Monday, August 30, 2010

Notification for LA Daily Blog subscribers via Email...

I am now blogging at http://ZumaDogg.blogspot.com. You can click (bookmark) the shorter URL  http://ZumaShow.com to be directed there. If you click your same http://LADailyBlog.com bookmark link, it takes you to the new blog, too, without noticing a difference.

So you only have to change your bookmark if you still use the http://ladailyblog.blogspot.com link.

AND, if you are a subscriber via feedburner -- update your subscription if you'd like, over at the new blog, cause I'm not posting here.

http://ZumaShow.com or http://LADailyBlog.com for everything.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Is L.A. City Councilman TONY CARDEAS Hi-Jacking the LAX Concessions Process? (Are We Handing It Over To Organized Crime Ring?)

[HERE'S SOMETHING SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO TYPE AND EMAIL, AND THE THOUGHT DOES INDEED TRIGGER MY BIPOLAR, EVEN WORSE...SO I CAN AT LEAST COPY AND PASTE IT INTO THIS BLOG POST FOR OTHERS TO SEE.]

Zumadogg,

I read your post on Cardenas and his sister. Are you aware of how Tony Cardenas has personally hijacked the LAX Concessions process and is refusing to hold public hearings?

Cardenas somehow lucked into the position of Chair of the Board of Referred Powers, which is in charge of looking into the LAX RFP. This happened because the airport commissioner "neglected" to inform anyone that he owned $1 million in CPK stock while he was overseeing the bidding process for the airport. No matter, HMS Host and CPK lost every bid and are about to be kicked out of the airport after 45 years. But not if Cardenas can help it.

He has held fundraisers at companies that are part of the HMS Host group, at the same time he has canceled at least 5 meetings on LAX at the last minute. According to others on the Board of Referred Powers, Cardenas has made it his personal mission to upset the LAWA decision and force a redo. I wonder how much Camachos is paying him, or HMS Host.

Keep an eye on the news. He can't turn enough board members himself, so he is using procedural tricks to keep this thing from ever concluding.

[SOUNDS LIKE LAX CONCESSIONS ARE ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY A SOPHISTICATED CRIME RING. NJ has Tony Sorprano. LA has Tony Cardenas.]

Due to my disabling condition, when I wake up in the morning, I am going to be IMMEDIATELY dealing with a panicked, crisis situation, alone! (And other News Tweets for 8/25/10)

[Pictured: LA Daily Blog author, 2 days ago]

