GLASSELL PARK NC BOARD BEHAVIOR UNLEAHSES A WAVE OF CONVERN OVER SHADINESS AND MORE
FROM ZAP'S INBOX AND FEATURED COMMENTS FROM MAYOR SAM BLOGGERS
* ZD - You have to look into this guy Bradley. Check out the grievances filed against him.
CLICK HERE TO READ A COMMENT SUMMARY OF CONCERNS AND OUTRAGE OVER SHADINESS OVER AT GLASSELL PARK NC
Including this thank you message to Mayor Sam readers from "Bradley":
We want to thank many of the individuals that have elevated the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council via the electronic bulleting boards and local newspapers. Free media attention, good, bad or indifferent is still FREE media attention. We are looking forward to the new attendees and participants at our upcoming meetings joining many of the active committees and forum discussions. We hope to see you at an upcoming venue. Have a great day.
Bradley
AGENDA ATTACHMENT
(Thanks Bradley. I doubt I'll be having a great day. But hopefully, it won't suck.)
Zuma Dogg
ZAP (Zuma's Activist Program)
contact: zumadogg@gmail.com
* ZD - You have to look into this guy Bradley. Check out the grievances filed against him.
CLICK HERE TO READ A COMMENT SUMMARY OF CONCERNS AND OUTRAGE OVER SHADINESS OVER AT GLASSELL PARK NC
Including this thank you message to Mayor Sam readers from "Bradley":
We want to thank many of the individuals that have elevated the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council via the electronic bulleting boards and local newspapers. Free media attention, good, bad or indifferent is still FREE media attention. We are looking forward to the new attendees and participants at our upcoming meetings joining many of the active committees and forum discussions. We hope to see you at an upcoming venue. Have a great day.
Bradley
AGENDA ATTACHMENT
(Thanks Bradley. I doubt I'll be having a great day. But hopefully, it won't suck.)
Zuma Dogg
ZAP (Zuma's Activist Program)
contact: zumadogg@gmail.com
Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 6/03/2007 07:34:00 PM
26 Comments:
that's not bad media....its shameful, horrifying, and we're all appalled. Don't be trying to turn it into a positive, you guys got totally plastered. the nerve to say thanks for the blogging,.
omg. see you at a venue, Bradley.
ZD - GPNC was supposed to be at two events this weekend. We brought cameras hoping to get their reaction and comment on what is being said on the blogs. Here is what we have for you.
At the opening of the Jack & Denny Smith Community Center, NO ONE was there from GPNC to man the table. Just three rocks (which somehow seems appropriate.
At the Lummis Day Festival (which GPNC *paid* to participate, NO ONE was at the GPNC table. There, you had one rock holding down a stack of Lummis Day programs.
What do we learn from this?
GPNC and their "outreach" is a joke. NO ONE is at the community tables at these events where they are supposed to be.
GPNC is happy to throw thousands in stakeholder money at something and not put in the manpower to make it worthwhile.
The media coverage that Bradley thinks is so wonderful must be so amazing that they don't have the cojones to meet their public!
Good going you bunch of scumbags!
Just checked the NortheastLA Yahoo Group and this was posted there:
Here's a little background on the mysterious one-named Bradley:
He and his partner, Edel Vera, lived and ran their business (EBE Associates) out of the Andrita Street address for a number of years. Edel is an architect while Bradley is an "expediter" for developers. Read: "pay me to push your MWGPSP (Mt. Washington Glassell Park Specific Plan) -negligent plans through the city planning department because I woo the clerical staff with sweet talk & candy. FYI: Andrita Street is located within AREA 1 according to the GPNC map.
Bradley & Edel purchased a lot on which they built a McMansion in the 2200 block of Maricopa Drive in Glassell Park. Maricopa Drive is located within AREA 4 according to the GPNC map. Bradley must have expedited his own plans through the city planning department because he violated the MWGPSP at every turn: Sideyard? None. Setback from the street? None. Floor area ratio? Questionable as to whether he stayed within the 49% limit stated in the MWGPSP.
