A reality TV star who’s bad at business?

That sounds like a perfect candidate to be mayor of Los Angeles.

Never mind that Los Angeles is essentially an ungovernable city where the mayor has little power, as evidenced in this article by Steve Lopez in the “Los Angeles Times:

“Spencer Pratt, please call me. You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into”:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-23/la-mayoral-hopeful-spencer-pratt-is-making-big-splash-but-can-he-swim

Now the truth is if you can find someone who lovingly and full-throatily supports Karen Bass, they must be related to her.

As for the rest of us…

Can I fault her for being overseas when the fires hit? I mean who has that foresight? Then again, Monday morning quarterbacks have all the answers.

As for the empty reservoir… I’ve got to ask you, when are you supposed to fix a reservoir? I’ll tell you, in the rainy season, when fire is least likely to happen, which is what was being done.

And now it turns out that the fire was set and the fire department did a poor job of monitoring the exhaustion of this fire such that it smoldered and reignited and ultimately there was a conflagration. Do we need to re-evaluate and hold responsible those at the fire department? Definitely.

But also note that it took nearly a year to find out the facts, while everybody rushes to judgment.

As for the homeless problem… The unhoused got smart, they went where the weather suited their clothes, where it never goes below freezing, and that is the streets of Los Angeles. The homeless are not migrating to Buffalo nor Sioux Falls.

As for what should be done with the homeless… It’s a thorny problem. We live in the richest country in the world but we’ve devolved into a nation where everybody must pull themselves up by their bootstraps…if you get cancer, if you run out of money, if you’re mentally ill, it’s your fault.

So what are supposed to do about the homeless? That’s a good question. But if you’re faulting the Los Angeles government for having compassion for these people…

I’m not saying I like seeing people tented in Hollywood, it’s creepy. But if there were an instant, easy solution, it would have been found and executed.

So now Spencer Pratt is channeling the anger of the populace. And the populace is angry.

But this is the same situation we had with Trump. Adding in an aged Biden who was too dumb to go and a replacement candidate Harris who was so inauthentic that she basically handed the election to Trump.

And how is that working out?

Trump has abysmal ratings. And seems not to care about the economic problems of the hoi polloi, never mind believing the law doesn’t apply to him.

Of course Trump has supporters.

But who exactly is supporting Spencer Pratt?

Certainly not fans of “The Hills,” where he played a villain. As for his business acumen…this is a guy who made millions and squandered them. This is the guy you want to put in charge of the government?

But Pratt does have name recognition and is employing modern media, i.e. the internet, to gain mindshare. But does he have to be supported by the Grainges?

Of all things to come out for… This doofus?

I mean David Foster has retained his talent but has squandered all credibility with his reality TV appearances and in true Hollywood fashion he’s somewhat connected to Pratt… He was married to Linda Thompson, whose son Brody is close friends with Pratt.

That’s Hollywood. Where nepotism reigns supreme.

But Foster is a lone wolf, whereas the Grainges are responsible for nearly half of all music production in America. They represent more than themselves.

And now you’ve got Trump supporting Pratt and I don’t see the Grainges distancing themselves from Spencer.

Don’t tell me it’s a personal choice, that’s not the world we live in.

Pratt is a Republican… Which means the odds of him winning the mayorship are miniscule in super-blue Los Angeles. You can see the latest odds here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/los-angeles-mayor-election-polls-2026.html

I’m not saying Pratt can’t win, but just imagine if he did…

Not only must we ask what government/leadership skills Pratt possesses, but his monetary skills and people skills…

Is this who we really want for mayor?

Of course not.

I can understand wanting to throw a spanner in the works, there is frustration with L.A.’s governance, but why support a nincompoop? Why not get involved in the process and support a better, experienced Democratic candidate? Or throw your money down for Bass… We all know money gives you access and power.

And we’ve already seen this movie with Rick Caruso… Who spent $104 million trying to become mayor and failed. But at least it was his own money. Donating to Pratt… That’s who I want as mayor, a guy who blew through all his money and is now monetizing his appearances on TikTok.

All you fat cats, you need to distance yourself from Pratt. How can you be so out of touch, you’re akin to the tech bros being vilified by the younger generation for their AI efforts.

And it’s the younger generation who disproportionately support the music industry.

And if Pratt is so appealing to the notoriously left-leaning music business, how come no one else has lined up in support of him?

Rather we’ve got fat cats who are all about using their money and influence to tilt the table in their favor. People like the Winklevoss crypto-bros and the beloved Sean Rad, founder of Tinder.

The Grainges support of Pratt is a bad look.

Probably Elliott is friends with Spencer and they didn’t think twice about supporting him, I don’t know for sure, yet that’s how it works in politics. But now that Pratt is all over the news the Grainges’ support is trumpeted in all the media that thrives on this long shot candidacy to sell advertising.

I didn’t see the Grainges come out against ICE. I didn’t see them taking public positions on the White House ballroom or the slush fund or… Why Pratt?

Once again, L.A. has issues. And Harris has a low profile. But that does not mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater.

But the Democratic party has lost control of the narrative, which today is established online. It’s all about creativity. But the Democratic candidates keep asking us for dollars for television advertising…who exactly watches broadcast TV these days? My phone is burning up with requests for money… Not until they start living in the twenty twenties…I’m not giving them a f*cking dollar.

But that does not mean I support Pratt.

And you shouldn’t either.

As for those who do… They need to be called out. These tax-evaders who just want to make the game work for themselves…

And one more thing, the billionaire tax.

I was actually going to vote against this tax, but after reading the below, I’m not so sure.

You MUST read this story:

“The Case for California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax”: 

Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/26/opinion/wealth-tax-california-billionaire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lVA.6x7K.AyDLG_idtHFw&smid=url-share

Here’s the key point:

“California’s billionaires currently pay such a low tax rate that even if all of them left the state, it would take 25 years for the loss of their tax payments under the current set of rules to surpass the amount the state would raise if the one-time tax succeeds this fall.”

We keep hearing all these protestations about the rich paying a disproportionate share of taxes, but these billionaires borrow against their holdings and the increase in their wealth is not taxed.

Read this:

“From 2019 to 2025, California billionaires’ wealth grew an average of over 15 percent per year, while they paid, on average, just 0.26 percent of their wealth annually in state income taxes. Their income tax payments accounted for only 2.4 percent of California’s income tax revenue.”

So what we’ve got here is oligarchs and idiots struggling for power while the rest of us are powerless and getting more and more pissed.

How did Stealer’s Wheel put it?

I’m stuck in the middle with you. And if you don’t agree with me, you’re on the wrong side.