Sam Yorty (with Noah Suarez-Sikes)
We're joined this week by senior Southern California correspondent Noah (twitter/bsky) to talk about California's Richard Nixon™, Saigon Sam himself, travelin' Sam Yorty. From humble beginnings as a Nebraskan ragamuffin, Sam rose to the ranks of Insanely Racist Guy. Sensually licking this podcast and using our franking privilege to mail it directly...to your ears!
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„What if Richard Nixon were from California“ Nixon literally was from California lmao
Hee Haw mention!!!
OH, finally going back to do mayoral catch up, and that Cumo announcement was so beautiful knowing what happened.
Rack off me yort
Dick & Yorty was right there girls 😭
I'm still working on a Sam Yorty/Seniority pun and I think if I take another three weeks I'll get there.
My grandfather was president of the 2nd Marine Division Association - you better believe he was at that dinner.
Not related to this episode, but I just saw the article about bedbug infestations on Turkish Air and can't wait to hear your riff.
Idk where else to write you this, but if you can cover German mayors, Boris Palmer would be interested. He's been mayor of Tübingen since 2007, one of the earliest mayors of Germany's Green party. He championed many environmental policies but quit his party in 2023 because he'd been saying racist stuff since 2015. (For context, political parties in Germany are constitutionally forced to be very democratic (bc of the Nazis), including when it comes to expelling party members. Expulsions are decided by internal courts, not party leaders alone, so it takes years typically). Oh yeah he also said at the start of the covid pandemic that we shouldn't care because the old people would die anyway.
As someone who lives within earshot of the la police academy, hate that guy. The pigs spent alllllllll day firing on the 26th it sounded like a war zone
Les kellegenles
Los Anglos
Wonderful episode, thank you for the cheer-up after a christmas full of misgendering. Matty's giggles were especially lovely <3
Christmas has passed and no tv has been rolled out.
Happy Boxing Day to ME
For more on Bill Parker I recommend "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City" by John Buntin. Great book about Parker and his mob equivalent Mickey Cohen, also of L.A Noire the game.
Municipal update this week catching me with strays for the fact that every week I do shabbat with a group of 9 people, only 3 of which are Jewish.
yorty ass so fat I thought I was balls deep in kyle lowry
After a quick google it seems that Yorty is a variation of the German Yordi which is a diminutive of the German Surname Jördan derived from the given name Jordan. He probably inherited it from his paternal grandfather who was Pennsylvania Dutch.
Speaking of Los Angle-lees: https://youtu.be/90bVvdIrVMA?si=-MYX7Yg1he2TEgnI