Hot Morning Brief on the Southeast LA Mario Beltran Political Machine for Monday

From day jobs shilling for the likes of Gil "One Bill (or Broken Deal)" Cedillo and indicted Calderon Brothers, Ron & Tom ..........., to documented, after hours "adventures" at the former Downtown LA 740 Club, ex. Bell Gardens City Councilman, now Southeast LA Political Consultant Mario Beltran, is never far from (exploiting) the latest Southeast LA Political Controversy

Pledging to tell the Truth is not Mario Beltran's best, political trait.

The reigning Bad Boy of Southeast Los Angeles County Politics, is front and center, in fermenting political mischief, again, this time in Huntington Park.

Huntington Park, which has been the political birth place for the likes of former US Treasurer Rosario Marin and indicted, former LA County Assessor John Noguez, was the latest pit stop in the on-going dialog regarding illegal immigration last week.

First Term Huntington Park City Councilman Jhonny Pineda created a national uproar when he, with the support of three council colleagues, appointed the illegal alien duo of Julian Zatarain and Francisco Medina (a former Assemblyman Cedillo intern), to the Recreation & Parks and Health & Education Commission respectively.

It was a given that rabid commentators on both fringes of the illegal immigration issue, would be fixated on the actions of the Huntington Park City Council (with Councilman Valentin Amezquita dissenting), but the "real story" behind these appointments have nothing to do with espousing the positive contribution of illegal immigrants, instead its all about the money (ie. future government contracts).

Councilman Amezquita, along with former HP Councilwoman Linda Caravallo, were in-studio with KRLA 870 AM Talk Show Host Randy Economy this past Saturday evening, to discuss the controversial appointments. During the show, a caller from HP stated that the "real story" regarding the appointments, had to do with Councilman Pineda and his council allies role in placing supporters in key commission positions, to facilitating awarding contracts to business interests connected to ......, MARIO BELTRAN (and 2016 Assembly Candidate Efren Martinez, allegedly).

While its not apparent that Beltran is seeking HP Economic Development Fund to open a version of the infamous Downtown LA "740 Club" on Pacific Blvd., there is some truisms to the fact that he is seeking to create a new business entity to hopefully garner contractual opportunities from HP officials ......., and considering that Beltran was the "Political Consultant" to the four council member majority, then that possibility could become a reality.

Huntington Park is no stranger to dubious, outside political interests, seeking to control its City Council, with the goal of reaping contractual enrichment. From 2003 to 2013, noted Southeast LA Municipal Attorney Francisco Leal, reaped millions of dollars in legal fees from the municipality before his connections to indicted former LA County Assessor John Noguez, ignited a civic rebellion against his HP City Hall allies.

With Leal out of the picture, HP (along with other Southeast LA municipalities) are being targeted by the latest political cabal, fronted by a political miscreant, who knows no shame in shilling for those, now the subject of federal indictments, viscously attacking the alleged sexual preference of his political opponents ......., and of course, behaving like he has no political skeletons, rattling for all to hear (and read in numerous missives of record).

Thus, while the likes of Assemblywoman Christina Garcia commends the Huntington Park City Council for its courage in appointing "The Undocumented" to city commissions, the blunt reality is that the same person who "outed" her alleged sexual preference, was exploiting the contentious issue of illegal immigration, to mask a blatant money grab of municipal funds (allegedly).

Your thoughts ..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14