tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post115396893231221412..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Alger for CD12?Mayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154406644119984902006-07-31T21:30:00.000-07:002006-07-31T21:30:00.000-07:00Alger lost the Dem Primary for the 38th Assembly D...Alger lost the Dem Primary for the 38th Assembly District, after a year on the campaign trail, to a second rate politician who did not campaign. <BR/><BR/>He can not seem to build consensus within his own Neighborhood Council. These are the people who know him best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154404803123709642006-07-31T21:00:00.000-07:002006-07-31T21:00:00.000-07:00Jim Alger is an unethical man who lies. We have m...Jim Alger is an unethical man who lies. We have more than enough officials like him on the City Council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154371545777370172006-07-31T11:45:00.000-07:002006-07-31T11:45:00.000-07:00Jim Alger is an ethical man who speaks his mind. W...Jim Alger is an ethical man who speaks his mind. We NEED a person like him on the City Council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154159578521634692006-07-29T00:52:00.000-07:002006-07-29T00:52:00.000-07:00The NWNC should do this, The City Attorney should ...The NWNC should do this, The City Attorney should do that and the NC Congress should do this... wow, you have it all figured out huh? All these organizations should take action against Alger because some anonymous blogger says so?<BR/><BR/>The NWNC board was there and knows what they want, and that is Alger at the helm. <BR/><BR/>The City Attorney was involved and advised the NC to do specifically what they did (as previously stated Alger was not involved at all in the Agenda of the meeting that set aside the previous meeting)and the entire board, not any one person, voted to set aside the meeting.<BR/><BR/>The NC Congress doesn't have the authority to remove Jim from their ranks, each NC sends their rep. <BR/><BR/>The time to file a grievance has passed. Maybe if these bozos would have spent as much time rallying support instead of trying to plan a miserably executed coup, they might have faired better. Alger had said his intention was to resign his Presidency in August anyway... now they left him no choice but to stay. He also publicly stated he would support DeYoung as President "after he serves for a few months and learns about the NC system"... doesn't sound unreasonable. Instead this guy charges in and tries to take over when he hasn't even attended an NC meeting before in his life. <BR/><BR/>Is it any wonder why Alger played the political game and squashed him like a bug? Get real.<BR/><BR/>When the going got tough for Alger, he fought harder and rallied support for a motion to reconsider. DeYoung tried to scuttle that with his own motion to set aside the meeting and didn't figure out that setting aside the meeting booted his happy ass out of the Presidency... which vividly demonstrated why he didn't belong there in the first place, he was completely ignorant to how the NC's operate or basic meeting rules. <BR/><BR/>When these three whiners figured out that their antics backfired in a huge way, they quit like a bunch of cowards.<BR/><BR/>Alger took on the DWP and won. Took on Smith and won. Took on Wal Mart for christ sake and won. Tweedle Dee, Dumb and Dumerer didn't stand a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154158282278704412006-07-29T00:31:00.000-07:002006-07-29T00:31:00.000-07:00They lost the student rep when none ran in the Apr...They lost the student rep when none ran in the April 23, 2006 election. That doesn't sound like a year to me. They have been trying to appoint one for 3 months but the cry babies keep breaking quorum and finally quit because they couldn't get their way.<BR/><BR/>I read the NV News article from cover to cover and nowhere were these half baked claims. If these board members had so much of a problem, or had grounds why didn't they file a complaint with DONE? Or the City Attorney? Or even file a grievance with the board? Instead they quit which indicates that they had no case at all.<BR/><BR/>Considering that everything the NC did was in direct consultation with the City Attorney, and the very guy who quit WAS THE PERSON WHO MOVED TO SET ASIDE THE MEETING I don't see how they would have a leg to stand on.<BR/><BR/>Let me reiterate that point. Alger never moved to set aside a meeting, nor filed any complaint. Dennis DeYoung who was for that moment President placed the item on the Agenda to set aside the meeting that made him President. HOW STUPID IS THAT??? Then he quits because his own motion passed??? <BR/><BR/>The bigger point which you conveniently glazed over is 3 fold: <BR/><BR/>1) "members present" is your way of ignoring the fact that only 4 people out of 13 voted for Dennis.<BR/><BR/>2) That the instant the entire board was present Jim pulled over 2/3rds of the vote<BR/><BR/>3) and the most important point: A motion to reconsider was also on the agenda, and would have passed based on the vote. In other words your entire argument is a Red Herring because there was no way the vote was going to stand anyway. Anyone with any sense knows you can't sustain a vote of a council with less than 1/3 of the board supporting you. That is why they quit. They couldn't muster up the votes plain and simple. <BR/><BR/>Now add into the mix that all 3 of these people are shills for Smith, one even works in his office and something is fishy in Denmark.<BR/><BR/>As for your ridiculous Misdemeanor argument which presumes to know fats you could not know, no-one ever has been prosecuted under the Brown Act and more over you have to prove intent to deny the stakeholders of their right to address the council... the council voided out it's actions and corrected them unlike the City Council which has to be sued before they admit a mistake.