What do LA Natives or long time residents think about mayor villaraigosa (Los Angeles: budget)

[greggd]

I was turned off by the mayor when I saw several large developers backing him. I knew it was free for all at that point.

The building density issue and parking reduction attempts are foolish and only reducing building costs for large developers.

Rather than increasing density and reducing parking construction requirements, more feasible compromises could have been promoted that would have been appreciated for many years:


Increase set back requirments to add some landscaping and let the developer go an extra floor or two.

For downtown development, which is stalling due to the market, provide tax incentives to both developer and renter, condo unit owner, etc. Instead of putting a moratorium on hotel to condo conversion, let them do it and clean up the area.

The mayor should be working with developers to rennovate downtown in a way where the developer has the incentive to build for function, long lasting beauty, and quaility of life for its residents rather than let ramroding as much sq. ft. and limited parking to cut their construction costs.

even on the west side of town. The new development in westwood is an eyesore. There is zero set back. why? why not go 6 stories with a tiered design instead of a 4 story box and set the building back 20 feet for a green zone.

Thats one of the things the mayor should be doing, but he's not.

He's also not working the street maintenance issue. Our roads have become so bad these past 6 months its totally ridiculous.

He should working on quality control and promoting the city, but he's not.

[Prince of Lombards]

Alright, kids, for starters, how about the "We clean your toilets" dissertation.

Want more? Try this:

Antonio Villaraigosa - MEChA Boy Goes to City Hall

Read all of that, then tell me again how naive I am.

[Prince of Lombards]

What's that? You want more, say you?

UCLA Bruin Alumni Association - Antonio Villaraigosa Educational Campaign

And...

Treasonous Mexican Elected Governor of Los Angeles

[happ]

Don't get your panties in a twist. The issue you are attempting to exploit is old & forgotten as the dates on those press releases [1995]. The photo of young Antonio is from the 1970's - a different time when much of the nation was roiled in anti-war sentiment [sound similar?

My understanding of MECHA is that it's headquartered in academia at Cal State-LA [a radical but quite limited political organization promoting a fantasy but also reminding Californios that this is Latino land & Latinos have the vote.

Recent articles in LA Weekly have been critical of Villaraigosa's pro-growth/pro-developers position but also the City Council's fight w/ him over opening up Pico & Olympic into one-way streets. Villaraigosa hasn't been the "wunderkid" many hoped for but the mayor has been as effective [ie. negotiations w/ NFL] as any of his predecessors.

[whitechocolate86]

Originally Posted by fastfilm

I admired the persons and policies of Governor Jerry Brown and L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley and voted thusly. I headbang to punk, hardcore, reggae, oldskool soul, metal and most alt-musics, but love anything good art-wise, actually. Ronald Reagan made me vomit, but I like the political witticisms of P.J. O'Rourke and Dave Chappelle. Private property is sacrosanct until or unless you hurt someone. Illegals erode wages for all. So what political party am I? (A: neither.)

Our present city mayor comes under the "you're no John Kennedy" grouping of cladistics since you insist on putting him there. He is not widely admired outside of the demographic that insists everyone speak Spanish, despite the English language being our country's lingua franca, which allows people from all over the globe who come here to communicate with the citizens here and one another. This country's very make-up demands it; furthermore, its the global business language.

I believe our country was founded for everyone. Solvang, CA, Little Italy NYC and Kenosha, WI don't espouse any cultural militancy, and instead believe ancestory is something in the past of which to be proud, not wield as an exclusionary tool.

I'm old enough to have seen both reprehensible and casual bigotry in the Deep South in the 1950's firsthand, and would offer the present philosophies of La Raza as its closest modern equivalent. There is little tolerance for anyone "different" than them. The poster I've addressed even appears to believe that the mayor's preferential treatment of a single culture's concerns, to the detriment of all other Americans, is something laudable. Hardly.

Man, You speak wisely...I hope there are many out there in Los Angeles and the greater la area.

[whitechocolate86]

Originally Posted by happ

Don't get your panties in a twist. The issue you are attempting to exploit is old & forgotten as the dates on those press releases [1995]. The photo of young Antonio is from the 1970's - a different time when much of the nation was roiled in anti-war sentiment [sound similar?

