Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was “blindsided” by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper. White House Mayors’ Liaison Villaraigosa went on to declare “communication with my White House bosses is nonexistent. Nobody cleared that or anything else on the president’s schedule with me.”
Apparently President Bush recently appointed Villaraigosa to his new post as White House Mayor’s Liaison. Bush, in an unexpected move, then elevated that position to cabinet level, leaving out the required Senate hearings for a cabinet level officer. Bush never even bothered to tell the American people that Villaraigosa’s new position as Mayor’s White House Liaison even existed.
Canal Winchester, Ohio Mayor and Deputy White House Mayor’s Liaison, Harry Krause said, “I never even knowed the president was supposed to call. But he ain’t never called here neither.”
Secretary Villaraigosa went on to say that “the whole problem could be solved by shifting more of Mr. & Mrs. America’s federal tax dollars to the cities in general and Los Angeles in particular.” Mayor’s Liaison Villaraigosa went on to note how well spent federal money averted what could have been a disaster in New Orleans. “Imagine if the federal government hadn’t had provided billions of dollars to build those levies, people would have never moved into that part of the city that is 7’ below sea level” Villaraigosa said.
The Secretary ended with plea to president, “Hey just give me a call every now then.”
Lex called the White House for comment. A presidential spokesman told me that President Bush has promised to spend his last three years in office calling every mayor in the nation. The president couldn’t come to the phone right then because he was talking to Mayor Quimby of Springfield, uh hmmm, hey wait a minute, what state do the Simpsons live in anyway?
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