"THE ROCKTARD FILES" A EXERCISE IN REDIRECTING SPIN
Years from now, Los Angeles Political Pundits will look back upon the "DELGADILLO AFFAIR" and pan it for what it is. A couple who grasps of the world of "DAILY FOLLOW THROUGH" leaves alot to be desire. Just that, no more.
In addition, the antics and motives of the Los Angeles Times, aka, "LA ANTONIA TIMES" will also be reviewed. Besides the funny, classic, columns by Steve Lopez and the Op-Ed "ROCKY WATCH" creation. Will all this spinning and bloggin of a "DOH" of a City Attorney amount to much ?
Yes, Rocky is a "DOWN LOOKING, STUFFY SUIT" who best days were as an Panther in Highland Park.
Yes, Mrs. Delgadillo will be known as the "STUNT DOUBLE" in the remake of "DRIVING MISS DAISY".
But at the end of the day as Rocky's Political Life fades into a Smoggy Southern California Sunset, what will have been accomplish ? Securing Steve Cooley as our future D.A.
In closing, this is my parting gift on the "ROCKTARD AFFAIR". So to the staffers in the "THIRD FLOOR SPIN CHAMBER" and that little room in "PUEBLO DE SERENO", BLOG AWAY AND STAY ON TOPIC !!!
CLOSING THOUGHT: TOO BAD THEY SHUT DOWN SYBIL BRAND !!
AFTERNOON UPDATE !!
Michelle Delgadillo went to Santa Monica Court today and pleaded "NO-CONTEST". She won't be joining Paris Hilton in Lynwood. Instead, she was placed on 12 months probation.
In addition, the antics and motives of the Los Angeles Times, aka, "LA ANTONIA TIMES" will also be reviewed. Besides the funny, classic, columns by Steve Lopez and the Op-Ed "ROCKY WATCH" creation. Will all this spinning and bloggin of a "DOH" of a City Attorney amount to much ?
Yes, Rocky is a "DOWN LOOKING, STUFFY SUIT" who best days were as an Panther in Highland Park.
Yes, Mrs. Delgadillo will be known as the "STUNT DOUBLE" in the remake of "DRIVING MISS DAISY".
But at the end of the day as Rocky's Political Life fades into a Smoggy Southern California Sunset, what will have been accomplish ? Securing Steve Cooley as our future D.A.
In closing, this is my parting gift on the "ROCKTARD AFFAIR". So to the staffers in the "THIRD FLOOR SPIN CHAMBER" and that little room in "PUEBLO DE SERENO", BLOG AWAY AND STAY ON TOPIC !!!
CLOSING THOUGHT: TOO BAD THEY SHUT DOWN SYBIL BRAND !!
AFTERNOON UPDATE !!
Michelle Delgadillo went to Santa Monica Court today and pleaded "NO-CONTEST". She won't be joining Paris Hilton in Lynwood. Instead, she was placed on 12 months probation.
Labels: michele delgadillo, rocky delgadillo
Posted by Red Spot in CD 14 @ 6/20/2007 09:49:00 AM
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What you need to know, Spot of Red, since it's mentioned here - often, is that there are no real "spin" chambers or chamber dwellers on the 3rd or any floor.
Sure there are some people who help the big boys make up excuses (usually bad ones), and write apologies after they're caught (usually at least in part because the excuses were so lame to begin with).
That's why Hahn had to go to the "pros" at F-H, and why the midget mayor keeps guys like Park-que on his speed dial.
There are no real "professional" spinners working on Spring Street, or any of its adjuncts. The city's ways and means of communicating with the peeps before, during, and after flair-ups such as this sucks like a vacuum cleaner the size of City Hall itself.
The "real" PeRPs (public relations/affairs professionals), at least the ones that graduated in to top 9/10 of their classes, work outside the system and make real money, a lot of it for cleaning up the messes made by the "fake" spokespeople that are on the city payroll.
Because they can.
Because they're good.
