La Opinion picks up MayorSam chat, publishes as news
Well, it's the east side. You knew they'd think of something.
Look at the molotov cocktail the Antonio axis threw into the School Board race this morning.
La Opinion stooges for Antonio
I don't know that this will weigh a lot on the race. Bringing up drunk driving charges at the last minute seemed to backfire against Al Gore in 2000. Last minute stripclub stuff in the LA Times seemed to help Boxer against Herschensohn in 1992. In the end, only a tiny percentage of the electorate seems malleable to last minute highjinks, which always carry the faint air of desperation, as there's no gauging in whether voters will be more inclined to blame the accused or the opportunist accusor.
But hey, if this doesn't stick the way they'd like it to, maybe the Mayor could press the press the police to get Christopher arrested when he knocks on more doors in Boyle Heights this weekend?
At any rate and in any language, chalk up another "scoop" to MayorSam comments, where such chat has been floating for the past week.
Look at the molotov cocktail the Antonio axis threw into the School Board race this morning.
La Opinion stooges for Antonio
I don't know that this will weigh a lot on the race. Bringing up drunk driving charges at the last minute seemed to backfire against Al Gore in 2000. Last minute stripclub stuff in the LA Times seemed to help Boxer against Herschensohn in 1992. In the end, only a tiny percentage of the electorate seems malleable to last minute highjinks, which always carry the faint air of desperation, as there's no gauging in whether voters will be more inclined to blame the accused or the opportunist accusor.
But hey, if this doesn't stick the way they'd like it to, maybe the Mayor could press the press the police to get Christopher arrested when he knocks on more doors in Boyle Heights this weekend?
At any rate and in any language, chalk up another "scoop" to MayorSam comments, where such chat has been floating for the past week.
Posted by Joseph Mailander @ 3/02/2006 09:06:00 AM
117 Comments:
I think more than anything, this shows what bad shape Monica's campaign is in that the must resort to this. That being said, I think Chris is seriously wounded. Two convictions and psychiatric is no JOKE.
I'm casting my vote for Ana.
Incredibly lame attempt to spin this on your part, Mailander. I just read about this this morning. Arellano has a rap sheet that extends to 2004, when he had his name changed. You won't even give us the facts to make a minimal judgment for ourselves.
Mayor Sam, you know very well why you fished this story on this blog.
Why post it?
Antonio Villaraigosa favor. You can tell me I'm wrong, that Chief Parker the "ex blogger" is no longer here, or that you are republican. It does not change the fact this site is manipulated by the Dems at City Hall.
Joe Ramallo sent this story to LA OPINION, VIA ALTERNATIVE METHODS. Have you seen the fantastic response students have towards Arellano, or for that fact fantastic fundraising results so far?
The Villaraigosa aka Skelton team had to plant the story, desperation. So far the candidates they represent have one with lies, planted lies, and union money, fake political workers, and city employees on the clock who campaigned in last elections. The LAUSD buses used for Huizar campaign, DWP workers paid OT for Villaraigos campaign, and Garcia uses school grounds for political speeches and recruitment.
Arellano, ask around. You can plant all the signs you want on Garcia, but Arellano is a legitimate representative who isn't compromised to political favors or LAUSD/Meruelo/Villaraigosa Cover up
What does it take for the Federal Gov to launch an investigation on a local politician? How can a citizen make a complaint?
Tell me, what are your suggestions?
Here's the story:
Candidato al LAUSD es sentenciado por robo
Christopher Arellano fue arrestado por las autoridades en 1992 y 1995
Róger Lindo
Laopinion.com
02 de marzo de 2006
Christopher Arellano, uno de los candidatos mejor colocados para reemplazar a José Huízar en la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles (LAUSD) se llamaba originalmente Robert Christopher Bruce, fue hallado culpable y sentenciado por robos cometidos en 1992 y 1995, y después del primer hecho recurrió a un cambio legal de nombre, según indican documentos a los que ha tenido acceso este periódico.
Según registros autentificados del tribunal de Los Ángeles, el contendiente al Distrito 2 del LAUSD, entonces conocido como Robert Christopher Bruce, fue llevado a un tribunal municipal el 9 de noviembre de 1992 por robo de mercancía y una golpiza, actos cometidos en Pioneer Market, en Boyle Heights. Después de responsabilizarse del primer cargo, fue condenado a pagar un total de 415 dólares de multa y puesto bajo observancia de la ley por 24 meses. Se le prohibió acercarse al establecimiento donde protagonizó el robo.
Tres años después, el 27 de febrero de 1995 en Van Nuys, ya como Arellano, fue arrestado por el Departamento de Policía de Los Angeles (LAPD) por un robo de 400 dólares. Aunque, inicialmente, Arellano se declaró no culpable en el tribunal de esa ciudad, eventualmente aceptó la comisión del delito, no refutó los cargos y el tribunal lo encontró culpable.
Por esa acción fue condenado a pasar tres días en prisión (por lo cual recibió crédito por los días de detención), a cumplir 30 días de trabajo en una cuadrilla de Caltrans, a recibir consejo psiquiátrico por 60 días y pagar una multa de 125 dólares. Además, quedó en libertad bajo prueba por 36 meses.
El 19 de julio de ese año, el ahora candidato al Distrito 2 no se presentó a al tribunal como tenía que hacerlo para dar constancia del cumplimiento de servicio con Caltrans, y tampoco se presentó el 29 de agosto de 1996 para responder por esa ausencia. El juez Mitchell Block le impuso una multa de 13 mil dólares por cada omisión.
El proceso no se cerró hasta 2004, indican los documentos, tras una serie de incumplimientos y ausencias en tribunal de parte del candidato, que fueron sancionadas con nuevas penas de trabajo público.
