Its All About Trash: Vote for Pacheco
In 1961, I was elected mayor of Los Angle-leez by promising to end forced seperation of wet and dry garbage. The trash issue has come to a head again.When it comes to the 14th Councilmanic District, former Councilman and prosecutor Nick Pacheco is opposed to making you pay more to the city to pick up your trash. School Board President Jose Huizar is in favor of it. I doubt most folks in the district can afford to pay any more taxes.
More importantly, Jose Huizar is a not ready for prime time politician. He's led the school district which has had the Belmont fiasco, questionable financing of construction projects and over half the kids dropping out. With his record, how can this guy take on the City?
Nick Pacheco is seasoned, mature leadership. He's been a Councilman. He's fought crime. He understands the issues. This is a guy who will be independent and get the job done.
If I lived in CD14, I'd be inka-voting for Nick Pacheco. If you live there, I hope you'll do the same.
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 11/01/2005 07:50:00 AM
176 Comments:
Good choice Mayor. I think Mr. Pacheco will do well as councilman again. I am one of those who feel that the only reason he lost his seat was because folks felt sorry for AV when he lost to Hahn in 2001. Let's face it, scandals involving La Colectiva weren't new issues during that race either (remember that came up during Hahn's mayoral race in 2001 when Pacheco endorsed Jimmy).
Huizar should solidify himself as a competent and effective school board president before trying to become a real "player". As a puppet of AV, he will just be getting run over by AV staff members and other AV flunkies.
Well said. Jose has not distinguished himself on the Board. Talk to any number of board staffers and they will tell you unequivocally that Jose cannot make a decision on even the most benign of matters. His simply so afraid of making the wrong decision that he allows himself to become paralyzed. As a result, he lets things progress until he is forced to act instead of leading.
Well said, Mr. Mayor.
Jose has not distinguished himself on the Board. Talk to any number of board staffers and they will tell you unequivocally that Jose cannot make a decision on even the most benign of matters. He is simply so afraid of making the wrong decision that he allows himself to become paralyzed. As a result, he lets things progress until he is forced to act instead of leading.
Yeah Mayor Sam. We agree. Pacheco has the experience and leadership CD14 needs to pick up where Antonio never started and bailed on the community. He has a great vision, knows how city hall works, wants to complete the projects AV never finished, supports community policing, attends many community meetings to hear the issues etc. etc.
Beware that Antonio not only wants to charge a trash fee he also wants to put a countywide ballot in 2006 again to raise taxes to hire more police.
Huizar: Democratic Party, Sierra Club, LA County Democratic Party, LA Times, La Opinion, Firefighters, LA Police Protective League, United Teachers Los Angeles, LA County Federation of Labor, LA Chamber of Commerce, Villaraigosa, Riordan, Roybal-Allard, Chick, Nunez, Jack Scott...
Pacheco: Mayor Sam.
The previous post needs an edit:
Villaraigosa: Democratic Party, Sierra Club, LA County Democratic Party, LA Times, La Opinion, Firefighters, LA Police Protective League, United Teachers Los Angeles, LA County Federation of Labor, LA Chamber of Commerce, Villaraigosa, Riordan, Roybal-Allard, Chick, Nunez, Jack Scott...
Pacheco: Mayor Sam; Lee Baca, Gil Cedillo.
7:17 A little history lesson:
1999
Griego: Democratic Party, Sierra Club, LA County Democratic Party, LA Times, La Opinion, Firefighters, LA Police Protective League, United Teachers Los Angeles, LA County Federation of Labor, LA Chamber of Commerce, Villaraigosa,Molina, hernandez, Alatorre,
Pacheco: THE COMMUNITY
Everyone knows that Antonio got those endorsements for Huizar. Many of them are saying they had no choice cause AV is mayor.
Let's put all of this in a simpler form.
I asked my son who is a high school lausd student, a simple question.
"Do you know who Jose Huizar is and what he has done for you kids?"
He said...no, only that he saw the sign outside his school. He hasn't done shit. Those are his words.
Easy vote for me, if this Jose Huizar did so much for these students, you would think they knew who he was and what he did.
Why does everyone say "Councilmanic" District? There's no such animal. The term you're looking for is "Council District," unless it's a district that suffers from, say, manic-depressive disorder, in which case the correct term is "Jimi Hendrix District."
Walter,
The only one suffering from a manic-depressive disorder is Huizar. He simply has no clue on what to do next, lost in lies.
TUNE INTO YOUR RADIOS
9:00 AM -- Mayor Villaraigosa will answer questions on KFWB-980's "Ask the Mayor'' radio call-in show.
The mayor just responded to a question!!!!
Question: What have you accomplished?
Answer: Well, I've had a lot of fun, I mean that."
I AM PARAPHRASING....
HE SAID HE KEPT HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE ON TRAFFIC.
-A DOWN PAYMENT FOR GRIDLOCK.
-BUSY ON THE ISSUE OF EDUCATION.
-AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
-HE KEEPS REPEATING EDUCATION IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
HE SAID HE IS NOW LONG WINDED, NEXT QUESTION.
HOW TO FUND FIRST LEG, FROM WESTERN WILSHIRE TO FAIRFAX, BUT OTHER PRIORITIES, AND WHERE THEY ARE (hmmmm?????)
MENTIONED HOUSING BOND...NO ELABORATION MADE.
HE TAKES EDITORIALS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, HE SAYS HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE CRITICS. MENTIONED DAILY NEWS, THE TIMES CRITICIZED THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
-LET'S GO TO CALLS
KEN-TALKING ABOUT BOND, HOMELESS ISSUE...BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, THAT SOME HOMELESS ACTIVISTS ARE NOT THRILLED ABOUT THE BILLION DOLLAR BOND.
-HE SAID THIS WOULD BE FIRST TIME WE FULLY FUND SUCH A PROJECT.
-AV SAYS HE WILL USE POLITICAL CAPITOL, BCUZ WE CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING.
-HE MENTIONS LA TIMES AND REPEATED THE PAPERS PRINT COULD NOT BE MORE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. HE'S ROLLING UP HIS SLEAVES AGAIN FOR THIS TRUST FUND. (BILLION DOLLAR FUND)
Of course he's not going to elaborate, this gives folks a chance to actually QUESTION how already taxed middle-class homeowners will be taxed further with another bond, that has no ROI, that's return on Investment, (Unlike a new school that improve and increase property values)for those Liberals and Conservative assholes who've never taken Econ 101.
Villaraigosa is a puppet for Riordan. AV will screw things up and bankrupt this city royally so that a Republican can come in and "save the day"
WOW, HE SAID HE'S 52 YRS. OLD AND DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE SOLUTIONS.
MY COMMENT.
"MY PHYSICIAN IS OVER 60 AND HAS SOME SOLUTIONS...."
He's wondering how to fund the first leg of the Subway to Wilshire/Fairfax, yet he's pushing a Billion Dollar Bond that will not improve affordable housing, reducing the loopholes and redundant regulations will.
If he had the will to do that, he would broker a deal with Sacramento and DC for LA recieve a local match to fund the next 4 miles of the subway from Fairfax or even La Cienega to UCLA.
Does anyone see that our Mayor isn't really thinking clearly and showing No true leadership.
I should say use the Billion Dollar bond to plan and build the subway and then use that to broker a local contributing match from Sacramento and DC to finish the second part of the tunnel to UCLA.
BACK TO JACK POPEJOY AT KFWB 980
-CALLER: ALBERT ON THE LINE FROM LA HABRA, MONORAIL QUESTION, IS IT FEASABLE.
-AV SUMS IT UP AS A NO ANSWER, NOT COST EFFECTIVE, CONVENIENT, AND FOR SOME REASON CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICS, EXPERTS SAID NO. MAN I CANNOT TYPE THIS, HE IS CONFUSING AND RATTLES ON TOO MUCH...NOT SPECIFIC AND FACTS DISTORTED.
JACK POPEJOY MENTIONED ORANGE LINE AND RED LINE ARRIVED SAME TIME AS CAR COMMUNTER TO UNION STATION.
AV SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME RACE AT 7:30 AM AND DURING THE RAIN, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH....
TIMOTHY THINKS THE MAYOR IS DOING EXCELLENT JOB. SPEAKS ABOUT GANGS & GRAFFITI.
AV SPEAKS ABOUT RTD BOARD AND ZERO TOLERANCE PROGRAM FOR GRAFFITI ON BUSES. KIDS HAD TO CLEAN BUSES. NOT TO GO TO JAIL, LEARN LESSON INSTEAD.
POPEJOY-ARE YOU GOING TO RUN AGAIN?
