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| El Grito? |
Let me give you a hint. This was something so very important and urgent that it simply could not wait to be put on the City Council agenda in the ordinary course of business, which would have given the public to comment on it. Want another hint? Here is how Reyes put it in his motion, which Rosendahl seconded:
What, you may ask, is "El Grito?"
It is not Spanish for "grits," but that was an excellent guess. Instead, it is the battle cry of the war of Mexican Independence.
Excuse me, but how the hell is giving money to a "non-profit" to celebrate "El Grito" an emergency?
I wish I were making this crap up. And, as usual, there's more. There's always more, as in another motion, to spend $62,500 of your money to fund the following celebratory events: the "Blessing of the Animals," the "Day of the Dead," and my own personal favorite, the "Virgen de Guadalupe."
I MOVE that the Council determine, as provided in Section 54954.2(b)(2) of the Govermnent Code, and pursuant to Rule 23 of the Rules of the City Council, that there is a need to take immediate action on the following matter AND that the need for action came to the attention of the City Council subsequent to the posting of the agenda for today's Council meeting.The urgent matter was as follows: Giving $25,000 of your money to a "non-profit" called "The Wall Memorias Project," for "various expenses incurred for this year's celebration of El Grito."
What, you may ask, is "El Grito?"
It is not Spanish for "grits," but that was an excellent guess. Instead, it is the battle cry of the war of Mexican Independence.
Excuse me, but how the hell is giving money to a "non-profit" to celebrate "El Grito" an emergency?
I wish I were making this crap up. And, as usual, there's more. There's always more, as in another motion, to spend $62,500 of your money to fund the following celebratory events: the "Blessing of the Animals," the "Day of the Dead," and my own personal favorite, the "Virgen de Guadalupe."
What we really need in this town is a greater emphasis on Mexican culture and Roman Catholicism, don't you think?
Vile, vile, vile, vile.
ReplyDelete2 speaker cards for "El Grito" got in before the UNANIMOUS 10-0 VOTE! It was the end of Fri's meeting, with Mr. Zine as chair-clown of the meeting, as Zine tried to pull up the vote before the sergeant at arms could approach with the 2 cards, because the speakers literally had
ReplyDelete60 SECONDS to find a card, fill it out, give it to the Sargeant at Arms!
The City Attorney found this farce "an emergency!" Carmen Trutanich has forfeited control of his office to the City Hall Gang. He's got less than 3 years left on his ONE TERM in office. He might as well preent a motion for an all expense-paid 1 year cruise around the world for "Latino Outreach!" On this trip, he would give welfare applications and maps of how to get to L.A. to live "FREE." (Literally for FREE.)
It would be an "emergency" I believe under current practices negating notice since no legal authority exists for the City of Los Angeles.
The vote: 10 ayes! Motion PASSES FORTHWITH!
THERE! I just got Nuch his free world trip! Now the rest of us will stay here in L.A. and pay those 33% higher Health premiums and 24% higher DWP rates. L.A. is truly "the land of opportunity" isn't it?
El Grito would be funny if it weren't so serious. What about celebrating the founders of THIS country, Washington, Adams, and Jefferson! We could celebrate Paul Revere's ride for freedom, but we don't. Why? It seems to me we've lost our guts.
ReplyDeleteNo more. My brain is fried on their stupidity.
ReplyDeleteWalter, I hope you're keeping all of your articles, they would make great material for a dark comedy film. You could start it out with Joe Friday from Dragnet saying "These stories are true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent".
ReplyDeleteWait! Just the other day City Council was discussing raising the rent on one of their tenants at a nusery school because the City was near bankruptcy.....now the City is spending our taxed dollars to fund murals on public walls....only to eventually be sprayed-over with graffiti by vandals, as so often happens....then they call in the graffiti crew who eventually end-up painting over both the graffiti and the mural....which cost us $30 million dollars a year!
ReplyDeleteI love my pets dearly. But until City Hall gets a handle on its finances, perhaps they need to exercise an effort of self-denial and
tell the public because of their over-spending they are forced to cancell all of these taxpayer funded annual events.
Get me into elected office so WE can put a STOP to this wasteful spending of our tax dollars.
Respectfully,
I'm candidate David Barron
w.barron4cc.com