In office just a week, LA City Attorney Carmen
“Nuch” Trutanich boldly appeared before
the LA City Council Tuesday and declared he would get to the bottom of the Michael Jackson fiasco.
Taking the extraordinary step of appearing during the public comment period just like Zuma Dogg, Nuch laid down the law on the city spending millions of dollars for police and other services in
support of the Michael Jackson Memorial at
He vowed to investigate who authorized
spending the money at a time when the city is carrying a $320 million deficit into the new fiscal year –a time when the Mayor, City Council President and Police Chief are all out of the country.
In a matter-of-fact and friendly manner, Nuch said he has a plan to recoup whatever the city spent for round-the-clock police on a holiday weekend and on Tuesday when the 3,000 cops on duty outnumbered the crowd outside Staples Center.
His final comment left no doubt about where he stands.: Nuch said he would back to the Council on Friday, in private session if need be, to discuss his investigation and plans — and to propose legislation to make sure something
like this never happens again.
The Mystery: Who Approved LA Paying the Bill?
Councilwoman Jan Perry is quite an actress — acting mayor and acting City Council president at the same time.
And what a time it was: The Michael Jackson Extravaganza.
To all appearances, it was Perry — as the woman in charge with the Mayor and City Council President junketing overseas — who gave the green light for the city to pick up the multi-million dollar tab for police and other services needed because of AEG’s decision to hold the Michael Jackson Memorial at its Staples Center.
At first, Perry defended the expenditure which comes at a time the city is operating with a $320 million hole in its budget in the new fiscal year and has to borrow $1.1 billion – a quarter of its annual operating budget – just to meet cash flow demands.
But was it really Perry who made the call? Or the mayor’s office? Or even Police Chief William Bratton?
Councilman Dennis Zine told a meeting of San Fernando Valley Republicans Tuesday night that Perry was “kept out of the loop” in the decision-making process that led to the city’s decision that providing around-the-clock police security on overtime during the long July 4 weekend and extensive planning for a massive crowd outside Staples for Tuesday’s Memorial Service.
He accused AEG, owner of Staples and promoter of Jackson’s planned revival tour, of hyping claims that hundreds of thousands of Michael Jackson fans would show up as part of its strategy of profiteering from the King of Pop’s death. In fact, the 3,000 cops on hand — a third of the LAPD force — outnumbered the fans.
Zine went so far as to suggest the lottery for tickets to the service was part of AEG’s strategy and the firm would cash in on the 1.6 email addresses submitted for the 11,000 tickets that were made available to the public.
Tim Leiweke, who’s in charge of Staples and other AEG operations in LA and one of the city’s most influential powerbrokers, was the target of much of Zine’s attack.
Leiweke has rebuffed demands that AEG pay the city’s costs which could run as high as $4 million and sharply criticized Zine.
“There should be a thing called common decency,” Leiweke said. “This could have waited until after the family was through the memorial. It shows no class at all. Beware the man who shouts while standing on another man’s casket.”
Nice start!
Hope Nuch is up there at least once a week with an “action item”
As much as I like the stand the City Attorney is taking, I don’t appreciate the double standard of the “courtesy” he is granted (the clock stayed at 2:00). The City Attorney representing the City Council is consistently slamming down and interrupting speakers during public comments with the clocked time winding down.
To his credit, though, Nuch didn’t take advantage of it.
It was breathtaking to see City Attorney TRUtanich during public comment taking the initiative in protecting Los Angeles constituents’ best interest, a TRUE leader. Currently, Angelenos are accustomed to the Mayor and City Council bowing down to special interests groups.
ALL RIGHT, NUCH!!!!
Angelenos are missing the reasons how the Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa and the Lack of Leadership City Council waste millions or billions of tax payers money, specifically on gang non- profit programs, the on going special events fee waivers, and now setting precedent in paying city employees salaries for a private person’s funeral costs.
