my guess is that you live in hollywood and not n.e. koreatown, where the proportion of enfranchised residents is much lower. we don’t have quite the same charitable view of our benighted councilperson.

I’m glad he helped you out, but I’m wincing a bit at how you — understandably, of course — think he’s such aces.

Because it looks like I’ve gotta quit writing Garcetti’s office directly and just post about it here. A few weeks ago after the stop sign at the end of my block in Silver Lake got knocked down by some idiot hit-and-run motorist for at least the fifth time in as many years I notified the Bureau of Street Services and also contacted Garcetti’s office with a suggestion that he consider exploring potential solutions that might make the sign more noticeable or better protected, because a sign that doesn’t get destroyed at least once a year might ultimately save the city some spare change. Silly me, right?

Right. I didn’t even get the courtesy of a blow off from a real person on his staff, just the usual form letter about how busy the good councilman is and how he can’t just drop everything the minute a constituent comes up with an idea worth investigating.

I just got a phone call from one of Garcetti’s deputies yesterday, following up on a brief Twitter exchange I had with the councilman last week. Far from a blow off, he spent more time than I would’ve expected explaining the details of the issue we were discussing. Obviously a very different experience than Will had, but it seems every time I’ve interacted with Garcetti or anyone on his staff they’ve been very responsive. I’m a fan.

Will- don’t give up, I’m telling you… I’m an ardent fan of letting the people who represent you know your take on the issues….
Give it another try. Every time I’ve had an interaction with either him or his staff, they listened and at least tried to respond and make a difference.

I have always had positive experiences with Eric Garcetti. Just from my own interactions with him, I think he’s a stand-up guy.