Thanks to everyone who checked into this blog and Mayor Sam's Sister City Blog (the real political heat) this past year.
Special thanks to everyone who I met in person at various meetings, spoke with on the phone and corresponded with via email. There isn't a single person that I met this year that didn't provide me with something that went into my blogging and comments. (All the answers are within the community, and the corrupt politicians are not fooling these people. See Dirt Burnell.)
And a very special thanks to the (not so) short list of people who spent endless hours tutoring Zuma Dogg with endless legalese -- getting me to the point where I could spit it back in a two minute public comment rant. (And I know it can be a torturous process getting me to that point. Alright, I know it is a torturous process.)
And a special, special thanks to everyone who took my call (who would have been in big trouble if their bosses knew) -- and all the people who contacted me, outright, against their boss' interests.)
Thanks to all the talk show hosts, locally and nationally that let me get my two cents in, many times for five minutes at a time, or more. (And thanks to Kevin James of KRLA AM-870 for playing ZD's Holiday Song, "Proposition S Going Down". Perhaps time for an encore this week when Kevin discusses Prop. S. 9p-11p on 870 AM.)
Zuma Dogg - "Proposition S Goin' Down" (Holiday Song)
BIGGEST ZD STORY OF 2007 ended up having nothing to do with City Hall, at all. For all my hundreds of hours blasting City Hall shadiness and inefficiency, the one "anomoly" of a story ended up being not only the biggest story of the year, but the biggest financial story in the past decade according to the news wires: I tried to warn everyone on May 5, 2007. Here's the Google Search of frantic posting across multiple blogs on that day -- warning of sub prime crisis triggering recession fears .
It all started to come true three months later, and we are still talking about it more than anything else from a financial standpoint as I type this. (So not only did I go out on a limb on this story out of my usual range, I went out BIG, and I think I made the right decision. So look for a little more of this in '08. A lot more, actually. I have excellent advisers.)
Meanwhile, here's something to keep you busy over the New Year's Weekend:
Zuma Dogg's "Mega-Master Shady Report" (Quarterly Newsletter of all ZD stories/Political Shadiness that robs the community, county and state.) If I blogged or commented about it in '07, you can find it here:
Zuma's Mega-Master Shady Report
FIRST TWO ISSUES OF 2008: LAUSD/Charter Reform (including Clinton Foundation billionaire cronies) and Proposition S (and Zuma's new "No on Prop S" song to the tune of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" called, "Please Stop Deceiving.")
Zuma Dogg - "Prop S Punk" (Original "Sex Pistols-style" song about Proposition S)
Zuma's Official Website
Zuma's Video Blog (including videos not on YouTube)
Zuma's YouTube Page (more videos)
Zuma's Podcast Page (music and radio calls)
zumadogg@gmail.com
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
New YouTube: Zuma Dogg Sings About "NO on Prop S" (Villaraigosa's Shady Phone Tax)
The shady and fiscally irresponsible Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is arrogant enough to think you will fall for a new CELL PHONE AND INTERNET TAX by calling it a "reduction". Instead of what it really is...A NEW TAX ON CELL PHONE AND INTERNET USE!!!
If you are a Los Angeles voter who is excited about the thought of paying more money out of your pocket to help cover the fiscal screw-ups and financial irresponsibility of political thug Mayor Antonio Villagrosa -- then the elections in February is your lucky day. YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO APPROVE THIS NEW PHONE AND INTERNET TAX (That many feel should not have even been allowed on the ballot. But that never stops Antonio...see AB 1381.)
THE REST OF US WILL BE VOTING "NO ON PROP S (S for 'Shady')".
Zuma Dogg - "Proposition S Is Going Down"
(To The Tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town")
zumadogg@gmail.com
zumatimes.com
If you are a Los Angeles voter who is excited about the thought of paying more money out of your pocket to help cover the fiscal screw-ups and financial irresponsibility of political thug Mayor Antonio Villagrosa -- then the elections in February is your lucky day. YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO APPROVE THIS NEW PHONE AND INTERNET TAX (That many feel should not have even been allowed on the ballot. But that never stops Antonio...see AB 1381.)
THE REST OF US WILL BE VOTING "NO ON PROP S (S for 'Shady')".
Zuma Dogg - "Proposition S Is Going Down"
(To The Tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town")
zumadogg@gmail.com
zumatimes.com
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Zuma Dogg Year End Shady Report '07 - Part One of Series: Top Story ZD blogged this year
ZUMA DOGG's "Shady Report '07" (Year End Recap of Top Stories) -- Part One of Year End Series (set Google alert)
by Zuma Dogg
This year, a little anomoly of a story ended up not only being the biggest story Zuma Times ended up breaking 3 months before it hit news headlines around the planet, but ended up being the biggest financial news story in a decade.
THE SUB-PRIME BUBBLE BURST
I was contacted on May 5, 2007 by community activist Jose Aguilar from East Los Angeles (a true genius of a gem) over something he heard Senator Chuck Shumer talking about.
It was about this thing called, "sub prime lending", which I knew 0.00% about.
As a community activist, myself, financial lending practices and the housing market was something I had 0.00% interest in covering as a local activist.
But much to the dismay of corrupt local politicains (and those who support them), Mr. Aguilar continues to rip the curtain open, exposing these politicians the way Toto ripped the curtain open exposing that phoney, corrupt Wizard of Oz. He has proven himself (to me, at least) to be ahead of the curve with the "real deal" on all the shady angles these politicians are playing to screw the community -- time and time again.
So when Jose Aguilar talks, Zuma Dogg listens. And if he felt this "subprime thing" was a big deal on May 5, 2007 -- I wanted to hear about it.
It DID end up hitting me as being a big deal, and even though it was completely outside the range of material I had ever covered up to that point, I wanted to post it on the blog, for the record, and to try and warn anyone who believed in the story.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
ZUMA DOGG PUBLIC HEARING: IS THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR A RECESSION STARTING IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR?
Oh no...Sen. Chuck Shumer/NY just told Zuma Dogg (indirectly) that we are gonna have a housing bubble-burst and recession starting in about a year. (With the effects starting as soon as six months.) SELL NOW!
They got these things called “sub-prime lending” (high risk, low interest loans). When you have a good economy, you can give some “riskier investments/clients” these low interest loans to jumpstart their American dream of home ownership.
They only pay 1% or 2% the first three years, or so. Then, the rate jumps to the Federal rate (what is it, 5.5%, or something.) Well ZD feels it might go to of 6%, 7% -- is 8% out of the question?)
When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, more people with subprime loans default. Why? Because these people, coming off 3 year low interst loans, have to jump into a 6% or 7% or even 8 % rate all of the sudden, and they can’t keep up with the new, higher payments each month and then they default.
Well these days, with higher paying jobs being replaced with lower paying jobs; while housing costs, property taxes, and everything else -- people are gonna be defaulting on the loans, more and more. And the banks know that this is going to to become more of a problem, so they are going to stop approving these “low prime lending” rates.
Sen. Chuck Shumer/NY has a bill in congress in about six months to a year they are going to put the clamp down on “sub-prime loans”. This is a major sign that the housing bubble is gonna pop. Then, all these condos will be staying on the market, vacant -- getting cheaper and cheaper by the quarter.
L.A. is leading the nation in this housing bubble burst, as vacancy rates in Los Angeles continue to increase, due to people moving out of the City for all the reasons stated daily by the pueblos.
Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 5/05/2007 10:32:00 AM
So three months later, I was walking down the street and saw the news headlines on all the newspapers about the sub prime mortage mess...and now, it is being called the biggest financial crisis in a decade.
Another three months later (six months to the week/month that the story was originally posted), the stock market tanked. Check the charts from that period in November '07, but you probably don't have if you are an investor.
AND NOW THIS FROM MARKETWATCH.COM
Last update: 12:01 a.m. EST Dec. 22, 2007
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Investors will look for Santa's sleigh to go further into rally mode in the final week of 2007 in an attempt to get over the rough second half of the year, during which markets were rattled by the biggest financial crisis in a decade.
So although it was the one story this year that I covered that had NOTHING to do with my usual fare...I DID feel it was related to City business and felt it would affect the community/readers.
AND, this story really, really highlights the function ZD plays in the community. (And I feel so guilty because I end up getting all the credit for all the knowledge pass onto me by the everday people of the community.) ZD ain't really so smart, y'all, comparitively speaking.
I could never figure out the stuff people pass on to me. So here's what I can take credit for:
a) Interest (Have to have that, I guess.)
b) Like listening to what people have to say. (I always have as a market research person.)
c) Being able to distinguish between good information and bad information and recognizing patterns as to who has the best/most accurate info.
So as much as I would like everyone to think I am the political/economic genius I wish I was; luckily I don't have to be, because I am good at my a), b), c)'s.
And that's the secret sauce of Zuma Dogg. But ha ha...I'm better at "c)" than you are!!! And it sure helps when Jose Aguilar phones in the entire story for you. Thanks, bro!
original zd subprime prediction thread:
zumatimes.com
strategyupdate.com
by Zuma Dogg
This year, a little anomoly of a story ended up not only being the biggest story Zuma Times ended up breaking 3 months before it hit news headlines around the planet, but ended up being the biggest financial news story in a decade.
