Comments on: The Bomb Inside the State of the City Speech http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Woody http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-137645 Woody Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:49:35 +0000 http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/#comment-137645 Badly mixed metaphors, misplaced modifiers.... It's a wonder that we can follow what reg is trying to say. Badly mixed metaphors, misplaced modifiers…. It’s a wonder that we can follow what reg is trying to say.

]]> By: reg http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-137636 reg Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:12:35 +0000 http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/#comment-137636 "Centralizing their administration and oversight might make sense — that’s a key battle cry of anti-city hall people too, after all" I don't know anything about LA politics - but it strikes me as odd that "anti-city hall people" would have centralization of social programs as a "batle cry." Of course, it's hard to deduce what players in these Byzantine dramas are on about without a scorecard - if you'll forgive some badly mixed metaphors. “Centralizing their administration and oversight might make sense — that’s a key battle cry of anti-city hall people too, after all”

I don’t know anything about LA politics – but it strikes me as odd that “anti-city hall people” would have centralization of social programs as a “batle cry.” Of course, it’s hard to deduce what players in these Byzantine dramas are on about without a scorecard – if you’ll forgive some badly mixed metaphors.

]]> By: om http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-137615 om Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:20:57 +0000 http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/#comment-137615 What should not be missed in this story is that some of these programs are highly functional and following the code of spending, while providing services to struggling families. What should not be missed in this story is that some of these programs are highly functional and following the code of spending, while providing services to struggling families.

]]> By: WBC http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-137580 WBC Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:48:16 +0000 http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/#comment-137580 Keeping an open mind, can't this be seen as the equivalent of his taking a bunch of fractured gang intervention programs and putting them under one umbrella under the Mayor's office? Some of the latter were badly tinged with abuse and scandal and while I'm not familiar with these programs for "the poor," it stands to reason that there must be a lot of overlap which allows for waste and abuse. Centralizing their administration and oversight might make sense -- that's a key battle cry of anti-city hall people too, after all. Keeping an open mind, can’t this be seen as the equivalent of his taking a bunch of fractured gang intervention programs and putting them under one umbrella under the Mayor’s office? Some of the latter were badly tinged with abuse and scandal and while I’m not familiar with these programs for
“the poor,” it stands to reason that there must be a lot of overlap which allows for waste and abuse. Centralizing their administration and oversight might make sense — that’s a key battle cry of anti-city hall people too, after all.

]]> By: dacalicious http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-137536 dacalicious Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:59:42 +0000 http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/#comment-137536 Our mayor is a dangerous political hack with delusions of grandeur. He was elected on a wave of ignorance & hot air, much like President Bush, & has proceeded to do little for the city besides let his cronies loot our taxes for their personal luxuries & b.s., often non-existent programs. I shudder to imagine him as governor! Our mayor is a dangerous political hack with delusions of grandeur. He was elected on a wave of ignorance & hot air, much like President Bush, & has proceeded to do little for the city besides let his cronies loot our taxes for their personal luxuries & b.s., often non-existent programs. I shudder to imagine him as governor!

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-137459 Woody Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:37:14 +0000 http://witnessla.com/city-government/2009/admin/the-bomb-inside-the-state-of-the-city-speech/#comment-137459 To save some money, the city can take some of those burned out and abandoned stores in the slums and turn them quickly into family centers. Then, the mayor can raise taxes, as do all good Democrats, to pay for this new social program, which admits that all the rest of the social programs and money on them haven't succeeded. You people in California vote with your hearts rather than your heads. To save some money, the city can take some of those burned out and abandoned stores in the slums and turn them quickly into family centers. Then, the mayor can raise taxes, as do all good Democrats, to pay for this new social program, which admits that all the rest of the social programs and money on them haven’t succeeded.

You people in California vote with your hearts rather than your heads.

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