West Hollywood City Council: Remove Trump's star from Walk of Fame

[DippyDem]

Source: CBS News

The West Hollywood City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday night urging the removal of President Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, reports CBS Los Angeles. The resolution calls on the Los Angeles City Council and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to remove Mr. Trump's star "due to his disturbing treatment of women and other actions that do not meet the shared values of the City of West Hollywood, the region, state, and country."

Mr. Trump received the star in 2007 for his work producing the Miss America Pageant and before he starred in TV's "The Apprentice".

Since then, the street plaque has been vandalized several times and completely destroyed twice, most recently last month by a man with a pickax. Austin Clay, 24, was charged Monday with one felony count for allegedly vandalizing the star and faces up to three years in jail if convicted as charged.

Initiated by West Hollywood Mayor pro tempore John D'Amico and Councilmember Lindsey Horvath, the resolution cites several reasons for getting rid of the star, including Mr. Trump's views on climate change, his border family separation policy, treatment of transgender people and his handling of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-hollywood-city-council-remove-donald-trumps-star-from-hollywood-walk-of-fame/

[pazzyanne]

1. Good for the West Hollywood City Council.

tRump's star has been vandalized multiple times and destroyed twice since 2007. The removal of his star has been discussed over the years due to those incidents.

Other stars whose stars have been vandalized include:
Bob Marley
Mariah Carey
Hugh Hefner
Bill Cosby
Sophia Vergera
John Lennon
Harry Houdini
Ed McMahon
Ashley and Mary Kate Olson
Sharon Stone

[Bluepinky]

2. Bill Cosby I understand, but why John Lennon? And what would anyone have against Harry Houdini?

[Bob Loblaw]

3. I have to admit

that one escapes me.

[PAMod]

9. Heh - I see what you did there -

[Danmel]

11. Clever!

[3catwoman3]

26. DUers are so damn...

...”wicked smart.”

I love it here!

[Bluepinky]

27. I didn't pick up on the humor right off, very funny.

[pazzyanne]

4. These comments were written in the article I found:

John Lennon - “Morons did it,” Lomax said, calling the writings “rather tacky.” The messages were scrawled in different colors of ink, which suggested that they were written by a group according to Lomax."

Harry Houdini - "The star was unveiled in 1975 and had been undisturbed until Halloween night 2000, when it mysteriously cracked. It has since been repaired, thanks to David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Siegfried and Roy, and others who paid for the restoration."

[Bluepinky]

5. Thanks for responding.

Trump should never have been offered a star to begin with, and I’m glad the council members voted the way they did.

[melm00se]

10. John Lennon

was physically abusive to women.

[IronLionZion]

15. Dumb fans wrote graffiti on John Lennon's

and cracked Harry Houdini's in a halloween prank

For example, when someone puts a swastika on Trump's star, is it a supporter or protester?

[pazzyanne]

25. Hmmm. the chicken or the egg conundrum.

[Snarkoleptic]

6. Melania is enthusiastic as well!

[7962]

8. I think one day that Eastern European feistiness will appear in front of Donald.

Maybe it has already!

[Racerdog1]

14. Be Best!

[7962]

7. Per their quote, they need to purge the Walk of several other Stars as well. Why not?

Kevin Spacey, Cosby, etc

Their statement when asked about this last year, at the height of the MeToo movement, was this:
“The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has received inquiries asking whether we are planning to remove the stars of Walk of Famers because of alleged misconduct. The answer is no,” said Leron Gubler, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. “The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a registered historic landmark. Once a star has been added to the Walk, it is considered a part of the historic fabric of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Because of this, we have never removed a star from the Walk.”

So if they keep to this statement, trumps star will remain in place to be laughed at daily

[amcgrath]

12. The problem is,

the stars are not placed there by a committee who vote or decide who should be 'honoured'.

They are simply purchased. Trump or one of his minions will have paid the requisite fee, and the committee accepted it. It is not in anyway an honour 'bestowed'. It is a cash transaction and Trumps star has been bought and paid for.

[Auggie]

13. Refund the money with interest ...

what do banks give these days, .05%?

[riversedge]

23. Actually, Yesterday I read that the city taxpayers had to pay for the repairs last time

[tinrobot]

24. ...the bigger problem is that the star is not in the city of West Hollywood.

This vote is purely symbolic.

The star is in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

[Adrahil]

16. Carrie Fisher. See NEEDS to be there. NT

[forgotmylogin]

20. Carrie Fisher would be a GREAT replacement.

Better than my suggestion of Stormy Daniels!

[MGKrebs]

17. They might need armed guards for that work crew.

Lots of angry trumpers out there.

[forgotmylogin]

19. Oh yeah, let the Trumpies come at road workers...

armed with pickaxes, chisels, and jackhammers. Oh, my!

[left-of-center2012]

18. West Hollywood cannot remove Trump's star

West Hollywood cannot remove Trump's star

They voted for it's removal,
but the star is in Hollywood, in Los Angeles.

In the past, Hollywood has refused to remove stars.

It's as if Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago, etc voted for the removal.

[keopeli]

21. I say leave it. He has to pay to repair it and it can serve as a focus for the creative ire of

American patriots who will be constantly defacing the "star". It will also begin to devalue to entire Walk of Fame until it's removed from the list of National Historic Landmarks. So, the pinheads at the Hollywood CofC will cook their own goose, so to speak.

I love the Walk of Fame, but having learned from Herr trump the true nature of the stars, that they're bought by the rich and famous rather than awarded, and that the custodians have no couth or patriotism, I'm eager to see the icon fall from grace and rise from the ashes as a better representation of truly memorable Americans in media.

[riversedge]

22. TAKE TRUMP DOWN!! He is dangerous to all of us!

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