Wendy, en fuego!!

I don't think very highly of Wendy Greuel or Eric Garcetti.

I think both of them will be a catastrophe for Los Angeles.

(but hey....people here voted for Villaraigosa..!!)

I do think it is very clever of her to do a commercial in Spanish.

Not sure how many votes it will help her get.

But it sure looks like she is at least making an effort.

Israel & India

As bad as the terrorist attacks on Boston were, I would like to remind my fellow Americans that we are lucky to still live in a country where the good guys are winning 99% of the time.

Israel and India have to deal with repeated terrorist attacks like this multiple times, every year.

Obama: The Kenyan

For what it's worth, I don't believe the President was born in Kenya -- as many conspiracy theorists would have you believe.

However, it sure is fun to wind up the liberal Democrats by making jokes about it.

Vladimir Putin & Russian immigration policy

"In Russia live Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Shari'a law, then we advise them to go to those places where that is the state law. Russia does not need minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination!' We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France if we are to survive as a nation. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of most minorities."
    -- Vladimir Putin, to the Duma -- Feb. 4, 2013

Thatcher's first speech as leader of the Conservatives

"Let me give you my vision: a man’s right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, and to have the state as servant and not as master — these are the British inheritance. They are the essence of a free country and on that freedom all our other freedoms depend." -- Margaret Thatcher 1975

The Iron Lady is gone....

I lived in London in the early 90s and I saw first hand the changes and modifications that Margaret Thatcher had made to the British economy, in an attempt to wean the people off of the government teat of Socialism.

For her efforts, she was despised and vilified.

But her efforts worked. One of the reasons the U.K. has such a problem with illegal immigration is that Thatcher made England the European hotspot for jobs and growth. The British Pound had real value and many other currencies did not.

She is a hero to all of Europe.

I am deeply saddened by her passing.

Eric Garcetti's Bonfire of The Vanities

This might be the most important blog post I've ever written.

It could possibly change the outcome of the Mayoral Election in May.

Right now, Eric Garcetti has a slight lead over Wendy Greuel.

But nothing is written in stone. The election will be a close one.

Do I support either one of the two candidates?

No, I'm writing in my own name on the ballot in protest.

(I was the best candidate in 2009, too!)

Anyway.... on to the story.

Years ago, community activist Zuma Dogg told me a fascinating story about Eric Garcetti.

The story had many similarities to the movie "The Bonfire of the Vanities"

I want to repeat for legal reasons that these are allegations.
I do not know enough to say that the following statements are factually true.

The story...in vague details.

Many years ago, the story alleges that Eric Garcetti was drunk and hit a kid on a bicycle while he was driving a city-owned vehicle in Echo Park. The kid was shaken up, but not badly hurt. Eric took the kid and the bicycle back to where the kid lived. He apologized and got the family to cover up the incident.

However, the story doesn't end there.

One of the family members tells the whole story to a close family friend. That "family friend" goes to Zuma Dogg and wants him to expose Garcetti and the whole story.

I believe Zuma Dogg considered blowing up the story back in 2008 or 2009. There are some vague mentions about it in the media from back then.

OK...so this is the end of the "allegedly" part of the Eric Garcetti/Bonfire of the Vanities story.

Now, I had always kept this story in the back of my head.

What if the story is true?

We are about 45 days away from watching Eric Garcetti's coronation as the next Mayor of Los Angeles. This is a story that, if true, could cripple his career ambitions.

What if Wendy could find this kid or this family and hold a press conference about it on the steps of City Hall?

You could say goodbye to "The Prince of The City."

So yeah... attention Wendy Greuel!

You might want to call Zuma Dogg. He's not a difficult man to find.