tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post116414355774909778..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: The war against civilian volunteers - Sarno MUST go!Mayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164338137377188562006-11-23T19:15:00.000-08:002006-11-23T19:15:00.000-08:00DONE legally can't do anything as they have no pol...DONE legally can't do anything as they have no policing power, nor should they.<BR/><BR/>Is it a smart idea to have the NC's fall under the perview of the City Ethics Commission? Maybe, if they were given more authority. However as an advisory body, what would be the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164330190008748402006-11-23T17:03:00.000-08:002006-11-23T17:03:00.000-08:00If you want to see why neighborhood councils need ...If you want to see why neighborhood councils need some help, and some supervision, just look at the Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, and the corrupt/crinimal mind of their president, Art Pulido. It is amazing how a thug can hold so much power, and how DONE will do nothing about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164255315583189862006-11-22T20:15:00.000-08:002006-11-22T20:15:00.000-08:00The point is 6:21 AM, Council does not want to get...The point is 6:21 AM, Council does not want to get rid of NCs, because you all are doing the work for nothing. That provides more money for the Council to squirrel away on their pets and pet projects. <BR/><BR/>"The Duffus is the fella<BR/>who gladly works for nothing<BR/>so I can save my moola<BR/>without so much as huffing."cwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164236428641032722006-11-22T15:00:00.000-08:002006-11-22T15:00:00.000-08:00Does it really mean anything if Sarno is fired dur...Does it really mean anything if Sarno is fired during the very young NC system being implemented in Los Angeles?<BR/><BR/>I do agree she is lackluster, but the NC system and this blog should be placing pressure and exposing the mayor, council, and more powerful city departments. The NC system is underfunded plus under-represented (so many NC members are squeaky-wheels who desire office & have no real grassroots experience towards real social issues). However, I agree with having the system, it will just take time and more activism from genuinely concerned community members to improve the system and relationship with the government system.<BR/><BR/>Remember, if Sarno does go...the powers that be will replace her with a "loyal" Antonio or City clowncil ally--in the same respects that most NC leadership are bogus and obnoxious people.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying anything can be perfect, but I propose the NC system and this blog should stop the gossip rag and continue to discuss relevant public policy topics. The discussion gets out to the officials (through their minions they call deputies) and in other manners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164228689653653302006-11-22T12:51:00.000-08:002006-11-22T12:51:00.000-08:00No NC Boardmember has ever been removed from a mee...No NC Boardmember has ever been removed from a meeting in handcuffs...<BR/><BR/>The City Council did have our old friend Martin Ludlow in handcuffs however... COUNCILMAN Martin Ludlow.<BR/><BR/>No NC Boardmember has ever been found guilty of misappropriating any funds...<BR/><BR/>4 CURRENT City Councilmembers were fined by the ethics commission for MONEY LAUNDERING.<BR/><BR/>You fuckers want to go toe to toe, let us compare the PROVEN allegations against 15 members of the LA City Council against the UNPROVEN allegations against over 3,000 past and present board members...<BR/><BR/>Toral NC system this year: 1385<BR/>Total COMPLAINTS: 18<BR/>Total PROVEN allegations: 0<BR/><BR/>THAT is comparing apples to apples... oh and one more thing... person who received the most complaints in the entire system:<BR/><BR/>LISA SARNO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164221054941748442006-11-22T10:44:00.000-08:002006-11-22T10:44:00.000-08:00Nelson's pissed because his "legacy" of supposedly...Nelson's pissed because his "legacy" of supposedly creating a working system of NCs has had 3 major hits in as many months. An ill-timed, naive attempt to force council files, a STUPID attempt to go to war with City Council over term limits (just to clear the decks for a dozen wannabes), and now the skeletons he hid from BONC and E&N for four years have come out . . . in force, and mostly unresolved.<BR/><BR/>His rebuttal is as limp as his leadership skills . . . <I>"someone was removed from City Council in handcuffs, too!"</I> (One of the Mayor Sam cling-along crew members, no doubt).<BR/><BR/>When a city council MEMBER is removed in handcuffs by the police for disrupting a meeting (comparing apples with apples), get back to us, Greggie. Most of the disruptions reported this week were NC "leaders" themselves acting up, not lunatic stakeholders playing "look Mom, I'm on TV" for Ch. 35.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164220607050605352006-11-22T10:36:00.000-08:002006-11-22T10:36:00.000-08:00Do the math, that's less than 100K REAL anti Prop ...Do the math, that's less than 100K REAL anti Prop R votes, maybe 1 in 6 really opposed it.