LA Daily Blog Mid Day Twitter Update (1.28.10)

A lot of good comments and emails about the budget and how phony downtown real estate and bogus, over-risky Wall Street funds are the cause of the current, "full-blown budget emergency," as Non-Leader/Dean of Municipal Bankruptcy ERIC GARCETTI puts it.

HERE'S SOME ISSUES I'LL BE DISCUSSING LATER THIS AFTERNOON ON "THE ZUMA DOGG SHOW" LIVE WEBCAST:

1. RT @LATimescitydesk: LA job cuts could take big slice out of staff for neighborhood councils, art programs, libraries: http://bit.ly/c9Epxi 3 minutes ago from HootSuite
2. RT @LANow: L.A. looking at giving car owners 'the boot' after 3 or 4 unpaid parking tickets http://bit.ly/cFne0H 4 minutes ago from HootSuite
3. RT @villaraigosa: We're sending a clear message abt the EITC: we will not allow u to miss the opportunity to cash in on your hard work! 5 minutes ago from HootSuite
4. RT @LANow: Marijuana legalization backers hand in initiative petitions http://bit.ly/dvrd7K 9 minutes ago from HootSuite
5. RT @villaraigosa: Today's High Speed rail announcement is big big news! 1st up, Anaheim to LA. . WH Factsheet- http://bit.ly/dijetF 9 minutes ago from HootSuite
6. CA Receives $2.3B for High Speed Rail: California will receive more than $2.3 billion in federal economic-stimulus... http://bit.ly/9TvYbf 10 minutes ago from HootSuite
7. ZD's VIDEO STUDIO=The NEW Public Access Channel: Phil Jennerjahn is coming over to visit the ZD Venice Beach Blogging studios, then lunch! 20 minutes ago from HootSuite
8. ZUMA DOGG SPONSORED FOR TODAY AND READY TO BLOG: Thanks to my sponsors over past 24 hrs who allow me to BLOG HARD all day with LIVE webcam! 21 minutes ago from HootSuite

MORE:

1. @ZumaDogg Pledge Drive Is ON: Thanks to "Ghost," Ron Kaye, No-REAP Lou & David "2 Step" Barron for supporting LA Daily Blog! Please PayPal. 6 minutes ago from HootSuite
2. PROBLEM CLOSING MEDIJUANA COLLECTIVES AT 8P: First you cut # down to 70-100, then close 'em at 8p. BIG after-work crowds will gather at 7p. 8 minutes ago from HootSuite
3. IMAGINE THE PUBLIC SAFETY NIGHTMARE: When you now have 1000 collectives for 250,000 patients, and you cut it back to 70 that close at 8p. 13 minutes ago from HootSuite
4. WHY CITY CAN'T LIMIT MEDIJUANA PATIENTS TO ONE COLLECTIVE: One collective has edibles that work for you, another has your type of flowers. 14 minutes ago from HootSuite
5. WHY CITY CAN'T LIMIT MEDIJUANA PATIENTS TO ONE COLLECTIVE: Many co-ops give ZD FREE compassion medication. YOU GONNA CUT BACK MY FREE MEDS? 17 minutes ago from HootSuite
6. ZUMA DOGG PLEDGE DRIVE ROLLS ON: Thanks to GHOST for a ZD PayPal Donation! Lots of blogging and LIVE web shows to come, now! Keep donating! 19 minutes ago from HootSuite
7. VIDEO: Zuma Dogg L.A. City Council Meeting Recap (The Zuma Evening News) - http://ow.ly/11t0c about 2 hours ago from HootSuite
8. ACTIVISTS: Time to complain about leadership is OVER! Please provide solutions, only. Don't say, "doing it wrong," say how to do it right! about 2 hours ago from HootSuite
9. TODAY'S LADailyBlog LIVE WEBCAM & blogging sponsored by Valley community member David "2 Step" Barron! THANKS, DAVID! Webcam starts at 1pm! about 2 hours ago from HootSuite
10. WANNABEE, TIME-WASTING, TAIL-CHASING NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL to get 50% staff cut: Some say CUT FAILED MISSION, ENTIRELY http://ow.ly/11qMi about 3 hours ago from HootSuite
11. Zuma Dogg L.A. City News TWITTER Updates for 1.26.10 - ZUMA DOGG L.A. City Council Recap for 1.26.10 ... http://ow.ly/16rnd8 about 13 hours ago from HootSuite
12. VIDEO: Zuma Dogg Evening News - City Council Meeting Recap and More...http://ow.ly/11eP7 about 15 hours ago from HootSuite
13. To @EricGarcetti: 1st Amendment Speech is NOT defined by the capacity of your blown-out speaker system. Sorry, Eric, you're shooting blanks! about 16 hours ago from HootSuite

NEW VIDEO COMING SOON...check back all day and night. I'll be blogging hard, since I have some donations, and I'll be at the Council meeting for the ROY ORBISON "Presentation & Proclamation" for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. THIS IS ONE PRESENTATION I SUPPORT: I'm partial, though. Roy Orbison is not only a once in a lifetime voice, but a once in history voice. The Beatles LOVED him and he was THEIR idol! AND, "Zuma" Dogg lived in Malibu for many years, and am homies with Roy's son, Alex "Orbi" Orbison, who I have seen go from beginning drummer, to WORLD CLASS DRUMMING SENSATION in the spirit of Keith Moon and John Bonham. So that's FRIDAY on TV 35 and Council Chambers, to be followed by L.A. "Quality & Productivity" Czar Zuma Dogg's Quarterly Budget & Services Report to Council.