AV-I HOPE SO. HE, HE, HE, HE, HE :) HE SAYS HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES. HE WAS GOING TO WORK AS HARD AS HE COULD FROM FIRST DAY TO LAST, IF HE DOES A GOOD JOB HE WILL GET RE-ELECTED. HE IS NOT LOOKING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR. LOVES HIS JOB WILL NOT SPECULATE WHAT HE'LL DO IN THE FUTURE, AND WILL FOCUS ON THIS NOW AS MAYOR.
Walter, it's CD 14 -- Snyder, Alatorre, Pacheco, 1/2 of Villaraigosa, and hopefully Pacheco, again.
Council-MANIC is the correct term.
No district ever rode the roller coaster quite like this one.
Antonio controlling? Are you serious, he is a puppy. He does tricks, well trained by the Republican mentor-Riordan.
You guys have to wake up, Riordan & Eli Broad have been pulling Villaraigosa's strings since a long time ago.
CALL THE MAYOR-ASK THE MAYOR A QUESTION, PRONTO, PRONTO...
(866) 933-9898
COUPLE OF LOST CALLS.
AV IS BORING...
The term is councilmatic - with a t.
Hi bloggers
"What do you call a cross between a politician and a bommerang?"
****A nasty smell you can't get rid of.
"What do you do if you run over a politician?"
****Reverse
"How do you stop a politician from drowning?
****Take your foot off his head!
Thanks for using the Sesame Street character as the "visual" dead mayor. . . something Huizar's LAUSD tens of thousands of high school drop outs can deal with and comprehend.
The "term" shouldn't have "man" in it, or anything like that, since all good PC people refer to them as "councilmembers" now.
Try adding an -ic to that, however.
Councilmembric?
No offense Mayor Sam, but how do you support someone who abused their power when they last held that position?
Funneling public money to a "community non-profit" who then donates almost the exact amount back to your campaign - THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC'S TRUST!
Pacheco was on McIntyre this a.m. - but unlike our good mayor can and did answer question, specifically... said all the right things, made his points, and even got in the trash fees story, (making Huizar look eager to raise fees). The last part was even after Doug tried to sign him off.
This guy shoves ahead when others would simply say "thank you, I'll go away now!"
CD14 needs a CM whose balls aren't hanging from the Mayor's rear view mirror. We've been the bastard stepchild of hyper-ambitious career politicians for FAR too long.
SI SE POTHOLE!
AV-He's been mayor for 140 something days. To make Los Angeles a place to believe in itself. L.A. is sometimes a city that doesn't believe it. Campaign promises to be an energetic mayor and he believes in the people of L.A.
Caller: Adams project is in stall mode, mentioned mayor visted a couple of months ago, still nothing happening.
AV: He can't tell the status of that function, and that council office should be able to say, but it is currently vacant.
Inclusionary Housing topic.
"I think he's describing his buddies buildings. Elegant Density? Maybe he's talking about Meruelo, Zen, what do you think?" Speaks of Density bonuses and focus in downtown, other communities are resisting this type of development/elegant density. It is smart, looks good, and can be implemented in other areas.
AV continues to say we have to get the money from somewhere.... He is not willing to have another generation of Angelinos to leave our city to Moreno Balley and those areas due to no affordable housing...
9:43 p.m.
Didn't happen. Parke Skelton invented that criminal lie, and you're spreading it after law enforcement said there was no proof.
You're an accessory to the fraud against a good man's character.
Go to hell!
If the "funnelling" took place (and investigations say it didn't), then WHO paid for all the thousands of turkeys and presents that the non-profit gave out to the poor in Boyle Heights.
Santa Claus?
NO, the city did. THAT's not "funnelling" that's fornicating with the truth, and I'm looking forward to the day when one of you anonymous ass-wipe Skelton toadies can be identifyed and sued for slander.
L.A. TIMES never mentioned it again, and it's THEIR story everyone is quoting... GIVE IT A REST. They know, they got TOOK, stop being a "tool" of some overpriced campaign consultant troll with a calculator and no morals.
9:44
To make LA a place where folks can believe in and get involved, starts with the Neighborhood Councils and works their way up.
I can understand being around to discuss and using the media as the pulpit to preach or give the masses an idea of the goings on, but he's done none of that. He's only doing these things to bring attention to HIMSELF, because I do believe a Governor's race is approaching in 2006.
If this was the case with this Billion Dollar housing bond, and the issue of the Orange Line Busway opening, would have been a perfect opportunity to lobby support for a City bond or Airport tax to extend the subway, cut the Zev and Waxman Bullshit and get that done. This would at the very least give me the indication that he's showing some intiative with one of his big campaign issues.
So far the "front runners" for the Democrats are anything but that in Phil Angelides and I forget the other man's name, and Antonio has been arm and arm with both of them. Maybe to endorse one of them, or to have both of them endorse Antonio, who knows.
Ask the Mayor questions on 980AM
-How shocking...Mayor's office does not return calls.
-We need a better system to answer MTA calls said the mayor.
-Zakina is fabulous! She likes the program.
-Villaraigosa loves people like Zakina and his free spririt.
-Parent involvement in schools and programs, per caller.
-Villaraigosa mentions...
-SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS COME FROM INVOLVED PARENTS.
-INVOLVED WITH CHILD'S SCHOOL IS KEY. HIS MOM WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED, SPENT TIME WITH HIS H.W. WHILE HOLDING TWO JOBS AND ALL FOUR WENT TO UNIVERSITY, AND TWO GRADUATED, WENT BEYOND.
-ONE OF HIS FOCUSES IS PARENT CENTERS AND BIG PART OF HIS AGENDA.
ASK THE MAYOR
CALLER: CONCERNED ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE.
MAYOR: HAS PUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BOND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE, AGGRESSIVELY APPROACH THIS PROBLEM...IT WILL NOT BE CHEAP. WE LIVE IN A BIG COUNTY AND CANNOT CONTINUE TO DROP THE HOMELESS IN ONE CITY AND HAVE A REGION WIDE HELP...
9:43
Go check your facts and stop believing everything Parke says. He's already a proven liar and he has Alvin Parra, Enrique Gasca and Jose Huizar to believe everything he says. Check that, Huizar doesn't believe Skelton's "non-profit" story - but being the puppet that he is, he'll allow it's use but he does so at his own risk - he knows who he is messing with.
Here's some background - it wasn't the same amount of money - a staff member at City Ethics conveniently double counted some contribution list and walla - the exact same amount. Or go ask Esperanze Vielma, Huizar's longtime college buddy - she headed this I.E. and was forced to give sworn testimony.
Look up the ethics report on the organization in question and you will find that the actual numbers are off by $5,000+. While you're there, check on the ethics letter sent to the non-profit organization clearing them of any wrong doing. That money went for turkeys and toys during Christmas for the five housing projects in Boyle Heights. This is all factual and proven.
It is this kind of misinformation that got us Villaraigosa and Schwarzeneggar. Neither Hahn, the non-profit, Pacheco, or any other of his "friends" have ever been charged with any wrong doing - except of course by Parke Skelton.
I'm sure this will all be cleared - AGAIN - when Pacheco takes Parra to court.
10:00
It's not true. Not all four went to Universities - unless you consider The Broadway Dept. Store a university. That's where Deborah Villar, Tony the Liar's sister ended up. Natalia, Tony's mom, was a wonderful woman - but even she could not control Tony. She helped with your homework? More like she was helping you try to get into any school that would take you. Santa Teresita - EXPELLED, in first grade! Cathedral High - EXPELLED, for doing drugs. Roosevelt High- EXPELLED, another LAUSD drop-out. UCLA- 1.8 GPA and a nice Jewish Professor that made sure you graduated, got to hand to Tony and his way with woman. Peolpe'College of Law, did he ever graduate, does anybody? - failed the bar four times!
Tell me, at court, will Parra have his entire alcoholic family present to support him?
Have you seen his sisters???? Yuk!
10:10
I was paraphrasing Antonio Villaraigosa's answer to this mornings, "Ask The Mayor" at KABC 980. He will be doing this once a month.
Not my words, I typed what our Mayor said, so he is the LIAR. And, thank you for pointing this out, we want the truth out, not his lies.
9:22 blogger
I want to see a race with
1)An auto commuter vs. Public Transportation.
2)Conditions: 8:15 am, strong storm, windy, no sun, vendors at every corner, approximately 15 people crossing at every stop light, cop stopping you, go to Mc. D's on the way, drop off your mail at post office, more rain, you're stuck in back of an MTA polluting bus, you can't maneuver out of the lane, and you have the Sting CD on as entertainment.
