POSTED SEPT. 20 CHECK OUT EARLIER POSTS OF SEPT. 1 & 15.
SPECIAL ALERT--- LAUSD TEACHERS OF THE SUBSTITUTE UNIT
PRESS CONFERENCE AND DEMONSTRATION ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 2009 IN FRONT OF UNITED TEACHERS OF LA (UTLA) BLDG. AT 3303 WILSHIRE BLVD. EAST OF VERMONT AVENUE AT 5:30 P.M. PRIOR TO SPECIAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEETING UPSTAIRS. THANKS TO L.A. TIMES REPORTER HOWARD BLUME'S BLOG POSTING KABC-TV DID A STORY ON SUBSTITUTES THROWN OUT OF WORK BECAUSE PRESIDENT DUFFY STOLE OUR SENIORITY IN A BACKROOM DEAL WITH LAUSD. NON HOUSE MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE HOUSE MEETING AND TELL DUFFY EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK OF HIS ACTIONS THAT HAVE LEFT 6,000 TEACHERS JOBLESS. WE WILL BE DISPLAYING
A LARGE REPORT CARD GIVING DUFFY STRAIGHT F'S. COME TO OUR
PRESS CONFERENCE AND BE SEEN AND HEARD BY THE MEDIA, WE
ARE TRACKING DOWN A STORY THAT ONE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
HAS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. BRING YOUR OWN CAMERA. THERE WILL
BE A GIANT BANNER. FOR MORE INFO
CALL : (323) 469-4178.
ANOTHER SNUFF TAPE SURFACES
WALSH CONFIDENTIAL POSTED 9/20
LASD OFFICER KILLS A MAN IN COMPTON AND THERE IS MAJOR COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA ON AUGUST 27, A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD AND THERE'S ALMOST NO MEDIA. AND THIS POLICE KILLING AT THE SUBWAY STATION COMES WITH A SNUFF TAPE ATTACHED. ACCORDING TO CITY NEWS STORY REPORT IN 8/29 DAILY NEWS A SHERIFF APPROACHED A MAN AT THE NOHO STATION AND ASKED TO SEE PROOF OF FARE PAYMENT. WHEN HE FAILED TO RESPOND, A CLASH ENSUED AND HE WAS SHOT WITH A TASER GUN. FOLLOWED BY TWO MORE TASER SHOTS. THE VICTIM WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS IS LAW ENFORCEMENT'S SIDE OF THE STORY. WE KNOW NOTHING ELSE BECAUSE THE TIMES HAS NO INTEREST. IS IT TRUE THAT THE MAN KILLED BY THE DEPUTY WAS AN IMMIGRANT WHO DIDN'T RESPOND BECAUSE HE SPOKE NO ENGLISH? WHAT WAS HIS NAME?
L.A. TIMES DID A MAJOR INVESTIGATIVE PIECE WHEN SOMEONE AT A DOWNTOWN STATION WAS ROUGHED UP BY A MTA POLICE OFFICER (THE SHERIFFS RIVALS). THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE WAS SUPPLIED TO THE L.A. TIMES. THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER LASD TAKES FULL CONTROL OF SECURITY ON THE SUBWAY, AN OFFICER SHOOTS A WOULD-BE SUBWAY RIDER TO DEATH OVER A G*DDAMN DOLLAR AND A QUARTER, AND NO POLITICIAN IN L.A. SEEMS TO WANT TO FIND OUT WHY SOMEONE DIED AT THE STATION. WHEN THE VICTIM OF A POLICE SHOOTING IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ACTIVISTS CALL FOR AN INQUIRY, AND THE MEDIA TAKES ACTION. BUT WHEN THE VICTIM IS HISPANIC, THERE SELDON IS AN EQUIVALENT RESPONSE.
LOS ANGELES IS THE ONLY BIG CITY IN AMERICA WHERE ANY CITIZEN CAN FACE THE MAYOR AND GIVE THE MAYOR A PIECE OF THEIR MIND. THIS IS BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS REQUIRED TO SIT ON THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BOARD BY SACRAMENTO AND ANYONE HAS A RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE BOARD UNDER THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT. NAMED AFTER AN OTHERWISE OBSCURE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR FROM THE FIFTIES.
SO... I'LL BE PRESSURING THE MAYOR OVER NOHO TASER-GATE AT THIS THURSDAY's MTA BOARD MEETING. HE TRIES TO DUCK JOHN WALSH BUT IT NEVER WORKS. HERE ARE THE DEMANDS:
1.) IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF SHERIFF's USE OF
TASERS.
2.) RELEASE OF DETAILS OF THE MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS AND DEATH OF MTA PATRON AT NORTH HOLLYWOOD SUBWAY STATION.
3.) INVESTIGATION OF EVERY INCIDENCE OF TASER SHOOTING ON MTA BUSES AND TRAINS.
4.) RELEASE OF SURVEILLANCE TAPE OF TASER SHOOTING.