THE SUB-PRIME BUBBLE BURST
I was contacted on May 5, 2007 by community activist Jose Aguilar from East Los Angeles (a true genius of a gem) over something he heard Senator Chuck Shumer talking about.
It was about this thing called, "sub prime lending", which I knew 0.00% about.
As a community activist, myself, financial lending practices and the housing market was something I had 0.00% interest in covering as a local activist.
But much to the dismay of corrupt local politicains (and those who support them), Mr. Aguilar continues to rip the curtain open, exposing these politicians the way Toto ripped the curtain open exposing that phoney, corrupt Wizard of Oz. He has proven himself (to me, at least) to be ahead of the curve with the "real deal" on all the shady angles these politicians are playing to screw the community -- time and time again.
So when Jose Aguilar talks, Zuma Dogg listens. And if he felt this "subprime thing" was a big deal on May 5, 2007 -- I wanted to hear about it.
It DID end up hitting me as being a big deal, and even though it was completely outside the range of material I had ever covered up to that point, I wanted to post it on the blog, for the record, and to try and warn anyone who believed in the story.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
ZUMA DOGG PUBLIC HEARING: IS THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR A RECESSION STARTING IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR?
Oh no...Sen. Chuck Shumer/NY just told Zuma Dogg (indirectly) that we are gonna have a housing bubble-burst and recession starting in about a year. (With the effects starting as soon as six months.) SELL NOW!
They got these things called “sub-prime lending” (high risk, low interest loans). When you have a good economy, you can give some “riskier investments/clients” these low interest loans to jumpstart their American dream of home ownership.
They only pay 1% or 2% the first three years, or so. Then, the rate jumps to the Federal rate (what is it, 5.5%, or something.) Well ZD feels it might go to of 6%, 7% -- is 8% out of the question?)
When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, more people with subprime loans default. Why? Because these people, coming off 3 year low interst loans, have to jump into a 6% or 7% or even 8 % rate all of the sudden, and they can’t keep up with the new, higher payments each month and then they default.
Well these days, with higher paying jobs being replaced with lower paying jobs; while housing costs, property taxes, and everything else -- people are gonna be defaulting on the loans, more and more. And the banks know that this is going to to become more of a problem, so they are going to stop approving these “low prime lending” rates.
Sen. Chuck Shumer/NY has a bill in congress in about six months to a year they are going to put the clamp down on “sub-prime loans”. This is a major sign that the housing bubble is gonna pop. Then, all these condos will be staying on the market, vacant -- getting cheaper and cheaper by the quarter.
L.A. is leading the nation in this housing bubble burst, as vacancy rates in Los Angeles continue to increase, due to people moving out of the City for all the reasons stated daily by the pueblos.
Posted by Zuma Dogg @ 5/05/2007 10:32:00 AM
So three months later, I was walking down the street and saw the news headlines on all the newspapers about the sub prime mortage mess...and now, it is being called the biggest financial crisis in a decade.
Another three months later (six months to the week/month that the story was originally posted), the stock market tanked. Check the charts from that period in November '07, but you probably don't have if you are an investor.
AND NOW THIS FROM MARKETWATCH.COM
Last update: 12:01 a.m. EST Dec. 22, 2007
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Investors will look for Santa's sleigh to go further into rally mode in the final week of 2007 in an attempt to get over the rough second half of the year, during which markets were rattled by the biggest financial crisis in a decade.
So although it was the one story this year that I covered that had NOTHING to do with my usual fare...I DID feel it was related to City business and felt it would affect the community/readers.
AND, this story really, really highlights the function ZD plays in the community. (And I feel so guilty because I end up getting all the credit for all the knowledge pass onto me by the everday people of the community.) ZD ain't really so smart, y'all, comparitively speaking.
I could never figure out the stuff people pass on to me. So here's what I can take credit for:
a) Interest (Have to have that, I guess.)
b) Like listening to what people have to say. (I always have as a market research person.)
c) Being able to distinguish between good information and bad information and recognizing patterns as to who has the best/most accurate info.
So as much as I would like everyone to think I am the political/economic genius I wish I was; luckily I don't have to be, because I am good at my a), b), c)'s.
And that's the secret sauce of Zuma Dogg. But ha ha...I'm better at "c)" than you are!!! And it sure helps when Jose Aguilar phones in the entire story for you. Thanks, bro!
original zd subprime prediction thread:
zumatimes.com
strategyupdate.com
Friday, December 14, 2007
NEW AUDIO: Zuma Dogg on CNBC's "Mad Money" w/Jim Cramer
CNBC got it's first dose of Zuma Dogg today, as he called into CNBC's "Mad Money" to needle Cramer a little about Game Stop stock (that ZD owns).
Keep in mind, the stock was up today, in the worst down market day...BUT IT WAS DOWN THIS WEEK (even though the entire market tanked). BUT ZD ONLY LIKES HIS STOCKS TO GO "UP" -- NEVER DOWN, NOT EVEN ONE PENNY!!!
And I knew Jim would say good things about Game Stock, cause it's a great stock. Meanwhile, as usual, ZD gets off to a combative start. I started my question with, "Except for today...Game Stop had a terrible week...". Which is when Jim cut me off and said, "If you call up .66 cents in the worst down day...". Forcing the Big ZD to cut in to say, "I SAID EXCEPT FOR TODAY". Which caused Jim to show ZD who is boss of the show.
Then, Jim continued to have a little fun at ZD's expense with the next caller.
AUDIO: Zuma on CNBC's "Mad Money" with Jim Cramer
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strategyupdate.com
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Keep in mind, the stock was up today, in the worst down market day...BUT IT WAS DOWN THIS WEEK (even though the entire market tanked). BUT ZD ONLY LIKES HIS STOCKS TO GO "UP" -- NEVER DOWN, NOT EVEN ONE PENNY!!!
And I knew Jim would say good things about Game Stock, cause it's a great stock. Meanwhile, as usual, ZD gets off to a combative start. I started my question with, "Except for today...Game Stop had a terrible week...". Which is when Jim cut me off and said, "If you call up .66 cents in the worst down day...". Forcing the Big ZD to cut in to say, "I SAID EXCEPT FOR TODAY". Which caused Jim to show ZD who is boss of the show.
Then, Jim continued to have a little fun at ZD's expense with the next caller.
AUDIO: Zuma on CNBC's "Mad Money" with Jim Cramer
youtube.com/zumadogg
zumatimes.com
strategyupdate.com
zumadogg@gmail.com
Hear Zuma Dogg on CNBC's "Mad Money" w/Cramer 3p & 8p TONIGHT!
Big ZD is going to call into Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" show on CNBC this evening to fire up Jim about Game Stop -- and hopefully get him to say good things about it, since Zuma Dogg owns Game Stop.
Gonna use some reverse psychology on Jim and criticize the stock's performance this week -- which should fire him off into a hyper-rant on how good the stock is. (Which is what I want him to do -- REMIND PEOPLE TO BUY GAME STOP SINCE THEY INTRODUCED A wii RAINCHECK PROGRAM WITH THE RETAILER.
Tune in to CNBC tonight at 3p & 8p for a double-dose of madness...Zuma Dogg and Jim Cramer. (Doesn't get any more mad than that! Should be a fun call!)
zumatimes.com
strategyupdate.com
Gonna use some reverse psychology on Jim and criticize the stock's performance this week -- which should fire him off into a hyper-rant on how good the stock is. (Which is what I want him to do -- REMIND PEOPLE TO BUY GAME STOP SINCE THEY INTRODUCED A wii RAINCHECK PROGRAM WITH THE RETAILER.
Tune in to CNBC tonight at 3p & 8p for a double-dose of madness...Zuma Dogg and Jim Cramer. (Doesn't get any more mad than that! Should be a fun call!)
zumatimes.com
strategyupdate.com
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Grand Avenue Project Problems Already As Costs Skyrocket And They May Ask For More Subsidies From Los Angeles City
DailyNews.com ran an item this morning about Grand Avenue Project saying, "The sweetheart deal known as the Grand Avenue project broke ground last week - with a price tag more than twice as much as originally planned. But the project's builder insists the higher cost of $3 billion won't translate into a larger public handout." (May we have that in writing, please?)
Meanwhile, read the article here (it's very short), and read Zuma Dogg's extensive coverage of all the shady "ins and outs" of the Grand Avenue Project. (I did a massive amount of research, including analysis of "insider" business plan of all three phases and interviews with planners, councilmembers and the project developer, himself.)
Grand Ave Project (ZD review)
Grand Ave Project (LA Weekly Article)
LA Live Project (ZD review: It reads like a comedy script!)
zumadogg@gmail.com
zumatimes.com: News Before It Happens!
Meanwhile, read the article here (it's very short), and read Zuma Dogg's extensive coverage of all the shady "ins and outs" of the Grand Avenue Project. (I did a massive amount of research, including analysis of "insider" business plan of all three phases and interviews with planners, councilmembers and the project developer, himself.)
