Quote of the week has to come from this excellent piece in the L.A. Times about a lobbyist who's helping throw a big party for City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo.
Ken Spiker and Associates also just happens to be the lobbyist that represented Clear Channel Outdoor as it fought the city over billboard regulation -- and ultimately managed to stop the city from investigating illegal billboards. Not only, in a joke of a compromise, were those billboards grandfathered in, but Clear Channel was allowed to turn 420 of its signs into those big, flashing, dangerous LED billboards you're now seeing all over town.
Coincidentally, Clear Channel Outdoor gave $425,000 to promote Rocky's candidacy on billboards. Rocky -- the guy who represented the city in its fight against... yes, Clear Channel Outdoor (and the other billboard companies). Cozy, no?
So back to that quote of the week. Reporter David Zahniser points out that critics of Delgadillo are calling this party a not-so-subtle "thank you" from the lobbyist for being such a good pal.
Ryan Seacrest -- who hosts mornings on Clear Channel's KIIS-FM -- will emcee the event.
Delgadillo's people say it's actually Seacrest who's spearheading the event, Zahniser writes:
Delgadillo spokesman Nick Velasquez also downplayed the significance of the event, saying it is not a fundraiser but a "meet and greet."
"Apparently, Mr. Seacrest heard some good things about Rocky and wanted to hold a 'meet and greet' to introduce him to some of his friends," he said.
Hey, that makes perfect sense to me!
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