I feel like I woke up from a really bad hangover and can't believe where I ended up. Did Medina really win? Someone pinch me!
It's no doubt that King Dear, with his dirty backdoor antics had a lot to do with electing an unqualified candidate, but there are other factors--lots of money and King Dear's connections.
Steve Bradford's Mini-Me, Shannon Lawrence, who has little to no history in this community, also had all the connections that Bradford could bring--the unions, Ridley-Thomas and lots of money, all delivered on a silver platter.
It's too bad that money and access are still what get a candidate elected.
The race is on--again. Individuals are pulling papers for two open Councilmember positions, Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer. Got money? You too can be a councilmember in this town. No experience, community involvement or integrity needed.
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11/02/2008
Election endorsements
Election endorsements
The Daily Breeze
Article Launched: 11/01/2008 10:00:00 PM PDT
Here are the Daily Breeze's ballot recommendations:
President: Barack Obama.
State measures
Proposition 1A (High-speed rail): No. This is no time to borrow $10 billion on a costly and questionable project.
Proposition 2 (Treatment of farm animals): No, because the main effect would be to shift poultry sales to other states.
Proposition 3 (Children's hospitals): Yes. This is a terrible time to take on more state debt, but it's for a worthy cause.
Proposition 4 (Abortion notification): Yes, for the same reason a nurse has to notify parents before giving a teenage girl an aspirin.
Proposition 5 (Treatment for drug offenders): No, because it is much too lenient in dealing with serious felons.
Proposition 6 (Spending on crime programs): No, because it is too inflexible and much too costly.
Proposition 7 (Clean energy): No, because, as the Sierra Club and others say, it is so vague as to be counterproductive.
Proposition 8 (Bans same-sex marriage): No, because the state is better off not redefining the moral issues related to marriage.
Proposition 9 (Crime victims): No, because it is too costly and redundant.
Proposition 10 (Alternative fuels): No, because it is so self-dealing for some supporters that it would do more harm than good.
Proposition 11 (Redistricting): Yes, it may make just a small difference in breaking politicians' hold on their own re-elections,
but at least it is an improvement.
Proposition 12 (Veterans' mortgages) Yes, this decades-old program has never cost taxpayers a cent.
Local measures
Proposition A (City of Los Angeles parcel tax to fund gang-prevention programs): No, the city must prove the effectiveness of programs administered by the Mayor's Office before asking property owners for more money.
Proposition B (City of Los Angeles update of rules on low-rent housing): Yes, this would remove impediments to obtaining funding from the state and federal government.
Measure J ($3.5 billion bond measure for Los Angeles Community College District): Yes, the district's campuses need more upgrades to expand enrollment and enhance health and safety.
Measure M (El Segundo's $14 million bond measure to improve and repair the high school auditorium and athletic fields): Yes, this measure would not increase current school bond taxation rates, and the repairs are justified.
Measure Q ($7 billion to upgrade aging Los Angeles Unified School District campuses throughout the region): Yes, the maximum school bond tax rate won't rise, and there will be an increased emphasis on smaller learning centers.
Measure R (Half-cent sales tax increase to expand mass transit system countywide and improve highways and roads): Yes, the plan includes help for South Bay commuters by extending the Green Line further south and also to Los Angeles International Airport.
Measure U (Reduces utility users' tax in unincorporated areas from 5 percent to 4.5percent and applies it to new communications technologies): Yes, updated language will ensure that users of all technologies will be treated fairly.
Measure V (Maintains the rate of Hawthorne's communication users' tax at 5percent but updates language to reflect technological advances): Yes, the update will help protect the tax from legal challenges.
Measure Y ($265 million bond measure to upgrade academic facilities in the Torrance Unified School District and improve school safety): Yes, this is probably the school district's final attempt to avoid campus closures.
Measure Z ($90 million Torrance bond measure to improve physical education and athletic facilities, as well as rebuild science labs and music and art classrooms): Yes, the bond would fund facilities that would benefit the entire community.
Measure BB ($67 million school bond measure to replace deteriorating academic facilities at
Manhattan Beach's Mira Costa High School): Yes, the bond would fund needed improvements without increasing current tax rates.