En una petición de cambio de nombre fechada el 8 de abril de 2004 la persona que ahora se apellida Arellano aparece como Robert Christopher Bruce, oriundo de Phoenix, Arizona. En la línea donde se aclara la razón del cambio de nombre, responde: “Cambio al nombre de la abuela”.
La petición de cambio de nombre fue publicada en el Daily Commerce el 6 de mayo de ese año. El 10 de junio, el comisionado Murray Gross, del Tribunal Superior de Los Ángeles, aprobó la petición de Bruce haciendo constar que después de notificar públicamente las intenciones de Bruce, el tribunal no encontró ningún impedimento para declararlo válido.
Ayer se hicieron varios intentos —por teléfono y correo electrónico— para hablar con Arellano, pero fueron infructuosos.
El aspirante ha recibido el apoyo del Sindicato de Maestros, del Partido Demócrata del condado de Los Ángeles y de varios políticos locales de renombre como los concejales Eric Garcetti y Bill Rosendhal, la senadora estatal Sheila Kuehl y el asambleísta estatal Paul Koretz.
Según los libros de la Comisión de Etica de Los Ángeles, Arellano había recibido hasta el 18 de febrero 115,013 dólares en contribuciones de campaña, de los que ya había gastado 41,964 para promover su candidatura.
Mike Blazek, portavoz del Sindicato de Maestros de Los Ángeles (UTLA) y uno de sus mayores patrocinadores financieros, dijo que la organización estaba al tanto de las revelaciones sobre Arellano y que su jefatura se encontraba discutiendo ayer el tema.
“Nuestra casa de representantes se reúne esta noche y el asunto será discutido ahí”, dijo Blazek.
Hasta el cierre de esta nota, el presidente de UTLA, A.J. Duffy, no se había contactado con este diario para hablar sobre el caso...
OK Villaraigosa operative blogger,
We read the story, if we blog, I'm sure we can use the link jerko.
Why do you liberal dems always assume we can't do things. GOP better get involved in local city politics, don't sleep around or else 2008 will be bleek for many.
Roger Lindo is a Villaraigosa Kiss Ass.
He has alwyas salivated at Villaraigosa's sight. You latinos wake up and smell the Cafe! Critical Thinking requires to look at all sides to every shit that is plastered your way. Don't just take one sided views fed by corrupt Skelton Messengers and politicians.
it's 2 misdemeaours over 10 years ago. Chris is young, so he must have been really young when all this happened.
sounds like someone is getting pretty nervous for this stuff to start coming out 5 days before the election
Anything to change the subject.
Interesting.... the more I find out about this guy Arellano the more he reminds me of Antonio....name change and record...
Ditto
If Villaraigoooosa can do it
you can too!
Hmmmm, this does sound fishy. There isn't a Pioneer Market in Boyle Heights.
This is just Monica Lozano kissing Antonio's ass once again. Is it any wonder La Opinion is a joke. The largest Latino market outside of Mexico City and what is the circulation of this paper - 100,000, if that.
Why didn't Monica Lozano report on Antonio's criminal history. She had all the documents and facts. In 2002 a Political Action Committee bought a full page ad detailing Fabin Nunez's criminal record. It was bought and paid for and set to run before Monica Lozano pulled it. The check was returned with no explanation.
Wonder why we got all these bozo Latino politicians, look no further than this bozo paper and thier bozo publisher. Didn't Monica Lozano get appointed by Antonio to some commission?
The Skelton slime machine in full gear again.
Pioneer is in Echo Park (or was, it's a walgreen's now thanks to Garcetti).
In any event, Monica Garcia has sunk to a new low. Yes, she'll claim she didn't know. She's worthless. I heard from her camp this crap was coming down.
It's a wonder why all the other rumored candidates decided not to run. You get $24K a year and crapped on for things that happed over a decade ago.
I just received a get out the vote email from Monica.
I'm no longer supporting her after her camp leaked this info to La Opinion.
Monica: is this really the way you want to start you career?
I'm voting for anyone but you.
Monica Lozano, CEO of La Opinion and Senior Vice President of ImpreMedia, LLC
She is biased! Will only print dirty crap as political favors.
Interesting. Feds have too much data on this blog.
DO YOU SEE ANY FAMILIAR NAMES? OH IS MONICA LOZANO ON VILLARAIGOSA'S A TEAM?
Villaraigosa Transition Team
First Last Title Organization
Awee Aurora Abayari Executive Vice President First Tri-Media Group Companies
Wallis Annenberg Vice President The Annenberg Foundation
Don Attore Assistant Executive Director, Community Outreach California Teachers Association
Clarence Avant Chairman Interior Music
Carol Baca Member, Board of Directors Chinese American Museum
Danny Bakewell Publisher LA Sentinel
Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo Vice President of Communications The California Wellness Foundation
Teri Bialosky President NAWBO/Print Technology
Les Biller Chief Operating Officer (Retired) Wells Fargo Bank
Keith Black Medical Director Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Charles Blake Bishop Church of God in Christ
David Bohnett Owner Baroda Ventures LLC
John Bryant Bishop African American Methodist Episcopal Churches, Fifth District
Elise Buik President United Way Of Greater Los Angeles
Albert Carnesale Chancellor University of California, Los Angeles
Maria Casillas President Families in Schools
Andrew Cherng President/CEO Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.
Bruce Cohen Producer
Maria Contreras-Sweet Former CA Sec. of Business & Transportation
Steve Dadaian Chairman Armenian National Committee
Paula Daniels President Heal the Bay
Gordon Davidson Producer/Director Center Theatre Group
Tirso Del Junco Former Chairman California Republican Party
Michael Delajani Vice President Delson Company
Maria Elena Durazo International Executive Vice President/President Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 11
Cecilia Estolano Of Counsel Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Denise Fairchild President/CEO Community Development Technologies
Evelina Fernandez Actor, Boardmember Latino Theater Company
David Fleming Chair Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley
Larry Frank Director UCLA Labor Center
Robert Graham Artist Robert Graham Studios
Irshad Haque President/CEO Tri-Archives, Inc.