Grand Ave Project (ZD review)
Grand Ave Project (LA Weekly Article)
LA Live Project (ZD review: It reads like a comedy script!)
zumadogg@gmail.com
zumatimes.com: News Before It Happens!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Al Ries Speaks on Garmin and the GPS Industry
In case you haven't heard, I launched a new blog, strategyupdate.com, focusing on stock and global economic markets.
If you are an investor, you should be aware that GPS devices are among the hottest selling items, this past holiday shopping weekend. Garmin, the leader in GPS devices, has seen it's stock surge this week with the news.However, competitors like Nokia and others will be making a big splash in this market, too. So will Garmin maintain it's big gains, and should it still be a "buy" through the holiday season...or has it already seen all it's gains on the good PR?
StrategyUpdate.com contacted Marketing Strategist, Al Ries, for some insight. Al is co-author of "Marketing Warfare", "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing", and "Bottom-Up Marketing'; and author of "Focus" and "The Origin of Brands". (If you haven't read these books, I would read them all this holiday season.) ries.com)
Stock Analysis: Al Ries Speaks on Garmin and the GPS Industry
WILL GARMIN BECOME THE "GARMIN" OF GPS DEVICES
The future of Garmin: Can they maintain the GPS leadership position? (No pun)
Many of you are familiar with Marketing Strategy legend, Al Ries. (If not, read more about him at strategyupdate.com.)
With GPS devices being the big break-out this holiday season, it was time to contact Al, to see if Garmin is the stock to go with, in the GPS category, or will Nokia and others who plan on launching their own GPS products, overtake Garmin's early leadership position in the market. Garmin is kinda the company who comes to mind in this booming category.
I even saw a Garming TV commercial today, for the first time. (And I monitor these things, so they must have just hit today!)
Strategy Update: Garmin stock has skyrocketed over the past two trading days, since news that GPS devices were all the rage this Black Friday shopping weekend, and the most popular ones are sold out, everywhere. (Although there are plenty of devices still on the shelves.)
HERE'S THE QUESTION:
I don't know how you feel about Jim Cramer, but he is cautious of Garmin's recent stock rise, because other big companies like Nokia and others will soon be entering the market (with far bigger marketing campaigns, I'm sure);
Best Buy is making their own generic GPS for their stores -- and Cramer feels they are going to merely be a commodity. So, Garmin may be a nice trade to take advantage of in the short-run, through the holidays...but after that...get out of the Garmin game.
HOWEVER, to those in the know, Garmin is "first" in the category (in my mind, at least). To bad they don't say, "Get a Garmin for the holidays." (You know the old "turn your name into the generic term routine.)
However, is it still too early to tell who is actually first in the mind of the consumer? (In other words, the GPS market position is still up in the air?)
Are these GPS devices UNLIKE MP3 players, where you MUST have an iPod, or be the biggest outcast on the planet. Or are they like commodities, as Cramer states.
So the short version of the question would be: Do you think Garmin has what it takes to be the leader in the minds of the GPS buyers, or will the 800 lb gorilla (Nokia, Best Buy and/or other competitors) stomp on them?
Al Ries: We feel that Garmin will continue to do relatively well because of two facts: (1) GPS devices are definitely a new category and will continue to sell as separate devices in spite of the fact that Nokia and others have incorporated similar functions into their smartphones. (2) Garmin is the leader.
However, the category itself is probably never going to to be a blockbuster in the sense that MP3 players and cellphones were.
As far as whether the stock is a good deal or not, that depends on a lot of issues outside of marketing ones.
A good example is Google. The stock is going through the roof because Google has announced expansion plans into a raft of new categories. All of these moves, in our opinion, are bad marketing moves, but good for the stock.
Bad marketing often drives up the price of a stock and makes it a good buy in the short term.
The biggest tip I can give you is to please read more about Al Ries at strategyupdate.com for summaries. And visit ries.com. Al Ries has an Atlanta based firm with his partner and daughter Laura Ries who you may have seen on CNN and CNBC.
strategyupdate.com: investor resource site
Al's books and audio books are available at Amazon's link at TheChristmasNetwork.com.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
NEW Website Resource Page For Stock Investors & Global Economic Trends
Click here for StrategyUpdate.com.
It's one simple page you can go to for links to videos, live TV streams, news wires, updates and analysis. A one-stop resource page for financial investors in a global economy. I know a lot of people reading are investors in the stock and other financial markets. I know a lot of investors subscribe to a "buy and hold" strategy, because they are in it for the "long-run".
However, I think the time is now to start monitoring the markets and your portfolio with a little more frequency than in previous times. Zuma Dogg is elevating the "investors alert" level a couple notches. StrategyUpdate.com was created to allow you to more closely monitor the markets, and provide basic, fundamental (yet somehow innovative) investment strategies to help you avoid the financial land mines in this volatile market.
(I have a feeling even the harshest of ZD critics will be able to appreciate this site. No need to thank me. I simply put it together for myself, so I could have all the links I used each day, in one place.)
Make sure you check out all the videos from Jim Cramer, Fast Money, TheStreet.com, Dr. Deming and of course...ah hem...Big ZD. (And the site was even designed so haters can easily avoid the ZD videos!)Tuesday, November 20, 2007
VOLATILE STOCK MARKET: Go to StrategyUpdate.com for Tuesday Nov. 20,
Many ZumaTimes.com readers are invested in the stock market exchange.
Since the market seems to be volatile, I know some of your "buy and hold" (long-term) investors have been caught off-guard, and they have seen their stocks tank before they even noticed.
So I spent some time today, and put together an update of some of the information floating around the internet that may help you re-focus your investment strategy:
www.strategyupdate.com
Since the market seems to be volatile, I know some of your "buy and hold" (long-term) investors have been caught off-guard, and they have seen their stocks tank before they even noticed.
So I spent some time today, and put together an update of some of the information floating around the internet that may help you re-focus your investment strategy:
www.strategyupdate.com
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Zuma Dogg's Master Thread About Home Depot in Sunland-Tujunga
(from zumatimes.com based on 100% community input.)
COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT HOME DEPOT IN SUNLAND-TUJUNGA
Some folks from the area contacted me directly and conveyed the situation from a very empathetic "local community angle" -- and they tipped me to some things I haven't heard about before and even faxed over more pages of related documents (proof that backs up some of their concerns) and helped tie together the big picture in the mind of ZD (based on their tutelage).
So here is a re-cap of my notes based on these conversations and I will try and scan some of these documents they sent over.
First of all, the first thing that was mentioned is that the Home Depot they want to build in the old K-mart location is less than 500 feet from an LAUSD school (approx 450 ft). Home Depot and Latham & Watkins don't want you to know that. They tried to ignore that fact till the very end of the application process.
Also, consider the Home Depot site is on a liquefaction earthquake "fault zone". This means during an earthquake the land turns to quicksand.
So when you are storing pesticides, hazardous chemicals and other toxic stuff (as Home Depot does) -- you don't want that 450 feet away from a school.
Plus, all those Home Depot delivery trucks will bring a smog parade to the school area on a daily basis. (Move recess indoors, please!)
WHY HOME DEPOT/LATHAM & WATKINS DID NOT WANT IT TO BE A "PROJECT"
If the Home Depot permit calls the project a "project", suddenly LAUSD needs to sign off on it, entirely. In other words, the LAUSD school board could actually nix the Depot (project) and stop it dead in it's tracks.
So maybe that's why the mayor spent like crazy to make sure Tamar Galatzan was elected to the LAUSD school board in that district. Yeah, it's Tamar's district. Tamar's Husband is Brendon Huffman from VICA. Huffman and VICA were pushing the Home Depot project for the area. And of course, peoples' ears are ringing from the chatter of Galtzan for Wendy Greuel's Council seat. (And I have a feeling Tamar will vote on the Home Depot/Latham & Watkins side on this one.)
But before we get into why Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's relationship with Latham & Watkins will lead to a settlement where Home Depot gets to build the damn thing, no matter what anyone has to say in the community, here are some other environmental and other issues:
In the case of a school emergency, or local emergency in general (requiring evacuation), there is only one street in and out of the are on the evacuation route -- Foothill Blvd. One little spill at Home Depot, and the evacuation route is cut off, according to one local resident.
A LITTLE HOME DEPOT TOXIC SPEW IN YOUR WATER SUPPLY?
The Tujunga-Wash (dirt and rock area) provides 15% of the drinking water for the City of Los Angeles in the form of mountain run-off. (It's the ONLY uncontaminated source in L.A. "Home Depot chemical (spill/run-off) would put that water supply at risk", said a caller to Big ZD.
There is also an L.A. RIVER tributary (arm of L.A. River) that runs through the Home Depot property (at the far corner). If there is a liquid chemical spill, it will contaminate the LA RIVER!
GET A BUZZ FROM THE TOXIC AIR
Any decent meteorologist will tell you that the Home Depot location is a high wind velocity area. So if there is a chemical contamination spill (release) -- it could blow into the Valley like toxic halitosis.
