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September 27, 2011 – Daily Brief

By Jeff — Jeff Wilson

  • How the city will keep its redevelopment agency alive in an age of austerity SIGNAL
  • UP Train derailment in Pacoima forces Metrolink to bus commuters from AV & SCV to LA LA TIMES
  • Councilman Bob Kellar attended his 50th high school reunion and learned that the reunion organizers had marked him down as deceased. But he showed up, said, “As you can tell, that probably isn’t accurate,” and much scurrying-about ensued at his reunion SIGNAL
  • Cerberus Capital Management takes over management of the infamous Casden property, the 95 acre parcel of land used for Cowboy Festival parking that’s guarded by the hyper-reactive Placerita Canyon Homeowners and their Power Posse, which retains a vice-grip like hold on City Hall SIGNAL
  • Wow: The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, billionaire head of the infamous Sinaloa drug Cartel, gave birth to twin girls at Antelope Valley hospital in Lancaster last month. The means the wife of one of the world’s most wanted men probably traveled through the SCV on her way to the hospital. (ht: Perez) LA TIMES
  • Governor Jerry Brown met with LA County supervisors yesterday and going by what Supervisor Antonovich has to say, it didn’t go well. The topic is “prison realignment” and what that means is that 7,000- 8000 state prisoners will head to County facilities. Antonovich calls it a “trojan horse style attack.” Last week Sharon Runner suggested we buy a gun, a dog, and a six pack and go hunting for convicts be on alert. SCVNEWS, KHTS
  • Nothing good happens in Walmart Parking lots. Best to just run to your car. KHTS
  • Speaking of parking lots, the Sheriff’s Station is advising residents not to leave valuables in their cars SIGNAL
  • 18 year old graduate of West Ranch high dies suddenly while working out at the beach SIGNAL
  • The kicker for the COC football team is one armed. Incredible. SCVNEWS
  • More about the Newhall District’s $60 million Measure E campaign SIGNAL
  • A battery company named Quallion is moving to the SCV next year. No word how many jobs they’ll bring; the Signal article focuses on what they make SIGNAL
  • New report from Buck McKeon’s HAS Committee says that defense cuts will “force a draft, gut the military and make defending our freedom harder.” But others say McKeon is just being dramatic.THE HILL
  • Infighting about which GOPer is more conservative will only let the socialist Dems into office, LTE writer says
  • This Dennis McCarthy column says that a female pilot who flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilot program in WW2 lived in the SCV. Mary Lou Colbert died this month at the age of 97. She received a Congressional Gold Medal for her work during WW2. Can anyone confirm she lived here?DAILY NEWS
  • Tuesday evening entertainment: Tonight the active SCVer has a choice- does he go to the Sharron Angle book signing or the City Council?
  • Petz that wasn’t you was it? Man shouts that Obama is the Antichrist at an Obama campaign rally in LA BLOG

Comments (47)

