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There's a reason when I started my pro radio/record career in Toledo, I ended up at Waldorf-Astoria with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and the rest while I sat at table as invited guest of Zeppelin's John-Paul Jones' manager. It's called because I'm the most amazing, innovative, trailblazing, result-producing, line-towing, staff-transforming, phenomenal, talked-about-for-years-afterward creative force anyone seems to have ever worked with, so they tell me. Just the burden and curse I live with.
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You can make fun of me/criticize me for not being able to help myself any more, but I can make fun of you for not being a beloved phenomenon.
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To the arrogant, judgmental, average performers who have something to say about ZD and "we don't know what to do with you." YOU LOSE, TOO!
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I'm remembering EXACTLY what happens EVERY TIME ZD is hired and paid: From radio to restaurants to magazines to producing HE BLOWS YOU AWAY!
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Been so stressed out/dysfunctional over sleep deprivation, almost forgot ZD is most uplifting, amazing executive YOU have never worked with.
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When ZD is paid professional, no one makes sure line is completely 100% towed all the way to the top of the heap, AND DRAGS STAFF WITH ME!
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TO PEOPLE HOLDING BACK ON HIRING ZD: You have never met me on more than 4-5 hours sleep. When I was paid in office, was trailblazing force.
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TO PEOPLE HOLDING BACK ON HIRING ZD: When I am hired staff threatens to quit. When I finally leave to move on, staff threatens to quit! (Get it?)
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TO PEOPLE HOLDING BACK ON HIRING ZD: YOU ARE THE KING WITH EVERYTHING TO LOSE. I am PROVEN genius who DELIVERS 100% UN-duplicable results.
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TO PEOPLE HOLDING BACK ON HIRING ZD: I already know the phenomenal things that happen when I walk in door. YOUR LOSS! You are the boss!
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TO PEOPLE HOLDING BACK ON HIRING ZD: Everything I have ever touched turns to innovative, rise-to-the-top, magic. Whatever the focus of task.
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To people in the city who are holding back on hiring ZD...you make it seem like you're doing ME the favor: YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO GAIN/LOSE?
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Hey LA Times...ask Dawn Girraco about what it was like to work with Zuma Dogg. A once in a lifetime experience with THE-FUCKING-BEST EVER!
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When I do produce something and put it out there in public, IT WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO STOP ME ON STREETS AS STRANGERS TO EXPRESS THEIR JOY AND APPRECIATION FOR PRODUCT. (But not for you, cause you're not sure about hiring me.)
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What do you say about a guy who Deming praised, produced beloved comedy TV phenom, can steal show w/ANY crowd as singer; now political icon?about
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Sang "Billie Jean" at small but PACKED house at Venice on Sun. My friend said SOMEONE ELSE told him how much crowd LOVED it. Not easy to do.about
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Thank you to the elected official who said, "I consider you to be a prophet" and the other one who said "you're a genius." But, I'm not worthy of a job!
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3 years ago, I knew NOTHING about City Hall/didn't know what an agenda was or mayor's name: Now I'm a political phenomenon in L.A., thanks!
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While doing comedy (and already cult legend in city from public access); shifted 180 degrees to politics. Councilmembers call me "genius!"
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I said, "Don't like what's on TV, think I can do better" and started Zuma Dogg Show. Think I proved myself right. "A public access icon." - LA Weekly.
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When I sent Bob Pittman my idea for innovative new entertainment cable channel, he took it and created E! cable when he was at Time Warner.
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I walked into a NYC radio station and when I walked out my boss told HIS boss, "big reason station went to top was ZD!' (#11-#1 in NYC!)
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You can sit and try to figure out ZD: All I know is I walked onto city stage with nothing but my thoughts and ended up citywide phenomenon.
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Like many creative, innovative, cutting-edge geniuses who are ahead of the curve: First I'm scoffed, then scorned, then apologized to.
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Whenever one of my bosses admits ZD is a genius, it's never as ZD compliment. It's to explain to GM why ZD has to be hired in first place.about 1 hour ago from web
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I don't think I have ever worked for a boss who hired me (in a REAL, PROFESSIONAL, CORPORATE setting) who hasn't had told me I'm a genius.
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There's a reason last 3 bosses to hire ZD asked him to return after he left. BIG BUSINESS NEEDS RESULTS/THEY HAD NO CHOICE! I'M TOO AMAZING!
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If you ask anyone who's worked with me professionally they'll tell you I'm most amazing, innovative, fun, get-the-job-done, pain ever!
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ZD was in charge of creating the "dream radio hour" for NYC research project. Sample did so well company said, "Highest results in history!"
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When NYC radio did $100,000 annual market research/focus group, ZD's "test sample" outperformed the ACTUAL product SO MUCH, they went w/ZD!
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Some of my BIG INSPIRATIONS are Deming, Al Ries & Jack Trout, Tony Robbins, Bob Pittman (MTV). ALL have sent praise letters to ZD. Thanks!
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When I attended Tony Robbins seminar, thought I was just there to watch, but ended up onstage where Tony bowed down to me. No biggie!
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When Tony Robbins dropped to his knees and bowed down to me on stage, people who worked w/him since start said THAT was a first time event!
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When Dr. Deming send ZD letter praising my 14 Points article, top consultants thought I lied/demanded to see it since Deming didn't do that!
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When ZD told his 1st boss in radio about BEST NEW BIG album the station should be playing he said, "Get out with that!" (U2/Joshua Tree).
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When ZD worked in radio biz, he told his corporate boss, the company needed to play ALL hip-hop on radio. Rejected ZD then. It was company that owns what is NOW POWER 106. LOL!
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Those who enjoy the music of SEAL, including Heidi Klum, should ask Seal and Warner Bros who BROKE Seal's music in U.S. when he was unknown?
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When I worked in radio industry, last 3 bosses to hire me, all tried to re-hire me after I left to move on. ALWAYS DEVASTATING TO LOSE ZD!
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Ask any of the TIPPY-TOP level executives of Sony/Time Warner if ZD was most creative/innovative/valuable executive they ever worked with.
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Ask former Time-Warner, Inc's Bob Pittman, who created E! cable network WHO sent him memo with idea for channel w/details as launched? ZD!
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Anyone who's spending every second of their day responding to me with comments on my blog is either a sick-loser or getting paid, I hope.
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Ask Tony Robbins who the only person he ever "bowed down" on stage to, before NATIONALLY televised seminar? I'm told it's a ZD exclusive!
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Ask ANYONE who's hired me professionally pre-ZD homelessness: They will tell you ZD is most amazing/innovative person they ever worked with.
