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By: sandy

sandy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:25:58 +0000

Thanks for the reply, Don, though I couldn’t disagree more about your comment on the city being better off with in “the big picture,” many of us who supported him or were undecided think his extreme take on everything from the graffiti “hanging as a crime” injunction, contrary to his promises to distinguish at-risk kids from real gangbangers and criminals; above all to his outright campaign lies to Chick and others on the Controller issue, and brushing off ethical issues; bizarre behavior in making unsubstantiated threats against vague people over the LAPD’s handling of the Lakers parade and Jackson events, other meddling in the procedures of LAPD which turned out to be wrong, possibly helping drive off the priceless Chief Bratton; wanting to vastly expand the City Attorney’s legal staff and create a 200-person secret police force we absolutely can’t afford, to carry out and try to find more of his vague and unsubstantiated missions; threatening to sue other officials and even volunteer Board and Commission members for disagreeing with him: maybe you haven’t been paying attention, but this isn’t the kind of “change” we needed. Good luck on Tuesday.

By: Don Duncan

Don Duncan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:14:57 +0000

Thanks for your comments. Politics can be frustrating this way. Jack Weiss was clear that he agreed with former City Attorney Delgadillo and the LAPD that all storefront MCDC and any sales of cannabis were illegal. We rolled the dice on Trutanich, who never made a commitment to support us despite our vocal support for him. In the big picture, the city is much better off with Trutanich in that powerful office – even if he disappoints us on this issue. We must also acknowledge that Zine position is consistent throughout this long process. He is pro-regulation, not pro-cannabis. Our work would be much harder if he took the obstructionist position of his ideological counterparts.

By: sandy

sandy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:30:06 +0000

As has been said, everyone’s been had, lied to, “Laura Chick’ed,” to get to this endorsement and help in voting against his opponent Jack Weiss.

By Trutanich and his friend Zine who now wants to make himself point man on the issue, and is playing up the excuse of robberies at medical marijuana shops to say he and Trutanich “changed their minds.” Pure demagoguery: tell someone what they want to hear to get their vote, then “realize” the full situation, any excuse to dump them.

At least with Weiss, you knew where he stood and now that the Obama Administration reversed its policy of insisting that fed law trumps state, and with Weiss having close ties to Obama, you’d have had a fair chance with someone who knows his way around municipal law and the city. It’s likely he’d have changed his views to balance the changed legal situation with the public safety advice of LAPD.

Did you REALLY think that a Republican whose core base is the most rightwing of talkshow hosts (listen to podcasts of Kevin James’ show on KRLA sometime), and the Walter Moore crowd, would be “more progressive” on this or any issue? Your best bet after Tuesday is to call him out publicly on this about-face, remind him point-blank of his promises, at least make them go on record.

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