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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

CD 14 Debate

Last night brought us the first of the "official" debates between Huizar and Pacheco at the Mt. Washington Home Alliance. While we were not in attendance, many of you were as witnessed by the comments which began appearing between the two camps at about 8:45 last evening.

Rather than give you our twisted take, we'll give you nuts the platform to debate it yourselves.

Let the cutting and pasting commence!

67 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I attended. Both guys were boring. Both candidates responses about a question concerning gentrification were laughable. I think they both talked about traffic.

In any event, I'd give the edge to Pacheco. He simply knew more about the district.

And Jose, please clarify your response re Prop 13. I didn't understand it.

August 16, 2005 7:15 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Last night's debate didn't resemble a LA City Council race. It looked more like a Highland Park neighborhood council meeting. Both candidates lack the ability to articulate an issue in a manner worth convincing.

But, in the end, I give the edge to Huizar. Simply, because he's got the support from the majority of the city council, the mayor, and several other elected officials. He's developing partnerships, while Nick is holding barbeques with 20 people.

As a former city councilman, Nick, seems to lost the luster of speaking in public because his voice was low and had no spark whatsoever. As an earlier post mentioned, although we were at the Mt. Washington Home Alliance meeting in Highland Park, Nick, must of talked about Boyle Heights every time he asked a question. Mind you, lots of folks wanted to know about issues relevent in their community, yet, Nick must be thinking that Boyle Heights is the South LA of the mayor's race.

One of the other reasons I thought Nick fared poorly was his response to the question about the Southwest Museum. He answered the question with: "I basically will have to defer to the mayor on this issue because he wields the biggest bat when it comes to the museum issue and we need him to hit a home run." Huizar countered that he isn't about to the mayor take the lead issue when the museum sits in CD 14 (of course, this drew heavy applause).

Another observation was that Huizar had a lot more supporters than Nick Pacheco last night. Nick's fan base also clapped before he could even finish his point on many issues, which was kind of annoying.

All in all, not very exciting, but Nick's definitely on the ropes and is going to have to play dirty to win this one.

August 16, 2005 7:26 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

February 24, 2003

HispanicVista.com Editorial
www.latinobeat.net/html3/022403editorial.htm

Nick Pacheco: Once more a disgrace to Los Angeles
On its weekly edition of November 18-24, 2002, three months ago, HispanicVista published an editorial condemning Los Angeles City Councilman Nick Pacheco for his unethical and disgraceful conduct. For the ready convenience of our readers, a reprint of the editorial follows this narrative.
Since the publication of the editorial several episodes of political misconduct among Latino politicians are of major concern to all Hispanics.

Recently, in the City of Southgate, Los Angeles County, the electorate recalled three of its Councilpersons, including the Mayor, for corruption in office. And what did these corrupt officials do? They ransacked the Treasury and by spending millions of dollars to pay off their bills and left the City insolvent.

This is the kind of egregious conduct that is symptomatic in Nick Pacheco. He suffers from an incurable case of unethical conduct and reckless disregard for democratic practices of fair play.

Once more Pacheco has been caught with his hand in the till. And once more he denies any knowledge of the facts.

His opponent, Antonio Villaraigosa, formerly a candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles and speaker of the California Assembly, discovered that a community services group has been receiving 'laundered' political contributions from Pacheco, to be spent on behalf of Pacheco's campaign for reelection, camouflaged as contributions to community services. Though caught in the act, Pacheco, once more, denies any knowledge of the malfeasance.

Our readers are encouraged to read the Los Angeles Times Editorial, "Perfectly Forgetful Pacheco" which was published in yesterday's Sunday edition in the Opinion section (M4). The Times conducted a thorough investigation of Pacheco's laundered contributions from taxpayer funds to aid his campaign. This episode is now being investigated by the County District Attorney's office.

Hispanics do not need any more bad examples among their political representatives. When a gregarious breach of trust occurs, such as it did in the City of Southgate, and now in Pacheco's case, Hispanics need to follow the example of their brethren in Southgate and get rid of the wrongdoers.

