If the unions and suppliers don't give back a little in all of this, the courts can close G.M., then all the dealers and related industries would be forced to close, as well.

Previously, the U.S. has been selling 14 million cars a year. Last year, it dropped to an "unacceptable level" of 9 million cars. This level must be raised, and the game plan is, get the economy going (more on how to do that in a moment), and the rising tide raises all the ships (or however that saying goes).

"(Treasonous) Senators who don't care about the G.M./Chrysler workers in Detroit, because they only care about the Honda workers in Alabama." Adding, "the Republicans want Obama to fail anyway. Because if he succeeds, the Republicans lose the House for the next 40 years, like the last time.The Republicans want to bust the unions."

So those are some pretty divisive forces. And at this point, you should STILL not know if I am a Democrat or Republican, because I am not taking a position on this story, merely trying to recap what my "fly on chamber walls" is trying to get me to understand. And we may be getting some exclusive, insightful info in the process. Yes, you can call it "spin." But, I call it hearing everything for both sides, and making your own decision.)

NOW, let's move onto the significance of why President Obama feels G.M. is too big to fail, and why people who are quick to say, "F*&#" 'em, let 'em go BANKRUPT in a free market society:

(And again, this isn't "Zuma Dogg Prophecy" this is what the insiders are saying, like it or not.) If we can shore up and stabilize General Motors, then we can say (according to the person saying this to me) that the WORST IS behind us. The feeling is, G.M. is the only unstable part of the STILL EXTREMELY FRAGILE U.S. economy. IF GENERAL MOTORS GOES BANKRUPT, LOOK FOR THE STOCK MARKET TO DROP TO 5000 POINTS!!!

Insiders feel we have seen most everything else level off, with some upward swinging numbers on new home sales and purchasing and whatnot. (But I'm not ready to believe any "one-trend" round of numbers, yet, myself.) But let's just say, insiders feel that the only "undealt with shoe" to drop is G.M.

HATE TO SAY IT FOLKS, BUT THE WAY IT IS BEING PORTRAYED TO ZUMA TIMES, THE ENTIRE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY RIDES ON G.M. MAKING IT. And as promised, here are the chain of events that rock the economy:

1) Wall Street
2) Real Estate Market, but primarily housing market.
3) Banking System

By stabilizing the auto industry, it will stabilize the banking system, and that will stabilize the credit market as credit loosens up and becomes available to businesses and people from the banks, once again.

BUT LET'S NOT BE TOO ROSIE. IT WAS MADE QUITE CLEAR THAT IT WILL INDEED BE GETTING WORSE, BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE PAIN TO COME.

So the point that they are trying to use Zuma Dogg for, is to let people know: To those people who think it's just so simple and easy to say, "Let 'em go bankrupt" -- for now, please shut the F*CK up, because it's a fragile situation as it is, and you better not be rooting for failure, or else the U.S. WILL be in a deep depression, like the one actual people are already suffering from. Because it's not as simple as the lousy factor workers in Detroit, I am told. And the parties involved; or should I say, "party" involved presented the best argument I have heard on the topic. So here it is for O'Reilly, Hannity and whoever else wants to know what they are saying on the Democratic side of Capitol Hill.

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

From: ZumaTIMES.com

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

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.

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

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

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 tried to towed 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.

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

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. 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.

LA DAILY BLOG Now Featured on ALLTOP News Blog

Since they are using the marketing slogan, "Best of the best," I guess the people at ALLTOP felt it necessary to include L.A.'s Bamboozle-buster, Zuma Dogg's, "LA Daily Blog" 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, some of the top stories from the LA Daily Blog archives, for all the new Alltop readers.

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

These are some of the recent blog posts from http://zumatimes.blogspot.com/ that I would like you to see: It's the top posts from March in chronologic order, most recent on top. It's like Zuma's "Sunday Times" (monthly) Edition. It is ZUMA Times, not LA or NY Times, and ZUMA Times is MUCH better.

Zuma Dogg "Public Comment" on City of Los Angeles'...

Some Things Barack Obama Needs To Know About Villa...

Barack Obama Says We Need To Pour More Money Into ...

ALERT: City of Los Angeles To Go BANKRUPT Over Cit...

Sponsor Zuma Dogg's Public Comment at City Council...

You Do Not Stimulate The Economy By Finding Reason...

VIDEO: Zuma Dogg, Public Comment at Los Angeles Ci...

Zuma Dogg on "The Future of Los Angeles City and C...

Quite a Tuesday Rant By Zuma Dogg (Los Angeles Cit...

VIDEO: Zuma Dogg "Public Comments" For Friday's Lo...

Donate to Zuma Dogg Today via this blog post

Why Antonio Villaraigosa MUST NOT Become Governor ...

Stabbing at Venice Beach Over The Problem That Zum...

Zuma Dogg Gets Cranky AGAIN Over City of L.A.'s Re...

Another person claims to be raped by REAP, but Cit...

A Message to LA Daily Blog Readers and New Zuma Do...

I admit, I'm a HUGE degenerate that can't help mys...

Zuma Dogg on the Future of LAUSD (There ISN'T a fu...

NEW: Zuma Mail Blog & Public Input Blog

Zuma Dogg's Top 20 Blog Posts of the past three ye...

Zuma Dogg's CLASSIC Radio Calls [Embedded Podcast ...

VIDEO: Zuma Dogg on Good Day L.A. (Segment One - 7...

Welcome New Zuma Dogg TWITTERS!

Zuma Dogg Viewer Mail: Message of Faith & Inspirat...

Meruelo Maddux Story (L.A. Downtown Developer) Is ...

Zuma Dogg on Marc Germain Radio Show

TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Zuma Dogg at City Hall Rea...

