Top Ten Reasons to love the Cut-&-Paste crews
10. Let's you know when LAVoice is sniping at you.
9. The Daily News's RSS feed sucks; the C&P crews make it easier not to go there.
8. Rather not observe LAObserved anyway.
7. They break up the monotony of Captain Jack Sparrow responding to 11:47 or 1:35.
6. Keeps Monica busy in between speakers at the Board.
5. Keeps Parke busy on campaigns where there's no opposition.
4. Keeps the EAA out of trouble all day long.
3. Keeps CD 14 in trouble.
2. If these guys were bloggers, they'd be more interesting than MartiniRepublic.
And the number one reason to love the Cut-&-Paste crews:
1. It's better they cut-and-paste than hit overpasses with graffiti.
9. The Daily News's RSS feed sucks; the C&P crews make it easier not to go there.
8. Rather not observe LAObserved anyway.
7. They break up the monotony of Captain Jack Sparrow responding to 11:47 or 1:35.
6. Keeps Monica busy in between speakers at the Board.
5. Keeps Parke busy on campaigns where there's no opposition.
4. Keeps the EAA out of trouble all day long.
3. Keeps CD 14 in trouble.
2. If these guys were bloggers, they'd be more interesting than MartiniRepublic.
And the number one reason to love the Cut-&-Paste crews:
1. It's better they cut-and-paste than hit overpasses with graffiti.
Posted by Joseph Mailander @ 12/12/2006 07:12:00 AM
36 Comments:
Joseph, you're funny. I'm not reading Kevin Roderick's posts any longer. Is he gay? The reason I ask is not because I'm not homophobic. The reason I ask is today he has the same old LA Magazine puff piece from last month put on his site saying how great Antonio is. Now a straight man would be more rational and write facts, Kevin acts like a woman swooning over Antonio with verbs only used when there is an attraction.
Joseph you're da bomb!
Parke's moves are one in a million and envied.
Parke, can I be your guinea pig?
CD 14 in trouble?
Nahhhhh!
Council Election, the Third in Four Years, Starts With a Bang
LA Downtown News Online, CA - Nov 17, 2006
... sour grapes run, one he said came after Parra was demoted from overseeing three satellite offices to his most recent slot as head of Huizar's El Sereno outpost...
WORTH NEWS
--LA County to Appropriate Nearly $20 Million for Homeless
abc7.com, CA - 2 hours ago
The money is part of an $80 million allocation approved in September to benefit homeless shelters and social service programs throughout Los Angeles County
--LAFD Helicopter Crew Rescues Woman From Rain-Swollen River
LAFD News & Information, CA - Dec 11, 2006
... Battalion Chief Chris Logan, responded to a River Rescue in the Los Angeles River near ... area near the rescue is known to be a popular homeless encampment
--Decomposing Body Found In Boyle Heights
CBS 2, CA - Nov 11, 2006
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Coroner's investigators sought to identify a decomposing body found along the Pomona (60) Freeway in Boyle Heights.
--Reward Offered In Boyle Heights Fatal Hit-And-Run
CBS 2, CA - Nov 17, 2006
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A $50,000 reward was offered Friday for information that helps solve the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in the Boyle Heights area.
--LA charter school chief accepts mayoral job
Los Angeles Times, CA - Dec 9, 2006
... Marshall Tuck, 33, president and chief operating officer of Green Dot Public Schools
--The Broad Foundation Awards $10.5 Million to Green Dot Public ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Nov 30, 2006
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Green Dot Public Schools (“Green Dot”), a leading public charter school operator and developer in Los Angeles...
--Green Dot Plan Full of Holes
After four years of hard-earned test score improvements and a construction program that is finally opening new schools, The Los Angeles Times has the audacity to endorse yet another take over plan. This time it is Green Dot's plan to take over Jefferson High School in "A Green Light For Green Dot," August 17. June saw the first opening of a comprehensive high school in LAUSD in over 30 years. The new school on the old Santee Dairy site has alleviated Jefferson High's major problem--overcrowding. Secondly, Jefferson is well underway in converting to small learning communities. Now, the LA Times wants Green Dot to come in, after all the heavy lifting has been accomplished, to take credit for test scores that will surely rise next year. That "green light" is dim.
KEEP ON READING: http://andyhilbert.blogspot.com/2005/11/romer-finds-spot-for-green-dot.html
But schools like Green Dot can naturally cherry pick students whose parents are more involved in their educations....stop blaming teachers..I do not use worksheets and in fact use many activities, simulations etc to no avail...there is a peasant mentality among many parents when it comes to education..a school like Green Dot can pick and choose..many schools in south LA cannot -we have to educate everyone and often there are few consequences for students -even those who bring weapons to class...Green Dot probably has more autonomy in areas like discipline...so stop putting down LAUSD schools - we do a great job with what we have and in fact many do even better...LAUSD schools routinely win the academic decathalon............