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TO HATERS: I take no shame in admitting I'm so burnt from sleep deprivation/bad nutrition I can't function beyond sitting at this computer.about
# I TOLD YOU NOT TO BELIEVE VILLARAIGOSA'S BULLSHIT CRIME STATIS: 40% of '09 Crime OMITTED from Report! (Why not just make 'em up entirely?)24 minutes ago from web
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BRATTON & VILLARAIGOSA ARE D-O-N-E IN THIS TOWN AND WILL N-E-V-E-R LIVE THIS DOWN: Crime Stats "drastically incomplete" portrayal. -LA Timesabout 1 hour ago from web
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Yesterday in M Del Rey, saw a guy passed out on sidewalk w/liquor bottle next to him at 10a. Was still there at 10p. How many cops drove by?about 1 hour ago from web
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ZD Not The Only Person Who Can't Find Food In L.A: When cops needed food while working Jackson event, order was from 80 miles outside city?about 1 hour ago from web
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When someone orders lunch for cops working Jackson/Staples event 80 MILES OUTSIDE LA, LOOK FOR CRONYFAMILY TIES TO RESTAURANT WHO GOT ORDER.about 1 hour ago from web
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Are you telling me when cops working Jackosn Memorial needed lunch, THEY HAD TO ORDER FROM SOMEWHERE 80 MILES OUTSIDE L.A.? NO FOOD IN CITY?about 1 hour ago from web
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I ASSURE you, there WILL be an investigation into HOW expensive food for cops working Jackson memorial were ordered 80 MILES outside of L.A.about 1 hour ago from web
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There IS No Excuse: City of LA went 80 miles, outside of Los Angeles (City AND County) to get sandwiches for LAPD working MJackson Memorial.about 2 hours ago from web
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HUMAN NATURE: If Michael Jackson had Divropan in his house, expect the prescribing doctor to be going to jail. Will be murder investigation!about 2 hours ago from web
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Zuma Dogg Zuma Dogg Goes 2 for 2 in Bullshit Broken Promises Department Yesterday (I HAVE TO GET MUCH MORE NUTZ AND... http://ow.ly/15HieAabout 2 hours ago from HootSuite
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They said about Elvis, "How do you save someone from them self." MJackson may have been hard to say, "No" to, but POLICE won't buy THAT one!about 2 hours ago from web
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WHEN PEOPLE HAMMER MY CELL PHONE/EMAIL OVER THINGS THEY WANT ME TO EXPEND ENERGY OVER, DO THEY KNOW I'M WANDERING STREETS IN PAIN, HOMELESS?about 2 hours ago from web
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I know all about parking restrictions, NC shadiness,State budget, LAUSD, LAWA/LAPD, new lawsuits, etc: WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT?about 2 hours ago from web
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I'm flattered '"ZD" is CC'd: in emails to Gov, Mayor, LATimes, 60 Minutes, etc., but I'm not a ticker tape of shadiness. STOP TELLING ME!about 2 hours ago from web
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PLEASE STOP SENDING ME EMAILS ABOUT YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES: I am overloaded. Contact someone who is paid to service the community.about 2 hours ago from web
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L A MEDI-MARIJUANA: I warned the arrogant, pompous, flippant City Council about doing a "blanket NO" on all hardships. Lawsuits being filed.about 4 hours ago from web
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LA MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Looks like L.A. is gonna BLOW IT over the hardship exemption rejections: ZD met with group including TOP attorney.about 4 hours ago from web
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RT @mayorsam: Hey @zumadogg why does Krekorian get over-time at public comment at the NC but you don't? (ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME CRANKY!)about 12 hours ago from HootSuite
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Zuma Dogg Zuma Dogg Reader Mail: "You have the courage to expose people to the truth." (I'll TAKE it!) http://ow.ly/15HepFabout 17 hours ago from HootSuite
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Zuma Dogg Zuma Dogg TWITTERS on L.A. City Medical Marijuna Ordinance and more http://ow.ly/15HepEabout 17 hours ago from HootSuite
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When you add up past 3 yrs of ZD at City Hall and 9 yrs on Public Access; and how insanely hard I pushed: even Ultraman would be toast.about 17 hours ago from HootSuite
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Do you KNOW how hard it is/how much I had to PUSH every day to have public access show become REAL PHENOMENON in BIG city, like L.A. Not EZ.about 17 hours ago from HootSuite
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Besides 3 hardcore years as city activist, Aug is 9 year anniversary of ZD on L.A. TV. Took a lot of PUSH to have LA Weekly call me "icon."about 17 hours ago from HootSuite
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Feels like I've compressed at least 6 years of living during last 3 years as city hall activist and feels like I have aged accordingly.about 17 hours ago from HootSuite
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MEDI-MARIJUANA: Yes, city let get out of control but can't say "too many." Demand is there due to low standard of "relief" defined by State.about 18 hours ago from web
Uncle Zuma Dogg will not let you down or let you be bamboozled by the Mayor bullshit statistics and empty exhortations he quotes like Nostrdummy. The omissions, dating back at least six months, include thousands of crimes known to LAPD officials and included in their official crime statistics. The newspaper reported that among the 19,000 incidents between Jan. 1 and June 13 that do not appear at lapdcrimemaps.org were 26 homicides, 137 rapes and 10,766 personal, vehicle or other nonviolent thefts. The lapses mean the map, touted by city leaders as an important resource for city residents to determine whether their neighborhoods are safe, presents a drastically incomplete image of city crime. The Times said it discovered the magnitude of the problem while developing its own online map to display LAPD data. Comparing the LAPD map with the department's official totals revealed that thousands of crimes through mid- June were missing. The department's official crime tally recorded more than 52,000 serious crimes this year. But the database on the public mapping site contained fewer than 33,000 for the same period. The map available to the public at lapdcrimemaps.org is a joint venture between the Web development firm LightRay Productions and the engineering company PSOMAS, which manages it. In an e-mail to The Times late Wednesday, PSOMAS Vice President Craig Gooch said his company had identified an inadvertent programming error. [THEIR BAD! Don't worry, they "fixed the glitch" although reported crimes continued to be missing from the LAPD map. Make that "THEIR BAD, SQUARED!] zumadoggBRATTON & VILLARAIGOSA ARE D-O-N-E IN THIS TOWN AND WILL N-E-V-E-R LIVE THIS DOWN: Crime Stats "drastically incomplete" portrayal. -LA Times And...
Remember during the mayoral election in March when the newspapers were throwing questions at Zuma Dogg to answer...
Friday, February 20, 2009
Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Zuma Dogg Answers Questions For Daily News
QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY LOS ANGELES MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZUMA DOGG FOR LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS (To appear in upcoming issue)
DN: The main accomplishment cited by the mayor is the reduction in crime in Los Angeles and the passage of the trash fee to fund the hiring of 1,000 additional officers. Some of you have contested the figures, please explain your thinking. Also, would you continue the trash fee if elected or how would you allocate it on city spending.
ZD: When people hear these statistics, I think they say to themselves, "It doesn't feel like crime is down. It feels like we are losing the streets to the criminals, more than ever." And you always have to beware statistics because they can be manipulated in the way you conduct the survey in what types of crimes are counted in the survey and other parameters that can vary the results.
I spoke with [an elected official in the district] today and asked about the crime reductions numbers and expressed my concern that the statistics can be manipulated and I question the validity.
Now, today...FROM ALL THE NEWSWIRES:
The Los Angeles Police Department's online crime map intended for public use has failed to include nearly 40 percent of serious crimes reported in the city.
Crime Statistics July 4, 2009
VIOLENT CRIMES 2009** 2008** % Chg
Homicide 140* 197 -28.9%
Rape 390 414 -5.8%
Robbery 6147 6371 -3.5%
Agg Assaults ** 5706 6180 -7.7%
Total Violent Crimes 12,383 13,162 -5.9%
PROPERTY CRIMES
Burglary 9103 9591 -5.1%
BTFV 14418 15199 -5.1%
Personal/Other Theft 13453 13984 -3.8%
Auto Theft 9290 11228 -17.3%
Total Property Crimes 46,264 50,002 -7.5%
Total Part I Crimes 58,647 63,164 -7.2%
* Numbers reflects a change in reclassification for Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) guidelines and numbers are adjusted accordingly.
** Prior to 2005, Aggravated Assaults included Child/Spousal Simple Assaults
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA: Basically, law says to provide "relief", not cure. That's pretty low standard. Can't mind-read patients. Almost like DMV.33 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA: You say "Not all these people are really sick." Diagnosis is much lower standard than pharmacy drugs and hard to reject.35 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA: It's "medical" not pharmaceutical and not a "prescription" but recommendation. Low bar on approval created HUGE demand.37 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA: DO NOT DISCOUNT THE BACKFIRE EFFECT if you make co-ops close at 8p. Will send sales to the streets at night. 10p is FINE!39 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA:Although ZD was happy with the tone of PLUM meeting on issue, DO NOT LIKE 8p close. WILL SEND SALES TO STREETS AT NIGHT!40 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA: In MY opinion, if you create even the most BASIC ordinance, simply re-hashing State rules, that alone would thin herd.41 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA: I admit, although don't like City's sometimes judgmental attitude toward issue, it IS beyond what most people envisioned.43 minutes ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA NEWS: Although ZD is encouraged by city's direction on ordinance, some BIG issues ZD has problem with. But moving along!about 1 hour ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA NEWS: ZD attended PLUM meeting on ordinance. Although a long way away, doing a good job finally in dialogue and approach.about 1 hour ago from web
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LA MEDI-MARIJUANA UPDATE: Although ordinance LONG way from completion (Nov at EARLIEST) ZD admits City FINALLY taking responsible approach.about 1 hour ago from web
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Even though I'm burnt, I could still get 500-1000 signatures myself for CITYWIDE election, but don't think I can do myself in ONE district.about 1 hour ago from web
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It's not that easy to get signatures for CD2 election. Someone will help finance ZD to get them himself, but would need more people to help.about 1 hour ago from web
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I would like to put my name on ballot for CD2 election to see what happens, but need people to help get signatures. Don't expect that help.about 1 hour ago from web
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Is it true that the City is hiring 100 new utility pole workers at $100,000 each for DWP to replace retiring workers?about 1 hour ago from web
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Called Koretz office to thank him for great comments at PLUM meeting: ANSWERED PHONE HIMSELF: Call now, Paul's taking YOUR CD 5 requests!about 2 hours ago from web
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ACE SMITH, ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA, TEAM VILLAR-WRECKING CREW: Keep your calendars clear in 3-4 weeks for "Stimulus Money" Talk! (See Rom E.)about 3 hours ago from web
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If you just gave Villar a bunch of JOB stimulus money, and he used it elsewhere/shady; would it surprise you if Emmanuel is here in 3 weeks?about 3 hours ago from web
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Hey Vaction-Villaraiogsa, soon as you get back, better start making L.A. look nice for Rom Emmanuel who probably wants to see you in person.about 3 hours ago from web
ZD, I enjoy hearing you during the city council meetings. You have the courage to expose people to the truth. You sound like you love LA and you're trying to protect not only this city but your country.