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

CLICK HERE for THREE Zuma Dogg Public Comment videos from Friday's (3/27/09) Los Angeles City Council meeting where ZD addresses the $7 billion LACER pension bail-out that is now required out of the general fund (unless the city declares bankruptcy). Zuma Dogg feels there was shadiness, all along, in the LACER pension investments. (See links below for previous ZD coverage of this matter.)

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. zumadogg@gmail.com

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

EXCUSE ME!!! Zuma Dogg was absolutley floored and flabbergasted in a VERY REAL way today, during Item 28 of today's Los Angeles City Council meeting. I'm sure it will be all you hear about for the next two years. At the end of the discussion that you can see HERE -- starting off with ZUMA DOGG's Public Comment and followed by the discussion that unviels it all, right before your very eyes and ears. Basically, it was announced that in 2012, if measures (that Zuma Dogg details in the public comment) are not taken, 56% of the city's general fund, 56% of every L.A. City dollar, will have to go to cover the city employee's pension and retirement funds. You see, the city's investment team played fast and loose with the city taxpayer money, and Zuma Dogg feels the mayor strongarmed LACER into investing in risky city development projects and projects of his favorite developers. (See Meurello Maxxox and Grand Ave Project stories) and now LACER has lost $7 BILLION DOLLARS THIS PAST YEAR!!!

And guess what kiddies, these pension and retirement funds are guaranteed by the city, so the city has to pay the difference out of the general fund!!!

As I heard this, and literally became flabbergasted, as you can see in my follow up public comment on the next item (a pure Emmy Award level comedic performance), I asked one of the CMs (who I won't name or CMs may not talk to me), if it was as bad as it sounds, because I don't wanna over-exaggerate: The CM said, "It's Armmagedon." Then did add, "Measures can be taken to help." But the feeling was, massive pain at this point cannot be avoided. Again, if you want to see what it will take to help reduce the financial strain, I detail it in my public comment, that is followed by the discussion. IT'S A DOOSEY! And I am not being arrogant when I say, "I detail" as though "I" came up with the solutions and the city better listen. NO, just the opposite: The benefit of Zuma Dogg being at the Council meetings, allows me access to Councilmembers and top City Hall staffers who I interviewed before the agenda item, to ask the what the things Zuma Dogg needs to be saying that the other CMs are scared or don't want to say. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE, BUT THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND OTHERS DON'T REALLY WANT TO COME OUT AND SAY IT, SO THEY ACTUALLY DON'T MIND TELLING ME, knowing that I will say it for everyone else. AND OF COURSE YOU COULD HAVE HEARD ALL OF THIS ONLINE DURING THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING HEARINGS, WHERE IT WAS ALL SAID.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY...IF I DO NOT HEAR THE AM RADIO TALK SHOW HOSTS TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE...IT WILL REALLY SAY A LOT TO ME. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IT WOULD TAKE FOR A TALK SHOW HOST IN THIS TOWN TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING BESIDES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THAT IS A PROBLEM, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES BARACK OBAMA BASHING AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. I can't wait to tune in. I really am optimistic that even local AM Talk Radio show circus clowns can't ignore this one.

MORE ZUMA DOGG PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM WEDNESDAY'S MEETING: Runway Film & TV Production: Click here (So that's 3 public comments to see on this blog post. Interesting note: Although my GENERAL public comment from today IS on the city internet archives, nothing from it pops up in the same keyword search box that all this other stuff popped up in. I wonder if it's some kind of technical accident, or if the Meurello Maddox story I dedidcated the entire public comment to was something they had to try and prevent from popping up in the search box.)

Still Way More Traffic on LA Daily Blog Than Zuma Times So I Better Post A Link Here

Still getting more views over on the LA Daily Blog than Zuma Times, so here's what you may not have seen over there:

Zuma Times - The Daily Blog of Zuma Dogg

Sponsor Zuma Dogg's Public Comment at City Council Meeting on Wednesday
3/24/2009
For one dollar, you can sponsor five thousand homeless children in some overseas nation. And for one PayPal donation, you can sponsor Zuma Dogg for one meeting at City Hall. I don't think I have missed a Los Angeles City Council meeting this year in 2009, yet; and I don't…
You Do Not Stimulate The Economy By FInding Reasons To "CREATE JOBS" -- Jobs are created through innovative products and services
3/24/2009
Oh no...here we go again. Zuma Dogg is going to have to sit here and listen to Barack Obama and Antonio Villaraigosa sit here and talk about the need to "create jobs" and start projects that "create jobs." Now, I know that Barack Obama is Mr. Bigshot President of the…
VIDEO: Zuma Dogg, Public Comment at Los Angeles City Council Meeting. (THE CROWD BREAK OUT INTO CHEERS!!!)
3/24/2009
If you read this blog, from the past couple days, and especially this morning, I have no idea how I found myself in Los Angeles City Council Chambers this morning. No...I don't know how I do it. And if you could have seen me at 4am or 5am this morning,…
Zuma Dogg on "The Future of Los Angeles City and County" (Head For The Hills!)
3/24/2009
There is a lot of speculation on the socio-economic status of Los Angeles City and County. Over the past several years, statistics show that the high-quality jobs have left the region and have been replaced by low-quality, unskilled positions. Jobs like manufacutring, financial and consulting industries. Reports have also shown…
Quite a Tuesday Rant By Zuma Dogg (Los Angeles City Council Meeting Recap and More)
3/24/2009
Today was one of the biggest, "I told you so's" of all time for Zuma Dogg at the Los Angeles City Council meeting today: CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF ZUMA DOGG'S PUBLIC COMMENT: First of all, after all of my hollering about REAP (Rent Escrow Account Program) and how this…
Oh no...it's another day already!
3/24/2009
Oh man, I didn't even get done with yesterday and I woke up and it's another day, already? HOW DO YOU STOP THE DAYS FROM ROLLING ON SO QUICKLY? They are just rolling along, way too quickly. I know one thing, if you had ANY plans that included Zuma Dogg,…
Zuma Dogg Must Deal In Today's PRESENT, Not Future Bananas That People Seem To Like To Dangle In Front of Me
3/23/2009
Sorry there is less and less political "bamboozle-busting" blogging that I usually like to focus on, and if you are a new Zuma Dogg blog reader from Twitter, please go to http://LADailyBlog.com and catch up on the archives over the past year. Although there has been overwhelming momentum on various…
IT'S BECOME MUCH MORE URGENT THAT I GET ON A F*CKING COMPUTER!
3/22/2009
It's become even more important that I get on a computer that can post a f*cking video which is something I haven't been able to do in quite some time. I AM REALLY GETTING RESENTFUL AND BITTER AND I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS PLACE FOR MANY MANY MOONS.
Zuma Dogg Sunday March 22, 2009 Update: Don't Even Bother Reading, Nothing Substantive
3/22/2009
Some of the big LA City Hall activist issues that Zuma Dogg is concerned about include the aging and inferior DWP infrastructure that will not be able to sustain one good heatwave this summer (although everyone thinks we should be focusing on "solar" when the current transformer system needs a…
City of Los Angeles Wants To Tax Medical Marijuana by the Ounce, Even Though You Cannot Tax Medication (Zuma Dogg offers the bitter pill solution)
3/21/2009
THE CITY CANNOT TAX MEDICAL MARIJUANA BY THE OUNCE (EVEN THOUGH THEY WANT TO): Although even the more responsible medical marijuana dispensary operators agree that there needs to be regulation and even "taxes" if that will keep the city government from busting the co-ops, Zuma Dogg is here to notify…
VIDEO: Zuma Dogg "Public Comments" For Friday's Los Angeles City Council Meeting (3/20/09)
3/21/2009
NEW: Click on the link and the embedded player will take you directly to Zuma Dogg's "Public Comment" on the item. Today was an ordinary meeting, but I felt very good about the delivery from Van Nuys chamber. Check out this typical day with good delivery on important issues. The…
The Days Are Popping Up Too Quickly For Zuma Dogg To Keep Up With: SINKING SHIP ALERT
3/21/2009
9:00PM UPDATE: Thanks to the person who responded to this post by getting back to me sooner, than later on some things we have been discussing anyway. And for driving out to Agoura Hills to buy me dinner and gas money to talk about it in person. So the crisis…
Donate to Zuma Dogg Today via this blog post
3/18/2009
If you can make a PayPal donation (with your PayPal account, or with a credit card if you don't have a PayPal account), today would be a most excellent day. Because I have some places to be today, that I am missing. And want to hit the Obama Town Hall…
Why Antonio Villaraigosa MUST NOT Become Governor of California (And other problems with the City of Los Angeles)
3/18/2009
And here's a good one: I just called Janice Hahn's office to leave a message over an important issue (non-related to this Venice issue) and I was transfered to a voice mail, which is fine. EXCEPT: When I was connected to the voicemail, the outgoing message said, "Please do not…
Stabbing at Venice Beach Over The Problem That Zuma Dogg & Matt Dowd Have Complained to Council ON THE RECORD About. (LAWSUIT ON THE WAY, Y'ALL!)
3/18/2009
As you know, Zuma Dogg and Matt Dowd entered City Hall chambers over a Venice Beach ordinance that went into effect over three years ago. The city continues to make changes that makes things worse. ZD and Matt have complained ON THE RECORD on TV 35 about the problems with…
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Sponsor Zuma Dogg's Public Comment at City Council Meeting on Wednesday

For one dollar, you can sponsor five thousand homeless children in some overseas nation. And for one PayPal donation, you can sponsor Zuma Dogg for one meeting at City Hall.

 

I don't think I have missed a Los Angeles City Council meeting this year in 2009, yet; and I don't think I have missed a meeting in almost a year, since I returned to L.A., first week in April 2008.

 

 Zuma Dogg Returns To City Hall:...

 

Zuma Dogg at L.A. City Hall

11 months ago  zumadogg

 

But as it stands, right now as I type this at 8:30pm on Tuesday night, it looks like I am about to get my first day off, or I should say, council is about to get their first day off, in about a year, as Zuma Dogg will DEFINITELY not be able to make it to the meeting on Wednesday, as I once again, end the day with $0.00.

 

During today's meeting, as I was calling them out for lack of leadership, and just decided to go into "roll up the sleeves and call out the shots mode" that I mentioned that I indeed DO have a better attendance record than ANY of the Councilmembers. (LOL!) But they are having the last laugh, cause they got to eat food today, and are sleeping under a roof in a bed.

 

Anyway, if you haven't already done so recently, and you personally would like to see ZD squeeze out another Council meeting and help keep faith and momentum alive inside council chambers tomorrow...hit the PayPal link on the upper right hand side of this blog (or click here) and if I have $25 bucks in my account in the morning, I'll head down to City Hall for another meeting. If not...no biggie, really. I'll just be sitting in my car listening to AM talk radio thinking about what to say next time.

 

Really, don't over-extend yourself over the whole thing. But I think there are SOME folks out there reading that could drop a whole lot more than $25 bucks without even noticing a statistical blip in their daily account. So if you tune in tomorrow and see ZD you'll know something came through. If not, here are some public comments from Friday and today (Tuesday), for those who may have ZD withdrawl during Wednesday's meeting while I will be getting a suntan while sleeping in the park. It's still too cold to sleep outside at night:

 

City Council Meeting - Tuesday

03/24/09

 

ZUMA DOGG PUBLIC COMMENT:  Public comment link.