Who can win this one? What a challenge.....
i'll take a potholder over a sponge any day....
Who's giving out potholders?
I didn't get one. who's office do I have to go to?
The only ones going negative in this race are Jose's people. Give it a rest. Talk about the issues and record of accomplishments. I guarantee Jose wouldn't have a clue on some key issues like public safety.
You know who paid for the Turkeys....James Acevedo. You guys don't know nothing do you?
10:10 - you do take that grade school "permanent record" thing a bit too far, but you tell his story better than anyone.
A troubled kid who struggled growing up and finally got his act together to become the energetic leader for a City facing challenging times.
You see, that's the phenomena of democracy and an open society. You get the opportunity to change and move forward in life. You're not stuck because of a past mistake or even series of mistakes.
At the end of the day, no one asks, so what was your GPA or what bad thing did you do in 4th Grade.
You also prove how your side is so classless and scummy to bring in people's family members into a campaign - like Pacheco did the last go-round.
I'm keeping the rubber gloves AV's pet union sent me trying to get me to vote for Huizar.
If there's a runoff, there's no way Skelton can avoid getting all his slimy lies back onto the playing field, and then I'll need something to pick up his lying, bile-filled mailers with out of the mailbox on the way to the CITY OWNED trash can.
(And, NO, you can't RECYCLE Skelton's mailers... they're 100 percent toxic waste.)
I'd triple bag them, and take them to the Boyle Heights hazardous waste dump down the road, but AV CLOSED that to "save money" -- now instead of MY delivering junk there using my OWN gas and truck, the CITY has to send MANY MASSIVE, smog-belching trucks into each neighborhood and up everyone's street to pick up crap you can't put in your trash. That's PENNY- wise and PUTO-stupid calculating, geniuses.
You don't think is someone wants a job, the "employers" got a right to ask if they even had the smarts to get through L.A's already dumbed-down schools?
Hell, you're easy. Democracy has nothing to do with overlooking bad prior performance, that's just plain BAD business,in any business.
AV has his job (this on, the last, one, and probably most of them) because he's a better conman than the others. Democracy allows people to be fooled easily, too.
Welcome back Parke Skelton's wife, oh sorry, athena. Any yucca's lately?
Athena, you don't get the "final word" on anything, seeing as how you supported the last "councilmember" for CD14, who barely showed up for work.
If it's "councilmanic" - they go tell Perry, Hahn, and Gruel they're COUNCILMEN.
GOTTA HAND IT TO THE DEAD MAYORS. For a couple of guys who don't live in the district, they sure know how to keep the flames lit, and the blog moving.
OH well, most of the HIGHLY lauded "endorsements" in this race have come from people who wouldn't know Boyle Heights from Brooklyn Heights, if their political careers depended on it.
10:42 I didn't write post 10:10 but had to comment on your post.
AV is not the only human being who has gone through turmoil in life. It is what you do afterwards that matters and overcoming these issues. Yes, he has overcome some issues, but how? Did he lie, cheat, steal, or make private pacts for higher office? Did he lie to get what he has. Ethics is totally blown out the window. I know of many up coming political figures who have gone through his violin story or worse, yet, they do not lie or make private pacts at the cost of people's lives or community benefit.
You see, there is a difference from a crooked politician and honest one. Villaraigosa has failed to be the latter.
Good for him for kicking drugs, expulsion from school and low grade point average. What I do care about is did he lie his way out of this and continues to lie. Lying is not a trait to promote amongst our youth, especially today.
As a business man, who had one parent, abused, and literally, in foster care from year to year. I do things that benefit everyone, not just myself. I look out for all, and I don't brag about my mishaps, I move on. Villaraigosa instead flaunts his mishaps so people can feel sorry for him. Voted in out of pity is shameful in any country!
I know for a fact that Karl Rove had "Scooter" buy the turkeys.
Prove me wrong.
Anon 10:42
Don't you know...you can't teach a old dog new tricks or better yet, you can't change a tigers stripes...once a hood rat ALWAYS a hood rat!
This is what I have observed in my community. Everyone from NC, colleges & universities, local political hives, and nonprofit organizations have Villaraigosa trolls. These are not the journos which Villaraigosa labeled, I'm not talking about them, I like them. I'm talking about the snitchers that join these clubs, organizations, causes, and groups who then snitch to Villaraigosa. Villaraigosa is a tyrant. My piece of advice to all of you who volunteer, help, and care about the community: Your vote is sacred, do not tell anyone how you will vote. You do not have to tell anyone how you vote, on election day, go vote for the person you think is best for your concerns and the community.
Do not allow Villaraigosa thugs to intimidate free thinking, sway your vote, or strong arm you into a corner. You are better than this!
Keep it to yourself and go vote.
AV has more lives than a cat. Conman is the correct word. He cons you into believing he knows what he's doing. He conned the entire city. I'm glad I don't live in the city anymore (although i still vote in L.A. elections...he-he)
Oh, and expect a runoff. It will be funny to see if AV sticks behind his guy and campaigns hard for him. Bring back Alatorre. That would be a great story, a la Marion "that bitch set me up" Barry. Maybe Huizar should fess to a drug charge (Parke I want royalties) and maybe he'll get elected in CD14. Although it didn't work in CD10 last election....LOL I guess it only works for a conman like AV who works cons ahead of where he is (as all good conmen do)
Did you know that Villaraigosa has spies at our local universities?
He has the same people as head of public relations, NC council presidents, Healthcare representatives, community activists who ran back to AV and snitch, snitch, snitch.
The biggest fear the Huizar/Villaraigosa thugs have is not knowing how you will vote. Don't say a word, they will never know unless you tell them. You have rights! Don't let them take this away from you.
If you can't trust your local politicians in this from Roybal staff snitchers to AV staff snitchers then what do you have left? Molina staff snitchers/rats, this is where Alvin Parra came from. The school of politics, Molina and Company.
The Parke Skelton & Camp fear: Not knowing! No having control!
Did you know Elvis is alive?
The AV snitchers haven't told anyone because they want Elvis to endorse AV for President.
I am not insane, just a Pacheco supporter.
Get the spiders off me!
What did we learn yesterday about Pacheco?
QUID PRO QUO.
You see the Pacheco campaign pays Art Pulido $1,500 to get the CLC endorsement.
DISGUSTING
Who is winning?
Apparently Pacheco talks up a poll in June yet ignores it in November.
Is it because the community is tired of you PACHECO.
I love how your supporters only have this blog where they can hear each others echo and believe its real support for your campaign.
Huizar will come in first place on November 8th. There are too many AV snitchers that want to prolong this a little longer. Its fun to see all that Pro-Pacheco energy get wasted down the (fee which i support) trash.
Attention:
YOU CAN VOTE NOW AT SOME PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
EAST LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY ON 3RD STREET OFF OF ATLANTIC BLVD.
I'm posting on AV snitchers and you have it wrong, I'm not a Pacheco supporter. I'm a Sanchez supporter and you are running scared. The truth hurts on your exposed snitchers!
What did we learn yesterday about Huizar?
He pays his volunteers through independent expenditures, union walkers walking for pay by IE's, Mayor's staff working long hard hours for Huizar and ignoring constituents complaints or concerns. When was the last time CD 14 staff paid attention to a problem or found a solution to a complaint?
Did not return my call! And this is happening in City Hall too. You should have heard the caller on 980AM ASK THE MAYOR SHOW!
If medication were free the pacheco supporters along with the wacky-bunch kool-aid drinkers would be on every drug imagineable.
Blah, blah, blah...the only kool aid drinkers on this blog are Huizar supporters who follow blindly. No merits to speak of, no accomplishments, horrendous drop out rates...
My neighbor told me about our NC member Alvin. What happened, is he ok?
Jokes!
"How long does it take for a female politician to have a shit?"
****9 months!
"A sign outside the Free Range Safari Park: ADULTS $10, CHILDREN $5, POLITICIANS FREE."
"Fr. Christmas, the Tooth Fairy, a smart blond, an honest politician and a homeless old man are walking down the street together when they simultaneously spot a $100 bill. Who gets it? The homeless old man, of course. The other four are mythological creatures!"
"A customer goes into a brain store.
-How much for engineer brain?
$3 a pound
-How much for a doctor brain?
$5 a pound
-How much for a politician brain?
$500 a pound
Why is politician brain so much more expensive?
****Do you know how many politicians you need to kill to get a pound of brain?"
Wow! Pacheco supporters need some serious help. Journalists are spies for Villaraigosa?
Maybe they should encourage CD14 voters to resist his mind control machine.
What happens to a politician who takes Viagra?
