Zev Yaraslovsky

The uniquely named politician is one of 5 supervisors of Los Angels County. Prior to that, he was a Los Angeles City Councilman and, before that, he was a teenager. The man has lived on tax dollars his entire life. Short, fat and rumpled, he is a caricature of the local politico. Zev is well-known though for championing the low-flush toilet, an achievement of sorts.

Recently, he has been featured in a political commercial promoting more funding for UCLA which just happens to be in Zev's old councilmanic district and is in his present supervisorial area. The commercial's punch line is something like this: If we fail to fund UCLA and produce all those smart graduates, wait until you see what mediocrity looks like.

Now that Zev knows something about.