David Abel, the chairman of Los Angeles County's Economy and Efficiency Commission, says the mayor is bad at motivating his troops.

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Police and firefighters were responding to reports of damage in El Reno, just outside Union City, but it was not immediately known how bad the damage was, Mayor Matt White said.

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And in so doing, perpetuating a falsehood that would only add to the bad taste in judgment had the Mayor and organizers gone through with the event.

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Of those, 64% say the mayor's proposal is a bad idea.

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But if the scheme survives the inevitably difficult transition period and the computers don't collapse, the mayor's political prospects do not look bad.

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Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he'd veto what he called a short-sighted measure that would be bad for the city's economy.

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