Billboards and Rape
This is one of those things were you write about something based on a conversation with one person without spending a lot of time hounding the usual suspects firsts for independent verification. But its compelling enough to toss it out there since it appears to be a rumor with growing legs.
I spoke a while ago with Zuma Dogg and he tells me a fascinating story. Apparently Building and Safety General Manager Andrew Adelman was about to go forward with going after shady illegal billboards. Next Adelman is allegedly told by the Mayor "I know you raped a woman." The next thing you know Adelman is a suspect in a rape case.
Stay tuned.
I spoke a while ago with Zuma Dogg and he tells me a fascinating story. Apparently Building and Safety General Manager Andrew Adelman was about to go forward with going after shady illegal billboards. Next Adelman is allegedly told by the Mayor "I know you raped a woman." The next thing you know Adelman is a suspect in a rape case.
Stay tuned.
Labels: Andrew Adelman, billboards, mayor antonio villaraigosa
Posted by Michael Higby @ 8/13/2009 10:52:00 PM
25 Comments:
Hmmmm, there could be something shady going on. But there should be another easier way if AV didn't want the billboards stopped. It doens't make sense that he would set him up like that.
heavy charge to make so lightly...
This stinks to high heaven of a set up. The fact that Adleman has not been arrested even though this alleged rape took place a month ago, suggests that LAPD has doubts about this case.
When was the last time that such a public disclosure was made of an ongoing investigation?
Who leaked the investigation to KFI? Why?
Why would Adelman be part of some sinister set up and who benefits from Adelman being placed on administrative leave?
Perhaps an investigative reporter should do some digging.
What position has Adelman adopted that is contrary to the wishes of the Mayor?
Why would it suit the Mayor and a bunch of companies who support the Mayor, to have Adelman out of the picture for the time being?
What activity is it that Building and Safety regulates that the Mayor would like to have more control over so that he can help his buddies?
Does Jan Perry have a problem with any decision that Adelman recently made?
Does a prominent Los Angeles company with a 3 letter name have a problem with any decision that Adelman recently made?
What has all this got to do with a recent ordinance passed by the council threatening an industry regulated by Adelman?
Is Chief Bratton bowing out of Los Angeles before the shit hits the fan because he can no longer tolerate the corruption inside the Mayor's office?
Why was Adelman placed on administrative leave so quickly?
I'll let you connect the dots...
Everyone I know has doubts about the story. Rape? Pshaw.
August 13, 2009 11:25 PM makes a good point.
This story does not pass the smell test.
A month old "rape" case still without an arrest. It appears to be a "date rape" case, if anything.
If a woman has passed out from drinking too much of her own volition, how the hell does she know if she consented or not???
Do we men have to get a written or videotaped memo of the consent being given before we dare sleep with someone?
It does look like a frame up by the billboard companies, who have been doing everything they can to increase the blight in Los Angeles with the electronic billboards.
Andrew apparently must have been standing in their way.
Ruthless.
Too bad he got such an apparent loser for a lawyer. Geragos does not seem to be able to win a case to save his soul, and the DA's have no respect for hs ability to try cases, so they don't offer much by way of plea bargains.
Very suspicious- and that's the comment about the way the "case" is being handled, not the question of sex that looks like it did happen, only the "consensual" part is shaky.
For years, it's been a high risk that the "consent" you thought was there for the endeavor with an inebriated partner was just a one-sided belief.
When there's an inability to give consent due to an incapacity to give valid consent because of intoxication (usually caused by a substance, including alcohol, the traditional social de-inhibitor of choice for as long as intoxcants have existed) the "consent" is more wishful thinking than explicit, and you have a handful (or more, depending on your choice of partner) of trouble, just like what's going on here.
Had this guy been higher up in city government, the aprodisiac of "power" might have been sufficient to get social action, like our mayor with his pretty-boy history of wading in there with the ladies.... make that "women" ... over his entire life.