Robert Hertzberg Partner Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Irene Hirano President Japanese American National Museum/LA Inc.
Dolores Huerta Co-Founder United Farm Workers
Ishmael Ileto Co-Founder Joseph Ileto Hate Crimes Prevention Fellowship
Earvin Johnson CEO Magic Johnson Enterprises, Inc.
Bruce Karatz Chairman/CEO KB Homes
Sabrina Kay President CA Design College
Paul Kim Los Angeles Police Department (retired)
Kaylynn Kim Attorney Kaylynn & Associates
Joanne Kozberg Administrator Performing Arts Center of LA County
Stewart Kwoh Executive Director Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Sherry Lansing Past Chair Paramount Pictures
Ruth Lopez Novodor Co-CEO; Chair (retired) Beverly Oncology & Imaging; Latina Business Association
Monica Lozano Publisher La Opinion
John Mack President Urban League
Alma Martinez Former Chief of Staff Office of Supervisor Gloria Molina
Julie Mendoza Co-Director California Opportunity Investors Project
Lillian Mobley Chair Mothers in Action
Cecelia Moreno Member Wilmington Neighborhood Council
Gordon Murley President Woodland Hills Homeowners Organization
Dominic Ng President/CEO East/West Bank
Mary Nichols Director Institute for the Environment/Professor of Law
Torie Osborne Executive Director Liberty Hill Foundation
Chris Pak President/CEO Archeon Group
Sylvia Patsaouras Urban Planner Southern California Association of Governments
Altagracia Perez Rector Holy Faith Church
Lynn Pike President of California, President Business Banking Bank of America
Avis Ridley Thomas Director Dispute Resolution Center, Office of the City Attorney
Richard Riordan Former Mayor of Los Angeles and CA Sec. of Education
Shirley Roberts Former Senior Administrative Coordinator Office of Mayor Tom Bradley
Darline Robles Superintendent Los Angeles County Office of Education
Denise Rockwell Educator Palms Middle School
James Rosser President Cal State University, Los Angeles
Gilbert Salinas Director Teens on Target, Youth Alive
Corrine Sanchez Attorney, President/CEO El Projecto del Barrio
Harold M. Schulweis Rabbi Valley Beth Shalom
Brenda Shockley President Community Build Inc
Dahlila Sotelo Immediate Past President; Vice President Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council; McCormack, Baron, Salazar
Ann Marie Tallman President and General Counsel Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Heshey Ten Rabbi/President Bikur Cholim Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Anthony Thigpenn President Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education
Carlos Vaquerano Executive Director & Founder Salvadorian American Leadership and Educational Fund
Lula Washington Co-Founder Dance Theater
Carolyn Webb de Macias Vice President External Relations University of Southern California
Tyree Weider President Los Angeles Valley College
Sidney Williams Ambassador
Robert A. Williams Reverend McCoy Memorial Bab Church
Alfre Woodard Actor
Richard S. Ziman Chairman/CEO Arden Realty, Inc.
10:06 CHANGE THE SUBJECT AS TO NOT SPEAK OF VILLARAIGOSA MONEY LAUNDERING LUDLOW SEIU MTA DWP.
THE SAD PART IS THE UNON WORKERS ARE INNOCENT TO ALL THIS CRAP. THE ELECTED UNION REPRESENTATIVES SLEEP WITH POLITICIANS AND IN THEIR MONEY IS WASTED ON SHIT LIKE THIS.
UNION WORKERS UNITE, REVOLT, GET RIDE OF YOUR POLITICAL INSIDER HACKS AND ELIMINATE TIES WITH POLITICIANS. IN THE LONG RUN THE POLITICIANS HAVE ONLY ONE THING IN MIND, TO SCREW YOU.
THE MONEY YOU GAVE TO UNION DUES COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO PAY YOUR CAR PAYMENT, HOUSE PAYMENT NOT VILLARAIGOSA AND FREE BODY GUARDS, DINNERS WITH ACTORS, TRIPS TO WASHINGTON FULLY PAID WITH EXTRA $$$FOR ENTERTAINMENT. TO FUND POLITICAL OUTINGS.
HOW MUCH OF YOUR MONEY IS VILLARAIGOSA USING FOR MONICA GARCIA AND HER UPCOMING EVENTS?
HOW MUCH OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY WAS SPENT ON HUIZAR AND SPREADING LIES.
IT COULD HAVE PAID ANYTHING ELSE BUT ILLEGAL FUNDING OF POLITICIANS.
WAKE UP, RALLY YOUR COWORKERS AND DEMAND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
DON'T ALLOW THE LEADERS TO SHUT YOU UP OR TELL YOU NOT TO ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
YOU LIVE IN AMERICA, YOU HAVE RIGHTS!!!!!
Thank you for posting Nick.
The bottom line is that Monica is a worthless piece of trash. The last hit piece by her campaign is unforgiveable.
FYI, all the chisme on Chris Arellano came from ME, pk and not the Garcia campaign. I've known that little weasel Robert Bruce for YEARS and he is as fucked up as they come. I tried to warn you guys OVER and OVER but my comments kept getting deleted. It seems like NOBODY on this blog is interested in the truth. As a political blog Mayor Sam is pretty worthless in my book.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE OF CHRISTOPHER ARELLANO/ROBERT BRUCE's CRIMES TO BE REVEALED.
pk
What piece? Monica hit piece, where or what did it say?
Monica or aka PK, thanks for writing.
PK=Pikachu
PK=Marco DE PALMA, NAH, HIS WIFE DID IT.
VILLARAIGOSA OPERATIVES ALL THE WAY IT WAS JOE RAMALLO MY CROONIES
Hilarious PK, so called informant.
It's funny when a so called insider loves to claim, in reality they are the scavangers of Villaraigosa's crums.
Come on boy, sit, get up, bark...only on my command.
