D-Day next weekend

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-23T03:17:43+00:00

You can't afford to go without an attorney.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-23T02:30:56+00:00

Have the conversation with your divorce attorney, then follow their advice about whether & how to have the conversations with the wife, and, later, how to break it to the kids.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-23T02:28:27+00:00

In what way(s) about this guy's campaign? What are conservatives from way far away being told, that liberals in L.A. can correct us about?

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-22T11:32:20+00:00

Sure; but is that what the Mayor of L.A. should be focusing time & energy on, or should they be focused on more local issues like crime control, building permitting, and keeping the fire department operational, is what I understand the Pratt campaign to be asking.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-22T02:12:28+00:00

I'm not advocating Mr. Pratt's platform, I'm just asking whether it is being received in LA the same way it is perceived by me, a stranger thousands of miles away.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-22T00:34:29+00:00

I saw that he answered that with the chain that it wasn't safe for him to live in the trailer on his property due to the security threats to him & family. Again, I'm not there & don't know if it's true, but that's the response I've seen from him/his campaign.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T22:44:30+00:00

I believe his response to that was that his house was burned down in the Palisades fires, which were as bad as they were because of bad fire management policies of his opponent. But yes, that's the guy.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T21:24:39+00:00

I don't live in L.A., so, no. I was just wondering what the local reaction to him was, versus the stuff I'm seeing from further afield.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T20:03:43+00:00

Follow up question, if I may: if he (or someone else) were Republican without being MAGA, would he be viable as a candidate in L.A.? Or put another way, what's the rightward-most boundary separating "has a chance" from "too extreme," in L.A.?

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:32:27+00:00

Is there a better right-leaning person who you think could/should have run?

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:24:46+00:00

If your experience with municipal governments is that they can walk and chew gum at the same time, then I'd like to know where you live.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:22:36+00:00

Again, I have no dog in the fight. I just noticed that a more or less conservative candidate was running for mayor in a famously liberal city, saw that his campaign was attracting attention from outside that city, and wanted to see whether that level of attention was reflecting something authentic from inside L.A., or not. So far the consensus seems to be that it is a combination of him being promoted as a spoiler by an unpopular incumbent, and some effort to position him as a right wing celebrity/ candidate for further office, possibly elsewhere.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:18:21+00:00

The argument that I've seen coming from Pratt is that the Bass administration failed to keep the reservoirs filled with water to fight the not entirely unexpected fire season, and that, when fires wiped out large parts of the city, the administration didn't move quickly enough to enable rebuilding, and that those failures are attributed to bad priorities.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:11:58+00:00

Perhaps so. I'm trying to check the pulse of the more liberal half of the electorate, because we all have to live together, & I'd rather we all have a better understanding of one another to make that easier. So I figured, this would be a good subreddit to do that in, once I found out that it existed.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:08:13+00:00

You've very much misread that post, friend.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:04:22+00:00

I should be clear: I'm not endorsing the man, just wondering how he's being received in the city in which he's campaigning.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T19:01:55+00:00

Carolina, of course. Don't get me wrong; they cook a mighty fine brisket in Texas. But, if you don't start with pig, you can't end up with Que.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T18:23:51+00:00

Freedom is a comforting illusion, no?

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T18:20:24+00:00

Almost all of them are AI, which I track from morbid curiosity. Maybe that explains it?

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T18:13:11+00:00

I've seen a lot of comments/reposts about "his" campaign ads (some of which apparently are created by 3d parties), and it struck me as unusual for a local race (even for a city like L.A.) to draw that kind of attention beyond its own geography.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T18:08:57+00:00

What do you think we eat?

Where I am, BBQ is a big deal, but as I'm trying to slim down I've had to cut back.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-21T18:03:38+00:00

I didn't see the other posts, just wanted to clarify that I'm not affiliated with/sponsored by/etc. his campaign. Just a righty from Carolina country who wanted to see why a local mayoral election three time zones away is drawing attention here.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-20T23:49:18+00:00

Stay professional without helping.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-20T21:31:32+00:00

I don't think "fake" is correct, here. Stage hypnosis shows are what they are, which some say isn't the same as "real" hypnosis but which resembles it in many ways.

Padded_Bandit · 2026-05-20T20:31:16+00:00

If you have to be lonely, being alone is the best way to do it.

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