Villaraigosa Is Plagiarizing My Platform

Did someone at City Hall just discover my old platform?  First, Villaraigosa and the rest of the Spring Street Gang "realize" that the City's business income tax hurts employment.  Well, repealing that tax in its entirety was Plank No. 3 of my platform:

3. Taxes. Make hiring more police the No new taxes or bonds. Repeal L.A.’s business income tax. Stop imposing hidden, illegal taxes through excessive DWP and trash fees. End “welfare for the rich:” no more subsidies for developers, hotel owners or anyone else but the poor. Institute taxpayer rebates: the City should spend only what is necessary, and return the balance to taxpayers.

Now, Villaraigosa has started copying another of my planks. He just announced that, rather than having one giant park downtown, it makes more sense to have little parks in neighborhoods across the city that people can walk to:  so-called "pocket parks."  Yours truly, of course, advocated exactly that years ago. That was in Plank No. 5 of my platform:

5. Population Density. Stop increasing the population density of L.A. Create, subject to budget constraints and over the course of time, “pocket parks” in every neighborhood.

Don't take my word for it. You can still find signs of my platform online at the websites of third parties.

Hey, you think Villaraigosa will start advocating Plank No. 1, the repeal Special Order 40? Yeah, me, neither.

Nor do I think City Hall will actually implement my policy to benefit the public at large. Rather, Villaraigosa's and the City Council's "selective" repeal of the business income tax for the politically connected few (e.g., mutual funds), while forcing the rest of the city's employers to struggle under the burden, is less about creating jobs and more about rewarding his patrons.

Anyhow, I'm glad City Hall is adopting my policies -- or at least paying lip-service to same. But hey, how about giving some credit where credit is due, y'all?