Los Angeles Braces for a Storm

Los Angeles Braces for a Storm

 

The winds of change reach Los Angeles as the court date for Prop R approaches. With the presiding judge granting the motion to place the Prop R Legal challenge on the August calendar, the forces of Los Angeles have lined up to do battle. Attorney Steve J Reyes of the Law Firm Kaufman Downing LLP—representing both the League of Women Voters and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce—has requested the court date be set on August 26, 2008.

 

Having no objections, Attorney Eric Grant, representing David Hernandez and Ted Hayes has agreed. Prop R, which was placed on the November ballot by the Los Angeles City Council in 2006, extended the term limits of City Council members to an additional four years. This was done under the guise of “ethics reform” and as a result combined two issues on a single ballot measure violating the states “single issue” clause. The ballot measure campaign, heavily funded by major business interests, convinced voters registered in Los Angeles to vote for the measure and it passed.

 

David Hernandez presented the legal challenge and enlisted Mr. Hayes to participate. Hernandez residing in the San Fernando Valley and Hayes a resident of Downtown Los Angeles, represent a vast cross section of individuals living in the Los Angeles area. The matter will be heard in the 2nd District, Court of Appeal, Division 8, 300 South Spring Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013, 213-830-7000.

 

In a year charged with political intrigue, the defeat of Prop R on “unconstitutional grounds”, will set the stage for a major political frenzy leading up to the March 2009 city elections. The immediate consequence will be six open city council seats with no incumbent eliminating the usual advantages enjoyed by incumbent office holders.

 

Those impacted by the legal challenge and decision to strike down Prop R will be: Council President Eric Garcetti  Dist. 13, Janice Hahn Dist.15, Ed Reyes Dist. 1, Dennis Zine Dist, 3, Jan Perry Dist. 9, Richard Alarcon Dist. 7, and Jack Weiss Dist. 5.  With the exception of Councilmember Weiss, who is running for City Attorney, all are seeking a third term.

 

In addition to the impact on current city council members, the defeat of Prop R will represent a major loss for the lobbyists and other special interest groups in Los Angeles. The measure was drafted by a law firm in San Francisco, which represents the Los Angeles Lobbyists and Public Affairs Association and was termed by its opponents as a measure “written by Lobbyists for Lobbyists.”

 

A victory on August 26, 2008 will represent the largest political accomplishment by activists and community groups since Prop 13.

As the political muscle of Los Angeles amasses to protect a well-funded, well-entrenched and seemingly invincible machine, the Winds of Change will engulf every corridor of City Hall.

 

Respectfully,
David Hernandez
www.termedout.com

 

http://www.kaufmandowning.com/client.php
http://www.lachamber.com/
http://www.eric-grant.com/
http://ethics.lacity.org/pdf/election/propr2006_yes_contributions.pdf
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/2ndDistrict/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd13/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd15/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd1/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd3/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd9/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd7/
http://www.lacity.org/council/cd5/
http://ethics.lacity.org/efs/public_election.cfm?election_id=37#S147

Los Angeles-China Town 2008

Los Angeles California

 

“Chinatown” 2008

 

Do any of you recall the classic 1974 movie about the back room deals and shady politicians in Los Angeles of the 1930s? It was such a classic that the phrase Chinatown became a generic buzzword for questionable political dealings.

 

The saga of Proposition R is a classic example of what the phrase has come to represent. From its inception as a measure written by lobbyists for lobbyists and its immediate and direct benefit to the politicians who were elected to represent the people, shades of the Jack Nicholson movie are daunting.

 

As the legal challenge heads back to open court in August of 2008 the fate of six Los Angeles City Council members and their third term in office hangs precariously in the wind, the smell of backroom smoke fills the air.

 

Two weeks ago the two organizations that the lobbyist enlisted to sponsor the measure, resurfaced and became part of the legal process on behalf of the City Council and City of Los Angeles. Here is a link to the documents filed.