 

City Council Meeting - Friday
03/20/09

ZUMA DOGG PUBLIC COMMENT: Zuma Dogg on Venice Beach stabbing and the city's role in the matter...."

ITEM 19: Zuma Dogg's NEW #1 SHADY-CORRUPT ISSUE: Villaraigosa's Affordable Housing Racket (Hotels Units Counted as Affordable Housing and pawned off on Barack Obama for Federal HUD Money)...."

ITEM 24: Zuma Dogg on MTA Board Attempting to Kick Villaraigosa off the Board: AND HE WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR...LOL!...."

ITEM 26: Zuma Dogg on "Special Event Fee Waivers" As Covered on LAist.com.

http://ZumaTIMES.Blogspot.com (Recently updated: All new Zuma Dogg posts will be posted at the Zuma Times blog now and you can see Twitter and Podcast feeds update throughout the day on the blog now, too. Make sure to hit the "subscribe" if you subscribed to LA Daily Blog feeds, cause the new stuff is posted here.)

Two Massive New Political Posts About Los Angeles A-Hole, Mayor Antonio Villaragiosa (Coming Soon, to destroy your State in the name of "His" People.

Click this link to refresh to the top of L.A. City News blog for newly revamped site and re-posts of TOP CITY HALL ISSUES. (Aka: L.A. City Hall, Blueprint of Corruption.) - 1/31/11

Zuma Dogg Must Deal In Today's PRESENT, Not Future Bananas That People Seem To Like To Dangle In Front of Me

Sorry there is less and less political "bamboozle-busting" blogging that I usually like to focus on, and if you are a new Zuma Dogg blog reader from Twitter, please go to http://LADailyBlog.com and catch up on the archives over the past year. Although there has been overwhelming momentum on various Zuma Dogg public advocate and public performer fronts...there's nothing in the works today, or this week...and I've been dealing with "future plans and promises" for the better part of eight years. People have the best of intentions and I don't think anyone has EVER made a promise or stated an intent that they didn't truly, whole-heartedly believe at the time. But these constant carrots that are dangled in front of me are doing more harm than good. I've been able to move through them and just focus on the day to day grind of actual advocate work, without even THINKING of any professional gigs that may come out of it. (Haven't been contacting Hollywood agents or sending out resumes or doing ANYTHING besides the day to day grind of activism (blogging, attending meetings, on the phone with people and being on the streets 24/7 speaking with people.)

 

But as people see the messages in a bottle from a sinking "brain-seizing artist of an icon genius compared to Lenny Bruce and Andy Kaufan"; amd as Academy, Grammy and Emmy Award winners have all spent face-to-face time with Zuma Dogg (stopping him on the streets of Malibu) to ask him a couple questions as to "HOW THE HELL DO YOU DO IT!?!?"; people want to try and offer some hope and optimism in my time of desperation, so they make promises about things they want to hire me for.

 

In the past it has been, "We're gonna put you in the movies; put you in a sitcom; give you your own reality show; use you for Ryan Seacrest's Las Vegas New Year's Special; gonna hire you to be Program Director of the L.A. indy-rock station that I am general manager of; going to spend money making ZD merchandise and marketing it; going to produce your music album (it was someone who produces hits, even on today's Billboard charts as I type this); plus all the other day to day "wishes" as to how YOU can help capitialze on the ZD phenomenon, while also helping ZD be able to continue doing what he is doing, at a professional level. The best promise, recently, was from the person who told me they were going to make some calls to help me be able to carry on as an activist, while being able to maybe come off the streets and eat at least once a day, everyday. ALL ONCE I WRAPPED UP THE MAYORAL CAMPAIGN. It's wrapped. No follow up. And each bottom is lower than the previous.

 

AND NOW, as ZD cannot maintain much professionalism and the blogging is about my sinking ship crisis...the "carrots" are being dangled like life preservers being thrown into the water. But it's always about UPCOMING stuff in the FUTURE, not the present. And I have been down this path in the entertainment route, and now it is the same curse happening in the public advocate arena.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU WANT TO WORK WITH ZUMA DOGG ON IN A PROFESSIONAL ARENA...write it down, put it in a jar (or type an email and save it as a "draft") and on the day that you are ready to say, "Hi Zuma Dogg. I've seen and heard all about you, and I have something perfect that we can work on together. Do you have time to talk about it now, or can we meet somewhere to talk about it as soon as you are available?" -- that is the script to use so that i know you are not just one more nice banana trying to keep ZD optimistic. Because I know you are optimistic, too. And you are probably saying, "Damn, I can't believe ZD just typed this whole blog post just about me?" I DIDN'T. And that's the problem.

 

http://ZumaTIMES.com

NEW: Zuma Dogg Embedded Pop-up PUBLIC COMMENT Player -- and Zuma Dogg Saturday Night (LIVE) Update

NEW FEATURE: Now, you can click on each link and go directly to Zuma Dogg's "public comment" for the agenda item without having to search or sit through the whole long meeting.

City Council Meeting - Friday
03/20/09 - 02h 54m

PUBLIC COMMENT: Zuma Dogg on Venice Beach stabbing and the city's role in the matter...."

ITEM 19: Zuma Dogg's NEW #1 SHADY-CORRUPT ISSUE: Villaraigosa's Affordable Housing Racket (Hotels Units Counted as Affordable Housing and pawned off on Barack Obama for Federal HUD Money)...."

ITEM 24: Zuma Dogg on MTA Board Attempting to Kick Villaraigosa off the Board: AND HE WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR...LOL!...."

ITEM 26: Zuma Dogg on "Special Event Fee Waivers" As Covered on LAist.com.

