Candidates End Their Summer Nap - Mayoral Site Check 10
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Just a quick rundown on the latest Web efforts of the mayoral candidates:
Not much would have transpired in the August doldrums since last we checked, but it's a good idea to set a benchmark against which to measure all future outbursts, mudpies, backroom deals and bouts of public lethargy.
I dunno about you, but I'm looking forward to a sprightlier, bloodier, more interesting campaign season as fall turns to winter. Here's what they're up to lately:
Jim Hahn is still "under construction." Kevin Roderick's LA Magazine profile of the mayor handicapped his campaign acumen as particularly sharp and formidable, but didn't do him any favors in the image department. Meanwhile, Hahn appeared briefly to offer blandishments and benedictions Saturday after the total shutdown of LAX following two iffy, but ultimately non-terrorist incidents.
Bernard Parks has stayed relatively quiet since the redesign of his web site, putting out only a blurrily written press release last week suggesting that Hahn is somehow responsible for a recent rise in the city's homicide rate - and only vaguely suggesting that community policing could somehow help.
For their part, the Democratic mayoral hopefuls lolled in the heat while putting in an appearance at the regular Labor Day softball game, which took on the air of ritual folly in the Valley's 97-degree heat.
Meanwhile, lone Republican Walter Moore's changed his site's background from black to white, and replaced a rangy-looking snapshot with a more-poised portrait. But Moore's still peddling the same mixed bag of position points that do little to address the real issues facing Los Angeles.
From Moore's latest newsletter:
Moore's platform, which is set forth at his website www.Mayor4U.com , includes (i) deporting all illegal aliens in L.A. as soon as possible; (ii) ending "pay-to-play" politics and "welfare for the rich;" (iii) giving parents vouchers for $9800 per child per year for tuition to send their children to licensed, regulated private schools; and (iv) eliminating the City's business tax.
He is, however, staying busy with radio appearances, having completed one just this morning at KABC.