Bradley used the Andrita Street address to run as AREA #1 REP (read: residential representative) on the GPNC board when in fact he had already MOVED to his new residence in AREA #4. He should have run as a BUSINESS REP (an at-large position) but didn't because he had already lined up enough of his PROH-LA buddies and new-found friends from VICTORY OUTREACH to fill those positions and form his "diversity coalition".
When residents from every part of GlassellPark protested Bradley's candidacy (and subsequent victory) as AREA #1 REP, DONE said it didn't matter because Bradley was "self-affirming" the address of his residence. Bull. As one person posted on the LA Curbed website, I too self-affirm that I live in Bel Air even though my ZIP Code is 90065 but that doesn't make it so.
BTW: I have a photo of the table space allocated to the GPNC yesterday at the Jack & Denny SmithCenter grand opening. The picture shows 3 rocks sitting on the GPNC table @ 4:30. No one was manning the table at any time prior to then. How appropriate that three rocks occupied the table; at least they didn't BALK at having their picture taken!
Cheers!
More info:
Paula Bagasao, the Jabba-like woman in the video was elected as an "Education Rep." She lives in a loft downtown is one of the founders of PROH-LA because she has a lot on Vista Superba she wants to develop. As to "Education," she has nothing to do with education at any of the schools in Glassell Park.
The previous Eduation rep was an active parent at the Washington Irving Middle School. She also has three developmentally disabled children. She resigned after GPNC Board member Maggie Darrett(repping Area 2) said she "did nothing" at a board meeting. She is also a member of Bradley's cabal.
Brian Fitzburgh is a developer/architect/realtor who lives in Silverlake and is also an active member of PROH-LA.
The PROH_LA board members are also trying to change the Land Use & Planning Committee to an "Economic Development Committee," which not only sounds Stalinist, but also violates the GPNC's by-laws.
Art Camarillo is a Bradley crony who is "paid" GPNC staff.
They are looking to spend another $5k + $350 a month for a "web developer" named Santiago Garfunkel from Lineal Media. Zuma, you may want to plug him into the bat computer and see if that finds anything.
Something stinks in Glassell Park and it ain't necessarily the LA River. It's wafting from their Neighborhood Clowncil.
Geez, all that "evil" and they still kicked the old, 4-year-old board out on their asses in a certified city-monitored election.
How BAD and horribly incompent, plus out of touch, must the old board have been?
I think this must be like Mayor Sammies' endorsement of Tony V. for mayor two years ago.
"We'll he's bad, but at LEAST he's not Jimmy Hahn!"
Just posted on the NELA List:
Rose Ibanez/ DONE has instructed Bradley/GPNC Chair that in order to change the name of Land Use Committee, as a standing committee, to Economic Development Committee, it must go through the amendment process as stated on the bylaws (Article X).
In violation of its By Laws, GPNC has changed the name of a 4yr
Land Use Committee to Economic Development Committee without a By
Laws amendment. The Land Use Committee is a standing committee as mentioned in GPNC By Laws. GPNC is now acting with this Committee.
GPNC elected an interim chair (Brian Fitzburgh)to this Econ Dev
Com which in Violation of of GPNC ByLaws
Mike Gealer
This sounds as corrupt as Albert Robles and what he did in South Gate a couple of years back.
Anyone remember that?
Ah, good times....
9:26
This just points out how easily Neighborhood Clowncils can be manipulated by special interests.
The term "stakeholder" is so loose as to be ridiculous, as amply pointed out by the Glassell Park Neighborhood Clowncil. And, shenanigans like we see here can easily occur.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen (removes hat and bows low):
Speaking of Glassell Park, I had the opportunity to take me mum and her lady friends to luncheon on Saturday. Such a good son I am, savvy? Came all the way in from the Westside to do a good deed I did. But that's not why I am telling you about it. I mention it because someone else's mum was part of me mum's lunch party and it's THAT mum who, with the help of a little liquor, if you will, told Capt. Sparrow all sorts of interesting things about their off-spring. What sort of interesting things? Well, someone's mum feels that her son needs to duck into a confessional and come clean about the goings-on with another man's wife. But let's talk about something else, shall we?
