This is a follow-up on my earlier note about Villaraigosa's sure-to-win-a-Nobel economic policy initiative, namely, telling people to shop more.According to Valerie Gotten, of a website called CaliforniaNewsWire.com, Villaraigosa said, of his urging people to shop, “I am proud to announce two new programs driven by the City – Fashion’s Night Out and Shop LA – that will drive consumers to all the independent as well as large retailers in every pocket of our thriving, diverse City.”
Really? Your merely telling people to shop will get people out of their homes and into the stores faster than yelling "Discovery Channel Bomber" in a crowded lobby? Is that the fantasy world in which you live?
Plus, "thriving . . . City?" Where is it thriving, exactly? You do know what the word "thriving" means, right? That guy digging in our trash last night, you know that's not "thriving," correct?
Gotten further quotes Villaraigosa as follows: “The concept of Shop LA is brilliantly simple: it’s really about slightly changing your habits,” Mayor Villaraigosa said. “This small change will have large implications for our City’s revenue."
Yeah, "brilliantly simple" -- as in "BS."
Wow. Mental illness, thy name is "Antonio." The original name of this particular variant of mental illness was "megalomania," but they changed it to "Antonio" in honor of our Mayor, who has truly taken it to new heights.
Villaraigosa suffers from the delusion that, like the character "Q" in Star Trek, he need only wish something to make it true, whether it's a million trees, a million potholes, or a million customers rushing out to buy haute couture.
Either that, or he suffers from the delusion that everyone in this City is a complete moron. I happen to know, however, that nearly 72,000 residents of the City of L.A. are not complete morons.
Good grief? The financial terrorists are at work in City Hall, around the Horseshoe and at the DWP, and like George Bush after 9/11, this idiot is telling us to go shopping.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's akin to Bush urging us to shop after 9/11. Unlike 9/11/, we are now in the middle of a major recession, and the City of L.A. has an unemployment rate above that of the county, the state and the nation. Plus, I believe Bush's point was less about stimulating the economy and more about telling the terrorists that they had not scared us into staying out of public places.
ReplyDeleteYup. That's our Mayor, alright. Easy to identify by his absurdity. As in threatening to lay off 4,000 employees, closing down the city two days a week. People losing their homes and life savings at a record pace, and the unemployment rate in the city at an astounding level, and somehow there's still enough money to go shopping...at the 99 cents only store!
ReplyDeleteOh.....wait a minute. Maybe he was referring to his growing and overpaid staff. Yeah...now it's starting to make sense. Now I get it.
Great essay & comments. I couldn't agree with you people more. Exactly, Dan, that's our mayor. All the characters leading the city are amazingly Q'sque in more ways than one!
ReplyDeletei wonder how long it took him to think of that. i cant stand this guy. hes a joke.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the jokes are being told be the head jester demands that his court laugh at his jokes or clap loudly for his mandates.
ReplyDeleteWhether he's a jester, clown or baboso, he will continue spending our taxpayer dollars as long as the clowncil goes along with it. That's why half of them must be removed from office right away!
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