PK in your dreams on this claim. You are obviously dillusional and nervous. Deleted posts, yeah right. WAD all you want, I'm on the top of this
Will I be strip searched for cameras, recorders, notepads in the upcoming Monica Garcia Fundraiser?
Volunteers stripsearched? Nasty
Neanderthals
Villaraigosa is creating URGENCY, 101 How to create fear
102 How to manipulate people to buy my BS
103 How to con money from Private to Public without hitting the budget
We do have problems in all sectors, in education, energy, transportation, housing, etc...
One thing, his platform on droputs is to create fear in every parent, which is wrong. Dropout numbers were exaggerated by Mayor and still pimped as facts.
He wants control. LAUSD has mucho dinero and if you give him control and help elect Monica Garcia, say goodbye to your hard earned tax dollars...and write your check out to his friends, family, and political favors
Electing Monica is the same as stealing from your brother!
"The Trouble with Martin"
LA WEEKLY
http://www.laweekly.com/news/
Actually, you ARE NOT ON THIS! you are out of it...and you are PART OF THE PROBLEM.
An A-Plus in Fund-RaisingTeacher unions-backed candidate rolling in the dough
By DAVID ZAHNISER
http://www.laweekly.com/news/12814/an-a-plus-in-fund-raising/
11:39 Different point of view and you yell at me? Sit down woman and do your duty, is that what he tells you?
I would never treat you this way.
Fantastico for Mr. Arellano. Teachers have hope for our youth and this action represents hope in a politician who wants effective reform, not Mayoral "Dictator Style" takeover.
We care about kids. Don't waste your vote on a political Hack called Monica Garcia
During your next fundraiser, meeting, forum ask Monica
-Do you support Mayoral takeover of LAUSD?
Perfect time to ask when she is standing next to Villaraigosa and Huizar, put her on the stop.
My bet is she'll say SI, SI SI
New Details of Ludlow Investigation Revealed
By Patrick McGreevy and Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writers
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.
Ludlow also reported paying Akili $1,000 for "campaign consultant" services in 2003.
Asked if Ludlow played a role in getting campaign helpers hired at Local 99, Ludlow attorney Stephen Kaufman said, "I'd prefer not to comment on a matter that is still pending."
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 Villaraigos
Political advertising on Spanish-language TV has tripled in the last three years, according to estimates from the TNSMI-Campaign Media Analysis Group, an organization that tracks campaign ads. Statewide, campaigns spent $2.2 million for spots on Spanish-language TV in 2003. That number more than doubled to nearly $5.3 million in 2004, and reached a record high of $7.3 million this year.
Parke Skelton, who was the lead consultant for Antonio Villaraigosa's
mayoral campaigns in 2001 and 2005, says that in 2001, Spanish-language
advertising was "a luxury we couldn't afford."
"Univision is not cheap," says Skelton. "Rates on it are as high or higher
than on English language media, which is why it is not always a great buy
because at least half of the viewership are not able to vote."
The Villaraigosa campaign, which overwhelmingly won the Latino vote this
year, spent only 10 percent of its media budget on Spanish-language
television, even though Latinos were Villaraigosa's base and comprised more
than 20 percent of the electorate.
"It is an allocation game," says Skelton.
"There is no disclaimer of any kind on these mailers," said Villaraigosa spokesman and consultant Parke Skelton."
WHO ELSE DID THE SAME THIS YEAR?
SHORTY, WHO ELSE
-Parke Skelton said, "There is nothing illegal about taking contributions from any of these people. It would be
impossible to run a political campaign" without accepting contributions from people or businesses that have interests in the city. All three campaigns expressed surprise that the coalition had not mentioned Wachs as a recipient of campaign funds from City Hall lobbyists and interests.
DID LA OPINION USE A GRAINY PHOTO OF CHRIS, SUPERIMPOSED NEXT TO A CRACK PIPE?
Same shot, different cast. . .
IS THIS BLOG PART OF SKELTON'S PROJECT IN POLITICAL INFORMATION?
ULISSES SANCHEZ?
"The Villaraigosa campaign was truly a 21st-century campaign, spanning languages, ages, and geographies," says campaign strategist Parke Skelton of SG&A Campaigns, the general consultant for the Villaraigosa campaign. "The Internet played an important part in our efforts to get Antonio’s message into the community, and also raised a lot of money. No modern campaign should be without it."
"We don't play any role in Sacramento," Skelton said of SG&A. "We don't do any lobbying as a matter of course. We don't get involved in leadership fights. I am just trying to avoid potential conflicts of interest."
In fact, Skelton's sphere of nfluence is so far from Sacramento that one long-time Skelton client, Assemblywoman Jenny Oropeza, turned to Richie Ross for informal advice in her bid for speaker in late 2003.
The story, as Oropeza told it, was that the contest had whittled down to Oropeza and Nuñez. She and Nuñez met at the Burbank Hilton in early November and Nuñez agreed to back her bid for speaker, in return for the Assembly's No. 2 post, majority leader.
NUNEZ, HOW MANY SHEEP WILL YOU COUNT TO SLEEP?
UNION 1, UNION 2, UNION 3...UNION 3,900, AND STILL COUNTING. HOW MUCH UNION DOLLARS DID YOU TAKE?
"Miguel was personally very close to Antonio," said Parke Skelton, a senior campaign strategist for Villaraigosa who worked closely with Contreras for years. "
HOW CLOSE? CLOSE ENOUGH TO LAUNDER UNION MONEY INTO HIS POLTICAL CAMPAIGNS?
Maybe La Opinion should publish an article entitled "Monica Eats Mayor's Cum."
Christopher never ever lied about his past. In fact, it is precisely the events in his past that inspired him to run for school board. His past is why he is the only one qualified enough to redress what the Mayor calls the drop-out rate LA's "Civil Rights Issue." Thanks for throwing Christopher a bone, Tony.