Measure CV ($98 million school bond measure to upgrade Centinela Valley high school campuses): No, a divided school board put this measure on the ballot. It's premature considering the district's financial problems and the Wiseburn School District's secession plans.
Measure DD (Initiative to subject certain land-use changes in Redondo Beach to popular votes): No, it threatens revitalization efforts and runs contrary to representative democracy.
Measure EE (Redondo City Council's alternative to Measure DD): Yes, it offers voters a say over rezoning involving open space, increased building heights in the coastal zone and specified residential changes.
Judicial
Office 72: Hilleri Grossman Merritt, a highly rated criminal trial prosecutor.
Office 82: Thomas Rubinson, a deputy district attorney serving on the Hardcore Gang Division, rated well-qualified by the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Office 84: Pat Connolly, a Long Beach gang prosecutor.
Office 94: Michael O'Gara, a criminal prosecutor rated well-qualified by the bar.
Office 154: Michael Jessic, a gang prosecutor noted also for his community work against gang violence, is rated well-qualified by the bar.
South Bay candidates
Second District Supervisor: Bernard Parks.
Water Replenishment District, Division 2: Robert Katherman.
Water Replenishment District, Division 5: Linda Unruh Fuentes.
West Basin Water District, Division 3:
Desi Alvarez.
West Basin Water District, Division 5:
Don Dear.
Gardena City Council special election:
Mina Semenza.
Beach Cities Health Care District Vanessa Poster, Marie Corr and Brian Parker.
The Daily Breeze
Article Launched: 11/01/2008 10:00:00 PM PDT
Here are the Daily Breeze's ballot recommendations:
President: Barack Obama.
State measures
Proposition 1A (High-speed rail): No. This is no time to borrow $10 billion on a costly and questionable project.
Proposition 2 (Treatment of farm animals): No, because the main effect would be to shift poultry sales to other states.
Proposition 3 (Children's hospitals): Yes. This is a terrible time to take on more state debt, but it's for a worthy cause.
Proposition 4 (Abortion notification): Yes, for the same reason a nurse has to notify parents before giving a teenage girl an aspirin.
Proposition 5 (Treatment for drug offenders): No, because it is much too lenient in dealing with serious felons.
Proposition 6 (Spending on crime programs): No, because it is too inflexible and much too costly.
Proposition 7 (Clean energy): No, because, as the Sierra Club and others say, it is so vague as to be counterproductive.
Proposition 8 (Bans same-sex marriage): No, because the state is better off not redefining the moral issues related to marriage.
Proposition 9 (Crime victims): No, because it is too costly and redundant.
Proposition 10 (Alternative fuels): No, because it is so self-dealing for some supporters that it would do more harm than good.
Proposition 11 (Redistricting): Yes, it may make just a small difference in breaking politicians' hold on their own re-elections,
but at least it is an improvement.
Proposition 12 (Veterans' mortgages) Yes, this decades-old program has never cost taxpayers a cent.
Local measures
Proposition A (City of Los Angeles parcel tax to fund gang-prevention programs): No, the city must prove the effectiveness of programs administered by the Mayor's Office before asking property owners for more money.
Proposition B (City of Los Angeles update of rules on low-rent housing): Yes, this would remove impediments to obtaining funding from the state and federal government.
Measure J ($3.5 billion bond measure for Los Angeles Community College District): Yes, the district's campuses need more upgrades to expand enrollment and enhance health and safety.
Measure M (El Segundo's $14 million bond measure to improve and repair the high school auditorium and athletic fields): Yes, this measure would not increase current school bond taxation rates, and the repairs are justified.
Measure Q ($7 billion to upgrade aging Los Angeles Unified School District campuses throughout the region): Yes, the maximum school bond tax rate won't rise, and there will be an increased emphasis on smaller learning centers.
Measure R (Half-cent sales tax increase to expand mass transit system countywide and improve highways and roads): Yes, the plan includes help for South Bay commuters by extending the Green Line further south and also to Los Angeles International Airport.
Measure U (Reduces utility users' tax in unincorporated areas from 5 percent to 4.5percent and applies it to new communications technologies): Yes, updated language will ensure that users of all technologies will be treated fairly.