****He grows taller.
Why did the post office have to recall Huizar's politician stamp?
****Because people couldn't tell which side to spit on.
Why won't snakes attack politicians?
****professional loyalty
"A politician and a librarian were holidaying in an expensive resort in Tahiti. The politician said, "I'm here with my insurance money, my house burnt down. That's a bit of a coincidence said the librarian, I'm here because my house was destroyed by flood, and my insurance also paid for everything. The politician looked puzzled. How do you start a flood?"
On visiting a seriously ill politician in the hospital, his friend found him sitting up in bed, frantically leafing through the Bible. "What are you doing?" asked the friend. Just looking for loopholes," replied the politician.
12:57 you have a reading comprehension problem. I did not say journalists are spies, damn you write like Parke Skelton.
I said,
"These are not the journos which Villaraigosa labeled, I'm not talking about them, I like them. I'm talking about the snitchers that join these clubs, organizations, causes, and groups who then snitch to Villaraigosa."
Journos (journalists) are not the trolls I am speaking of you dimwit anon. The only spies in this entire blogosphere are Villaraigosa snitchers. Trying to twist any information here will not help your lies. Alvin, stop hurting your candidate and resign.
Yours Truly,
A journalist troll
I am so upset with the Huizar lies, I am willing to have a fundraiser at my home for any other candidate. I'll provide the food, family and friends and lets see how much we can fundraise. Anyone but Huizar, porfavor.
I heard that last joke, 12:56, but the punch line was...
Because the politicians' brain is the one that's never been used.
I want to know why Antonio and CD14 had an event on the 6th Street bridge on Saturday and with all the corporate sponsors had the nerve to put in for a special event waiver of $6,000. Not one Boyle Heights organization was there cause they would have to ay $300. Every vendor booth had to pay $300 to get a spot. How much did that event profit and who got the money???
Corporate sponsors for Festival De La Gente: Ford, McDonalds, La Opinion, Coca Cola, LatinoLA, Adelphia, Konoami, Ameriquest, Que 97.5, Kaiser Permante,
who do you think got the six grand from la fiesta.
Probably Lisa cabbage patch, angela yoda, jimmy bigfoot (oops I hear little foot), jennie the frog, ulysses chewbacca, and antonio the midget of course.
The tide is turning on this race. Kudos to Nick and Steve Afriat for the turn around. Next Tuesday is going to be rough day to swallow for Parke, AV, AV's spy Hacopian and little Huizy.
1:06 - thanks for the compliment. However, I've never met Parke.
My point still stands - you need a good therapist. Paranoia is not healthy.
Your friend,
Anonymous Dimwit
Yes, paranoia, like Villaraigosa worship, is not healthy, but it seems ubiqitous in L.A.
"Paranoia is knowing all the facts." - Woody Allen
"This is the Nineties, Bubba, and there is no such thing as Paranoia. It's all true."
- Hunter S. Thompson
"Paranoia is not the belief that everybody's out to get you -- they are. Paranoia is the belief that everybody's conspiring to get you."
- Refused to Give Name
Trouble is, HUIZAR does not yet seem to know the district all that intimately, despite having grown up in Boyle Heights. In particular he offers few specifics about the portions that fall in Downtown. Uncomfortably, it is clear that one factor...in the large number of endorsements is that people are a little afraid to go against Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
NICK PACHECO has plenty of nuance and a warehouse full of experience and aggressiveness. He knows the 14th District very well, and can tick off an impressive array of specifics and neighborhood projects. Nick Pacheco would do anything - absolutely anything short of obvious lawbreaking - to help himself and his district, and you have to decide if that quality is always a good thing. He's likeable (unless you're in his way), energetic, informed, intelligent and focused
So how come if Pacheco is the "old dog" in this race, and Huizar is the "hip" new young pup, for a "new era". . .
Most of the declining circulation "old" media went with Jose, and the "new media" blogs, etc., are now moving towards Pacheco?
Got to be something in that; things aren't always what they seem, or the way other people's big money spins them.
Dimwit anonymous-
A compliment, jeez you must have LOW SELF ESTEEM, to view a likeness to Parke as a compliment. OK Alvin, stop drooling, or you'll need a bib.
Paranoid. Sorry brother, not paranoid. The only paranoid these days is Jose and Alvin peering out the Boyle Height HQ. Go and drive by.
You are not a dimwit anon, please stop believing Jose it's hurting your self esteem, there is still hope for you.
Council Hopeful Alleges Smear Tactics
By Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writer
Los Angeles City Council candidate Nick Pacheco on Friday called on main rival Jose Huizar to order a supporter to stop handing out copies of old and unflattering newspaper articles about him.
In a news release, the former city councilman, who is running for the 14th District seat, alleged that a Huizar backer, Alvin Parra, was using his home as a base to send volunteers into neighborhoods with copies of four Los Angeles Times articles.
Pacheco said he intends to ask the district attorney to investigate what he called an "illegal covert campaign tactic" because Parra has not disclosed his involvement on the materials.
City Hall speculators abuzz over Wesson's ambitions
Rick Orlov, Columnist
With the election of former Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson to the City Council all but guaranteed on Nov. 8, City Hall already is starting to buzz as it did after another former Assembly speaker, Antonio Villaraigosa, was elected.
Most of it is centering on what Wesson - who began his political career as an aide to then-Councilman Nate Holden, went on to Sacramento, and now is seeking that same seat - will want after he takes office.
There has been speculation that he will try to become council president - a job on which Alex Padilla has had a stranglehold for four years.
Antonio is taking credit today for Ascot Park. He is saying he started it when he was CM. Please that little midget was NEVER a CM. And what the hell was Jose Huizar doing right beside him shoveling dirt for the cameras? This is what you'll get voters in CD14 if you vote for Jose. Another photo op loser right next to Antonio.
Votes to test mayor's muscle
Antonio backing two candidates for council
By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's name does not appear on the Nov. 8 special-election ballot, but his influence is prominent in two City Council races - including one in which he is trying to handpick his successor.
In the first real test of his political muscle since taking office, Villaraigosa is backing LAUSD board member Jose Huizar for his former 14th Council District seat over longtime rival Nick Pacheco, who previously held the post.
In the 10th Council District, Villaraigosa is backing Herb Wesson, a former Assembly speaker and a longtime political ally.
For Villaraigosa, the election results could help solidify his political power, adding two allies to the City Council that would be key...
QUE PASA AQUI? HUIZAR HABLA?
"I think people recognize what I can bring to the office," Huizar said.
Parke Skelton, who managed Villaraigosa's mayoral campaign and is overseeing Huizar's, said the mayor could be facing a risk.
"This is his backyard and if there is a loss, there will be a perception that there is some weakness there," Skelton said. "Obviously, I don't think that's the case. Antonio Villaraigosa is the most popular elected official in this area. And Huizar is a very good candidate. He's well-known and (has) done a good job in fundraising."
WHEN WAS HE AT ASCOT PARK ANON? I AM IN LA32 COUNCIL AND DIDN'T HEAR A THING ABOUT THIS.
So let me get this straight.
Pacheco wants to stop the voluntary dissemination of a published article to voters because it reflects negatively on him.
That seemingly qualifies as an infringement on one's freedom speech.
And Pacheco is an attorney??????
Must not be a smart one.
5:16 I'm not a lawyer and I could read the spin on your post. Good try, but won't work this time around.
Pathetic try at best and understand this, your average voter, that includes me, are not impressed with the manipulating stories Mr. Parra decided to pursue and publish even after they are false. What asshole would go negative, only Parke Skelton.
"Councilmanic" is not a word. Say "Council District," not "Councilmanic District."
5:30 - c'mon. That's not spin, that's fact. Telling someone not to pass out a published news article is an absolute attack on the freedom of speech.
Suggesting that the article doesn't accurately reflect what happened is DAMAGE CONTROL or SPIN.
Antonio and Jose were on the news with hard hats shoveling dirt for Ascot Park. I'm sure it'll be on the news later as well. Didn't Nick start Ascot Park?
Here's what you intentionally missed (and Pacheco, who IS a lawyer, who's spent time in city hall, didn't).
Huizar's operatives handed out the OLD, discredited stories, ANONYMOUSLY, (but then admitted they were "aware" and aiding the handout). BIG violation of campaign laws, violates a boatload of ethics rules about identifying the source, the funding, etc. OTHERWISE there would be no NEED for 527s or PACs - everyone could just have dotted line toadies belch out all kinds of crap, and get away with slime and scandal.
YEAH, Huizar can sit back and say "I didn't know" -- so what. I don't recall him saying "bad boy, Alvin." C'mon, Parra is one of his (and AV's) main up-front supporters in El Sereno, hosting fundraisers, staffing campaign events, PLEASE.