1. Due to my disabling condition, when I wake up in the morning, I am going to be IMMEDIATELY dealing with a panicked, crisis situation, alone. 15 minutes ago via HootSuite
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Due to the fact I've posted repeatedly that I'm currently disabled & may be long-term, yet no one is helping, may put blog on private later. 17 minutes ago via HootSuite
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LATimes: L.A. officials launch campaign to roll back state environmental rule. (To allow them to do whatever they want, whenever they want.) 20 minutes ago via HootSuite
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My friend saw Douchebag Dummy Mayor Antonio @Trader Joes tonight &; took picture w him. But do I really need to post 1 more picture of mayor? 21 minutes ago via HootSuite
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IF I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MICHAEL HIGBY has to say on his dark energy blog, I'll just read it in LA Times 2 days before he gets to posting it. 26 minutes ago via HootSuite
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Michael Shitby's Dark Energy CLOWN BLOG can say what they want about me. What has any jackass over there ever done? How many 1000s stop him? 31 minutes ago via HootSuite
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Shitby's dark energy blog can approve comments saying it's fun to make fun of ZD, but, HIS crew? Talk about a lot to make fun of. 32 minutes ago via HootSuite
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DUE TO TECHNICAL DELAY, the one-time, LIVE webcast video announcement I was going to make at 3:30a, has been bumped to 4:30a. TUNE IN LIVE! about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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Doesn't matter if u Clean Sweep entire council, L.A. County is SO un-prepared to deal w next 2 yrs. WAY TOO INEFFICIENT. Bottom to fall out. about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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NEVER BEEN MORE SERIOUS: If you're someone planning/relying on GOOD L.A.'s economy over next 15yrs, GET OUT ASAP, NOW! SHARP decline coming! about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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RT@latimes: As economy fears deepen... (WHAT economy fears? Didn't you see L.A. budget? Revenue projections UP! Counting 8% Wall St return!) about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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RT@latimes: As economy fears deepen, everybody wants what Treasury sells. (WHAT economy fears? Greig Smith optimistic it's bouncing back!) about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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I WISH KABC morning talk show clown Peter Tilden would stop spending MOST OF ENTIRE SHOW promoting what's coming up AND JUST DO F-ING SHOW. about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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Can't listen to Kevin James' radio show anymore in new 12mid slot. NOT cause I'm sleeping: I can't get all worked up on issues @ that hour. about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
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RT@MattSzabo: The glass, previously thought to be half-full, is in fact half-empty! (NO MATT, your HEAD is half-empty & your pic is creepy.) about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
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RT @LosAngelesCP:Lo & Behold: Lindsay Gets Sprung From Rehab! (Let the good times roll, baby! She's free and clear for partying good times!) about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
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DRIVER ADVISORY ALERT: Actress Lindsay Lohan has been released from rehab and out and about among the general population. Be extra careful. about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
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New Content Posted at Zuma Dogg's L.A. Daily Blog - A Twitter Rush of Political News & Comedy Commentary http://ow.ly/18IoaZ about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
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RT@KFIAM640: Topless protester from Venice Beach on now (Have never seen a topless protester at Venice MORE in need of wearing a top!) about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
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@ZumaDogg fan emails picture of @Villaraigosa taken 10 minutes ago at Trader Joes. Tony's daughter snapped pic. No one else recognized him. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
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If ZD were the movie Titanic, we're at the part where Leo was in the water, hangin' on to Kate's hand as he's about to be sucked into abyss. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
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CATCH UP ON THE SEVERAL DAY TWITTER ROLL, BELOW: Looks like it's over. Tomorrow (Wed) is gonna be too challenging. Already panicking. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
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Wednesday is gonna be the kind of day for me where I wish my PARENTS weren't even born. What a NIGHTMARE. Wish tomorrow didn't have to come. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
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I YOU HAVEN'T READ MY BLOG THIS WEEK; on a tweeting news & politics comedy roll. RT@philjennerjahn: ZD tweets are on fire the last few days. about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
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ZUMA DOGG SOLVES LAUSD ACHIEVEMENT PROBLEM!: Need to bring in some people good at relating to kids...OOPS, supposed to HAVE that: TEACHERS! about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
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Don't whine to me about your city hall stuff. Unless you're telling me how you can help ME make it through day, since I'm disabled, go away. about 5 hours ago via HootSuite
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@ZumaDogg will make a ONE-TIME ANNOUNCEMENT, LIVE via video webcast on his blog, tonight (Wed morn) at 3:30AM. It WILL NOT be repeated. about 5 hours ago via HootSuite
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People LOVE ya when you aren't disabled; runnin' all over the city to every meeting. But once disabled and not, people don't care, at all. about 8 hours ago via HootSuite
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NEW LAUSD SCHOOL costs half a billion dollars. That's $135,000 per student? Just give each student he money, won't have to go to school. about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
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Was about to go outside to get a small snack at mini-mart. WHAT? 2am! Everything closed within miles, now! Time flies when making playlists. about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
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HIPSTERS REJOYCE: Now Streaming at http://ZumaShow.com - ELECTRONIC TRANCE...great chill music for overnight! ZD's FAVE MIX. about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
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Unfortunately, I'm at least temporarily disabled, if not longer-term & need additional assistance, but am on own w no car, so getting worse. about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
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Zuma Dogg News, Politics & Cranky Commentary for Tuesday, August 24, 2010 http://ow.ly/18HwkB about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
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What separates ZD from talk show host and most political bloggers. ZD DOESN'T feel compelled to cover it once in LA Times. Other wait UNTIL. about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
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What separates ZD from short-sighted, simple activists: They are worried about their NC fund.I'm worried about BILLIONS of GENERAL FUND $. about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
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What separates ZD from other nutty, small potato activists? About 2 years from the time I say it till the time they do, when it's too late. about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
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What separates @ZumaDogg from average, hot-air, NIMBY activist. ZD realizes what happens Downtown affects services in Sunland-Tujunga, etc. about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
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Happy Clean Sweep folks are doing stuff. But never got email about "quality/prodtvy" training. So please don't send me one on anything else. about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
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RT @philjennerjahn: @zumadogg Zuma Dogg is a genius. He was one screaming loudest about L.A. blowing the pension money on Wall St. (Whoops!) Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:46:29 AM via HootSuite
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RT @latimes: Nine out of 10 tweens play online games, research shows. (Because 9 out of 10 parents don't know how to be parents.) Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:06:37 AM via HootSuite
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twitter.com/zumadogg - but all tweets stream into the feed on the right hand of this blog.