It’s not city employees’ early retirement or pensions that created the budget deficit. Don’t be fooled by the wolves dressed in sheep clothing! Where is Mayor Villaraigosa or the LACK of Leadership City Council, who spent tax payers’ money praising each at chambers, but do nothing for their constituents.
L.A. Daily News
MS-13 gang members indicted
Authorities today arrested four people involved with the MS-13 gang and named in a federal racketeering indictment, including a nationally recognized anti-gang leader, officials said.
Among those arrested in the multi-agency operation was Alex Sanchez, executive director of Homies Unidos, a nonprofit group “which purports to use the public and private charitable contributions it receives for gang intervention efforts,” Laura Eimiller of the FBI said.
Sanchez, 37, of Bellflower, has been charged with “racketeering offenses, including conspiracy to murder, during the time he was associated with Homies Unidos,” Eimiller said.
Homies Unidos – City of Los Angeles
Councilmembers Tony Cardenas and Herb Wesson with Executive Director/Indicted MS-13 gang member, Alex Sanchez, of Homies Unidos, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization.
CAN L.A. GANGS BE REDEEMED WITH LOS ANGELES MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA’S $24 MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM???
According to Sgt. Valdemar, a retired L.A. County Sheriff and Gang Specialist, indicates that by paying gang members it will ASSIST THE GANG MEMBERS IN FURTHERING THEIR ORGANIZED CRIME.
Full Disclosure “the news behind the news”
Issues Wire.com
This showed absolute lack of leadership in this city. Not one stepped up to the plate early on to take responsibility. When I’m on vacation and a serious matter turns up I get called and handle the situtation. That’s what the leaderless Mayor should have done. I think the LAPD did the best job by telling the public right away that if you didn’t have a ticket you wouldn’t be able to see anything. AEG kept misinforming the public wanting the thousands to show up. The Chief had enough officers just in case and then realized it wasn’t going to be the zoo they thought and told the officers to go home. Lieweke shows his greed and abuse of city services. I think the taxpayers should get John & Ken to help organize a protest right in front of Staples.
Los Angeles is a city in dire need of, and looking for, solid leadership. Obviously the mayor is not a leader. Dennis Zine tries but many times only makes noise to never follow through. There is no other leadership on the city council. Is Carman Trutanich that person? If he follows through with his promise to investigate this matter, we may have a contender!
Not only do I agree with Councilman Zine on who should pay – I question why AEG was allowed to stipulate that they are only responsible for inside their facility. Unfortunately the financial arrangements for the memorial should have been made first and not negotiated after the fact. If the Jackson’s et al couldn’t come up with the money then the public memorial should have been postponed. So his body wouldn’t have been there – that wasn’t promised to begin with. Both the Laker Parade and the Jackson Memorial were essentially private events. If I have a party in my neighborhood that requires additional waste, security and other services I have to pay. We’ve had events at the Valley Glen park (a public city owned facility) where chemical toilets, security and cleanup all had to be paid for in advance – on private property that isn’t even a question that you (not the city) foot the bill.
I am a small business and the State of California is sending me IOU’s for goods they have purchased and have not paid for.
It is unconscionable to believe that we can balance the City or State budget on the back of small business and the blood of the elderly and disabled.
I don’t mind the investigations, it’s well warranted.
But I agree with Leiweke and his comments about Zine.
Why was Zine quiet for a week? He didn’t go public with his comments until King from NY got attention for his comments.
Zine is an attention whore.
I don’t understand why Zine would attack Leiweke. Leiweke bailed out the mayor on the Lakers parade by sourcing the funds. And, Zine is buddy-buddy with Antonio. Not sure why Zine would attack Leiweke, unless Leiweke turned down Zine on something.
