On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:33:24 -0700, sf <.> wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:13:33 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:
>
>>Because my law firm currently has 3 lawsuits pending in federal court
>>against the *City* of LA, one of my self-appointed chores has been to
>>monitor the city council's meeting minutes, both of the council at
>>large and of a cherry picked few city council committees. It is
>>utterly breathtaking to me what the city council seems to think is
>>their God given duty to interfere in, regulate, tax, ignore...the
>>latest one was an ordinance to require the spaying or neutering of
>>pets over the age of 4 months. You can argue that that is a good
>>thing, but it has just astonished me the amount of ink and time the
>>city council has expended over this when the city has massive problems
>>with gangs, the LAPD, illegal immigrants, taggers, a crumbling
>>infrastructure...you name it. AFAICS, the taco trucks in southern
>>California are as much a part of the character of SoCal as the
>>symphony mural downtown on the 110 or the Grand Central Market on Hill
>>St.
>
>Why is this surprising when television journalists can't come up with
>anything better than "gotcha" questions to candidates running for
>president??? Ask about the BIG issues fellas. Talk about the
>Elephant in the room.

this flag pin nonsense is getting to me. i wish obama or someone
would say 'wearing the flag pin began with nixon and his white house
thugs. 'nuff said.'

your pal,
blake