Sunday, August 22, 2010

Zuma Dogg Weighs-in with CRITICALLY IMPORTANT Information YOU NEED TO KNOW, Regarding LAUSD Teacher MERIT PAY (VITAL INFO!)

[Pictured: All the LAUSD students who would BENEFIT by having their teachers on a "merit pay" system. Aka: Dumbest and wrongest idea on planet.]

  • WHY would you want to HUMILIATE yourself so publicly as you do EVERY TIME YOU SAY MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS is "GOOD" idea? You are 100% WRONG! 11 minutes ago via HootSuite
  • THERE IS NOTHING MORE DANGEROUS to kids than an ignorant, tragically misguided, flat out wrong idiot. And if support merit pay, you ARE one! 29 minutes ago via HootSuite
  • How I know you have never studied quality management & have NO FUCKING IDEA how to fix LAUSD: You say, "merit pay for teachers," would HELP! 32 minutes ago via HootSuite
  • Out of everything I have ever said my entire life, there is nothing I am more emphatically certain of: MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS IS WRONG IDEA. about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
  • WHAT KIND OF BRAIN-DEAD, LAZY, UN-IMAGINATIVE, REFUSE-TO-THINK IDIOT feels MERIT PAY is a good idea for teachers? YOU ARE TRAGICALLY DUMB. about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
  • I know when @ZumaDogg says merit pay for teachers is BEYOND a bad a idea and most destructive thing you can do, you wonder why I think that. about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
  • A PLAIN & SIMPLE DEFINING ISSUE: If someone is PRO-merit pay for teachers, they are an ignorant idiot who chooses not to use brain. SORRY! about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
  • HOW YOU KNOW THE PERSON YOU ARE LISTENING TO IS A COMPLETE IGNORANT IDIOT WHO KNOWS NOTHING!: They think merit pay HELPS, rather than hurts. about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
  • TEACHER MERIT PAY?: If someone says the are FOR merit pay, TELL THEM THEY ARE IGNORANT IDIOT WHO IS COMPLETELY, 100% AS WRONG as possible. about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
O.K., so now if you wonder WHY ZUMA DOGG has NEVER been MORE CERTAIN of ANYTHING in this world, see Point 12a of this highly acclaimed international article on management of quality and productivity from one of the world's top experts in the field: (The author even makes a point to mention "merit pay is the toughest pill to swallow. That's why you non-enlightened and ignorant, lazy, non-creative thinkers are having a tough time grasping this immutable principal of human nature. (AND YOU ARE DEALING WITH HUMANS!)

If you need further explanation, the author of the article linked to above is available to consult your group or organization. Send an email to ZumaDogg@Gmail.com or call the number on the top of this blog to set up a phone consultation. (But only if you care about kids and the future of this city...cause if you are going down the "merit pay" route, you are on the wrong path.)

SUNDAY 4PM UPDATE: Here are some more specific reasons why merit pay is bad, besides just saying it's bad. Again, more if you read article linked to above. But here is what comes out if it.