 

http://www.eric-grant.com/oT1ckJVM/21%20%20League%20application%20and%20amicus%20brief.pdf

 

It is no surprise the League of Women Voters 

http://www.lwvlosangeles.org/index.html are back on the scene along with the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce http://www.lachamber.com/.

 

 

What is giving me that Chinatown feeling is the attorney representing them. As you can see from the documents field, their attorney is Stephen J. Kaufman.

 

Does that name look familiar?

 

 

Antonio  Villaraigosa
Villaraigosa for Mayor 2009 (ID:1305101) c/o Kaufman Downing LLP 777 S. Figueroa Street, Ste. 4050 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Telephone: (213) 452-6565 DOI: 03/11/08	Treasurer: Stephen J.  Kaufman 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4050 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Telephone: (213) 452-6565 Fax: (213) 452-6575

 

 

I do not know what to make of this, but one thing is for sure. If there ever was a David vs. Goliath battle it pales in comparison to what is taking place in Los Angeles.

 

When will a reporter with enough courage step forward and engage in real investigative reporting?

 

David Hernandez

 

 

This issue is purely about horses!

Friends,

 

To Start – this issue is not about saving Malibu Valley Farms – we won that battle – this issue is purely about horses – please read.

 

On July 9, 2007, Malibu Valley Farms was granted a Coastal Development Permit from the California Coastal Commission.  Malibu Valley Farms is a 31-acre parcel, but only six acres are flat.  The horses and structures all sit on these six acres.  As part of the approval, Malibu Valley Farms offered to place an agricultural easement over the remaining 25 acres and the Commissioners asked that our offer be included in the permit. 

 

Eleven months later, Malibu Valley Farms is on the Coastal Commission agenda again for final approval of the Findings and Conditions for its permit.  We just received a copy of the Conditions and are very concerned over the language being proposed by the Coastal Commission Staff.  Basically, Staff has written the Agricultural Easement as an Open Space Easement and requires that Malibu Valley Farms obtain an additional permit for any and all agricultural activities.  The ramifications of this go beyond Malibu Valley Farms because this permit will be used as precedent for agricultural easements once this is passed.

 

 Here is the language being proposed by the Staff:

 

Agricultural Easement

 

A.     No development, as defined in Section 30106 of the Coastal Act, shall occur in the Agricultural Easement Area as shown on Exhibit 29 except for:

 

1.      Restoration, protection and enhancement of native habitat and/or sensitive resources;

2.     Existing livestock fencing as shown on Exhibit 29.

 

AND

 

3.      The following development, if approved by the Coastal Commission as an amendment to the coastal development permit:

•        Agricultural production activities as defined as “activities that are directly related to the cultivation of agricultural products for sale.  Agricultural products are limited to food and fiber in their raw unprocessed state, and ornamental plant material.

•        Agricultural support facilities directly related to the cultivation of food, fiber and ornamental plants being undertaken on the site.

•        Maintaining livestock

 

B.     Prior to the issuance of the Coastal Development Permit, the applicant shall execute and record a document in a form and content acceptable to the Executive Director, granting to a public agency or private association approved by the Executive Director an agricultural conservation easement over the “agricultural easement area” described above, for the purpose of preventing development or improvement of the land for purposes other than agricultural production, and thus ensuring that the land remains in its historical, agricultural, forested or open-space condition.  The recorded easement shall include a formal legal description of the entire property; and a metes and bounds legal description and graphic depiction, prepared by a licensed surveyor, of the agricultural easement area, as generally shown on Exhibit 29.  The recorded document shall reflect that no development shall occur within the agricultural easement area except as otherwise set forth in this permit condition.  The offer shall be recorded free of prior liens and encumbrances which the Executive Director determines may affect the interest being conveyed.

 

There are several egregious aspects to what the Coastal Staff is trying to do:

 

1.    The only things permitted under the Staff’s version of an agricultural easement is native or sensitive habitat.  This is not agriculture, this is an open space conservation easement.   Staff is trying to redefine agriculture to be the same as open space.