Will be posting more of this at http://zumatimes.blogspot.com/

IT NEVER FAILS: All of the most viewed posts on the blog this week are all stuff from the mayoral campain. All the "David 'Zuma Dogg' Saltsburg" mayoral campaign blog posts including stuff like my LA Times answers. Go figure! So the good news is, it appears as though Zuma Dogg's mission was accomplished of raising awarness of the "fraud, waste and abuse" at L.A. City Hall, and even though the election is over and the other candidates are back to life, ZD's "Anti-Antonio Awarness" campaign lives on, and with my new Zuma Times blog debuting at #12 this week, looks as though I'm getting as much traffic as during the election cycle itself!!! Triumphant victoriousness, y'all.

ZUMA DOGG AT NBC BURBANK STUDIOS FOR BARACK OBAMA TAILGATE PARTY: Hoping to be able to get on a computer long enough to be able to post all the video from Zuma Dogg's appearance on the sidewalk in front of the Tonight Show to greet the fans who were there to greet (more like protest) Obama. It was hilarious because there were all these plain clothes, undercover secret service people all over the place, but the cops weren't sure who they were, so you had people shouting back and forth, "No, he's with us!" Or, "He's secrect service." And I mean screaming it across the street. A lot of good it does. It was like "The Truman Show." WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ZUMA DOGG & THE NATIVE AMERICAN GUY! (National shows, get ready!) MEANWHILE, ZUMA DOGG HAD A LITTLE SCUFFLE WITH ONE OF THE NBC CAMERA CREWMEMBERS. AND WHEN I SAY "SCUFFLE" -- I MEAN HE SCUFFLED ME! And then the other crew guy had to go and be a big-mouth, tough-guy, threating thug on top of it. So Zuma Dogg promptly showed the Burbank police the footage, and names were taken. Zuma Dogg is trying to rectify the situation with NBC management to avoid further police action. Still waiting to for some more follow-up. BUT ZUMA DOGG CAN ASSURE ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THERE WILL BE A DR. DEMING STYLE TRAINING SESSION DELIVERED TO THE CAMERA CREW OF NBC TO INSURE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ASSAULTED BY THEIR STAFFERS ON THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK. More including the video coming soon, I hope.

MEETINGS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HAVE THEM: You may have read this week on my blog that one of the Venice Beach performers was stabbed by another performer over space. Zuma Dogg feels this happened because the city scaled back on the amount of performer spaces as mandated by a Federal judge, so I wanted to have a meeting with the mayor and councilmember to make sure they were aware of the situation and taking measures to fix the situation pronto! But then, people say, "Oh Zuma, the mayor isn't going to meet with you after all the mean stuff you say about him..." AND THEY ARE RIGHT. But it doesn't matter, because here is the good thing about being Zuma Dogg...I DON'T NEED A MEETING TO HAVE MY VOICE HEARD AND HAVE THIS SITUATION INVESTIGATED AND SOLVED, WITH THE QUICKNESS!! After the round of voicemails and conversations I had with city hall staffers, the blogging and City TV 35 public comments, the last thing I think that is needed is a meeting. It wasn't easy getting to this point, but I am quite certain that the city is sh*tting high-density bricks, right now; that they are fully looking into this; and trying to figure out how they can cover their tracks as quickly as possible, which in this case is doing nothting other than what Zuma Dogg and a Federal judge has been telling them all along. But now, it's just gonna cost the city a couple million dollars more to make the same thing happen.

ADDITIONAL NEW CONTENT POSTED AT http://zumatimes.blogspot.com/.

The Days Are Popping Up Too Quickly For Zuma Dogg To Keep Up With: SINKING SHIP ALERT

Wow, there's the image that I have been able to keep up over the past 11 months, but I really think this whole "Zuma Dogg" thing that I have been rolling with over the past (nearly) three years -- and most recently -- being on the streets, non-stop, without having slept in a bed for eleven straight months...it has all compounded on itself and the bottom has REALLY fallen out of my day to day life. So now, it's Saturday at 4pm, and I am so stuck, it's about to go down as another day where I am stuck in a strip mall parking lot, unable to leave to area (no gas) and of course I am sleep deprived and starving, so I hope you can excuse this post of a personal nature. I don't think there's gonna be much else out of me. The days are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long, and the nights are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too short, and it is very, very clear to me that I am in WAY too deep of a sleep deprived rut to pull myself out of. I can be a lot of things, but as this point, I am nothing but a sleep deprived, stariving person who is living each moment in panic. I've been trying to pull myself out of this, and have been reaching out to people begging for help, but because I always end up showing up for one more meeting on TV where everything looks hunky-dory, or because I like to keep up a positive, optimistic front (for as much as I have been able to), I'm here to say, unfortunately, I couldn't break the energy pattern and no one was able to read the signs.

 

QUESTION: DO YOU REALLY THINK SOMEONE REBOUNDS OUT OF THIS SITUATION???

WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT HAS EVER OPERATED UNDER THESE CONDITIONS?

 

DO YOU REALLY THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS STORY THAT SOMEONE WENT FROM $0.00 ON SATURDAY MARCH 21, 2009 AT MY AGE, UNDER THESE FLAT-OUT ON YOUR ASS SLEEP DEPRIVED AND STARVING CONDITIONS?

YEAH, RIGHT! Did you see the movie "Titanic?" Once you've taken on this much water, and there isn't a hand in sight, how did things end up turning out for Leo? But nice thoughts and suggestions on things I should do for myself are quite helpful, in theory. Thanks and sorry for this post. What else do you think I am capable of?

