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vanguard los angeles ca vol vi week of july 10 2011 accountability the government watchdog info@vanguardians.org www.vanguardians.org 818 243 1502 intellectual dishonesty vanguardians purpose to inform educate motivate the people for their non-violent involvement engagement advocacy in local government join us on face book vanguard goes to 15,000 glendale stakeholders every week providing decision making information that affects their quality of life vanguardians community forum july 14 ­ how the budget and fee structure will make glendale even less business friendly while it paves the way for new special tax districts if you havent seen how the city council is balancing the budget on your shoulders you need to read and heed july 21 ­ smart meters and more reservations are a must make them by calling or emailing barry allen 818 243 1502 separate checks will be provided minimum $5 donation is encouraged thursday july 14 2011 8am ­ foxys on colorado across from americana bring a stakeholder volunteers wanted to speak at city council and commission meetings training in those presentations is available i predict future happiness for americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them ­ thomas jefferson contents news maricopa davis los angeles controller adds to the list costa mesa ­ judge says hold the layoffs arizona needs the brown act s pas and rda ladwp #13closed session brown act violation bruce philpott gfd intellectual dishonesty 2 common area scoggins doesnt get it over the top pensions bye mr starbird dont send a postcard jd mia 3 public records starbird lies for weaver gusd api scores 4 vanguardians watchdog training team ­ maria bartrem contact email 1 commentary barry allen sitting in the catbird seat herbert molano the foreboding city your money or your life la shannon lewis coming soon 1

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5 the insider ahearn ready for 2013 election unhappy lawyers will he ever retire najarian needs an audiologist mayor could make better use of her time quintero and manoukian had staff looking for lifeline gladys was a no-bid is it any wonder lawsuits ­ how will they hurt the budget 6 the denizens on the dais garcia duct tape weaver mouth maricopa another 100 year city on the way to oblivion from the la times vanguard of davis vanguard analysis city budget and pension crisis and how new budget fixes it davis city employees flocked into the council chambers on june 21 many perhaps for the first time appeared to be stunned and shocked at what they were hearing in part this is due to lack of outreach and communication in part this is due to the fact that the previous city manager and city council kept the true nature of the problem hidden from public employee and the voters alike in order to understand why the seemingly sudden .5 million in personnel cuts is necessary we need to look at a number of factors that led to thi city takes another look at sites under supervision of rogue inspectors for construction experts watching the bribery scandal unfold at the department of building and safety there are nagging worries controller publishes state government csu payroll figures the office of state controller john chiang has updated its salary database with pay pension benefits and other compensation data for 256,222 state of california employees and another 123,406 california state university workers judge halts layoffs in costa mesa arizona woman arrested for speaking at city council meeting south pasadena suspends community redevelopment commission meetings ladwp among most hated agencies in america the los angeles department of water and power has been picked on by the city council bashed by ratepayers and slammed by taxpayer advocates for everything from escalating rates to confusing bills to poor customer service but perhaps the critics never knew how bad it was until now a business journal has placed the dwp at no 13 on a list of the 19 most hated companies in america napa county district attorney gary lieberstein has scolded the st helena city council for violating the states open meetings law the ralph m brown act although we have determined the evidence developed is insufficient to support criminal charges against any individual member of the council we have concluded that the council did violate numerous sections of the brown act lieberstein wrote in a letter sent to the council on tuesday these violations apparently were undertaken as a result of incorrect legal advice provided to the council however incorrect legal advice does not justify or excuse violations of the law lieberstein said his office launched an investigation after receiving numerous complaints about the councils conduct in april regarding a misleading agenda echoing similar accusations by star publisher doug ernst and the nonprofit watchdog group californians aware lieberstein called the councils march 30 closed session agenda misleading the agenda for the now-infamous closed session meeting at city hall said the council would be discussing the city managers performance evaluation but rather than limiting the closed-door discussion to the city managers performance evaluation the council went on to dismiss the city manager and to decide her compensation totaling $115,000 in cash and benefits liebersteins letter said the discussion violated the brown act because it certainly went well beyond the scope of the posted agenda lieberstein said samuel adams it does not require a majority to prevail but rather an irate tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people s minds vanguard is published independently by vanguardians inc advocating for accountability­ our vision is to live in a community where all people can enjoy accountability integrity effectiveness and responsiveness from our government 1 commentary 2