I was born in Brasil, later moving and growing up in Los Angeles. I consider myself Latino, based on my geological birth place, but above that, I am an American Citizen, and I am sick to see how Los Angeles and California is deteriorating so fast.
We will see if Zuma Dogg's ZumaBUG placed in D.C., was transmitting properly when it sounded like someone said that U.S. President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, Rom Emmanuel will be making an appearance in Los Angeles City to see what the fuck happened to the job stimulus money that didn't create any jobs, but jobs have been lost. Zuma Dogg has already blogged all about that, so instead of updating the backstory, scroll this blog and check it out.
# ACE SMITH, ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA, TEAM VILLAR-WRECKING CREW: Keep your calendars clear in 3-4 weeks for "Stimulus Money" Talk! (See Rom E.)23 minutes ago from web
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If you just gave Villar a bunch of JOB stimulus money, and he used it elsewhere/shady; would it surprise you if Emmanuel is here in 3 weeks?25 minutes ago from web
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Hey Vaction-Villaraiogsa, soon as you get back, better start making L.A. look nice for Rom Emmanuel who probably wants to see you in person.28 minutes ago from web
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ZD sure would have liked to have heard what Trutanich was saying just as his call accidentally got clipped on KABC radio today. Right, Nuch!33 minutes ago from web
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I feel like Sonny Bono skiing down the hill and see that tree comin' up right in front of me.about 3 hours ago from web
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Many of you reading may think I am talking specifically about YOU when I complain of bullshit promises to ZD. HIGHLIGHTS extent of problem.about 3 hours ago from web
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BREAKING NEWS: If you thought Zuma Dogg was bad 2 weeks ago, or even last week, you should see how he is THIS week while still homeless.about 3 hours ago from web
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It's frustrating that I have a lot of information to blog, like yesterday's VNC controversy and city legal stuff, but gotta let it slide.about 3 hours ago from web
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It does no good as I'm worried about my immediate health on streets to say, "Hang in ZD, you'll be rewarded SOMEDAY." I'm out of "someday!"about 3 hours ago from web
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You can take you future talk about the good things and opportunities that are coming my way eventually and stick em up your ass. TOO LATE!about 3 hours ago from web
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YOU MUTHERFUCKERS BETTER STOP TELLING ME TO HANG IN THERE CAUSE I'M DESTINED FOR REWARDS.IT'S OVER YOU ASSHOLES. SHUT UP.W/MEANINGLESS TALK.about 3 hours ago from web
AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT FULL OF SHIT ASSHOLE POSTED THIS IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF ANOTHER THREAD:
"Zuma my colleague offered you several jobs that you said were beneath you. We tried. We offered, but we can't put you in a job that you are unqualified for.
We are big fans of ZD but you need to start with something menial because there just isn't a paid job for what you want to be paid for. A good place to start, where you will get a check, benefits and hours you need in order to keep coming to city hall is Staples, Kinkos, restaurant or hotel. Something like that will give you a great chance to get on your feet and return your self respect to you.
If we did not like you so much we would be offended by your suggesting that people aren't trying. We have tried and offered but you haven't taken advantage of things because you feel they are beneath you."
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Today, new City Attorney Carmen Trutanich pleasantly surprised a few folks, like Zuma Dogg, when he took to the Public Comment podium to discuss the Michael Jackson Memorial expenditure, even though he didn't refer to the event by name. The only thing I would like to mention, is that it is LAPD who decides how much needs to be expended for crowd control, THEN the request is given to council for approval. So COUNCIL does not make the decision as to how much manpower and resources will be needed for events like these: LAPD does and then council approves it. So keep that in mind when reading this because it will have to be part of the equation.
L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich: Good morning , Madame President and to the entire City Council, I thought I might want to come down here this morning to express a little bit of my concern regarding the expenditures of money that are taking place as we speak. My latest briefing is that there are 2500 people outside the Staples Center, that comes to about $10,000 a person that we are expending in regards to public funds.
I know you can't take this up today. I wanted you to know that I'll be back in three days, to talk to you perhaps in closed session regarding some of the expenditures and some of our plans on recuperating some of that money for the taxpayers of Los Angeles.
Rest assured...rest assured that our office is investigation, one; how this whole phenomenon occurred from the get-go, to where we are today. Also, the amount of money that is being expended and thoroughly looking at how we are going to recuperate that money for the citizens.
And lastly, closing any gaps for anything thing in the future so that we won't get caught in this lurch again and asking these same types of questions.
With that said, I wanted you to letknow I brought a motion that is before you now and we will be supplementing that will some new legislation also. So I look foward to seeing you in three days when we can take this thing up lawfully. -7/7/09 L.A. City Council, public comment
Click here for video of Trutanich's public comment, followed by Zuma Dogg:
Zuma Dogg hears that Fourth of July Friday, was Fourth of July FIRING Friday at many of the big unions across the city. I heard 200 members were fired and some pretty big operations are scaling way back or shutting down.
IT’S GONNA GOT ROUGH OUT THERE, PEOPLE. ZD is learning as an activist, just like Detroit had the auto industry as it’s economic foundation; the city of Los Angeles has the jobs that union works creates as an industry in itself that keeps the city afloat.
But the city has sprung a leak. And again, I have to get back to U.S. President Barack Obama and his high hopes that the first half of the stimulus money sent directly to L.A. would have done the trick of jump-starting the creating of new jobs.
But again, ZD has heard this first round of stimulus money went to fill Villaraigosa’s budget gap at LAX, DWP, Port, Parks and Rec and elsewhere. So now, not only do you not have the NEW JOBS BEING CREATED AS OBAMA WAS HOPING, EXPECTING AND PLANNING FOR…
LOOKS LIKE THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE WAY UP.
AND LET IT SUFFICE TO SAY, THAT ZUMA DOGG’S EAR DRUMS HURT FROM HOW LOUD THE UNIONS ARE SCREAMING HOW PISSED THEY ARE AT VILLARAIGOSA FOR TAKING THE STIMULUS MONEY THEY WERE STANDING BY WITH THEIR SHOVELS AND TOOL BELTS WAITING TO GO TO WORK AND USING IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
And, to make matters even worse: FORGET ABOUT THE MAGIC SUBWAY TO THE SEA. IT’S ON HOLD FOR NOW AND THAT TRAIN AIN’T LEAVING THE STATION ANYTIME SOON. And for the Proposition money for transportation projects (Prop R, or J, if forget the letter),but I tell you what else you can forget…the money going to transportation projects. DON’T YOU KNOW BY NOW THAT ALL MONEY FLOWS INTO THE GENERAL FUND, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?
WARNING: DO NOT LOOK INTO ZUMA DOGG MAGIC CRYSTAL BALL…AND DO NOT GET INTO HIS BACK TO THE FUTURE TIME MACHINE. It’s a really ugly movie scene. You have all of this density that Garcetti and the mayor said would be built around all this Prop J infrastructure and Subway to the Sea; and now it looks like it ain’t happening, just as the bottom has fallen out of the local job market; and the next shoe will be commercial real estate; and I think we are about to become a VERY different city than we are used to.
AND THE CITY STILL HAS NOT LEARNED AND IS STILL INVESTING PENSION MONEY BEHIND THE FEDS BACK INTO THESE CRA PROJECTS. WHAT IS WITH THESE “GENERAL SERVICES” PROJECTS? IS PENSION MONEY BEING USED FOR THOSE CRA PROJECTS?
LISTEN WILLIAM H. JACKSON AND MAYOR ANOTNIO VILLARAIGOSA…THE DAYS OF PENSION MONEY BEING “FLIPPED” BEHIND OBAMA’S BACK INTO YOUR CRA PROJECTS BETTER BE OVER, WITH THE QUICKNESS.
YOU BETTER PULL EVERY FUCKING LAST PESO OUT OF THOSE FUCKNIG PROJCECTS YOU DOUCHEBAG DUMMIES!!!