 

2.   Agricultural activities require a separate permit – they are trying to take away the rights you have in an agricultural area and make you go back and ask permission to do those same things.

 

3.  In addition to calling a portion of the property an “agricultural area” – the Staff has gone a major step further.  In Section B they are stating that Malibu Valley Farms must grant an agricultural conservation easement over the agricultural area to a public agency or private association approved by Peter Douglas for the purpose of making sure the property is not used for anything other than agriculture production.  Horses are not agriculture production and will never be allowed in an agriculture area.

 

4.  I have attached a copy of Exhibit 29 which is referenced in the condition that Staff wrote.  In looking at it you will see that the Agricultural Easement Area is nowhere near the creek that was at issue in the original permit.  This isn’t about horses near creeks, this is about horses, period.

 

Staff did not want Malibu Valley Farms to be issued a permit.  And they lost that battle – so now they are doing everything they can to make sure horses are not agriculture.  They are once again trying to stop people from having horses in the Coastal Zone.  Throughout the state, there are historical agricultural uses and horses have always been included.  Now, Staff is taking the bold and clear stance that horses are not agriculture, and by the way, if you are in an agricultural area, the only right you have is to grow sensitive habitat.

 

If Staff gets their way, all areas declared to be agriculture will be limited to preservation of sensitive habitat.

 

The Staff is at it again and this time they are going against the Coastal Commissioners themselves.  The Commissioners approved an agricultural area, not a conservation area.  Staff did not write this recommendation based on what the Commissioners wanted.  Please do not let Staff win this one.  The horse community showed their strength and unity last year, and it is time to do it again.  This issue is not about Malibu Valley Farms – this is how Staff is trying to redefine agriculture - and take away all of your horses and rights.  Please tell the Commissioners that agricultural rights are to be protected and that horses are agriculture.

 

Please send letters to:

California Coastal Commission

89 South California Street, Suite 200

Ventura, CA 93001

(805) 641-1732

 

Reference Application No. 4-06-163

 

I was asked to prepare a sample support letter, which I have also included.  Please feel free to use this letter or create your own.

 

Thank you and as always, please pass this along and please feel free to contact me with any questions.  The Staff report is on the Coastal Commission’s website and can be read there.

 

Beth Palmer

 

Beth Palmer

Malibu Valley Farms, Inc.

26885 Mulholland Highway

Calabasas, California  91302

Phone:  (81 880-5139

Fax:      (81 880-5414

beth@malibuvalley.com

 

 

Time to Protect Our Rights to keep horses

A whole decade ago, I already foresaw such plans and attempts to take away not only our equestrian property ownership rights, but overall property rights in general, when the issues of environmentally sensitive habitat areas (ESHA) and open space issues were being discussed about a decade ago. All that I feared and foresaw is what is happening now. This has been planned for about a decade. I reported what I had heard along these lines, at one of the Coastal Commission (CC) meetings in Malibu BEFORE the Malibu Farms issue about 10 years ago. We are not alone! Another example of similar insanity: today farmers may soon even be faced with restrictions on seasonal water irrigation management on their land. They could have to make applications for permits that means they will miss their growing seasons. 

 

We elect and allow appointments of uninformed, and uneducated (evil?!) bureaucrats. We get the government we deserve!

 

I wish to point out and remind you all that residents and equestrian groups in the Agoura Hills and Malibu area - BEFORE the Malibu Farms problem, managed to win court case(s?) against the CC regarding zoning changes. If I recall, the CC was at one point even declared illegal(!?) They scrambled to fix that! That was just a handful of self-funded equestrians. I believe that the basis of their past win(s) may even be relevant to this issue as well.