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you may agree or disagree with the views below feel free to comment on them the commentaries do not necessarily reflect the position of vanguardians and are the opinions of the writer from the publisher sitting in the cat bird seat a very busy week even with a holiday lots happening in the shrinking city of glendale as the population reduces leaving fewer people to pay the bills and ever-increasing fees first off it was delightful to see my electronic media colleague larry zarian at foxys on thursday morning larry doesnt have me on his cable show any more because i dont let him be a mike hog he thought i looked great and i explained that when you are on the hunt for corrupt prey you look and feel fantastic at the vanguardians community forum we covered the importance of the political reform act statement of economic interest form 700 several sets were passed around the room that evoked numerous questions this opened the way for a discussion of councilmember ara najarians outburst against hooker margaret hammond and herbert molano regarding hate speech and cockroaches one of najarians supporters spoke up that najarian is going through emotional turmoil because of his divorce i mentioned that najarian told me he was upset about what was written about where he lived whether it was california nad lexington or with mother mary in lacanada his supporter blamed the divorce saying that he najarian had no place to live and had to go home to his mother of course i mentioned that he had to live in glendale in order to stay on the council and i was admonished for even questioning where he lived just another distraction i said that if he was emotionlly distraught maybe he should step down and get some therapy or counseling the city council health insurance covers that bottomline ­ just like the cockroaches were a distraction of the real issues for instance on how najarian could vote against the public on emergency medical services and vote for up to 100 more employees shows where his head is meanwhile there is an urgency ordinance on the agenda during the afternoon session regarding what to do with the rda no doubt there will only be staff there making sure their jobs are safe last weeks council meeting ended at 7pm even with a large contingent from the korean sister city organization taking up 15-20 minutes of council time the public continues to complain that the mayor keeps insisting oral communications oc should be held after the important business of government concludes oral communications is guaranteed by the ralph m brown open meetings act oc could be at an earlier hour if awards and presentations would be moved to lets say 4pm that way the staff involved could go home without the extra burden of ot or compensatory time off and the few public speakers left could speak at an earlier hour restricting council and staff comments to 3 minutes and speaking about their governmental duties instead of pre-election visits to groups would also mean sticking to business i have yet to hear a report from weaver on the high speed rail committee or a report from friedman on the ethics and audit committees of the mwd on which she sits or a scag report by the way our new webmaster is creating a whole new web experience let him know what you want to see on it by sending him yours just click web if you can t drink a lobbyist s whiskey take his money sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning you don t belong in politics jesse unruh and the same holds true for municipal unions and their pacs the foreboding city no it is not a misspelling it is a misapprehension worthy of the ming dynasty it is the city of glendale in a quagmire of bureaucrats ruling and taxing its public into eventual oblivion bureaucrats bureaucrats everywhere ruling everyone and everything in it they choose the elected officials and think up hundreds of ways of taking the publics money while they are at it theyll create for themselves the greatest fanfare the highest accolades where everybody toots his horn but where the real porcelain is set in the kiln of the highest benefits known to public officials in the civilized world 3

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theyve chosen the citys leadership trained them on what to say and obliged them on what to do all in the successful effort to extract for themselves unheard of salaries incredible pensions and status not seen even in the china of the 1400s here is a sampling of glendale 2011 and how they rule the city manager gives mayor laura friedman her talking points so she says when proposition 13 came the city got stuck with low rates unlike other neighboring cities but they never show the public how property taxes went from $6 million to $80 million in a span of twenty years theyve taken nearly all of it for themselves the city manager gives councilman najarian his talking points so he says the economy has hit glendale hard and the budget shortfall is causing the citys budget problems but he never tells the public