WILDLIFE DOESN'T GET A PASS, EITHER
(Price Is Right loser sounder) Whomp, whomp, whomp, whomp...(deflated) whooooomp): Oh no...it's a "Wildlife Corridor", too. I am told you can see coyotes and other wildlife running along side the K-mart property.
ADD IT ALL UP...
The reason Home Depot/Latham & Watkins does not want this to maintain "project" status is because LAUSD becomes a decision maker, and guess what...
Zuma Dogg is looking at a faxed copy of the letter from LAUSD "Office of Environmental Health and Safety" expressing concerns with the proposed Home Depot development dated February 7, 2007. (Not that long ago!)
"The site is located about 450 feet north of Apperson Elementary School and school pedestrian routes along Woodward Avenue pass adjacent to the east side of the development. Since the project may have a significant impact on the environmental integrity of our school facility, we believe that all of the potential environmental impacts related to the project need to be fully evaluated to ensure the health and safety of all our students and staff."
YIKES! NO WONDER THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE A PROJECT IF LAUSD GETS TO MAKE THE FINAL "YEAH/NEY"!!!
PLUS...as a "project", it would bring South Coast Air Quality Management (a state agency), and they are even stricter than CEQUA. They develop their own"air quality code" for each area. And it is stricter for school areas.
Now, in case you didn't know: Latham and Watkins was on the advisory board to help TIGHTEN air quality regulations around schools...
SO HOW COULD THEY PRETEND NOT TO KNOW A SCHOOL IS LESS THAN 500 FEET AWAY!?!? First of all, according to the City of Los Angeles/Department of City Planning, Parcel Profile Report (01/15/2007) -- Under "500 foot zone" question, it says, "NO"! (As in, "Oh no...") However, under "Environmentally Sensitive Area"...it says, "YES"!
So did someone not see the school? Because Latham & Watkins is suing the City over this -- and if they fought for tighter regulations around schools -- I HOPE they wouldn't be talking out of both sides of their ass and violating the safety of the parents, kids, teachers and staff on their own issue!?!?
And speaking of shadiness, Zuma Times was told the City had to throw out a FALSE traffic report submitted by Home Depot claiming there would be even less traffic when HD opens as there currently is with the closed K-Mart.
BOTTOM LINE:
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has close relationships with Latham & Watkins (and they say L&W keeps Antonio's Mayoral re-election and Gubernatorial dreams alive. So look for the City Attorney's office to settle the lawsuit and grant the permits to Home Depot with a slightly scaled back plan. (For example, that location is not supposed to have the traditional outdoor displays you are so used to seeing at Home Depot. But I'm sure with some "mitigation" they will be able to even get around that.
Delgadilldo will claim he has to issue the project permit Depot is aksing for because the City didn't handle it correctly, and they have to cave in to avoid losing big in court. AND, due to Latham & Watkins work it does with the City of Los Angeles/so many conflicts of interest, Rocky's "butter finger factory" will have to hire outside counsel to handle the case. But don't worry, they will settle, because the City needs a Home Depot there, because they will be claiming Eminent Domain all over the area and will be developing the shiznit out of it. (So long quaint neighborhood! You're about to get jammed with mega-developments of thousands of new homes in the area, even though the area cannot accommodate the growth.) But that's why the City needs the Home Depot there. Even though the community residents want something to replace the types of amenities and everyday items they were getting at K-Mart.
Now, they have to drive to Burbank for things -- and so now people are shopping for other things in Burbank (as long as they are making the trip), and that's killing the local business in the area. (So F*CK YOU!)
So no wonder Wendy could be for it being a project. She knows they're gonna get what they want anyway. Cause I don't think Wendy would be very comfortable going against the Latham & Watkins agenda if she wants to be elected Shitty Controller. (Do any CM's husbands sit on any related boards? pushing the Home Depot project?)
SUMMARY
According to the Parcel Profile reports from the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Planning and Dept. of Building and Safety;
1. The Home Depot will be located on a Liquefaction site, in a Fault Zone, in a High Wind Velocity, Hillside Grading, and Environmentally Sensitive Area.
2. Home Depot has only requested permits using the address on Foothill Blvd.
3. Home Depot has neglected to use the address 10355 Woodard Ave. which clearly shows Apperson Elementary School is within 500 ft.
4. All previous permits pulled by Kmart corporation used BOTH addresses.
5. The majority of the building sits in Parcel 3 (the Woodward address).
Environmental Quality Issues
1. The LAUSD has written a letter expressing concerns that they were not notified and requested evaluation of Environmental Impacts to ensure the health and safety of the students and staff.
Traffic Safety and Pedestrian issues are being ignored.
1. The LAUSD magnet school bus stop is at this intersection. (Hello trucks!)
2. Plus 2 MTA bus stops used by students. (Hello trucks!)
3. The streets at this intersection are very narrow.
4. Woodward is the north/south pedestrian route for four (4) local schools.
An email circulating that someone sent me says, "Why are large trucks being allowed to exit the construction area and head down Apperson Street past an elementary school on streets that are clearly too small and not constructed for these types of vehicles." And adds, "This contractor is blatantly and knowingly working around the building permit processes that are put in place to protect California residents. It seems that this contractor is being allowed to do this without challenge or recourse.
And the fact that they did floor and roof re-construction at the Kmart site already says to some people, including the area's CM Wendy Greuel means THAT makes it a project.
LET THE EIRs ROLL...NOT THE TRUCKS AND CHEMICALS DOWNHILL.
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COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT HOME DEPOT IN SUNLAND-TUJUNGA
Some folks from the area contacted me directly and conveyed the situation from a very empathetic "local community angle" -- and they tipped me to some things I haven't heard about before and even faxed over more pages of related documents (proof that backs up some of their concerns) and helped tie together the big picture in the mind of ZD (based on their tutelage).
So here is a re-cap of my notes based on these conversations and I will try and scan some of these documents they sent over.
First of all, the first thing that was mentioned is that the Home Depot they want to build in the old K-mart location is less than 500 feet from an LAUSD school (approx 450 ft). Home Depot and Latham & Watkins don't want you to know that. They tried to ignore that fact till the very end of the application process.
Also, consider the Home Depot site is on a liquefaction earthquake "fault zone". This means during an earthquake the land turns to quicksand.
So when you are storing pesticides, hazardous chemicals and other toxic stuff (as Home Depot does) -- you don't want that 450 feet away from a school.
Plus, all those Home Depot delivery trucks will bring a smog parade to the school area on a daily basis. (Move recess indoors, please!)
WHY HOME DEPOT/LATHAM & WATKINS DID NOT WANT IT TO BE A "PROJECT"
If the Home Depot permit calls the project a "project", suddenly LAUSD needs to sign off on it, entirely. In other words, the LAUSD school board could actually nix the Depot (project) and stop it dead in it's tracks.
So maybe that's why the mayor spent like crazy to make sure Tamar Galatzan was elected to the LAUSD school board in that district. Yeah, it's Tamar's district. Tamar's Husband is Brendon Huffman from VICA. Huffman and VICA were pushing the Home Depot project for the area. And of course, peoples' ears are ringing from the chatter of Galtzan for Wendy Greuel's Council seat. (And I have a feeling Tamar will vote on the Home Depot/Latham & Watkins side on this one.)
But before we get into why Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's relationship with Latham & Watkins will lead to a settlement where Home Depot gets to build the damn thing, no matter what anyone has to say in the community, here are some other environmental and other issues:
In the case of a school emergency, or local emergency in general (requiring evacuation), there is only one street in and out of the are on the evacuation route -- Foothill Blvd. One little spill at Home Depot, and the evacuation route is cut off, according to one local resident.
A LITTLE HOME DEPOT TOXIC SPEW IN YOUR WATER SUPPLY?
The Tujunga-Wash (dirt and rock area) provides 15% of the drinking water for the City of Los Angeles in the form of mountain run-off. (It's the ONLY uncontaminated source in L.A. "Home Depot chemical (spill/run-off) would put that water supply at risk", said a caller to Big ZD.
There is also an L.A. RIVER tributary (arm of L.A. River) that runs through the Home Depot property (at the far corner). If there is a liquid chemical spill, it will contaminate the LA RIVER!
GET A BUZZ FROM THE TOXIC AIR
Any decent meteorologist will tell you that the Home Depot location is a high wind velocity area. So if there is a chemical contamination spill (release) -- it could blow into the Valley like toxic halitosis.
WILDLIFE DOESN'T GET A PASS, EITHER
(Price Is Right loser sounder) Whomp, whomp, whomp, whomp...(deflated) whooooomp): Oh no...it's a "Wildlife Corridor", too. I am told you can see coyotes and other wildlife running along side the K-mart property.
ADD IT ALL UP...
The reason Home Depot/Latham & Watkins does not want this to maintain "project" status is because LAUSD becomes a decision maker, and guess what...
