The Transit Coalition eNewsletter, Wed., Oct. 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Volume 3, Issue 44
Gasoline prices are on a vehement race to the top, as oil reaches near inflation-adjusted highs. A sagging dollar, production shutdowns in Mexico and political tensions are mostly to blame. The increases of recent weeks are reflected on the price for fuel, as Californians must pay $3.16 for a gallon of it. In fact, more increases are on the way, since currently purchased oil will not come to consumers until the springtime.
Fare evasion takes center stage once again at Metro. A study revealed that 5% of Metro Rail passengers do not pay the proper fare. The figures are slightly higher than those provided by the county Sheriff Department, which acts, among other things, as fare inspectors. This in turn has again prompted calls to install gates at stations, even as Metro is rolling out with the TAP program, which could come as early as late 2008. One Los Angeles Daily News editorial recommended increased patrols that would catch fare evaders and, in turn, increase safety.
Ousted Los Angeles City transportation chief Gloria Jeff quietly received a $95,000 settlement from city coffers for her wrongful termination. The matter left City Councilmembers fuming, since it was not allowed to vote on the matter. The development left a sour taste with the Los Angeles Times editorial board, which disapproved the peculiar methods that were used.
Was the new parking system at Dodger Stadium a success? Despite grumbling by the fans who now must shell out $15 to park, the system has notably reduced delays within and outside the ballpark. Indeed, access has been a major issue with most new ballparks. In the case of the San Diego Padres, they hired a transportation consultant who mapped out a plan well before Petco Park was built. Other franchises are also looking towards demand management techniques to control traffic and reduce delays.
Plenty of good tidings are given to LA/Ontario Airport, which is poised to grow thanks to increased hostility towards growth at LAX. The San Bernardino Associated Governments and SCAG recently announced it would fund a study for a Gold Line connection to said airport. Los Angeles World Airports executive director Gina Marie Lindsay outlined incentives that would make the airport more attractive to both passengers and airlines. The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin pretty much expressed the same thought.
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Ethnic Cleansing??
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gang31oct31,1,5951036.story
U.S. indicts 18 more suspected gang members
The federal crackdown on the Florencia 13 gang continues. So far, 102 indictments have been handed down.
By Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 31, 2007
Another 18 suspected members of the Florencia 13 street gang have been arrested and charged with racketeering, conspiracy and illegal weapons possession, the U.S. attorney's office announced Tuesday.
The arrests are connected to two indictments unsealed Tuesday, charging 41 suspected members of the Latino gang and street dealers they allegedly used to distribute drugs, authorities said.
In addition to those arrested Tuesday, 10 others who were indicted were already in custody, according to the U.S. attorney's office. The remaining 13 people charged in the Tuesday indictments are still at large.
Earlier this month, the office announced indictments of 61 alleged members of Florencia 13.
All together, 102 alleged members of Florencia 13 have been charged, believed to be the largest federal indictment of a Southern California street gang.
Authorities allege the gang used murder and attempted murder to control and tax drug sales in Huntington Park and the unincorporated Florence-Firestone neighborhood.
It also alleged that a member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang housed at Pelican Bay State Prison had ordered the gang to rid the area of rival African American
Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona was indicted "on federal corruption charges stemming from a lengthy investigation into allegations that he had misused his office for financial gain," the Los Angeles Times reported on October 30. Reporters Christine Hanley, H.G. Reza and Paul Pringle noted that Carona was once considered a "rising star" for the GOP.
It's a fair point to make note of Carona's party affiliation, but the Times unevenly applies party labels when it comes to elected officials' scandals.
As NewsBusters contributor Dave Pierre noted on September 11, Democratic Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's (D-Los Angeles) campaign violations and the corresponding punitive fine of $5,200 were buried on page B-4 of that day's Los Angeles Times. The same squib failed to disclose Villaraigosa's Democratic Party affiliation.
A corrupt GOP politician what a shock, was the midget mecha mayor involved with Sheriff Carona from Orange County.
This reminds me of the Watergate and Iran-Contra liberal news media invented scandals. Everybody knows the news media is inventing these GOP scandals.
The media just hates the GOP, America, the troops and mom's apple pie,
Sorry, my "WIDE STANCE" prevents me from using public transportation.
Two gangsters get prison terms for killing teen protecting disabled friend
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_7283127?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com
BY RACHEL URANGA, Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 10/25/2007 11:57:56 PM PDT
The day Leticia Bravo's 15-year-old son was shot to death by gang members for trying to protect his disabled friend is the day her own slow death began.
"They killed my son, but they killed me," she said, tears welling in her eyes. "You don't die immediately. The pain goes on and you die day by day."
Thursday, when a judge sentenced the two North Hollywood Boyz members to more than 40 years in prison each for killing Sammy Salas, Bravo said she had at least ended the most painful chapter of her life.
"I hope some day they will be sorry," she said. "I don't know why they did it. It is nothing Sammy did to them."
Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Darlene Schempp sentenced Enrique "Serio" Diaz, 32, to 40 years to life in prison for shooting Sammy in the head. Sammy had intervened when several other gangsters were beating up his disabled friend, Juan Pedroza, whom they considered a snitch for talking to police about another case.
Luis "Wicked" Vega, 28, who participated in the killing, was sentenced to 55 years to life because he had a prior "strike" under the state's "three strikes" law for using a cane to beat someone.
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This is what the failure to keep illegal aliens from mexico out of our country has created here in California. Los Angeles is the gang capital, thanks to the illegal immigrants from mexico. We need to start the mass deportation of millions of illegal aliens. Our federal government has failed us on this issue.
We need to make it a crime to employ an illegal alien, and they will slowly return back to mexico. When will we realize we are letting big corporations dictate our foreign trade and immigration policy.
The three stooges of this blog are just spining their wheels trying to create a "shady" deal in every single decision made by the mayor and city council. You need to take a step back and realize the immigration problem is a larger national problem. This is a bigger problem than trees not being planted in local parks.
Wake up people and see what our federal government is doing to us all.
The sole cause of illegal immigration is the Midget Mexican Mechista Mayor.
In fact, he is the sole cause of everything shady in this world.
I have it on good authority; I read it in Mayor Sam's blog!!!
Where is Mayor Sam?
Where's Mirthala?
Guys, I think Zuma's computer must be broken or maybe he didn't pay his provider.
Either way, lucky us!
You are correct, big corporations are dictating our foreign trade and immigration policy and it is a national problem. That is why our soldiers are in Irak, because of the oil. Someone is getting rich while our young soldiers are giving their lives for a fabricated cause.
We cannot just blame the Federal Government for what is happening; we are to blame too. We take the easy road and let others speak for us, decide for us, fight for us and in the meantime we watch T. V., play games etc.
Big business control the government and they keep you entertained so we cannot see what they are doing behind the scenes.
I SAY THAT MY HEART GOES OUT TO VICTIMS MOTHER, BUT WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT BEFORE SENTENCING INNOCENT PEOPLE,( EVEN IF THEY ARE GANG MEMBERS, THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS ) I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE CROOKED POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THIS CASE, DID EVERYTHING IN THEY'RE POWER TO COVER UP THE FACTS, AND THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS CASES, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD A PERSONAL GRUDGE AGAINST THESE TWO INNOCENT MEN. ITS A DISGRACE TO HAVE THESE POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES DO EVERYTHING IN THEYRE POWER TO COVER UP A MURDER, WHEN THEY KNOW VERY WELL WHO DID IT. HOW CAN WE TRUST THE LAW WHEN THE LAW KEEPS LYING TO US AND ENCARCERATING INNOCENT PEOPLE? ITS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.
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