{"id":308541,"date":"2010-02-11T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T22:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"tag:ronkayela.com,2010:\/\/1.925"},"modified":"2010-02-11T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T23:02:26","slug":"bruno-las-watchdog-the-heartbreak-of-falling-out-of-puppy-love-with-janice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/308541","title":{"rendered":"Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: The Heartbreak of Falling Out of Puppy Love with Janice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thumbnail<\/a><\/span>This dog once had what you people call “puppy love” for Janice Hahn.<\/p>\n

When I was, indeed, just a pup, I’d hang out at the port with those tough longshoremen, who didn’t care that I wasn’t all that cute. They were pretty ugly, too.<\/p>\n

Janice lives in San Pedro and represents it on the City Council. I’d see her around town.  She was always just soooo nice – very perky! — and so well groomed, something I couldn’t say for all the women down there.  Tattoos on women have been stylish in San Pedro since WWII.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m heartbroken.  But because I’m not really housebroken, I’m going to come out and say it:  Janice Hahn may be the dumbest person to ever hold office in Los Angeles – and if you know your LA history, that’s pretty freaking scary.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, I got on her for trying to pull a fast one with her City Council\/Lieutenant Governor’s<\/a> campaign web sites.  Then I teased her for posing in a newspaper photo<\/a> with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who isn’t exactly the kind of guy you want endorsing you in a Democratic primary for statewide office.<\/p>\n

But both of those are small kibble compared to the dumb-ass doozy detailed today in the Daily Breeze.<\/a> Get a load of the first three paragraphs of Art Marroquin’s story:<\/p>\n

“The president of a ship-building business donated at least $7,000 to Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who was expected this month to mediate a dispute between the company and the Port of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

“Hahn was set to step in as an impartial arbitrator amid the ongoing debate between port officials and Long Beach-based Gambol Industries, which has tried since last spring to open a $50 million shipyard on Terminal Island.<\/p>\n

“Gambol’s president, Robert Stein, contributed $6,500 to Hahn’s lieutenant governor campaign account last October and another $500 to her City Council officeholder’s account last August, according to online state and city filing records.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Yes, you read it right!  Janice took all this dough – and then figured nobody would blink if she decided the fate of this guy’s $50 million (!!!) project.  A call from a reporter inspired her to change her mind.<\/p>\n

When this dog called her out publicly on the web site screw up, her staff politely explained it was just an innocent mistake: all this Internet stuff is just sooooo confusing.<\/p>\n

I suppose ethics is way too confusing, too.  Gosh, there are just soooooo many rules. And the appearance of a conflict being as bad as conflict, well, forget it.  There are just soooooo many confusing words.<\/p>\n

Woof!<\/p>\n

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