Councilmember Dennis Zine has been complaining publicly (rightfully so) that CM Jackass Weiss (who is running for City Attorney, of all things) will not waive the motion out of his Public Safety Committee.
Last night, a caller on Kevin James' KRLA 870 radio show (9m-11p) felt that something called Item 16 could be invoked which says a motion can be added right away from the floor for the next agenda. THAT IS AN EMERGENCY RULE. And although some will say crime is an emergency, that won't work for this.
HOWEVER ZD DOES GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT: And it's called Council Rule 54, which some of you already know about. It says that a Councilmember can have a motion moved out of committee and to the council floor. If the motion has been in committee for less than two weeks, Council needs 10 votes to approve. HOWEVER, after it has been in committee for OVER two weeks (which it has), Council only needs a MAJORITY vote to move it out of Jackass Weiss' hooves and to the council floor for debate.
AND HERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING FROM TODAY'S MEETING:
In the over two years I've been attending meetings, I have never seen the media (TV cameras and radio mics) surrounding a Councilmember in chambers the way they were surrounded by Jan Perry today regarding the "fast food ban."
Forget about the kids and schools, forget about crime, forget about taxes and fees and everything else...
THE BIGGEST STORY I HAVE EVER SEEN BASED ON MEDIA COVERAGE INSIDE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS JAN PERRY'S FAST FOOD BAN.
SPEAKING OF JACK(ASS) WEISS: Once again was not anywhere to be seen during the council meeting, even though his name was on the "roll" and "yes" votes were flying through.
So I call Jack Weiss' office on my cell phone and say (in deep, authoritative voice), "Is Jack there?"
And the receptionist pauses for a second and says, "Who should I say is calling?"
EXCUSE ME!?!?! WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADMIT HE WAS INDEED IN HIS OFFICE DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING!!!
IF HE WASN'T...WHY WOULD YOU BE ASKING WHO YOU SHOULD TELL HIM IS CALLING? Were you going to walk downstairs and tell him?
So ZD says, "Tell him it's Wendy and his attendance is requested at the council meeting." (Clearly I wasn't Wendy, but the receptionist got the gist) because Jackass came strolling into chambers in about the time it would take to walk down the hall, into the elevator and into chambers.
WHAT AN F-ING JACKASS!
Someone should file a complaint and check the City Hall security cameras for the past five months and I wonder if you see Jack walking to his office and back. And check the phone records of his cell phone and office phone and see the activity during the Council meeting -- then check it against money that is donated to one pompous Jackass. IT CALLED ILLEGAL PHONE SOLICITATION -- AND I HOPE IT ISN'T BEING DONE, BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT IS!
ZD's PUBLIC ACCESS TV SHOW: Tonight at 11pm on Time Warner's system based out of Santa Monica serving Palisades, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Woodland Hills -- all along the 101 to Eagle Rock (but not Van Nuys). If you don't have that system click video to see it.
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