  1. There is MORE than a HUGE difference between teaching a class to educate students properly (whatever that is), & teaching to get merit pay.
  2. QUICKEST way to punish good teachers taking pride & joy in their job is to ruin it w merit pay. GOAL BECOMES TO ACHIEVE SCORE ON MERIT TEST.
  3. Talk about a situation where you will have the rest of the pack trying to pull another teacher/class down, just reward someone w merit pay.
  4. What do you think would happen to rock band if lead singer was suddenly paid more than the guitarist/songwriter, cause singer gets on cover? (Either lead singer becomes impossible to deal with, or leaves the band and rest of band is demoralized.)
  5. OOPS, the teacher we skipped over for merit pay, really WAS doing a good job. But is now leaving the system cause upset over no merit pay.
  6. OOPS, the teacher we just rewarded is BACK DOWN in results this year? WHAT HAPPENED? NO MERIT PAY! (NOW dejected over shaky methodology.)
  7. HOW DIVISIVE MERIT PAY IS: ALRIGHT! I get merit pay. Better not help new teachers who can benefit by my experience. Their low-end helps ME!
  8. HOW UNFAIR TO KIDS W TEACHERS WHO DON'T GET MERIT PAY: Well, I didn't get merit pay and see I NEVER will. Time to kick the heels up on desk.
  9. You are always going to have a top, middle & bottom end in ANY RANKING of teachers. If they are bad at teaching, is merit pay going to help?
  10. PLEASE EXPLAIN: Why would you offer a teacher extra money to do a better job? Are they holding back, on purpose, waiting for merit pay?
  11. Only criteria LAUSD merit pay should be upon is which teacher helped STUDENTS IN OTHER CLASSES MOST. But, THAT doesn't happen w merit pay.
  12. 1 THING FOR SURE regarding LAUSD. Time to change the batter on AJ Duffy. What makes you think he can do a thing? Was he NOT trying, before?
  13. LA TIMES on LAUSD: Sad for teachers listed in database. SERIOUSLY! Methodology is SO flawed, but blog space to explain limited to infinity.
9PM UNRELATED NOTE (but didn't want to create entire thread.) Lisa Hernandez "had the day off" of her Sunday morning ABC 7 co-anchor duties, leaving that dude to read all the stories.
DO NOT EVER GIVE HER THE DAY OFF...I DON'T CARE WHAT THE REASON! THEN, to make matters WORSE, I couldn't find a good head shot of her to stare at on the internet to fill the void, so I snapped THIS pic off a YouTube video...









BUT here's the way it looks to Zuma Dogg, in his mind, when she's talking:





I've met a lot of the news anchors and reporters from all the different stations. I feel sorry for Lisa that she hasn't met me, yet. But she IS only weekends. I gotta draw the line, SOMEWHERE!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

ZUMA DOGG SPEAKS on Future of Los Angeles Economy and Issues Warning Over Risky Pension Investments on Wall Street AGAINST AUDITORS ADVICE!

Let's see if I can capture a moment in time and blog out the thoughts I have rolling around my head almost every waking moment about the City of Los Angeles, it's budget crisis and how "alternative pension investments" have dragged the city down to an all time low, and we are only at the end of the beginning and it will be much worse next year.

SUMMARY: Although City and County of Los Angeles, in co-operation with such beneficial philanthropists to the city, like Eli "The Broadfather" Broad and Tim "AEG" Lewikie (Jan's Pimp) PLANNED for an all upscale luxury mecca downtown; they rolled the entire city's dice from across the 15 districts at a time when the trend is toward WaMart, 99cent store and food trucks. (Not the boutique shops and upscale dining Grand Ave Project once boasted.) Now the term, "Whether the main Project is ever built, or not," is used when describing the entire caviar dream at council meetings.

And one must remember, Grand Ave Project boasts, I mean boasted of luxury condos downtown, in an era when increasing homelessness and people moving from homes to cars is more the trend.

Factor in that AEG rolled it's entire enchilada on LA LIVE & Ritz-Carlton Towers at the WORST time imaginable. And AEG took a MUCH BIGGER BATH in the '08 market crash that they are willing to admit.

Maybe things have picked up, but if there isn't a major event, the times ZD strolled through the area, it was as an "escape" to get away from the crowded L.A. in a nice quiet patch of downtown. (IS THAT WHAT WAS INTENDED?)