HispanicVista endorses Antonio Villaraigosa for Los Angeles City Councilman for the 14th District and urges the electorate to reject Pacheco and voice their disapproval to the abuses of our democratic system and Hispanic values.

HispanicVista.com Editorial appearing on the November 18-24. 2002 issue.

http://www.hispanicvista.com/html2/111802editorial.htm

LA COUNCILMAN PACHECO: A DISGRACE TO THE COMMUNITY

Election rhetoric is reaching new lows, as characterized by the California gubernatorial election wherein reelected Governor Davis engaged in a negative and personalized attack, avoiding the issues type campaign, reminiscent of his predecessor, Peter Wilson. The obvious consequence, a ‘no' vote from the electorate who stayed away in droves, particularly the Latino and Black minorities. But nothing in previous ‘hit' pieces compares to the new low authored by Nick Pacheco, the City Councilman for the Los Angeles 14th District.

As is his custom, Pacheco employed a hit man for his attempted character assassination of Antonio Villaraigosa. The hit man, is Pacheco's lifelong friend and school buddy, Ricardo A. Torres, not to be confused with his distinguished father, a former Presiding Los Angles Superior Court Judge.

Torres, a personal injury lawyer, delights in playing the role of the henchman for his buddy. He sent mailers to all the households in the 14th District, naturally hiding the authorship, accusing Antonio of being a racist, anti-White no less, and a womanizer, unfaithful to his spouse. When confronted with the evidence that he was responsible for the mailers, he defended his actions and vowed to continue his unethical conduct in order to apprise the community of Villaraigosa's "...lack of honesty and integrity."

Torres neglects to mention that he has been suspended from the practice of law by the State Bar for committing "acts of moral turpitude." Clearly, his moral compass is malfunctioning.

Having being caught with his hand in the cookie jar, one would think that Pacheco would call off his pit bull, and apologize, to control the political fallout that befell him. But he didn't and will not, unless, of course the public outcry forces him to do so. Meanwhile, he cowardly removed himself from Torres, disclaiming any responsibility for the foul deeds, but alleged that the Torres mailers contained factual statements notwithstanding the fact that he had nothing to do with the hit pieces.

In the Los Angeles mayoral race, two years ago, which pitted Villaraigosa against the incumbent Mayor, James Hahn, Pacheco, undercover, orchestrated the underhanded impersonation of the popular Hispanic political leader, Supervisor Gloria Molina. Disguising the voice of Ms. Molina, the impersonator telemarketing operators telephoned the Eastside Latino electorate disavowing Molina's support for Villaraigosa. Despite the formidable evidence to the contrary, Pacheco still denies his role in the foul deed.

Slime and cowardice - these are the underpinnings of Pacheco'a character. He is a disgrace to Los Angeles and, more particularly, to the Hispanic community who entrusted him with their representation.

To their credit, the Los Angeles Times, whose editorial staff has allocated generous resources to the coverage of Latino issues, condemned Pacheco for his slime deeds in their editorial "Another Doze of Sleaze" published on November 12. Also the public outcry throughout Los Angeles, and in the Hispanic community in particular, has condemned Pacheco's vicious, unprecedented and unethical conduct.

Gloria Molina is endorsing Antonio for the March, 2003 election in which he is challenging the incumbent Pacheco. Sheriff Lee Baca, another popular Hispanic, has withdrawn support from Pacheco.

But this is not enough. Universally the Hispanic community, as well as the political sector of Los Angeles, has to stand up as one and condemn Pacheco. He must be ousted from office. And, in the future, if he, or any other slime like him, rears its ugly political head, the community, as one, needs to be ready to chop it off.

August 16, 2005 7:27 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

My favorite moment of the debate was when a question was asked about illegal business signage on York Blvd in Highland Park, and Nick answered he had no idea this was going on. C'mon, Nick, your campaign office is on York/Eagle Rock and, yet, you don't know this exists.

August 16, 2005 7:31 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I'd agree that both are not very articulate....yet. I'd also say that Nick won because he just seemed more knowledgable about the minute details of certain projects.