Lieweke of AEG is right that Zine “has no class at all” and that’s the understatement of the year. Getting AEG to contribute and determining the scope of the memorial is something that should have been worked out in advance of issuing the permit but publicly attacking a major business to the media and every civic group as Zine is doing is crass, crude and bizarre behavior for an alleged Republican given their alleged business- friendly agenda. “Alleged” because in reality Zine’s real agenda is to bash the Mayor and “the Democrats” in his usual partisan, opportunistic way. As he does constantly to rightwing radio propagandists like Kevin James, Jon and Ken, Doug McIntyre, and as you note to Republican acolytes.
It’s absurd to both blame the mayor for being in Africa and at the same time trying to claim he’s totally keeping Acting Mayor Jan Perry “out of the loop.” The reality is it doesn’t matter WHAT the Mayor does, he and these radio hacks are committed to finding a way to blame him. Just as Zine was utterly despicable and slanderous in the things he said about Jack Weiss on these shows ALONG WITH Trutanich campaign manager John Thomas and now-staffer/ dept. head David Berger, things that went WAY beyond the pale for any sitting councilmember about a colleague and showed his utter “lack of class” he’s using literally everything as a chance to impugn the integrity of the mayor and along with that vitriolic Kevin James, “add it to the Antonio recall file.”
This is exactly what he did with the Lakers’ parade. After there was general consternation about the cost of the Lakers parade especially after the rioting and damage night before, first and foremost from Zine and Perry, the Mayor went out and got private donors including the Lakers to cover the cost. Did Zine praise this, and the peaceful nature of the parade? OF course NOT, to the contrary. That very night Zine went on James’ show (and probably anywhere that would have him) to accuse the Mayor in so many words of “stealing” his and Jan Perry’s “idea.” After making their smug and smarmy usual allegations and insinuations, about how the Mayor had held the parade just so he could ride with Kobe and the entire thing was a personal photo op, Zine and James said this was “something else for our Antonio recall file” that they are compiling together. Even as he smiles and mugs with the Mayor for the cameras, only TOO happy to create his own photo ops and press conferences whether with the Mayor or slamming the Mayor. Just last night Trutanich himself was on James and thanked his show, which was essentially a non-stop infomercial for his campaign and slime machine vs. Weiss (still is — now aimed at the Mayor hmself), for his own election, and vowed to answer to that (fanatically anti-Antonio) crowd. (Commenters here urging the influence of like-minded Jon & Ken are clearly in this camp.)
Also it’s been noted that Zine didn’t publicly defend Perry or help her avoid looking uninformed about either the details of the memorial or funeral (she told tv media even the day before that she “had no information” about any details, to their clear surprise) and if he and Trutanich had any details they certainly didn’t fill her in. It’s to his benefit to look like the “only” one who takes charge and sets himself up as point person to LAPD even as he routinely criticizes the Chief. (His alliance is with the Republican head of the PPL, who’s openly pushing to make the position an elected one so that he can use the union’s money to elect someone they can “intimidate and control” as Kevin Roderick put it — or someone like Zine.) Everything Zine does has to be taken in the broader context of his ambition and participation with Trutanich, Cooley etc. in their overall plans. Attacking AEG seems foolish, lacking in class and anti-business friendly but it makes sense in this context.
The bloggers who think Zine is wrong are crazy. At least he stepped up and said the city should not pay for this event and many others. The rest of the city council and mayor are writing an open check on our taxpayer’s dollars while the city is declaring bankruptcy. Leiweke saying Zine shouts on top of MJ’s casket is disgusting behavior which is an indication that he and AEG only cares about themselves and will moon walk all over the city for tax breaks, permits and insider deals. I’m now going to boycott all AEG events.
Fox 11 reports that Wendy Greuel had already asked Parks as head of the Budget Committee she used to be on, Garcetti and the Mayor’s office, to look into the financing of the event so the city spends no unnecessary money and doesn’t authorize it. So she did this in the usual civilized way without the grandstanding and chest-thumping of Zine and Trutanich, but I guess if she wants to “compete” with their tacky and bombastic “style” she’ll have to become another PR conference Queen like Chick.