And the reason the rest of the city (other 14 districts) were screwed, is because they used all the CRA tax increment money that could have been used across all the districts to redevelop areas throughout the city -- but Jan Perry and Board of Stupidvisors HI-JACKED the money and gave it to Eli and he FUMBLED.

You should have seen Eli's memo on how this Grand Ave Project was going to be a regional and international attraction that was going to revitalize downtown and pull all of L.A. out of it's economic woes. And now it's, "Whether it gets built, or not!" LOL! HERE IT IS! AND, HERE'S THE ONE ABOUT AGE/LIVE. Both, my FINEST comedy writing. But read it after you read the rest of THIS post, first. )

Also keep in mind, many prime downtown buildings once owned by Muerello-Maddux are in Federal receivership being settled on for pennies on the dollar. Buildings like 9th & Flower. (Remember what a BIG DEAL it was when it opened? Does anyone realize it's in FEDERAL RECEIVERSHIP, along with others?)

AMERICAN APPAREL is DONE as an economic generator, downtown, as it's stock tanks amidst several lawsuits relating to head-honcho's sexual harassment. AND, the fact that they are less than non-liquid, but completely dehydrated.

SO JAN PERRY FUMBLED, WITH THE MAYOR, AND DOWNTOWN IS DEAD AS THE ECONOMIC GENERATOR AND CITY-SAVER THEY WERE BANKING ON.

AND SPEAKING OF "BANKS," now let's get to the pension money.

First of all, it was announced during the council meeting that the budget accounts for an 8% GAIN in pension investments on Wall Street, even though they not only lost $2 BILLION, last year, but was announced at a council meeting recently that the city ain't doin' so HOT, this year on the investments.

DWP lost BIG TIME on Wall Street with the pension money as reported at the last meeting on the topic, recently. (I posted how much, will go back and check....several millions.)

AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME BY AN INSIDER IN THE CAO'S OFFICE..AS GOES WALL STREET, GOES THE GENERAL FUND.

2 years ago, no one was thinking that much that the pension money losses on Wall Street are covered out of the GENERAL FUND. (Must be nice. Wish I could gamble in Vegas with someone to bail me out of any risky gambles.)

AND, RISKY GAMBLES are what they are. HERE IS THE REPORT FROM NY AG Andrew Cuomo's report on all the shady angles Wetherly Capital, Elliott Broidy and all those shady bastards used to get themselves busted FOR LIFE! (It reads like a Martin Scorcese script for a follow-up to "Goodfellas.")

It was announced during a council meeting, after explaining why the city lost so much, that they mayor had too much pension packing power by appointing four commissioners, the Henry Cisneros project was mentioned SPECIFICALLY as a problem (Henry is Eric Garcetti's pal who swore Eric in for his final term, last year) -- AND...OVERLY RISKY "ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS" ON WALL STREET.

WE ARE NOT SUFFERING LOSS OF HAZMAT, LIBRARIES, PARKS, STREET SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OVER "STRUCTURAL PENSION" ISSUES THAT HAVE NOT ARRIVED, YET!

And, yes, the CalPERS shady trips and commissions are a piece of this shady corruption picture. But still only small potatoes compared to what was lost on Wall Street in "alternative investments" that Zuma Dogg says is nothing more that pension commissioners handing money over to the biggest of U.S. bigshots who back the politicians that keep them in office.

POINT OF ALL OF THIS IS: The city's budget is bad enough...but then you realize they accounted for parking lease revenues that aren't here, yet -- and it won't be so easy to get that deal done and money into the general fund in time, if at all. ALSO, they are accounting for an 8% GAIN in Wall Street investments, after losing billions, last year -- also admitting things are off, this year. And it was also noted that city current revenue is about equal to that of Zuma Dogg's.

AND as Riordan has noted, they thought Wall Street was going to go up forever, didn't plan on a major dive on Wall Street....were STILL overly optimistic in their budget projections (even though I don't think THEY were very optimistic, personally).

