Parks, Delgadillo handing over eminent domain property to private developer
The Times has the big scoop this morning on the City of LA's bungled acquisition via eminent domain of property that it now wants to sell to a private developer.
The property formerly housed a thriving business in Councilman Parks' District, in the 5900 block of Western. The City's stated public good purpose for the property was to turn it into an Animal Shelter.
But that fell through soon after the grab, and now Bernie has no qualms at all about turning around and selling it to a developer. And the guy who will really look like a mess on this one (unless he backs off) is Rocky Delgadillo (again!). The Times' Patrick McGreevy takes it from there:
That would be quite a flip if it occurs. At bottom, there seems no way in LA that Delgadillo can ethically justify taking $13K from a guy dependent on his clearing the road for acquisition of a property. And what stinks to hell here is the fact that Parks' office now wants to build the shelter a block away, on land the City already owns. Why didn't they plan it that way before?
The property formerly housed a thriving business in Councilman Parks' District, in the 5900 block of Western. The City's stated public good purpose for the property was to turn it into an Animal Shelter.But that fell through soon after the grab, and now Bernie has no qualms at all about turning around and selling it to a developer. And the guy who will really look like a mess on this one (unless he backs off) is Rocky Delgadillo (again!). The Times' Patrick McGreevy takes it from there:
Francisco Pinedo, president of Cisco Bros., said Delgadillo is sympathetic to the proposal.
The firm and its executives have donated to the campaigns of several politicians whose support is essential to the deal.
Delgadillo, whose office must provide legal justification for the change in the project, has received $13,600 in contributions from two Cisco Bros. executives in the last five years, including a $5,600 check in June to his campaign for state attorney general.
The two executives contributed $1,000 to Parks' 2003 campaign for City Council, and gave $1,500, most of it last year, to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who would have to sign off on the deal.
The contributions came from Francisco Pinedo, the president, and Alba Pinedo, a co-owner of the firm.
That would be quite a flip if it occurs. At bottom, there seems no way in LA that Delgadillo can ethically justify taking $13K from a guy dependent on his clearing the road for acquisition of a property. And what stinks to hell here is the fact that Parks' office now wants to build the shelter a block away, on land the City already owns. Why didn't they plan it that way before?
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Posted by Joseph Mailander @ 1/14/2006 07:01:00 AM
28 Comments:
This is total B.S. Parks states this is the best thing for the community and if that were true then allow the furniture manufacturer that had to move because the city said a animal shelter would be built move back. This all seems very very fishy and highly unethical. Rocky has had enough bad publicity on many contributions and this looks really bad for him and Parks. I say the Vaughn's (old owners) should sue the hell out of the city.
why not move the furniture company to the "Furniture District" that Perry created in the CD 9?
Big time unethical!!!
Then we wonder why property owners are skeptical to sell to government. Idiots!
Wazzzzz Up Tony.
The 18th Street Cholo, and Parks the Crip doing a blatant drive by on the community.
I want to laugh on how the Villababoso defenders try to spin this one.
Take back our city back with "Clean Campaign" money.
Delgadillo is the PIMP IN THE HOUSE.
Where is the U.S. Attorney. This is RICO, follow the money on this and all of the other corruption being perpetrated by Tunnnny and his Capos on the City Council. Yup, Yup, Yup a continuing criminal enterprise. I hope Debra Wong Yang doesn't think she would offend the Chicano community. Villababoso first, Huizaraigosa second, Parks, third and so on. Let's get going yup, yup, yup !
This is what you get when you elect a city attorney that his nearly non-existent legal experience.
Rocky you are an amature and are only in office b/c Latinos came out to vote for AV.
Let's bet that the law firm that is going to get this work contributed money to him. It will probably be Brown Winfield, or Demitriou Del Guercio, or Nossaman Guthner.
Rocky: you make us sick.
Funny. I came to these comments seeing if for once people can discuss a political issue without racial references. I figured, only 6 comments and the story has nothing to do with race. Of course I should have known better. I find it ironic that people who so often complain about "the race card" seem to have race at the top of their brains. Typical. And hypocritical.
Eminent domain is no joke. I would fight the city. Use it for what it was intended to be used for under eminent domain... or give it back.
To 10:12... thanks for your dumbass remarks.
Let's see 1:46 PM
You're the only pendejo.
Eminent domain is no joke.
Genius !
I would fight the city.
So militant !
Use it for what it was intended to be used for under eminent domain...
There is a Santa Claus !
or give it back.
Tony you can't have it we want it back !
You are so profund...profound pendejo.
1:46 the above post is correct.
You can't defend the 18th Street Cholo.
So attack the messenger, grow up sissy.
Well, Rocky is only half-chicano so he can't be too offended.
as someone who comes from a hometown whose news media belongs to the politicians - good on the LA Times to bring this one out of the gutter. What a total abuse of power! No I don't work the Times - I hate to admit MAV is my boss - how sad to have such corruption where one looks for people with honor - silly me - at least not in Pay to Play LA.
What dumb as crakkker goes on and on about the "18st cholo". God damn your an idiot. AV is from City Terrace. There is no 18st in City Terrace or East LA. Your white ass probally masturbates about cholos from 18st hahahahha
6:08 pm
Pendejo it really makes me feel good to pull your chango chain. Watcha for the squirt.