And, I don't think Jose's support from councilmembers (which the Mayor delivered to him) amounts to anything. The Mayor would endorse anyone running against Nick.

I wish Gil Cedillo or Gloria Romero would have run. We need a top notch candidate and neither Nick or Jose meet that definition.

August 16, 2005 7:33 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I think someone at the debate should have asked Huizar how can he expect to lead CD 14 when he couldn't improve performance in Dist. 2.

From Today's Daily News: "Nearly one-third of the Class of 2006 in Los Angeles public schools has failed the state's mandatory high school graduation exam and has just two more chances to pass it before graduation next June, according to test results released Monday. Only 60 percent of the LAUSD's African-Americans and 66 percent of Latinos have passed the test, well behind state numbers."

August 16, 2005 7:42 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I enjoyed Jon Regardie's piece in the LA Downtown News yesterday where he wrote:

"As The Establishment seems ready to anoint Huizar, Pacheco is taking on one of the most interesting roles in recent electoral history - as both the outsider, the man cast from the Garden of Politics, and the consummate insider, the experienced vet who knows where all the secret district funds are buried. To top it off, he's also selling himself as a reach-out-and-touch-me figure."

Unforunately, the odds are against Nick, and his time is up because no one wants to work with him.

August 16, 2005 7:48 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

To the previous poster on HispanicVista, the city is South Gate, not Southgate and with such thorough investigations by the Times, where are the indictments? In fact, where was the folloow-up DA investigation? Just more of Parke's bullshit. I hope Huizar uses this in his campaign, Parke needs to be sued for this to the the facts. That "laundered" money went for christmas turkeys and toys for the five housing projects in Boyle Heights, the City Ethics Commission already confirmed this in writing.

What is HispanicVista anyway?

August 16, 2005 7:56 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Given Huizar's answers at the debate is it any wonder that there is nearly a 60% drop out rate among Latinos in LAUSD. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. It is obvious that Huizar didn't drink up any knowledge at those prestigious educational institutions he attended.

August 16, 2005 7:59 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

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www.hispanicvista.com
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August 16, 2005 8:01 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Was Tony there holding Little Huizy's hand?

August 16, 2005 8:07 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I find it interesting that we always blame the drop-out rate on bureaucrats, but, yet, we as parents and community members, don't do anything about it. Remember, WE need to take care of our kids and encourage them to stay out of trouble and go to school. Quit blaming the administrators and take responsibilty as a parent to attend meetings with teachers, counselors, and principals. You take the easy way out when you blame others.

I thank Huizar personally for the support provided to the following LAUSD-affiliated charter schools in District 2:

-Academia Avance in Highland Park
-Academia Semillas del Pueblo
-CA Academy for Liberal Studies Early College HS (CALS)
-Camino Nuevo Charter Academy
-Camino Nuevo Charter HS
-CityLife Downtown Charter
-Gabriella Charter School
-Giraffe Charter Elem.
-Jardin De la Infancia (K-1)
-KIPP LA College Prep.
-LA Leadership Academy
-N.E.W. Academy of Science & Arts
-Para Los Niños Charter
-Puente Charter

August 16, 2005 8:13 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Who advises these guys? They both sounded not ready for prime time.

August 16, 2005 8:21 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

All these Charter Schools, five years on the board, and still a 60% drop out rate. What else should we thank Huizar for, Taylor Yard, Roosevelt High, his bathroom or his sister's house?

August 16, 2005 8:22 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Most of these guys saying Nick's time is up were the same ones saying he wasn't ready in 1999. Yet, what followed was accomplishment after accomplishment, the facts are there. The old Latino guard didn't suport him then and Nick doesn't need their support now. After 30+ years of Latino representation in the Eastside, has anything really changed? The only bright spot during this era was Nick's tenure as city councilman. Just as Huizar why he supported him in 2003, before Parke and Tony performed their castration on him.

August 16, 2005 8:27 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

My point taken. Pacheco supports never answer questions, but rather point fingers at others. It's the reason why Nick P. had his ass handed to him by MAV in 2003. It's also the reason, why he's going to lose this CD 14 election. Bitch, bitch, bitch.... I guess this makes all Pacheco supporters, bitches!

