Ah, Mt. Rushmore, with that famous array...

Ah, Mt. Rushmore, with that famous array of chiseled faces--Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln and . . . Presley?

That’s the dream of Magic Matt Alan, a L.A. disc jockey, who proposed that the South Dakota monument adopt the singer’s famous floral bust.

“There’s plenty of room to the right of Teddy,” Alan declared.

Which, in fact, is where Elvis appears in a drawing in today’s edition of the Rapid City Journal.

The newspaper “already had a drawing with Reagan up there after someone proposed putting him on Rushmore,” said staff writer Debra Holland. “All it needed was a little pen work.”

The Elvis noggin, which appeared in the 1990 Rose Parade, is currently between gigs in a Jackson, Miss., scrap yard.

Rushmore officials say the King won’t be joining the Presidents, even after KIIS-FM’s Alan argued that the landmark was no draw without Presley. Supt. Donald Wenk responded: “To assume that most Americans don’t make it to the Heartland is an example of the West Coast urban mentality.”

Thanks for winning the West Coast some new admirers, Magic Matt.

And now from the people who gave you Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy . . .

The Pete Wilson Administration!

Yes, the governor’s Inaugural Fiesta tonight is being staged by the Walt Disney Co.

Speakers at the memorial service for Councilman Gilbert Lindsay were limited to two minutes each Friday, ironic in view of the fact that Lindsay was long-winded and proud of it. After Mayor Bradley made some affectionate and witty remarks, he was followed by City Councilman John Ferraro, who said:

“Tom, Gil would have been proud of you. You exceeded the two minutes.”

Well, one thing you have to say about 1991--it’s been a rainy year so far. Worsened traffic congestion was predictable. Still, the half-inch of wet stuff that fell Thursday wasn’t quite as devastating as the large, Page One headline in Friday’s edition of Noticias del Mundo newspaper indicated:

“ Un Desastroso Dia de Lluvia (A Disastrous Day of Rain).”

Almost as predictable as the outbreak of traffic accidents was the now-familiar declaration by state officials that the storm had had no effect on the drought.

The rain did, however, remind us to tell you that April 26 has been set as opening day of the City of Industry’s second annual Great Snail Festival.

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L.A.’s first kosher pizza restaurant was Kosher Nostra, established in 1975. It’s owned by Posh Nosh Int., which also operates a kosher Chinese restaurant (Peking Tam) and a kosher Mexican eatery (Pepe Tam). Tam is Hebrew for “tasty.”