  1. Timothy Myers SRSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:48 am
    “I’m not dead yet!” (Apologies to Monty Python.)
  2. CCSeptember 27, 2011 at 2:44 pm
    just ‘mostly dead’…
  3. Lori RivasSeptember 27, 2011 at 4:40 pm
    bring out your dead!
  4. leslieSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:30 am
    In regards to the Dennis McCarthy article, yes she did live in the SCV as I know that at least one child graduated from Hart High and then he came back to his alma mater to teach history and coach swimming.
  5. MikeSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:37 am
    Mr. Neale? Great guy, one of my favorite teachers at Hart.
  6. Timothy Myers SRSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:32 am
    You do realize that Stephen Winkler, proud registered Republican seeking Republican endorsements from the Repub organizations for his SUSD school board candidacy, was of late a registered Democrat who rolls up to Repub club meetings in his car with Jerry Brown and Hillary Clinton stickers still attached.
  7. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:39 am
    Winkler’s opening statement to the CRA was that his favorite President is Richard Nixon-and he was wearing a Nixon button. Former teacher in the LAUSD-he promised to never close a school if the student population was over 300. We listened politely….not all Republicans are Conservative…..he can still try for the endorsement of the new CRA Canyon Country chapter. His LTE was a just bit melodramatic.
  8. MikeSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:56 am
    Has Winkler ever been arrested?
  9. Timothy Myers SRSeptember 27, 2011 at 10:38 am
    There was some kind of dust up about an alleged assault on Ernie Tichenor’s wife at a Democratic Club function but that was way back.
  10. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:46 am
    Gopers can also stay home and watch the webinar of Chris Christie live from the Reagan Museum. Conservatives will probably choose the Angle event.
  11. MikeSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:55 am
    Preference for Christie vs. Angle is a barometer of mental health as much as ideology.
  12. Your Web GuruSeptember 27, 2011 at 4:30 pm
    “This whole Sharia Law thing is…crap.” ~Chris Christie I could almost get behind a man with that attitude. With his girth however, it might be hard to see what’s in front of me.
  13. AlpinerSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:27 pm
    Definitely not running. Confirmed it again today.
  14. Mr PerezSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:00 am
    He is common sense due to his experiences in Joisey.
  15. MikeSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:28 am
    They don’t say Joisey. North Jersey is more “juhhzee”, South Jersey is more “gersee”. Undercover turnpike toll payers like Josh Premako say it like everyone else.
  16. Mr PerezSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:48 am
    Hahaha, I guess it’s the stereo type.
  17. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 10:09 am
    While it is understood that Jeff is jesting about Petz being at the House of Blues the impression should not be left that he is a crazed enemy of the President. In fact, Petz respects the office of President, believes that God has put him in a position of authority, and Petz regularly includes Obama in prayer for wisdom and personal safety. If there were a public event to hear him speak, Petz would attend and be respectful. It is called being a good citizen. It is dangerous for our nation to have it’s Commander in Chief being perceived as weak by our foreign enemies…and the defense of our country is of paramount importance.
  18. Your Web GuruSeptember 27, 2011 at 10:11 am
    God, voters, electoral college…Whatever!
  19. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:09 am
    New Zogby poll shows Cain kicking Obama’s butt.
  20. MikeSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:17 am
    Not a poll so much as a “poll”
  21. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:21 am
    Zogby is a Catholic Arab traditionally hostile to GOPers.
  22. VenturanSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:49 am
    Petz, your racial focus as of late is an unfortunate validation of the state of American conservatism.
  23. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 12:10 pm
    You have not been watching Obama….Petz was on the Cain Train way before it became trendy.
  24. VenturanSeptember 27, 2011 at 12:32 pm
    Yes Petz, and you ditched Cain once Bachmann caught your eye. Ladies and gentlemen: we have the Id of the Republican party among us! I love it!
  25. Mr PerezSeptember 27, 2011 at 2:13 pm
    I thought Petz dumped Cain once he went to Tennessee and basically said Muslims shouldn’t have equal religious rights in America?
  26. Damage Inc.September 27, 2011 at 11:57 pm
    I feel bad for Petz He can’t decide if he wants a “negro”* president or a “chick”** president…. . . . . . . . *It is ok Roger Gitlin said so… . . . . . . . . ** FU Political Correctness
  27. MouseSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:25 am
    “** FU Political Correctness ” oooooh, you so dangerous!
  28. Mr PerezSeptember 27, 2011 at 12:22 pm
    New Zogby polls show Cain beating Perry, is this realism? I manipulated a poll a short time back to show how it isn’t truly scientific. Side note: Zogby poll also shows majority of Americans believe DADT being done away with was right and also that same sex partners should receive benefits too.
  29. ScottESeptember 27, 2011 at 12:33 pm
    I refuse to believe that polls can be manipulated and/or not scientifik. It’s un-American. Why do you hate America?
  30. Mr PerezSeptember 27, 2011 at 2:12 pm
    Maybe its the whole Shariah of Fear thing. Or maybe its cuz I am a Bears fan