Do you recall the drop out rate in CD 14 in 2002? Franklin High had a 53 percent drop-out rate. Yet, Pacheco, didn't do a damn thing to make it better.

August 16, 2005 8:32 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

When Nick came to office in 1999, Pacheco replaced Richard Alatorre, the one-time leader of the Eastside political establishment who had mired himself in controversy and scandal. Pacheco was in the position of casting himself as the anti-Alatorre and emerging as the Latino political leader of the future, if not the present.

For all his positive qualities, he has emerged as neither.

It is not that Pacheco was not a good councilman, but his four years as CD 14's rep, he failed to exercise a vision beyond the routine and expected.

The sidewalk in front of my HP house is still not fixed, although I sent a letter to Nick in January 2003.

August 16, 2005 8:38 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

JOse huizar said emphatically last night that he was in favor of changing Prop 13. He wants to split roll it.

Nail in his coffine number 1.

Coming out of the gate talking about split rolling 13 which will send more money to the county and not the City of Los Angeles , is not a good thing. The City needs money.

Jose put me to sleep a couple of times, that is for sure. The questions were boring .

I do agree with PAcheco as being realistic about deferring to Antonio Villaraigosa, that statement comes from experience in understanding who should lead the charge in certain situations , the mayor can work across disrict lines , considering there is nothing but territorialism amongst the councilmembers. GOes to show who understands the way this city works , surely not Jose Huizar.

On the southwest musuem , yeah , Tom Labonge is going to allow a money maker for his district for tourism to stay in cd 14. Whatever .

Antonio has a good relationship with Tom LAbonge. A great one. But I forsee Tom still fighing for his district.

August 16, 2005 10:08 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Um, 8:32 a.m.

Wasn't JOSE HUIZAR on the school board in 2002, also???

Wasn't it HIS job to fix Franklin's drop out rate, FAR more than Pacheco's?

Didn't Huizar heartily ENDORSE Pacheco in 2002?

If you answered anything other than YES to all three of the above, you dropped out of reality a long time ago!

August 16, 2005 10:30 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

7:27 AM Old News irrelevant and lies paid for by Parke Skelton and crew

August 16, 2005 10:48 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I will be back to take you on a short lesson about how the money is spent and how it gets where it does after prop 13

August 16, 2005 10:49 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Interesting Cable TV watch in the Northeast last night -- right about the time people CD14 debate was letting out. Local acces channel says it has an interview with "Jose Huizar" -- sounds interesting. Have yet to hear him say anything substantive -- maybe UNDER THE LIGHTS he'll do better?

Sorry, CD14 voters, false alarm, it wasn't a new interview about what council candidate Huizar will do for the district he wants to preside over for 16 months, it was a not-very-old-at-ALL interview with SCHOOL BOARD candidate Huizar, who wanted to talk about how he was going to now fix LAUSD.

YIKES, someone at "Huizar-FU-LA" HQ better get ahold of Adelphia and tell them to STOP running that VERY recent cable show where perpetual candidate Sleazy Huizy was gushing about how EXCITED he was to be on the LAUSD board and was looking forward to the challenges "ahead" (It might sound WAY to much like the current propaganda about what he's NOW/NOT going to do for CD14).

List of Huizar's degrees. . .

B.S., B.S., B.S., B.S., B.S.

August 16, 2005 10:54 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

WHAT ABOUT THE "BOOM" in new Neighborhood Watches (80, right?) in CD14 since 2003, Chief Parker. Was it SOUND policy to lie for do-nothing Antonio and say you had PROOF the he actually earned even a small portion of the $300K the city paid him (to work for Kerry, his own mayoral campaign, and ANYTHING else BUT CD14)?

When do we get to RE-ASSES (sp?) his accomplishments and get a rebate on that scam?

August 16, 2005 10:58 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Funny, during the mayor's race, the people running this blog were constantly PISSED about the Hahn "blogging team" posting "old news" about Tony Villar's past (proven) scams in other positions, over and over and over.