AND IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT "ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS" here's how shady and inappropriate it is for a city municipality to be so heavy on these types of overly risky (shady) investments (that ended up with the people involved pleading guilty and being put out of business for life or in prison):

At a meeting recently, a complaint that the Fire pension head had, regarding an audit report over the pension fund was, "the report assumed the city didn't have any alternative investments in it's portfolio, and actually we have quite a bit of alternative investments."

THAT'S A RED FLAG, FOLKS!!! SO INAPPROPRIATE, THE AUDITING FIRM NATURALLY ASSUMED THESE TYPE OF SHELL GAME SHENANIGANS WOULD NOT BE GOING ON WITH PENSION MONEY...Aka: THE CITY TREASURY.

ANALYSIS: The city of L.A. planned for an all-upscale international city at a time when people are not only moving from homes into cars (or out of the state), but the fake budget (as explained above) means the city is actually MUCH, MUCH worse than people realize; at the same time pension commissioners are lettin' it all roll on a turbulent, volatile and shady Wall Street. (IT AIN'T COMIN' BACK...MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE TRUE DIRECTION THIS CITY IS HEADED, YOU FUCKING DUMMIES!)

COMING NEXTt: Studio City Neighborhood Council to discuss advertising on bus benches. Yes or No?

Zuma Dogg Calls For Rest of L.A. to Secede From Valley (& MORE News, Politics & Comedy(?) for Saturday 8/21/10

[Pictured: Please do not look icon directly in eyes when walking down street. You wouldn't like it if YOU were an icon and people stared at YOU walking down the street, making you wonder if it's cause you're an icon, or cause you just look like a scary, crazy guy walking down the street.]

  1. YES, I'm TRYING to make you hate me. (Pretty effective, huh!) See tweets below. LOL ;-)
  2. Did u see story about folks staying in Woodland Hills (Valley) hotel? Ended up in hospital over bedbugs. Wouldn't happen at Westside hotel.
  3. Is it possible for the rest of L.A. to secede from the Valley? All they do is complain, have shadiest Councilmembers & burden rest of city
  4. As a Westside resident of L.A, I'm outraged on a daily basis on all the ways we get SCREWED by Valley Councilmembers and we bear the burden.
  5. HEY VALLEY PEOPLE: Be EXTRA CAREFUL since only Valley HAZMAT unit has been yanked. Don't need y'all hoggin' up Westside unit. Not OUR fault!
  6. RT @DWPBusters: @zumadogg OK Dude, you want to activate LA then get all your followers on board this DWP protest. (OK TWEETERS, CHECK IT OUT!)

