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Los Angeles Begrudgingly Re-Elects Antonio Villaraigosa
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyOkay, so technically we should have reported this yesterday, but frankly we didn't care enough.Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles (population 3,834,340) was re-elected on Tuesday with a grand total of... wait for it...127,955 votes. For those of you who weren't math majors, that translates to 3.3% of the city's residents. (Or 56% of the people who actually participated in the election-- estimated to be 15% of eligible voters.)127,955 votes in the nation's second largest city. That's more or less the number of paid staffers Michael Bloomberg will have in his upcoming race in the ...
Michael Steele Hand-Delivers His Own Rear End to Rush Limbaugh
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIt must have amused Rush Limbaugh to open the gargoyled front gate of his Florida mansion last night to find Michael Steele's rear end gleaming on a silver platter.Especially when it was hand-delivered by Steele himself...Two days after calling Rush Limbaugh a mere "entertainer" with an "incendiary" talk show, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele apologized and acknowledged the radio commentator as a "national conservative leader." "I respect Rush Limbaugh, he is a national conservative leader, and in no way do I want to diminish his voice," Steele said in a statement late ...
Death Threats Alleged in LA Mayor's Race
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyYou've gotta love California elections. Back in 2003, the state's voters recalled Governor Gray Davis and selected from a cadre of actors to replace him. (The guy from Predator beat out the one from Diff'rent Strokes and another one from Sex Spa 2.)More recently, the mayor of Los Alamitos in Orange County was forced to resign for insinuating that President Obama was a watermelon-slurpin' yokel, while activist Cindy Sheehan ran a campaign starring Roseanne that suggested Nancy Pelosi was a George W. Bush clone. (Try repeating that one at CPAC.)But the latest news might take the cake. In the Los ...
Mythbusting: Vikings to L.A. Coliseum?
By Scott Olin Schmidt - AOL NewsWhy did the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission reject USC's offer on Wednesday to conditionally accept an agreement to allow the Trojans to play in the Coliseum?When we first heard of USC's "put up or shut up proposal," we thought it was brilliant, because to reject the plan would require that the Coliseum Commission admit that not even its members had faith in their ability to deliver on their promises to the University.Many observers say that the Coliseum Commission is reluctant to hand over the keys to the building to the University."It's not only about money," Coliseum General ...
Coliseum Deal is a Dud for USC
By Scott Olin Schmidt - AOL NewsAfter being admonished last week by the Rose Bowl Operating Company to grow up and negotiate with the University of Southern California, the Coliseum Commission, which oversees the storied stadium where the Men of Troy play football came back with a counter-proposal of half-measures.According to WeAreSC, the Coliseum Commission is offering a plan which would give USC a shorter-term contract to play at the Coliseum than the University is asking for, with no structural improvements to the Stadium. Their only real concession is to guarantee that no NFL team will be playing in the Coliseum. While ...
Villaraigosa Routes Roadmap to Peace Between USC, Coliseum
By Scott Olin Schmidt - AOL NewsLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa came out before today's meeting of the Coliseum Commission to map a strategy for achieving peace between the stadium officials and their main tenant--the University of Southern California Football team.In a letter to the Commission, Villaraogosa outlines a seven point strategy to keep the Trojans from inking a deal tomorrow with the Rose Bowl Operating Company.Sounding unlike someone who went to college in Westwood, the Bruin Mayor says, "I believe that the future of the Los Angeles Coliseum is inconceivable without USC and I, therefore, urge the Coliseum ...
Council Fiddles As Coliseum Issue Burns
By Scott Olin Schmidt - AOL NewsIf the Los Angeles City Council is taking USC's threat to move to the Rose Bowl seriously, they certainly are not showing it. Last week, Councilmmbers Jack Weiss--who represents UCLA territory--and Greig Smith, who attended USC, introduced an emergency non-binding resolution to encourage the University and Coliseum Commission to come to a deal, and asking for the State to restructure the historically inept body which oversees the venue.Under the so-called "Rule 16", the Council shall hear emergency motions at their next meeting, whch would have been last Friday--as was suggested in a press ...
Villaraigosa Urges USC-Coliseum Deal
By Scott Olin Schmidt - AOL NewsIn one of the most strongly-worded statements on the future of the NFL in Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a UCLA alumnus, implored his colleagues on the Coliseum Commission to get over their false hopes to bring professional football to the stadium and ink a long-term deal with the University of Southern California. "While I remain committed to bringing a professional team to Los Angeles, it is time to read the scoreboard: the Coliseum is no longer a viable option for the NFL. "The Coliseum is and should remain the home of the USC Trojans. I am committed to seeking a long-term ...
USC Rose-Bowl Bound*
By Scott Olin Schmidt - AOL NewsAlthough the USC Trojans must beat the UCLA Bruins to qualify for the 2008 Rose Bowl Game, the Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Trojans may be going to the Rose Bowl even more in the near future.Since talks between the NFL and Los Angeles fell through, the University of Southern California has been negotiating a 99-year master lease with the moribundly complex intergovernmental commission which oversees the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The University was ready to pony up $100 million of its own alumni's money to pay for improvements to the historical structure just off campus.But the ...
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