Of course Zine and Trutanich would never give her credit where due, but at least they haven’t slammed her yet as they did the Mayor because he went out and got the private funds for the Lakers parade after Perry, Parks and Zine just complained about it. But give them time: they’re still buttering her up so far and Perry too, so they’re just aiming at the mayor, and as usual Trutanich is letting Zine and others (like Berger) to his vocal attack dogs to the media.
Greuel had already stated she not only wants an audit, but to implement procedures so this sort of thing doesn’t happen again, that there need to be clear parameters for when and to what extent such private funerals can impact public services especially police, LAFD and street services.
What I find ironic is this:
AEG didn’t request the LAPD presence, LAPD made an assesment of the situation and based on various press accounts of possible crowd size they used an abundance of caution to protect the public and by putting that extra manpower in place likely prevented a really large crowd from forming thus causing even more damage.
LAPD did everything right, and they did everything right because the Mayor put in place a leadership team there that allowed for smart decisions to be the mantra of the day.
However if you live in the Zine/Trutanich world this is what happened…
“We weren’t notified of the LAPD patrols or planning they were conducting”(likely because they didn’t ask). As we speak the LAPD is planning for other various events across the City and typically doesnt advise anyone on internal LAPD planning unless requested.
The sad thing about this is Trutanich and his band of loons have no clue how the City works, so with a belly full of drunken ignorance they have Carmen speak in front of the Council declaring “he will get to the bottom of this”.
Really? More like he is actually going to learn how LAPD operates (which the City residents approve of – see LA Times Poll) so as Carmen goes on his City Government 101 class and reports back that the City did the right thing, had no choice and will likely have done the same thing if something like this happens next week.
We live in Los Angeles people, not some made up Mayberry the haters on this blog so desperately want it to be.
As for Ron Kaye — he actually doesn’t have any vision for the City — never has — he just wants to be a naysayer because there is always a population dumb enough to not realize that Ron Kaye only cares about his ego, his name in the press and followers shouting out his mantra of nothingness.
I agree with 2:47 in principle. What I meant in my previous post/ minute which overlapped, is that when Wendy said she wants to make sure “this sort of thing doesn’t happen again” she was referring to the second-guessing and media fury and so on (that Zine/Trutanich and acolytes like Kaye/MS blog and then the dumb newbie LAT/DN reporters who replaced the pros let roar into a crescendo of confusion and ignorant finger-pointing) that have led Zine/ Trutanich to turn AEG into some sort of Bernie Madoff instead of the responsible corporate citizens they are. (And as another poster pointed out they pitched in for the Lakers parade when asked.)
For alleged Republicans to treat AEG like this is outrageous and way beyond a “total lack of class” on their parts. I agree that AEG, the Jacksons etc., no one, should have blanket “permission” to hold an event anywhere they want and however big they want without FIRST clearing logistics and terms with the city, which is what Wendy seems to mean.
BUT Zine and Trutanich had been the FIRST to be informed by LAPD of ALL plans and congingencies, AS TRUTANICH ADMITTED LAST NIGHT TO THAT RIGHTWING WACKO HATER KEVIN JAMES, while he thanked him and his wingnut followers (who are the same jerks leading this “public fury”) for their “people’s victory.” Trutanich trashed his way into the office with the help of Zine’s and Thomas/ Berger’s/ Cooley’s nastiness on all those shows, an asleep-at-the-switch Dem party which never listens to the wingnuts, and frankly a less than adept campaign staff it would appear to me, and now he’s learning on the job. You know, getting the on-the-street experience he trashed during the campaign, and which he never had in his stint working for the DA 25 years ago. NOW the Dems are waking up to the nightmare in their midst. (Reminds me of how no one read “Mein Kampf” before it was too late, even though it spelled out his plans in detail).
