tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post5031027925118253760..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: 311 Service "On Hold": You May Be Able To Measure The Budget Savings, But You Can't Measure The Loss Customer Satisfaction and BusinessMayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-57765917807525398302007-08-07T07:49:00.000-07:002007-08-07T07:49:00.000-07:00Can you tell the city to change that horrible musi...Can you tell the city to change that horrible music on hold? I don't care for whatever kind of music that is. Is that music? I want to throw up when I hear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-87642452678213441922007-08-06T19:46:00.000-07:002007-08-06T19:46:00.000-07:00Stop deleting my comments you insecure little wimp...Stop deleting my comments you insecure little wimp loser.<BR/><BR/>The readers can decide if my calling yuo a smelly, inane, bald loser is appropriate or not.<BR/><BR/>All you do is show us all what an insecure little slut you are at heart.<BR/><BR/>Go suck your thumb and call Mommy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-39697437276626339512007-08-05T23:59:00.000-07:002007-08-05T23:59:00.000-07:0011:42pm,What entire zumatimes.com rants? I hope y...11:42pm,<BR/><BR/>What entire zumatimes.com rants? I hope you don't mean this thread? I typed it today into the mayor sam blog and it isn't posted anywhere else. (On any ZD blog or zumatimes.com. Only here...and I typed it off the top of my head into the blog dashboard!?!?! WTF? Man, do you suffer from distortions and deletions that filters your perception of reality and cause you to be so wrong, so publicly, 100% of the time. YOU DON'T EVEN ACIDENTIALLY GET IT RIGHT JUST ON PERCENTAGES. You are the Murphy's Law loser of bloggers. I hope you are not in a position where you have to evaluate research and statistics.Zuma Dogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654815682490506196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-76426225337985639162007-08-05T23:42:00.000-07:002007-08-05T23:42:00.000-07:00Oh, no: the idiot is posting his entire Zumatimes...Oh, no: the idiot is posting his entire Zumatimes rants here now, since no one is reading them there.<BR/>Complete with throwing in Deming or Tony Robbins or Sun Tzu or some other populist philosopher he can't even understand, to "validate" each post.<BR/><BR/>Help, Antonio Watch!!! HELP!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1739738223465137172007-08-05T20:12:00.000-07:002007-08-05T20:12:00.000-07:00This post is worth repeating because you know what...This post is worth repeating because you know what they say birds of a feather tend to flock together.......<BR/><BR/>At July 26, 2007 11:34 PM, Anonymous said... <BR/>What the blogger writing about Alicia Corona and Teresa Durate is trying to inform you about is that your tax money has been given to Alicia and Teresa to the tune of $1.5 Million Dollars to Purchase the former Rose Eye Clinic located in Lincoln Heights. <BR/><BR/>This is just one more example of the type of irresponsible and negligent development that occurs in highly ethnic communities such as Lincoln Heights.<BR/><BR/>These ladies are sweatshop owners that do not live in the area and have been able to convince the local city councilman Ed Reyes to support their venture. It is unfortunate because under the guise of bringing so called needed jobs to the community they have been given a variance by the city for a liquor license and gambling establishment to be built on this site which is directly across from Gates Elementary School, Lincoln High School and in back of it Little Flower pre-school and kindergarten. The gambling part consists of over 140 video arcade machines that will be fully operational during regular school hours. Fears are that the a local group claiming to be descendents of the local Native Americans will attempt to declare the site as a federally protected reservation because of the hieroglyphics rumored to be in a dynamited cave on a hill behind the project and thereby utilizing the approval of the gambling variance as a precedent to establishing a full blown casino adjacent to these schools.<BR/><BR/>The community has been fighting back, but it has been unable since the unethical involvement from USC's Institute of Genetic Medicine’s through Lyn Crandel and David Galaviz in carrying out a coup to take over the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council. Incidentally it seems that David Galaviz is even more unethical then first thought. Information has it that he is married to M. Teresa Villegas, a Mayor Villar’s appointee to the Environmental Affairs Commission. (Villegas served as an Executive Fellow for the California Air Resources Board with funding from the Hewlett Foundation. She developed recommendations for improvements to the State’s Environmental Justice Program, all of which were approved by the Air Resources Board. Ms. Villegas previously served as Legislative Director for the Trust for Public Land in Sacramento. She is currently a public policy consultant for local governments and the Trust for Public Land. She also serves as a Board Member for the Planning and Conservation League, a statewide environmental advocacy group. Board of Directors of the Land Trust Alliance)<BR/><BR/>It has been 2 years since the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council has had an election. Why would David Galaviz, for that matter anybody in City Government, want to have elections when they have conflict of interest influence on the Neighborhood Councils.<BR/><BR/>Getting back to Alicia's and Teresa project, remember the $1.5 million grant was just to purchase the property. On top of this they will also receive an estimated amount of an additional $5 million dollars of your taxes for building and tax credits for next five years to hire so-called marginalized workforce. This is just another farce by the politicians to give away your hard earned money.