  31. Mike MSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:29 pm
    Hear, hear!
  32. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 10:35 am
    Well you have the order correct anyway.
  33. PackfanSeptember 27, 2011 at 1:44 pm
    Imagine America if a small majority with Petz’ opinions were around in 1775. We would never be a United states due to a group of hyper opinionated people overloaded with self-certitude. We are surely doomed unless the extreme right decides that their actions are ripping America apart, not unifying in any way. This started with Newt and has only grown with the reach of right wing radio and Fox. I really don’t get it. We probably agree on more things than we disagree. It’s just that your side will and has killed those who don’t agree with your views. Even O’Reilly kept up the Tiller the baby killer crap until he was murdered in church. We can have a difference of opinion, but their cannot be a difference of governing ideology. Their can be no dominant religion, race or anything. Also, corporations are not people. Quit screwing us with this nonsense! America evolves whether you care to believe in it or not. In 100 years we will be a mix of Hispanic and Chinese. So be it. Why does race matter? It only seems to matter to the Petz’s of the world. Get help!
  34. Phil EllisSeptember 27, 2011 at 3:41 pm
    How do you jump from “hyper opinionated people overloaded with self-certitude” to conservatives. I thought for sure you were talking about the liberals until I got to your second paragraph.
  35. PetzSeptember 27, 2011 at 2:49 pm
    It’s like a smorgasboard, you pick something, put it back , take something else, change your mind, go back for more. I’m back with Cain for the 9-9-9 plan. And Palin is still in the kitchen. Sorry for the Dems who are left with nothing but rotting table scraps on the table.
  36. Mr PerezSeptember 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm
    You put items back at a smorgasboard? Remind me never to go to a buffet with Petz
  37. PetzSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:04 am
    Conservatives hate to see waste, so yes we may sample and put it back if we don’t like it.
  38. Mr PerezSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:43 am
    We need to get Conservatives to a class on public health and communicable diseases then
  39. Phil EllisSeptember 28, 2011 at 3:16 pm
    Just make sure you go in front of him
  40. Mr PerezSeptember 27, 2011 at 3:59 pm
    “The 9-9-9 plan eliminates the payroll tax and estate tax, which brought in a combined $883 billion in 2010, or about 41 percent of the $2.16 trillion collected by the federal government last year. Cain’s proposal also wipes out taxes on capital gains and repatriated corporate profits. The Tax Policy Center estimates that cutting capital gains taxes alone would allow 23,000 millionaires to pay no income taxes, a move that would add $11 billion to the deficit each year. Cain’s fellow GOP presidential candidates Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman also support eliminating the capital gains tax. Cain’s plan to end taxes on corporate profits that are earned overseas and then brought back into America would drop federal revenues by about $80 billion over the next decade, according to the tax center.” And how are we going to fund the military or anything government/tax related with this massive loss of tax revenue? We are at the point now where even Congressman McKeon knows we are going to have to create new tax revenue to increase funding for the Department of Defense. Really curious how businesses are going to feel obligated to bring work back to the US and pay a much higher cost of operation.
  41. PetzSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:03 am
    Well maybe a little more like a pot luck than a smorgasboard, but some of us are still want to see what Sarah is bringing to the party.
  42. Mr PerezSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:43 am
    Come on brother, Sarah Palin? Christie I can somewhat understand but not Palin. Cain has no experience in politics and working with the King at BK doesn’t count But back to his 9-9-9 proposal and how much money it takes out of the tax coffers. There is no guarantee that corporations will increase jobs, thus taxes, in this country if they are given a break. But there is a guarantee that if taxes are decreased on them we will see much less coming in. Mr McKeon-R, is concerned that the defense budget is taking a hit now, can you imagine the type of hit it will take then? Thankfully I am close to retirement because I am sick of the ping pong game the Dems and Pubs are playing with us.
  43. Capt. GeneSeptember 28, 2011 at 3:08 pm
    Yeah petz, it’s not like Cain has any community organizing experience.
  44. Mr PerezSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:20 am
    He did a real good job of organizing one community against another down in Murfeesboro, TN. Does that count?
  45. Mr PerezSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:23 am
    *Murfreesboro(just not free if you are Muslim). And curious how a building can be innocent or guilty? And guilty of what exactly? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/herman-cain-islamic-center-of-murfreesboro-extremism_n_899499.html
  46. Cheryl PhillipsSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:54 pm
    Don’t know if we can continue to sell the NSD bond measure with promises of increased property values. Think those days are over. Read about the new normal. http://bit.ly/rhJQho
  47. Phil EllisSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:07 am
    Cheryl, think maintain, not increase. The “new normal” is not pleasant to think about, espcially as I age. Morning aches and pains used to come only after a sports injury.

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