Anyone who knows the operative in question knows Parra isn't allowed to wipe his nose anymore without Parke's permission, especially after he screwed up Skelton's election efforts for Parra's wife (Remember... they were challenging Tokofsky, the guy now being a real standup guy about LAUSD and making Huizar look like the village wimp there). Tokofsky was the guy that the big money behind Ms. Parra, AV, and now Huizar, REALLY wanted out of the picture, because he can't be bought like they have been.
It's easy to see Huizar and his handlers aren't even believing the polls their lackies quote here... they must be in trouble to risk even the appearance of ethics violations right now.
5:30 PM (Lauro [former] staffer) trying to pass himself off as an average voter - what average voter would know who Parke Skelton is?
7:03 p.m.
Duh, OH, I don't know, anybody who reads the L.A. fucking Times, the damn Daily News, or any one of a dozen other major daily/weekly/monthly publications Skelton has been quoted in profiled in, photographed for, or (dare I say is), skewered in... i.e., HERE. There was even a cartoon version of him here for awhile, GEEZ.
He ain't NO spider-hole secret weapon, bozo, and he's not only POSTED here HISSELF during the mayor's race, but is talked about on just about EVERY damn thread about AV, Huizar, or CD14.
Skelton's left his dirty thumbprint on every city of CD14 district race (plus school board), and then some for years now. City politics were never this rancid before he became a major player.
No secret. If it reaks, it must be. . .
(And the Times Profile said he "hates to go negative") HA! What a load of BS; no wonder they bought the Huizar endorsement pitch.
"PLEASE, PLEASE, hire ME. I have no relevent experience, but I'll work REAL hard, and I'm a very FAST learner, and I REALLY do like people (and, OH, did I mention, my political "daddy" owns the city now). So you better. . ."
When the average voter lives right next to him, that's when the average joe knows Parke.
MAYOR SAM & MAYOR FRANK,
You deserve many thanks for this site. In the past, my awareness and knowledge of local politics and politicians was zilch (limited). This site gave me the awareness to make good free thinking choices. I have my own mind and I will not get manipulated by the status quo. Thank you guys for doing a great service to us, constituents.
Council District 14 voter
Last time I didn't vote because both candidates were weak. Big mistake I made. Look at what happened.
This time I'm voting, and wish you a big win Pacheco.
What's Huizars? The land contracts?
Pacheco can win this, all a good politician needs is community support.
Pacheco- if this message gets to you, do more voter contact, tell them the truth and expose the lies of Huizar and camp. You have many that support you, remind them to vote. Remind the people of your accomplishments, 18 month term remaining, volunteer efforts, open door policy for constituents, timely return of resident's calls, and most important, that you care enough about CD 14 you are willing to take on BIG MONEY for the benefit of ALL IN THE COMMUNITY.
Which Roybal-Allard staffer is with Huizar?
Which Molina ex staffer lies for Huizar?
Which Montebello H.S. teacher and Corina ex boyfriend is with Huizar?
All of these crooks belong in the L.A. Zoo. The animals in the Zoo are much better beings than the ones mentioned above.
How can you look in the mirror Alvin and not puke with disgust for the recent B.S. you pulled, how could you lie so much?
You lied!
"PADILLA COMMITTEE, NO ON 74, 75, 76 & 77: MAJOR FUNDING BY LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALEX" has just opened.
Sounds kinda fishy, I coulda swore his Leage of Cities endorsed prop 76.
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR CITY STATE/ZIP
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALEX PADILLA COMMITTEE LOS ANGELES CA / 90017-0000
ID NUMBER EMPLOYER OCCUPATION
1261364 MEMO: TRANSFER
AMOUNT TYPE TRANS. DATE FILED DATE TRANS #
$75,000.00 INITIAL 10/31/2005 10/31/2005 1134882-C1
So he's using his CD7 money to throw it into his own Proposition PAC, to then plaster his image all over the 20th Senate with mailers?
That is a big no no padilla. I'm leading this research to get you.
You're full of fuc&in' sh*t 6:27.
Can't pass out LA Times lit because YOU think it's been discredited.
Then pass out your own lit showing it's been discredited. That bullying crap (I"m gonna' threaten' to sue and "campaign violations") doesn't work.
Nick's sorry ass is up a creek without a paddle. Bye-bye Laura!
Best part is that you morons continue to remind the public about it on your own.
Hey 8:08 p.m.
Didn't you hear, NOBODY lives next door to Parke Skeleton, VILLARAIGOSA bought him a private CUL-DE-SAC with city money!
Who says no man is an island. When the mayor owes you big, if you wnat to be an ISLAND, you ARE a fucking ISLAND!!!
IN CASE YOU ALL FORGOT THIS !!!!!
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-council21oct21,0,5154733.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials
TIMES ENDORSEMENT-Vote for Jose Huizar (Dis. 14)
For City Council
October 21, 2005
VOTERS IN THE 14th City Council District, just east and north of downtown, are lucky: They have choices worth considering. That puts them ahead of voters in the mid-city 10th Council District, where an anointed successor merely waits to be crowned.
The 14th District includes the Highland Park and Eagle Rock neighborhoods as well as Boyle Heights and other Eastside neighborhoods. It is solidly Latino and Democratic, with a smattering of artists and writers. It was most recently home to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who skipped a run for a second term on the City Council to run again for mayor. His heart never seemed fully in the district, and it needs someone who will give his all to the job.
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FOR THE RECORD:
City Council: An editorial Friday said Jose Huizar was president of the Los Angeles Board of Education. He stepped down from the presidency in July. —
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The main candidates are Nick Pacheco, who represented the 14th for one term until Villaraigosa ousted him in 2003, and Jose Huizar, who is president of the Los Angeles Unified School District board. The Times endorses Huizar.
Pacheco, who touts his effectiveness in helping the district during his earlier term in office, glosses over the fact that he lost to Villaraigosa for reasons beyond personal charisma. He was accused of strong-arming lobbyists for contributions to a nonprofit "outreach" organization he set up in the district, for example, and was entangled in some particularly vicious campaign tactics against Villaraigosa.
Huizar has served on the school board during a period of rising student scores in the troubled district, and he supported Supt. Roy Romer's largely successful districtwide school-building project. He has been a land-use attorney and has a background in urban planning, an important issue as Villaraigosa chooses the next city planner. And Huizar has the endorsements of 10 of the current 13 members of the City Council, an obvious advantage in working with them. (Council members' silence about their former colleague, Pacheco, has been telling.)
Both candidates support public transportation, particularly the Gold Line train extension to the Eastside. Both promise better constituent service. The question really is which candidate would work most effectively in the modern political culture of Los Angeles. We believe Jose Huizar is that candidate.
In the 10th City Council District, which straddles the Santa Monica Freeway, voters may not even know there is an election. Their previous representative, Martin Ludlow, quit after two years in office to head a labor organization. His certain successor is former Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson, who has Villaraigosa's endorsement and no viable opponents. Wesson is expected to run for the seat of County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke in 2008, and he doesn't deny it. The district deserves better than another hasty exit. No endorsement.
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partners:
Great choice Mayor. We need someone in the 14th who can hit the ground running and Pacheco is the one!
Can someone please explain why people are saying the Park Skelton received a private CUL-DE-SAC with city money!
7:01,
They are saying it because it is not true, but since this blog permits anonymous smears, why not?
They keep promising to present some evidence for this claim, but they never do. Kind of like the 80...
The big development project in Skelton's neighborhood was approved by Pacheco and was almost completely built before Villaraigosa took office.
Pacheco, who during his 1999 campaign repeatedly promised to require the developer to limit the size of the project and require the developer to undergo a discretionary approval process, screwed the community within days of being elected. He repeatedly told people that since the neighborhood had voted for Griego (Griego's campaign office was in the precinct), he was going to side with the developer.
The "street" in question is just a narrow alley that provides access to Skelton's house and one other. The right of way for that street within the boundary of the project, was vacated at the request of the developer, with the support of Pacheco (a street right of way does not get vacated without the COuncil member's approval). The developer built more houses on the vacated right of way.
A number of street right of ways in the project were vacated or adjusted because Pacheco bent over backwards to permit the developer to use "lot line adjustments" to build a contemporary project using an antiquated 1902 tract map -- a process which has since been made illegal by the state.
The alley that remains is not private. It was never vacated. It certainly was never "given" to anyone.
Another Pacheco lie. PAcheco apparently wants to believe that his troubles are due to Skelton's dislike for him, rather than his own sleazy and arrogant behavior.