However, the army of under-educated anti- “elitists” (i.e., anti the thoughtful, educated and god forbid, urbane and civilized instead of crude and vulgar) and/or just plain naive reactionaries who wish they could turn back the clock 50 years, led by RonKaye egg Trutanich and Zine on with their self-serving ignorance and self-serving vulgarity. No wonder the whole Trutanich family profusely thanked Zuma Dogg at the inaugural — he and Zine, peas in a pod, there literally is no difference as far as their being narcissistic and ignorant attention-hounds (to use the nicer word) except that one of them is in a position of authority and is paid handsomely by the taxpayers. Zine allegedly wants to become Police Chief if/when they push out Bratton, lord help us — with the same help his friend Weber and Cooley (and Baca) gave Trutanich the Clueless. Never mind the “Democratic Machine” they talk about, it’s the Republican Machine which is truly dangerous.
To the SLAP people, Trutanich’s utterly ignorant comment that since there were only some 2500 people outside the venues without tickets, while the LAPD protection was costing $2.5 million, “this is $10,000 a person” so he’s going to get to the bottom of it comes off as somehow smart.
In fact by that night he backpedaled to his alter-ego Kevin James that the cost was well worth it in having prevented any injuries or riots, from which the resulting lawsuit “could have been $50 million.” This guy is blowing so much smoke out of his behind so fast and hard it’s a wonder he isn’t self-propelled around the room wherever he goes. And now the Council and LAPD have to spend MORE money educating him and his staff, which consists almost entirely of older guys dragged back from retirement from the CIA and FBI and Cooley’s office, who are even more anachronistic than he is, and about as anachronistic and retro as Kaye’s SLAP army,
Aw, the spin from those who think things are just FINE the way they are. And since they can’t answer the meat of the argument, they switch to personal attacks.
Zine for mayor. Trutanich after him.
We expect nothing from Wendy Gruel. She will always come after the fact to state that she is doing the right thing. Most likely, it will be business as usual in City Hall under her watch. She IS FRIENDS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR WASTE OF TAXPAYER’S MONEYS, and whom she will never touch. Enjoy the perks & the extended years which will enhance your pension. You will earn it by keeping quiet. Every now and then, we will get headlines of some city waste, like buying too many pencils and pens. Shock us with some meaningful waste. We do want to believe in you, Controller Gruel. Please, her supporters, allow her to prove herself in the new role, before defending her. We all have the same goal.
To the people who criticize SLAP and Ron let me say thanks to them the tax payers got millions saved in a bullshit ballot measure the leaderless Mayor and his morons of city council placed on the ballot. Zine will never ever be Chief of LAPD that’s a fact. LAPD seems to be the only ones who got this event right and when they realized the media hype and crowds weren’t coming they did the right thing and let the officers go. If an incident would have happened as this was the biggest event since the Olympics you people would be crying we didn’t have enough police. This entire affair showed the nation that Los Angeles is deep in trouble with the clowns running the city. Its beyond embarrassing and now we find out today the Mayor’s PayPal broke down for hours and people who wanted to donate couldn’t, typical of the clowns at the top. I will give Zine credit for at least coming out to speak up for the taxpayers better late then never.
Anyone for Mayor, than what we have.
I heard today that the city provided box lunches to the officers on duty from a vendor 80 miles away who charged $50,000, while a local subway store siad they would be thrilled to do so for $17,000.
And I understand that the city paid on average $600 per officer for the LAPD officers on duty, which would work out to a annual salary of $96,000.
Lotta money when the city is in debt
The Mayor did everything WRONG regarding this payment issue. This leadership team, as described by a previous poster, should not have handed AEG free LAPD personnel as it’s security detail. The MAYOR’S leadership team SHOULD HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT AEG WOULD PAY FOR ALL CITY SERVICES.
Poster said, LAPD did everything right, and they did everything right because the Mayor put in place a leadership team there that allowed for smart decisions to be the mantra of the day.
