Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Community activist
Najee Ali who orignally supported the family of murdered teenager Jamiel Shaw, Jr. in their quest for justice and then
later turned on them by claiming that Jamiel was murdered because he was a gangbanger
is going to jail himself. The LA Times reported that Ali plead guilty to charges of attempting to bribe a witness in a criminal case. Ali was sentenced to four years in prison.
City Controller Laura Chick will release her performance audit of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services' Spay and Neuter Program Tuesday. Earlier this year, the Los angeles City Council adopted a mandatory spay and neuter ordinance which will go into effect in October.
The Daily News reports how local City elected officials are footing the bill for their travel to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Wendy Greuel and Bernard Parks are paying their own way. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Controller Laura Chick and City Council members Eric Garcetti and Janice Hahn have their supporters up for some "PayPal love." Council Republicans Dennis Zine and Greig Smith do not plan to attend the Republican National Convention; with Smith telling the News one of the truest statements to come out of his mouth in some time, "that most in the GOP consider him a "RINO" - Republican in Name Only."
The National Black Republican Associationclaims that civil rights leader Martin Luther King was a Republican. The organization has been putting up billboards around the country stating this claim and has plans to put up 50 such billboards around Denver during the Democratic convention.
This is a few days late thanks to Google but
City Councilmen Bernard Parks and Tom LaBonge held a press conference at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to salute the Olympic Games in Beijing. What the hell? Do they not have pressing issues in their community? Hey LeBong - you're my Clowncilman come on over here I'll show you several blocks overgrown with weeds and trash that you need to clean up. Trust me, you're not in need of trying to find things to keep you busy.
Congrats to comedian Ellen DeGeneres to finding a young hot chick to marry. The 50 year old former sitcom and current daytime talk star legally tied the knot with her longtime galpal, actress 35 year old Portia DeRossi at a ceremony at their Los Angeles home.
Labels: bernard parks, Democratic National Convention, Dr. Martin Luther King, ellen degeneres, Jamiel Shaw, laura chick, Najee Ali, olympics, portia derossi, tom la bonge