--http://andyhilbert.blogspot.com/2005/08/green-dot-plan-full-of-holes.html
I'd like to know what does Green Dot do with students who get accepted in the lottery but become discipline problems to the extent that they have to be removed from the Green Dot school? What does Green Dot do with these students?
Surely, there must be 'some' Green Dot students who fit this profile.
Do they have to find suitable placement at another school GD school (along with transporation costs)or can they just simply remove the student (albeit w/fair due process)? How does this process work? How is it different/alike compared to the LAUSD model?
Education Week: Charter School Activist Gains New Influence in L.A.Steve Barr, a Democratic political organizer turned charter school mogul, ... “Look, I am not part of the cult;
REPUBLICANS HAVE EGG ON THEIR FACES. ARNOLD, HOW DID YOU LOSE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? STEVE BARR, DIPPED HIS HANDS IN LAUSD. DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTROLS SCHOOLS. WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO INDOCTRINATE YOUNG STUDENTS INTO A LEFTIST IDEOLOGY.
THIS FLEW OVER YOUR HEAD AND IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. STEVE BARR, GREEN DOT SCHOOL FOUNDER AND CHIEF KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
DEMOCRATS 1
REPUBLICANS 0
ANON,
DISCREDIT PARKE PUBLICLY AND HOUSE OF CARDS WILL COLLAPSE.
GUARANTEED.
Senor Alcalde Villaraigosa
B4 LAUSD takeover
Concerns
CD 14 school safety issues
Kids cross street in areas deprived by cross lights
i see apartment construction increase but no new parks, after school programs, no safety, no cross lights, no sidewalk for kids to walk
Pedestrian Profile #1:
Nancy Hernandez, 43
Community Organizer
El Sereno, Los Angeles County,
California
The predominantly Spanish-speaking El Sereno neighborhood in Los Angeles County where Nancy Hernandez lives is marked by the sights and sounds of busy foot traffic. Child pedestrians and bicyclists from elementary, middle and high schools, elderly pedestrians from the Senior Center, park-goers, patrons from small restaurants and stores, and people getting on and off local buses create a busy, lively street life. All but the high school are located on a half mile strip down Eastern Street.
Hernandez regularly takes transit and walks. But she says there’s a mean side to the streets in her neighborhood: residents are fearful of being hit and killed by speeding cars. "There’s so much traffic in the morning, it’s scary," explains Hernandez. "Cars are on the crosswalk. Instead of walking in front of the cars, you have to squeeze in between to cross the street. You don’t know if the cars are going to reverse and squash you."
Over six months ago, Hernandez witnessed a tragic accident in the neighborhood. A boy was hit while crossing the street towards his mother on the other side, he was thrown into the other direction of traffic and struck again and killed by a second car. Both were hit and runs.
"I have three girls," says Hernandez. "When we do have to walk, it’s scary. I’ve taught them to look four ways, not just two, before they cross." Area residents are now circulating petitions to install a crossing signal or warning light to slow down traffic or retrofit Eastern Street with other traffic calming measures.
In Their Own Words
Mimi Soto, 24
Community Organizer
East Los Angeles
part of an exchange with transportation officials at a community meeting
"You didn't even tell us that you were going to remove the crosswalk. When we said we wanted it back you told us we didn't meet the criteria. So we said, that's okay, because what we really need is a stop light. No, you said, we don't meet the criteria. So we said please, at least put in a stop sign because the cars drive too fast. No, you said, we don't meet the criteria. Well I say the problem isn't that we don't meet your criteria. The problem is that your criteria does nothing to address the safety problems in our neighborhood."
8:50, you must be a parent with a child who actually attends the school district. I would bet that you are one of the involved parents who actually cares about your child's interests and will go to any length to get them into a school that nurtures those interests.
Your kid is probably in a magnet or SAS or some special program and you're helping her choose a path towards success.
You've probably found other parents like you and they are either in the same programs or if they can't get into those programs they are going the way of Steve Barr.
Steve Barr gets it and so do most of the charters and so do most of the private schools. Instead of dumming down the schools he's "picking and choosing" his parents. (notice I did not say students)
My experience so far has been that the majority of gifted kids (of course there's an exception here and there) come from families who value education. And that doesn't mean just droppig your kid off at the corner at 7:44 am every morning!
Ah, it would be great if all of LAUSD's parents were like you.
In Their Own Words
Adrian Mendoza Ruiz, 10
Student
Northeast Los Angeles, California
"I live on a high traffic street. It avoids the crowded 110 freeway and connects Pasadena to the downtown area. Commuters drive as if it were actually a freeway. In the past year there has been very good enforcement against speeders in certain patches of the street. But, where I live there is a huge hill, so people tend to accelerate while going downhill on Monterey Road to gain momentum to drive up the other street.