Measure V (Maintains the rate of Hawthorne's communication users' tax at 5percent but updates language to reflect technological advances): Yes, the update will help protect the tax from legal challenges.
Measure Y ($265 million bond measure to upgrade academic facilities in the Torrance Unified School District and improve school safety): Yes, this is probably the school district's final attempt to avoid campus closures.
Measure Z ($90 million Torrance bond measure to improve physical education and athletic facilities, as well as rebuild science labs and music and art classrooms): Yes, the bond would fund facilities that would benefit the entire community.
Measure BB ($67 million school bond measure to replace deteriorating academic facilities at
Manhattan Beach's Mira Costa High School): Yes, the bond would fund needed improvements without increasing current tax rates.
Measure CV ($98 million school bond measure to upgrade Centinela Valley high school campuses): No, a divided school board put this measure on the ballot. It's premature considering the district's financial problems and the Wiseburn School District's secession plans.
Measure DD (Initiative to subject certain land-use changes in Redondo Beach to popular votes): No, it threatens revitalization efforts and runs contrary to representative democracy.
Measure EE (Redondo City Council's alternative to Measure DD): Yes, it offers voters a say over rezoning involving open space, increased building heights in the coastal zone and specified residential changes.
Judicial
Office 72: Hilleri Grossman Merritt, a highly rated criminal trial prosecutor.
Office 82: Thomas Rubinson, a deputy district attorney serving on the Hardcore Gang Division, rated well-qualified by the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Office 84: Pat Connolly, a Long Beach gang prosecutor.
Office 94: Michael O'Gara, a criminal prosecutor rated well-qualified by the bar.
Office 154: Michael Jessic, a gang prosecutor noted also for his community work against gang violence, is rated well-qualified by the bar.
South Bay candidates
Second District Supervisor: Bernard Parks.
Water Replenishment District, Division 2: Robert Katherman.
Water Replenishment District, Division 5: Linda Unruh Fuentes.
West Basin Water District, Division 3:
Desi Alvarez.
West Basin Water District, Division 5:
Don Dear.
Gardena City Council special election:
Mina Semenza.
Beach Cities Health Care District Vanessa Poster, Marie Corr and Brian Parker.
10/19/2008
Mirror, Mirror
Well Gardena, in less than a few weeks the councilmember position vacated by Medra
no will be filled. Who will it be? The four running mates have appeared at forums in Hollypark and at the Nakaoka Center. Fliers have been circulated. But to quote the great Yogi Berra, it's deja vu all over again. It concerns this blogger that the ex-Mayor othewise known as Don Dear, who brought us quasi-bankruptcy is again pimping a candidate who has already flipped on an important issue--redevelopment. Was Dan Medina pandering to the Hollypark residents when he said that redevelopment was what we needed? In North Gardena, the folks there have often complained, and rightly so, that the Rosecrans Corridor is blighted, and there are no good stores and restaurants. Was he just telling them what they wanted to hear? Was anyone paying attention at the Nakaoka Center when this candidate told us that that he was against redevelopment? Is that what folks on this end of town wanted to hear?
The ex-Mayor, thankfully whose following has declined, also brought us the councilmember who vacated the position suddenly when he was imprisoned and indicted on charges that, well, we won't get into here. I suppose this proves that old politicians never die--their legacies live on.
no will be filled. Who will it be? The four running mates have appeared at forums in Hollypark and at the Nakaoka Center. Fliers have been circulated. But to quote the great Yogi Berra, it's deja vu all over again. It concerns this blogger that the ex-Mayor othewise known as Don Dear, who brought us quasi-bankruptcy is again pimping a candidate who has already flipped on an important issue--redevelopment. Was Dan Medina pandering to the Hollypark residents when he said that redevelopment was what we needed? In North Gardena, the folks there have often complained, and rightly so, that the Rosecrans Corridor is blighted, and there are no good stores and restaurants. Was he just telling them what they wanted to hear? Was anyone paying attention at the Nakaoka Center when this candidate told us that that he was against redevelopment? Is that what folks on this end of town wanted to hear?The ex-Mayor, thankfully whose following has declined, also brought us the councilmember who vacated the position suddenly when he was imprisoned and indicted on charges that, well, we won't get into here. I suppose this proves that old politicians never die--their legacies live on.
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