NOW, not a peep about the Huizar blogging squad posting 3,5,7-year old (DISPROVEN) articles about Pacheco.

Hypocrites.

August 16, 2005 11:01 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Ya Basta News Paper Headlines.

Huizar Impressive! Nick win round one by whisper.

Stay Tune Raza.

August 16, 2005 11:04 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

What should I do? Both candidates are qualified & nice. I like both and would vote for both. What should the voter do in this situation?

August 16, 2005 11:08 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

11:08

It's an Eastside race, you CAN vote for both, just ask Parke and Victor Griego how to do it. You might, however, have to register at a nearby cemetary.

August 16, 2005 11:15 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

prop 57 and prop 1a have changed things quite a bit.

It looks like the only thing a split -roll will do is deter business from locating within the city of los angeles

August 16, 2005 11:19 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

This Huizar race must be reminiscent of the Gordon race for Parke. Just haven't got a clue, have you?

August 16, 2005 11:22 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Though both were not impressive, Pacheco was the clear winner. Huizar proved he had a lot to learn. If I was a resident in CD14 I would want Pacheco as my Councilmember not because I like him or think he is a good guy but he will go to City Hall and kick butt against those other Councilmembers who are very weak. They are afraid Pacheco will come and take all their money, and he will. Huizar will be the weakest of the Councilmembers and CD14 will lose its fair share under him.

August 16, 2005 11:25 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hey, Raza-baiter at 11:04 a.m.

The only thing "impressive" about Jose is an ego that says he can pull off the same kind of "I've done nothing, but elect me anything" scam his chief endorser did in CD14.

August 16, 2005 11:42 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I'm still don't know what Huizar stands for. He is so fake.

August 16, 2005 11:53 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

You Pacheco haters are all the same. Post those old lies about Pacheco day after day. Can't you guys do anything else than beat up him on false accusations and lies.

What a shame. You really do bring it to a new low.

August 16, 2005 12:28 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Went to the debate last night, hands down win for Jose. It is going to take a lot more lipsick from Hacopian to make this pig look good.

August 16, 2005 1:40 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Who was the midget (little person) that Huizar hired. He has to be 4 feet tall.

August 16, 2005 1:58 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

For your consideration, I would like to pass the motion of calling Alex Padilla on this blog site, "Mr. Lloron" on all blogging purposes...

All those in favor say...

August 16, 2005 2:02 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"All in all, not very exciting, but Nick's definitely on the ropes and is going to have to play dirty to win this one."

When has he ever not played dirty?

August 16, 2005 2:06 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

******************************************************
If we are going to vote, let's have a choice: Llorón (which needs that bothersome accent mark) or Chilletas.

******************************************************

August 16, 2005 2:09 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

I love yours too, Chilletas...que chistoso.

August 16, 2005 2:11 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Mayor samuel, will it be possible to do a new thread with a vote on this Lloron or Chilletas as Alex Padillas new name?

We can have an option of selecting from these and more names...

August 16, 2005 2:13 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

2:06 p.m.

You call Porke Skelton making up lies daily for the L.A. Times "playing nice?"

Explain how Pacheco "plays dirty" -- be specific - and PLEEAZE don't tell me how other people he's associated with (who hate Villaraigosa" on their own), like Torres and Bacerra did stuff to little Tony. None of that "guilt by association" shit; half of cd14 is "associated" in some form, and AV's list of crooked cronies it twice as long any anyone else in the district.

That guy who likes to say "Pachueco" never came up with anything concrete. Neither will you!

August 16, 2005 2:15 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

1:40 p.m.

lipsick??

lipstick?
lipsynch?
or ???

Another "House of Huizar" LAUSD grad apparently!

August 16, 2005 2:17 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

All you Pacheco supporters are smoking weed, because Nick has no chance in hell to win this race. Sorry, Charlie.

August 16, 2005 2:18 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Does Charlie know about the indictment that will be going down for some of Huizar's associates linked with embezzlement. His name is on the court papers.