STOP SHIT-THROWING AND FOCUS ON THE ISSUES!!!!
Where can I read the story about Monica and Mayor?
JK LOL
I was wondering when this would happen. La Opinion is definitely run by Antonio groupies. The reporter has misquoted, discredited and done everything she could as a reporter to mislead people. People aren't as stupid as Antonio thinks and many of them don't even read that trash paper any longer. TRUST ME CHRIS IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD IN DISTRICT 2. His name is mentioned more than Monica Garcia. Watch Antonio go hyper crazy cause he doesn't know how to be a good loser.
OK you scumbags, FYI, I just reported Chris Arellano for WELFARE FRAUD (that's right). You didn't know he was getting GENERAL RELIEF AND FOOD STAMPS UP UNTIL 2004 under ROBERT CHRISTOPHER BRUCE, while he was WORKING FOR GARCETI AND THE TEACHERS UNION as CHRISTOPHER ARELLANO, did you?
Wake up Los Angeles!!!!!
pk
pk calm down.
i meant to say monica garcia calm down.
"vote for monica and it's as if your stealing from your brother"
I work too hard in the union to give it to monica and friends.
Oh PK you poor desperate loser....
You do realize that you look like a total asshole, don't you?
Monica,
Did Gloria Molina answer your phone call?
Pitiful
All you AV operatives are linked with paper trails too long to post
Come-on folks, you have to admit that it's EXTREMELY fishy that this story came out a week before the election and the day of UTLA's monthly meeting.
I'd imagine that the misdemeanors have been part of publc records for eleven years now. This could have been easily picked up at any time. Makes you wonder how long AV's gang have been holding on to this info.
Without the dramatic 'bombshell' timing, this would not be a very impressive revelation - 2 misdeamonor convictions from the grunge era. Which is actually much less troubling than AV's not insignificant rap sheet.
Well, you know what they say: IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND, THE ONE EYED MAN IS KING!!!!
HEY BIANCO STOP YOUR DEVIOUS SHIT NOW! YOU ARE GIVING EVERYONE THE CREEPS.
pk
Enough of this Sufi wisdom
Is Antioch University superb or mediocre?
Wouldn't BK be a better nom de plume for a monica hack?
Have it your way.
Its good to be the king.
pk
:) PK=
preschool hacks
dunno????
The problem here is that PK's eyes are full of SHIT.
Ludlow had been Contreras’ political director at the Fed before he ran for the council; Miguel was particularly good at promoting his protégés. Ludlow’s predecessor as Fed political director had been Fabien Nunez, whose election to the state assembly Contreras had helped engineer. Even then, when Nunez was still a candidate, Contreras told me that Nunez could and would become Speaker early on in his tenure; that liberals would need a champion after Senate leader John Burton was termed out and that Nunez would be up to the job.
Good Ole' Post
At February 20, 2006 7:37 AM, Anonymous said...
7:15
Don't you get it? This IS Antonio's baggage. Ludlow is a born and bred Villaraigosa operative - from the moment he landed in L.A.. You don't think Fabian Nunez - the other politcal director at the County Fed - did the same thing? You don't think Cindy Montanez is benefitting from the same illegal contributions right now? Or for that matter Huizar and Monica Garcia. There is a pattern here - just investigate anybody who's received the combined endorsements of Villaraigosa, Nunez and Ludlow and who have Skelton as thier consultant. Pretty easy formula to follow. For any fed prosecutor, this is a career maker.
Sooner or later one of these "ghost workers" or "ghost voters" was going to get popped for domestic abuse, drunk driving, drug possession or some other calamity that tends to afflict labor folk in disproportianate numbers. And right when the prosecutor says I've got you for 5 years the "ghost" will say, "hey, I've got a story for you if you can knock that sentence down to five months." What amateurs!
EVIDENCE
Nunez Fibs About Nonprofits Political Activity
For reporters who attended Speaker Fabian Nunezs press conference today and were told by the Speaker that Voter Improvement Program (VIP) - which pays Nunez about $35,000 a year for providing strategic advice to VIP about voter trends and demographic patterns (Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2005) does not participate in political activity like phone banking, here are the facts.
Voter Improvement Program will not expend funds to influence or attempt to influence the action of voters, or expressly advocate for or against the nomination or election of a candidate or candidates for public office. (ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF VOTER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, Filed in the office of the Secretary of State Oct. 16, 2002)
Form 990, filed with IRS, indicates VIP is a 501(c) (4) and is related through common membership, governing bodies, trustees, officers to Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.
The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor paid VIP for phone banking services for the following candidates: (California Form 460, Schedule E, 10/01/00 10/21/00)
Dario Frommer
Barry Gordon
Scott Wildman
Jackie Goldberg Jerome Horton
MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATION NOTIFICATIONS FILED WITH THE CITY ETHICS COMMISSION FOR CANDIDATES FOR CITY ELECTIVE OFFICE, Primary Election, March 4, 2003 indicates that VIP did quite a bit of phone banking on behalf of local candidates in Los Angeles.
Support, Martin Ludlow, Phone Bank 2/25/2003 Support, Martin Ludlow, Phone Banks to Union Members 2/13 & 2/20
Support, Martin Ludlow, Voice Blast message to Union Members 2/17& 2/18
Support, Martin Ludlow, Phone Bank Usage Calls made 2/11/03
Support, Antonio Villaraigosa, Phone banks to Union Members 2/18 & 2/20 Support, Antonio Villaraigosa, Voice Blast message to Union Members 2/17 & 2/18
The Speaker has a growing credibility problem. He is taking money from an organization that does not disclose its financial contributors, though we know from a Los Angeles Times article that at least three major oil companies are contributing to the nonprofit. How many other big corporations with business before the Speaker are contributing to VIP and directly or indirectly putting money into Nunezs pocket? And what will Nunez do about it? Here are a couple of unsuccessful approaches to dealing with scandal that Nunez may want to avoid.