Zuma Dogg is looking at a faxed copy of the letter from LAUSD "Office of Environmental Health and Safety" expressing concerns with the proposed Home Depot development dated February 7, 2007. (Not that long ago!)
"The site is located about 450 feet north of Apperson Elementary School and school pedestrian routes along Woodward Avenue pass adjacent to the east side of the development. Since the project may have a significant impact on the environmental integrity of our school facility, we believe that all of the potential environmental impacts related to the project need to be fully evaluated to ensure the health and safety of all our students and staff."
YIKES! NO WONDER THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE A PROJECT IF LAUSD GETS TO MAKE THE FINAL "YEAH/NEY"!!!
PLUS...as a "project", it would bring South Coast Air Quality Management (a state agency), and they are even stricter than CEQUA. They develop their own"air quality code" for each area. And it is stricter for school areas.
Now, in case you didn't know: Latham and Watkins was on the advisory board to help TIGHTEN air quality regulations around schools...
SO HOW COULD THEY PRETEND NOT TO KNOW A SCHOOL IS LESS THAN 500 FEET AWAY!?!? First of all, according to the City of Los Angeles/Department of City Planning, Parcel Profile Report (01/15/2007) -- Under "500 foot zone" question, it says, "NO"! (As in, "Oh no...") However, under "Environmentally Sensitive Area"...it says, "YES"!
So did someone not see the school? Because Latham & Watkins is suing the City over this -- and if they fought for tighter regulations around schools -- I HOPE they wouldn't be talking out of both sides of their ass and violating the safety of the parents, kids, teachers and staff on their own issue!?!?
And speaking of shadiness, Zuma Times was told the City had to throw out a FALSE traffic report submitted by Home Depot claiming there would be even less traffic when HD opens as there currently is with the closed K-Mart.
BOTTOM LINE:
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has close relationships with Latham & Watkins (and they say L&W keeps Antonio's Mayoral re-election and Gubernatorial dreams alive. So look for the City Attorney's office to settle the lawsuit and grant the permits to Home Depot with a slightly scaled back plan. (For example, that location is not supposed to have the traditional outdoor displays you are so used to seeing at Home Depot. But I'm sure with some "mitigation" they will be able to even get around that.
Delgadilldo will claim he has to issue the project permit Depot is aksing for because the City didn't handle it correctly, and they have to cave in to avoid losing big in court. AND, due to Latham & Watkins work it does with the City of Los Angeles/so many conflicts of interest, Rocky's "butter finger factory" will have to hire outside counsel to handle the case. But don't worry, they will settle, because the City needs a Home Depot there, because they will be claiming Eminent Domain all over the area and will be developing the shiznit out of it. (So long quaint neighborhood! You're about to get jammed with mega-developments of thousands of new homes in the area, even though the area cannot accommodate the growth.) But that's why the City needs the Home Depot there. Even though the community residents want something to replace the types of amenities and everyday items they were getting at K-Mart.
Now, they have to drive to Burbank for things -- and so now people are shopping for other things in Burbank (as long as they are making the trip), and that's killing the local business in the area. (So F*CK YOU!)
So no wonder Wendy could be for it being a project. She knows they're gonna get what they want anyway. Cause I don't think Wendy would be very comfortable going against the Latham & Watkins agenda if she wants to be elected Shitty Controller. (Do any CM's husbands sit on any related boards? pushing the Home Depot project?)
SUMMARY
According to the Parcel Profile reports from the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Planning and Dept. of Building and Safety;
1. The Home Depot will be located on a Liquefaction site, in a Fault Zone, in a High Wind Velocity, Hillside Grading, and Environmentally Sensitive Area.
2. Home Depot has only requested permits using the address on Foothill Blvd.
3. Home Depot has neglected to use the address 10355 Woodard Ave. which clearly shows Apperson Elementary School is within 500 ft.
4. All previous permits pulled by Kmart corporation used BOTH addresses.
5. The majority of the building sits in Parcel 3 (the Woodward address).
Environmental Quality Issues
1. The LAUSD has written a letter expressing concerns that they were not notified and requested evaluation of Environmental Impacts to ensure the health and safety of the students and staff.
Traffic Safety and Pedestrian issues are being ignored.
1. The LAUSD magnet school bus stop is at this intersection. (Hello trucks!)
2. Plus 2 MTA bus stops used by students. (Hello trucks!)
3. The streets at this intersection are very narrow.
4. Woodward is the north/south pedestrian route for four (4) local schools.
An email circulating that someone sent me says, "Why are large trucks being allowed to exit the construction area and head down Apperson Street past an elementary school on streets that are clearly too small and not constructed for these types of vehicles." And adds, "This contractor is blatantly and knowingly working around the building permit processes that are put in place to protect California residents. It seems that this contractor is being allowed to do this without challenge or recourse.
And the fact that they did floor and roof re-construction at the Kmart site already says to some people, including the area's CM Wendy Greuel means THAT makes it a project.
LET THE EIRs ROLL...NOT THE TRUCKS AND CHEMICALS DOWNHILL.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
How Does One Go About Dismantling Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)? They shoot horses, don't they?
THIS LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD) IS BECOMING A REAL PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD AND THREAT TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE...IT MUST BE STOPPED! (THERE IS NO HOPE FOR REFORM...SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO?)
After the past couple months, and especially the past couple weeks, hearing a lot of horror stories from parents about LAUSD and speaking to LAUSD personnel...i really get the combative, stonewall, cover-your-ass, pretend everything is perfect vibe from these LAUSD people.
F*CK EM!
It's gotta be broken up. people on mayor sam are talking about letting
it go bankrupt as a way of shooting it like a horse that you put out of misery.
Is this possible? how do you dismantle the school district?
Then who takes over the education system?
The most skeptical side of zd has always felt that the mayor was sent to kill-off lausd/neuter it as much as possible.
I have been all focused on the construction budget, and front-end loaded management contracts,and the non-transparency/no-accountability of non-profit charters and all that shady potential...(AND THOSE ARE VERY REAL CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANTONIO SETTING UP HIS OWN EDUCATION NON-PROFIT)
But after speaking with parents and administrators (and LAUSD's combative,
a-hole/cover-up/deny everything nature...
Maybe the powers that be who backed Antonio to take over the school system are correct in their premise.
So then what happens? how do you do it, beyond the slow and grueling process of doing it through charters? Is that the only/fastest way?
_________________
In a related matter...i was already given the "heads up" that ZD's blogging services will be required over Antonio's Eastside High School take-over plan. (Of course the people contacting me are AGAINST it.)
So i am gonna start aksing them which is worse? Antonio or LAUSD?
I KNOW that there is going to be a faction that will be against Antonio on any and
everything, just because he slammed the door on so many people he made campaign promises to -- and his overall shadiness.
And I think he's shady as hell, too...as you know...
But LAUSD is maybe even 2% worse. So it's like 49% vd 51% as to who is worse. And the edge MAY go to Antonio.
Any thoughts as to the chances of Antonio running his cluster, better LAUSD-losers -- and how you can put an end to the entire district.
zumadogg@gmail.com
back to mayor sam's blog
After the past couple months, and especially the past couple weeks, hearing a lot of horror stories from parents about LAUSD and speaking to LAUSD personnel...i really get the combative, stonewall, cover-your-ass, pretend everything is perfect vibe from these LAUSD people.
F*CK EM!
It's gotta be broken up. people on mayor sam are talking about letting
it go bankrupt as a way of shooting it like a horse that you put out of misery.
Is this possible? how do you dismantle the school district?
Then who takes over the education system?
The most skeptical side of zd has always felt that the mayor was sent to kill-off lausd/neuter it as much as possible.
I have been all focused on the construction budget, and front-end loaded management contracts,and the non-transparency/no-accountability of non-profit charters and all that shady potential...(AND THOSE ARE VERY REAL CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANTONIO SETTING UP HIS OWN EDUCATION NON-PROFIT)
But after speaking with parents and administrators (and LAUSD's combative,
a-hole/cover-up/deny everything nature...
Maybe the powers that be who backed Antonio to take over the school system are correct in their premise.
So then what happens? how do you do it, beyond the slow and grueling process of doing it through charters? Is that the only/fastest way?
_________________
In a related matter...i was already given the "heads up" that ZD's blogging services will be required over Antonio's Eastside High School take-over plan. (Of course the people contacting me are AGAINST it.)
So i am gonna start aksing them which is worse? Antonio or LAUSD?
I KNOW that there is going to be a faction that will be against Antonio on any and
everything, just because he slammed the door on so many people he made campaign promises to -- and his overall shadiness.
And I think he's shady as hell, too...as you know...
But LAUSD is maybe even 2% worse. So it's like 49% vd 51% as to who is worse. And the edge MAY go to Antonio.
Any thoughts as to the chances of Antonio running his cluster, better LAUSD-losers -- and how you can put an end to the entire district.
zumadogg@gmail.com
back to mayor sam's blog
Saturday, November 10, 2007
L.A. Unified Officially Becomes A Helpless Laughing Stock By Overpaying Teachers $53 Million, Then Asking Them To Pay It Back Before Christmas (LOL!)
excerpt from latimes.com:
L.A. Unified tells teachers to refund over-payments (LMFAO!)