VENICE BEACH STABBING IN OCEAN FRONT WALK PERFORMER SPACE (After Zuma Dogg & Matt Dowd have relentlessly WARNED L.A. City of the problem)

A federal judge instructed the city to offer a certain amount of performers spaces along Ocean Front Walk at Venice Beach. The city scaled back substantially,against the judge's wishes. (Wait until HE finds out!) Now, someone has been stabbed.

As you know, Zuma Dogg and Matt Dowd entered City Hall chambers over a Venice Beach ordinance that went into effect over three years ago.

The city continues to make changes that makes things worse. ZD and Matt have complained ON THE RECORD on TV 35 about the problems with the way they are operating the performers spaces.

IT ALL CAME TO A HEAD TODAY WHEN ONE OF THE PERFORMERS (SOMEONE WHO HAS ALSO APPEARED ON TV 35 TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PROBLEMS) WAS STABBED TODAY IN THAT PERFORMERS SPACE BY ANOTHER PERFORMER. ZUMA DOGG FEELS THIS IS A BY PRODUCT OF THEIR F*CKED UP POLICY THAT WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT.

And now our friend was stabbed today. He is in the hospital. A police helicopter is looking for the person who did it.

READ MORE: http://zumatimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/stabbing-at-venice-beach-over-problem.html

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

Zuma Dogg on the Future of LAUSD (There ISN'T a future!)
Does anyone reading this actually think LAUSD is going to pull itself out of this mess? I mean, seriously...which way does it look like things are headed?Does anyone reading this have a SHRED of confidence that anyone with the knowledge and power to overhaul the system is actually involved?Even if the right answers were out there, you would never get all the powers that be to agree to move in one, focused direction.Have fun talking about "fixing" LAUSD for the next decade. It will be declining each day. Have you seen the future?

READ MORE AT ZUMA TIMES BLOG -- CLICK HERE.

See also:

ZD's "State of the Region" (Intro to SCAG: SouthernCalifornia Governments)

ZD's "State of the Region" (SCAG Pt 1)
ZD's "State of the Region" (SCAG Pt 2)

Barack Obama Holding Town Hall Meeting In L.A. This Thursday & Planning Commission Meeting on Digital Billboards This Wednesday

Those stories and more at http://ZumaTimes.Blogspot.com. Also, Twitter updates are automatically posted there. If you are a current auto-subscriber to LA Daily Blog, go to the ZumaTimes blog and hit subscribe over there. ZD

New Posts at ZumaTimes.Blogspot.com

It's Sunday and I posted some stuff at http://zumatimes.blogspot.com/ which is where I'll be posting all my new stuff.

Go To LACityNews.com For New Blog Posts by Zuma Dogg

NOTE: Go to http://LACityNews.com for new blog posts by Zuma Dogg. Zuma Dogg's Official Website is http://ZumaShow.com.

Thanks, ZD.

Yes, I Missed Today's LAUSD Board Meeting Today

Welp, LAUSD boardmembers, especially President Monica Garcia get a "get out of Zuma Dogg public comment for free" pass today due to lack of funding.

 

I called in for public comment, yesterday, and was told they were fresh out of general public comment. So I said, "FINE! Put me down for each and every agenda item, and I'm sure when you add it all up, I'll be able to make my point.

 

So today my cell phone rings and it's from someone who is at the meeting, expecting to see me, since they can see my name is down for each and every agenda item for the day.

 

But unfortunatley, the mayoral election is over, so it's back to no support for ZD, and so although I used the remaining gas I had in my tank to attend the council meeting; I did so without eating at all since 24 hours before; and didn't have enough gas to make it back to the area for the LAUSD meeting, even though I was pretty close. PLUS, no food...and it's 5 pm, and I'm going to pass out in the park, now. (Thank goodness City Council hasn't banned sleeping in the park, yet.)

And although it's been a great run, I can tell all the good energy that was out there supporting me during the election has deflated; so if you DO NOT see me at the Council meeting on Wednesday March 11, 2009, it's not because I am burnt out or taking a break after the election. It's just because my car ain't goin' anywhere and I don't have enough change for a metrolink pass. AND, I'm not going to move mountains to raise the money to get to the meeting and to carry on with the follow-up blogging and what not.

 

It is what it is, baby. Things may pick up down the line if some of the stuff people are talking about ends up happening. But I've already been down this route in the entertainment industry with a million carrots dangled on a stick in front of me...and at the end of all the promises, here I am at the public library where I just had to wait thirty minutes, to be able to hop on this computer for fifteen minutes, while a bunch of un-supervised kids were playing leap-frog video games and I didn't see a word of written text being read.

 

It's been a great run, and it's not about needing a break or re-grouping, or time-off...I can just tell that the run of PayPal support over the past few months has run it's course, for now. So if you don't see me, that's why. And if you are someone who has donated recently, let it be...it can't be the same people donating over and over again.

 

Times almost up on this 15 minute express computer and there are some un-supervised kids waiting to play some video games.

Go to ZumaTimes.com for new Zuma Dogg blog posts

As previously mentioned, new blog posts by "Zuma Dogg" will be at http://ZumaTimes.com
(Aka: http://ZumaTimes.Blogspot.com) as of this week, including new posts today.

TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Zuma Dogg at City Hall Ready For GENERAL Public Comment

It's one of those day I talk about: I was out of money yesterday, stuck sitting in my car, mostly talking on the phone and only two hours on the computer all day, from the library. (There is a two hour limit per day at the library.) And once again, I was up in the 3am hour, 4am hour and have been up since the 7am hour and I really, really have to get off the street 24/7. There's no way I can pull myself out of this and move forward under these circumstances. So it's more sad and tragic than admirable that once again I will be at the council meeting for public comment because like Richard Gere in "Officer and a Gentlemen" -- I GOT NO WHERE ELSE TO GO!

