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Open Questions: Probes, Ewoks, Clams & Pigeon Poo
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 Yes, it's that time again. Time to look back, take stock and stumble, work-dazed and media-saturated, into the weekend. It's time for another round of OPEN QUESTIONS:
No, Antonio, go with the red tie.
- Now that Kevin Roderick has alerted us to news that Antonio Villaraigosa's little Florida fundraising adventure has triggered an investigation by L.A. County District Attorney Steve Cooley, we can wonder aloud:
- Why did Mayor Jim Hahn never go so far as to return all those laundered donations he took from developer Mark Abrams?
- Are Bob Hertzberg, Richard Alarcon or Bernard Parks busy for the next four years? And of course,
- Which mayoral candidate looks more trustworthy and telegenic in case of a TV perp walk?
d00d, th@t j!m h@hn is l33t
- Now that Pershing Square is wired for WiFi and the mayor's "WiFi & Beyond Executive Advisory Panel" has recommended (just in time for his re-election campaign) cheap, convenient, platform-neutral public-private projects to expand broadband and wireless in Los Angeles, can absolutely anyone hold IM chats, download porn, gamble, pirate movies and blog from the stinky comfort of a homeless guy's bed? ...
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Sorry, let me rephrase: Is there money in the budget to maintain the antennas in Pershing Square and other public places against the ravages of weather, urban abuse and pigeon doo?
Hope so, because if there's money behind the plan at all, it has some admirable goals (See the huge PDF report) : MISSION: We believe the City of Los Angeles, within the next five years, should ensure that high speed access to the Internet is available and affordable for any one who wants it anywhere in the City. In addition, we believe it is possible to implement strategies to accomplish that mission in ways that address the Mayor’s goals of: - Helping to close the digital divide,
- Accelerating economic development, and
- Making our City’s government more efficient and accessible.
(Spotted at LABlogs)
Hey, you forgot your Darth Maul sleeping bag!
- Now that the Star Wars Geek Line standoff is showing signs of crumbling, can we start getting in line for 10 years from now when George Lucas will inevitably break his promise that Revenge of the Sith is the last installment in the incredibly lucrative toy-marketing campaign and money factory saga?
 Nick Denton seeks dry-witted unemployed screenwriter for immediate work
- Since the ever-trenchant Defamer has made it his business this week to tweak Tom Cruise relentlessly over his alleged relationship with 26-year-old avowed virgin Katie Holmes, can we start a pool on blogger/defamer Mark Lisanti's sudden disappearance?
Well, maybe not for the Holmes items, but how about his relentless digs at Cruise's ongoing "ministry" for the Church of Scientology. He quotes a reporter for Der Spiegel debunking Cruise's claims that the CoS's Narconon program is the "only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world," then adds: In the Pat Kingsley Era of Tom Cruise image control, the interview would’ve ended right there, with a gunshot and an assistant cleaning the transgressing reporter’s brains off a promotional one-sheet on the wall behind him, followed by the immediate shutdown of the entire German press. But in Cruise’s brave new world of Scientology glasnost, the talk continued, and the journalist lived—as far as we know. This is about as close as I ever care to get. Mark - can we get your email addressbook before you go?
I've got questions. Anyone out there have answers?
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LAV O.Q.: Corpse-Chili, Fat Budgets & Poetic Nerds
Smoke, Cheese, Politics, Riff-raff, Christ
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| Posted by: mack_reed on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 04:41 PM
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