 

Personally I believe the CC to be anti-American and anti-US Constitution. I hope that it is not too late to win against them on that basis. Our rights as Americans are very rapidly being eroded on so many fronts. It is my great frustration that we must again and again rise up as unpaid citizens to get our reps and government agencies to demand of them to do what they should be doing without our having to lose income, time and peace of mind to uphold our rights.

 

I believe that only as a coalition of many equestrian groups, agricultural groups, home owner groups, and with the help, support and direction of our representatives, can we prevail once and for all. (I have copied the Center for Rural Affairs, and there are more such groups and media that should be included.)

 

Such a coalition, on a smaller scale, FALCON, was once formed several years ago to curtail the Whitebird development of the Verdugo Hills which included a number of home owners associations, equestrian groups, 2 neighborhood councils, the Sierra Club and Glendale Voice. These groups worked together with our representatives, and wrote many letters to many representatives as a coalition in a concerted effort over several years. The result was that a proposed development of thousands of homes was reduced to a couple hundred. That little coalition was very effective and resulted in new City of Los Angeles ordinances clarifying the intent of existing land use laws regarding hillside development. Thanks to FALCON, the hillsides of LA will never look like Hong Kong.

 

Previously, as a long time Valley Horse Owners board member, I worked toward, and, I had hoped to accomplish assembling such a coalition on a larger scale on a permanent basis. I did help to further the concept of networking and informing and “fighting” for each others’ battles and issues.

 

Regarding horses, as many of you probably know, this land use problem for horses is due to CA equestrians having successfully lobbied to remove horses from the agricultural designation about 30 years ago to put them into the pet category. THAT is how such attacks against horses are being so successfully carried out in CA today. This issue needs to be re-evaluated and addressed to put in the necessary protections for horses in the state of CA. Or, in about a decade, there will be no more horses in this state. May I assure you that the more outrageous such things sound, the more likely they are to actually happen as everybody sleeps well at night complacent that such a thing could never happen. Well, it IS happening NOW. And, (cringe) CA leads the nation in, oh, so many ways.

 

Such a coalition urgently now needs to be assembled and maintained on a grander and in a more stable and effective way.  I hope that such can be accomplished for a quick and effective well funded grand finale blow against the CC to forever stop them.  The CC needs to be stopped from ever infringing again, not only on our horse ownership rights (on our pursuit of happiness and the American Dream), but also to once and for all protect property ownership rights in general for agriculture and general property land use and ownership rights too.

 

Overall, -especially as equestrians, we need to stop having to respond to emergencies. We need to be a few steps ahead of such assaults and actually we need to improve our state of affairs overall for horses and horsemanship, protecting small farms and agricultural and equestrian land use. Such a presence and concerted constant successful efforts and improvements to our equestrian state of affairs would make such attacks against us unthinkable and impossible. THAT is where we need to be!

 

Sincerely,

Carol Locus

Los Angeles, CA

 

Carol is a dedicated community advocate and deserves our support.

 

David Hernandez

 

Legalize LA Challenge Begins

Crackdown on Illegal Labor hurts local business, decry Elected Officials.

 

As more and more local officials, including Mayor Villaraigosa, denounce the recent and ongoing enforcements of illegal immigration laws, let’s reflect for a moment.

 

There was a time in America’s History when the same financial arguments were being made to continue the practice of slavery. How will we sustain and succeed against international competition without the benefit of slave labor.

 

As absurd as statement is, so is the one being made on behalf of cheap labor. Illegal labor is not cheap; it is subsidized by the legal citizens of every city where elected and appointed officials look the other way as federal laws are being violated.

 

The large corporations and their shareholders may see short term gains, but their county has taken a path which has lead to peril for millions of Americans.

 

No, I am not blaming the current financial crisis facing the United States on illegal immigration, but it is not without disastrous consequences.

 

Heath care, education, traffic, environment, crime and housing cost are all impacted in a negative manner by allowing the practice to not only continue but to flourish.

 

As business organizations and individual business step up their opposition to enforcement of immigration laws, we as Americans have a responsibility to step up and challenge them.