THE YIN AND YANG OF DOWNTOWN POLITICS
U.S. ATTORNEY DEBRA YANG WAS APPOINTED BY BUSH NUMBER TWO AND PROMPTLY FELL ASLEEP AT PROSECUTING REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS AS WELL AS DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS FOR CORRUPTION. HER REWARD FROM THE MAYOR; A SEAT ON THE POLICE COMMISSION. IF I WERE AT THE TOP OF MANATT-PHELPS, THE TOP LAW FIRM IN TOWN, I'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF MY NEWEST PARTNERS -TO-BE AT THE POLICE COMMISSION WITH HER EAR TO THE GROUND.
L.A. CITY COUNCIL: ROOSTER LIMITS SI! TERM LIMITS NO!
THIS TUESDAY THE CITY COUNCIL PUTS A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER
OF ROOSTERS YOU CAN KEEP AT HOME. CHICKEN LIBERATION
NOW! LIBERTARIANS UNITE. ASK LIBERTARIAN RON PAUL TO HELP
SPARE THE L.A. ROOSTER NOW. IF IT IS THE CROWING, THE CITY
MIGHT CONSIDER MANDATING ACOUSTIC PADDING FOR CAGES.
THAT IS ASSUMING THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL HAS NOTHING BETTER
TO DO WITH ITS TIME. PLUS THE L.A. ROOSTER ACT BREAKS THE
CIVIL RIGHTS LAW. WHAT ABOUT HENS?THEY END UP GETTING
LESS SEX FROM THE ROOSTERS. AND PRODUCE LESS EGGS,
CONTRIBUTING TO WORLD HUNGER. WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE
GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER... OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
...COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC GARCETTI QUIT WASTING MEETING
TIME AT CITY COUNCIL. THE YOLK IS ON THE COUNCIL POLITICIANS.
RAIL CAR CORRUPTION: MAYOR ANTONIO HAS PROMISED OBAMA TO DELIVER THE $300,000 RAIL CAR MTA CONTRACT TO STEPHEN(SHANGRI-LA) BING WHO BANKROLLED CLINTON'S TRIP TO NORTH KOREA. BUT AT LAST WEEK'S OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF MTA, THERE WERE REPORTS OF MULTIPLE FAILURES AND SNAFUS WITH THE NEW ITALIAN CARS DURING TESTING ON THE TRACKS OF THE DELAYED EAST SIDE RAIL LINE. IS TRANSPORTATION REPORTER DAN WEIKEL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL? THE MAYOR WANTS TO BUILD A FACTORY TO TURN OUT THESE ITALIAN LEMONS BY HANDING OVER$300 MILLION TO HIS TRANSPORTATION DEPUTY JAY CARSON WHOSE LAST JOB WAS FLACKING FOR BING ON THE VERY SAME DEAL. CARSON VOWS HE WILL STAY AWAY FROM THE NEGOTIATIONS. DID CARSON DISCUSS HIS FORMER BOSS' CAR DEAL LAST WEEK WITH MTA BOARD APPOINTEE RICHARD KATZ? JUST ASKING.
MTA'S CHIEF LOBBYIST FOR RAIL HAD A PUBLIC CONVERSATION DURING AN MTA COMMITTEE MEETING LAST THURSDAY WITH ANTONIO. KENT WOODSON IN D.C. TOLD THE MAYOR AT MTA HQ THAT HE CAN FORGET ABOUT STARTING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SABWAY FROM HELL TO THE SEA IN 2012 BECAUSE IT WON'T BE TILL THAT SAME YEAR THAT LOS ANGELES CAN COMPETE WITH DOZENS OF OTHER CITIES TO NEGOTIATE A FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT. EVERY NEGATIVE STORY ABOUT LOCAL RAIL HURTS MTA CHANCES OF SWINGING THE CONTRACT. HENCE THE COVER UP OF STATISTICS LIKE RIDERSHIP - WHICH IS GOING DOWN. ON STORIES THAT DON'T CONCERN LAND VALUES OF DOWNTOWN REAL; ESTATE WHERE ZELL HAS HUGE HOLDINGS, THE LAT CAN BE GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS, ONE AND ALL ON YOUR FIRE COVERAGE. THERE IS NO NEWS GATHERING ORGANIZATION ON THE PLANET THAT DOES A BETTER JOB OF COVERING A NATURAL DISASTER THAN THE LOS
ANGELES TIMES
WE ARE AVERAGING 550 HITS DAILY ON THIS WEBSITE. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INTERNS.
POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE DAY; IF THE CHOICE IS BETWEEN VOTING FOR A FOOL OR A KNAVE, ALWAYS VOTE FOR THE KNAVE. A KNAVE WILL NEVER UN-INTENTIONALLY HARM YOU, A FOOL WILL. I HOPE I LIVE TO POST AGAIN. LAST DYING REQUEST TO L.A. CITY COUNCIL
WHEN I DIE, DO NOT ADJOURN IN MY MEMORY. EVEN IN DEATH I WOULD CONSIDER IT AND ETERNAL INSULT TO HAVE MY NAME ASSOCIATED WITH THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL. AMEN.
