Outgoing LA mayor Villaraigosa is broke. Metaphor alert: “Close associates and City Hall insiders… concur that Villaraigosa, the highest-paid mayor in the country, at $232,735 a year, is broke — and has next to nothing lined up.” And he doesn’t just need a job, he needs a job that pays around $750K a year to maintain a movie star/jet-setter lifestyle. Hey, if his pants’ crease measure up to David Brooks’ standards, he’s a shoe-in for president.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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