 

Given the resources at the disposal of these organizations, this challenge will demand that we, with limited resources use technology and creativity to present a formidable fight.

 

As Los Angeles is the flag ship in this effort, we will begin our challenge with a company who has on its own, taken a lead position in the illegal immigration debate.

 

American Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles corporation is currently  promoting the “Legalize LA” Campaign.  Throughout the City of Los Angeles, yellow Legalize LA signs have been illegally posted on most major streets. From South Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley, these illegally posted signs are blight on the community.

 

A quick check of American Apparel’s web site, verifies they are they ones behind this effort. http://www.americanapparel.net/contact/legalizela/

 

We begin this campaign by giving you a course of action to take which will serve two objectives.

 

1. Spread the news of this campaign to all your e-mail groups.

 

2. Whenever you see a “Legalize LA” sign illegally posted, take the following action.

 

A. Get the exact location including the address or closest address.

 

B.  Call the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services Investigation & Enforcement. The direct line is 213 847-6000.

 

C.  They will take a report from you at that time. (Refer them to the American Apparel web site.)

 

D. Follow up a week later with Code Enforcement to see what action has been taken.

 

There is a significant Fine for each illegally posted sign.

 

This is the first step in our response. The second will be the renewed effort to qualify a Charter Amendment to end the all of the Sanctuary City Policies of Los Angeles.

 

The Official Web site is http://www.nosanctuary.org/

 

If you can, send us your photos of the illegally posted signs and will add them to the Legalize Hall of Shame.

 

David Hernandez

 

 

 

 

Hernandez and Hayes- Los Angeles a Non Sanctuary City

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact:      David HernandezTelephone:  818 448-3403E-mail:        drhassoc@earthlink.net

 August 17, 2007                                for Immediate Release

 Official “Non Sanctuary City” Designation sought by Los Angeles Activists. 

WHO:	David Hernandez and Ted Hayes, two Los Angeles residents and activists.
WHAT:	Hernandez and Hayes file for LA Charter Amendment Designating Los Angeles a “Non Sanctuary City”
WHEN:	August 17, 2007
WHERE:	Los Angeles, California

 Los Angeles,  

In the wake of the current and escalating violence by those in the United States illegally, two Los Angeles residents begin a campaign to have Los Angeles designated an “Official Non Sanctuary City.” 

Although designated a Sanctuary City in 1979, the Official Designation was rescinded in 1986 in an effort by then Council member Ernani Bernardi.”There’s no justification for us to unilaterally violate Federal law,” said City Councilman Ernani Bernardi, who led the move to repeal the measure.

While rescinding the Official Designation, the policies were kept in place.

Given the current state of the City, County and Nation, Hernandez and Hayes concur; the City of Los Angeles can no longer unilaterally violate Federal Law. It is for this reason, that Hernandez and Hayes filed a “Notice of Intent to Circulate a Petition” to place a Charter Amendment on the ballot. 

The Amendment will state as follows: “The Charter of the City of Los Angeles shall prohibit its Elected Officials, Appointed Representatives, and or Commissioners from adopting any ordinance, policy, procedure and/ or practice that violates the Laws of the Untied States. This shall be directed to but not limited to any ordinances, policies and procedures that violate the immigration laws of the United States of America. 

In addition, all Elected Officials, Appointed Representatives and Commissioners shall be required to rescind any and all ordinances, policies and procedures currently in place that are counterproductive to and violate the Laws of the United States of America.” 

An enforcement provision has also been included in the proposed charter amendment.The next step in the process will be for the City Attorney to issue a Ballot Title and Summary.

This is a grassroots effort and the Hernandez-Hayes Team will be seeking the support of Media and others in getting this measure on the ballot.Once on the ballot, it will be up to the voters of Los Angeles, not politicians to set a clear policy with regards to the illegal immigration issue. 

No Sanctuary City

Los Angeles can no longer be a Sanctuary City. 