that government doubled its budget in the last decade increased pension benefits by hundreds of millions of dollars and its long-term debt by hundreds of millions more the city manager tells councilman weaver his talking points so he says calpers lied to us we didnt know just how bad our pension obligation would be hindsight is 20-20 but he doesnt tell you that the pension bonanza mistake he approved in 2001 he doubled in 2005 the city manager tells councilman quintero his talking points so the unofficial historian says we are one of the best run cities in the country we have some of the best city employees working for us we lose them unless we pay them compatible wages but he quickly forgets the history of police chief randy adams the millions of dollars lost in court cases due to police misconduct he remains mum on the outright income fable that ex-fire chief hinz gave on the efficiencies and millions in revenues that the publicly run ems would bring and so the bureaucracy rules tacking on more paperwork and creating more waste they impose more fees and take home all of it they want more building construction but all the new property tax money goes right into their pockets and they keep on hiring and piling on the benefits to themselves men with guns and men in uniform were renown in the ming dynasty bureaucrats created their own closely held commercial world then they strangled trade and free commerce that was the side of the ming we often dont hear or the equivalent to the royalty to which we pay tribute in glendale glendale california and its management association they want to appear as nearly perfect royalty but they are nothing more than just another nasty dynasty learn chinese the real entrepreneurs are coming to rule us herbert molano click here for glendale today new content most people want the benefits of an accountable government but are afraid to work for accountability or to support those that do often because they fear retaliation or are the beneficiaries of the largesse or corruption of government your money or your life in one of the most memorable skits in comedy this question posed to jack benny by a would be robber remains as one of the funniest self-deprecating scenes that exude exemplary timing jack benny pauses folds his arms touches his face and then pauses to ponder what to answer he looks to the audience as if we are all in on the joke the crowd roars with laughter your money or your life that is the question the glendale fire department appears to be asking us the problem is that this question is neither a joke nor is it funny it is deadly serious money is at the center of most discussions dealing with the gfd money today and money tomorrow appears as the constant issue we find with the gfd the chief and his fire union but how often do they come to tell us about life saving issues in particular performance saving lives my searches through the gfd website for such performance information left me guessing i found a page of data in the glendale fire rescue news for march-april at the end of this internal magazine after all the birthday listing and social photo ops we get to the statistics chest pains ­ heart attack 205 page 18 there you have it those are the kinds of incidences that we should all know so how many were actual heart attacks how many arrived alive at the emergency room dont bother looking you wont find it youll have a much easier time finding information about the fire v police hoops team results fire 102 pd 71 page 9 what is funny is that you hear them self-congratulate themselves before the city council as being among the best that is usually a signal for quintero and the other councilmen to chime in it is like pavlovs dog the gfd comes into the room council members salivate or swoon so where are the performance measures for the city of seattle we can do some quick searches here is what we know 4

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seattle and king county medic one program is recognized as one of the nations best medic ones survival rates are easily found here on wikipedia survival rates based on clearly defined parameters shows up as trends graphs bystander witnessed vf/vt due to heart disease 49 so what is the equivalent survival rate for glendale why are these performance statistics never brought up before the city council or the general public i did manage to get a paper document on the first year the gfd collected the data though a similar measure as medic one was not presented it did show that less than 4 of heart attack ems calls resulted in survivability i have tried numerous times during the years to get performance reports similar to those of recognized best in class emergency programs in the nation but the usual reports show only the number of incidents per calendar period or average response times the seattle or miami programs are run by fire paramedics and i would bet my life on the high skill and competence of glendales own fire ems personnel that is not the issue here what is relevant to all residents and visitors to glendale is that management policies that raise the public profile of the gfd may result in delays that have dire consequences on the survivability of stroke and cardiac arrest victims all of seattles fire paramedics ride on emr rescue ambulances and not on fire engines miami has teams that rides on motorcycles and are on continuous active service throughout the city their response times are significantly better