By now you have heard about the eight year old girl who was killed while on her doorstep by a (gang member's) stray bullet.
But I just heard Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa deliver a speech on the matter during a press conference, and let me say, it's obvious we have a shallow, dummy of a mayor, who does not even have anyone writing something good for him to stammer through.
The mayor basically stood before the mic to tell everyone he was "outraged"and added, ""We are going to do everything possible to investigate this matter, to bring these individuals to justice."
WHOOPTY-DOO!?!?
First of all to stand there and say you are "outraged" made you sound like a frustrated, powerless, non-leader with no game plan. And when you say that, it just reminds people that they are outraged, too: AT YOU!
Secondly, WHOOPTY-DOO!!! You are gonna do everything...blah, blah, blah. You could have just set up a speaker and have an electronic computer sono-voice (like Steven Hawking) say, "We...are...doing...all...we...can...and...will...be...bringing...these...individuals...to...justice."
Maybe the robot from "Lost In Space" could stand in for the mayor next time to deliver his non-leader message of frustration. (That way, he wouldn't have to interrupt his campaigning for Obama [fresh off the heels of his campaigning for Hillary] -- and won't have to interrupt his fund raising and speech giving this week.
A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR ZUMA DOGG:
Like it or hate it, here is what ZD would have said at the same press conference:
First of all, I want everyone in the community to put pressure on each other to clean up their act and stop getting sloppy. Because when you have stray bullets killing people in front of their homes -- that's when the community pushes back -- and we are forced to direct concentrated gang task forces right onto your sidewalks and street corners -- and when you hear people calling for more crackdowns...we'll start in YOUR area...all day, all night, all week, all weekend. And you'll be stuck inside watching Jerry Springer.
Secondly, the police are very busy and spread very thin just doing day to day duty. But we know there are people out there doing things that might catch a police officer's attention is called to it. So be smart...and make sure you are not calling attention to your neighborhood on the most preventable and un-necessary crime you could possibly commit. STRAY BULLETS HITTING INNOCENT KIDS (AND ADULTS)!
I know the media has one image/perception of the people who make up your community. And in many cases that image fits. Plus, in many cases, the people in the community like these images and perceptions to fit/street cred.
But while your underworld is going down on the sidewalks and streets of the community. Your mom has to get milk at the grocery store for your little brothers and sisters.
The problem with kids today, is they watch too much Scarface, and not enough Godfather.
Back in the day of the Godfather, there were rules to the game. Family and innocent outsiders were kept out of it. It was business. Cause that's what the street hustle is all about. Business. It's about feeding mouths and paying rent so you can continue to get your hustle on.
But these days, people are out there acting too much like Scarface when he was all coked up and out of control and paranoid and getting sloppy.
So as Mayor of Los Angeles, I'd like to remind everyone things are getting way too sloppy when kids are getting shot in front of their homes. And I hope the leaders and people of influence in these communities start telling the people they influence to make sure their isn't collateral damage, like this.
You may not like this message, but if you have a mic and a chance to get a message out to the public directly, it sure wouldn't be, "I am outraged and will do everything, blah-blah (insert non-leader talk) blah."
SEIZE THE MOMENT...
TAKE BACK THE CITY.
KICK VILLARAIGOSA OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
THEN WE'LL JUST APPOINT HIM THE INNOCUOUS POSITION OF CITY MASCOT (like Mickey Mouse) AND HE CAN RUN AROUND THE CITY AND FUND-RAISE AND TAKE PICTURES.
He's already doing it anyway: Villar's plans for this weekend. (Not L.A., of course.)
And Zuma Dogg thinks he should be there, not here in the City of Los Angeles to provide some visible leadership regarding an issue almost as important as campaigning for Obama or your speech in San Fran this weekend.
You really are a non-achieving, dummy of a loser douchebag Mayor. It is so frustrating to be so much smarter than the mayor of the second largest city in America. Maybe we should get a mayor who cares about America.
Zuma Dogg Questions Mayor Villaraigosa (Part 1)
Zuma Dogg Questions Mayor Villaraigosa (Part 2)