It appears that the CM for the area won't chip in and have benches installed for the old folks to use while waiting for their motorcoaches to take them on outings and tours. "It's not safe. Get the Glassell Park Improvement Association to pay for the benches," says the CM. I find this amusing. Gar-shady's office says that installing the benches isn't safe so no cash payment is made. But apparently it's safe enough to have SOME OTHER agency pay for the benches.
So now someone else's mum has to stand around waiting for the bus to the casino instead of sitting and resting their old legs. And we all thought that Don Jose didn't care for old folks, savvy?
The GPNC board meeting is tomorrow. Charge your camcorder batteries.
Bradley has a long history of grievances filed against him.
At one point, Human Relations had to come in to mediate. Nothing ever happened because the mediator, Patricia Villasenor, is a personal friend of Bradley's. So, that mediation resulted in nothing happening.
Both Bradley and Bagasao had grievances filed in the previous election for violating election rules.
Bradley and Bagasao have a long history of disenfranchising people who disagree with them.
More on the Clowncil Board
GPNC Treasurer George O Smith is not only with Victory Outreach, but also with Illig Construction.
Board Alternate Tony Butka is the husband of Bagasao.
Bagasao
sounds like
bag a sow
Tip of the hat to Cap'n Jack! I bet if the benches were for the CM's 'hood, they would get them.
10:41
Advertisers would pay private industry dollars to have benches, trash cans, AND shade covers put in along the main drag in Glassell, in a heart beat - just so long as they could throw posters of the latest flicker playing at the multiplex up on the outside. And, they pay services to clean the grafitti off and empty the bins regularly, too.
No taxpayer, or even community group money needs to be spent. All GP has to do is get over its phobia about signs in their imaginarily toney, but mostly tarnished little foothillish piece of L.A.
Some of them think their poop don't got no parfume.
That's good enough for Santa Monica, but apparently not good enough for Glassel Park?
Victory Outreach may get it's quid pro quo for selling their souls to Bradley tomorrow.
Hearing to be held on the Vegas-style sign they want. City Hall, Room 1020 at 10:30am.
Case number ZA-2007-824-CU
Zoning Administrator is Larry Friedman.
Here is the link:
http://cityplanning.lacity.org/MeetingsnHearings/dsp_viewFileDetail.cfm?filename=AAAHbZAAFAAAHnRAAY
[Glassell Park NC president]BRADLEY, in sending the following public notice + added his OWN agenda/description to the DONE FLYER of LAND USE ADVOCACY FORUM
...then adds "Forwarded at the request of DONE at end of message".
Bradley inserts..
"Community Stakeholders:
The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) has an upcoming
Empowerment Academy focusing on "Effective Land Use Advocacy" for Board Members and Stakeholders alike to discuss matters involving advocacy for Economic Development, Job Creation, and practical land use quasi-judicial matters that may/may not be addressed by Neighborhood Councils in the
East and Northeast Areas of Los Angeles."
* * *
....Emphasis on Economic Development, Job Creation, quasi judicial ??????
in a Land Use forum???
.... A contact here is Brian Fitzburgh Interim Chair, of illegally formed Economic Development Committee
Note: Bradley, Paula Bagasao, and Brian Fitzburgh are Founders and heads of Proh LA, a developers coalition."
This smacks of skewed misrepesentation.
DONE's original flyer should be included, attached as in "forwarded"
Mike Gealer
Here is public notice as sent by Bradley:
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Community Stakeholders:
The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) has an upcoming
Empowerment Academy focusing on "Effective Land Use Advocacy" for Board Members and Stakeholders alike to discuss matters involving advocacy for Economic Development, Job Creation, and practical land use quasi-judicial matters that may/may not be addressed by Neighborhood Councils in the East
and Northeast Areas of Los Angeles. The following Academy Workshop dates are as follows:
June 12, 2007
Lincoln Heights Regional Office
3516 No. Broadway
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Effective Land Use Advocacy
Learn how to:
1. Identify community land use issues.
2. Explore land use issues & appeals by city commissions.
3. Achieve understanding of how the planning department operates.
To register for your attendance, please call Valerie Steffens at (213) 485-1814 or email Valerie.Steffens@lacity.org Please Note: Please RSVP at least 3 days before the class. You may also contact the GPNC DONE Project
Coordinator, Rose Ibanez at Rose.Ibanez@lacity.org or via phone at (213)473-6464. Also, feel free to contact the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council Economic Development Committee Interim Chair, Brian Fitzburgh at
Fitzburgh@sbcglobal.net or the GPNC Office at (323) 256-4762 if you have any further questions, comments, or remarks.
