“If you kill a man like me, you will injure yourselves more than you will injure me,” Socrates declared in arguing that his role as a gadfly was “to sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth.”
Barry Allen is no Socrates.
It’s far from clear whether Drayman is a crook, but Glendale cops and the FBI are asking a lot of questions and have serious suspicions that allow them and the media to use the word “investigation” in the same sentence with his name.
Drayman — a colorful figure who became the first-ever Glendale City Council member from Montrose — is an innocent man until proven guilty in a court of law. That distinction was largely lost Thursday morning among the 20 deeply concerned citizens who were in the back room at Foxy’s restaurant for a meeting of Allen’s Vanguardians.
“Bribes, Embezzlement, Conspiracy, Building Code Violations, Search Warrants – all the elements of Drama,” according to Allen’s email blast for the meeting.
He promised his fellow citizen watchdogs — the vanguard of a revolution that hopes to bring honesty, efficiency and transparency to local government — a presentation of the photos, documents and other evidence against Drayman, as well as a “special guest.”
Thank God for the gadflys. For whatever reason a person converts to a “gadfly” they are valuable to a democracy. Wish we had more gadflys in LA, the hotbed of corruption where about 200 corrupt people make the decision for all of us.
My hats off to Zuma Dogg. I first observed Zuma Dogg, a few years ago, at the LA County Board of Supervisors. I attended in support of the Jamiel Shaw family, and Jamiel’s Law.
Bribes, Embezzlement, Conspiracy, Building Code Violations, Search Warrants – wow, sounds like the administration of Villaraigosa.
Can you imagine him, the CEO of a company? Why, he wouldn’t last past the first quarterly report.
As an LA city employee, I support the wide federal investigation of the City of LA. Besides, I think City Hall advocates “transparency,” don’t they?
P.S.
If our elected Sacramento representative’s don’t prevail in extending taxes, don’t fret. If they really need the extra taxes merely to increase government employee union benefits, I’m sure, as a last resort, they can find it, at the stashed away lottery account!
WTF??? Zuma dog is nothing more then an out of work lazy, arrogant moron. He threatens people at his every whim, pretends he’s more then he really is and the guy hasn’t had a real job in 3 years. My question is where does he really get his money to live in an apt? How can anyone respect a grown man who always begs for money instead of being responsbile and getting a job?
Person ‘Anonymous,’
First of all. I’m greatful and thankful, I was born in America and have always been employed for many, many years.
Secondly, as far back as I can remember, I have always approached everyone with courtesy. For, I’ve never walked in other people’s shoes, and would never attempt to second guess why some people use words like; ‘WTF!’
Otherwise, I’m David Barron, glad to meet your acquaintance.
Barry did more that identify…. HE GOT IT RIGHT WITH DRAYMAN>
Including an indictment…..now what about the other corrupt official in the
Glendale Planning Department.