There is a crosswalk at this intersection which all the neighborhood kids and families use on their way to school. There has been several occasions where people have had to run to avoid getting hit, or jump back on the curb, including my mother and brother. At one point I approached a traffic cop waiting for a speeder on the next block of my street, and informed him of the situation. He told me he could not do anything about it unless there was a report. I proceeded to call the Police Department which kindly stated, ‘We will look into it, thank you.’ I have yet to see a police officer stationed at that intersection."
In Their Own Words
Cecelia Garcia, mother of three
City Terrace, East Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California
"I know I get a bit hot-headed about this issue but it¹s because of what I¹ve seen and because no one will do anything about it. My grandmother was hit while I stood on the other side of the street waiting for her. I watched her die. She only weighed 98 pounds. The car was going 55 mph, and she was thrown 150 feet. My friend was just hit in the same neighborhood, crossing to the school and the shops where she sold burritos that she made. She was in a coma for weeks. Now she has amnesia -- she doesn¹t remember either her husband or her children. I have another friend at my son¹s school who lost her 6-year-old child. He was dragged down the block by the car. And this happened after we had complained and complained to the principal about how dangerous it is to cross the street there.
I know about the dangers because I walk everywhere with my three little ones. Cars don¹t pay any attention. Not even when there are people in the crosswalk. Sometimes they don¹t even slow down. And I watch when parents let their children cross the street alone while they wait on the other side and I am so afraid for the children.
I¹ve taken my concerns to the Board of Supervisors, to the Board of Education, to the California Highway Patrol. I collected petitions. I sent letters. I even wrote to Governor. Everyone says there¹s nothing they can do. And I wonder -- what is it going to take to make somebody do something?"
hit and run news
Unnamed man in Huntington, California ( El Sereno Avenue and Howard Street)
Stop waiting for the school district, the city council, the school board, and the supervisors to solve your problems. As my abuelita use to say,
"if you wan son-ting don, go do it you self"
Solution #1 all the mom's and kids complaining volunteer. Here's how it's done at some schools.
Parents volunteer and are strategically placed at all intersections or crossings around the schools.
Parents and the 5th graders volunteer at a designated drop off zone (no parking area). The adults direct the traffic the 5th graders help the younger students get out of the vehicles.
Smooth operation AND guess what those parent volunteers get extremely involved in the school.
Also the minute your councilman takes note that you solved your own problem he'll realize YOU'VE rendered him useless and he'll try to make himself useful. You're stop lights, striped intersections with blinking lights, etc...will come quickly.
Simple and effective. So stop complaining and definitely stop waiting.
Joe - this is the funniest thing I've read on a blog since EWG rambled on about how much money he's not making. :)
Thank you!
Keep on (LA)Observing things! We need you! :)
Mr. Steve Barr
"if you wan son-ting don, go do it you self"
No idea your mama was latina.
"Stop waiting for the school district, the city council, the school board, and the supervisors to solve your problems."
Finalmente, an anon with some sense! Let us fire school "overpaid" district officials, school "politically alligned" board, city "corrupt" council, and "pay for play" supervisors. We don't need any of this crap.
We are on our own. Fire the m'f'ers.
9:16
Sorry about your loss. I understand. Wison High students have no cross walk on Soto.
Accident wait'n 2 happen.
Hit-And-Run Driver Strikes Pedestrian
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A driver was at large after seriously injuring a pedestrian in unincorporated South Los Angeles, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The hit-and-run accident occurred about 12:40 a.m. at East 71st Street and Central Avenue, said CHP Officer Jon Seumanutafa.
Kids Hit While Crossing East LA Street During Power Outage
LOS ANGELES -- Two 12-year-old boys were hospitalized Tuesday after they were struck and critically injured by a vehicle in eastern Los Angeles during a power outage.
The accident occurred in the 1100 block of South Concord Street, near Eighth Street, at 5:44 p.m. Monday, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The victims were taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in critical but stable condition.
One of them was kind of, like, he couldn't talk, couldn't move and he said he can't feel his leg," witness Jessica Salgado said. "And the other one said his ribs hurt because he tried standing up and he couldn't stand."
About 9,000 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers lost power Monday due to rainy conditions, and many traffic signals were affected.
All but 100 of them had power restored by 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, said DWP spokeswoman Marie Lemelle. Those 100 customers -- in the area of Long Beach Avenue and 25th Street -- got their power back by 4 a.m., she said.
pay raise for black outs.
pay raise for hit and runs
dwp a disgrace
city council a disgrace
Safety Issues
Can Laura Slick audit DWP and safety complaints.
