Paul Koretz
Punxsutawney Phil
Seperated at Birth
Posted on 02/03/2010 2:26:43 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Every year around this time the world waits with bated breath for Pennsylvania's famous furry forecaster, "Punxsutawney Phil," to emerge from his burrow and tell us if spring will arrive early, or must we endure six more weeks of winter. Granted, winter in Southern California doesn't pack the same wallop it does in Cheyenne, Wyo., but since "Punxsutawney Phil" saw his shadow, winter it will be.
Not to be upstaged by Pennsylvania, Los Angeles has its own February tradition. With atomic clock-like precision, "PunkTheVoters Paul" came out of his burrow, saw his shadow, and scurried away from the city's massive budget hole, which means six more weeks of dithering.
"PunkTheVoters Paul," aka City Councilman Paul Koretz, tag-teamed with Councilman Bill Rosendahl to try and scuttle L.A.'s long-delayed rendezvous with fiscal reality. They were joined by another financial titan, Jos Huizar, who boldly announced, "I'm not there yet" when asked if he would support city payroll cuts. Take your time, Mr.Huizar; it's only the taxpayers' money you're squandering.
How much money? According to the city's top budget analyst, Miguel Santana, we're losing $338,000 dollars every day "PunkTheVoters Paul", Rosendahl, Huizar and the rest of the Council of Ostriches continue to duck responsibility for the sweetheart deals they rubber-stamped.
"PunkTheVoters Paul" says we have to get our priorities straight. "When we're still hiring in some areas and we're laying off in others - We're hiring police and laying off firefighters, I don't think we have our act together." And "PunkTheVoters Paul" is 100 percent correct.
...On July 1, Los Angeles will be broke. Either these cuts will be made by the Council or they will be made by a bankruptcy court.
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Etch A Sketch.
Most excellent.
Phil looks much more intelligent, don’t you think?
Phil has 13 of the 15 L.A. city councilmen, and the mayor of L.A. beat...
You would figure that they would trust in God instead of an animal.
L.A. has the most embarassing “city council” in the nation ever, and that is saying something!!
You must have heard Kevin James a time or two?
And that's just in body mass.
Yup - almost every evening at 9PM
Kev cracks me up, just hearing his “tell it like it is” take on things. I loved it when he called Alarcon a felon.
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