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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Open Thread for Tuesday

For the next several open threads, we're going to highlight California's missions. First off, its our hometown mission, San Fernando Rey de Espana.

Founded September 8, 1797. The padres sought a location for another mission to relieve the long journey between San Gabriel and San Buenaventura. The most desirable spot was already claimed by Francisco Reyes, the mayor of the Los Angeles pueblo. He relinquished his claim, probably gracefully, was a patron at the formal dedication, and was godfather of the first child baptized.

Mission San Fernando was the fourth mission founded in three months as Father Lasuén hurried to close the gaps in El Camino Real. A church was completed only two months after the dedication. A ready market at Los Angeles soon had the mission producing hides, tallow, soap, cloth, and livestock; herds of the latter numbering in the thousands.

Nearness to Los Angeles produced another distinction for San Fernando. The wealthy mission became such a popular stopping place for travelers that the padres added again and again to the convento wing until the hospice became known as the famous "long building" of El Camino Real.

Unfortunately, the neophyte population tended to decrease in direct proportion to the arrival of new settlers. The time came when there were scarcely enough Indian workers to supply produce demanded by the military, nor make necessary repairs to the buildings after the earthquake of 1812. The resident padre, Father Ibarra, refused to renounce allegiance to Spain, but the Mexican government allowed him to remain, as there was none other to supervise the mission's decline. At last the good padre left of his own accord, unable to bear the hostility of the civil authorities. In 1845 Governor Pio Pico leased the mission lands to his brother Andres. The hospice became the brother's summer home. Further decline saw the church and hospice used as a warehouse and stable, while the quadrangle became a hog farm.

The fortunes of the old mission increased dramatically with public awareness of the great historical significance of the chain of California missions. San Fernando became a church again in 1923. Since then the church, the "long building", and quadrangle have been restored. The hospice and convento house an important museum, with a seminary, archives, and archdiocese headquarters on the grounds.

From California Mission History.

13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said:

WHERE IS MARTIN LUDLOW?

ARE THE FEDS AFTER HIM AND WHO ELSE?

February 28, 2006 10:17 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Where is Ludlow's ex chief of staff, Ed Sanders? Is he implicated in this as well?

February 28, 2006 10:18 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

You leave us no other option but to use "Open Thread"

Pretty Lame---Start Marting Ludlow Thread Mayor Sam.

Did you say Martin?

http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-me-union24feb24,0,2101363.story?coll=ktla-news-1

http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-me-feds22feb22,1,1049975.story?coll=la-headlines-business-careers

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mayorludlow18feb18,0,4081810.story?coll=la-story-footer

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/business/13945703.htm

February 28, 2006 11:07 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

"Ludlow, meanwhile, has tentatively accepted the general terms of a plea bargain with federal and state prosecutors but talks on some details continue, according to sources close to the negotiations."

LA TIMES

February 28, 2006 11:11 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

OOPS I DID IT AGAIN??

"On Thursday it emerged that key witnesses in the case have been longtime Democratic political workers, including an elected school board member and a former campaign consultant for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa."

LA TIMES

February 28, 2006 11:12 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

IS VILLARAIGOSA NEXT?

READ ON FROM LA TIMES:

"Sources said Thursday that a former administrative assistant to Humphries and a former bookkeeper for Local 99 have told investigators that they were directed by Humphries to put on the union payroll five people referred by Ludlow.

Sometime in December 2002, Ludlow and a political operative named Gregory Akili appeared at the Local 99 office with a list of five job descriptions, their terms and how much the positions were to pay, the sources said.

The monthly salaries ranged from $2,600 to $5,400 and were contained on a spreadsheet given to the two Local 99 employees.

At that time, it was made clear that Akili would be one of the people hired, so he was put on the payroll, sources said.

Akili, currently a political organizer for SEIU Local 1000, has previously worked for other Democratic candidates, including as a paid campaign consultant for Villaraigosa's unsuccessful 2001 campaign for mayor.

Akili did not return phone calls seeking comment this week."

February 28, 2006 11:13 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DIDN'T THE MAYOR GET UNION WORKERS FROM DWP TO HELP IN HUIZAR'S CAMPAIGN?

WAS EVERYONE BRAIN WASHED AND MISSED THIS?

February 28, 2006 11:17 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Ricardo A. Torres II IS AFTER THE MAYOR, NO?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

February 28, 2006 11:18 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

REMEMBER
CHIEF PARKER POST

"Martin Ludlow New County Fed Leader!

