Tag Archives: Councilman Bernard Parks

Catch 22: The Greuel, Garcetti Challenge from Parks’ Budget Talking Points on Reining in Spending, Restoring Services

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Herb Wesson forfeited all credibility when he failed in his blatant attempt to squeeze $216 million out of taxpayers to please his labor union bosses and the assorted greed merchants who have gotten so rich off of City Hall’s dirty … Continue reading →

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Parks to Santana: “Only by Slaughtering ‘Sacred Cows’ Can We Move Forward and Feed a Starving City”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Councilman Bernard Parks warned back in November that the $216 million to be raised by the Proposition A sales tax increase would “go up in smoke” unless there were safeguards on how it would be spent but he … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Patrick Caruthers: When the Grit of the City Matters as Much as the Glamour and the Glitter . . .

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

It would not be a completely true statement to say that bureaucratic sloth and sleazy politics at City Hall killed Patrick Caruthers – the church-going 19-year-old special needs high school graduate and LA Trade Tech student – in broad daylight … Continue reading →

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SAVE CITY JOBS — Forget Services and Healthy Neighborhoods

Posted on April 29, 2010 by

Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Bernard Parks captured the attitude of the mayor and City Council on Wednesday in a debate over $10 million to revitalize the Broadway Theater District with one-time money. For the full context of his remarks … Continue reading →

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Parks’ Warning: LA Is Going Broke Fast, Faces Layoffs, Cash Flow Crisis, Bankruptcy Threat

Posted on September 5, 2009 by

In a Special Report on OurLA, LA Councilman Bernard Parks portrayed the city’s financial condition in dire terms Saturday, warniing of “severe pain” that is coming.Speaking for more than two hours to the LA Neigbhorhood Council Coalition at a meeting … Continue reading →

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Councilman Parks’ Responds: ‘What Would You Cut?

Posted on May 11, 2009 by

Councilman Bernard Parks, chairman of the Budget Committee and proposer of the 80 percent cut in funding for Neighborhood Councils, has responded to a constituent’s criticism of his action by asserting his primary concern is saving city jobs. He also … Continue reading →

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What Is To Be Done? Are NCs Worth Saving? Anger or Apathy — Which Will Prevail?

Posted on May 7, 2009 by

The City Council Budget Committee did us all a favor by drawing a line through Neighborhood Councils by gutting their funding. By slashing funding for NCs by 80 percent in the name of “shared sacrifice,” Bernard Parks’ committee — Bill … Continue reading →

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City Council to Unions: Your Jobs or Your Money

Posted on May 5, 2009 by

Wringing their hands and beating their breasts, the nation’s highest paid City Council members finally started to face the harsh realities Tuesday caused by their failure of leadership. Drastic measures are needed now either in the form of sharp reductions … Continue reading →

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Blueprint for Bankruptcy: Hearings Start on City Budget, LA’s Future at Stake

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

The future of LA hangs in the balance of 12 days of City Council budget hearings that get under way at 9 a.m. Monday but only a fool like me would hold any hope that the nation’s highest paid — … Continue reading →

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