<BR/><BR/>Other projects that are occurring in Lincoln Heights is the building of 37 Low Income Units on a former EPA site on Sichel Street, under the 1805 Sichel LLC, headed by none other that City Housing Panelist John Huskey of Meta Housing. In this case the entire project is being funded 50% tax payer money and 50% from Wells Fargo. What a sweet deal. Can you ever imagine that someone in the Barrio could get this kind of funding, forget it you would have to be very well connected and you and your employees have to be generous donors to the illustrious sell out Latino Politicians?<BR/><BR/>More recently it was made known that a certain group of developers are planning to develop one of the largest parcels of open space in the City. Approximately 30 acres on a hill behind Lincoln High Schools Athletic Field, owned by Mee Yin Corp will have a gated community of 387 - million dollar homes. 15 acres will be for the housing and 15 acres of property will be donated to the Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy. You say this is okay, think again. All land set aside for open space should be given to the City for Park Land that way it should never ever be used for anything but parks. But the game currently being played now is for non-profits such as the Conservancy to get the Land and then after a period of time they will also get rid of some of this Land for Development. The game is called Land Banking through the use of non-profits.<BR/><BR/>For those still interested in what is going on in our community you might also find it interesting that Mee Yin Corp is represented by City Lobbyist Steve Afriat, a former City Animal Regulation Commissioner who has represented the interest of Strip Club and Gay Bathhouse Owners in the City of Los Angeles. Steve Afriat is no light weight; a google search of him will give you an enormous amount of information of his dealings with former Councilmen Art Snyder, Richard Alatorre and Mike Hernandez. It would seem that if you want to win a city council seat you need Steve Afriat’s blessings and money sources.<BR/><BR/>How unfortunate that Lincoln Heights a founding member of the Chicano Movement in the late 60’s and 70’s is being converted into a cesspool of political misrepresentation, graft, unethical activity and corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-4624587159465726692007-08-05T19:43:00.000-07:002007-08-05T19:43:00.000-07:007:16pm agandized dumb-ass...The hold time is spent...7:16pm agandized dumb-ass...<BR/><BR/>The hold time is spent BEFORE operators answer asking where you would like to be connected. And I call from payphones and other people's phones and it happened starting first week in July. And it was just as bad this week, which reminded me.<BR/><BR/>Now what loser?Zuma Dogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654815682490506196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-60618758038669024472007-08-05T19:16:00.000-07:002007-08-05T19:16:00.000-07:00When they know it's you, Zuma, they head for break...When they know it's you, Zuma, they head for breaks with you on hold, hoping some other sucker will pick it up and have to deal with your inanity.<BR/><BR/>Don't be paranoid; it's real. They hate you as much as the rest of us do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-92195443576523173232007-08-05T17:32:00.000-07:002007-08-05T17:32:00.000-07:00I know for a fact that on-hold time is now regular...I know for a fact that on-hold time is now regularly, if not always, insufferable and completely inappropriate and unacceptable, at the risk over sounding over dramatic. To the degree in which you feel this is a serious concern is one issue. But make no mistake, the problem is real. Give it a try sometime at random from 9a-5p.<BR/><BR/>And the fact that it happened first week in July, when budget cuts kicked in were the tea leaves I read on that one. Maybe someone can confirm. But the issue is the broken service. And I suspect that may be the culprit. I hope you feel this thread was polite. I don't think it was combative in tone. <BR/><BR/><BR/>And Brian Humphrey! Nice to see your comment! Thank you for the time you spent with me before your presentation to the city over your concerns of the budget cuts to emergency operator services that I am now experiencing at the 311 level. OMGoodness...I FORGOT ABOUT THE REAL EMERGENCIES EVENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED!!! THESE ARE LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS!!!<BR/><BR/>BRIAN, WILL INSERT YOUR COMMENT INTO THE MAIN THREAD!Zuma Dogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654815682490506196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-20529028670714655572007-08-05T16:46:00.000-07:002007-08-05T16:46:00.000-07:00ZD,Thanks for bringing the issue of critical munic...ZD,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for bringing the issue of critical municipal 'touchpoints' to the forefront. <BR/><BR/>While I can't offer a formal opinion, the issue is clearly worthy of public discussion.<BR/><BR/>Please have a great day, and make it a safe one!<BR/><BR/>Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service, <BR/><BR/>Brian Humphrey<BR/>Firefighter/Specialist<BR/>Public Service Officer<BR/>Los Angeles Fire DepartmentLos Angeles Fire Departmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05295508009199209829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-87455789712709470332007-08-05T16:43:00.000-07:002007-08-05T16:43:00.000-07:00Do you know for a fact that 311 operator positions...Do you know for a fact that 311 operator positions were cut? Maybe a polite letter to your CM will get results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-70277202525659687162007-08-05T15:17:00.000-07:002007-08-05T15:17:00.000-07:00...LONG HEADLINE ALERT: SINCE IT IS A LONG HEALINE....<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>LONG HEADLINE ALERT: SINCE IT IS A LONG HEALINE THIS COMMENT WILL ALLOW THE NEXT ONE TO BE SEEN IN IT'S ENTIRETY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com