At this point, anything less and you are nothing more than Otis the Drunk, from “Andy Griffith Show” who walks himself into the station, grabs the key and let’s himself into the cell. YOU MAY AS WELL DO THAT ANTONIO!
I am telling you people, the mayor is DONE! Fuck a recall. We don’t need one.
He blew the pension money in bogus shit the money never should have been invested in, and they are STILL doing it; and Obama didn’t get his jobs he gave you the money for. And Schwarzenegger ain’t happy either, cause you had Obama bypass him, and give it straight to you, Antonio.
Laura Chick (who doesn’t care about Wendy Greuel any more than Zuma Dogg or anyone else with eyes and a brain would) is going to be very busy looking over the second half of the money. But Team Obama will be looking into the first half, and then pick up Zuma Dogg’s baton on the “pension scandal” noise he’s been hollerin’. Except Obama can do more than show up for Public Comment.
I really don’t think the mayor has anyone to go except Disneyland. But even Mickey Mouse is mad at him, so looks like he’s stuck in Legoland.
The city is burning, but Vacation-Villaraiogsa has it all under control.
Seriously, I really do feel bad it turned out this way. One reason so many people in his own CD 14 are so mad at him is because he actually used to be a good guy, but they say he changed the second Eli and Riordan slapped the Darth Vader helmet on his head.
And now, Eli and Riordan can’t yank it off his head; even though they are both done with him. I’m no fan of the mayor, but I’ve never called him a “parasite,” Richard.
Boy, I’m really glad I wasn’t an activist when Villaraigosa was running the first time. I probably would have felt Hahn was shady over pay-to-play allegations; Antonio would have been smooth enough to be nice to me; and he probably had really good food at his campaign events, so I probably would have endorsed him. DON’T LAUGH!!! MOST OF YOU WHO WISH YOU NEVER KNEW HIS NAME SUPPORTED HIM FIRST TIME. (LOL!)
Anyway, Eric Garcetti…I think we’ll be piling on Wendy in the mayoral election a lot sooner than four years from now.
Some people have no problem having stores up and down the street selling little bags of Riddlin, Oxycontin, Zanex, Prozak, Vicodan. But if it is a little bag with the plant known as “marijuana” better get in an uproar.
I understand that Bratton and Villaraigosa are bragging that crime is down and the city is safer than it has been in recent memory. (NO, I am NOT going to say, “safest since ‘Leave It To Beaver’ was on primetime TV.) So if the city is saying the streets are safer, that timeline pretty much correlates with the emergence of medical marijuana collectives that took the street dealing of marijuana off the parks, behind liquor stores; and more importantly, off your actual residential streets, because if you close too many collectives people will start dealing out of their homes again. And all that traffic will be driving up and down your street and pulling up to your next door neighbor’s home.
SO LET’S SHUT TOO MANY OF THEM DOWN, CAUSE YOU FUCKING STUCK YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR ONE DAY AND SAID, “HEY, WE HAVE ENOUGH!”
You don’t say there are too many pizza parlors, sushi restaurants, clothing stores, banks, liquor stores, dry cleaners, drug stores, gas stations, coffee and tea cafes or any other kind of operation…SO SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN YOU SAY YOU DON’T LIKE TOO MANY OF THESE, JUST CAUSE YOU SAY SO.
I think there are WAY too many shoe stores, and way too many restaurants and dumb consumer retail bullshit. NO ONE COMPLAINS. All people say they want to do in this city is drive traffic and business to their area and help stimulate the economy.
No one cares if the little bag stapled shut from CVS or the Rite Aid (which is always nearby) sells unlimited patients hardcore, highly addictive, highly impairing, much-much stronger pharmaceuticals like the ones mentioned above (Oxycontin, Prozac, Vicodin, etc.), but the same little bag (that could just as easily be a bag of jelly beans) is a problem if three cars pull into the parking lot at the same time.
And tell all those coffee shops, convenience stores, restaurants, fast food places, gas stations that YOU ARE KICKING THESE CUSTOMERS OUT OF THE AREA AND THEY SHOULD EXPECT A DECLINE IN BUSINESS.
AND, all the stores that are renting the retail space in this down economy can add to the rest of the stores that are closing. RAIN ON THE ONLY PROPERTY PARADE IN TOWN!
I know the city is thinking of a 1000 ft rule NOT ONLY FROM ANY TYPE OF YOUTH PLACE LIKE SCHOOLS AND A HOST OF OTHER KID RELATED SERVICES, PLUS RELIGIOUS COMPANIES, I MEAN INSTITUTIONS, I MEAN ORGANIZATIONS; BUT ALSO 1000 FT FROM EACH CO-OP.
Now in reality, 1000 ft isn’t THAT BAD of a distance to suffer between locations. But the point is, I think it’s just arbitrary “reefer madness” mentality to worry how close together they are from each other, at all.
An argument could be made that it is better to have a bunch all close together in one area, so it’s easier to monitor and enforce, among other community benefits.
And like any other product, you could have two stores directly next store to each other, but have two completely different quality of product and service and therefore, completely different clientele.
For example, if you said, “Only one shoe store every 1000 ft.” Well one shoe store might sell Minola Bolanics (or whatever those fancy/expensive/high end shoes are called) and the others could be at Payless.
You could say, “Only one grocery store per 1000 ft.” But one could be Vons and one could be Bristol Farms. Tell the Bristol Farms customers the store is closing cause Vons was there first. Tell the Trader Joes/Whole Foods customers, “Sorry, try the Food4Less 200 feet away, they were there first.
Tell Wolfgang Puck he’s out of business cause Pizza Hut was there first.
SIMILARLY, some collectives specialize in high end/more expensive medication and some are more discount-oriented. Some have HUGE selections, some are more boutique. Some have stuff for $5 bucks, while the one next door you might need $15 to get anything at all.
AND BESIDES THAT ISSUE…if there really are too many, then economics (supply and demand) will “weed out” (pun intended) the one’s there are no demand for and if they are too close, then the weak one will be forced out of business.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS WITH THE DOCTORS THAT NEVER MEET A PAITENT THEY DON’T LIKE (TAKING MONEY FROM). THE DEMAND FOR ALL OF THIS IS BEING ALLOWED TO BE CREATED BY THE DOCTORS.
And that is not the city’s FAULT; however, Zuma Dogg says it IS the city’s problem, because just like the Michael Jackson Memorial at
And let me say for the record, when I see four 18 year olds walk into a collective together with their doctor recommendations, I’ll bust their chops and say, “Wow, what neighborhood are you from, they should quarantine the area…everyone’s sick or in pain!”
But this is an issue for their parents to deal with when they are raising them, or living in their parents’ home still; or for their teachers to deal with if they are flunking out; or for their employers to deal with if they are being un-productive and missing work.
But even if that sounds like bullshit to you…THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CREATED THIS DEMAND, BY ALLOWING IT TO GO DOWN LIKE THIS. Yes, the law is 18 to get a doctors recommendation, and since this is a plant, not a pharmaceutical grade medication, it carries a different standard with it. Medical Marijuana is to provide relief, not cure. Hate to say it, but although you need a doctor’s recommendation (it’s called a “recommendation” NOT a “prescription,” because prescriptions are only for pharmaceutical/synthetic/non-organic medications) it’s much like an over the counter product like cough syrup. AND THAT IS ABUSED BY KIDS…HAVEN’T YOU HEARD THOSE
I think some folks with the city think if you shut a lot of them down, then the demand will go down with it. HEEEEEEEEEELL NAAAAAAAAAW!!! Again, you will only send it back into the streets and down your own residential streets.
AND THE MAIN THING YOU MUST UNDERSTAND is currently there are no rules or regulations, so a lot of these collectives are having an easier time operating than they will once you put the rules into effect.
IT’S
It’s a constant bitch. You’re constantly worried about getting jacked or busted. You are SUPPOSED to have your own members grow it for your own patients, so it’s not like you can just churn out unlimited amounts of product like a Bristol-Meyers factory. (This is the big way many co-ops will be forced to close, if the city enforces: YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN MEMBERS GROW THE MARIJUANA FOR THE MEMBERS/PAITENTS OF THE COLLECTIVE. And the law states you can only have six plants. So take six and multiply it by the number of members any given collective has ; and that’s all you are supposed to be able to have to provide. It’s not supposed to be people showing up with duffle bags, signing up as a member, then selling their product to you like a wine buyer.