The district paid about $53 million too much to 36,000 workers. They are given until Dec. 10 to decide whether to pay or fight.
In the latest fallout from a badly flawed payroll system that has plagued the Los Angeles public school system for nearly a year, officials have taken steps to recoup $53 million they calculate has been overpaid to about 36,000 school district employees.
Teachers and other staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District must either trust the district's claim that they were overpaid and repay the money -- or dispute the calculations and face further chaos come tax season.
For Genie Penn, a veteran second-grade teacher at Overland Elementary on the Westside, the choice is clear.
"All of a sudden they've decided I owe them $9,000?" asked an exasperated Penn, who has a graduate degree in business. "I know I owe them some money, but it is not that much. Until they can show me some proof of how much I owe them, I am not paying a dime. It's just absurd. It's mind boggling! But I guess when you work for LAUSD, nothing should surprise you."
Affected employees -- the vast majority are teachers -- have until Dec. 10 to choose whether to repay the district the entire amount they received, request a repayment plan, repay only the amount they believe they were overpaid or refuse to pay anything.
Any employee who disagrees with the district's overpayment calculation and refuses to pay some or all of the money will have to wait for L.A. Unified and union officials to work out a process for how such disputes will be resolved. Zeronian and David Holmquist, interim chief operating officer, said they expect those plans to be finalized early next year.
[OH GOOD...GLAD TO SEE EVERYTHING WILL BE OFF TO A SMOOTH, PRODUCTIVE, EFFICIENT AND NON-COMBATIVE START NEXT YEAR!]
After months of mounting confusion and frustration, many are dubious of the computer system's ability to accurately calculate over-payments. Several teachers pointed to an earlier attempt by the district to determine over-payments and under-payments that was marred by widespread inaccuracies.
Penn, for example, is flummoxed because the district claimed during the summer that she owed a couple of hundred dollars and now says she owes nearly $9,000. As far as she can tell, the new figure is impossibly high because she is paid only about $4,000 each month and, as far as she can tell, the only overpayment she received was a month's pay while she was on leave.
"These numbers just don't make any sense," echoed Stephen McDonough, a sixth-grade music teacher at Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, who was told he owes $1,900. "Nobody is clear on how they came up with them. They are asking me to take their word for it and pay them a third of my salary right before the holidays. I can't do it."
[AND NOW BRACE YOURSELF FOR SOME OF THE "STUPIDIST" PR COMMENTS EVER UTTERED...]
Holmquist urged employees to trust the district. But he could offer only a tenuous reason to do so, saying that the relative success of this month's payday indicates that repairs made so far to the payroll system appear to be working. Some technical glitches remain unresolved, however, and 3,000 employees are estimated to have had paycheck problems this month.
Are the calculations "100% guaranteed? No," Holmquist said. "But it's highly probable. We have a higher degree of confidence than ever before that we are accurate."
[OH GOOD! I'm sure people are bending over backwards to trust you and pay whatever you ask, as soon as possible, now that you have a "higher degree of confidence" in the accuracy.]
Challenging the district over the repayment totals, however, comes with considerable risk. In the letters to employees, Zeronian warned that once the December deadline passes, employees will be responsible for the total amount of the alleged overpayments, including the amount the district withheld for taxes.
[OH GOOD...NOW THE DISTRICT IS THREATENING TEACHERS WHEN THEY ARE NOT EVEN SURE THEY ARE ACCURATE!?!?!]
If Penn, the elementary school teacher, for example, refuses to pay and it is ultimately determined the district calculations are right, she will have to repay the district $8,983 -- the $6,068 the district overpaid her and the $2,915 it took out for taxes. It would then fall to Penn to try to get the excess tax money back from state and federal agencies. If the district tally for Penn is wrong, L.A. Unified will have to issue her a revised income tax form.
"It is going to be a tax nightmare for people to try to unravel," said Patty O'Connell, a partner at the accounting firm Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt in Los Angeles.
"These are their mistakes," he said. "If they think they put too much money in my pocket and they want to discuss it, they can come out to me at school, prove it, and then we can work something out."
[Guess what LAUSD...you blew it...not you're gonna have to eat the loss. Are you crazy??? You think you are gonna sort this out, and disrupt these teachers lives and turn their financial world upside-down? YOU'RE GONNA BE EATING MOST OF THAT $53 million you big f*cking dummies! (AND WE ALL KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SYSTEM AND WHY IT WAS SELECTED! Just ask Monica Garcia...she should be able to tell you! Cause when your cronies have a payroll system to sell...you just GOTTA use that one!)
full article
IS THERE A PARENT IN THE CITY LEFT THAT WOULD TRUST THESE LAUSD BUFFOONS WITH THEIR KIDS? STUPID AND CORRUPT...IT'S A TRAGIC COMBINATION.
zumadogg@gmail.com
L.A. Unified tells teachers to refund over-payments (LMFAO!)
The district paid about $53 million too much to 36,000 workers. They are given until Dec. 10 to decide whether to pay or fight.
In the latest fallout from a badly flawed payroll system that has plagued the Los Angeles public school system for nearly a year, officials have taken steps to recoup $53 million they calculate has been overpaid to about 36,000 school district employees.
Teachers and other staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District must either trust the district's claim that they were overpaid and repay the money -- or dispute the calculations and face further chaos come tax season.
For Genie Penn, a veteran second-grade teacher at Overland Elementary on the Westside, the choice is clear.
"All of a sudden they've decided I owe them $9,000?" asked an exasperated Penn, who has a graduate degree in business. "I know I owe them some money, but it is not that much. Until they can show me some proof of how much I owe them, I am not paying a dime. It's just absurd. It's mind boggling! But I guess when you work for LAUSD, nothing should surprise you."
Affected employees -- the vast majority are teachers -- have until Dec. 10 to choose whether to repay the district the entire amount they received, request a repayment plan, repay only the amount they believe they were overpaid or refuse to pay anything.
Any employee who disagrees with the district's overpayment calculation and refuses to pay some or all of the money will have to wait for L.A. Unified and union officials to work out a process for how such disputes will be resolved. Zeronian and David Holmquist, interim chief operating officer, said they expect those plans to be finalized early next year.
[OH GOOD...GLAD TO SEE EVERYTHING WILL BE OFF TO A SMOOTH, PRODUCTIVE, EFFICIENT AND NON-COMBATIVE START NEXT YEAR!]
After months of mounting confusion and frustration, many are dubious of the computer system's ability to accurately calculate over-payments. Several teachers pointed to an earlier attempt by the district to determine over-payments and under-payments that was marred by widespread inaccuracies.
Penn, for example, is flummoxed because the district claimed during the summer that she owed a couple of hundred dollars and now says she owes nearly $9,000. As far as she can tell, the new figure is impossibly high because she is paid only about $4,000 each month and, as far as she can tell, the only overpayment she received was a month's pay while she was on leave.
"These numbers just don't make any sense," echoed Stephen McDonough, a sixth-grade music teacher at Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, who was told he owes $1,900. "Nobody is clear on how they came up with them. They are asking me to take their word for it and pay them a third of my salary right before the holidays. I can't do it."
[AND NOW BRACE YOURSELF FOR SOME OF THE "STUPIDIST" PR COMMENTS EVER UTTERED...]
Holmquist urged employees to trust the district. But he could offer only a tenuous reason to do so, saying that the relative success of this month's payday indicates that repairs made so far to the payroll system appear to be working. Some technical glitches remain unresolved, however, and 3,000 employees are estimated to have had paycheck problems this month.
Are the calculations "100% guaranteed? No," Holmquist said. "But it's highly probable. We have a higher degree of confidence than ever before that we are accurate."
[OH GOOD! I'm sure people are bending over backwards to trust you and pay whatever you ask, as soon as possible, now that you have a "higher degree of confidence" in the accuracy.]
Challenging the district over the repayment totals, however, comes with considerable risk. In the letters to employees, Zeronian warned that once the December deadline passes, employees will be responsible for the total amount of the alleged overpayments, including the amount the district withheld for taxes.
[OH GOOD...NOW THE DISTRICT IS THREATENING TEACHERS WHEN THEY ARE NOT EVEN SURE THEY ARE ACCURATE!?!?!]
If Penn, the elementary school teacher, for example, refuses to pay and it is ultimately determined the district calculations are right, she will have to repay the district $8,983 -- the $6,068 the district overpaid her and the $2,915 it took out for taxes. It would then fall to Penn to try to get the excess tax money back from state and federal agencies. If the district tally for Penn is wrong, L.A. Unified will have to issue her a revised income tax form.
"It is going to be a tax nightmare for people to try to unravel," said Patty O'Connell, a partner at the accounting firm Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt in Los Angeles.
"These are their mistakes," he said. "If they think they put too much money in my pocket and they want to discuss it, they can come out to me at school, prove it, and then we can work something out."