<BR/><BR/>Are you Alger hating idiots done spinning yet? The NC Supports Jim and that just eats you guys up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154127915778689982006-07-28T16:05:00.000-07:002006-07-28T16:05:00.000-07:001201 poster they are down to 8 board members now.....1201 poster they are down to 8 board members now....they dont have a student and have not had one for over a yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154099980662263432006-07-28T08:19:00.000-07:002006-07-28T08:19:00.000-07:00As usual Mr. Alger and his team engage in spin to ...As usual Mr. Alger and his team engage in spin to hide unethical behavior.<BR/><BR/>Three members of the Northridge West Neighborhood Council resigned because of the management and leadership of the council. They complained about many issues but are most concerned with Alger's clear unethical behavior.<BR/><BR/>On May 9th one of the trio was appointed president of the Council by the majority of the board present at the meeting. Mr. Alger was voted out as President.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Alger claims a stakeholder complained that the meeting was not properly posted per the Brown Act. His wife who is also on the board admitted that she posted the agenda late. This seems to smell.<BR/><BR/>Faced with that self serving testimony a second leadership vote was taken per the Brown Act. At this meeting Alger had a majority and regained the leadership of the council.<BR/><BR/>The real problem with this is that Mrs. Alger may have knowing committed a misdemeanor. She clearly knew before the May meeting that she posted the Agenda late (If you believe she actually did post it late). Yet she said nothing to the rest of the board who took action a several issues that concern the public. She knowing deprived the public of their rights per the Brown Act and may be guilty of a Misdemeanor. Please see section 54959 of the Brown Act.<BR/><BR/>This should raise serious concerns among all board members on neighborhood councils everywhere. Neighborhood Councils were design to check the City Council and other elected officials but if we can not trust Neighborhood Council leaders to be open and honest, what good are Neighborhood Councils.<BR/><BR/>The City Attorney should investigate this situation, the NWNC should investigate this and dump Alger to restore its credibility, and the Neighborhood Council Congress should remove Jim Alger from its ranks.<BR/><BR/>If you want more details pick up a copy of the North Valley Community News July 22 to Aug 4 edition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154097873478429652006-07-28T07:44:00.000-07:002006-07-28T07:44:00.000-07:00I agree. The mental poster who is obsessed with A...I agree. The mental poster who is obsessed with Antonio bs is getting old. WE all heard and read over a year ago. Get a life, move on and stop posting here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154076605190859822006-07-28T01:50:00.000-07:002006-07-28T01:50:00.000-07:00Mayor Sam and Walter Moore:If you guys don't exerc...Mayor Sam and Walter Moore:<BR/><BR/>If you guys don't exercise a little judgment and dump all these old posts no one is going to read this stuff.<BR/><BR/>You will lose the sane people.<BR/><BR/>We're asking you, please, trim off the old shit so we can have a discussion here with adults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154070116069306712006-07-28T00:01:00.000-07:002006-07-28T00:01:00.000-07:00I will give the CD 12 Staffers credit for one thin...I will give the CD 12 Staffers credit for one thing they have toned it down. The best they could come up with is a few losers who didn't like losing and resigned just 2 months after being elected to the board, one of them an ardent Smith supporter and worker in his office, the other who toughted his relationship with Smith in the papers. <BR/><BR/>Sounds like Smith supported a bunch of quitters and lost against Alger, again. 3 quit, out of 13... so 10 stayed and supported, (and re-elected) Alger as Council President... sounds like he enjoys the overwhelming support of his board to me no matter how desperately you guys spin it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154062962693906552006-07-27T22:02:00.000-07:002006-07-27T22:02:00.000-07:005:00PM Anon: Her name was Beverly Adler and she vo...5:00PM Anon: Her name was Beverly Adler and she volunteers in the CD12 office so, enough of that "she wasn't from CD12" shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154053195638067932006-07-27T19:19:00.000-07:002006-07-27T19:19:00.000-07:00Ok I'm tired of the mental psycho who keeps postin...Ok I'm tired of the mental psycho who keeps posting old news and crap and is obsessed with Antonio and the Hahn campaign. I'm afraid the wrong people will be pointed to for posting and TRUST ME its not us. We moved on and got over it. If you knew anything about LA Politics you would be posting recent stuff about Antonio that he hasn't done since being elected and all the backfire he's getting on the LAUSD issue and illegal immigration. He's lost support from some big time money people, the valley and westside people really pissed for making LA a santuary for ilegals. Now do your homework and quit posting the old bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154048018489158252006-07-27T17:53:00.000-07:002006-07-27T17:53:00.000-07:00You can't use an assembly campaign fund for LA Cit...You can't use an assembly campaign fund for LA City elections.<BR/> <BR/>Maximum city donations= $500.<BR/>State Assembly=$6,700.