than glendales paramedics but seattle stands uniquely atop the ems world with their clear accountability to results ­ does the patient survive imagine now that your father has a heart attack and you were to call 911 and the operator was to ask you we could send a 40-foot ladder truck a 50-thousand pound fire engine a rescue ambulance or a motorcycle there is little question that if there is traffic congestion the delays could add several minutes to response times and the most agile vehicle will reach your home fastest but to the citys management a fire truck and engine would be greater pr for the fire department they are more visible the more public relations augment their image the more money and benefits they can extract ems magazine recognizes seattle as the nations best read an article here where even in their own professional world performance stats do matter but during the city council budget session that should establish a link between money doled and performance accountability the performance measure disappears so back to jack benny and his confrontation to the would-be robber as jack ponders the question the robber keeps repeating his demand your money or your life exasperated jack replies wait a minute i am thinking well its time to stop thinking and delay facing the obvious we are paying through the nose for the fire and ems service twice as much as we did ten years ago the most experienced employees retire earlier and we get no performance results i cant decide whether to laugh or cry but if the ems program doesnt improve we may all die laughing and leaving our families much poorer herbert molano click here for glendale today new content coming soon in her unique way la shannon lewis does the claims for damages in the city vanguardians has found that the claims are a harbinger of larger problems in 2008 la shannon looked into the claims and it was noted there were a high number of city operated vehicles in costly collisions a brief skimming of the claims indicates there is no change it is the little things that act as spotlights on problems vanguard is happy to have la shannon back on our team ba la shannon lewis more supporting information on the intellectual dishonesty of the glendale fire department in a glendale news press community commentary titled fire department critic is misinformed october 28 2008 glendale fire chief harold scoggins published a response to an earlier community commentary where i advocated staffing engine companies with three firefighters to provide firefighter safety while saving $5.4 million per year 5

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scoggins article states philpott is incorrect when he states that firefighters cannot enter a burning structure until a second engine company arrives on scene a fire company staffed with four firefighters allows it to arrive at a fire emergency and start an aggressive interior fire attack without having to wait for the next arriving fire company chief scoggins explains the occupational safety and health administrations two-in two-out standard is enforced during interior firefighting operations it means that we need two firefighters on the exterior to be available to effect a rescue when two firefighters are on the interior a fire company staffed with four firefighters effectively meets this standard chief scoggins is correct when he states that osha enforces the law that requires the entry team to be comprised of a 2in 2-out team of firefighters for safety purposes chief scoggins is incorrect when he states that a four person engine company can make up a safe entry team and comply with osha that reality came crashing down on the gfd on august 3 2009 at a residential structure fire on chilton street two firefighters made an aggressive attack on the interior while the other two firefighters remained at the engine parked in the street this was done to comply with other safety standards set by the national fire protection association nfpa that requires the captain to remain outside the fire ground operations as the incident commander and the engineer assigned a fixed post at the controls of the water pump at the chilton fire the two that made entry encountered heavy smoke and heat at a second floor landing they became disoriented dropped their attack hose which was never found and one firefighter began to crawl on his hands and knees down the stairs while the other one lay on the floor unable to move because the two-out rapid rescue team was not in place the firefighter who remained immobile in the burning structure was severely injured when he was finally rescued by two burbank firefighters who arrived on the second engine company he had sustained burns to his torso and hands that required a three month stay at the grossman burn ward in sherman oaks according to an extensive investigation that followed the more severely injured firefighter nearly lost his life osha conducted a subsequent investigation and concluded that the gfd failed to provide the necessary safety requirements of four firefighters on the initial ground attack and issued the department a formal notice of violation this violation carries a $17,000 civil penalty but was waived because the osha investigation exceeded the time required in the statutes to impose a fine the delay was the result of the gfds effort to keep the violation hidden it is important to note that this is the first official violation of the 2-in 2-out issued by osha in