Ethics Commission Rulings
The confirmation process is proceeding as planned for the Mayor's office per City News Service:
The city Ethics Commission ruled today that four of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's nominees to city panels do not have financial conflicts of interest that would preclude them from serving.No updates yet on the Harbor or Airport commission dust ups over Radisich and Valeria Velasco...
The commission's 4-0 vote cleared any perceived conflicts of interest for John Mack and Anthony Pacheco, who were nominated to the Board of Police Commissioners, and Board of Public Works nominees David Sickler and Paula Daniels.
Posted by Anonymous @ 8/09/2005 12:27:00 PM
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Did the clear AV?
Who is on the Ethics Commission, Villaraigosa's friends.
Funny enough, Antonio has not appointed a single sitting Ethics Commission member.
Actually, he did yesterday, but he hasn't been confirmed.
Robert M. Saltzman who is the Associate Dean of the University Of Southern California School Of Law. Yes, he's the same Robert Saltzman who was a senior deputy to county Supervisor Ed Edelman and special counsel for a time to the county's Director of Health Services.
Villaraigosa also named labor leader Sean Harrigan, past president of the California Public Employee Retirement System, to a seat on the fire and police pension commission.
per LA Observed
Does not mean they are not his supporters of behind the scenes agenda...look at who they are...then post.
Robert and Sean, are they good, honest, ethical appointments?
Suddenly, CalPERS president Sean Harrigan was under predictably intense scrutiny from Republicans and lobbyists in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, including party pals of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the pro-GOP U.S. Chamber of Commerce. During his two-year tenure, Harrigan had taken on the high-profile role of spearheading the fund's corporate campaigns against Disney et al. The attacks on Harrigan escalated when the supermarket union leader also targeted Safeway (Vons, Pavilions, etc.). Still, it was a shock when the activist lost both the CalPERS presidency and his board seat on Dec. 1 after the State Personnel Board voted to replace him as its rep. Harrigan is claiming a conspiracy among business leaders, the California Republican Party and the Schwarzenegger administration.
Since then, Harrigan is hoping his ouster won't stop CalPERS from using its portfolio power to pressure incorrigible corporations and/or their CEOs. But the problem now centers on the pro-corporate Republican cabal trying to remove other CalPERS board members who favor the fund's shareholder activism.
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When Rob Feckner took over as head of the nation's richest public pension fund this year, he promised a quieter, gentler leadership style.
That was good news to many — both friend and foe — who had grown weary of the noisy controversies that were becoming the norm at the California Public Employees' Retirement System. Critics said that CalPERS at times seemed more intent on policing corporate America than looking after the welfare of its 1.4 million members.
Under Harrigan, CalPERS withheld support for directors so often that the effect was blunted, Westly said. In 2004, CalPERS opposed 77% of all directors up for election — including widely respected investment guru Warren E. Buffett at Coca-Cola Co.
"Instead of becoming the guard dog for investors, we were like a Chihuahua, yapping at everybody," Westly said. "We were losing our effectiveness."
Conservatives complained that Harrigan used his position at CalPERS to meddle in a tense 4 1/2-month supermarket strike and lockout in Central and Southern California that ended in February 2004. They also groused that Harrigan politicized the pension fund by letting CalPERS board member Phil Angelides, the state treasurer and a candidate for governor next year, use it as a bully pulpit.
Why would Robert Saltzaman write a paper on forgiving Sexual Abusers?
Any ideas?
ISRAEL WEINSTOCK
Plaintiff
ROBERT SALTZMAN
Relying on the advice of other students when that advice ran contrary to my common sense. As a result, I often took courses in which I had little interest because I thought I “should” take them, rather than choosing subjects that engaged me. I also regret letting my fear of performing inadequately keep me from taking advantage of the clinical curriculum in law school. Representing real clients, supervised by a practicing attorney, is the best way to overcome that fear.
Lawrence Davenport
Johnny Carson.
when will they clear AV? oh, never.
Rejecting calls for an inspector general to help as the city’s watchdog, City Controller Laura Chick said Los Angeles does not need more people to identify problems — just strong leadership. As fired investigator and would-be whistleblower Dan Carvin has found out, Chick means what she says.