I walked into a co-op that looked at my doctors card (checked it like a bouncer checking ids at the door of a bar) and let me in without even checking to see if I was registered at the collective. THIS IS A VIOLATION. And I am happy to say, this was the first time I have experienced anything like this and it was a shock to me. So the city could go around and bust all the knuckleheads.
There are other things in the state law that will make some people simply say, “Fuck it…I didn’t know it was this complicated.”
And finally, the city needs to start some kind of “compliancy training program” that can have the co-ops “certified” or something like that.
ZD knows a lot of the things regarding security and some of the breaches of security. (For example, the co-op that installed bars all around the front, but you can go around to the back and EASILY break the little bathroom window and jump in. DOH!)
I know it’s new to see all of this and it may seem like “The Twilight Zone:
AND REMEMBER YOU DUMB POLITICAINS WHO ARE GOING TO
HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW MANY FUCKING MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES THERE ARE IN THE CITY? You can say what you want about the validity of each patients’ need for the medication…BUT ITS A HELL OF A LOT OF PEOPLE…AND THEY ARE ACTIVIST MINDED…THEY GET OUT AND VOTE…AND A LOT OF THEM ARE IN THE GAY COMMUNITY…AND YOU ARE GOING TO PISS OFF A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.
And speaking of the gay community; I heard that the State is cutting ALL of the AIDS drug program money. That’s right…not cutting part of it, but ALL of it. So you can expect patients may be turning to alternative medications, like..a-hum…MEDICAL MARIJUANA! So you might have a lot more patients coming out of the woodwork and into collectives. But you are SURE we already have enough, cause that lady and her husband complained at the neighborhood council meeting; neither of whom have probably had any contact or been affected by a single patient in any way.
The dispensaries are just happy to be able to operate and aren’t trying to mess that up for themselves by having some knucklehead kids mess it up for them. And most patients are just glad to be able to safely and easily walk into a small store, with nice people who you get to know like you barber or coffee barista or waitress at your usual restaurant. THE PATIENTS ARE NOT TRYING TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES OR TRYING TO DRAW ADDED POLICE ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES. I don’t think these people are trying to go out of their way to bother the people who are complaining about them. And no one in the neighborhood complains about customers when it is a wine tasting or restaurant dinner rush.
Good luck, and here’s to getting off your ass and doing something, you idiots. You can blame it on Rocky all you want, but how did you not see this yourself? I though you know what goes on in your districts? (Oh boo-hoo-hoo…we told Rocky one time and he didn’t do anything. We were powerless. Plus, I didn’t know. Plus, it was Antonio’s job to tell us. Plus, I lost my eyesight and didn’t see them.
Now Nuch is going to have to try and fix this for you like he is going to have to try and fix everything else you didn’t do, like you were supposed to. But you sure didn’t make it easy for him, you dummies. Do you think he has the staff to take all of this on, now? Hell Naw. He ain’t ready for this yet, but now he HAS to be ready.
When I am at the public comment podium, it’s clear that I’m looking at 15 human anvils.
ZD ON CITY EVER LISTENING TO COMMUNITY: As far as I have seen over the past three years, and sad to say it will probably remain so, the only way to get the city’s attention on an issue to demand legal compliance where there is not (Aka: When you are being screwed by the city) is to file a lawsuit. Public comment is great, but if I were an attorney, or had one to represent me, you may as well stay home, don’t contact your councilmember, just go straight to lawsuit. It’s the only way I have seen for the most part. They will keep talking and talking and talking and telling you whatever you want to hear…UNTIL THEY LOSE IN COURT. CIVIL ATTORNEYS…START YOUR ENGINES!
MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES: The July issue of LA JEMM is bigger than the last issue, which intially caught my attention how out of control the collective situation has become. The city let this mess get out of hand. Now it will be up to new City Attorney Carmen Truanich to take action to shut down the illegal ones.
ZD and the City will NEVER agree/see eye to eye on a lot of this stuff; however a bunch of these collectives DID open up while waiting for hardship exemption approval, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
People knew the old city attorney (Rocky Delgadillo) wasn't doing anything about it, cause he was too busy cashing his "pay to play" checks and cutting those rollover deals...so they opened up, since they knew the city wasn't doing anything about it.
WELL, now that it is ABOVE the radar, instead of below, the city is going to have to get up out of it's seat and start swatting the flies back. Letters have already gone out to some collectives who have been denied the hardship exeptions recently, notifiying them the meter is ticking on a $1000 a day "violation" ticket they could be called onto the carpet at anytime for if they do not shut down immediately.
I don't feel sorry for these collectives that opened up "under the radar" operating under the guise nothing was going to happen. That's the chance you take and I hope you made out alright and didn't get burnt too bad if you have to close (hope you didn't invest in expensive furniture and decorations and whatnot); but...although the battle is just beginning, and the city attorney's office is spread pretty thin...looks like the city is at least starting the process of going through the motions to try and shut down the collectives that opened up illegally in violation of the ICO.
I THINK THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE CITY STILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE. IF THE DUMB CITY WOULD JUST APPROVE SOME RULES, THEN THEY COULD START ENFORCING THE LAW AND MANY OF THESE CO-OPS WILL JUST GO AWAY CAUSE THEY WON'T EVEN WANT TO TRY AND COMPY WITH ALL THE STUFF/WON'T BE ABLE TO AND THEY WILL EITHER CLOSE OR BE BUSTED EASILY.
So my advice is, don't get too caught up in certain micro details that will keep it from being passed easily. Don't get too caught up in the 1000 feet rule. If you get the basic rules and regulations put into place, a lot of them will close up, like I said, and that will take care of it.
And remember, the problem here also is that doctors wrote too many prescriptions and the demand is now there and the city cannot get into the mindreading business and decide that "people aren't really sick/don't really need the medication." If you close too many for the wrong reasons, you will really start to see problems at the exitisitng collectives with too much patient traffic causing too many REAL problems.
(I JUST KNOW THE CITY IS GONNA SCREW THIS UP.)
I DO THINK IT IS B.S. THAT THE CITY IS USING THE ARGUMENT, "Gee, Zuma Dogg, even the 'So and So Association of Marijuana' agrees the collectives should be at least 1000 feet apart and that there are too many." YEAH, it's called wanting the biggest piece of the pie! Of course they don't want to added competition and want the other guys shut down. DON'T BE SPUN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS...you're dumb, remember?
AND, To: L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, THE CITY IS SENDING OUT LETTERS TO THESE COLLECTIVES THAT THEY DO NOT RECEIVE UNTIL SATURDAY (THE EARLIEST THOSE WHO RECIEVEDTHEM GOT THEM, FOR A MONDAY MEETING!) Is that LEGAL?
SCENARIO: You have an 8:30 AM hearing on a MONDAY, in which you are fighting for the right of your business, requiring legal documents, attorneys to be present and the entire matter -- IN WHICH THERE IS NO APPEAL PROCESS...AND YOU SEND THE LETTERS OUT ON FRIDAY, AND THE EARLIEST PEOPLE GO THEM WAS ON SATURDAY...A NON-BUSINESS DAY. So you walk into your office on Monday morning at 9am or 10am or whenever...and you open your letter you got on Saturday, telling you that your hearing is at 8:30am on Monday.
FUCK YOU CITY HALL..AND COUNCILMEMBER JOSE HUIZAR WAS, ONCE AGAIN, MENTIONED BY NAME TO ZUMA DOGG AS BEING AN ESPECAILLY UNATTENTIVE, NON-ATTENTION PAYING, FINGERNAIL CLIPPING, JUST WANTING TO HURRY IT ALONG DICK. (Sorry Jose, I know we run in the same social circles and we have a nice relationship as gadfly/councilwrecker...BUT WHY DOES YOUR NAME ALWAYS COME UP.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHO I HAVE NEVER MET, AND IS NOT A CD 14 ACTIVIST, AND HE DIDN'T LIKE YOU AT MONDAY'S MEETING, AT ALL. NEITHER DID THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH FROM THE LAST MEETING. Jose, you are making me look bad. I cannot keep sticking up for you and saying, "He's not that bad, he's just stuck with all of Villar's illegal corruption that he has to deal with, but he's alright." I CAN'T GO TO BAT FOR YOU ANYMORE. You should step down, Jose Huizar, I don't think you have what it takes to run a council office or do your job at a PLUM meeting.
So to summarize, although ZD sees it is a joke how these medical marijuana collectives have popped up all over the place without any regulation; I DO NOT LIKE SOME OF THE PROPAGANDA BULLSHIT THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE CO-OPS ARE PUTTING OUT THERE, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, I DO NOT CARE THAT A BUNCH OF CO-OPS TELL THE COUNCILMEMBERS "EVEN WE THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY AND SHOULDN'T BE WITHIN 1000 FEET OF EACH OTHER." ....OF COURSE THESE PEOPLE WANT LESS COMPETITION.
