Steve Fleischli and David S. Beckman shill for Jack Weiss
Hey Joe,
This may not be from the Weiss Campaign, but may have originated west of the 405, same thing.
Posted today on the Huffington Post.
An Easy, Green Choice for City Attorney.
If the City of Los Angeles is ever going to become one of the nation's greenest cities, the city's top lawyer must be a big part of leading the charge to clean up our rivers and coastline, fight environmental injustice and demand environmental accountability from polluters.
As a City Councilmember, Jack Weiss has a record overall on the environment that is excellent based on any measure. Moreover, in contrast to his opponent's career focus on defending those accused of environmental crimes, this record is even more notable. That's why environmental attorneys in Los Angeles like David Beckman and me support Jack Weiss.
We know from nearly a decade of personal experience that Jack was willing to go up against the City bureaucracy to change its environmental policies even when there was no upside for him and his labors were largely invisible to the press and the public. This willingness to support the environment without glory - to do the hard work in the trenches - is the truest test of a candidate's environmental bona fides. Jack passes this test with flying colors.
Jack Weiss was the first member of the Los Angeles City Council to support settlement of the landmark sewage litigation in Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss spoke up when it was not popular and when many others on the council leveled harsh criticism against the environmental community. Mr. Weiss's stalwart efforts eventually helped the parties reach a settlement agreement in what the U.S. Department of Justice calls "one of the largest sewage cases in U.S. history." The city's efforts under the settlement have resulted in a 71% reduction in sewage spills. Councilmember Weiss also led the City Council's efforts to resolve disputes about cleaning up the Los Angeles River and Ballona Creek as well as strengthening the Los Angeles Municipal Stormwater permit. Were it not for the efforts of Jack Weiss, the City of Los Angeles might still be fighting cleanup and wasting millions in taxpayer dollars doing so.
Link here to read the whole post.
This may not be from the Weiss Campaign, but may have originated west of the 405, same thing.
Posted today on the Huffington Post.
An Easy, Green Choice for City Attorney.
If the City of Los Angeles is ever going to become one of the nation's greenest cities, the city's top lawyer must be a big part of leading the charge to clean up our rivers and coastline, fight environmental injustice and demand environmental accountability from polluters.
As a City Councilmember, Jack Weiss has a record overall on the environment that is excellent based on any measure. Moreover, in contrast to his opponent's career focus on defending those accused of environmental crimes, this record is even more notable. That's why environmental attorneys in Los Angeles like David Beckman and me support Jack Weiss.
We know from nearly a decade of personal experience that Jack was willing to go up against the City bureaucracy to change its environmental policies even when there was no upside for him and his labors were largely invisible to the press and the public. This willingness to support the environment without glory - to do the hard work in the trenches - is the truest test of a candidate's environmental bona fides. Jack passes this test with flying colors.
Jack Weiss was the first member of the Los Angeles City Council to support settlement of the landmark sewage litigation in Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss spoke up when it was not popular and when many others on the council leveled harsh criticism against the environmental community. Mr. Weiss's stalwart efforts eventually helped the parties reach a settlement agreement in what the U.S. Department of Justice calls "one of the largest sewage cases in U.S. history." The city's efforts under the settlement have resulted in a 71% reduction in sewage spills. Councilmember Weiss also led the City Council's efforts to resolve disputes about cleaning up the Los Angeles River and Ballona Creek as well as strengthening the Los Angeles Municipal Stormwater permit. Were it not for the efforts of Jack Weiss, the City of Los Angeles might still be fighting cleanup and wasting millions in taxpayer dollars doing so.
Link here to read the whole post.
Posted by Red Spot in CD 14 @ 5/18/2009 08:24:00 PM
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Reads like a raw sewage spill to me.
Green idea great, as long as they stop screwing it up! Hate when they do something that defeats their own purpose.
Thanks, Red!
glad you reposted this...good read, good to hear from a couple of the state's top environmental attorneys that Carmen Trutanich defends big time polluters and Jack Weiss has a great environmental record, helped me make up my mind
SO TRue. Must eat at the spleen of the Nooch who's shilled for the other side virtually his whole life.