Yeah, and the LA Times endorsed Antonio and Huggy. Hey, does anyone know where HUGGY's been?
Look we all know the endorsements for Huizar were bullied into by Antonio. The endorsers are so pissed at AV they've even said it. Everyone is afraid of the little midget mayor. Parents in CD14 are mad at Jose because a new high school hasn't been built for Roosevelt even 2 new ones are in South LA already. If Jose cared sooooo much for his community why wasn't it built? Jose has absolutely no experience at all. Touting building schools is a joke. WE the voters paid for the bond to build the schools.
WE WANT LEADERSHIP, EXPERIENCE, A MAN WITH A VISION, A MAN WHO CARES ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY AND THAT'S PACHECO... GO PACHECO GO PACHECO GO PACHECO GO PACHEGO GO PACHECO.
parke skelton is the walrus.
8:13
I see you still take time to post here Parke, or is that your "Lenny" Barkan posting. Again you misconstrue the facts. Nick never told anyone that he was going to allow this development project because this precinct voted for Griego - where is your proof of this. Everyone involved in that campaign knew that Parke's precinct would go to Griego since Parke was helping Griego despite saying he wasn't. You keep trying to paint Nick as this vindictive madman - it wasn't Nick who destroyed a well respected community non-profit out of spite! Did you hear Dr. Gabriel Gutierrez on KPFK this morning talking about his mom, Juana Gutierrez and the slam job Antonio and Molina did on her and her group - this was orchestrated by Skelton.
Here are some facts: the first meeting Nick ever had with anyone after being elected in 1999 was with Parke Skelton. Skelton told him to stop the development project that was disrupting his mountaintop retreat. Nick said he'd get an opinion from the City Attorney. Then Parke asked him that if he couldn't stop it could he make his street into a cul-de-sac. This meeting was recorded Parke.
The answer Nick got from the city attorney was that the project was too far along to stop. It started way back when Snyder was Councilman. If the City stopped it they were in for a serious lawsuit.
But this didn't stop Parke. He got some "pro-bono" legal work done for him - kind of interesting for someone as wealthy as Parke then Nick loses to Tony the Liar and next thing you know, Parke has his private cul-de-sac. Cut it anyway you want Parke - your street went through before, now it is a private cul-de-sac. Anything to keep those pesky Mexicans away. The irony here is that you had a sell out Mexican - Tony - do this for you.
OK PARKE, SPINING THE NEWS AS USUAL?
They are saying it because it is not true, (LIE PARK, IT IS TRUE, YOU KEEP LYING) but since this blog permits anonymous smears (FREEDOM OF SPEECH, WHY DISTORT FACTS PARKE, WHY?), why not?
They keep promising to present some evidence for this claim (YOUR CHIEF PARKER AKA MICHAEL TRUJILLO WAS THE ONE WHO PROMISED THIS CRAP, HE IS FROM YOUR CAMP AND DID DIRTY DEEDS FOR YOU AND VILLARAIGOSA), but they never do. Kind of like the 80...(WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR PARKE AND MICHAEL TRUJILLO TO FURNISH THE 80 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH LIST, IT DOES NOT EXIST AND YOU GUYS LIED TO US!)
8:13
I forgot to mention, you say that project was completed before Villaraigosa took office - this is a lie, in fact it is still under construction - take a look for yourself. It is off Avenue 60, at the Pasadena Fwy exit turn left towards Hermon, then turn left at the street that says - "construction entrance." The day of atonement has passed Parke, working on a new set of lies to be forgiven for next year?
HUIZAR DOES NOT CARE ABOUT LAUSD KIDS. ALL OF HIS STAFFERS KIDS AND RELATIVES GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. GO CHECK IT OUT! DO YOU THINK THEY REALLY CARE, NAH!
I'm interested in writing a story on this abuse. Can you post an email where I can gather more information from you on Parke Skelton and local political shady projects?
Nailed it anon. Parke Skelton hates Mexicans. He hates us. My son and I met with him last year and we were talking to Antonio V. He was talking smack about us sedentary people, not knowing what is good from bad, we must be stupid nopaleros.
Next time Parke, my husband will go with me and if I see you he will tell your ass off. Are you at Boyle Heights HQ. We should talk. There is no need for consultants to creat division in our community within latinos.
Thanks for the directions, I'm on my way right now to take pictures and send to Mayor Frank.
Gracias, concerned citizen
you posted
"8:13
I forgot to mention, you say that project was completed before Villaraigosa took office - this is a lie, in fact it is still under construction - take a look for yourself. It is off Avenue 60, at the Pasadena Fwy exit turn left towards Hermon, then turn left at the street that says - "construction entrance." The day of atonement has passed Parke, working on a new set of lies to be forgiven for next year?"
The majority who volunteer at Huizar's campaign office are private school students.
LAUSD students despise Jose Huizar. A media crew must go to High Schools and ask kids who this man is and what he's done for them. They don't even know who he is. If media does this, do it spontaneous, or else LAUSD Huizar buddies will coach the kids on what to say.
9:21
Nice try Parke, but you're going to have to wait until you get in the mail, just like all the other 30,000 households in CD 14.
parque esqueleto,
get rid of alvin, that should make him feel better. alvin better not mess it up for us huizar supporters. I got a flyer that asks me to take a day off, vacation to help at boyle heights office. ok i might do that, but if unions are getting paid, can i get paid too?
9:14. OK, I'll answer.
You say that there is a recording of a meeting between Nick and Skelton right after his election. Boy I'd love to hear that. It never happened. After 2 or 3 weeks of refusing to return calls from the neighborhood association, Nick did meet with them -- and told them he had met with the developers and changed his mind and was now backing the project.
You say the project was too far along and had started in the Snyder Adminstration. Bull. Not a permit had been sought, not a plan filed, not a shovel of dirt turned until after Pacheco was elected. He could have decided to limit the project, or make it conform to contemporary zoning laws, or the Hillside Ordinance, or something, but he refused. With the Councilman greasing the project at every step, it went through with very little opportunity to contest it.
I said, by the way, that the project had been almost entirely completed before Villaraigosa took office. True. Every approval had been granted. All of the massive amount of grading had been done, All the infrastructure work, and most of the houses built. The developer continued to build houses in stages as they were sold, but the vast bulk of the work was done during Pacheco.
Also, the "street" never went through. The unimproved "street" ran into the property 40 or 50 yards to provide access to 2 old houses in the center of the development. Then stopped. After the developer built new streets that served those 2 houses, he sought the vacation of the right of way. And built houses on top of it. With Pacheco's approval.
Of all the communities that voted in the Villaraigosa / Pacheco race in 2003, The highest percentage for Villaraigosa and against Pacheco was in Hermon, where Pacheco went out of the way to screw the community. No wonder.
Only Parke would know these details (and sping them so criminally).
Get back to work Skeleton, Jose's in troubel!
OH MAN, am I seeing things (no!).
8:17 a.m. supporter of AV/Huizar's ADMITS there was never any evidence of 80 fake watch organizations.
They keep promising to present some evidence for this claim, but they never do. Kind of like the 80...
Damn, I'm going to tell AV that Jose's people are breaking ranks and calling AV and staff liars (publicly this time... he's already done it privately).
BIG difference, though, all the stuff on the Pine Hill development is public record. There's NO public record on the fake watches, EVEN though city staff "supposedly" helped create them.
Tells the whole story, DON'T it. . .
parke skelton is the walrus.
First of the month, Edwards, cough it up! What's this? You know your checks are worthless with me!
Cash or get out!
What 17th floor examines Huizar for corruption? I don't know.
What floor is piling up evidence against Villariagosa? I don't know.
It hurts not to know Parke Skelton.
Punctuation, please. Damn -- can't tell who you're goading and taunting on the last ones. . .
Skelton and his "parke-ners" in crime are poking out names of various players here in an attempt to irritate someone into revealing themself.
Here, I can play that child's game too. Let me help.
Is that you Alvin?
Is Irene helping you?
I though Mark was out of town?
Don't you have better things to do, Lisa?
You too, Anthony. Tell Nancy to get back to work.
Oh, RIQKIE???
In an effort to PAD his list of endorsements further, to cover a lack of positions he's taken and accomplishments. Huizar's people have already listed at least one umbrella organization that has never met OR voted to endorse him, OR told its member organizations that it "has."
NOW, they've started inventing names of groups to fill space. This "endorsing" organization name appears on his website:
Women For:
That's it, just "Women for(colon)"
Now EITHER this is a typo, or it's a support group for people who don't want to have their colons removed, or it's just a catch-all in case some women WANT to support Huizar, but don't yet belong to any particular group. A little research however shows some further details on this group.