So looks like ZD may once again be the only person who has a fair, unbiased opinion in this topic of which I am very familiar with on a citywide level.
AND I KNOW ONE THING...THESE 28 DISPENSARIES THAT WERE DISPENSED WITH BY THE CITY LAST MONDAY DURING THE PLUM MEETING SHOULD LOOK INTO WHETHER IT IS LEGAL TO SEND OUT A LETTER ON FRIDAY, THAT YOU GET ON SATURDAY...AT THE EARLIEST, FOR A MONDAY 8:30AM CITY HEARING.
SAW THIS COMMENT ON MAYOR SAM'S BLOG AND IT INSPIRED ME TO ISSUE AN OPINION REGARDING THE CITY LOOKING TO BE STUCK WITH THE TAB FOR THE MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL AT STAPLES ON TUESDAY:
"AEG operates Staples Center and don't require permits. THEY aren't closing streets so no approval process is required. Ever occur to you morons that the city is reacting to an event that is going to happen anyway and is trying to make the best of it?"
ZD: If you want to be upset that the city is granting a "special event fee" waiver to AEG for the event itself, that's one thing. Because although this is under the guise of a "memorial" which it is, in spirit, to the people who will attend, it is actually a commercial event, with TV broadcasts and rights and merchandise and whatnot. So consider it like you typical Lakers, Disney on Ice, Bruce Springsteen concert, or any other commercial event at Staples.
WELL, the city shouldn't be picking up the tab/special event fee waiver for that any more than Dodgers, Vanity Fair, Grammies or any of the other commercial events I complain about:
HOWEVER, when it comes to city money having to be spent for crowd control (maintenance, traffic, police, fire, EMS, etc.), I think it's unfortunate that the city will need to spend money on all of that now, but I think there is no choice.
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE TICKETS WILL BE SHOWING UP ANYWAY. It is not Staples fault people without tickets will be showing up, anyway.
Consider it like a fire breaking out, or some other emergency event that you have to pay for.
MICHAEL JACKSON DIED. And there are very few people in this entire world that generates this type of outpouring and could generate this type of crowd. So what are you going to do?
WOULD IT BE NICE IF AEG/JACKSONS/INVOLVED PARTIES HELPED PAY FOR PART OR ALL OF IT:
HELL YEAH! Because not that I presented my argument, I would also like to add this is a big money-making, commercial, spectacle, event that is being fabricated in the true spirit of the type of PR stunts Michael orchestrated his entire career. So it's all par for the course and he must be looking down LOVING all of this.
But yeah, these big business people are using the city of los angles as the stage for their PR marketing machine to turn Michael into the next Elvis type of industry. And he deserves all the hype and hoopla, because he is getting the hype and hoopla.
So yeah, just cause ZD feels if he were to evaluate things from a strictly "legal/municipal/public safety issue, I say, "City should be saying, "NO" to the waiver of the event fee for the event itself, cause it ain't like this is even the actual funeral, but like that SNL sketch from the 70's when Elvis' JACKET went on tour.
But the crowd of knucklehead sheep that show up to an event without a ticket, just because they want to be a part of the crowd...WELP, I say the city is screwed and they have to pay for the crowd control.
This is a unique situation, because you have a rare individual who generates more "energy/karma/reaction" than basically, anyone of our lifetime. And possibly, for all future time.
So like Run-DMC said, "It's like that, and that's the way it is."
NOW FUCKING PONY UP AEG, YOU OVERLY SUBSIDIES COMMERCIAL PHONY WHO IS EXPLOITING MICHAEL JACKSON, BUT AT LEAST THE PEOPLE GET THEIR CHANCE TO PUBLICLY GRIEVE TOGETHER.
LIKE IT OR NOT, a person this HUGE and you are going to have to provide an outlet for the masses to gather. Sorry it's only a non-elected, pop singer.
[Sorry folks, I know a lot of you probably may be adamently disagreeing with me for the first time and you may wonder why I am saying this. I am always willing to change my opinion on something as I hear and learn more. But for now...The Dogg has spoken!
My first love since I turned on the AM radio in 1973 and heard Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" blaring through the speakers has always been, and I think still is radio. (Doug, Kevin and that NBC 4 reporter who interviewed me recently will tell you that I'm still a radio geek.)
In High School, I talked my way into an internship at the legendary, local FM rock radio station (WMMS/Cleveland) even though they didn't have a program that semester. (The administrator could tell I wanted it so bad, she just let me do it, anyway.) I got to answer the request line that I used to call into round-the-clock, then get to walk into the studio to hand the request page to the legendary DJ I used to listen to.
While attending Ohio State University (OSU) I needed that media excitement I tapped into at WMMS and got a part-time, paying job at Top 40 WNCI/Columbus.
This was in about 1986 when U2 "Joshua Tree," Bon Jovi, Michael Jackon (BAD, not Thriller) Guns & Roses, George Michael and Run-DMC were big.
The job was running the Casey Kasem Top 40, which allowed me to get behind the board of the radio station and get to read an occasional "live tag" then go back to listen to myself say, "Offer ends May 1st." And that alone was cool.
BUT THE MAIN THING THAT SHAPED ME, AND CARRIES WITH ME TO THIS DAY, was besides the Sunday morning gig, I did call-out market research for the radio station. I would take the phone list and call people and read the questionaire about radio and DJs and musicand take the feedback from people.
So, the most important thing in my life that has shaped me as "ZD" to this day, were the endless hours on the phone with everyday, real people, getting to hear their real and actual feedback (peceptions) based on what was happening in the radio market on a day to day basis, which I was also very much on top of.
So I began to get a feeling and instinct as to what works and what doesn't and what it takes to produce a result in the media. (How long a record needs to be played before the phones start ringing, or if the new morning show is catching on with people.
So I started calling the Program Director at home at the end of the evening to give him re-caps. Then HE started calling me, earlier in the evening for updates himself. And then, I was allowed to walk into his office anytime I wanted and he would drop everything to talk to me. And before you know it, I was helping with the music, then in charge of cranking out the hour by hour music logs. (DJs don't pick the music they play, not even the order, they just go down the list arranged by someone like ZD in the back room.
So the mix of talking to the people on the phone, seeing the research and knowing how much everything was being played all across the dial, cause I monitored the radio constantly meant I was soon PREDICTING what would be happening with the ratings and with what new music was about to break.
At the same time, I became a fan of Marketing Warfare (marketing strategy) authors Al Ries & Jack Trout. I started to apply their Sun-Tzu based "Art of War" tactics to radio and the results were amazing and it was a lot of fun.
From WNCI/Columbus, I went from researcher/weekend DJ (of course, eventually I had to fill in one Saturday Night for the DJ who couldn't make it, and the rest is history) to a small station in Toledo, Ohio where I took all the marketing warfare stuff and all my research knowledge from grunt work on the phone, and got to do it MY WAY as a big guy (Program Director) in a small town.
ZD BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER, and within three months was moving up the radio ladder to the next market, Kansas City; then Washington, D.C.; then Houston and NYC/Times Square as Director of Hot 100 Chart for Billboard Magazine.
While in radio, I eventually became known as "research guru" (I hate that term, but who am I to argue) and while working at Z-100 radio, produced such "never before seen"phenomenal results in one of the $100,000 market research studies...THEY RAN THE RESULTS AGAIN FOR ERRORS, because as the head of the international research company said, "In the history of our company, we have never seen (ZD's part) outperform everything else by so much."
Z-100/NYC went from 11th place to #2 when I walked out the door and was responsible for so much innovation that I won't bore you with, but I WAS told that I would never be able to get Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Pepper or Nirvana played on Top 40 radio. (IT WAS, and NO, it wasn't easy!)
After the trek across the country in radio, and landing at Time Square for Billboard, I came out to L.A. for the Billboard Music Awards in '93, during the WORST winter weather since New York started keeping track. Meanwhile, ZD was Rollerblading down Venice Beach in January looking at the view and I said, "Jackie Kennedy and Donald Trump can't beat this view for all their money from their nicest penthouse.
I put in two weeks notice at Billboard, as soon as I returned to NYC becasue I was a hot commodity, and as soon as I announced I wanted to leave, people would jump. They did, and two weeks later I was working for another industry trade magazine that allowed me to do more.