A) Claim ignorance: "I didn't ask, I didn't want to know, it didn't seem appropriate," he said when asked why he did not inquire further. (Kevin Shelley speaking the to San Francisco Editorial Board, August 26, 2004)
B) Pretend youre sick: Embattled Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said Thursday his recurring problems with anger are due in part to the chronic neck pain he suffers as the result of a 1986 diving accident in the Russian River. (Sacramento Bee, August 27, 2004)
C) Be a martyr: "While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself,'' he said. (Kevin Shelleys resignation speech, San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 2005) ** In Nunezs case, of course, he is directly and personally benefiting from VIPs political activity.
SEPT 10 2005 UNION GATHERING
Joining LA Fed Executive Secretary-Treasurer Martin Ludlow to pump up the crowd were Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, Assembly members Jackie Goldberg, Cindy Montanez, Hector de la Torre, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Betty Karnette and Board of Equalization Member John Chiang.
Mayoral candidate and City Council member Antonio Villaraigosa, State Sen. Gil Cedillo, Speaker of the California Assembly Fabian Nunez and Los Angeles City Council member Martin Ludlow were all labor officials before building political careers with Contreras' backing. Contreras looked into labor's own ranks for "warriors" who, when a political argument turned into a fight, wouldn't immediately start talking about a "middle road compromise."
Martin Ludlow and Fabian Nunez gave incredible speeches on how Arnold is hurting California
Ludlow has run afoul of a section of the United States Code titled "fiduciary responsibility of officers of labor organizations." In particular, according to sources, Ludlow was investigated by the federal government for conspiring to embezzle money, property or other assets from a labor organization.
The regulation of unions has long been the domain of the federal government. ...Labor unions have complained that they are being singled out and constrained in a way that their natural opponents, the business community, are not. Such protests have only increased under President Bush, some legal scholars say.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Secretary-Treasurer of the LA County Labor Fed Martin Ludlow, also held rallies across Southern California with thousands of precinct-walkers on both Saturday and Sunday, along with CTA President Barbara Kerr, President of the California Professional Firefighters Lou Paulson, and President of the California Nurses Association Deborah Burger. Actors Warren Beatty and Annette Bening also joined the “truth squad” bus and motivated volunteers
THESE MORONS
IT'S THE "FIB SQUAD"
CTA President Barbara E. Kerr joins California Professional Firefighters President Lou Paulson, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and LA County Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Martin Ludlow for a get-out-the-vote rally in Los Angeles.
Hmmmm.....
Union corruption and political corruption are all over the place and folks are focused on a guy who stole personal items for himself eleven and fourteen years ago and admits to needing to turn his life around (and doing so).
I think the real problem is that the mainstream press hasn't been listening to CA's story in the first place if they are so surprised by it now.
I'll vote for the person that Villaraigosa doesn't support.
Learn from your past mistakes.
Damn, No wonder the Democraps are getting waxed by Republicans in elections.
Criminal record and name change? No, gracias!
Criminal record and name change? sounds like our Mayor!
It's amazing how comments dry up after 5. I guess that is because government workers are lazy.
yea yea they're lazy yea yea
probably city hall workers yea yea
Poster said "Actually, you ARE NOT ON THIS! you are out of it...and you are PART OF THE PROBLEM."
IM SORRY RUCA
NEXT TIME ILL CHECK IN WITH YOU B4 I POST, OK MONICA
STOP WHINING & START CAMPAIGNING
"Government workers" may be an oxymoron. "Government employees" may be more acccurate.
(Apologies to those in government who actually do work.)
Wouldn't BK be a better nom de plume for a monica hack?
Que? What?
BK Ju Meeen Burge Kin
BREAKING NEWS!!!! BREAKING NEWS!!!
F.B.I., in Bid-Rigging Inquiry, Raids Offices of Labor Leader
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/nyregion/03labor.html
FIRST NEW YORK THEN LOS ANGELES
Did Fabian threaten unions to endorse Cindy?
GOOD OL' POST
I bet Parke Skelton is wishing right now that Antonio had passed the bar. When Antonio ran against Nick in 2003, he benefitted much more from "ghost" union funds and workers. So much more that labor leaders got on Contreras case to help out Ludlow in his race - which was going on at the same time. This is how labor, under Contreras - operated, there is a long paper trail. Wait until everything comes out, Antonio will be offered a pleas bargain also.
Of course Fabian threatened unions to endorse Cindy!
Threat or no threat, looks like Alex Padilla got a taste of his own medicine.
Rumor has it he's threatening local Democratic clubs because he can't even muster up the support of the club he founded.
Los hombres no lloran.
-Chente
Or maybe Cindy had three staffers on the Executive Board of the club he founded.
You see, Cindy knows the rules of the game.
plant your people in every organization possible. Ask for favors and thy will be done.
AV has people in Neighborhood councils, city council offices, private, public departments, unions like roaches in a halfway house.
Which three staffers?
Just to correct 2:04 PM. Gill Cedillo was the only true Labor official and he predates this mess.
Antonio was a labor rep for UTLA.
Fabian was was a consultant with One Stop(famous for the Mexican flagged anti-187 march to downtown LA)and the Utility Workers 132 campaign against the Gas Company when the Gas Company trie to replace its' clerks.
Martin worked for Ophelia McFadden at 434B SEIU before it became a behemoth and then ran for City Council w/o Union blessing in 87 or 89, went back to school and became SEIU western region director briefly ( the job Bill Lloyd had before his girlfriends' Local SEIU 99 got Trusteed and he was appointed trustee of it)before hitching his wagon to Antonio's star. Akili was around all of this and the name you don't here is Warren Furatani who may be clean as the driven snow but was companero to all. FYI
8:!4
But who does AV have with the Feds?