Because their "spin" actually passes the first few rounds of the basic bullshit test that any cub reporter or common citizen would know to put it through.
Hell, the best ones don't even have to tell lies -- by any definition.
Who is Le Gang Czar?
Jeff Carr
Sojourners on Hannity and Colmes re Iran Delegation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG2XbQ0TP6c
Betcha one million $$$ Hillary appointed Jeff Carr.
Clinton: "I'm not sure I would have gotten through" marital strife without faith ... The forum, sponsored by the liberal Sojourners/Call to Renewal
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Appearing before a religious conference earlier this week, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) told the audience that as a child attending Sunday school she would baby-sit the children of migrant workers so that their older siblings could join their parents at work.
"I was fortunate that at an early age, through my church, I was given the opportunity to expand my horizons," Clinton told the 600 adults and teenagers attending the Sojourners "Covenant for a New America" conference.
Politically, the story served two purposes for the New York Democrat. It allowed her to promote a developing Democratic message tailored to the faith community that ties the party's "compassionate" legislative agenda directly to moral values. And, personally, it allowed Clinton to speak about her own spiritually. The latter is not new for the former first lady, but it is a theme we could hear more and more if she decides to run for president.
As a party, Democrats have struggled to appeal to so-called "values voters," but in recent years they have tried to reconnect with this segment of the electorate that began drifting to the Republican Party during the Vietnam War. (See CNN's John Roberts' and Claire Brinberg's reporting on the Democrats' outreach efforts below).
But on Tuesday night, Clinton knew her audience and she hit on most of her points. You see, Sojourners is an evangelical organization lead by Rev. Jim Wallis, a populist who uses his political savvy
Hugo Chavez is giving the poor some hope, and it is contagious"
Sojourner group visits Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
Who IS this NEW GANG CZAR?
LIBERAL'S 'RELIGIOUS' STRATEGIST
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/jim_wallis.pdf
JIMM CARR
SOJOURNERS
I can't stand it anymore!!!
The lunatics are running the asylum! The gangs are controlling the lunatics! Stop the world...I want to get off!!!
I have decided to stop watching, reading or listening to anything pertaining to politics and the slimy 'politicians'. I am going to stop caring what happens to this rotten city or the rest of the country, for that matter.
Just retired to a beautiful lake property where there is not ONE Mexican and I'm 'going fishin' while the rest of the world goes to hell in a handbasket. I fought the battle for decades but it's a hopeless cause now. If the immigration bill goes thru...it's all over for the good guys.
Hope all the young people out there will keep up the good fight!
ok trujillo. lake property?
With all the other isses Steve LOpez could be covering he's become obsessed with Rocky. Hate to tell Steve but at meetings all over the city people don't care. They have seen what Rocky has done to go after the gang problem (the only one) and yet Antonio has done nothing but humilated his family and children (typical of a Latino male). Ask yourselves why the LA Slimes is going overboard to cover the Rocky story. Could it be they are diverting attention for their groupie love for Antonio? Hillary should be shaking in her boots. When she comes to LA again all the women will yell and tell her what an idiot she was to pick Antonio and Metrosexual Fabian as her nat'l co-chairs.
I grew up watching Chicago politics and scandals. LA has been way too boring. Hopefully our reporters will start to go after the stories here as we all know it goes much deeper. Too long has LA suffered under anonymous, powerful crooks. Keep it coming. I'm lapping it up.
ROCKY USES STAFF TO BABYSIT!!!!
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-babysit21jun21,0,6279965.story?coll=la-home-center
From the Los Angeles Times
Delgadillo had staff do errands for his family
City attorney says they used personal time. But sources said it often was during business hours.
By Matt Lait
Times Staff Writer
10:15 PM PDT, June 20, 2007
Los Angeles City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo has enlisted members of his office staff to run personal errands and baby-sit his two young children, including taking them to museums and other local attractions.
In response to inquiries from The Times, Delgadillo confirmed through a spokesman Wednesday that he relied on his staff to attend to some family and personal needs, but he declined to give many details.