modern california firefighting history should the gfd violate this procedure again as they did in the chilton fire osha may make a criminal finding citing willful intent chief scoggins community commentary also states two of the most significant areas of concern with the reduction of staffing involve public and firefighter safety which should not be compromised but scoggins confuses the safety issue with staffing had both of the first two arriving engine companies been staffed with three they would have had sufficient personnel to comply with the 2-in 2-out osha requirement and no firefighter would have been injured because they would have had a rescue team in place they would have also complied fully with the national fire protection association standards chief scoggins told the glendale city council on may 25 2011 that a new national institute of standards and technology nist study revealed that a four person engine company is 25 more efficient than a three person company on structure fires here is where intellectual dishonesty appears once again what he failed to say is that the study also revealed that the four person companies are only one percent 1 more efficient in rescuing someone inside and only two percent 2 more efficient in putting water on the fire the one and two percentages represent several seconds in time the fire chief says it is too great of a risk to staff engines with three firefighters and that four should not be compromised but the chilton fire puts the safety issue in a new perspective by allowing a four person engine to attack a structure fire scoggins almost lost one of his own firefighters and was formally sanctioned by osha intellectual dishonesty occurs when a public official decides to omit important information in order to guide a desired outcome the fire chief has an open invitation to discuss and debate this issue in a public setting away from the city council meetings whose format protects city officials from public scrutiny but he will continue to decline invitations because his intellectual dishonesty will be exposed on two fronts engine company staffing on medical and fire calls and his new ems model that will ultimately cost lives bruce philpott the penalty good men and women pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men plato take action ­ get involved ­ be informed ­ share vanguard ­ volunteer 6

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2common area [ed note the new name of the vanguard community input area as suggested by former council member john drayman on march 1 2011 ed ­ letters published do not necessarily express the opinion of vanguardians vanguard news service the organization or barry allen names are used only when requested initials are used as there are people believe it or not who are concerned with retaliation or have issues before a legislative body letters may be published that are signed and are not hate oriented after reading philpotts article in vanguard and hearing him speak at the vanguard community forum i understand why fire chief scoggins wont appear on a program with him philpotts interest is the community while the fire chief is with the union too bad it is the community that suffers with management like that g green i am told the 90 retirements bestowed upon california s police and firemen is just the tip of the iceberg think 90 is generous check out the fact the city manager and others whose retirements are going to top 100 of their salaries considering they no longer contribute to their retirement or other hard cost deductions when they retire that seems to be in effect a retirement that can exceed 110 or more of their salary i thought this was crazy talk but a simple visit to the calpers site bears the truth while the safety employees cap at 90 the other managers do not retirements at more than 100 of what are already overly generous salaries is something i find hard to fathom no wonder the city manager has stayed so long dn isnt it time for starbird to look for another city to ruin glendale is broke there is no longer $500,000 in unrestricted reserves he approved the gfd to hire another 60-80 employees that will give reduced emergency medical service i read an article in the gnp about a garage fire that had an explosives component and saw a picture of all that fire equipment if that happened under the new plan how many paramedics would have been working that explosion barry allen spoke about that on tuesday and he was right about the council making this new policy it is just shameful that something of this nature doesnt go to the voters gk where is john drayman why hasnt the gpd concluded their investigation what about the inspection of his condo rebuild were mark sheridan and jeff decker his accomplices where is the city on its lawsuit against adi i think that the public deserves an answer kgb 3 public information just the facts public records prove that weaver and starbird lied about the 9-11 system that throws false calls unbelievable that weaver and starbird both are liars this is in response to your request referenced above specifically you request the following according to city manager starbird and council member weaver there are repeated 911 false calls from locations about the city coming into the glendale police department budget study session 6-7-11 about 11:30 am please provide records showing the documentation of that claim as other such calls contacts with the appropriate 911 provider statistics showing the number and locations of such calls records showing statistics or the numbers of such calls were not located carmen o merino general counsel ­ police vanguardians has requested a follow-up on warm or phantom calls perhaps a call to mrs weaver might explain everything california public school ranking 2010 api scores released for gusd school mountain avenue elementary monte vista elementary rosemont middle valley view elementary verdugo woodlands elementary john c fremont elementary abraham lincoln elementary score 943 941 923 920 920 913 910 rank 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 7 7 9 3 10 9 8 ss rank 7

