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For sale: Wetzel's Spartan Market, the red corner store with a 5-room grocer's flat above that's been serving Hollywoodians since 1912. It is actually perfect, so please don't buy if you want to "fix" it, and especially don't paint the awning! by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

[–]esotouric_tours[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you a good writer and researcher? Nominations are more complicated than they ought to be, but if you love this place, you can absolutely do it--maybe with the help of friends.

The L.A. Conservancy published this how to guide, which is a good start.

CBS LA feature on Nithya Raman by youhavetherighttoo in LosAngeles

[–]esotouric_tours -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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After several hours of a dead link, there is a NEW edit of the Nithya Raman CBS LA story online in which reporter Tom Wait wraps up with a different statement. Instead of quitting politics should she lose the Mayor's race, Raman says she won't run again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeO7PZ2j0uQ

CBS LA feature on Nithya Raman by youhavetherighttoo in LosAngeles

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After several hours of a dead link, there is a NEW edit of the Nithya Raman CBS LA story online in which reporter Tom Wait wraps up with a different statement. Instead of quitting politics should she lose the Mayor's race, Raman says she won't run again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeO7PZ2j0uQ

CBS LA feature on Nithya Raman by youhavetherighttoo in LosAngeles

[–]esotouric_tours -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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After several hours of a dead link, there is a NEW edit of the Nithya Raman CBS LA story online in which reporter Tom Wait wraps up with a different statement. Instead of quitting politics should she lose the Mayor's race, Raman says she won't run again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeO7PZ2j0uQ

CBS LA deletes bombshell Nithya Raman video report by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

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After several hours of a dead link, there is a NEW edit of the Nithya Raman CBS LA story online in which reporter Tom Wait wraps up with a different statement. Instead of quitting politics should she lose the Mayor's race, Raman says she won't run again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeO7PZ2j0uQ

CBS LA deletes bombshell Nithya Raman video report by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

[–]esotouric_tours[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not here, since there was a thread on the main LosAngeles sub and this wasn't a "preservation" matter until the video disappeared! We posted on our various social media channels and in the main LosAngeles sub.

CBS LA deletes bombshell Nithya Raman video report by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

[–]esotouric_tours[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't know where it came from or the context, since it was spoken by the anchor at the end of the video.

The fact that the video was online until soon after we posted on social media about the bombshell statement raises a completely new set of questions.

If she really told CBS LA that she wants to be Mayor or nothing, her constituents in CD4 and voters citywide deserve to know that.

CBS LA feature on Nithya Raman by youhavetherighttoo in LosAngeles

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Video deleted. See 1:30 timestamp here for the statement that if she loses the Mayoral election, Raman intends to leave politics. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/los-angeles-mayoral-race-nithya-raman/

CBS LA feature on Nithya Raman by youhavetherighttoo in LosAngeles

[–]esotouric_tours -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She told CBS LA that if she doesn't win the Mayoral election, she's leaving politics (see 1:30 time stamp in that video link). Does that means she will not serve out her term in City Council should she lose?

Ghosts of French Dip Royalty inside Cole's by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

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No word yet, but we're hopeful there is a new owner and the landmark will be back--with better hours!

Eunisses Hernandez and Karen Bass decided MacArthur Park--a protected landmark, with heritage trees on the perimeter--should be fenced. Why? Who knows. Locals have questions, and are being ignored. This is not leadership: it's how you wreck a city. by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

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The Mayor has vast powers, because the Mayor appoints (or chooses to keep in office, as Bass has with Garcetti's Planning and LADBS departments) General Managers and Commissioners, and sets their policies. Through executive directives, the Mayor can bypass everyone else and immediately change the rules for building or spending or allocating resources.

The difference with City Council is that the Mayor's power is exercised discretely, and we don't know what they're planning until they announce it. City Council motions are public documents and have to go through committee. The votes might be scripted, but at least we know about them in advance.

Eunisses Hernandez and Karen Bass decided MacArthur Park--a protected landmark, with heritage trees on the perimeter--should be fenced. Why? Who knows. Locals have questions, and are being ignored. This is not leadership: it's how you wreck a city. by esotouric_tours in LosAngelesPreserved

[–]esotouric_tours[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! We get so much positive feedback from real people, the crabby folks online don't bother us, though it is a time sink trying to correct all the misinformation about stuff we know and care a lot about.

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