West Hollywood...all-male gay City Council looms on horizon! Political times are-a-changing!



A candidate for West Hollywood City Council - known for hanging an effigy of Sarah Palin on his roof during the 2008 Presidential Race - is running alongside five other fresh faces in the upcoming election on Tuesday.

John Heilman - the current Mayor (a City Council bench-warmer since 1984 when the boon town was first incorporated as a "gay" city) - is fighting for his seat with two fellow council members (Abbe Land and Lindsay Horvath).

The bid for power in WeHo - affectionately known to the locals as "gay gulch" - is expected to be a contentious battle right up until the last ballot is cast.

In the event the six upstarts nab three available seats, WeHo would make history for voting in the country's first all-male gay City Council.

Subsequently, there has been an outcry from a handful of the locals.

"Certainly it would be quite unique and historic. But straight women and lesbians are feeling like - "If these guys get there who is going to look out for us" - one resident piped up a bit indignantly to one media outlet.

On the other hand, quite a few contented WeHo males are happy with the status quo, and the way the city is growing.

Even still, candidates have been focusing their debates on parking restrictions, over development in the neighborhood (too many unsightly odd-ball Condo Units, for example, in place of quaint cottages that were once the norm), and the need to preserve LGBT culture in the community.

Personally, I'm all for new "blood" in City Council chambers!

Getting folks out to the polls will be key in accomplishing that task!

See 'ya there!

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West Hollywood Postal Service...dim-witted clerks reason for downfall!

If you read the article in today's daily paper (LA TIMES) you probably weren't surprised to learn that the U.S. Post Office is crying-the-blues over the fact that revenue is down in the billions!

And, the reporter went on to succinctly note, that the sad demise of Uncle Sam's mail carrier may not be far off.

Part of the reason the post office is suffering a downturn - surprise! - is due to the Internet (allegedly).

Computer savvy individuals around the globe are facilitating e-mail services (and services like skype) to reach out and "touch" someone.

In addition, I have personally noticed (I expect others will confirm the trend) that a large segment of the business community has turned elsewhere for more reliable mail and package delivery than the one currently being served up at U.S. Post.

Part of the problem is due to the fact that the corporate giant has chosen to employ a whole slew of mail carriers - who are not only lazy - but rude to customers as well.

A large percentage of the workers are reluctant to get off their fat a**es when a busy patron strolls into the local postal outlet for at-the-counter service - for instance - which is downright annoying to residents who have to frequent the substations (and face the humiliations) almost daily.

But, it is mostly the incompetence - and devil-may-care attitude of these low-life good-for-nothings - that triggers the ire of many.

In the past, I was forced to file a complaint with the Postmaster General in Washington, when I determined that employees at the West Hollywood Postal Station were "tampering" with mail.
In fact, my brother just mailed me a copy of a letter he posted to weeks ago, which was returned to Canada (although it was addressed perfectly).

The envelope was marked "no such person known at this address".

The notice was false, misleading, and erroneous!

What annoys me the most is the fact that I pay through-the-nose for a box office rental to ensure that my mail will be secure!

Obviously, it is not, at the West Hollywood Postal Station.

So, at the end of December when the box fee is due, I am cancelling the service and hiring an independent service that will appreciate my business!

One has only to stroll into the West Hollywood Post Office - and take a gander at the clerks slouched at the counter there - to fathom the problem.

A couple of the middle-aged losers are slower than molasses in January and possess all the charm and intelligence of a worm.

It's time someone put these old cows out to pasture.

Or, would the Post Office just prefer to go by the way of the dinosaur, too?

'Nuff said!

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