<BR/><BR/>If that.<BR/><BR/>Losers.<BR/><BR/>Sore (sour) losers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164220500484330102006-11-22T10:35:00.001-08:002006-11-22T10:35:00.001-08:00Greg, Greg, Greg..... if you had not done so much ...Greg, Greg, Greg..... if you had not done so much damage while you were GM people would not have to clean up after you.<BR/><BR/>You knew about all this problems from harassment to embezzlement to inappropriate, hostile treatment of board members in the NCs... you knew about physical threats, you were even recipient of some of them .... oh Greg I am really disappointed in your sore loser's attitude....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164220500463679012006-11-22T10:35:00.000-08:002006-11-22T10:35:00.000-08:007:16That's a bogus silly assertion. NCs did NOT g...7:16<BR/><BR/>That's a bogus silly assertion. NCs did NOT get 226,000 people to vote AGAINST Prop R. <BR/><BR/>Check out the votes "against" Prop "F" (that no one knew ANYTING about) -- the "technical change that NO ONE was against and NO ONE campaigned to defeat. 138,000 (more than HALF as many) voted AGAINST that, as voted against Prop R. <BR/><BR/>More than 1 in 5 voters (that's 20+ percent).<BR/><BR/>Fact is, 20-25 percent of L.A. voters will vote against ANYTHING the city puts forward. If the city found a way to feed and clothe every homeless person in L.A. at NO cost, past, present, or future, 20-25 percent of L.A. voters would vote AGAINST it, regardless, just on contrarian "principal."<BR/><BR/>That means a LEAST half of the "no" votes on Prop R were just that -- "I'm against everything" votes.<BR/><BR/>No NC "leader" nor ANYONE else in the city convinced that larger portion of the "anti" vote to oppose the city. That group votes "NO" every time.<BR/><BR/>A million bucks for the campaign couldn't get those 1 in 5 voters to vote "yes" on anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164208589551812202006-11-22T07:16:00.000-08:002006-11-22T07:16:00.000-08:00What was troubling about Lisa's report was it was ...What was troubling about Lisa's report was it was one sided. Why didn't she outline all the positive things NC's have done throughout the city. IN fact many have done more for their districts then the clowncil members. True residents are showing up to NC meetings asking for help because the clowncil members aren't doing their job. To those who continue to criticize and attack the NC's I say without ANY MONEY they campaigned using good old hard work and got 226,000 people to VOTE NO ON R. That's a hell of a lot of people and the clowncil with their $1 million campaign got only 100,000 more for their money. Now that's sending a message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164205286438712662006-11-22T06:21:00.000-08:002006-11-22T06:21:00.000-08:002:51 a.m.Get some sleep.Who better to do this work...2:51 a.m.<BR/><BR/>Get some sleep.<BR/><BR/>Who better to do this work -- 23-year-old field staffers who can't find the main intersection of your NC area, with Mapquest?<BR/><BR/>It's called "empowerment," doofus, and. Many NC people know the ropes and the department contacts at city hall better than the city staffers.<BR/><BR/>Let them go back to getting photo ops for their bosses. We're getting things done in NC-land. If it's not happening where you live, fire your NC board and start over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164202597836439912006-11-22T05:36:00.000-08:002006-11-22T05:36:00.000-08:00Oversight of NC's is necessary. Sarno is doing th...Oversight of NC's is necessary. Sarno is doing the right thing. Most NC members have nothing to worry about. It is just a few bad apples that give NC's a bad name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164192705056333002006-11-22T02:51:00.000-08:002006-11-22T02:51:00.000-08:00Hello, Hello, Anyone There?Clowncil members do not...Hello, Hello, Anyone There?<BR/><BR/>Clowncil members do not want to get rid of NCs. The phones in the field offices have stopped ringing. Haven't you noticed? They have succeeded in throwing all of their whiners and most of the complaints into the laps of the NC members while they raised, and raised again, their salaries.<BR/><BR/>The infrastructure is falling apart-sewers, water, transformers, streets, sidewalks, services, schools - it is all a humungus mess. Does the Clowncil give a shit? Hell no!<BR/><BR/>They've hoodwinked you NC flunkies into doing their work for them for nothing. They hold you under their thumbs. No salary, no respect, no clout, just lots and lots of work and lots and lots of chaos.