DISQUS

Sounds like the Belmont Shore Parking Commissioners.

Hey Mike do you like to grow vegetables?

Sounds like the Belmont Shore Parking Commissioners or the members of the BSBIA. Only in wrong beach.
Hey Mike, you like to grow vegetables?

These employers, and their spokeshole, are just wal-mart lite. I am tired of paying for these despicable companies employees healthcare, and I am tired of paying for their public assistance.

These employees have few options, and I say they are exploited.

I hope the chamber union and its' slickster don't get involved, as it will be squashed all over again. That guy is one hell of a unionboss. He puts the prison guards unionboss to shame!

Why would there even be a vote if change was mandatory, and even having one vote how in the hell do you justify another?
I bet all the BS businesses belong to the chamber, and the wizard of oz is behind the curtain pulling all the strings and levers.
How discouraging, disappointing, and despicable!

Wow! Expect an onslaught from the (spoiled brat) commissioner(s)/landlord(s). Busted with both hands on the teats!

I bet the chamber awards them this year for "best corporate welfare."

Look, second street, even going back to pre-earthquake days, was always a "cool" place to go, and there was always an abundance of successful establishments to take your money.

(Certain whorish carpetbaggers wouldn't know this).

Hey how about resurrecting les robbins fantastic idea of an alcohol-fueled sport center, but now where the tanks lie? And clear out franks next-door ghetto headache and send them there instead.
Now who would disagree with that?

The BS (how appropriate) parking commissioners are two-legged pigs at the trough, never getting enough to fill their bloated gullets.

See # 48 above, specifically "minimal private sector investment"; didn't randy and his cartel of commerce finally once gift (not voluntarily) $15,000 out of the $165,000 they always netted from bev's annual okie-doke that she gifted them? What generous, fair, civic-minded citizens!

randy gordon for (official) mayor!

It's a shame that the relationship is what it is, but as I see it Mike is being totally dissed and trashed for having the audacity to disagree with the business interests. He stands his ground, and I appreciate it. We need to strike a fair balance. Fact is, though, Mike won't be getting any free dinners from Geno anytime soon

A very thorough, entertaining, and informative article. The kind of article that used to be found regularly in the press-telerag. Thank you.
In the meantime can we all pray for a killer storm to knock down the top of the breakwater?
Jenny, how long are the middle and wrong beach breakwaters?

"Councilman DeLong also supported Commissioner Lorbeer’s receipt of a permanent (not 1 year temporary) entertainment license for his property, contrary to the recommendation of the police and the outcry from local residents opposed to the crime, noise and bar fights already existing".

Mike, I work in the port, and when I worked nights for a few months I'd come home down 2nd Street around 1-2:30 am. You would be amazed at all the fist fights I saw, and the weird sh*t, not to mention the rowdy behaviour of the young inebriates. You'd think there would be a requirement for the bars to have some (or more?) security. It's not a safe place, and I sure am glad I don't live close to the Street.

Good ol' wrong beach, if you don't get the vote right the first time then keep doing it until you get it right.
That mahood is sure arrogant. Could someone please tell her she doesn't own the city.
Belmont Shore residents owe a great deal of thanks to Mike Ruehle and Jm McCabe.

mahood sure is an arrogant thing. Could someone please tell her she doesn't own wrong beach. How conveniently that she hasn't billed them for the March vote.
Carousel or circle jerk?

As I've said before, going back to john mansells' days as city manager, I've seen alot here in wrong beach, and it never changes. councilman delong, commissioner schneiter, different names-same sh*t.

Well at least jackurt cares about his fellow commercial landlords as much as he does shore residents.

"+ A business friendly attitude (passing legislation that welcomes and encourages business rather than drives it away and discourages it)"

You've got to be shitting me! Until foster, business did whatever they wanted. And even with foster, the "unofficial" mayor keeps calling the shots with his bag of tricks.

Additionally, this city has the very worst legal counsel to be found on the planet. I'm for contracting it all out to some real slicksters. randy, is your last-years puppy dog looking for more business?

Full article below on the pimps:

http://www.lbreport.com/news/jul08/chamadv.htm

Oh and by the way let's let government pay for infrastructure that's been mostly deteriorated/overwhelmed by private commerce. He's a real welfare queen.

Amazing that the chamber whines about the city's financial doings when its' not to their benefit, but they gladly scamper around wagging their tail and peeing when the port and water department, in violaation of the (elected-not unofficial self-appointed) mayors' directive, bestow dollars on them.
Can anyone tell me the benefit to the water dep't by giving the chamber union money?

Re: #73, I was told that the LBUSD gives the press-telerag money for kevin butler, and he certainly delivers for them.
Really though, as a long beach native, and I would chat with john mansell 40 years ago, this (sad) town has always been the same, and probably always will be. suja and the rest of them taking care of their special interest contributors is absolutely nothing new.
I never thought we would have a hypocritical dirtbag unionboss like gordon be so powerful though; what a shame for the city! To me he is just completely despicable with his phony concern for our schoolchildren.

When it was determined how pliable the lower echelon lowenthals are, time to infest with the next (co-opted) one. That randy is one slick, slick dude.

It's wrong beach, Trent.

Since suja finds business representatives so appealing, maybe the unionboss at the chamber should be pimping for her, instead of her bro'-in-law, to replace ellis on the next schoolboard go-around.

Wow Jenny now you're talking. Was suja in any of those videos?

The steamship line tenants of the port of LA will have the last laugh. Yes it might cost their customers a tiny bit more to get their freight hauled, but at least they'll GET it hauled. The long beach port tenants stuck festering here will really be scrambling to find any independants willing to continue to work for free, while the containers stack up. Nice work bob-o, jimbo,mari-o and the rest of the buffoons.

Won't it be just amazing when long beach joins countrywide savings in loan failures? I hope the city council comes to its' senses adn puts pressure on the harbor (idiots) commissioners to do the right thing.
foster, no more dealing with the ATA and trying to dump on LA. Do the right thing.