Why did Gil Cedillo get ousted as GM of Local 660? What did Alejandro Stevens have on him. Was it that union credit he used at that whorehouse? How did Miguel Contreras die? Was he cuming and going at the same time? Did viagra do him in? Who was with Miguel when he died at that whore house in Lakewood? Hint, he still works at the County Fed.
This is L.A. Labor. Nothing but a bunch of whores.
8:26 Ask Skelton
Whorehouse? You are a fool
8:11
Goes to show you Padilla is getting outmaneuvered at every step of the way. Motion creates emotion.He was expecting Cindy to drop out the race in the Fall--nope. The boy never expected to need a plan.
Failing to prepare is Preparation for failure.
- John Wooden
Monday, Feb 20
The LA Times' reports on new television spots, funded by Rob Reiner's tobacco tax initiative, which critics say are timed to help boost support for Reiner's universal preschool initiative in June. "Although Reiner did
not directly approve the spots, their timing and substance highlight ties between the public commission and his private political campaigns and raise
questions about whether the state-funded commercials were used to boost the initiative's prospects
Less able to stave off the inevitable was LA County Labor Federation leader Martin Ludlow, who resigned his post, and announced he was cooperating with
federal investigators about campaign misdeeds.
"A veteran political figure and close confidant of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Ludlow served just eight months as executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor after resigning his council post to fill the union void left by the unexpected
death last May of his mentor, Miguel Contreras," reports the LA Times.
"According to sources, authorities offered Ludlow a deal that might allow him to avoid jail but he would face $181,000 in fines, $81,000 in restitution and be barred for more than a decade from serving in public office or a union leadership position."
For the person who claims that AV has moles everywhere! In the neighborhood councils, in the community groups, all throughout the city....
Maybe you need to wear some tin foil around your head to keep the voices out. And maybe you need to believe the FBI and CIA are not following you. And maybe you need to believe that aliens are not planning to abduct you...
Damn, you are one crazy bat with toooooooooo much time on your hands. Get out of your house a little bit and quit watching the "Conspiracy Network" on channel...(don't tell or they might kill you).
Matter of fact, most of these posts are obviously the same posters over and over again, banging out a stupid theme that anyone who's worked in government would know is pure crack induced paranoia.
Thank God I only look at these posts once a week or I might have to smoke crack too like the rest of the multi-posters.
9:46 - LOL, i agree!
9:46 LOL U R iNSANE for reading this blog! GOTCHA!
What do you expect from a bunch of slimy Mexican pigs???
LOL You get a farm full of mexican pigs in L.A. politics.
City is gone down the drain and fast!
Who cares about moles, rats, birds, dogs, spiders. For anonymous who posted on moles rats dogs or whatever your hang up is
Let me wake up that head of yours
All politicians have friends in all places. Nada wrong with that amigo. I think that moron is a pendejo, but I can be wrong, maybe pendejos Nick and Torres posted mole crap.
"All policians have friends in all places."....
Especially right now.
What's the big deal with having friends in different organizations?
You're making outrageous comments and are exaggerated. What do you want anon? A politician with no friends, I can imagine how much good this would do for any city. Shut up and get a life Harmon.
Multi-Lingual Madness ~ Gov't 'Aids and Abets' Illegal Aliens (Part 6 of 8)
By Daneen G. Peterson, Ph.D.
March 2, 2006
Then there is the 'MEChA Boy' -- Aztlander Antonio Villaraigosa . . .
Recently, Villagraigose "chose to emit his message [giving the Democrat response to President Bush's state of the Union address] specifically in Spanish, and by doing so he sent a clear signal of his chosen tribal identity (and not just the accident of his birth). That may help him with his vote bank, but it will not help his city [Los Angeles]. Ultimately, it will distance his primarily Mexican-American audience from their neighbors, including other immigrants. Is that what the mayor and his friends want? Perhaps."(8)
"When we choose to exploit the natural diversity within us and base political identities on them--as Mr. Villaraigosa has done (and as every Anglo politician does when he mangles Spanish on the stump)--we widen manageable differences into unbridgeable chasms."(8)
So beautifully said. So true, unvarnished and clearly spoken by a first-generation migrant [hopefully a legal immigrant] to America. Sublimely stated by an author who is apparently blessed with an extraordinary gift of prose.
Hey Anon 8:58. Do you mean Carlos Leon? He talks a lot shit but can't back it up. He should know better than to keep talking .
8:11
Who cares... the e board didn't recommend to endorse. Those staffers didn't make all the group members vote for Cindy. Padilla's past did.
So why is Uckley Padilla running for county central committee? Does the central committee get a free lunch?
How come nobody answered the Antioch University question?
Is there a politician who comes from there or something?
When Huizar ran for school board
Gasca was his lacky in the campaign. (I have proof)Gasca was put in the race to divide the votes
- or why didn't Jose endorse him?
Gasca was used to try to get endorsement away from Arellano at gay demo clubs. People close to the top used their insiders to get Arellano then. They have been at this for quite a while.
As for the damning article in this weeks J.J. - the crumbs are right
from the " kitchen Cabinet" or is it the dust from the family album?
Nice to divert from recent scandals.
What is most irksome is that some people are supposed to be forgiven - and have been - by Tuesday Arellano will be accused
of hitting Ft. Sumpter.
Tidbit - Arellano was a strong Hahn supporter...
One comment on Chris. His story is like many youth who did turn his life around and is achieving.
This issue won't make a difference in voters like me, however, we won't vote for him because we just don't like him. You really have to pay your dues to gain community respect.
Monica:
congratulations for leaking the story about Chris. It was perfectly timed.
I'm voting for Ana.
Is Gasca the same dude who is a democrat party rep and NC member pr founder , jh friend?
1:47 What is JJ?
Monica leaked the story? To what extent do candidates lower their souls.
this dirt was leaked by Joe Ramallo in AV's office.
OK. WAS IT MONICA OR RAMALLO?