Thank you,
Bradley,
GPNC Chairperson
(We apologize in advance if this is being sent truncated, in duplicate, or with fragmented sentences. Forwarded at the request of DONE)
I Like Mike!
More Bradley fun.
He's assistant Co-chair of CPAB (Community Police Advisory Board) for Northeast Los Angeles!
See below:
Subject: Northeast SLO Summit.LAPD Q & A
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:59:44 -0700
From: BRADLEY bradley@ebeassociates.com
To: GPNC Public Notices bradley@ebeassociates.com
NORTHEAST SENIOR LEAD OFFICERS (SLO) SUMMIT
Thursday, June 7, 2007
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Glassell Park Community and Senior Center(Main Assembly Hall)
3750 Verdugo Road,
Los Angeles, California 90065
All of the Senior Lead Officers from LAPD Northeast Division have been invited to speak with the community. Please make an effort and attend, show your support for the Officers and bring a neighbor. For more information, please contact Sgt. Robert Alaniz, LAPD/Northeast Division
Community Relations Officer at (213) 485-2548
We hope to see you there.
Diana Silva and Bradley,
Northeast CPAB Members
For more from Chairman Bradley, he posts once in a while, to a yahoo group: LANCissues. B2005@yahoo.com.
ZD's bat computer might find something interesting there.
Bat Computer has dumped the info in my email inbox. Have to retype all the pieces into paragraph/story form.
Will take a while. And someone should go to zumadogg.blogspot.com and scroll for the paypal button cause this is a lot of work, a big pain, and i can't concentrate too much from lack of food.
so i ain't posting sh*t till someone treats me like tennie pierce and feeds the big dogg.
I wanna get this final bat computer report done in time for
a) BONC meeting
b) Glassell Park NC Meeting tomorrow/tuesday.
I didn't have to work this much for my LA Weekly SCAG or Exclusive Semilla story.
I'll get one notch crankier, and go back to watching Springsteen "Badlands" on youtube from '78 over and over.
post a paypal receipt with the words "dogg" and "zuma" and I'll data dump the raw data and story that ties it all together.
Otherwise, I'll post 10 good reasons why a Villar-controlled LAUSD school board is good for the kids and how we need to give the mayor more decision-making authority in other City areas, as well -- like MTA!
GLASSELL PARK NC SHADINESS PREVIEW:
It's about making things a whole lot faster and a whole lot easier to develop on them open hillsides in the area. And if you already have the connections with planning people, cause you already have so many projects with the city citywide -- and you and your friends on GP NC have already showed you can be given $50 million to develop Downtown lofts, means you better get on that GP NC and help ease up the hill developing process (see PROH-LA), no matter where you really live.
And...oh no, what if the GP NC/Citywide developers are also part of PROH-LA & Santa Monica Mountain Conservatory???
What's next? Review commission appointments and a CM Staff position?
END OF FREE PREVIEW...
Good evening Zuma lad (tips hat):
What would your bat computer say if it came across some expense reports that list the sots mentioned here on them? Dr. Bagasao looks rather well supped, savvy?
I'm working on it, a lot of info. I don't like this MetroLA group. they have links to silvelake and echo park. and man, all the same names keep poppin up everywhere. regarding the expense reports...I don't know...I'm working going through all the stuff now, and i'm dizzy from staring into this screen 16 hours straight for the past several days...hope i make it...food helps.
At June 04, 2007 8:18 PM, Zuma Dogg said...
"And someone should go to zumadogg.blogspot.com and scroll for the paypal button cause this is a lot of work, a big pain, and i can't concentrate too much from lack of food.
so i ain't posting sh*t till someone treats me like tennie pierce and feeds the big dogg."
ZD -- I just dropped a hundy in the meter so I hope this inspires you to keep going with that famous Zuma Dogg zeal on the GPNC topic. Please, please, please keep up the good work. Merci.
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