Here's some more lunch.
Villababoso is Mr. Corruption.
Huisaraigosa is his puppet.
and you're their bitch.
RICO, yup, yup, yup.
U.S. attorney needs to go after them. Continuing criminal enterprise.
The 18th Street Cholo launched the first version of his Mayoral newsletter this Thursday. More like promoting his bid for Governor. At the taxpayers expense under the guise of outreach of City business.
"In a recent L.A. Times Opinion piece, the Mayor was called to task on his vision of making Los Angeles the Venice of the 21st Century by mimicking "the dense, transit-dependent cities of high-rise apartment buildings like New York, Chicago, Boston, and Paris." The attraction of L.A., the piece continues, is its "pattern of dispersion and its strong attachment to the single-family home."
The piece challenges the Mayor to, rather than "become someplace we are not," make Los Angeles a "better version of itself."
What all true Angelenos want. Not to pay debts that Villababoso, & Huizaraigosa owe to developers.
I say RICO yup, yup, yup!
Debra Wong Yang are you listening.
Nothing but a bunch of wetback thugs.
Pigs with earrings!
What do 'ya expect when you have a bunch of racist, Maldef, Lulac, and La Raza chicanos running a de facto corrupt Mexican government.
Take your anger out at the ballot box NEXT TIME.
Crooks.
Anybody try checking the law? Especially the author of the Times piece, McGreevey?
If the City Council agrees with Parks and declares the property to be "surplus property", it is then sold by General Services according to a public bid process proscribed by law.
To you name-calling simpletons, that means the property will be sold to the highest bidder, not negotiated in some subterfuge.
If someone wants to purchase this property, all they need to do is bid higher than anyone else.
Duh.
Where's the corruption here?
I'll tell you where, in the uneducated, scandal seeking, news making (instead of reporting) Los Angeles Slimes, a formerly great newspaper that has been totally ruined by a Chicago owner.
You won't see the Daily News going with a story like this, because Rick Orlov is a real live journalist, and he'd have researched it and never printed it the way McGreevey did.
Shame on you, McGreevey, and shame on the LA Times.
Phil,
Wouldn't the corruption be the actual TAKING of the property by eminent domain and then not using it for what it was taken for?
-Just a silly Valley girl
Phil --
Here are the problems with this situation:
1. Your tax dollars, and three years, were spent to acquire this property, supposedly for an animal shelter, but the city already owned land suitable for that purpose, one block away. That's called waste and delay.
2. As a result of the delay, the construction costs have now supposedly risen three-fold. (That sounds like an additional scam to me; I don't see how costs could have risen that much.)
3. A citizen -- the owner of the property -- was subjected to three years of litigation, and had his property taken away by his own government. If you don't think that's an ordeal, then you haven't lived through three years of litigation. This was not an arm's length transaction; the power of government was used to take away a man's business.
4. The government then handed that man's property to his competitor. It's not being used for a public purpose; it's being given to his competitor.
5. His competitor, the company that is getting the land, just happened to spread thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to the key politicians involved.
Now, if you think that's hunky-dorey, and doesn't even merit a story, well, I'm sure there are some politicians who would be happy to put you in charge of ethics commissions. But to me, it is outrageous and smells. Taxpayers lose; the animals lose; property owners lose; and the integrity of our government loses.
P.S. Someone give McGreevy a Pulitzer!
To Phil Crackhead:
You must be a by-product of the LAUSD. Zero brain activity.
Also, you sound like one of the crooked Mexicans at City Hall.
My cat would understand that this case was FRAUDULENT INTENT to begin with! Valley Girl is right!
You must think the rest of the world is brain dead. The problem is that you people are so corrupt that you really don't know the difference between right and wrong.
It's part of your culture to be crooked and then you have the balls to try to defend your illegal, corrupt actions.
Go back to Mexico.
10:12 a.m ANON
"WHERE IS THE U.S. ATTORNEY?"
On my God, 10:12, you must know that Antonio Gonzalez is another MECHISTA, LA RASA, LULAC, MALDEF traitor to the U.S.
Go to CAPS and you will find automatic links to email your Senators, Congressmen, and Representatives to enforce the anti-illegal immigration resolutions in Congress. VOTE NO FOR AMNESTY!!!!
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Patrick McGreevy did a great job on the story so what are you talking about? He is one of the few credible reporters in this city. Rick Orlov kisses Antonio's ass so much he would never print a negative piece. The fact of the matter is can't the business that originally had the property then had to relocate SUe the city for not doing what they said?
Also, why didn't anyone investigate Richard Meruelo when he was buying all the LAUSD land that was to be used for schools? Meruelo owns more property than anyone else in downtown LA thanks to Antonio and Huizar.
Article in this week's downtownnews.com
Oh no, I don't think Phil Krakover is a Mexican.
I think it is either someone who works for an elected, runs campaigns or is a lobbyist.
9:23 No... It's not Mexican's or their culture. I'm sure of it.
Duke, Delay... and their friend Abramoff
Doolittle will go down soon...
Must be their conservative white male culture wouldn't you say?
vote for pedro, and all your wildest dreams will come true.....
SHUT UP AND VOTE
to 1/16 12:34 - Bitter Bernie is white?
but agreed - if you don't vote then you can't bitch -
and we do love to bitch ....
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