Good luck on this whole deal if politics has indeed put this guy behind the 8-ball as described. You can't trust anyone, and "yes" you need a consent form signed to be completely off the hook-- or just some video to show relevant facts. Look at what happened without it.
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If a woman has passed out from drinking too much of her own volition, how the hell does she know if she consented or not???
YOU CAN'T BE THIS BIG OF AN IDIOT?? HELLOOO if she passed out then SHE CAN'T GIVE CONSENT..The fact that he hasn't been arrested says there may be holes in the victim story. When or did she go to the hospital upon waking up to get tested for sex act. Why would AV put him on administrative leave if even the LAPD didn't have sufficient evidence to arrest him? Seems like everything AV is doing things backward. Date rape should never be taken lightly. This should teach all guys a lesson when they go to bars to pick up women what can happen.
Adding to my 11:05. Perhaps it isn't AV who set him up, but, it could be anyone who wants AE out of the picture. I agree with everyone that says there is more than meets the eye here. I think we should all keep an open mind until more investigation takes place. However, isn't it standard practice to put people on Admin. Leave until their name is cleared of charges. I don't think it means that they are guilty but recognizes it would be difficult for them to work along side co-workers. I think they still get paid.
I must add though, the details of that alleged incident is pretty disgusting and I hope it's false!
Mayor Sam, Tell me more, tell me more, tell me more....
5:41 a.m. (Go back to bed and sleep it off).
I know this one rapist who intentionally picks up deaf-mute women in bars, so they can't "say" no!
(You ditz)
a better name for this blog is "Jan Perry and Rape" or "council members and Rape" ... we have bunch of gutless people "serving" the city who can't stand up for the who voted for them except those who contributed to their campaigns such as USC folks for Jan Perry's ...
Operative words here are "when charges are pending".
Sounds like no charges are pending since there has been no filing that we know of...wonder why?
Probably a "She said, he said" deal with the complaint coming late and no DNA or testing done, or maybe, no tearing and the cops don't believe her.
And, to the person who said that men need to be careful when they go to bars to pick up women, how about women needing to be careful themselves when they overdo it?
Doesn't sound to me like he held her down and poured liquor into her mouth until she gagged.
It is time that people took responsibility for their own wrongful actions and don't look to blame someone else when they over indulge and find out they went home with the wrong person. That cuts both ways.
What if he claims he was drunk as well and didn't know what he was doing?
He might have still been drunk when he hired Geragos. Does he still have to pay his fee?
I agree something is not right here. I have known Andrew for several years (I am female by the way), and he runs a tight ship at work, no question, and this can rub people the wrong way. I have seen it myself. He is just very smart and effective, and he is dealing with civil servants who sometimes don't want to work. In his position, there are always going to be people who want to take him down. It's unavoidable. I can think of a few people offhand who have practically made a career out of trying to get him fired. This is not exactly a secret for anyone who has watched City business over the past few years. The mayor did not hire Adelman, and as such Adelman has never really been treated the same as those appointed by Villaraigosa. Villaraigosa's people don't even try to hide this fact - they act sometimes like they can barely tolerate Andrew. Anyway, this probably explains why the mayor waited all of 20 minutes after the KFI report to get rid of Andrew. Probably one briefing with the LAPD for good measure then bam. Of course, all of this may or may not have anything to do with what he is accused of doing. I don't think he did what he is being accused of. I don't know who the lady was, but it appears from the warrant that she knew who he was before they even met. Knowing his net worth, I wouldn't rule out extortion.
What happens if she was so intoxicated she does not remember saying "yes"? What if the search of his residence uncovers date rape drugs?
What if Bratton is leaving because Antonio asked him to sit on this in order to keep something over Analman?
This is bizarre, a whole string of people going off on the wild theory of one homeless guy who's just found a crashpad but won't say who paid for it. Someone known for delusional conspiracy theories, like that people in L A followed him to Ohio to see what kind of pie he eats.
Maybe Bratton's leaving because he's just had enough of this nutty berg, bad enough he's picked at nonstop by egotistical oafs on council and now an ignorant nobody from nowhere as city attorney.