Their purpose is(period)
They meet at(exclamation point)
Dues are(ampersand)
Membership includes(semi-colon)
And, (of course)...
They endorse a big (zero)
11:18 Funny, I donut gettit????
There's another person and I don't remember her name, she's a big player. She chooses her candidates last minute and helps them win. I thought I saw her at Huizar's. Damn I don't remember, I'll find out and post later. She is good with marketing. Damn. Later.
11:57 Blogger
Alvin Parra?
Which Irene? Who is lisa, anthony, mark, what the heck is going on here?
12:10 Your post is the best! Funny I say, funny. I couldn't stop LOL :)_
Idiot.
Women For: are a politcal organization that supports candidates whose support for women and family issues are stellar.
Women For: has over 235 members in CD 14 -- but if you knew anything about the district and the fact that this political organization has existed for years -- then well, you'd be winning your Pacheco campaign right now.
12:10 p.m.
Is this what you were also referring to, the NELA Open Space Coalition. That advertises itself as a coalition of community groups and includes certified neighborhood councils (which can't endorse), as well as 501c3 and other incorporated non-profits which are also not allowed to endorse or they can lose their tax-free status.
How did they VOTE to endorse a political candiate. Huizar has mentioned this endorsement before, but the group never put out any kind of release or even communicated this to member organizations. (I belong to one of the groups under its umbrella and nothing has been said at all).
10:10 Skelton
You would only get your panties in a bunch if what was being said about you were true. Did the street go all the way through, Thomas Bros. says it did. Is there a cul de sac on your block now, Google Earth says there is. And you didn't meet with Nick right after he won? You're lying about this one, not only is there a recording - fool you should have known you'd be recorded- but your name is also on the appointment logs. And you're lying again about the permit process - developers would not have purchased that whole hill if they did not have a conditional use permit - look up and see when the property transferred.
Bottom line is that you had your own personal agenda - damn any Latino empowerment - you had Tony the Liar and you were going to get what you wanted. And as if this wasn't enough, Tony then gave you a dog park down the street from your resort to walk your dog - I guess the Rose Bowl got to be too much of a drive for you.
The facts don't lie Parke - you screwed a whole new generation of Latinos for your own personal agenda - and now you're trying to make up for it by taking one of those Latinos - Huizar - and making him all yours. Well, win or lose, we're not going away and there's hell to pay. Get this in your head - life mission. Ask Alatorre what that means.
12:48
You assume everyone opposing Huizar is "Pacheco"
There are 8 other candidates, and from the debates I have seen, nearly all are attacking the poor performance of LAUSD under him, and the fact that his is another "lawyer." Not so black and white.
The others obviously see him as the weakest of the top two and want to try and take his place in any runoff.
I am a woman, live in CD 14 we have our fitness club gatherings and none of us 162 members have heard of the Women for:
12:58pm Just conceded the race to Jose Huizar.
I suppose all those volunteers have finally given up and gone home.
Pefectly Forgetful Pacheco.
12:58,
Funny, a whole bunch of people spent tons of time on this blog trying to convince us that Pacheco created the dog park. Now I find out that Villaraigosa created it as a gift to Parke Skelton -- who doesn't even own a dog.
1:45
You obviously learned to read at LAUSD. Their point was obviously that the 8 dwarves are now attacking Huizar, who's in No. 2 spot, and slipping back (and most vulnerable) in order to bump him off, so one of THEM can be in the runoff against Pacheco.
That was perfectly clear. What's your beef with plain English?
1:45
You obviously learned to read at LAUSD. Their point was obviously that the 8 dwarves are now attacking Huizar, who's in No. 2 spot, and slipping back (and most vulnerable) in order to bump him off, so one of THEM can be in the runoff against Pacheco.
That was perfectly clear. What's your beef with plain English?
Pacheco does own a dog, vicious one too, his wife!
Why was there security off of Ave 60 towards Hermon. I tried to drive by, something happened. Did Parke fall down trying to dig a hole on the hill to hide illegal mailings?
You must mean Parke Skelton owns a dog too, his wife! You idiot!
Athena the WILD GRASSY KNOLL DANCER DOG. SHE HOWLS AND BARKS, BUT THE BONE IS TOO SMALL.
Hey 1:43:
Good to know you can poll all 162 members of your fitness club in an hour and 33 minutes.
KUDOS to Mayor Sam and Frank. the blog has obviously been elevated back to "prime source" status at least with the Huizar crowd. Ever since the re-endorsment of Pacheco yesterday, they've had some relatively knowledgeable stationed here almost 24/7 trying to do damage control and sping back, or at least distract - on nearly every thread.
A couple weeks ago, the CD14 bloggers had free reign, but things must be looking dicey for Huizar and they don't want any late "messages" getting through that might reveal his true "not yet ready" to lead status, as explained in your endorsement statements.
Don't worry about the "women for" with membership like that in Cd14, that means they're ALMOST as scare as (real) neighborhood watches.. somethin like one member for every 500-600 homes.
I'm ALSO pretty sure that CD14 membership number was made up. What membership group like that has membership listed and categorized by which COUNCIL district they live in in L.A. City.
I polled 1,500 members in 5 minutes and none of them knew what the hell any of you are talking about.
1:54
Absoluetly 1,000 percent correct. Budgeted and approved before Pacheco left office. CIty files, no denying, no spin will win. Every $ not pre-ordained was "donated" from Rec & Parks budget when AV came up short (OH, man is that wording tempting to play with! In several ways).
Not a DIME came out of CD14 money after AV became CM.
2:16 p.m.
I polled a groin, just trying to climb over all the shit Huizar supporters are throwing at this thread now that the blog owners have exposed their wannabe CM as too green and too "owned" to do the district any good.
I've been to most meetings in CD14. Neighborhood councils, grass root organizations, non profits, business etc. I've spoken to several people via e-mail today who live throughout the district and NOT ONE OF THEM HAVE EVER HEARD OF "Women For." That's the dumbest name of a women's group. They've never seen them at any meetings. If it does exist who is the president of the group?????
AV's staff got the dog park re-started as a publicity stunt, for when he ran for mayor, just days before the final vote -- after sitting on it for 2 years. That was discussed here at the time, a lot. The job was to take 6 months, and they turned it into 30 months.
2:21
It's a BEVERLY HILLS group, that endorsed Huizar, just like most of his money has come from FAR outside the district.
This is the first wave in a colonization of the Eastside by Westside developers and slumlords.
AND, Villaraigosa owns TWO dogs, and their names are. . .
(NAH, even I'm not that cruel... poor guy has his own cross to bear in that).
You're confusing the dog park with the cul-d-sack-of-shit.
"And if ANYONE wants special favors, and tries to get them by dropping my name, you tell me who they are"
-- Mayor Villaraigosa ("and I'll check the campaign donation list before we proceed").
Who knows, they MAY get a commission seat, too.
antonio villaraigosa is actually a highly specialized cyborg developed deep below mount hermon in parke skelton's secret laboratory. after moving through a series of offices with machine-like precision he stands atop the pinnacle of the los angeles power structure, ready to let loose the vile and destructive powers endowed upon him by his evil master.
quail before the apocalypse, ignorant opponents! the true hail of fire from the evil genius of hermon is about to fall upon you!
Herman who?
Munster?
Go back to the Icelandic sagas, dude, your personality's starting to melt.
If there's and man-made candidate here it's got be be Jose... Huizar's IE expenditure total from Unions is up to $130K, includes nearly TWO HUNDRED $300 payments for walkers to deliver their muffed up message. "He's leaving the school board and running for city council to make the schools in L.A. better!"
(There MAY actually be some logic there, hmmmm).
Most often heard reply from union walkers to "why should I vote for Huizar" --
"Who cares, I get $300 bucks either way, and my feet hurt."
There's no "incentive" pay there. . .wouldn't be "union" to pay for actual performance.
(Of course they're also double-dipping on the propositions - but what the hell; Arnold don't care).
Which is preferable, a poll putting you up by 10 points or the endorsement of Mayor Sam?
I may be a political (and overall) idiot, but even I know the right answer this time.
You imbecile, we're down by 13 points, not ten!
You must be one of those mythical LAUSD grads!
PAID deadhead walkers (for Huizar) vs. rabid grassroots volunteers for Pacheco.
That's what's "better" -- real support, not manufactured "okay, MAYBE I'll vote for the guy Antonio likes -- if I get around to it -- if it doesn't rain -- if I don't have to work late.
Maybe!
http://targetedcommunications.org/polls/cd14octoberpoll.pdf
30 points up to 13 points down.
James Carville can't spin that.
