Jack Weiss Hates Palms

Dear voter:

If you need yet another reason to vote AGAINST Jack Weiss in the city attorney's race, consider his sad record in following up on a petition by his Westside Village constituents asking the city for help in moving out of the Mar Vista Community Council across the 405 Freeway to join up with the abutting Palms Neighborhood Council. He said on February 22, 2005, that he'd take some steps to resolve the boundary dispute.

He never did so, leading me to conclude that he is interested nAot in fairness but in looking around for influential people to support him in his political push to higher office.

Read about it at
http://www.palmsvillagesun.info/WV-old/WV.05/WV.05.03.html#WVCA-Meeting

But if you need a reason to vote FOR Jack Weiss, remember that his office was instrumental in maintaining the wide property setbacks that Palms residents have enjoyed for more than a century (since 1886). Greedy landowners wanted to build their big, clunky buildings without the generous front landscaping that have marked many Palms streets for so long. His staff argued to the Area Planning Commission against such invidious proposals, and Palms residents won by a close Planning Commission vote of 3-0 against the wishes of absentee landlords.

You can read THAT story at
http://www.palmsvillagesun.info/RealEstate.07.02.html

So take your pick on Weiss: It's a mixed record.

Sincerely,

George Garrigues

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