[Guess what LAUSD...you blew it...not you're gonna have to eat the loss. Are you crazy??? You think you are gonna sort this out, and disrupt these teachers lives and turn their financial world upside-down? YOU'RE GONNA BE EATING MOST OF THAT $53 million you big f*cking dummies! (AND WE ALL KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SYSTEM AND WHY IT WAS SELECTED! Just ask Monica Garcia...she should be able to tell you! Cause when your cronies have a payroll system to sell...you just GOTTA use that one!)
full article
IS THERE A PARENT IN THE CITY LEFT THAT WOULD TRUST THESE LAUSD BUFFOONS WITH THEIR KIDS? STUPID AND CORRUPT...IT'S A TRAGIC COMBINATION.
zumadogg@gmail.com
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Los Angeles City Council Wants To Help Spark "Writers Guild" Strike Talks!
LA City Councilmember Eric Garcetti must have been listening to Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" when he thought of this one. ("You can't start a fire without a spark.") Here's to hoping the magic powers of LA City Council can start a spark.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Los Angeles City Council strongly endorses
the effons of hoth the Writers Guild or America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to reach a just and decent contract for all parties involved in this labor dispute, calls on both parties to resume bargaining negotiations with the federal mediator, and URGES both parties to continue their negotiations in earnest until a satisfactory agreement is reached. To facilitate this effort we offer City lor other City property as a neutral location for the parties to re-start contract negotiations.
ZumaTimes.com
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Los Angeles City Council strongly endorses
the effons of hoth the Writers Guild or America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to reach a just and decent contract for all parties involved in this labor dispute, calls on both parties to resume bargaining negotiations with the federal mediator, and URGES both parties to continue their negotiations in earnest until a satisfactory agreement is reached. To facilitate this effort we offer City lor other City property as a neutral location for the parties to re-start contract negotiations.
ZumaTimes.com
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Is U.S. About To Lose It's Foothold As #1 World Economic Power Over Sub-Prime Lending Crisis? (Will US Banks Be Forced To Merge With "World Bank"?)
To those of you checking in for the first time...my name is Zuma Dogg. And if you wonder why you should care about my opinion on the following story -- I posted a warning that the sub-prime lending bubble was about to burst, triggering a recession -- THREE MONTHS BEFORE IT HIT THE NEWS HEADLINES. Original Story (see date)
HERE'S AN UPDATE TO THE STORY POSTED SIX MONTHS AGO (FURTHER PREDICTION)
The US banks are going to have to surrender/merge to the International Monetary Fund (World Bank) next year, right after the elections.
Next year, one by one, the US banks are going to start to fall like dominoes. First Citibank, then Bank of America, and so on -- because of the sub-prime lending crisis.
Why? These banks' liabilities will have to be written-off and absorbed by a bigger bank. The World Bank is the only one big enough that I can think of.
First, there will he a big stock sell-off; then a merger as stockholders are forced to "give it up" to the I.M.F. (International Monetary Fund).
SUB PRIME DEFAULTS ARE NOT OVER, YET!
When property values "devaluate", more and more people will default (simply walk away) from their sub-prime loans. If you are paying back a loan for what was originally a $400,000 piece of property -- now only worth $200,000 -- some people will simply walk away from the loan and default.
THEN, the banks are stick with the properties people walk away from. And the bank's equity (property value) doesn't cover the liability of defaulted loan (See "negative amortization".)
In February/March of 2008, the Federal Bank will have to RAISE interest rates -- to help raise the value of the US dollar -- but it will be too late. (And if they CUT rates, it will only make it worse/devalue US dollar even further).
And here's why the Fed will have to RAISE rates, when consumer confindence and spending will be so low: THE OVERSEA BILLIONAIRES, LIKE THE OIL MOGULS IN THE MIDEAST DON'T LIKE SITTING ON THE US DOLLAR AS IT BECOMES LESS AND LESS VALUABLE. That will cause them to switch to Euros and other currencies.
So with low consumer confidence (due to subprime concerns); a terrible holiday retail season on the way, then raising the interest rate to help bring up the value of the dollar -- will cause consumers to cut-back even more (out of fear), causing a recession...followed by hyper-inflation, that will cause further consumer spending cut-backs, which will trigger a depression.
Then Greenspan will have to step in as Chairman of the I.M.F. (Oh, didn't you hear?)
If you project it all out...it appears as though for the first time ever, the US may lose it's number one ranking as the number one economic force in the world and may become beholden to the new global economic leaders.
Might not be very comfortable, economically, the next sixty to a hundred years on this side of the pond.
TIME FRAME: 18 months
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HERE'S AN UPDATE TO THE STORY POSTED SIX MONTHS AGO (FURTHER PREDICTION)
The US banks are going to have to surrender/merge to the International Monetary Fund (World Bank) next year, right after the elections.
Next year, one by one, the US banks are going to start to fall like dominoes. First Citibank, then Bank of America, and so on -- because of the sub-prime lending crisis.
Why? These banks' liabilities will have to be written-off and absorbed by a bigger bank. The World Bank is the only one big enough that I can think of.
First, there will he a big stock sell-off; then a merger as stockholders are forced to "give it up" to the I.M.F. (International Monetary Fund).
SUB PRIME DEFAULTS ARE NOT OVER, YET!
When property values "devaluate", more and more people will default (simply walk away) from their sub-prime loans. If you are paying back a loan for what was originally a $400,000 piece of property -- now only worth $200,000 -- some people will simply walk away from the loan and default.
THEN, the banks are stick with the properties people walk away from. And the bank's equity (property value) doesn't cover the liability of defaulted loan (See "negative amortization".)
In February/March of 2008, the Federal Bank will have to RAISE interest rates -- to help raise the value of the US dollar -- but it will be too late. (And if they CUT rates, it will only make it worse/devalue US dollar even further).
And here's why the Fed will have to RAISE rates, when consumer confindence and spending will be so low: THE OVERSEA BILLIONAIRES, LIKE THE OIL MOGULS IN THE MIDEAST DON'T LIKE SITTING ON THE US DOLLAR AS IT BECOMES LESS AND LESS VALUABLE. That will cause them to switch to Euros and other currencies.
So with low consumer confidence (due to subprime concerns); a terrible holiday retail season on the way, then raising the interest rate to help bring up the value of the dollar -- will cause consumers to cut-back even more (out of fear), causing a recession...followed by hyper-inflation, that will cause further consumer spending cut-backs, which will trigger a depression.
Then Greenspan will have to step in as Chairman of the I.M.F. (Oh, didn't you hear?)
If you project it all out...it appears as though for the first time ever, the US may lose it's number one ranking as the number one economic force in the world and may become beholden to the new global economic leaders.
Might not be very comfortable, economically, the next sixty to a hundred years on this side of the pond.
TIME FRAME: 18 months
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Fabian Nunez' Excessive Spending: Is The REAL Shadiness Is In The CAMPAIGN SPENDING?
From Zuma's Inbox (zumadogg@gmail.com) regarding a new angle to explore regarding Nunez' "Glamorous Life" and excessive spending.
Zuma,
Here's another scoop you can beat the LA times too.
The recent articles on Nunez's excessive spending was focused on personal items purchased with campaign monies.
They missed the REAL crimes in campaign spending.
Look at the Campaign spending reports of many of these electeds...look at the payments to campaign consultants...
Hundreds of thousands of dollars of donated dollars being funneled into consultants for campaigns?
Nunez ran UNOPPOSED, how much campaign literature went out to his district, all he needed was ONE vote to win.
Where did all these campaign dollars go? Not to mailers, not to robo-phone calls.
Did it go to extensive campaign research and polls???
Or did it go to personal friends under the shadow of campaign workers -- and campaign advisers?
Or were there kick backs from these so called campaign consultants?
For example, Gil Cedillo raised over $300,000 for his election -- and spent it mostly on consultants and gifts -- but ran NO CAMPAIGN. (He had a built-in 80/20 advantage by the way Sacramento stacked the deck in district boundary's.)
You need to keep up the pressure on this SHADY bunch.
Zuma,
Here's another scoop you can beat the LA times too.
The recent articles on Nunez's excessive spending was focused on personal items purchased with campaign monies.
They missed the REAL crimes in campaign spending.
Look at the Campaign spending reports of many of these electeds...look at the payments to campaign consultants...
Hundreds of thousands of dollars of donated dollars being funneled into consultants for campaigns?
Nunez ran UNOPPOSED, how much campaign literature went out to his district, all he needed was ONE vote to win.
Where did all these campaign dollars go? Not to mailers, not to robo-phone calls.
Did it go to extensive campaign research and polls???
Or did it go to personal friends under the shadow of campaign workers -- and campaign advisers?
Or were there kick backs from these so called campaign consultants?
For example, Gil Cedillo raised over $300,000 for his election -- and spent it mostly on consultants and gifts -- but ran NO CAMPAIGN. (He had a built-in 80/20 advantage by the way Sacramento stacked the deck in district boundary's.)
You need to keep up the pressure on this SHADY bunch.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
New Photos: Villar and Hillary Go Searching for Zuma Dogg At His Secret Blogging Location
THEY'LL NEVER FIND ME, Y'ALL!