But I will be there as a private citizen, not a public advocate. So tell your problems to someone else. I got my own stuff to talk about.

 

 

NOTE: New Zuma Dogg Blog Posts Will Appear at ZumaTimes.com

March marks the three year anniversary of Zuma Dogg at City Hall and the one year anniversary of this LA Daily Blog.

With the election now behind us, and Villaraigosa re-elected, I want to move my blogging to ZumaTimes.com, and let this blog stand as an archive of a golden era in my life, where I dedicated as much of myself as possible to documenting all the ways Villaraiogosa and L.A. City Council are sticking it to you through fraud, waste and abuse.

The focus of this blog has been very narrow by design and I don't want to change that. But I want to expand and blog about things from a more personal nature. This blog was for the community to blog their issues as brought to me during the meetings, phone and emails.

Now, I want to get back to a little more balance in my blogging, because I have a lot more to say and offer to the community than just the problems at City Hall. So now is a good time to encorporate the past 20 years of my life into my blogging, instead of just three.

This LA Daily Blog will be my personal archive for this era in which I will refer back to for upcoming posts...and I now think of this blog as my KISS "ALIVE" LP.

So the new album (KISS "ALIVE II") will be blogged at http://ZumaTimes.com/.

VIDEO: Monica Garcia parks state vehicle in (RED) no parking zone

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Zuma Dogg's blog posting has moved from LADailyBlog.Blogspot.com to ZumaTimes.Blogspot.com starting with this post. LA Daily Blog is exactly one year old. And I think in that year, it covered the entire spectrum of fraud, waste and abuse and I want it to now be an "archive" of that era and "reference manual" for all the shady tricks the Southern California elected officials are pulling on voters. So there is your KISS "ALIVE 1" as ZD works on new material for KISS "ALIVE 2!"

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Thanks to everyone who voted! A MESSAGE UPDATE FROM "ZUMA DOGG"

UPDATE: WITH 46,000 VOTES STILL TO BE COUNTED, ZUMA DOGG WILL END UP WITH ABOUT 10,000 VOTES. So basically, Villaragiosa pissed me off, and I vote against him 10,000 times!!! Don't piss me off!

My comment, "I basically delivered a "sold-out" Barry Manilow to the polls to vote against Antonio" got big laughs from council today at the meeting in Van Nuys.

Thanks to everyone who I have spoken with over the past three years at City Hall and around the community. I gave it my all over the past three years. Unfortunately, with only 3.4 % of the vote going to "Zuma Dogg" -- that is not nearly enough support to have him continue to show up at city hall to fight on the behalf of others. So I think I have finally broken the spell and hopefully you won't see me around City Hall that much anymore. Thanks to everyone who has supported me.

On American Top 40, I'm Casey Kasem. And now, a song for the public advocate Zuma Dogg who just wasted the past three years of his life sleeping in his car, and fighting for other people's rights...It's Soul to Soul, and "Back To Life."

Thank you again, and please remove my phone number from your address book. The three year free show is over, kiddies. I gotta get my life back on track and deal with the wreckage of my life that I have left behind as I kept on the blinders and ran with the bridge burning behind me.

So again...please understand that I am trying to get back to a real life, and if I am still spending time returning everyone's phone calls, then that is not getting back to life. I did my time...I put in my service at city hall and in the community...so I'll catch up with all of y'all later. ZD

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE:

Oops. Remember people...Zuma Dogg has the thickest skin in human or dog history, believe it or not (and most of you CAN believe it), so when I wanted to come in third with 5% or more of the vote -- and I came in fourth with less than that...I was more focused on that part, rather than the fact that a regular guy off the streets, with $0.00 spent per vote, came in 4th out of ten. And there are alot of people who want to try and make me feel good about the achievement and all...BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT FEELING WARM AND FUZZY AND WALKING AROUND SAYING, "YEA! I ran for mayor one time and got 8000 VOTES" like Melrose Larry Green. I have already been living with the fact that I am the famous icon "Zuma Dogg" in the City of L.A. So I don't need to feel good about how many votes I got...I was disappointed with the low voter turn out and a low total, just like the Villaraigosa and Walter wish they got more votes.

SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE TOP PART OF THIS POST AND ARE CONTACTING ME TO LET ME KNOW 4th PLACE IS PRETTY BIG FOR A GUY LIKE ZD...

I feel great. I'm here to stay. but there was a measure on the ballot: Do you want
Zuma Dogg to continue to be your watchdogg? 5% needed to pass. It only got 3.4%. Sorry.

The problem is people didn't go out to vote. So I will talk about stuff that is personal to me, but I'm not going to bang my head against the wall, every meeting for three years, if fools aren't gonna show up. It's great that i came in fourth, with no money, when people had money, and party endorsements, and fliers...and ZD still beat most of 'em.

Garcetti thought it was great that I came in fourth. And it is. But I get upset when Prop S phone tax type stuff gets passed, and I complain that people didn't show up enough to vote against it, so they get what they deserve. So I know people think it is amazing that a homeless guy who didn't even have enough money to drive around the city to shake hands, let alone pass out fliers came in fourth; but I feel when all the "odds against me" talk is evaluated, 5% was the number to keep ZD showing up for free, banging my head against the podium for the benefit of everyone else but ZD.

I DO FEEL GREAT! I HAVE BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY OUT OF ALL OF THIS, AS HAS THE ENTIRE FIRST AMENDMENT/ACTIVIST MOVEMENT. I said all along, no matter what the outcome of the election, I had a chance to get my message of fraud, waste and abuse (corruption) out to the masses and introduce Deming's 14 points to a whole new audience: And at the end of this whole election cycle, a whole new stratosphere of people know about "Zuma Dogg" and what he has been doing in the City of Los Angeles over the past eight years on public access TV making people feel good and three years as the most consistent and most buzzed-about private individual in the history of this most historic city.