My understanding of MECHA is that it's headquartered in academia at Cal State-LA [a radical but quite limited political organization promoting a fantasy but also reminding Californios that this is Latino land & Latinos have the vote.

Recent articles in LA Weekly have been critical of Villaraigosa's pro-growth/pro-developers position but also the City Council's fight w/ him over opening up Pico & Olympic into one-way streets. Villaraigosa hasn't been the "wunderkid" many hoped for but the mayor has been as effective [ie. negotiations w/ NFL] as any of his predecessors.

Hey,
I appreciate the fact that California might have been "Latino" land at one time...more like Spanish Colonial land grants, I honestly have no problem with latino culture (I am an enthusiast for mexican food here in north texas), but when illegal latinos come here and have children they cannot provide for and cause a tax burden for the middle american citizen, I think that we have a right to fuss (and hopefully do something) about it, personally it makes me sick. I still want to go to los angeles, but I am tired of these bleeding heart personalities...(many of whom are here in texas too), I was appalled at how much the state spends on children of illegals in texas, I can't imagine what it is for california...not to mention I am sure there are many residents of los angeles of mestizo origin who feel negatively about this issue

[Prince of Lombards]

Originally Posted by happ

Don't get your panties in a twist. The issue you are attempting to exploit is old & forgotten as the dates on those press releases [1995]. The photo of young Antonio is from the 1970's - a different time when much of the nation was roiled in anti-war sentiment [sound similar?

My understanding of MECHA is that it's headquartered in academia at Cal State-LA [a radical but quite limited political organization promoting a fantasy but also reminding Californios that this is Latino land & Latinos have the vote.

Recent articles in LA Weekly have been critical of Villaraigosa's pro-growth/pro-developers position but also the City Council's fight w/ him over opening up Pico & Olympic into one-way streets. Villaraigosa hasn't been the "wunderkid" many hoped for but the mayor has been as effective [ie. negotiations w/ NFL] as any of his predecessors.

First, you asked for somebody to present more information. That is what I have done. Now, you're pointing out some of the press releases are from 1995, but those are just a few of the many articles available at the links I posted. If you bothered to look at all the articles, the dates run all the way up to August 21, 2007. This is particularly obvious clicking the last link, as the oldest article there is from 2005 as far as I can see. So, you did not even bother looking at the third link, or you need your eyes examined.

[happ]

The point is how credible is a spin-off group in politics? I am a Green & know how hard it is to get someone elected [aside from city councilman, Rosendahl the only Greens in office are on school boards].

People don't even know that Greens are the 3rd largest party in California yet no alarm that the socialists are coming! To dig up something so obscure as MECHA suggests you may want to fine tune your political battle cry in the direction of reality. Or perhaps you don't care if people think you are credible [a Republican in LA is a masochist or somehow totally oblivious. What makes a person be Republican?

[Prince of Lombards]

Originally Posted by happ

The point is how credible is a spin-off group in politics? I am a Green & know how hard it is to get someone elected [aside from city councilman, Rosendahl the only Greens in office are on school boards].

People don't even know that Greens are the 3rd largest party in California yet no alarm that the socialists are coming! To dig up something so obscure as MECHA suggests you may want to fine tune your political battle cry in the direction of reality. Or perhaps you don't care if people think you are credible [a Republican in LA is a masochist or somehow totally oblivious. What makes a person be Republican?

MEChA is only a small part of the problem with Tony Villar. More importantly, his administration is rife with scandal and irresponsibility, whether it's allocations of taxpayer funds for gangs, or marching against the LAPD regarding the park protest fiasco of a year ago, or openly stating that our economic policies will be dictated by "looking to the south" or something close to those words, etc. Furthermore, I don't know why you mention Republicans, because I'm certainly not one.

[CamaroGuy]

[quote=whitechocolate86;2990673]Hey,
I appreciate the fact that California might have been "Latino" land at one time...

California was actually Spanish land for a much longer time than it was Mexican(1810 to 1848).

Lets face it if California had stayed in Mexico's hands do you honestly believe it would be as modern and developed as it is today?