  7. FIRST TOXIC WASTE...NOW, BEWARE "Toxic Jewelry" from Asia sold mostly to U.S. kids. Bad enough City Attorney scared ZD about "Toxic Weed!"
  8. MADE IN ASIA: RT @latimes: Toxic-jewelry ban squeaks through Assembly http://bit.ly/d3kK10 (TOXIC JEWELRY? How much more ghetto can it get?)
  9. HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE: Within past month, or two...MASSIVE HAZMAT RESPONSE 50 FEET from ZD's door! Says growing need over popular trend.
  10. "Shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way?" - Morrisey (AND, Zuma Dogg.)
  11. My goal is to be as well know for my music stream as activism. Wish is to have whole city listening at home/work like in CLASSIC Top40 era.
  12. WHO NEEDS REAL LIFE REALITY?: ZD likes a nightclub music atmosphere but can no longer handle people. ZUMA MUSIC RADIO 12mid Mix is solution!
  13. It's not the nutty losers that disappoint me and trigger ZD bipolar streaks...IT'S THE PEOPLE I EXPECT MORE OUTSTANDING RESULTS FROM!
  14. Listening to B-52's "Wanna make love to you under the STROBE LIGHT!" (Could enhance performance of epileptic if episode triggered by light!)
  15. PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE, NOT CAUSE I'M BIPOLAR: I'm playing UPBEAT HITS for FRI NITE, but might be playing "soft hits" in early morning.
  16. RT @LosAngelesCP: Los Angeles: Sparks clinch playoff berth with victory over Lynx. (NO OFFENSE...what sport are we getting excited about?)
  17. If you don't like the song playing on Zuma Music Radio stream, consider it short commercial break & wait for next song. (Can't be THAT bad.)
  18. NOW STREAMING FOR ALL MY VENICE HOMIES: "The Freaks Come Out At Night" by Legenday Rappers, Whoodini. http://ZumaShow.com Fri Night Jukebox.
  19. Alright, so there IS no "Subway to the Sea," and you don't have time to wait 20 minutes for a bus to make 20 stops, plus a transfer. (LAZY!)
  20. ALRIGHT, THE BUS! (Forget BIKING to Trader Joe's cause it's hard to bike w groceries...BUT NO EXCUSE TO NOT TAKE THE BUS OR SUBWAY TO SEA!)
  21. Ooops...not that easy to bike with groceries (see Traders Joe's tweet below). But practicality is not the point. RIDE YOUR BIKE MORE!
  22. RT @latimes: Blog names worst Trader Joe's parking lots in L.A. http://lat.ms/9gIZW6 RT (Mayor reminds you, if you bike, they're ALL GOOD!)
  23. Uh, oh...ZD's Music Stream tonight is so authentically "West Hollywood" I think I may have just outed myself! (Better play some AC/DC!)
  24. Friday Night News, Politics & Comedy Page with ZUMA DOGG (I try to soften the municipal tragedy with comedy!) http://ow.ly/18F9OJ
  25. New York sues for return of Central Park drawings found in trash bin. (What happened to law of land, "finders, keepers; losers, weepers?)
  26. When Michael Jackson said, "Who will dance on the floor in the round," did he REALLY mean, "who will have unprotected sex on a hotel bed?"
  27. You may be saying, "But ZD, you have to pay for the paper cup?" (R U CRAZY? NO you don't! Just take one out of the trash and get a new lid.)
  28. A PLACEBO PAPER CUP: ZD likes to pour suckie coffee from his coffee maker into a paper Starbuck's cup. Makes me enjoy it more. Feels fancy!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Friday Night News, Politics & Comedy Page with ZUMA DOGG (I try to soften the municipal tragedy with comedy!)

At the end of the day, you may not catch it all...but you'll catch a lot of the news and political stories that come across the wire, each day. (Plus ZD's smart-ass commentary "zingers.") All in a day's Twitter feed.

(And remember, if you think of your favorite comedian of all time (BESIDES ZD, thanks)...the better they are, the crazier they seem to be.) Hope you enjoy my suffering!