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
VillarGarcia's LAUSD $20 Billion Construction Budget HEIST IS ON!!!
HEY MARK "MR. K" GERMAIN: Remember all those calls ZD made to you over the past year and a half about LAUSD's $20 billion school construction budget -- and how you have a corrupt mayor who was sent to heist as much of the money for his political backers so they will promote him to governor? (Well those days may be gone...but he still has to pay 'em back for making him mayor.)
LOOKS LIKE THE HEIST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!!! TODAY! AT THE LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR YOU THAT THEY WANT TO "BORROW" SOME OF THE BOND MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE...THEN CAN ASK FOR ANOTHER BOND LATER, IF NEEDED. (Then maybe they can ask for another one, after that...INFINITY!)
from latimes.com:
L.A. board may shift $1 billion to school construction [Don't worry...they will!]
The Measure Y bond money was approved by voters in 2005 for modernizing existing campuses. [But VillarGarcia LAUSD School Board Wants To Use It For Something Else. So THEY will make that decision for you!!!]
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 23, 2007
Los Angeles school district officials want to close most of a staggering deficit in the school-construction program by using more than $1 billion in bond money that was meant for other purposes. The Los Angeles Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the shift today. [Let me take a guess...they'll APPROVE to shift this money?]
The proposal, expected to pass, would use -- for new schools -- money that would have repaired and modernized existing schools, improved Internet access and other technology on campuses, and built and repaired preschool centers. Instead, the funds will backfill the plan to build 145 schools in an effort to provide all students with a neighborhood campus that operates on a traditional two-semester schedule. [Because you can't hijack that much of the budget with little old repairs and modernization -- you have to build entire new construction projects to heist that much money efficiently and with no transparancy or accountability.]
"Our hope here is that this is just a borrowing, if you will, of those funds" and the original programs "will be finished sometime in the future with other funds, whether they be from future bond measures or from other sources," said Edwin Van Ginkel, senior development manager for the Los Angeles Unified School District. [Borrow now...people will forget it's a loan, then pass a bond measure in the future if you need more money. And how dare you vote, "No"...IT'S FOR THE KIDS, REMEMBER!?!?]
Van Ginkel added that the bond's wording allows for such a transfer. [It's called "loopholes" and they are intentional. To these people if it DOESN'T say they can't...to them it means they CAN. Ethics/Spirit of Intent vs What they can get away with, those shady f*cks...they should all be locked up in jail for what this new LAUSD school board is pulling!]
But the fine print of ballot resolutions is not enough, said Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights.
"Politicians will try to use whatever money is on hand to fill any hole they have," Court said. "And in those cases they're often very flexible with 'the voter's intent' when the voter's intent wasn't that elastic. Politicians can't lawfully seize on the fine print to use money where that use was not made explicitly clear." (Words suitable for framing.)
[Infomercial Announcer: BUT WAIT...There's more!] Even after all the planned construction, tens of thousands of students will still attend classes in portables.
Justifications aside, a promise to voters is a promise, said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. "There was a factual determination that over a billion dollars was needed to renovate schools where students are going right now. To take money away from that seems a fundamental violation of public trust."
The point is not lost on Scott Folsom, vice-chair of the district's bond oversight committee.
Even after the new schools are built, he said, 80% to 90% of students will be attending schools that exist today.
Still, the oversight committee approved the transfer last week. Its decision is not binding on the school board, which rarely goes against such recommendations. [NO WONDER MONICA GARCIA PULLED THE PLUG ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S INVOLVEMENT!!! And Laura Chick appointed (endless non-action report-writer) Connie Rice to the "School Construction Bond Citizens' Oversight Committee" (LMFAO!)]
Folsom foresees another difficult juncture approaching: "We are going to need to go to the voters at some point in the future -- not that far away -- to ask for more money." [AND WITH THAT FINAL SENTENCE...ALL OF ZD'S PREDICTIONS HAVE NOW COME TRUE. F*CK YOU ANTONTIO AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING YOU UP TO THIS. HAVE SOME PRIDE AND DIGNITY...OH YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YOU F*CKING HISTORICAL DISGRACE! MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA...THE PERFECT LOOKING PUPPET, WITH THE PERFECT SOUNDING NAME, SENT OUT BY HIS CORPORTATE MASTERS TO SELL OUT HIS OWN PEOPLE! YOU ARE GOING TO HELL ANTONIO! SAVE YOUR SOUL NOW, WHILE THERE IS STILL HOPE TO REDEEM YOURSELF. IF YOU ARE A RELGIOUS MAN, BEYOND USING IT FOR POLITICAL GAINS...YOU ARE GOING TO HELL, BRO! HAVE FUN! (Karma is a bitch, and no wonder your whole life and political career has unraveled.)
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LOOKS LIKE THE HEIST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!!! TODAY! AT THE LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR YOU THAT THEY WANT TO "BORROW" SOME OF THE BOND MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE...THEN CAN ASK FOR ANOTHER BOND LATER, IF NEEDED. (Then maybe they can ask for another one, after that...INFINITY!)
from latimes.com:
L.A. board may shift $1 billion to school construction [Don't worry...they will!]
The Measure Y bond money was approved by voters in 2005 for modernizing existing campuses. [But VillarGarcia LAUSD School Board Wants To Use It For Something Else. So THEY will make that decision for you!!!]
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 23, 2007
Los Angeles school district officials want to close most of a staggering deficit in the school-construction program by using more than $1 billion in bond money that was meant for other purposes. The Los Angeles Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the shift today. [Let me take a guess...they'll APPROVE to shift this money?]
The proposal, expected to pass, would use -- for new schools -- money that would have repaired and modernized existing schools, improved Internet access and other technology on campuses, and built and repaired preschool centers. Instead, the funds will backfill the plan to build 145 schools in an effort to provide all students with a neighborhood campus that operates on a traditional two-semester schedule. [Because you can't hijack that much of the budget with little old repairs and modernization -- you have to build entire new construction projects to heist that much money efficiently and with no transparancy or accountability.]
"Our hope here is that this is just a borrowing, if you will, of those funds" and the original programs "will be finished sometime in the future with other funds, whether they be from future bond measures or from other sources," said Edwin Van Ginkel, senior development manager for the Los Angeles Unified School District. [Borrow now...people will forget it's a loan, then pass a bond measure in the future if you need more money. And how dare you vote, "No"...IT'S FOR THE KIDS, REMEMBER!?!?]
Van Ginkel added that the bond's wording allows for such a transfer. [It's called "loopholes" and they are intentional. To these people if it DOESN'T say they can't...to them it means they CAN. Ethics/Spirit of Intent vs What they can get away with, those shady f*cks...they should all be locked up in jail for what this new LAUSD school board is pulling!]
But the fine print of ballot resolutions is not enough, said Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights.
"Politicians will try to use whatever money is on hand to fill any hole they have," Court said. "And in those cases they're often very flexible with 'the voter's intent' when the voter's intent wasn't that elastic. Politicians can't lawfully seize on the fine print to use money where that use was not made explicitly clear." (Words suitable for framing.)
[Infomercial Announcer: BUT WAIT...There's more!] Even after all the planned construction, tens of thousands of students will still attend classes in portables.
Justifications aside, a promise to voters is a promise, said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. "There was a factual determination that over a billion dollars was needed to renovate schools where students are going right now. To take money away from that seems a fundamental violation of public trust."
The point is not lost on Scott Folsom, vice-chair of the district's bond oversight committee.
Even after the new schools are built, he said, 80% to 90% of students will be attending schools that exist today.
Still, the oversight committee approved the transfer last week. Its decision is not binding on the school board, which rarely goes against such recommendations. [NO WONDER MONICA GARCIA PULLED THE PLUG ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S INVOLVEMENT!!! And Laura Chick appointed (endless non-action report-writer) Connie Rice to the "School Construction Bond Citizens' Oversight Committee" (LMFAO!)]
Folsom foresees another difficult juncture approaching: "We are going to need to go to the voters at some point in the future -- not that far away -- to ask for more money." [AND WITH THAT FINAL SENTENCE...ALL OF ZD'S PREDICTIONS HAVE NOW COME TRUE. F*CK YOU ANTONTIO AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING YOU UP TO THIS. HAVE SOME PRIDE AND DIGNITY...OH YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YOU F*CKING HISTORICAL DISGRACE! MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA...THE PERFECT LOOKING PUPPET, WITH THE PERFECT SOUNDING NAME, SENT OUT BY HIS CORPORTATE MASTERS TO SELL OUT HIS OWN PEOPLE! YOU ARE GOING TO HELL ANTONIO! SAVE YOUR SOUL NOW, WHILE THERE IS STILL HOPE TO REDEEM YOURSELF. IF YOU ARE A RELGIOUS MAN, BEYOND USING IT FOR POLITICAL GAINS...YOU ARE GOING TO HELL, BRO! HAVE FUN! (Karma is a bitch, and no wonder your whole life and political career has unraveled.)
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Monday, October 22, 2007
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