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A LOT OF TWEETS TODAY, but it was also a slow news day. So not as "news wirey" as usual. And now...on with the countdown:
# Recreating the atmosphere of the bar I used to like to go to on Sunday nights in Malibu...ZD's SUNDAY NITE MIX: http://NetMusicStream.com 3 minutes ago via HootSuite
# BREAKING: When LA City Hall was looking at graph charts preparing budget, they were HOLDING THEM UPSIDE DOWN! Have all the numbers reversed! about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
# Was selling medijuana @ my sidewalk collective. Cops said NO! "But, I check paperwork&city isn't enforcing until court rules." So it was ok! about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
# I was just selling six packs of beer on the sidewalk and some cops told me I couldn't. I told them, "But I'm checking ID's. I'm not STUPID!" about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
# ZD'S SEMI-DISABILITY PROBLEM: Mind writing checks body can't cash. Want to do a lot & enjoy day, but body semi-stuck in chair. Need forklift about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
# L.A. is NEVER going to pull out of this mess because last bastions are going to try to ignore current market realities and try to turn back. about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
# I'm not one of these, "Let's bring it back and make it the way it once was," guys. I'm more of a "gear it toward where it's headed," guy. about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
# If LA didn't financially benefit by crime enforcement (revenue tickets generate) wouldn't be any enforcement. Think THEY CARE about SAFETY? about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
# Not trying to be rabble-rouser when I tell mi middle class amigos: If you think L.A. is EVER returning to what you hope for, SNAP OUT OF IT! about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
# @ZumaDogg announces the GRAND OPENING of his new RETAIL OUTLET. (Corner of Rose & Main on the sidewalk in front of CVS!) Food & apparel! about 8 hours ago via HootSuite
# If you have a dream & good food product, move to L.A.: Always space on sidewalk to set up your food cart. Not everyone can afford a truck. about 8 hours ago via HootSuite
# GEE ZD, why would you say all that stuff below? (I don't base things on the past or way it USED to be. Base on WHERE IT'S HEADED/FUTURE.) about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
# When you go to DMV to take driver test you can take it in Spanish. Same w anything govt related. So why not "Spanish-only" option @ LAUSD? about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
# If I moved to Greece & lived in all American community where news, TV, radio, stores & everyone spoke English, guess I wouldn't learn Greek. about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# There are also A LOT of dual language parents who raise dual language kids. I'm not talking about those kids or parents in the tweets below. about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# L.A. is CLEARLY 2-language city. In parts of L.A. YOU'RE 100% LOST w English. We created situation. TEACH TO IT. Spanish-only diplomas, too! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# CAN'T HAVE BOTH: Either spend 100% of the time teaching a five year old English if they don't know it, or just teach em in Spanish for life. about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# I KNOW IT'S TOUGH FOR THE ARCHIE BUNKER TYPES TO FATHOM: But you are NEVER GOING TO GET SPANISH-ONLY SPEAKING PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT ENGLISH! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# L.A. has geared to a population where exponentially growing number of people moving to city SPEAK SPANISH ONLY. MANY L.A. PARENTS TEACH THEIR U.S. BORN KIDS IN SPANISH! - TEACH THOSE KIDS IN SPANISH! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# I'd be SO MAD at my parents if they sent me to school that was taught in a language they never taught me. WOULD FEEL SO LOST! THAT'S CRAZY! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# SO MUCH TIME & EFFORT is spent trying to teach kids, who only speak Spanish, in English. IT'S MADNESS! THESE FAMILIES DO NOT WANT ENGLISH! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# LAUSD SHOULD be taught in Spanish in areas that speak it. Why force a language the community doesn't want need/use? Especially in math. about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH: Wonder how many kids from low-income, single parent homes with four siblings go to school with proper nutrition? about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# THE KIDS DON'T START OFF BAD: But when you start school not knowing the language & parents are absent dropouts, themselves, it goes south. about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?:LAUSD now has masses of drop-outs raising drop-outs. (A generation of drop-out parents trying to raise scholastic kids?) about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION AMONG PARENTS: LAUSD is an EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. Not a "raise your kids for you" service. Send them prepared! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# If I was 5 yr old who didn't know English on way to LAUSD, 1st thing I would say in native tongue is, "How the fuck do u expect me to pass?" about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
# NEW BOOK FROM ZUMA DOGG, "Don't Bother." A follow up to the book, "It Isn't Worth It." about 10 hours ago via HootSuite
# I've been trying to make it known to some folks I'm having a disabling reaction to meds (perhaps cause I didn't eat), and I just dropped. about 5 hours ago via HootSuite
# A FIRST FOR ZD: Just got up out of chair, got faint & luckily moved right over the bed, just in time, as I flopped down. What if was floor? about 5 hours ago via HootSuite
# SO CLOSE, but yet so far!: If ONLY there wasn't another building across street, I'd have OCEAN VIEW! (Think I can get Bill to do something?) about 5 hours ago via HootSuite
# A PESSIMIST VIEW?: Don't you HATE when you find a dollar in your pocket you didn't know you had when you're broke? I could have spent it already! about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
# THE MESSAGE FROM ZUMA DOGG IS, don't climb highest mountains, don't reach for stars and don't waste your time & energy helping other people. about 10 hours ago via HootSuite
# How am I gonna make it through the day w/out food when I have a disability that gets worse when I don't eat AND I'm alone? Maybe I won't? about 11 hours ago via HootSuite [See tweet above...DID INDEED faint, later in the day. Monday ain't looking any more food-oriented.]
# Ever notice how much "Heaven Is Place On Earth" sounds like "Livin On A Prayer?" (Almost same song, except Jon is prettier than Belinda.) about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
# Paul McCartneyy just sent me a friend's request on facebook. I didn't know he spelled it with two "y's?" But it's HIM. Was HIS picture?!?! about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
# Just figured out why I'm so burnt out and feel like I'm 90. Been living Dogg years. (Insert rim shot!) about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
# Just biked down a sidewalk so uneven and ramp-like, Shaun White should give it a try, but probably too advanced a slope ramp for him. about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
# Was just biking down a sidewalk so uneven from tree stump cracks, I literally took off like a mini Evel Knievel ramp stunt. A lot of fun! about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
# I just biked down a sidewalk that was so cracked and uneven, the city can sell tickets as a roller-coaster ride. Or skateboard stunt area. about 21 hours ago via HootSuite