Court Reporter reporting from Los Angeles.

August 16, 2005 2:24 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

OK, so now is where some vapid Huizar honey says (but Nick Pacheco doesn't even HAVE a Website), right?

Pacheco had four years of solid ACCOMPLISHMENTS and tough stands on issues as the last councilmember to actually SERVE the district's needs. The people know him, know his records, and know where he stands. Website will be icing on the cake.

Funny that Huizar got a bunch of people to endorse him WITHOUT any stated accomplishments of tough positions on issue.

How wll thought out THEIR support be??

August 16, 2005 2:30 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Yes, Pacheco's RECORD of public service, not the fake "ethical lapses" records invented in that same narcotic haze No Jue Jose just talked about, like Parke's lies about Pacheco and people he knew at one time or another.

August 16, 2005 2:32 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Wasn't fellow Berkeley alumnus Torres the Huizar family attorney? Wasn't fellow Stanford alumnus Becerra one of Huizar's first supporters?

August 16, 2005 2:36 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Pacheco has more solid accomplishments than Huizar. I'm still searching on GOOGLE for Huizar's accomplishment. I can't find any.

Huizar=desfalco, trampa, timo, estafa, falacia, defraudación, engaño

August 16, 2005 2:39 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

When Nick came to office in 1999, Pacheco replaced Richard Alatorre, the one-time leader of the Eastside political establishment who had mired himself in controversy and scandal. Pacheco was in the position of casting himself as the anti-Alatorre and emerging as the Latino political leader of the future, if not the present.

For all his positive qualities, he has emerged as neither.

It is not that Pacheco was not a good councilman, but his four years as CD 14's rep, he failed to exercise a vision beyond the routine and expected.

The sidewalk in front of my HP house is still not fixed, although I sent a letter to Nick in January 2003.

August 16, 2005 2:47 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

2:47 PM
So you punish him for doing his job. I can't wait to see what you think of politicians that do not do their jobs, EX: Huizar

August 16, 2005 2:56 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

A 60% dropout rate?

Where are all those kids? Are they roaming the streets? Locked up in sweat shops turning out pirate DVDs?

Why do we need so many new schools?

August 16, 2005 3:10 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"The sidewalk in front of my HP house is still not fixed, although I sent a letter to Nick in January 2003."

Hmmmm. Did you send that same letter to former Councilman Villain-raigosa?

August 16, 2005 3:23 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

BOTH NICK PACHECO & HUIZAR SUCK!

August 16, 2005 3:27 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

yeah, i agree they are not the sharpest knife in the drawer... that's inevitable.

huizar = poster child for the purse strings

pacheo = has been

it's not a matter of not knowing who to vote for, it's a matter of following the $$$$$$ and figuring out who is who... eventually you're doomed to see the light!

Pacheco & Huizar for Dog Catchers!

August 16, 2005 3:34 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

2:47 blogger states about Nick

"his four years as CD 14's rep, he failed to exercise a vision beyond the routine and expected."

Let's see, he bought six graffiti removal trucks for Homeboy Industries, then Tony dropped the ball and this program was canceled after two employees were killed.

Nick started the large item refuse project which cleaned up Boyle Heights.

Nick arranged for 15 City organizations to be housed in the old CSo building, giving constituents a one stop option.

Nick spearheaded the youth technology center.

Nick resurfaced the streets in El Sereno and Boyle Heights for the first time in over 30 years.

Nick established a community empowerment congress.

As Chair of the Budget Committee Nick got a new Hilhland Park and El Sereno Library.

Nick set up the Dia de Los Reyes Christmas toy and food basket programs for the districts five housing projects - for which he was later accused of corruption by Tony and his conultants.

But I guess he had no vision beyond the ordinary, right?

August 16, 2005 3:36 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Huizar is a moron.

Posted by a Villariagosa supporter

August 16, 2005 3:49 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

In response to August 16, 2005 @ 3:10pm, the "Kids are locked up" in juvi, jail, and later the pen. At least that is what it's like in CD 14.

Build more juvi halls, jails, and prisons...