Dumb enough that everyone from 60's cop-hater Tom Hayden to old leftie Rutten and Bratton-hating Jill Stewart cook up their own conspiracy theories, now we've got this crazy one stemming from a crazy person? Just shows how wise he is to hightail it out of here, to where sanity and intelligent discussion still prevail.
Andrew should contact June from the Venice Room - sooner or later, the truth always comes out.
11:07am- Then he's up shit creek and his next date will be with Bubba.
and 12:26- and so what? Stop being a hater.
2:27 = moron.
Yeah, "so what" that we're losing the best and brightest because the egotistical Retarded "Superstars" have taken over and are throwing their mentally light weight around.
I'm not even talking about Zuma Dogg as CM, or the guy who calls himself that with a sense of irony. A sense of irony at least shows some intelligence.
JM was right that the MSM lost any cred when the reporters got lazy and started sitting on their asses surfing the blogosphere instead of getting out and doing real investigative journalism -- blogs like this one and Kaye that permeate not only the heavily agendized Stewart Weekly, and the secessionist Daily News, but even the Slimes.
So the kooks and kranks are what "inform" the once legit MSM, in a pathetic circle, and this is what we have now: electing those who cater to this wacky demographic.
Combined with a pathological fear of the chicken already sitting councilmembers of seeing themselves in print or in blogs in any negative way, so they're caving in to even the tinfoil gadflies at city council now.
Alarcon was the one who surprised today by standing up for principle and saying that we can't afford to scrap ALL fee waivers, like the public comment loonies say.
He sensibly said that if we only fund block parties like they want, and cut out the Oscars, Emmy's and others that bring in many times the cost of fee waivers and keep these industries in town (even as other cities court them, and everyone is saying "let's stop runaway production!"), we're being penny- wise and very pound-foolish, fiscally IRRESPONSIBLE.
But the others like Hahn babbled on about listening to the "public commenters" because she always plays to superficial applause.
Who'd have thought Alarcon would be the one to have the guts to see the big picture and say so, and oppose the "ayes."
When integrity and common sense are in such short supply, while arrogance and intelligence are in inverse proportion (figure that out, Spot) the wonder is that any of our best and brightest are willing to join the fray at all, NOT that they're leaving.
2:37's is a typical Tru fan motivated by sheer hatred and celebration of the stupid.
And calls anyone who doesn't share their sick mentality of hate "haters." This person(s) always pops up with some such comments.
3:23 -
Let's be serious for a minute.
What do the Emmy's, Oscars or Grammy's have to do with fee waivers? They are the ones who can AFFORD to pay the price to have the streets blocked off and pay the price of the extra police it takes to handle the extra traffic, street closures, crowds, etc.
I guess what I should have asked is what do fee waivers have to do with runaway production? Or what does runaway production have to do with the awards shows. Whether or not there is runaway production (which is a major problem when you live in a city who isn't known to be business friendly unless you're developers who practically live at City Hall) really has no effect on where the awards shows are held. It's more a matter of where the majority of the people live who attend and/or receive awards, which is Los Angeles.
So that old stale argument is irrelevant. Rich people want to and can afford to live here. It's the rest of us who can't. Those of us who can't afford to pay for the rich egotists fee waivers for the award shows. I personally, want all production here which is why I was for the Kodak being built and upgraded for the industry. Even with the lucky break of getting the Cirque du Soleil renting there, safeguards were put into place to protect the Oscar show.
So Alarcon is crazy. His district might want and need free entertainment, but we are in the midst of a serious economic crisis here and what other city in what other state has fee waivers and has a council who abuses the hell out of them?
No fee waivers for any for-profit groups no matter who they are. That is the only answer. Then I would move on to the homeowners groups and Ethnic Groups who want to have festivals just to schmooze each other and encourage them to meet in their local parks or front yards.
This is another out of hand expenditure for the taxpayers to burden and it's gifted by the overpaid council members.
