Is Villaraigosa's Chief of Staff Robin Kramer the REAL Mayor of Los Angeles?

We have all heard the news coverage that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was found to be only spending 11% of his time on actual city business for the period audited in a public records request by LA Weekly.

Over the past couple years, the mayor hasn't even been in the city that much while travelling the country, first campaigning for Hillary Clinton (didn't work out so well in case you didn't hear -- even though all the time was spent out of the office and out of the city). THEN, it was time to hit the major cities across the country to fund raise millions of dollars from out of state real estate developers for Villaraigosa's re-election campaign, where despite the millions of dollars (compared to only $250,000 of the closest challenger), Villaraigosa only squeaked past a run off by 5%, winning with only 55% of the vote. ABYSMAL for someone who thinks they are going to run for governor.


SO WHAT HAPPENED DURING ALL OF THIS?:

The City of Los Angeles spent itself into a billion dollar deficit, by being overly generous with union raises and benefits when he was running for re-election, only to say he no longer has the money, now that he has been re-elected. And he now gives the ultimatum to either, "give back or suffer massive firings." So he says he brings people together, but this is ripping the city apart.


Also, while Vilaraigosa wasn't looking, LACERS pension fund lost nearly $7 billion in risky (non-investment grade investments) and shady and risky real estate deals that have now gone belly up and bankrupt.

Additionally, Villaraigosa continues to allow massive high density commercial retail and housing projects to pop up all over the city in any nook and cranny -- even though we are suffering drought conditions and a full blown water emergency in the state, region and city; and it is unlikely that DWP and the City will be able to provide water to all of these projects.

And if you tune into the radio or national cable news shows, the whole world knows how the character and fabric of the city has been forever changed and destroyed by this irresponsible, off-duty, dead at the wheel mayor, who has NO IDEA how to pull this city out of the mess it is boiling to death under.


SO WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING THE CITY?

Chief of Staff Robin Kramer has been running the show the entire time.

Robin was former mayor Richard Rioardan's Cheif of Staff.

After that, she went to work for Eli Broad.

Well, when Riordan and Broad backed Villarigosa, they knew he really ain't too smart. (I mean, the guy flunked the bar exam four times, never passing.) And if you listen to Antonio Villaraigosa even try to speak (in English OR Spanish, he's just as bad in either language) you can tell he's not that sharp. So Uncle Eli ("The Broadfather" as he is affectionately referred to by some) gave Robin to Antonio to run the show. Since she worked for Riordan as C.O.S.

But baby...whatever magic there may have been with Riordan, ain't there with Villar. LOOK AT THE CITY!!!

IT'S SPUN OUT OF CONTROL OUT OF GREED, CONFUSION, STUPIDITY, COWARDLINESS AND LACK OF LEADERSHIP!

Hey Eli, have some compassion. Pull her out of there. Take her back and put her back to work in your office now, instead of at the end of the term. O.K., O.K!!! He got re-elected, you can replace the Chief of Staff now and it won't matter.

Of course Los Angeles City Council bears a brunt of the blame, as well, and they receive that on a daily basis inside council chambers during the public comment portions of the meeting.

But the mayor pushes City Council around anyway, with his majority of Villarigosa-backed candidates. So ultimately, you have to put this on the mayor's office. And the mayor has been absent and if this were an airplane, he would be dead behind the controls of the cockpit. And he's running for Governor anyway, so he won't even be spending time doing things badly.

So it's been Robin Kramer running the show. And the city is now in a state of crisis with bankruptcy and a water shortage in it's immediate future and a wave of first time homelessness and nothing but billion dollar luxury projects and NO real affordable housing or emergency shelter strategy ready to be implemented.

I urge California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to contact President Barack Obama's office to please make him aware of the fact that the city not only faces a billion dollar budget deficit; but a nearly $7 billion dollar LACERS bailout on top of that; faces a major water crisis that could cripple business and drive up costs city wide; there won't BE enough water for all the projects they have online; and there doesn't seem to be anyone in city hall in the mayor's office or city council who is even willing to address any of these issues, let alone handle them.

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSEIN OBAMA...PLEASE SEND LEADERSHIP TO LOS ANGELES CITY HALL IMMEDIATELY TO SORT THIS MESS OUT!!! IT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HUD, ALONE. And you cannot operate the United States without Los Angeles. WE ARE LOSING THE CITY AS WE ARE LOSING THE BORDER. CONTACT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IMMEDIATELY!