Kathy Schloessman is doing right by L.A.

The plan here today is to write a positive column about a nice person who does great work on behalf of Los Angeles, and I’m feeling fine, I can do this, I really can.

I’m not wild about the idea, wouldn’t want to make it a habit and hold out hope I can still junk the whole thing if Mike Garrett or his wife calls, which would allow me to write like I usually do.

But I have a hunch that’s not going to happen, Garrett to blame again for messing things up as I’m now stuck writing about Kathy Schloessman, president of the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission.

Nice person, everyone agrees, so what more is there to be written? There’s a reason why newspapers don’t print good news very often.

She does great work, too, and unfortunately no arguments to the contrary from anyone.

She’s got a fancy title, but she says she’s just a worker bee, and if anyone cared about worker bees, the Staples Center employee of the month would get a write-up in the paper.

Go ahead and test it out. Try and say something nice to someone, and they will turn their eyes away, which is not good if you want them reading Page 2.

Say something nice to most people and they will try to change the subject, which reminds me, maybe Garrett and his wife lost my number.

Write something nice about someone, and their family will read every word, of course, even though it’s old news as far as they are concerned. Sure hope Schloessman has a big family.

As for everyone else, you can understand why not much has been written until now about Schloessman, a nice person doing great work for Los Angeles on behalf of LASEC, including an assist in bringing the NBA All-Star game here in 2011, an NCAA basketball regional in 2013, while also helping to make a pitch for the 2016 Super Bowl and 2018 U.S. Open golf tournament.

“Hey, Tim Leiweke is 95% of any sale we make on getting a big event here,” Schloessman says, so why am I writing about the other 5% or less?

“Tim is our biggest asset, and what they have done at Staples and L.A. Live our biggest attraction. I’m telling you, Tim has done amazing things for this city.”

If this wasn’t a positive column, right now I’d be mentioning something about Beckham, or maybe the Kings, which is a hockey team, I believe.

But I’m not going there, instead pointing to other contributions Schloessman has made such as NBA 101, NFL 101, the Grammys, Emmys, the NFL calling recently needing help to find a site here for a commercial shoot, tennis tournaments, the Breeders’ Cup -- if it’s happening here, LASEC is probably involved.

You know those TV shots after a golf tournament, a bunch of people lined up who made the whole tournament possible? Yeah, I usually turn the TV off, too.

But that’s Schloessman. You couldn’t pick her out in a restaurant. But tonight, more than 1,700 football officials, sponsors, media and other muckety-mucks will attend her party, which is being called the Tournament of Roses National Championship Party at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Tonight’s extravaganza, designed to show off the very best L.A. has to offer, is also 13 years of building relationships, networking and Schloessman always thinking big on display. And why should you care?

The better she does her job, the more events come to L.A., the more hotel rooms are rented, the more meals are eaten, the more taxes are paid, the city of Los Angeles benefiting across the board.

“L.A. has taken a knock for years not supporting events, but Kathy has done a tremendous job showing people how to stage an event here, proving that perception false,” says Bob Graziano, former Dodgers executive, who is now serving as LASEC chairman. “This is a complicated city, but Kathy makes things easy for people coming here who have no idea where to begin.”

The last time they staged the Bowl Championship Series title game here, a survey indicated it had a $400-million impact directly and indirectly on the local economy.

Tough to do now in this economy, but she will have Matthew McConaughey, Courteney Cox, LeAnn Rimes, Sela Ward, Melissa Joan Hart, Michael ClarkeDuncan, Alyssa Milano, Joe Montana, Jerry West, Wayne Gretzky and the Simpsons stopping by tonight’s party because outsiders like nothing more than to rub shoulders with celebrities here.

They feel good and they spend their money, “and right now the folks from Alabama are coming in droves,” Schloessman says. “And they are very excited about being here.”

With that in mind, she will also have a stage for dancing with the stars, oxygen and coffee bars, all very L.A.; the only surprise she won’t have is an NCAA infraction booth available so folks might stop by to visit with Garrett.

“I can’t imagine finding anyone better for this job,” says attorney Rick Welch, patting himself on the back for hiring Schloessman to replace Tug McGraw’s wife more than a decade ago. “This is no easy place, we’re big, we’re spread out and politically complicated, but she bridges all that.”

She has her faults, of course. She’s a Raiders fan and a few years ago gave LASEC’s Ambassador Award to Bill Dwyre, the same award later given, and that’s later given -- to Vin Scully.

“I think Dwyre has been great for sports in L.A.,” she says, while making no mention of how great he’s been for Notre Dame in L.A.

Oh well, everyone’s not perfect, even in a positive column.

The thing is, L.A. would do just fine without Schloessman and LASEC, but with LASEC under her leadership, it’s doing great things for the city, too many to recount here because no one really cares to read about them.

Another story on Shannon Brown would be better received, but now I’m starting to sound like my old self, and I really should save that for Garrett and his wife.

I’d hate to be off my game when they call.

t.j.simers@latimes.com