No to fee waivers. It's not rocket science.
I agree with the person who wrote about "Jan Perry and Rape" - Jan Perry should be investigated and put under publich and adminstrative scrutiny - can't wait to see how and when shit hits the fan ... :) she's taking advantage of, like many others, by being a woman and african american
I've been around these halls for a couple decades now.
Adelman was not well liked by everybody. He has a reputation for being a bit of an ass, but rape? These guys live under the constant threat of being fired by the Mayor. The whole thing just seems really convenient.
Look at the billboard issues. The Mayor is vindictive. How did his deputy mayor manage to get all those "Villaraigosa = Success" billboards all over the City bus stops. I even saw them through the terminals at LAX. Odd, considering the pending crackdown on illegal billboards.
Secondly, what about this Federal bribery investigation involving Huizar. We saw how he went off on his ex-staffer last week. Obviously, he is getting desperate. Maybe Adelman was about to testify.
Jan? That's a new angle. But who knows. they are all politicians and AEG has been throwing money around for a long time.
I watched AEG hijack the community plan process during the development process. AEG declared themselves "The Community", got themselves a private designer, to draw up plans of all the existing conditions around the development, then had the plan walked through the City departments. Everyone was asked to sign off that this was an ideal situation. Why? Simple, to assure that nobody was going to make them do any improvements to the neighborhood. I'm sure The "Sports and Entertainment Plan" is pubilc record if anybody wants to look closely at it. Does it look like a plan designed by "The community"?? This is the Planning Department, not Building and Safety, but you get the idea....
So I see you've hit on the old "Fee Waiver Issue" here. If you ask anybody in Council there are NO rules to how this money is given out. I think the policies have been in and out of Committee at least three times over 10 years.
Isn't that convenient..
First, Special Event Fee Waivers were never meant to be "economic stimulus". If you want to create an economic stimulus package to retain the filming industry, just do it. Don't try to justify it as eligible for "Special Event Fee Waiver Status." As soon as you let the Council get away with this, you are giving them what amounts to a $16 million slush fund. Trust me, there is an unwritten rule that Council people do not question Fee Waiver Permits outside their own district. Nobody is policing this money.
Fiesta Broadway
This is possibly the most abusive of all the Special Event Fee Waivers. Guess who's responsible for it. Very Good. Huizar - CD14.
On their website, the event promoter brags about how affective they are at delivering new hispanic customers to the corporations that sponsor the event. The event happens every year with NO discussion in Council. The Fee Waiver motion is hidden deep in a council agenda on the last possible day, just hours before the event trucks show up to close down downtown. This is supposed to be the time for public comment. Right. Last year their little plan backfired and they didn't have a full Council to approve the motion. So what happened? They had the 500,000 person event downtown, closed a major highway, got the City to police the event, and even clean-up for them. All without a permit. No problem they just go to council two days after the event is over to ask permission to close the streets. WTF? Forget looking at how the the event might actually affect the businesses and residents downtown. Not a priorty. This year the event cost the tax payers $182,000. By the way, his event is turned into a 100% commmercial music production for local Spanish Language TV. Millions of dollars are changing hands! Does anybody really believe that Huizar and his political machine are not profiting in some way from the event. Downtown is blatantly being sold to benefit a political machine, plain and simple. Short of moving CD14 out of downtown, how about this? We have a cultural Affairs Department. Why not set up a criteria for special event fee waivers and put it under the jurisdiction of the Cultural Affairs Commission. This would severely put a kink in the selling of City Assets for personal gain. And for god sakes, ask the community where the event is happening, what they think! Stop the corruption!!
I am upset that a person can do
something like this to an unwilling woman and potentially get away it. What really burns me up is to think that he is now on paid admin leave. Who knows, he could be at the beach right spending our tax dollars buying beers for his next victim, maybe your daughter or wife. Adelmans's ill behavior has already cost the city lots of money to defend him. Enough already. Get rid of him now, save our tax dollars, if he is not charged would you/could you work with him?
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