This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.
As predicted by the Mayor Sam Legal Team, the Mayor and City Council will NOT be testifying at the urban farm trial. So reports the San Jose Mercury News.
Posted by Walter Moore @ 7/16/2006 07:43:00 AM
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More on the farm http://www.counterpunch.com/radford07132006.html
fuck the farm! It was illegal.
Phew, to think that the court would have wasted everyone's time with this whole pointless "legal" process.
Your honor, your opinion has been preempted by "Anon@11:30!" "Very well, this court is adjourned."
The writers of the article in counterpunch got a lot right, but not everything.
Ralph Horowitz is a pig. On that issue, no one disagrees, even his partners, friends, family and probably his wife and children.
However, it unfairly impugns Antonio, who negotiated a purchase between Ralph and the Trust for Public Land at Ralph's asking price, only to have Ralph move the ball and demand another couple of million dollars.
At that point, the TPL and Antonio just threw up their hands and concluded that you cannot make a deal with a skunk.
We all hope the farmers win the suit; no one believes that they will. There are no squatters' rights; they did not pay taxes on the land, thus they cannot acquire it by adverse possession. A prescriptive easement is not possible as they were there with permission.
Their lawyers are feeding them lies with false hopes.
Life sucks sometimes; this is one of those times.
Phil, I don't need to cover the history of the land grab by the city. But no one ever mentions the big buck$ collected for the farmer's "rent" over the years by some of the so-called farm activists What a scam they've pulled! They had no ownership ties to the property, yet they prospered from its use. Why didn't they at the very least set aside the money collected to purchase the farm or another plot of land for a future farm? They are theives!
A person who collects rent from another for property not owned by or in legal possession of the Lessor is guilty of theft.
If people did this, they should be reported and prosecuted.
People like that are the scum of the earth; perhaps lower than Ralph Horowitz, and that's two fathoms lower than whaleshit.
Jumping the gun
Huizar gets ahead of himself on school reform
THE latest in an ever-growing list of politicians to take a shot at the Los Angeles school board is none other than City Councilman Jose Huizar, who knows whereof he speaks, having previously served as the board's president.
Throwing his idea into the mix, Huizar offers a plan that's one part good, one part bad, and, all in all, premature.
What's good is a proposal to impose term limits on board members. Currently, unless they offend special interests or leave voluntarily, board members enjoy what amounts to an office for life, regardless of their performance.
It's a welcome reform, but probably not worth the price Huizar attaches to it: A massive pay raise for board members who now are given $24,000 a year. Huizar says he wants to make the members' salaries "competitive," presumably with City Council members who make six times that sum and state legislators who are not far behind - America's highest paid officials in their respective fields.
This idea is a nonstarter.
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While no one can agree what to do with the school board, most everyone agrees it's done a lousy job to date. Failure doesn't deserve a pay raise.
Anyway, whatever the merits of Huizar's plan, this discussion seems rather untimely.
Given the ongoing wrangling in Sacramento over Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's education-reform plan, it's not clear what role the board will play in the near future. And what kind of limits board members should have on their terms - let alone whether they deserve pay hikes - obviously depends on what their responsibilities are.
The best course of action for Huizar's plan at this point would be to shelve it, if not scrap it altogether.
The Daily News
Police Search for Suspect Who Shot Two Young Boys
Jimenez, who was recently released from prison, is an active member of the Tiny Boys, a Boyle Heights gang, fled after the shooting.
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, who lives two blocks from the shootings, also called for public assistance, saying crime should not be tolerated.
3 People Fatally Shot On Cadillac Blvd. This Week
(CBS) LOS ANGELES The LAPD was investigating a shooting Friday that claimed the lives of two men outside the memorial service for a 16-year-old girl who was killed Tuesday in a drive-by attack.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was at the service and said he was 150 feet away from the shooting.
Julio Perez and William Avalos, both 20, were coming from a memorial service for 16-year-old Ana Interiano at 2038 S. Garth Ave. shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday when they were confronted by one or more suspects, who shot them both, police said.
Drinking Gang Member Shoots Boys, 3 And 6
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A Boyle Heights gang member that had been drinking critically shot a 3-year-old boy and his 6-year-old brother.
The shooting occurred about 9:35 p.m. Saturday night outside an apartment building in the 400 block of St. Louis Street.