WHO?
TOO MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF ALLEGATIONS ON THIS BLOG. IT WOULD BE WISE FOR LA OPINION TO SELL MORE PAPERS AND PRODUCE GOSSIP COLUMN "CITY HALL NOTICIAS BY RAMALLO".
Where's sergio?
MUST READ!!!!! FULL ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT WEBSITE-POSTED PARTIAL
Politicians and Unions Target Charitable Organizations
Written by Fernando Oaxaca
http://www.chronwatch.com/featured/contentDisplay.asp?aid=2939&mode=print
"Without warning or previous rumors, in the spring of 2002, the board of directors of this charitable foundation was notified by staff that the child care centers in Los Angeles had been targeted for unionization by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 99 of Los Angeles. Union demands flowed into MAOF: demands for names, home addresses, home telephone numbers of employees. Union organizers wanted the right to visit the child care centers during working hours; employees were accosted on the way to or as they left their young charges.
Enter the politicians. Assemblywoman Judy Chu, (D) Monterey Park, while this disruptive activity at MAOF was ongoing, telephoned the director of the Foundation, delivering what was, in effect, a thinly veiled "encouragement" to cooperate with union access and organizing requests (veiled by such rhetoric as "the need for fair treatment of workers" and an honest concern for "the well-being of the community."
" Putting aside why, with this annual income, they need the measly $110K from a charitable foundation¹s low income employees, the path of the money begins with the trip from the taxpayer's pocket to Sacramento and Washington. Then from the IRS and the State Franchise Tax Board bureaucrats it goes to Gray Davis' bureaucrats; then from Gray Davis & Co. it goes to MAOF. From MAOF it converts to a paycheck for the child care instructors (with income tax, FICA, the SEIU union dues and SDI taken out); then to SEIU from collector MAOF. MAOF's $9,100 per month is added to the tens of millions of dollars sent by employer dues collectors to the various offices or bank accounts of the SEIU. Finally, part of it is then disbursed as political donations to people like Assemblywoman Chu, Congresswoman Solis and, to two new players in our drama, State Assemblyman Fabian Nuñez, (D) Los Angeles and Senator Martha Escutia (D) from eastern Los Angeles.
Just days ago, on May 22nd of 2003, at 11:55 AM a FAX came to MAOF from Assemblyman Fabian Nuñez (D) 46th Assembly District, exhorting MAOF to get off the stick and settle the legal issues delaying the signing of a final contract with the SEIU 99 union representatives."
JJ is Jewish Journal article of today.
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Date
Payee
Candidate or
Officeholder
Schedule
(Type)
Amount
12/15/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(SAL - Salary)
[Period: 11/03/05-12/31/05]
$5,000.00
04/01/04* Monica Garcia
Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Council Member - CD14
1250526 - Villaraigosa Officeholder Account E - Payment
(MTG - Meetings and Appearances)
[Period: 04/01/04-06/30/04]
$244.77
09/09/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(CNS - Campaign Consultant)
[Period: 07/01/05-09/24/05]
$2,500.00 [Election: 11/08/05]
09/02/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(CNS - Campaign Consultant)
[Period: 07/01/05-09/24/05]
$2,500.00 [Election: 11/08/05]
08/16/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(CNS - Campaign Consultant)
[Period: 07/01/05-09/24/05]
$2,500.00 [Election: 11/08/05]
10/19/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(SAL - Salary)
[Period: 09/25/05-10/22/05]
$2,500.00 [Election: 11/08/05]
11/02/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(POS - Postage)
[Period: 10/23/05-11/02/05]
$4,256.00 [Election: 11/08/05]
11/08/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(SAL - Salary)
[Period: 11/03/05-12/31/05]
$2,500.00
06/30/05 Monica Garcia
Montebello, CA 90640 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(CNS - Campaign Consultant)
[Period: 01/01/05-06/30/05]
$2,500.00
09/09/05 Monica Garcia
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Jose Huizar
Council Member - CD14
1277167 - Huizar for Council E - Payment
(OFC - Office Expenses)
[Period: 07/01/05-09/24/05]
$500.00 [Election: 11/08/05]
* date was not reported, therefore the Period Beginning Date of the filing was used for the purposes of this search. State Form 460 does not require committees to report expenditure dates.
Total Payments Made (E): $42,576.92
(does not include unitemized)
Total Amount Paid : $42,576.92
Three: View search results.
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Date
Payee
Candidate or
Officeholder
Schedule
(Type)
Amount
03/12/03 Enrique Gasca
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Council Member - CD14
1250526 - Villaraigosa for Council E - Payment
Desc: Volunteer Expenses
[Period: 02/27/03-06/30/03]
$391.57 [Election: 05/06/03]
03/20/03 Enrique Gasca
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Council Member - CD14
1250526 - Villaraigosa for Council E - Payment
(OFC - Office Expenses)
[Period: 02/27/03-06/30/03]
$297.08 [Election: 05/06/03]
02/28/03 Enrique Gasca
Los Angeles, CA 90032 Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Council Member - CD14
1250526 - Villaraigosa for Council E - Payment
(OFC - Office Expenses)
[Period: 02/27/03-06/30/03]
$1,612.60 [Election: 05/06/03]
01/01/99* ENRIQUE GASCA
LOS ANGELES, CA 90032 JORGE MANCILLAS
Council Member - CD14
990086 - Mancillas for City Council E - Payment
Desc: G=448.19/CONSULTING FEE=2000.00
[Period: 01/01/99-06/30/99]
$2,448.19 [Election: 04/13/99]
* date was not reported, therefore the Period Beginning Date of the filing was used for the purposes of this search. State Form 460 does not require committees to report expenditure dates.
Total Payments Made (E): $4,749.44
(does not include unitemized)
Total Amount Paid : $4,749.44
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This is a disgrace Monica and Gasca are Villaraigosa Hacks
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