WalterMooreForMayor.com
By Walter Moore, Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles, WalterMooreForMayor.com
November 12, 2007
You will not believe how City Hall squanders your money. It works out to at least $4,949 per voter. The “spreadsheet of shame,” below, shows just a few of the boondoggles. Click on each item for details.
Item Cost Cost Per Voter
Sphincter-control classes for civil servants $18,000 $0.04
City Council weekend "retreat" at luxury hotel $13,000 $0.03
Calligraphy department per year $550,000 $1.12
Villaraigosa's airfare and hotels per year $200,000 $0.45
Villaraigosa bronze plaque - purchase $200 $0.00
Villaraigosa bronze plaque - upkeep per year $100 $0.00
Rental monkeys - 10 years' rent, 3 monkeys $1,000,0000 $2.24
Rental monkeys - feng shui consultant $4,500 $0.01
Rental monkeys - monkey pen $7,400,000 $16.60
Business income tax per year $477,590,000 $1,071.40
Pork: subsidies for developers per year $670,800,000 $1,504.84
Pork: tax breaks for Grand Ave developers $66,000,000 $148.06
Pork: tax breaks for L.A. Live developers $140,000,000 $314.07
Cost of the special election on Proposition S $5,100,000 $11.44
Decision to capture rather than kill alligator $200,000 $0.45
Dog food lawsuit settlement and fees $2,780,000 $6.24
Elephant pen for two elephants $39,000,000 $87.49
Gang "programs" - "Big Weasel" gun dealer $1,500,000 $3.37
Gang "programs" - audit by controller $500,000 $1.12
Gang "programs" - study by "non-profit" $593,000 $1.33
Gang "programs" per year $168,000,000 $376.88
Housing agency employees' embezzlement $1,089,000 $1.79
Illegal tax via excessive DWP power fees $184,600,000 $414.12
Illegal tax via excessive trash fees $150,000,000 $336.50
Phone tax per year $270,000,000 $605.70
Gorilla pen $19,000,000 $42.62
TOTALS $2,205,887,800 $4,949
"And we shouldn't think of asking taxpayers for more money until we get our house in order."
Los Angeles City Controller, Laura Chick