Yes, yes, yes, you're proud of your scummy handiwork Parke. You always are, but it's SO tiresome now. Nothing matters in the final stretch but turnout and even your witches brews can't stir that up or compare it to 3rd tier indy polls run by storefront operations out of HIGHLAND PARK.
Go back under your rock. I'm sure Jose will pay the invoices no matter what happens.
Q: What starts out with promise then sees a 40% slide in two months?
Answer: No, not Pacheco's poll numbers.
Robert Urteaga's future as a political consultant.
Let's see, who has a better future:
Monica?
Eric Robles?
Enrique Gasca?
Alvin Parra?
How many Latinos does Parke have in his inner circle? And Jorge doesn't count.
My money is on Robert Urteaga, there's already enough little Mexican Yes men and Yes women around L.A. politics, and look at the results.
By the way Parke, thanks for sending out that mailer saying that Nick has made a career of attacking Antonio - just more lies from your camp. What a message - "please vote for Jose because Nick hurt Antonio's feelings." Huizar, you've lost your soul - you're turning out to be another Alatorre. This mailer just solidified Nick's base. If Antonio were so well liked and if Huizar was holding a 15 point lead, why attack? Nick hasn't attacked, but I hope he does.
Alvin Parra has a consulting business, although he never won an election for him or his wife. I wonder why? I would not hire him.
"Partial" truths is the best we can ever expect from anyone who uses Skeleton as a consultant. SO partial, they can't even approach truth.
Do we WANT another councilmember in CD14 who can only ever tell us "partial" truths, designed to hide the lies they really are? The latest slime attack on Pacheco mailed by the skeleton krew says:
"... a phone bank OWNED by Pacheco... " yada yada (you know the rest of of the bile, its been used here a lot, too).
So let me get this straight... if I loan or RENT my car to a third party, don't know where they're going, am not in the car when they drive it, am not driving, am not even in the AREA when they drive it -- and they get a ticket, then I'M I'M guilty of a violation?
Even if the other party accepts responsibility, pays the fine, and tells everyone involved I was NOT involved in any way, repeatedly?
That's the logic these truth butcherers are using against Pacheco in this tired, worn out, yellow with age garbage that smells up our mailboxes in CD14.
It wouldn't work anywhere else, WHY do we tolerate it in politics when it horribly damages the reputation of an innocent party?
Clues are now coming our about who's behind the Alvin Parra slime handouts, and they CAN be traced back to Huizar's campaign.
People delivering them have VOTER ROLL CHARTS AND ADDRESSES that are ONLY given out to certified candidates.
MORE TO FOLLOW. . . the noose tightens Jose. You should have been more selective in who helps with your . . . "...Strategies(tm)...?"
Should`have called it off before it became better knownm.
Would ALvin Parra appreciate 2-3 years old LA Times articles being widely circulate (and HIS area still true: Doh!)
L.A. TIMES
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Steve Lopez:
Points West
Homer Simpson of L.A. Politics Seemed
to Be After the Doh!
Let's be honest, men. At times, there are
things you simply don't want your wife to
know about. Problem is, she always finds out,
and you always end up in the doghouse.
Am I right, or am I right?
Just take the case of Alvin Parra, a political
operative who works for Los Angeles County
Supervisor Gloria Molina.
Parra went behind the back of his wife,
Nellie Rios-Parra, and drafted a plan to get
her elected to the Los Angeles school board.
Good intentions.
Dumb move.
Someone leaked Parra's harebrained scheme
to The Times -- a scheme that proposed
hitting up the city's biggest powerbrokers
for millions of dollars -- and now the thing
has blown up in his face.
Rios-Parra wept when she heard what her
lesser half had done. The next day, she
dismissed his plan as "ridiculous."
We never learn, do we? Even when we're
trying to do something nice, we manage to
mess it up in ways we never imagined. I rang
Parra's office to find out if he's sleeping on
the couch, but he didn't return my calls.
Three-to-one his wife took away his phone
privileges.
Here's what the poor fool did:
On Nov. 1, Parra read a Times story alleging that Eli Broad, with a
little help from his friend Dick Riordan, was offering a
$10-million-plus package to Occidental College if its president
ran against an L.A. Unified school board member who refuses to
be their lapdog.
A light bulb went on. If Broad and Riordan were throwing money
around, Parra figured, why not get in on the action?
I must admit I had the same idea. If these guys want to buy what
little they don't already own, I'm still ready to offer my services.
The day Parra wrote his memo, I wrote a column telling the Big
Boys that if they needed another yes man on the school board, I'd
be their dummy for a mere $3 million.
Parra, the rat, undercut me by $1 million. He said Broad and
Riordan's political action committee should go ahead and give a
few million to Occidental to make it look like they intended to all
along, and then give $2 million to his wife's school district,
Lennox.
That way, Rios-Parra's superintendent would be happy to pay her
full salary -- she's director of the district's preschool program --
even after she went part time so she could work on the L.A. school
board.
"Nellie gets its [sic] all and there is no loss [sic] $," Parra wrote
in a memo to his wife's campaign manager.
Nice to know that Molina hires only the best and the brightest.
Parra also suggested tapping the Big Boys for a cool $400,000 to
finance his wife's campaign, and "we control the expenses."
(Note to hacks everywhere: If you're going to play ball, play
hardball. Start at no less than a half-million bucks, and make sure
you write yourself into the deal as a consultant.)
Parra offered an explanation that Broad and Riordan's Coalition
for Kids might use to say why it suddenly decided to back his
wife:
"In any public comment, they need to say something like ... 'Nellie
was not our first choice, but now that she is looking at this race,
she clearly is the best candidate.... ' "
Clever, huh?
And what was he thinking when he wrote:
"Nellie doesn't know about this."
The minute he put those words on paper, Parra was a condemned
man. Rios-Parra was, of course, destined to know about it. She
would see it in his eyes, sniff it out, then let him have it.
They always find out.
"I had no idea that Alvin wrote this memo, and strongly oppose
everything contained in it," Rios-Parra said Tuesday in a prepared
statement that was accompanied by an apology from her husband.
"The demands and conditions contained in it are ridiculous," she
went on.
Amen, sister.
Parra says he reconsidered his own scheme and never sent the
memo to anyone; all sides are saying they never saw it.
Doesn't matter.
Parra has single-handedly managed to raise suspicions about his
own wife. And it doesn't help that Broad and Riordan's coalition --
which is dying to unseat David Tokofsky -- has shoveled $121,000
into Rios-Parra's campaign.
In the end, Parra couldn't have done Tokofsky a bigger favor.
How can we think of Rios-Parra as anything but Broad and
Riordan's stooge, thanks to her husband?
He'd be lucky to get the couch at this point.
But the deadliest flaw in Parra's get-rich-quick scheme was that
even if it worked, he was going to end up sounding like one of the
Chipmunks when his wife got through with him. If she hasn't
already, she'll hit him where it hurts and ask the following
question:
Did he think so little of her that he believed she couldn't win
without his help?
For men who are wondering, there is only one way to respond to
the question.
You hang your head, you cower, you weep. Wet your pants if you
have to. But you never, ever, under any circumstances, try to
explain.
You'll only make it worse.
*
Steve Lopez
Soooooo, HEY, who is Broad/Riordan coalition backing today??
If Alvin is the Homer Simpson of L.A. politics, and he was trying to get at their money, does that make Jose Huizar - Bart?
Jose is following in the exact footsteps Antonio did in CD14. He LIED and said he wouldn't run for mayor. Jose knowing full well he was going to run for city council didn't tell community groups he gathered to give him money and support him for LAUSD prez although he ran unopposed. Gee, another liar straight out of the box. Does CD14 need another Antonio wannabe? Hell No. BREAK THE CYCLE VOTE FOR PACHECO
Anon 5:22
What part of your grassroots activism led to the 43 point swing?
Go get 'em, slugger!
Anon 6:19
I didn't see you bashing the pollster when they said Nick was up a few months back.
Anon 10:13
Have you noticed Urteaga has run a 30 point lead into a 13 point deficit? CAMPAIGN MISMANAGER!
Isn't it ironic that the phone bank that Parke and Huizar claim Nick owned - which he never did -is now owned by Mario Solis - the person who conducted that sham poll putting Huizar 15 points up. The same equipment used for the "Marina Message" is the same equipment being used by Huizar to try and breath life back into his campaign. Mario is about the most unprincipled person in politics right now. Uneducated and unprincipled. Sounds like Antonio. Nick gave Mario a start in politics now he's mired in that cesspool known as Skelton's Black Septic Tank. What's that saying Mario - once you go black you never go back?
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