Apparently Fleischli and Beckman believe that Weiss' positions and alleged effectiveness concerning the environment trump other issues, such as Weiss' serious shortcomings in several important areas, such as the support of ethical conduct, the appearance of legal propriety, etc. My lengthy comments following the Fleischli/Beckman piece show that I don't agree with the arguments therein.
The Huffington Post allows some poltroon hiding behind the pseudonym, luzerius, to state that my talking points are "either false or wildly distorted."
I've tried to reply to luzerius on the Huffington Post. However, the powers that be over there will allow some clown too scared to identify himself/herself to attack me, but not allow me to defend myself, even tho I don't hide my identity.
Something is wrong with the above picture.
What's wrong with the picture, Mr. Fuentes, is that is the way it works in elections. You cannot even try to pick out the elected official who doesn't have some kind of ethics violation. Seriously. Go ahead and try. That is the best argument for Clean Money that I've ever heard.
In the meantime, it's the reason why Weiss will get my vote. Unlike "Foxy Lady" (god that is pompous) and Verleen, I believe the environmentalists are doing things right. I don't get the remark about them defeating their own purpose.
Go Green. Go Jack!
Tomorrow you Nuch Truch people will be crying. Kind of like that mayoral race where you all thought Walter was going to win. Hoo boy. That was hilarious.
11:54 - Yeah 'Go Green Jack' - green with envy when you lose your birthright, or green with nausea when you get handed an indictment.
There's a huge difference between Weiss's previous violations because it couldn't be proved that Weiss knew the Casden money was dirty. Although a fair comment would be that he had to know.
This time, Jackass has really f'ed up. He's at a fundraiser co-hosted by Kelly Candaele; a city pensions commissioner and it's misdemeanor violation of LAMC 49.7.8 for Candaele to fundraise for city elections. Weiss shows up, stays take the money and runs. At least Weiss runs until the next day when Candaele resigns and Weiss says he'll give the money back.
So Weiss is gonna say he didn't know the law? Can't do that, he voted for that law. Weiss will say he didn't know Candaele was a city commissioner? Can't say that 'cause Weiss voted to appoint him.
You know what Weiss's defense will be? "I didn't think anyone would find out until after the election, and then I'd just pay a fine to the ethics commission."
Not gonna happen for Weiss. He's f'ed up big time. If he wins he'll be charged and impeached/recalled. If he loses, dya think the new City Attorney's gonna do favors for Weiss? Not so much.
Get used to jail food Weiss.
Oh, and the silly point about the mayoral race being the same as this one? Trutanich has been able to raise a ton of money for his campaign. Not as much as Weiss, but enough for the sort of coverage that would have won the election for Moore.
Why was Trutanich able to raise so much money? Because soooo many people hate Weiss that they're only too glad to contribute to the end of Jackass Weiss.
By the way Ace, what's your next losing campaign?
"WEISS" MAY HAVE DONE A FEW GOOD THINGS BUT IT DOESN'T EQUAL THE BAD THINGS LIKE "OVER DEVELOPMENT" WHICH GREATLY CONTRIBUTES TO CITY WASTE AND POLLUTION AS WELL AS LOSS OF WATER BOTH IN CONSTRUCTION, MIX CONCRETE, CLEAN CONCRETE FROM STREETS, BUILDING WASTE, HUMAN WASTE ADDED LANDSCAPE WATERING; THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. THERE MANY WAYS TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THINGS ARE RARELY WHAT THEY SEEM.
IF JACK WINS WE ALL LOSE!! THAT'S A FACT!!!
Greg Fuentes wrote at 11:43PM "I've tried to reply to luzerius on the Huffington Post. However, the powers that be over there will allow some clown too scared to identify himself/herself to attack me, but not allow me to defend myself, even tho I don't hide my identity."I posted another reply to "luzerius" at 9PM on that same blog, and it was also discarded by the powers that be. And not because of language or slander - you don't need those to expose Jack Weiss.
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