HELL-A ain't happy with President Obama.
The President was in in town LAst night and during the afternoon rush hour, he visited TV producer John Wells' Hancock Park home for a fundraiser.
This caused traffic gridlock; blocked with police tape, no access to some streets.
Angry motorist let LAPD know exactly what they thought, they took to the phones.
One person stated angrily that he should have voted for McCain. Gasp. That makes no sense--whoever the President is, it would have still caused blocked traffic.
Residents reported that commutes and errands that typically took minutes turned into hours-long ordeals. One particular complaint was that streets remained blocked for hours -- even when Obama was inside TV producer John Wells' Hancock Park home at a fund-raiser.
"What has occurred is way beyond reasonable and can only be described as negligent," L.A. resident Kevin McCarthy said in an e-mail to The Times. "If it isn't my story, currently evolving, of beginning my 1 mile journey home at 5pm and at 7:50pm now being 3 miles from home with no viable idea of how to get closer, it should be about the two sirens-wailing ambulances I have witnessed stuck in this unnecessary gridlock."
The Los Angeles Fire Department reported no delays for emergency vehicles. But the LAPD heard an earful from angry motorists.
One man, who did not want to give his name, said it had taken his wife four hours to drive home from Brentwood. Another man trying to walk west on 6th Street to his office shouted at the officers blocking his way and told them he wished he had voted for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Obama's opponent in the 2008 presidential race.
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