TIPOFF SQUABBLING JUST ``ALL IN THE FAMILY'' DOWN AT CITY HALL.Byline: RICK ORLOV Walk the corridors of City Hall, and it won't take long before you hear someone go on and on about being part of the city family. What they omit, however, is that it often is a dysfunctional group that can sometimes seen more like ``Family Feud'' than ``The Waltons.'' Last week, for example, found City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
Delgadillo voiced bitter frustration over Councilman Dennis Zine's motion asking for an explanation on why a judge upheld a $1.1 million claim against the city for legal fees in the Notorious B.I.G. case. Relatives of the slain rapper allege the city is covering up the role of some ex-cops in the slaying. Delgadillo and Zine reportedly had a ``hot'' conversation, with Delgadillo blaming the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . for failing to provide his office with information in the case.
On Thursday, Delgadillo found himself at odds with another member of the family - City Controller Laura Chick. As Chick was releasing an audit critical of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. , a Delgadillo aide was blocked by Chick's deputies when she tried to get into the news conference. Both sides expressed anger over the incident. That incident came the same day that the state auditor State auditors are executive officers of U.S. states. The office usually is created by the state constitution.
Perhaps that explains Rocky's desire to leave the city family and run for state attorney general this year. David Hernandez - who is trying to oust Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. on a campaign based partly on restoring the symbol of a cross to the county seal - is reaching out to those involved in the 2002 secession campaign to help him. Hernandez sent an e-mail last week to all those who were candidates for the proposed San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. city inviting them to a quasi-reunion/campaign event. ``We have some of your campaign materials and yard signs,'' Hernandez offered as an inducement to get them to attend. Asked about the campaign angle, Hernandez said the candidates all shared his view on fighting uphill battles. '`The candidates were a special group of people in the work of politics,'' Hernandez said. ``We all shared one purpose: the San Fernando Valley and its future came before everything else.'' While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. was wowing fellow mayors last week in Washington, D.C., he also got a taste of homegrown reality as he hopscotched around the city to various media outlets. The most startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. , however, might have come on the staid C-SPAN cable public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. network. During an interview on ``Washington Journal,'' Villaraigosa was upbraided by an anonymous caller from Arkansas. Identifying herself as a former resident of the San Fernando Valley, the caller went after Villaraigosa on the problem of illegal aliens, turning it into a personal attack when she said, ``It's only after the influx of illegals that you were elected.'' A stunned Villaraigosa responded: ``Are you kidding?'' President George W. Bush deals with issues ranging from war and terrorism to the economy and the turbulence of national politics. But last Oct. 21, he dealt with another daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin challenge - rush-hour traffic in Los Angeles. Before Bush's visit to the city, an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. unit held two days of strategic-planning sessions with such partners as the Major Crimes unit, the California Highway Patrol, the Secret Service and other agencies, according to report released last week by Chief William Bratton. All of the carefully crafted plans went out the window only minutes before Bush's motorcade started to move, however, when his path through the Westside and into the San Fernando Valley was modified. Luckily, Capt. David Baca, the incident commander, had called in extra people the night before in the event of an emergency, and Bratton called it ``the first time the president has been moved in such a secure manner in Los Angeles.'' Daily News staff writers Lisa Friedman and Dan Laidman contributed. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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