Carvin was hired by the Controller’s Office in March 2002 as a special investigator to “examine irregularity, fraud and impropriety on the part of city employees and contract personnel.” His hiring appeared to mark a new direction by Chick, whose office is staffed primarily with auditors, who generally are not trained to develop cases for prosecution. With 35 years under his belt as a federal and local investigator, Carvin came highly recommended, and arrived with an eye toward examining alleged bill padding by private law firms hired by the city. But when he asked about the performance of the lawyers hired by the City Attorney’s Office to handle a major public-works lawsuit, he was fired within a matter of weeks.
Last Friday, Carvin was in Superior Court on the wrongful-discharge lawsuit he has filed against the city. His case raises questions about Chick’s willingness to go after attorney overbilling and whether she can be independent enough to question City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo about his office’s oversight of private law firms and campaign contributors. These are questions that voters might consider next year during Chick’s re-election bid as Los Angeles’ chief financial overseer. The city claims Carvin acted without Chick’s authorization by trying to initiate an investigation of the City Attorney’s Office. In his lawsuit, Carvin claims the City Attorney’s Office went backdoor to Chick and had him sacked.
“I just wanted to bring to Chick’s attention the possibility of outside counsel billing the city for work that was not needed,” Carvin said after the hearing on Friday. “But she is concerned with her political future in avoiding any inquiry into the City Attorney’s Office. An inspector general would uncover even more problems than a taxpayer could imagine. That would reflect on her role as an overseer.”
Did Carvin find out something incriminating towards Laura Chick and her cronies? He got fired?
Of course he did. If the press and voters saw what a vindictive cud Laura Chick is she would not have been re-elected.
What is the evidence?
After two years of battling Carvin, Chick now is asking for funding for a whole team of Dan Carvins. Council Members Wendy Greuel, Jack Weiss and Antonio Villaraigosa, a candidate for mayor, introduced a measure on December 1 to create an investigative unit in Chick’s office. "These reforms will give the controller the tools she needs to identify waste, fraud, and institute reforms to protect taxpayers," Villaraigosa said. A spokesperson for Greuel says the investigative unit should beef up Chick’s ability to act on fraud and abuse leads without predetermining the scope of her inquiry, as an audit requires. "An investigative unit would allow her to act immediately," says Janelle Erickson, who was not familiar with the Carvin case. The measure is under review by the Audits and Government Efficiency Committee, which is chaired by Greuel. If it moves to a vote by the City Council, Erickson says, the City Attorney’s Office will review whether the measure requires amendments to the City Charter
Carvin’s attorney, Louis Cohen, has introduced evidence to show that in responding to McCall’s requests for input on Carvin, attorneys at Brown Winfield ran afoul of a citywide policy intended to prevent what is known as block billing, the listing of two tasks under a single time entry. Carvin is just one seasoned investigator who will be watching to see what conclusions Chick draws from the legal billings on the massive Hyperion litigation, if any. Meantime, taxpayers may wonder why the city has spent more than $300,000 fighting a lawsuit that drags on, as Carvin’s damages double by the day.
3:42 PM
Why won't Dan Carver give this evidence to the media if his case has been dragged on for this long?
Because the Media was on their knees blowing Antonio Villaraigosa's Big Political Dick.
All the media would do is twist the story so he looks like he has a vandetta, tying it to Hahn and say that he was incompetant.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Talpa Church in Boyle Heights opened its doors on Feb. 15 to more than 300 residents concerned about the proliferation of liquor stores, bars and public drunkenness in their Boyle Heights neighborhood near schools, churches and parks.
A large number of these establishments allow public drinking and intoxication and the sale of alcohol to minors, residents told L.A. City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Captain William Fierro.
Councilman Villaraigosa told the community that he is working with the ABC and the city attorney's office to address the problem of enforcement of liquor violations on the problematic establishments.
"But we can't do this without your help," he said. "The city attorney needs evidence and all of you here today can act as witnesses" to the illegal activity in the area.
Maybe David Zhaniser might be interested in a report on Dan Carver & Laura Chick mess.
David Zhaniser try instead L.A.Times or Orlov.
Alvin Parra, you are a major KISS ASS for endorsing and supporting Huizar. Are you that afraid to follow your own heart?
ASK JOSE HUIZAR WHY SO MANY OF OUR KIDS DROP OUT UNDER HIS MANAGEMENT...
José Huizar for City Council
2606 E. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 265-1255 phone
(323) 265-3610 fax
E-mail: huizar4la@sbcglobal.net
Mayor Sam,
Do people actually buy the Weezy shirt?
Yeah, I bought on the the Huizy shirts. . .
TO WIPE MY ASS WITH!
Did the name Weezy stick on your...?
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