And all of those professional video appearances from Fox 11, KABC, KNBC, ABC News Nightline and all the other media appearances are on the internet for more people to see for years to come. Today, while KFI was talking about me, KABC was talking about me. And people like Jillian Barbierie on Fox Good Day LA now know Zuma Dogg along with hundreds of thousands of more people.

So after living three years worth of "Groundhog's Day" (waking up and somehow finding myself at that damn public comment podium, one more time) -- the wrap up of this election has, for now, allows me to feel like "Groundhog's Day" is over, and although ZD will not be able to walk away from himself, and feels he has a bright future in the City of Los Angeles, in some capacity...the low voter turn out has allowed me to wake up, for the first time in three years, and feel like today is the first day of the rest of my life, instead of just the continuation (or repeat) of one long three-year day.

Whew!

And I must say, although it is always mentioned how I stick up for the everyday people and show up at the council meetings fighting for others who cannot attend and all that stuff..

At this point, I must let everyone know, that at a personal level, I have benefited tremendously from this entire process of meeting each and every person who I have met over the past three years. My life is changed forever. I have a huge, diverse group of all new people in my life who are my friends and have my back and support me.

I've said all along, ZD strolled into council chambers because council needed the
"Zuma Dogg treatment" -- but people may not know how much I needed an
intervention of my own. And I needed it so badly, that it took thousands of people throughout the community in city council chambers, emails, phone calls and people on the streets throughout the city for my version of Dicken's "A Chirstmas Carol" (but I was more like Bill Murray in "Scrooged").

And to those who worry about me during my hard times, although everyone reading this is blessed in their life, in their own way (ways); I truly do feel like the cat who swallowed the canary, because I truly do feel like the most fortunate and most blessed person in the entire city and entire world, to be quite honest, because every day, from the time I wake up, to the time I finally go to sleep at night, I am treated to a wave of smiles from people who are so happy even just to see walking quickly down the sidewalk, as they smile and turn their head and give me a shout-out; all throughout the day.

People cannot wait to stop me to tell me how much I have made them laugh, or how much they appreciate my day in and day out efforts at city hall as a "watch
dogg"/activist.

And a lot of people in this Hollywood city get that (TO SOME EXTENT), but it is always so sweet for me, cause there are no agents, producers, political parties, special interest money, or even gas money behind it all. So that's the main reason the comments are so rewarding to me.

So although my initial take on the vote was that not enough people showed up to vote, like I am always saying after these elections:

A private citizen, who didn't spend one penny on his campaign, who was a complete unknown three years ago at city hall, and didn't have any backing, or fliers or a thing...put his name on the ballot and came in fourth out of ten people who had money, endorsements and party backing and were going home and sleeping in their beds at the end of the day.

So all I can say, is I feel great about the past three years and this past election
cycle, and I feel like I can finally move on and try and take things to the next level, which as of today, I already am working on.

So the Zuma Dogg "fraud, waste and abuse" ticker-tape of activism, showing up
to each meeting, commenting on agenda items throughout the meeting are OVER, because they HAVE to be over...

And it's taken three years to get me to the point I have been waiting for my whole life...to feel like a PART of the people...instead of the emotionally frozen and silent outsider that I used to be. (I made Jack Weiss look like Tom LaBong at a football rally.)

Thanks to everyone who was part of the intervention!

ZD

Zuma Dogg is running for Mayor and tomorrow is the day to vote him in,

From: Zuma Dogg runs for Mayor « LETTERS FROM SILICON VALLEY

Zuma Dogg runs for Mayor
March 2, 2009

Zuma Dogg is running for Mayor and tomorrow is the day to vote him in, though I know here in Santa Clara in the heart of Silicon Valley you are not voting tomorrow but if you have a heart and you care about your community you too will find why Zuma Dogg is interesting.

He’s saying that special interest are running how the city council is run in L.A., developers tell council how to run their city etc.

I’ve said it before we need a Zuma Dogg in Santa Clara - and though we don’t have all the problems that L.A. is experiencing you just can’t help but listening to Zuma ‘David Saltsburg’ and not hear someone underneath it all that is concerned about your average Joe. Maybe he should be talking to McCain as well!??

I guess our Zuma Dogg here in Santa Clara is Kevin Park who has been an underdog and an advocate for many of the residents in Santa Clara who have complaints against, the council, the commissions and the planners of this city. Certainly in these times the average person who lives in a city is the underdog, we the people are often forgotten when decisions are being made in ‘our best interest’. I feel like a five year old, all over again.

Is it in my best interest that we allow homes with 10×12 backyards, is it in my best interest that we still have an El Camino that looks like we are living in the 50’s, is it in my best interest that we continue to have developers do deals with the city in my best interest?

Anyway bottom line if you know someone in L.A. remind them tomorrow is an election and the man to consider for the race is Zuma “David Saltsburg” Dogg! Go Zuma.

And remember to support Kevin Park when he asks for your time when the Kiely / old Kaiser project comes up - he’s been supporting many of you on your different projects - just like Zuma does for the average Joe out there!

[THANKS TO THIS SILICON VALLEY BLOG! They WISH they had me, y'all...you better appreciate me, or maybe I'll move THERE! Yeah.]

PRESS PHOTO: L.A. Mayoral Candidates Antonio Villaraigosa & Zuma Dogg

MAYORAL FOREFRONT CANDIDATES ZUMA DOGG & ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA REMIND YOU

VOTE FOR 'ZUMA DOGG" THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 3rd

PRESS PHOTO: Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate: David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg

Pictured: Community Advocate, Zuma Dogg and Economist, David Saltsburg


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