Shocker! Antonio Villaraigosa to Stay Moron in Charge of Los Angeles

Ok, let me be fair. Los Angeles mayor, Tony Villaraigosa, knows what he is doing when it comes to building a career.

To demonstrate how deft a promoter he is, take a look at how great a job he did when he made the swift name change from the not-as-hispanic friendly name Tony Villar (that sounds way too Italiano for L.A.) to the far more hypnotic, mellow-romantic, ethnocentric, Hervé Villechaize-ish Tony Villaraigosa.

The new exotic spin was as genius, if not more so, than the switch from Barry to Barack made by everyone's big boss, President Obama. Plus, he got to "big" office sooner than Barry. That is change you can believe in.

So it comes as little surprise that when Mr. Blitzer asked him today on national television about his thoughts about the future, Villaraigosa proudly announced his plan to stay here as mayor rather than take the chance of getting embarrassed by Jerry Brown or Gavin Newsome in the upcoming duel for governor of the golden state. Why the hell would he want to go from one big mess in Los Angeles, to one bigger mess in Sacramento? At least that is what Wolf Blitzer of CNN asked when Antonio declined the opportunity to run on today's show, just about 20 minutes ago. It was a mild, yet well-deserved tongue lashing. NUC wanted a little more, to be honest.

The decision to not run for governor makes sense for a lot of reasons. Not only is he slated to be re-sworn into office soon, and not only is Los Angeles in a world of hurt... but Sacramento, as he puts it, is "broken". Though he stated his daughter, Natalia Fe being 16, as being a concern for not running, there was no mention of his newest hot-anchor woman friend Captain Lu Parker factoring into the final call. "The answer is no."

Why chance it? Imagine in four years, even if all he does is keep crime at bay, and Barry gets re-elected, there will always be a spot waiting for him at the White House. Fuck Sacramento.

Tony's Media Sock Slap

Tepid. Sinking. Souring. Plummeting.

Whatever way you turn the knob, L.A. Mayor Tony Villaraigosa's job approval ratings have been sinking deeper and deeper. Possibly, the fall began the day this examiner viewed Villar inside a school bus for an important photo-op refusing to even show his face around rabid inner-city children who just wanted to meet him. He refused. As we the teachers viewed the children returning to class, disappointed, we knew what had just happened. Another day, another lesson. He's a busy man.

But now, he's pissed off the president by taking stimulus money and claiming to have magically snuffed out the budget problem (uhm, read some Zuma Dog). That money was supposed to be used for job creation, and instead, it was used as a cork.

Then there is the news now he wants to be the governor.

His approach has been lackluster at best, and he is a true politician - his brilliant plan to auction off city parking lots and meters means one thing for L.A. drivers. More money in the form of harsh, strict parking measures that will stretch far beyond the short-term benefit of the state. A $530-million budget gap is nothing to laugh at, so measures like these are do-or-die scenarios this mental midget has not been able to muster. But Hispanic and black voters still like him. He is far from being a total loss, as he has made positive impacts, but remember, that deficit didn't just happen. Poor management and, dare it be said, honorary badge of empty-suit may be in the wings...

Anybody jonesing for former-mayor turned restaurateur Richar Riordan? His track record was old-school good. You rarely heard any "mayor-related" stories unless it was positive, you rarely heard about 100s of millions of debt suffered in our city. But those were the days of real politicians, and now California is stuck with two actors in major lead roles of mayor and governor. Having stood next to Villar on two occasions, this examiner can boldly state his makeup stood taller than anything positive he's done for the city crime rates are down, good job Tony. To keep that his legacy, he wants to triple the trash fees to bolster the over-staffed police force. Raising taxes to improve libraries is stupid. Libraries, while important and essential don't require more tax-payer money than they already receive.

Oh Tony, face it, you are just trying to fuck the hottest women (in their 40s) and support your inner-circle of cronies more than you are trying to get our city operating like the way ol' Riordan used to do. You just can't stand not being the talk of the town and for that, you are just a clown or jester.

Captain Lu Parker

So, it is being told through various sources that the mayor of L.A., Antonio Villaraigosa is dating journalist/former Ms. USA Lu Parker. She has won a lot of awards...

Often times, on her insanely me,me,me blog (that in and of itself is not uncommon, that is what a blog is for), she adds quotes from famous, inspirational writers such as Longfellow and talks about her dog Monkey.

I picture them meeting in a bookstore, discussing life traveling around the world, sharing a special moment staring at one another in the eyes, Lu passing the mic over to the make-up faced mayor, and Villar softly saying: "Oh, you’re a poetry major. Maybe you could help me straighten out my Longfellow."

The breach of journalism's Code of Ethics (I know... WTF is that?!) is pretty ugly. When the old people watch when this shit gets airplay on tv, and trust me, these two will be on tv sometime soon for some photo-op, they will see this is say "Oh what a beautiful couple," take out their fake teeth and call it a night.