Man Shot With .22 Caliber Gun in Buttock
(CBS) BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. A man was shot in one of his buttocks Friday night in Boyle Heights, police said.
The shooting occurred at 10:30 p.m. at 432 S. St. Louis St., near East 4th Street, Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Michael Morisseau said.
The victim, a man in his 20s, reportedly felt pain in one of his buttocks and at first thought he had been hit with a firework, Morisseau said.
Man Killed In City Terrace Shooting
(CBS) CITY TERRACE, Calif. A man was shot to death early Wednesday morning in the unincorporated City Terrace area of Los Angeles County, authorities said.
The shooting occurred in the 4100 block of City Terrace Drive at 12:45 a.m., Deputy Dana Camarillo of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau said.
The man, whose name was withheld, was pronounced dead at the scene, Camarillo said.
No arrests were made and a description of the gunman was not immediately available, Camarillo said.
Man, 19, Shot In Chest On MTA Bus
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Four suspects were at large Saturday after a 19-year-old man was shot on an MTA bus near Exposition Park in South Los Angeles, authorities said.
The man was on his way home from visiting his girlfriend when he got into an altercation and was shot in the chest about 9:10 p.m., Sheriff's Lt. Jason Lum said.
Man, 27, Fatally Stabbed Outside Koreatown Cafe
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Police sought several suspects who stabbed a 27-year-old man to death in a brawl outside a Koreatown café.
Brian Chin was with his friends at a café when he was confronted by a rowdy group of males and females about 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Chin and his friends walked away from the group when about nine males followed them into a parking lot at the Chapman Plaza, located at Sixth Street and Alexandria Avenue.
Teenager survives being shot 7 times in legs in San Pedro
From staff reports
In what police said was a gang-related incident, a teenage boy was shot seven times in the legs early Saturday in San Pedro.
The youth, whose name was not released, was standing in the 1200 block of Beacon Street at 12:30 a.m. when shots were fired, said Los Angeles police officer Mike Lopez.
4 Shot In Separate Drive-By Shootings
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Three men were wounded and a 16-year-old girl was paralyzed in separate drive-by shootings in southwest Los Angeles.
The shootings occurred in and around Hyde Park and Chesterfield Square and one of them may be connected to a shooting that occurred earlier in the week.
The girl was shot twice in her lower back near South Normandie Avenue and West 77th Street about 1 a.m. She was being treated at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital in Inglewood, however doctors said it appeared that she would be paralyzed, according to Sgt. Clint Dohmen of the 77th Street station.
Passenger Is Shot in Altercation on MTA Bus
From Times Staff Reports
July 16, 2006
A young man was shot in the chest late Saturday after an altercation on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus, authorities said.
The victim, whose name and age were not immediately available, was listed in stable condition at California Hospital Medical Center, said Lt. Jason Lum of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which handles crimes aboard MTA buses.
Theft may have prompted slaying
By Sandy Mazza Staff Writer
Smith had worked Saturday until about midnight driving a group of women around Los Angeles to a spa and restaurant in a limousine, said Henderson. When he returned the limousine to the office, he did not want to leave the $400 in cash he was paid in a lock box.
He was scheduled to return the money to his office the day he was killed, Henderson said.
After Shooting At Deputy, Man Flees, Surrenders
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A man seen chasing another man shot at a sheriff's deputy patrolling Lennox Friday afternoon, according to the sheriff's department.
The deputy, whose name was not released, was stopped at a red light at Lennox Boulevard at Freeman Avenue about 12:30 p.m. when he saw Juan Maximo, 23, chasing another man, Deputy Dana Camarillo said.
The deputy drove toward the men to investigate when Maximo pulled out a revolver and shot several rounds at him, but missed him, Camarillo said.
4-year-old girl wounded in Los Angeles drive-by shooting
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - A gunman in an SUV fired an assault rifle at a car parked on a South Los Angeles street Monday, wounding a 4-year-old girl who was standing on the sidewalk, police said.
The vehicle drove away after the 4:30 p.m. shooting, said Officer Mike Lopez.
The girl was hit in the abdomen and in a leg and was hospitalized in stable condition.
"The motive of the crime appears to be gang-related," Lopez said. He did not know whether the child was the intended target.