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there. Love you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164166219299409422006-11-21T19:30:00.000-08:002006-11-21T19:30:00.000-08:00Interesting how everyone completely ignored the 3:...Interesting how everyone completely ignored the 3:52 post of the person who was singled out by a NC. NC's can do great harm in a small community by spreading rumors and lies about those who diagree with them. I know because IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO. Did any of you read the list provided by Lisa Sarno's letter? Imagine YOURSELF as the VICTIM of a power hungry Board Member(s). Sarno must go? I say Neighborhood Council must go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164165639004042942006-11-21T19:20:00.000-08:002006-11-21T19:20:00.000-08:00Neighborhood Councils serve no one but themselves....Neighborhood Councils serve no one but themselves. They are a bunch of powerless Councilman wannabees who use their "perceived" power to further their own causes with absolutely no regard to what the neighborhood wants/needs. It is a joke. No one in my area even knows what the NC is and they are going on their 4th election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164162051501235522006-11-21T18:20:00.000-08:002006-11-21T18:20:00.000-08:00It seems the only people that believe the NCs are ...It seems the only people that believe the NCs are valid are the <BR/>NC board members. As a stakeholder I stopped attending mtgs in my area as the majority of the board were there to protect special interests only. There has been no evidence contradicting this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164160037964834742006-11-21T17:47:00.000-08:002006-11-21T17:47:00.000-08:00Dear reader, two tuppence makes a nice cha-ching s...Dear reader, two tuppence makes a nice cha-ching sound as it goes into the till. One fourpence makes for deep pockets, savvy? Sort of like asking a small child if he would rather have one quarter or two dimes and a nickel, and having the child take the two dimes and a nickel because there's more in the hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164157474206918792006-11-21T17:04:00.000-08:002006-11-21T17:04:00.000-08:00the whole concept of done is dung.the whole concept of done is dung.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164157405106885112006-11-21T17:03:00.000-08:002006-11-21T17:03:00.000-08:00the n.c.'s have absolutely no effect on city busin...the n.c.'s have absolutely no effect on city business. they are not repesentative, have nothing to do except account for the money they are thrown (as in pigeon food) by the city. <BR/><BR/>the n.c. players are either naive or chumps, or maybe they know something i don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164157281458424532006-11-21T17:01:00.000-08:002006-11-21T17:01:00.000-08:00Let's see how this board quiets down tonight. Be o...Let's see how this board quiets down tonight. Be off all you valleyites to your big meeting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164157231881092282006-11-21T17:00:00.000-08:002006-11-21T17:00:00.000-08:00fniplpeGOOD TO KNOW THE CENSOR IS TAKING AWAY OUR ...fniplpeGOOD TO KNOW THE CENSOR IS TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. IT'S OK TO CALL AV NAMES, BUT NOT SOME GIRL. <BR/><BR/>THIS IS A FUB IFY. (IT MEANS NOTHING BUT IT MAY BE CENSORED, SO DON'T READ IT)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164155720741231842006-11-21T16:35:00.000-08:002006-11-21T16:35:00.000-08:00YOU TELL HIM CJ!!! OMG this is funny!Oh and Captai...YOU TELL HIM CJ!!! OMG this is funny!<BR/><BR/>Oh and Captain Jack... "if you will"... Laughing my ass off!<BR/><BR/>Sarno must go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164155374808321592006-11-21T16:29:00.000-08:002006-11-21T16:29:00.000-08:004:01 PM I can honestly state you have no idea what...4:01 PM I can honestly state you have no idea what you're talking about.<BR/><BR/>And how would ANYONE place an io trace on blogger.com? Give people some credit OK.<BR/><BR/>Making false claims while attempting to act as if you have some authority or knowledge on the subject is pretty sad... even for an anonymous poster.<BR/><BR/>Let's start here...<BR/><BR/>1) Noone would have the athority to place an ip tracking cookie onto a site they don't own and to do so would be a Federal crime.<BR/><BR/>2) Even if an ip tracking cookie were used, an ip address is useless since it doesn't identify a person without records from the internet provider.<BR/><BR/>3) An internet provider wouldn't release those records without a court order<BR/><BR/>4) If all the above were covered by your super duper tracker 2000, I use a secure tunnel which means that even my internet provider can't access where I surf.<BR/><BR/>Now go play on the freeway super slueth.Councilman Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451787506254468774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164155247640630662006-11-21T16:27:00.000-08:002006-11-21T16:27:00.000-08:00By the way, while I want Ms Sarno to be unemployed...By the way, while I want Ms Sarno to be unemployed, Calling her names will not be tollerated. <BR/><BR/>So far I have removed 8 posts, so play nice kids.Councilman Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451787506254468774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1164154681928217512006-11-21T16:18:00.000-08:002006-11-21T16:18:00.000-08:00Capt. Jack Sparrow:A tuppence is already two pence...Capt. Jack Sparrow:<BR/><BR/>A tuppence is already two pence.<BR/>So two tuppence would be four pence but sounds damn silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com