Your Chief has done some digging.

Tomorrow Councilmember Martin Ludlow will be confirmed as County-Fed Leader. If you recall Sister City was the first place to openly talk about Ludlow.

Congratulations Mr. Ludlow and may i also publicly endorse Herb Wesson for City Council now.

I will give props to the Korean Times and LA Observed for beating us to the punch though -- even though neither has confirmed 100% -- your Chief has.

*** Update***

The Los Angeles Times verifies what I wrote earlier today. Personally I'd like to applaud the Korea Times for scooping one of the major political stories in Los Angeles. The LA Times and other media outlets must be a little embaressed for missing this one.

posted by Chief Parker @ 6/07/2005 12:19:00 AM"

February 28, 2006 11:20 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

FUNNY SHIT

OLD RESPONSES THE CHIEFS POST ABOVE:

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At June 06, 2005 4:37 PM, Anonymous said...
EITHER MARTIN LUDLOW WAS GOING TO THE COUNTY FED OR THE COUNTY JAIL.
THERE ARE MASSIVE RUMORS AROUND CITY HALL ABOUT CONTRACTING TO LUDLOWISTAS.

IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO, I WOULD GO TO THE COUNTY FED.
SI SE PUEDE. YES-IT CAN BE DONE.

WHAT A WASTE OF MUNICIPAL DOLLARS

(2)
At June 06, 2005 4:53 PM, Anonymous said...
From Tofu Girl

Wow Mayor Sam I gave you this scoop last week. You even responded to me by saying IF this is true then.... will run for the open CD10 seat. I'm not too familiar with that side of town so I was not sure who would throw their hat in so I asked you and you responded. Again I say sham on the trade unions and SEIU for picking an idiot like Ludlow. Sham on you Mayor Sam for trying to take credit for the scoop Tofu Girl gave you!

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At June 06, 2005 5:46 PM, Chief Parker said...
What are you talking about Tofu Girl?

If you are talking about the e-mail where you copied and pasted an item from LA Observed on martin Ludlow. If this is the same person, i am sorry you don't get credit for merely communicating to us something I personally already knew.

I like you Tofu girl, but don't claim credit where none exists, now if you e-mailed mayor sam something else, well thats between you guys.

Chief Parker receives 12-15 e-mails per day from just city hall staffers wanting us to post this or that, sometimes i post it, other times i don't.

but you can always e-mail away tinhorns.

chiefwilliamparker@hotmail.com

(4)
At June 07, 2005 2:07 AM, Westsider said...
If Ludlow is in charge of the County Fed, then we know that the LAX Master Plan is DOA.

February 28, 2006 11:26 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

WHO WAS RIGHT AND WHO WAS WRONG ABOUT MARTIN LUDLOW 8 MONTHS AGO?

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At June 07, 2005 7:29 AM, Anonymous said...
It amazes me how these guys do nothing and then get a higher position for not accomplishing anything in council. Antonio is a perfect example of that and now Ludlow was part of the "coalition" that did nothing that was mentioned in LA Weekly.

....Some observers wondered privately whether Ludlow was eager to leave the council to deflect possible fallout from a federal investigation into his role in a development project involving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Ludlow is on the MTA board.

The Times recently reported that the FBI and the inspector general of the MTA have launched inquiries into the role Ludlow played in getting the transit agency to spend money on community outreach for a project to build a bus yard, even though Ludlow had a conflict of interest that should have prevented his involvement.

(6)
At June 07, 2005 8:34 AM, Anonymous said...
Phil Bendover,

It's not term limits that is moving these "progressives" out of the city council - it is work! Honest, brain busting, back breaking work - for wich you get very little recognition! That's what it takes to run a city council district work - and both Tony and Ludlow couldn't handle it. So Tony moved up to Mayor - no more constituent calls for him and Ludlow moved to the county head, did anyone ever really see Miguel work? That's the state of the progressive agenda in L.A., they will never finish what they started.

February 28, 2006 11:30 AM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

wasn't Akili going to run in the 48th AD, then dropped out. Anyone guess why he dropped out?

February 28, 2006 1:26 PM  

Anonymous Anonymous said:

1:26
POST THIS ON THE LUDLOW THREAD.
GOOD QUESTION

February 28, 2006 3:36 PM  

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