"On occasion, city staff members — some of whom the city attorney has known for many years — have watched the Delgadillos' children on their own personal time," according to a statement released by Delgadillo's office. "They were personally paid by the Delgadillos, but sometimes declined payment.
"On rare occasions, city staff have run errands for the city attorney on their lunch breaks or other personal time," the statement read.
Sources with firsthand knowledge of the arrangement, however, said staffers often attended to the city attorney's personal needs and children during normal business hours.
Nick Velasquez, a spokesman for Delgadillo, said the favors sometimes coincided with business hours, but the employees used personal time.
He said the baby-sitting generally occurred at Delgadillo's home, but that on occasion his children — two boys ages 6 and 3 — were brought to the office, as other employees have done in the past. He declined to identify which employees baby-sat for the family.
Delgadillo's admission follows disclosures that he periodically allowed his wife Michelle to drive his city-owned GMC Yukon — a possible violation of city rules.
Michelle Delgadillo, 36, had a suspended driver's license at times when she drove the city vehicle. In 2004, she damaged the SUV by backing into a pole in a parking lot near her doctor's office. The city attorney had the Yukon repaired at city expense.
On Monday, after some government accountability advocates accused Delgadillo of misusing public funds, he said at a news conference that he had decided to reimburse the city $1,222 for the job.
"It's the right thing to do," he said.
Michelle Delgadillo also had a previous run-in with the law for driving without a valid driver's license, car registration or insurance in 1998. The Times revealed this week that she had an outstanding arrest warrant in connection with that case. On Wednesday, she went to court and pleaded no contest to driving without a valid driver's license, was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation and fined $431.
Delgadillo — city attorney since 2001 and a former deputy mayor in the Richard Riordan administration — declined to be directly interviewed about the allegations that he had used city staff for personal reasons.
Section 49.5.5 of the city's Municipal Code, titled "Misuse of City Position or Resources," states that "no city official ... shall use his or her position or prospective position, or the power of authority of his or her office or position, in any manner intended to induce or coerce any person to provide, directly or indirectly, anything of value which shall accrue to the private advantage, benefit, or economic gain, of the city official or employee, or of any other person."
The code clarifies that it applies to advantages, benefits or gains that are "distinct from that enjoyed by members of the public without regard to official status or not resulting naturally from lawful and proper performance of duties."
The rule has been in effect since Delgadillo took office in 2001 and is included in the 17-page Ethics Handbook for City Officials that elected officials are provided upon taking office.
The Times interviewed seven former or current city employees who said they saw the city attorney use staff for personal reasons. The sources, however, spoke only on the condition that they not be identified for fear of reprisal.
One former employee said Delgadillo and his wife would call upon secretaries and other support staff to watch his children at City Hall.
"They would sit in an office and read to them or watch them watch TV," the ex-employee said.
Two sources said a male employee, Robbie Britton, had been called upon to do handyman chores at the Delgadillos' house such as put together a trampoline or move weights. Britton also has picked up Delgadillo's dry-cleaning, the sources said. Britton could not be reached for comment.
In response to those allegations, Velasquez said the weights were a birthday gift from the city attorney's staff and "Mr. Britton delivered this staff gift to his house. Any other errands performed by Mr. Britton were on his personal time."
Los Angeles City Ethics Commissioner Bill Boyarsky, a former Times city editor, said that even if employees did such work on their own time it was wrong of Delgadillo to use them. He said employees might feel coerced into volunteering out of fear that the boss might retaliate.
"When you're a public official you should not use your cars, your staff or any public resources for personal reasons," he said. "It's really outrageous. Even in private life that's not right."
matt.lait@latimes.com
Times staff writer Steve Hymon and Patrick McGreevy contributed to this report.
Hey spineless prosecutor - why drop the other charges? You had her on all 3. If you are in the mood for dropping cases, let's talk about my red light ticket. I only want you to drop that one, not even two!
Thanks,
Anon SFV
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