BUT, the guy who hired me (the owner) went into the hospital shortly after I started (over back problems, NOT ZD aggrevation) and the accountant/numbers guy (who barely knew about me since I just started) kinda stopped the checks.
From there, I started out on my own in LA as a radio consultant, and it was good for a while and I was always able to crank out work, BUT...the Malibu rock and roll/radio lifestyle was a little too fun for ZD and started hanging out with too many Malibu people who could afford to hang out all day at the beach club during working hours.
AND, before you know it, not working for a radio station, even though I was "in" radio as research consultant wasn't enough creatively.
So I sent a CD of some funny stuff I did on my new home computer (in 2000) and sent it to Howard Stern. I was listening THE NEXT DAY (after Fed-Ex'ing it) and heard Howard play my bit. People noted how it was the longest they heard Howard shut up and let something play without interrupting. (I had already noticed, myself.)
Two weeks later, I was in his New York studio for that YouTube clip I think everyone reading this has seen. (That was the FIRST "Zuma Dogg"apprearance ever. I changed my name and hid appearance with hat and glasses so I would not be recognized by my radio associates, cause I was expecting to tank and though ZD was going to be the comic relief punching bag that the OTHER guy turned out to be.)
I had NO IDEA ZD had the knack for comedic improv. I REALLY DIDN'T. I thought I was TANKING during the segment. But when I walked out of the studio, the feedback made me realized it was hilarious. Then, when I watched it back, I saw how smooth it looked, but again, I thought I was DYING at the time.
My friend had one of those camcorders where you can put in a tape and record stuff to video then play it back on your TV. (It was only 2000, remember. Not everyone's two year old had their own video cam.)
I said, "Hey, let's go to Venice Beach and film some funny stuff." My friend ended up not being able to go with me to Venice that day, but let me take the camera myself. (WHAT...how am I supposed to film without a cameraman?)
I figured out a way, and the rest is history.
ZUMA DOGG RESUME: Worked in radio industry in programming and research department of top stations in major markets responsible for managing staff (up to 50 people in NYC radio station) and worked with managers and employees from sales, production, accounting and promotion department. During this time, I studied the work of Dr. W. Edwards Deming, and my review of his work has been prasied by Deming and published internationally in Quality Digest in '94. After starting a radio consultancy firm, ZD was having a little too much fun getting creative with the Malibu Hollywood scene (I remember Ron Burkle's name from those days, at the same places); decided to go "in front of the camera" as Zuma Dogg for the Howard Stern appearance as a "hoot" for my homies. Found out I had a knack for improv performing and the rest is history. (Including the part that started in 2006 when I walked into L.A. City Hall for something called, "Public Comment" where you can tell City Council exactly what you think. I had something to say about a Venice Beach ordinance that was preventing me from doing business and cut off my income. Thought it would be a one time trip. Guess I was wrong about that.
Influences: KISS, Bruce Springsteen, Run-DMC, Scott Shannon/Z-100, Al Ries, Jack Trout, Dr. Deming, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins (he unleashed the Zuma Dogg within).
# Saw Pretty-boy/Gucci wearing/needing to be bathed in luxury/punk-ass Fabian Nunez. Said he doesn't know me, so guess I can blog what I want.half a minute ago from web
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Politically dead Fabian Nunez talks like a "SacTown" tough guy in public but he's nothing but a soft-heart who needs to be bathed in luxury.40 minutes ago from web
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I wish State of California had back all the taxpayer dollars Fabian Nunez spent on Gucci purses, and over-priced wine and cheese parties.about 1 hour ago from web
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I saw jet-setting punk-ass Nunez at City Hall using a Yukon w/driver. WHY? Not like he's a politician? Needs to save money for legal bills.about 1 hour ago from web
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I know doorman who worked at building the has-been, Gucci purse wearing, punk Fabian Nunez used to live in. Lots of guys going in and out.about 1 hour ago from web
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I saw that sissy-boy punk Fabian Nunez at City Hall last week. He said he didn't know me or read my blog, so I can say what I want, I guess.about 1 hour ago from web
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I asked Garcetti (early Obama supporter) if he'd be joining Obama, after election. He said, "No, DC is too cold." I don't think that's why.about 1 hour ago from web
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ZD hears Obama would like to see clean sweep at LA City Hall with ALL NEW OUTSIDERS elected into office. OBAMA DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF 'EM!about 1 hour ago from web
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While we're talking about Obama being pissed over pension money pushed into shady CRA projects, Alarcon's Museum project is on radar, too.about 1 hour ago from web
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Does Villar think you can "flip" pension money on Wall St & CRA projects behind back, lose $7 BILLION - and NOT get indicted? Obama doesn't.about 1 hour ago from web
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After ZD complained LACERS pension money invested in CRA Grand Ave Project was too risky, they SAID they pulled out. Not soon enough, if so.about 2 hours ago from web
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ZD thought CRA was so shady I wrote LA Weekly article on their Grand Ave Project. I saw pension money invested and called for investigation.about 2 hours ago from web
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ZD hears Obama is also pissed that L.A. mayor was allow pension money to be "flipped" on Wall St and CRA projects. It "flopped." INDICTMENTSabout 2 hours ago from web
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L.A. Stimulus $ was for new transpo jobs like sub and rail, but Villar used for LAX, Port, DWP, etc budgets. OBAMA WANTED NEW JOBS CREATED!about 2 hours ago from web
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ZD hears if Vacation-Villaraigosa doesn't create those jobs the Stimulus Money was sent to L.A. for by Aug/Sept it will be buh-bye Antonio.about 2 hours ago from web
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I'm told Obama really HOPE & EXPECTED the FED job stimulus money to WORK in L.A. to help JUMP-START big chunk of problem. Villar went shady.about 2 hours ago from web
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Do not think Obama is not PERSONALLY on top of the L.A. jobs situation and how the stimulus money for jobs was spent. L.A. is BIG enough!about 2 hours ago from web
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The thing OBAMA is FUMING at L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa about, from what I hear, is mayor took stimulus money for jobs and blew it elsewhere.about 2 hours ago from web
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I'm not saying I think Obama would see ZD email to the White House, but my friend thinks I'm on that "radar list" that they/he would see it.about 2 hours ago from web
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@tobaccomadia The reason my homie thinks Obama would see the email I sent him is because friend thinks I'm "on the radar" for my activism.about 2 hours ago from web
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@tobaccomadia Anyone can send email to Obama at Whit House, but whether Obama sees it is another question. My friend thinks he'll see ZD's?about 2 hours ago from web
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Left turn signal at Wash/Lncl Blvd may not be timed short on purpose so cops can write tickets, but just saw 3 of them doing it. I WARNED!about 2 hours ago from web
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Cops writing left-turn sginal tickets at intersection ZD complained was timed short so cops could write tickets. CM said, "That's not why."about 2 hours ago from web
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Not happy I have prime Venice boardwalk space to sing LIVE today with band, but really can't be walking around pushing. It's ALL sliding!about 2 hours ago from web
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Supposed to be at Venice Beach to perform LIVE in front of Sidewalk Cafe with band, but you'll have to cart me to boardwalk from MDelRey.about 2 hours ago from web
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MESSAGE TO SUBWAY: Person behind counter put way less seafood in the sub than ZD will accept. Now YOU LOST MY BIZ. ZD don't play with food!about 3 hours ago from web
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Just ordered a Seafood & Crab foot long at Subway. She measured out the "meat" so much it didn't look like enough, so ZD balked and bolted.about 3 hours ago from web
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@tobaccomadia asks Zuma Dogg R U a rapper? http://bit.ly/lEz1t That's a BIG "Hellz to the yeah", 10-4, over and out!about 3 hours ago from web
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@tobaccomadia, you aks "zumadogg R u a rapper?" Was going to be insulted by that question but see you are in S. Africa, so I'll answer: Yes!about 3 hours ago from web
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Someone says blogging TO Obama is one thing, but if I SEND EMAIL to White House, he says Obama/staff will see it cause ZD is on THAT radar?about 3 hours ago from web
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Someone says if I email White House about Villar to general address, Obama/staff will see it, cause they "monitor" ZD. DO YOU REALLY THINK?about 3 hours ago from web
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If you haven't read my blog since Friday, a lot of dense, juicy information in those Twitter posts I blogged on http://LADailyBlog.com.about 4 hours ago from web
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If you listen to my original song, promise you'll be singing it for days: http://bit.ly/HQfDTabout 4 hours ago from web