The Jackson Memorial WAS NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT. Therefore, AEG MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY OUTSIDE OF IT’S PREMISES. This was not a protest and was not a riot. This was a scheduled, commercial event.
AEG MUST PAY!!!
And for the poster who wrote both the rambling 2:47 and 4:12, you don’t know what you’re talking about. But considering the source, a mean-spirited Mayor troll, what else can be expected. Understand that that foul mouth reflects on your content’s veracity.
Sorry about the personal retort, but it’s just giving back.
Did I see a political cartoon with our simpleton Mayor Villaraigosa holding a panhandle cup, PayPal stenciled, asking for Michael Jackson tuppins?
What about Fire Department staging costs- paramedics on hand in case of emotional outbreaks and heat stroke – helicopters….. public works ordered 150+ portable toilets and is that company based in Los Angeles? Sandwiches had to be from a shop owned by LAPD – active or retired…
One previous anonymous reports on 7/8 at 12:39 am about gangs and members being paid and part of Villars 24 million gang group – what about the jobs for youths to keep them out of gangs? The jobs aren’t even available to city of Los Angeles youth – I hear almost every year about the Park and Recreation Division’s top managements children working the summer youth parttime jobs – even the head of their personnel sections daughters. A guy making close to 200,000 a year gets his little girls jobs for $14.00 per hour and they don’t even live in the city… not a fair shake for our kids. Nepotism is alive and well and continuing a long tradition in the city of L.A. I guess there are gangs or tribes or clubs in City management as youths and part timers have to be part of one to get a job.
According to the news reports it was only after Jan Perry started telling the media that “it would be nice if” private donors in addition to AEG and the Jackson family pitched in, did someone from the Mayor’s office come up with the Paypal scheme to create a way to implement her idea. Meanwhile Zine’s on the public safety committee and never shuts his mouth yapping about all things LAPD, and Trutanich got fuller briefings than anyone starting a week ago so they should have thought of it then instead of grand-standing later. But they enjoyed letting Perry make a fool of herself first so Kevin James could say tonight that “Jan Perry is stupid, an idiot, a moron, an incompetent.”
I guess he didn’t read or agree with the LA Times article which gave an overly positive spin on her turn as Acting Mayor. The woman got up early anyway they said, cruising the streets at 4:30 a.m. But like my mother always said, it’s not just how long you work but how smart. James has the last word there. However he’d never say that about “low-class” Zine or Trutanich even when they are. It’s hilarious, the hero-worship.
Janice Hahn maybe back for Round II of her Measure A Parcel Tax
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/07/parcel-tax-gang-reduction-los-angeles.html#more
The facts do not support the Zine/Trutanich haters. AEG and the Jackson “family” (i.e. bunch of snake oil salesmen) did not give notice of their intention to honor Wacko Jacko at Staples Center until Thursday evening, July 2.
Perhaps they, the “family,” were so consumed with grief and shock at the prospect of no longer being able to milk the sick cow of their beloved pedophile drug addicted Jacko, that it took them fully seven days after the disgraced star’s death to come up with a way to “monetize” the fallen star’s death.
Coincidence then, that by the time the Jessie Jackson Al Sharpton “spiritual advisors” had figured out how to extract the most bang for the buck, the City Clowncil was off on the July 4th holiday weekend, and they would not return until the brainless body of Wacko Jacko was being escorted to the Staples Center for a multi-million dollar worldwide media event.
Anyone with half an ounce of brains should be able to figure out that AEG and the Jackson “family” orchestrated the timing of Jacko’s memorial to ensure two things. First, the biggest bang from the sale of the worldwide TV rights, and second, the timing of the event to ensure the City Clowncil could do nothing to stop this obscene event from sticking the taxpayers with the bill.
The only fact that actually is undisputed is that Zine and Trutanich are the only people who give a damn about saving the taxpayers any money. I hope that Zine and Trutanich stick the “family” with the bill for honoring the memory of the brainless corpse of their pedophile drug addict, and I also hope the equally brainless posters who think it’s “OK” for Los Angeles to pick up the tab for this orchestrated TV event finally realize that things have changed in Los Angeles.