Guard/Security Unions Contribute to political campaigns/candiates =

Attorneys make $$$$$ representing our children, youth, and adult men and women of color who are convicted of petty crimes!

Now that's social capital, human capital, and financial capital...

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$= SPECIAL INTERST

If Huizar calls himself an evironmentalist attorney, then why has he represented companies and corporations that pollute the environment?


WWW.FULLDISCLOSURE.NET


Pacheco is a liability and has a track record for it. Funneling $$$ to nonprofits doesn't give him grace.


Solution = Begin RECALL now!

August 16, 2005 3:55 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

How about La Llorona? It's well known, and doesn't need an accent. Or Big Weepy? Cry Baby?

The choices so far:

El Llorón

Chilletas

La Llorona

Big Weepy

Cry Baby

August 16, 2005 4:35 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

LA Daily News
GRAD TEST STUMPS 33% IN LAUSD
Nearly one-third of the Class of 2006 in Los Angeles public schools has failed the state's mandatory high school graduation exam and has just two more chances to pass it before graduation next June, according to test results released Monday.

I'm sick and tired of hearing Sleazy Huizy in front of meetings just talk about building schools (no students to fill them cause they're dropping out) and all the endorsements. Just goes to show how out of touch the city council is (Barnum and Bailey Circus). They are the laughing stock of this city and an embarrassement.

August 16, 2005 5:00 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Let's start how dumb is Jose jokes!

HOW DUMB IS JOSE?
Jose is sooooooo dumb that he didn't know Boyle Heights had an LAPD CLEAR program or what they do. Someone had to tell him.

HOW DUMB IS JOSE?
Jose is sooooo dumb that he has no clue about the construction on the new Hollenbeck Police Station.

August 16, 2005 5:05 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

The person who posted the comments claiming that Nick is a "has been" or "won't win" hasn't seen that he was the clear leader in the initial independent polls or hasn't spoken to the voters in CD14. Hands down, people are talking about how they wish NP was back in office. If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone express regret over having been conned into voting for AV for Council or how nothing got done in CD14 for 18 months during AV's tenure, I'd be rich--- The voters in CD14 were conned AV.

August 16, 2005 5:16 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

3:55 p.m.

Stay anonymous, whatever you do. Saying Pacheco "funnelled" money anywhere is libelous and 1000 percent false. No such thing EVER happened. All paperwork was cleared all receipts were in, no truth, only Porke Skelton's rabid lies to get a undeserved paycheck for Antonio for 2 years so he could run for mayor on our $$$.

THERE's the funnelling.

Every councilmember used community organizations for distribute charitable funds throughout the year, EVERY one.

STOP THE LIES! The media won't report this anymore, they've been briefed.

Stay anonymous, or put your personal equity in someone else's name.

August 16, 2005 6:25 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

IF YOU ARE BORED WITH THE RACE IN CD 14, YOU CAN BLAME ANTONIO FOR THE ELECTION FATIGUE. IF HE HADN'T LIED & HAD STAYED PUT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER ELECTION IN CD14 FOR 2 YEARS.

BLAME AV FOR THE RERUNS OF THE ISSUES.

AV MAYBE THINKING GEE-LOOK HOW WELL I DID IN MY DISTRICT IN THE MAYORS RACE---DUH YEAH---WE DIDN'T WANT YOU HERE ANYMORE ---- WE WANTED A COUNCILMAN

August 16, 2005 6:54 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Jose is a Closet Bisexual. He has a boyfriend named Juan who happens to be his college partner from the past.

August 17, 2005 12:54 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

As I mentioned earlier, Pacheco-istas, quit smoking the herb. Nick's going down and you can complain all you want! Huizar as CD 14 rep and Antonio as the MAYOR of LA.

August 17, 2005 7:51 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Previous Blogger,

If Pacheco-istas were smoking the herb, you can bet Tony the Liar would be there mooching - as he always does!

August 17, 2005 7:56 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

MAV doesn't need to mooch anymore, since he's the boss.

August 17, 2005 8:05 AM  

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