<BR/><BR/>Of course Alger had primarily no donations, so to speak, other than loans so pointing out that he would need to create a new committee for a council race is un-needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154044834394122222006-07-27T17:00:00.000-07:002006-07-27T17:00:00.000-07:00Three members of Alger's neighborhood council resi...Three members of Alger's neighborhood council resigned because they lacked confidence in Alger's ability to lead. One of the members, a senior citizen who has volunteered in the community for decades, call Alger "pushy" and said he was "only in it for himself." <BR/><BR/>Her comments were published in a local paper and she is not from CD12. I think she has his number and that number is "ZERO".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154039780518324742006-07-27T15:36:00.000-07:002006-07-27T15:36:00.000-07:00What is this recycled stuff from 2004? C'mon Anto...What is this recycled stuff from 2004? C'mon Antonio won, get over it and quit bringing up inane stuff like how he dissed his homeroom teacher in high school. Grow up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154036752086742062006-07-27T14:45:00.000-07:002006-07-27T14:45:00.000-07:00Can you name the organized crime lord who runs C D...Can you name the organized crime lord who runs C D 14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154035958802189972006-07-27T14:32:00.000-07:002006-07-27T14:32:00.000-07:00'Race schools'By Michelle MalkinThursday, July 20,...'Race schools'<BR/>By Michelle Malkin<BR/>Thursday, July 20, 2006 <BR/><BR/>Top White House adviser Karl Rove traveled to Los Angeles to pay homage to the anti-immigration-enforcement lobbying group for Latinos: the National Council of La Raza. <BR/>"La Raza" is Spanish for "The Race." <BR/><BR/>It's bad enough the White House lent its prestige to The Race's annual conference. But did you know the Bush administration has forked over millions of federal tax dollars directly to The Race? <BR/><BR/>According to GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood of Georgia, The Race snapped up $15.2 million in federal grants last year alone and more than $30 million since 1996. Undisclosed amounts went to get-out-the-vote efforts supporting La Raza political positions. The U.S. Department of Education funneled nearly $8 million in taxpayer grants to the group for a nationwide charter schools initiative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154035893058181042006-07-27T14:31:00.000-07:002006-07-27T14:31:00.000-07:00Marcos Aguilar=TraitorMarcos Aguilar=TraitorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154035691696378962006-07-27T14:28:00.000-07:002006-07-27T14:28:00.000-07:00Who are the Top 10 hottest City employees? Hottes...Who are the Top 10 hottest City employees? <BR/><BR/>Hottest female council staffer: Young-Gi Kim<BR/>Hottest male council staffer: Glen Dake<BR/>Hottest council staffer of indeterminate sex: Lisa Gritzner (I guess she's gone now)<BR/>Hottest male councilmember: Eric Garcetti/Bernard Parks<BR/>Hottest female councilmember: Cindy Miscikowski (call me kinky)<BR/>Hottest female GM: Dee Allen<BR/>Hottest male GM: Alvin Blain<BR/>Hottest mayoral female staffer: Nathalie Rayes<BR/>Hottest mayoral male staffer: Mario Marin<BR/>Hottest female City Attorney: Valerie Barreiro<BR/>Hottest male City Attorney: Gideon Kracov<BR/>Hottest City Controller staff (male): Marcus Allen<BR/>Hottest City Controller staff (female): Miriam Jaffe<BR/>Hottest Council Photographer: Toss-upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154035005200420572006-07-27T14:16:00.001-07:002006-07-27T14:16:00.001-07:00MASHTIN BAKIR #1MASHTIN BAKIR #1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154034986620775372006-07-27T14:16:00.000-07:002006-07-27T14:16:00.000-07:00Well that's sure nice of Big Blue and their govern...Well that's sure nice of Big Blue and their government startegist Big Howie to make this gesture...Are these same tickets available to the general public for a buck? If not, is the difference in price considered a gift? Can city vehicles be parked in red zones...or has Big Jim also arranged reduced rate reserved parking too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154034876602082922006-07-27T14:14:00.002-07:002006-07-27T14:14:00.002-07:00Of course it's him! The facts were there the whole...Of course it's him! The facts were there the whole time. How could anyone expect City Hall staffers to know about a city-related organization like the League of Cities? You'd have to either be able to think outside of the "fourth floor box" or simply trying to promote your boss. Everyone knows that real city hall staffers aren't concerned with issues outside their boss' district, but stupid inter-office politics and petty gossip. Congratulations, THE INVESTIGATOR! What insight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154034857834500232006-07-27T14:14:00.001-07:002006-07-27T14:14:00.001-07:00That's the proof we needed, folks. This blog must ...That's the proof we needed, folks. This blog must be David Gershwin's, as no self-respected 4th floorer would even know about this National League of Cities event unless they were inside the 7th CD offices. Busted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154034841705774902006-07-27T14:14:00.000-07:002006-07-27T14:14:00.000-07:00what are the chances of two councilpeople with the...what are the chances of two councilpeople with the exact same name *and* two vice mayors with the exact same name all showing up at the same meeting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1154034826603570052006-07-27T14:13:00.001-07:002006-07-27T14:13:00.001-07:00In light of the NBC story about Councilmembers pay...In light of the NBC story about Councilmembers paying attention when the voters speak...this is one time, when he'll have to listen...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com