ZD TWEETS FOR 8/20/10:
  1. Madonna was banned from radio after burning cross in "Like Prayer" video. Tyler's Aerosmith banned from ZD's stream after becoming AI judge!
  2. Monitoring the world from Twitter. (Almost as good as real life!)
  3. Fee Waybell (Tubes) must live in Venice, cause I see him on his bike. I've shouted him out., but gotta tell him how cool he is, next time!
  4. TO PUT L.A. PENSION LOSSES INTO NUTTY NC ACTIVIST TERMS: Imagine a fiscal tragedy SO BAD, you're NC discretionary funds WILL BE 100% CUT!
  5. A HELL OF A LOT WORSE THAN FAKE PARKING LOT LEASE REVENUE: CIty recently announced pension investments WAY OFF. Counting 8% GAIN in budget!
  6. CITIZENS ALERT: City of L.A. is counting the 8% they ESTIMATE they will make off pension investments. Already LOST $2 BILLION! (How's 2010?)
  7. NOT A MORNING (OR AFTERNOON) PERSON: ONLY TOOK 8 HOURS...but @ZumaDogg finally feels GREAT and is ready to start the day!
  8. RT@nytimes: NYT NEWS ALERT: Wyclef Jean Is Not Eligible to Run for President of Haiti, Electoral Council Decides. WHY IS THIS A NYT "ALERT?"
  9. ADJUSTED ZUMA MUSIC RADIO Friday Night Jukebox based on feedback of audience. Of course YOU may like MORE, or LESS, now. http://ZumaShow.com
  10. BIG STUFF!: RT @Stzlyee: City uses the 8% estimate Pension Investors projected over next 5yrs-but, we know they lost 2 Billion as of 6/'09
  11. RT @cnni: Dow posts 2nd down week http://bit.ly/cD1uQW (REMEMBER!!! That means L.A.'s GENERAL FUND posted 2nd down week! Ask CAO!)
  12. 2 Tarzana women report bed bugs @ Woodland Hills hotel, visit emergency room w insect bites. (IMPOSSIBLE! Dennis Zine's L.A. is WORLD CLASS CITY!)
  13. Sorry you have to sift through ZD crisis tweets between funny stuff. It's whatever on my mind @ that moment. Glad some humor is sneaking in!
  14. Wouldn't it be GREAT if I could filter out all the "ZD crisis mode" blogging and stick to the funny stuff about city? SORRY, WOULD be nice!
  15. ZUMA MUSIC RADIO: Now Streaming - Upbeat Happy Hour Jukebox. (Oldies, Disco, R&B, Classic Rock, Top40, 80's) What K-Earth COULD/SHOULD be!
  16. NO TEXTING WHILE STROLLING: Lady texting while pushing stroller nearly collides w ZD. She says, "SORRY!" (Don't apologize to ME, YOUR baby!)
  17. RT@Schwarzenegger: Friday budget negotiations. http://twitpic.com/2gm318 (Already saw that pic Arnold, "Dumb & Dumber." (R U making sequel?)
  18. RT @LosAngelesCP: Los Angeles: 10 Spiciest Foods in Los Angeles for Hot & Spicy Food Day (Let's get down to what REALLY matters in L.A.!)
  19. RT@JerryBrown: Hope you come out to Oakland's Art & Soul fest this weekend. (Yeah, Jerry, THAT'S what we need you for; Soul Fest Advice.)
  20. PLEASE! try to be more careful!: Villaraigosa & Council close Valley's ONLY Hazmat Crew. DON'T HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS, PLEASE! DELAYED RESPONSE!
  21. Some living near 405 construction near Sunset say nighttime noise is unbearable. "If you don't like it, leave the state." - B. Bratton, Jr.
  22. L.A. homeless shelters to begin CHARGING for some beds. Some won't be able to pay. L.A, TRULY a two-class city, EVEN AMONG HOMELESS.
  23. The Beatles never met Mayor Villaraigosa & L.A. City Council. ("It's gettin' better all the time; it couldn't get much worse?") SEE BUDGET!
  24. MAKES IT WORSE: LOVE when u say, "Gee, ZD, could be WORSE, u COULD be (insert worst tragedy).GREAT, have to compare to WORST POSSIBLE THING!
  25. CALPERS & PENSION SCANDALS: WIth Calpers shadiness in news, went back and found post that describes ALL THE SHADINESS: http://ow.ly/2sETD
  26. "And I think it's gonna be a LONG, long time." - Elton John (Zuma Dogg also says it.)
  27. If you missed @ZumaDogg Tweets from yesterday, they are posted on my blog, http://ZumaShow.com. A lot of funny tweets on L.A. news/politics.
  28. HOW TO TORTURE A GENIUS: Surround him/her with others who aren't.
  29. ZD REALITY CHECK: Now that I realize I DO have a slight bipolar issue....people who are crazy think they're FINE and YOU'RE the problem!
  30. KARMA WORKS:Tell Mary Benson I'm no longer living in a cardboard box, but fresh apt a block from upscale beach BECAUSE of time spent in box.
  31. When you tune into KTLA's morning show vs Good Day LA, don't you feel like you're hangin' w marching band instead of the "popular" crowd.
  32. Ann Wilson can get away with it cause she can "belt it out" onstage, but Jillian Barberi is there to look hot in front of weather screen.
  33. Before I say something & find out it's over medical issue, is there a reason Jillian Barberi is entering her "Aretha" phase? Ain't workin'.
  34. U may not LIKE soft hits from Streisand, Manilow, Elton, Dion, Beatles, Sade but will say, "Damn, that's better than KOST-FM ever sounded."
  35. RT @busblog: #ff some LA icons & twitterers @latimestot @sarahardalani @zumadogg @Carolineoncrack @latimeshaiku. ZD BETTER be the ICON part!