Bob Hertzberg

The new television ad supporting Proposition 11 doesn't pass the laugh test, according to Paul Hefner, a spokesman for the anti-11 group Citizens for Accountability.

Hefner said that the ad, which paints politicians as being against the measure, conveniently ignores Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the other politicians who favor the measure.

That list includes former Gov. Gray Davis, former state Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga) and former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles), Hefner pointed out.

There is only one certainty in Los Angeles City politics today, and that is that no one likes Councilman Jack Weiss. The former Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Eliot Spitzer-like arrogance -- though without the height, money or hooker issues -- is regularly denounced (in-private) as the most-unlikable politician in the region.  Yet, his campaign to become City Attorney in next spring’s election appears almost an anointment as credible candidates decide not to challenge him.