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Have you heard my original hip-hop classic that started it ALL for ZD?: http://bit.ly/HQfDTabout 4 hours ago from web
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Zuma Dogg...SO much more than just the city's TOP blogger: ORIGINAL SONG: http://bit.ly/HQfDTabout 4 hours ago from web
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Schwarzeloser & Sacramento Clowns Can't Find Any Waste To Cut?: http://bit.ly/Ekvjvabout 4 hours ago from web
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I listened to City financial experts at meeting. L.A. is poised for a total comeback: AS LONG AS WALL STREET RALLIES BACK TO PRE-RECESSION.about 4 hours ago from web
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L.A. says they fixed budget problem except unions didn't accept deal; city will take in much less than expected; and is filled with fake BS.about 4 hours ago from web
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When I said, "State won't have to lay people off. They'll just run out of money and people will stay home,"guess I WASN'T kidding after all.about 4 hours ago from web
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ZD heard Villaraigosa has until August/September to get jobs rolling the FED stimulus money was provided for or Obama will be pushing back.about 4 hours ago from web
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ZD'S CELL PHONE RUMORS: ZD waiting to see video of Councilmember outburst captured on pincam; Obama FUMING over Villar's stimulus spending.about 4 hours ago from web
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Remember, as ZD is too broke/homeless to save his life as he suffers on street, used to be FINE/pay rent before City illegally shut my biz.about 5 hours ago from web
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If I have to take outdoor nap during day, may as well go to Rosendahl's M Del Rey by Ritz Carlton so all those rich people have to see ZD.about 5 hours ago from web
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Going to nicest spot in M Del Rey, by Ritz-Carlton where rich condo-dwellers walk poodles to nap on the grass THERE! Step OVER ZD, please.about 5 hours ago from web
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Man, it's not even 11a and ZD is already DONE for day and needs to take a nap. Sorry kids, that's just Zuma Dogg sleeping there in the park.about 5 hours ago from web
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I'ts 10:44am: Gotta go to nearest park and take a nap. I'm DONE. My personal battery doesn't hold a charge anymore, like my cell battery.about 5 hours ago from web
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@michaellinder Wow, does KABC PAY you to Tweet on Sunday, or are you just passionate? You're in my video from Trutanich press conference.about 5 hours ago from web
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Maaaan, what an UN-BELIEVABLE stretch of "non-luck", no outreach, no break/relief/anything good to help recharge ZD. BASICALLY WALKING DEAD.about 7 hours ago from web
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I'm pretty fucking bitter that my blog is #4 on Statewide ranker of 100 blogs, beating EVER OTHER L.A. BLOG while I'm hungry and homeless.about 7 hours ago from web
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I should put message on my voice mail, "If you're calling to tell ZD you have upcoming opportunity, please hang up. You are full of shit."about 7 hours ago from web
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Now that guy who said he had cameras ready for HBO pilot to give his connections is OUT (no follow up), ZD is on to next producer already.about 7 hours ago from web
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MORE BULLSHIT: Hope the guy with HBO connection is o.k. cause I haven't heard from him since he said "going to film with cameras next week"about 7 hours ago from web
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I would scream, shout, beg & plea to make people understand how badly I need help today but why bother. Just wait till you hear THUD of ZD.about 7 hours ago from web
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Oh no, it's another day.I didn't even finish with the problems from yesterday yet. What a sucky, crappy, shitty 4th of July Weekend for ZD.about 7 hours ago from web
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Glad so many people told me how much they appreciate my efforts at city hall. As I hope I don't die on street tonight, glad you liked it.about 14 hours ago from web
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I'm gonna try to lay down on the sidewalk behind this strip mall and take a nap. My head hurts so much hope it doesn't explode. I NEED HELP!about 14 hours ago from web
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I know a lot of people tried to tell me/get me to realize it but, WOW, I must be the biggest A-hole on planet to be this alone on street.about 14 hours ago from web
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What good does it to to rank #4 on a Statewide ranker this week when it's 1am and I am afraid of health concerns as I deteriorate on street.about 14 hours ago from web
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How disgusting that my blog ranked #4 this week on Statewide ranker of 100 news blogs while broke and homeless. I beat ALL OTHER L.A. BLOGS!about 14 hours ago from web
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It's a real problem when it's 1am and you are wandering the street and had to move cause you just got hassled by security. THIS MUST END!about 14 hours ago from web
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Yeah, something is DEFINITELY wrong when I just spent July 4th alone on the street/didn't talk to any friends. I'm slipping away on streets.about 14 hours ago from web
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In all my life (and not just as ZD) there;is NO WAY I would've just spent July 4th without 1 friend all alone on street. Something is wrong.about 14 hours ago from web
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I wish I had some way to vent my frustration of the fact that now it is 1am, the whole 4th of July blew past me, and I didn't do one thing.about 14 hours ago from web
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The only relationship I have is with the public as a whole. That's why it's 1am and I am just looking for a safe place to sleep on street.about 14 hours ago from web
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Zuma Dogg's LA Daily Blog Ranks Top 5 on BlogNetNews Weekly STATEWIDE CALIFORNIA Ranker of 100 News Blogs. ZD's blog ONLY LA Blog in Top 5!about 18 hours ago from web
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Zuma Dogg is about to become more EXPLOSIVE tonight than the fireworks. It just kicked in...I NEED A NAP IN A BED...METER EXPIRED. OH FUCK!about 21 hours ago from web
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O.K., it's almost 7pm and ZD is about to turn into a pumpkin. It's about to get real ugly. I WANT A NAP IN A ROOM WITH A BED, BUT Noooooooo!about 21 hours ago from web
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This is about the time it would be nice to come off the streets and "kick it" for a minute then go to sleep in a bed, instead of more grind.about 21 hours ago from web
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Massive post on LAWA (Los Angeles World Airports) and LAPD. http://bit.ly/Ls1Unabout 21 hours ago from web
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Someone wants Zuma Dogg to blog about LAPD at LAX: "Attached you will find a breakdown of LAWA money being spent on housing LAPD at LAX."about 21 hours ago from web
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Again, the Most Clicked Post on BNN CA Ranker is ABOUT Zuma Dogg, not actual politicians, because ZD is BIGGER! "NIGHTMARE ZD" post=#1 BNN.about 22 hours ago from web
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I just blogged the most explosive, inside-FED-info about Obama and Villaraiogsa, but who cares. I'm still homeless and hungry on July 4th.about 24 hours ago from web
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Problem w internet: In past if Alarcon, Greuel, Garcetti, Villar or politician FUCKED with someone, they couldn't have ZD expose it on blog.about 24 hours ago from web
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New post about ZD hearing rumors Obama is PISSED at Villaraigosa over spending of Federal Stimulus money for jobs. http://LADailyBlog.comabout 24 hours ago from web
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HEY GARCETTI, GREUEL, ALARCON, HUIZAR...BETTER READ THE TWITTER TWEET ZD JUST POSTED DIRECTLY BELOW THIS ONE ABOUT OBAMA AND LA CITY HALL.about 24 hours ago from web
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ZD hears Obama is REALLY pissed about L.A. Mayor's spending of FED stimulus money and he wants a clean sweep of city hall w/all new people!about 24 hours ago from web
I know my Pacific Palisades neighbor Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency cause none of you castmember clowns in that 2 ringed circus in Sacramento can find anything to cut...not a penny...not a peso...Don't even check HERE:
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I would really like to know who said this: "Zuma my colleague offered you several jobs that you said were beneath you. We tried. We offered, but we can't put you in a job that you are unqualified for."
PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL, EVEN ANONYMOUSLY TO TELL ME WHAT JOB I SAID WAS BENEATH ME. I seriously would like to know.
I WAS SELLING T-SHIRTS AT VENICE Before the city stopped me illegally. I used to scan the beach and collect plastic bottles to recycle, but I can't do that physically, at this time.
What job did I say was beneath me. WHO IS THIS I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT SEEMS TO THINK THEY CAN "PUT ME" somewhere, if I were qualified.
THANKS A LOT PAL! Now I have to be unqualified, too.
Anyway, keep smiling when you see me and feel good that it's my fault and thanks for nothing.
I'm not qualified. You're not qualified to read what I post.
AGAIN, you say, "Zuma my colleague offered you several jobs..."
I WILL LEAVE YOUR COMMENT UP JUST SO PEOPLE CAN SEE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, YOU POST SOMETHING LIKE THAT, and people say, "Wow, that Zuma Dogg...he's just difficult. He turned down work. He didn't accept what was offered."
IT'S BULLSHIT. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
IT ALL LOOKS AND SOUNDS SO GOOD, I'M ALMOST BELIEVING IT, EXCEPT I HAPPEN TO BE MYSELF.