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dunsmore elementary la crescenta elementary anderson w clark magnet high crescenta valley high balboa elementary mark keppel elementary r d white elementary thomas jefferson elementary glenoaks elementary columbus elementary john marshall elementary benjamin franklin elementary woodrow wilson middle horace mann elementary thomas edison elementary verdugo academy eleanor j toll middle john muir elementary cerritos elementary theodore roosevelt middle herbert hoover high glendale high college view daily allan f high continuation jewel city community day 907 894 889 884 876 870 867 865 864 853 847 845 845 827 820 816 814 797 790 785 773 756 711 567 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 8 7 5 5 6 7 6 c b 5 5 10 8 10 8 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 10 9 8 c b councilman manoukian has a webpage where readers can get data that is not easily obtained www.manoukian.us all truths are easy to understand once they have been discovered the point is to discover them galileo galilei city meeting calendar for the city of glendale ca click to view the agenda city council housing authority redevelopment agency meetings at city hall ch are in the council chambers 2 floor at 613 e broadway meetings at the municipal services bldg msb are in room 105 at 633 e broadway meetings at the perkins bldg pb are in the conference room at 141 n glendale ave phone numbers are in area code 818 unless noted otherwise monday july 11 commission on the status of women ­ 5:30 pm ch 548-4844 tuesday july 12 housing authority 2:30 pm ch 548-2060 redevelopment agency 2:30 pm ch 548-2005 joint meeting ­re urgency ordinance and other actions authorizing the city of glendale to participate in the alternative voluntary redevelopment program ­ 2:30 pm ch 548-4844 city council 6:00 pm ch 548-4844 wednesday july 13 planning hearing officer 9:30 am msb 548-2140 civil service commission 5:00 pm ch 548-2110 thursday july 14 design review board #1 5:00 pm msb 548-2140 saturday july 16 th glendales 18 annual cruise night ­ 5:30 to 10:30 pm downtown brand boulevard between doran and broadway 818 548-4844 nd 4 vanguardians vanguardians team maria bartrem is in charge of special projects including the chilton fire here is a little of her background she has a ba in criminal justice from michigan state university and held various positions within the state government maria conducted highly complex and thorough field investigations conducted extensive and complex investigations related to health care providers and their billing practices that included interviewing witnesses and subjects gathering evidence preparing documents and reports and submitting cases to the attorney general for prosecution in addition she worked jointly with investigators from other state and federal agencies 8

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in addition ms bartrem has extensive written verbal and analytical skills extensive research skills regarding various policies and procedures related to various programs she participated in various forms of resolutions including submitting cases for administrative hearings to law judges vanguardians has affiliations with vanguard of davis vanguard of oxnard residents of the city of bell the alhambra taxpayers association and is working closely with other grass roots local organizations that are in the formation stage vanguard archives are available by clicking ­ home page of open government in glendale california people from all over la county are asking for vanguard and for vanguardians training we are expanding our coverage of la county activities to accommodate the needs of the community vanguard is following these lawsuits and others the 5 gpd officers rodriguez gillespie hayn hunter mendoza the cases cited are from the randy adams regime and continue under chief depompa vanguardians needs your continuing financial support please make checks payable to vanguardians mail to pob 11202 glendale ca 91226 your contributions are tax deductible you will receive a receipt for income tax purposes the ralph m brown act mandates legislative bodies to provide each person an opportunity to speak and requires that agendas are posted and meetings are open the california public records act pra is the tool to get information about the operations of government the political reform act of 1974 allows public access to the financial reports of public officials www.maplight.org to follow the money trail from special interests to the policy maker to become more involved in your community to learn how to use these important tools call 818 243 1502 from the glendale news press 12-29-2003 the beginning of accountability in glendale claiming that the city needs better oversight to monitor its finances and actions [barry allen is calling on city residents to form a watchdog group to look into everything i think an outside independent agency that isn t funded by the city that s funded by a grass-roots initiative is what we really need legislative liaison web facebook fire special projects vanguardians contact information general mailbox glendale claims vanguard davis vanguard oxnard vanguard bell vanguard alhambra vanguard editor vanguard publisher vanguard letters moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk the right way is not always the popular and easy way standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character margaret chase smith 5 the insider is written by city employees that care about the way the city is run as they are concerned about retaliation their identities are secret vanguard provides them the opportunity to have this forum the comments are their own dave ahearn had another going away party he didnt go far just to the city of la rumor has it that ahearn is going to replace someone on the glendale city council as an insider he will be able to scope out the hidden liabilities lots of dissension in the law department regarding the fact that there was no open process for the selection of scott howards replacement and the concern over the promotion and future promotion of ann maurer there is also grumbling about taxpayer money being spent on the cas retirement party only about $1k in cash the rest in employee time for the planning use of city phones and computers when and if jim starbird retires many city employees past and present would make a contribution to get rid of him sure we get paid more than any other cities workers but being emasculated second guessed and micromanaged isnt worth the abuse politics is entertainment its a sport its for the well groomed and well heeled the impeccably dressed party animals politicians are interchangeable bob dylan 9

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6 the denizens on the dais weaver didnt have much to say when will the city attorney-select mike garcia bring a roll of duct tape to put over weavers mouth to silence his incessant chatter there are lip readers in the audience not just on the dais so they too can read weavers lips mr najarian also can reach into someones mind and determine what he said without him saying it and then making a big brouhaha over it what najarian did reminds me of a cop that pulled me over and i asked him why he said that i broke no laws today but a few weeks ago he saw me run a stop sign and he was too busy to write me then so he was going to do it now isnt that ridiculous but that is what najarian did he blasted mr hooker over something he didnt say or do i asked the person he was sitting next to if hooker made that statement and she said that she didnt hear hooker mention cockroaches in fact the only one that claims he heard it was najarian najarian owes hooker a public apology if that is the case ms mayor shared her luncheons and dinners with us but not a word about the mwd and the two committees on which she sits she has gone on record that she spent 55 hours in budget study sessions what she hasnt said is that she listened to 55 hours of pr from those with a vested interest in the budget the staff had she used those 55 hours listening to herbert molano harry zavos bruce philpott and others vested in the community she would have learned something she did go on record bashing gary huerta a gnp columnist writing about his opinions that he could have called her and she would have set him straight can you believe quintero and manoukian asked challenging questions of staff who were rudderless in the absence of cm starbird steve lins from the gwp was at a loss for buying all those badger meters while the gwp is switching to smart meters lins is the guy that got a $20k raise behest of ca howard it pays to belong to the sardo family no bids on the wonderful gladys property that the city has on the books for $10,000,000 as a purchase rather than show it as a judgment against the city the city wanted to auction the houses off that are uninhabitable without the purchaser spending a million dollars just to build retaining walls meanwhile not a peep from the council on the lawsuit against aig the citys insurer or the suit against fedcon the contractor for the pacificedison joint school-city facility or the lawsuit against adi important information on the brown act overall rating for the week ending july 9 2011 weaver quintero najarian friedman manoukian fbffb you can t win an argument with a moron an idiot or a political bigot kraft email info@vanguardians.org to subscribe to the weekly news on issues that impact you vanguardians encourage and support advocacy involvement and engagement with government vanguard is intended for personal use by recipient and forwarding without change to recipients personal email list vanguardians is a 501c3 educational non-profit corporation contributions are tax deductible vanguardians does not use commercial fundraisers to ensure you receive vanguard please add our email addresses info@vanguardians.org vanguardweekly@gmail.com and ba@fieldworks.net to your address book or internet service provider safe list annual subscription for email $50 by us mail $75 newsstand $2 per issue to unsubscribe reply with the word unsubscribe in the subject line copyrighted materials used with permission issn 2158-7280 ©2011 10

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