DWP Mourns Death Of Construction Worker
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Flags over Los Angeles were lowered to half-staff Monday in honor of a construction worker, 45, who fell to his death during the weekend while working at the Castaic Power Plant.
Donne Ballard, a maintenance construction worker, slipped and fell, plunging about 60 feet to his death while making repairs outside Castaic Power Plant around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Joe Ramallo, spokesman for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
so sad
he was father of 7
3 killed in Los Angeles copter crash
DEVORE: A Medical helicopter crashed near Los Angeles, killing the pilot and two crewmembers, authorities said.
The accident occurred Sunday evening as the Bell 412 utility helicopter left from Loma Linda Medical Center to its base in Victorville, said a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Something just hit me. (I'm a little slow, sometimes, but then it hits me like an anvil.)
I was thinking it was City Council who is trying to effectively eliminate the LAUSD school board with this new Charter Amendment regarding term-limits, campaign financing, committee review board, and whatever other stuff they are cramming into the Jose Huizar-written ballot measure for March (Charter Amendment).
So let's face it, the mayor still enough juice with City Council to get this LAUSD "spay and neuter" amemdement of the March ballot.
So, although the mayor may claim to be excited to work with the LAUSD school board, to help the kids, under AB 1381, but let's face it; when you follow the actions (not the political spin), a real railroading is happening at the hands of Antonio and his political muppets like that Nucklehead Nunez. And I'd still like to know why Eli Broad and Richard Riordan are so hell bent on all of this?
Joseph, you're funny. I'm not reading Kevin Roderick's posts any longer. Is he gay?
Of course not! He just took a good look at Antonio and got curious about the lifestyle. NTTAWWT.
The reason I ask is today he has the same old LA Magazine puff piece from last month put on his site saying how great Antonio is.
Here's my favorite Los Angeles Observed Magazine excerpt:
"Talk-show shouters and xenophobic bloggers label him an ex-gangbanger or an Aztlán nationalist. That’s a hilarious misreading to friends and to Villaraigosa—“My mother would have killed me!” Look a little closer and you will see an L.A. baby boomer, Eastside variety...."
Those bloggers who criticize Antonio after nineteen months in office---they're all xenophobic!
Who are those LA bloggers? Lonewacko and who else?
I'm (LA)observing someone taking some Stupid Blogger Tricks and getting away with them in print. Los Angeles Observed Magazine---do they have any editors, or factcheckers, or any people like that on board any more? I wonder what happened to them...?
Sir Joseph:
Is #7 the best you can do for me? Fie, sirrah. Monotony indeed. Bard? To me! Show Sir Joseph the true meaning of monotony.
(Bard clears throat)
M is for the melee that we causes
O is for the groans that we incite
N is for the nasty litte rumors
O is for the obvious dislike
T is for the Tony Whence Is Lying
O is for the ogre that he is
N is for Smee Nunez who is vying
Y is not a question, it just is.
Put them all together
and what do you surely have?
Monotony from Captain Jack, 'cause Mailander's a spaz!
#7 indeed. Crew, remove Sir Joseph's name from the goody basket list. No cheese and sausages for him!
Aye, laddie - Joseph M. hath been stricken from mine gifting. No coconuts nor pineapples shall come forth from meself to him!
Wonderful device, this Marconi receiver! I have heard thee through the ether Cap, and am sending thee my message writ upon parchment, contained in a corked bottle, and dropped in a fast-moving westward current.
Methinks monotony hath been composed of to equal parts. To wit: "mono" meaning "one"; the root of "monogamous". "Tony" - the root of the alcalde Antonio currently "serving" our pueblo. Methinks a "monogamous Antonio" is not possible.
Perchance I be wrong? I thinketh not!
11:43
Bard my arse; "beard" is more like it (not that there's ANYTHING wrong with that)!
Pfahhhhh!
You forgot about the
80 FAKE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES
. . .they was supposed to fix EVERYTHING!
Good afternoon Lord Chapman (bows low and removes hat):
My good Lord Chapman, it is a pleasure to hear from you again. Fabulous invention the Marconi, isn't it? Sound that gives rise to moving pictures. Such a thing might make a pirate famous.
A small tweak to your idea, Lord Chapman. Mono is indeed one, however I would not call this monkey monogamous. Rather, in it for Himself, if you will, and Nobody Else, savvy? While you are right in the penultimate, I would wager that I too I correct, am I not?
As for an arse having a beard, there are many arses with beards that troll the halls of City Hall. Why there was even a photo of three of them 'pon this very blog in the not too distant past.
I shall await your dispatch, Lord Chapman. Sots, if you see a bottle floating by with a piece of paper in it, do not read it. We may have to poke you with a stick if you do.
Ow! That stick hurts!
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