Two Shot Dead Within A Block Of Mayor Visiting South LA
POSTED: 6:42 am PDT July 14, 2006
UPDATED: 5:43 pm PDT July 14, 2006
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LOS ANGELES -- Police continued searching for witnesses Friday to the fatal shooting of two men who had been raising money for the funeral of a 16-year-old girl who was killed just blocks away in West Los Angeles.
And where is the Mayor with all these murders? He's at the Home and Garden Show at the convention center. What's next he'll be signing autographs at a car show. And that sleazy Weasy had a public safety forum last week and didn't MENTION ONE WORD ABOUT CRIME IN THE AREA. He had the gang banger lover priest Father Boyle who makes excuses for these terrorists kissing his butt. Jose, get a fucken clue and DO START DOING YOUR JOB.
Those damn farmers are still going to city council. They were exploited by a group of white environmentalists from the Westside who made millions. Someone should find out what they're going to do with that money. They have an arrogant attitude and demand they be given the land. Hell No....That's the same mentality as the illegals. Horwitz was right and a lot of people support him sticking to his guns.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport while standing in line at the ticket counter of Israel's El Al Airlines, officials said, killing two and wounding four others before an airline security officer shot him dead.
CBS) LOS ANGELES A man shot a suspected robber who held a gun to his mother's head outside her South Los Angeles home, however the wounded man and two accomplices fled the scene.
The shooting occurred about 10:45 p.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of West 94th Street.
According to Los Angeles police Sgt. Peter Casey, three men stopped the woman outside her home and one put a gun to her head. She called for help and her 28-year-old son shot the one holding the gun to her head.
Girl, 16, Is Wounded in Car-to-Car Shooting
From Times Staff Reports
July 16, 2006
A 16-year-old girl was wounded in the back in a car-to-car shooting early Saturday but did not appear to suffer life-threatening injuries, police said.
The girl was riding in a car near West 77th Street and Raymond Avenue when a male in another car fired several shots about 1 a.m. The driver of the car that was fired upon, a 16-year-old boy, was not injured.
Dead Body Found Along 710 Freeway
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A dead body was found on the side of a Long Beach freeway Saturday morning.
A transient reportedly found the body, identified as Tyquesha Myers, 20, of Lancaster, alongside the northbound 710 Freeway, north of Pacific Coast Highway.
According to police and the transient, the body may have been dumped in the area between 11 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
While all this shit is happening the mayor is home doing situps, flossing his teeth, preparing for the next photo op.
4 Arrests Help Cut Property Crimes in LAPD's Northeast Division, Authorities Say
The 'serial offenders' are believed responsible for more than 500 criminal acts, including car and identity thefts and burglaries.
By Richard Winton, Times Staff Writer
July 11, 2006
As they reviewed annual crime statistics at the end of 2005, top officials at the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division were puzzled.
Though total crime in the division — which runs from Los Feliz and Silver Lake through Eagle Rock — dropped 4%, they were not celebrating because it was the smallest decline of any section of Los Angeles.
Police looking for prolific robbers
Los Angeles Daily News, CA - Jul 13, 2006
... 20 pm, surveillance video installed at the Village Liquor Mart in Los Feliz caught the ... the man pistol-whipping a clerk behind the counter, then shooting him in ...
Nick, Rick, Jr. and Eliseo:
We are tired of your stupid attacks on Huizar and Villaraigosa and your constant hijacking of every subject so that you can tell us about the crime in CD 14.
Why don't you guys form your own blog and go blog each other?
Clearly, no one give a shit about what you guys gin up, and none of us wants to to see the Mayor and the Councilman in flak jackets wearing a gun to stop this violence.
Don't go away mad - just GO AWAY!!!
Isn't Huizar's term up next year? Can anyone say what he's done in the year? From Eagle Rock, Northeast and Eastside no one knows. Although it was funny seeing him on TV giving out light bulbs. Yes, murders are happening in his district and he's out there giving away free light bulbs.
So it looks like there is a strong anti-Huizar vibe going through CD14. Is he going to lose the election next year?
No way! He'll be back. I will pay every wetback in my little town and gather Academia Semillas del Pueblod to vote for Huizar.
He is better than Villaraigosa mark my words. Billaraigosa is a BS and Huizar is not.
July 17, 2006 6:20 PM
I thought illegal aliens aren't able to vote?
ILLEGALS VOTE IN CD 14
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