The people criticizing Zine/ Trutanich are NOT saying the city should have picked up the whole tab or at least most of them aren’t. It’s about being a tacky low-class buffoon, finger-pointing when you are as responsible for anyone, making a company that kicked in for the Lakers parade when it had nothing to do with it, etc., a scapegoat they hold up for public embarrassment to grandstand, alienate other business etc.
There’s a professional way to do things like Wendy’s doing, which doesn’t intend to publicly humiliate either companies important to the city or colleagues like they and soulmate Kevin do for fun and ratings on a non-stop basis.
(I’m no defender of the Jacksons especially Joe and think they in particular should be made to act like the SHOW promoters they all are since they’ll profit hugely and are already wealthy from Michael’s assets incl. now his invaluable Beatles library.) But of course you Kool-Aid drinkers never READ the detail of anything, you just go off half/quarter-cocked.
The First Test. People are so busy arguing about which party is worst – Democrats or Republicans, that we forget – some of these people were just sworn into office last Wednesday.
So if I can summarize the last 29 comments I would say:
Carmen Trutanich has just been sworn in on July 1st. At that time, the media was all talking about an event and a funeral being held at Neverland. I was glad to see him at City Council where I have stood as a citizen in front of the Council.
Councilmember Perry was also just sworn in as President Pro Tem – I watched some of these ceremonies on Channel 35. This is one of the best reasons to televise City Council meetings – for those who cannot be at Council meetings to watch what they want to of those meetings. All City Council Committee meetings should be televised and stored online as well.
President Perry controlled the visit by Mr. Trutanich to Council with dignity.
It is great that new Controller Greuel will be investigating the costs to the City of this event and other high profile funerals.
I was glad to see Dennis Zine on the news telling us about the costs to the City to run this event.
I do hope that this event will go to the full Council ASAP. I agree that a private event that will require crowd control and other services should be preapproved for coverage. If an event is not preapproved by the City Council, it should be assumed that all extra services will be billed to the event organizer. That should be voted on as part of the City Charter.
So our new electeds are off to a great start learning about how the City runs by taking a “Crash Course.”
Congratulations to you all – including our Police and Fire Departments and other services. We managed to get through this major event without incident – and for that, we the residents of Los Angeles should be proud.
Ive noticed that ugly words signal the truth that
we are getting under their skins!
Vote for sure in the CD2 election, don’t stay home and let someone else do it. Tell your friends how important their vote is.
Keep frustration going! Viva SLAP. TH
The issue is not whether the police should have been there. The city is required to provide coverage for all events likely to attract a crowd. But 3,000? Was the police attacking the Taliban forces. Whoever authorized this quantity is incompetent, and should be fired.
Ron, the answer to the question you asked – what the hell is wrong with us anyway? – has been answered here (unintentionally) in the comments.
See 12:21, 2:47 and 4:12 for prime specimens. Who is/are this/these soulless creep/s?
1:57, the three you name are the SANE ones, ‘soulless creeps” and “specimens” you call them? Are you looking into the mirror at this time of night? You vile “specimens” of Kevin James-ville are the denizens of the sewer led by your mascots Zine and Trutanich (a wolf in sheep’s clothing who lets Zine, David Berger, KJames and Jon Ken say the things he doesn’t want to be quoted saying.) For shame for shame for shame.
July 10, 2009 2:44 AM is just another of the many Villaraigosa “sewer rat” employees whose job is to lie to the public, paid for of course by the the hard earned dollars of Los Angeles taxpayers. Misinformation distribution is their job. There are many of them slinking around City Hall.
Kevin James-ville? Never been there and don’t watch much TV, so I don’t exactly get your point. Who is paying you anyways?
but what has Nuch actually done about it so far, besides make noise?
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