SPENCER PRATT ACCUSES CAMPAIGN OF STAGING CAMPAIGN

In a mayoral race already humming with the quiet dignity of a tabloid cage match, Spencer Pratt has once again chosen the noble civic path of accusing an opponent of staging democracy with allegedly rented applause. On Saturday he posted a side-by-side comparison of “real Angelenos” at his event versus what he called “30 paid actors packed into a closed set” for Nithya Raman’s commercial, then helpfully reminded everyone that unlike the big-budget fakery crowd, he merely has to show up and the people materialize, which is either grassroots politics or a very efficient meteorological event. Raman’s camp immediately waved off the claim as “another Spencer Pratt conspiracy theory” and said the people in the video were supporters, not paid actors, because apparently even in local politics everybody must now perform innocence with the urgency of a shampoo commercial. Meanwhile, a new poll has Pratt leading by a whisker, Bass trailing right behind, and Raman still in the hunt, proving once again that the race is close enough to make every accusation feel like campaign strategy and every campaign strategy feel like