The United States is a nation of immigrants and will always be a haven for those who want an opportunity for a better life. The positions on how we, as a nation deal with the current immigration problem vary widely. From total isolation to open borders, from denial of basic services to only those entitled, to the complete elimination of rights reserved by those who by birth or legal avenues now have access.

 Groups promote anger and hate towards the United States and its non minority population under the banner of the reclaiming of the South West to its rightful ownership. An education system which by direct or indirect means promotes the victimization of a people and in doing so, divides the community. An atmosphere of entitlement, which by legislation and attempts to redress grievances of the past, at the expense of the present populous, causing more division among the community. 

Responding to frustrations and fears, real or imagined, other groups react to years of compromise and neglect. Attempts are made to restrict access to education, healthcare and other social services in order to protect the limited resources.  

The unchecked population continues to flood the limited job market, causing the base pay of those, traditionally on the lower levels of employment to suffer lose of a wage base or benefits. 

 Special Interest groups see a vehicle to increase its base and in doing so, it’s influence and power. Some employers see the opportunity to lower overhead with depressed wages of those who are willing to work for less. All parties involved promote a negative affect on employees, most of who are of the same ethnic background.

Regardless of where you find your position or the reasons or experience which form your opinions, one must find common ground to find a solution. That common ground must be the TRUTH, BASED ON THE REALITY OF THE PRESENT. Cause and effect, numbers and finances and the ability to provide for those whose responsibility it is yours as a governmental agency to provide.

 A sovereign country has the right and the responsibility to secure its borders. In securing its borders a country can and must utilize any legal method available to accomplish this vital task. The government has the responsibility to provide for the Security and Safety of its people and institutions. The first obligation of the government must be to those, who by birth or legal avenues, are entitled to those services, education, employment or financial considerations. 

The right to vote is one which came at great cost and is still not available to millions through the globe. This precious right can not or must not be diminished by those, who, for selfish reasons would ignore its value. For every comprise, there is a negative result. These burdens are being placed on the shoulders of our children in schools and our younger men and women in higher level education. Larger class size and a language barrier, diminish the opportunity to those who have a right to receive the best we can provide. The uncontrolled population growth causes the need for more and more schools. Schools which have spurred an endless line of tax raising schemes and the confiscation of homes and business to acquire land in residential neighborhoods. Schools which are filled to capacity and prevent local children from attending schools in their own neighborhoods. At the community college level, the number of those refused entry due to enrolment filed to capacity numbers in the thousands. Access to grants, and scholarships are limited to a certain number and the result is a system which discriminates against those who should be the first considered for those limited funds. The same can be said for limited number of loans or other financial programs. 

The health care system is an example of the current reality. Due to massive cuts and a lack of proper planning, many facilities have cut services or closed. The result has been a disaster to the community. In the past fifteen years 40% of the hospitals in the San Fernando Valley have closed. Clinic after clinic has closed.  County Hospitals have inhumane emergency room entry and processing times.  The loss of treatment availability is followed closely by the loss of jobs. The cost of treating illegal migrants is estimated to be 320,000,000 per year at the county level alone.

The cost to the private sector is still being totaled.  The effects on the public safety can only be estimated but there are facts which can not be denied. Twenty five percent of those incarcerated in the Los Angeles Jail system are in this county illegally. These individuals are not being held due to their immigrant status. They have committed and have been or are being convicted of crimes. What are the results of a 25% inmate population influx? Due to the limited space, inmates are not required to serve a full or just portion of their sentence. These criminals are released into the communities and with a limited deterrent, prey on victims with little regard to the consequences. The number of officers and limited resources are stretched to the maximum causing calls for assistance to go unanswered or unacceptable waiting periods.

Mexican Nationals who commit capitol crimes and flee to Mexico can not be extradited back to the United States. Since those who commit non capitol crimes can be returned, there exist an incentive to commit a more severe act.

 The number of gang members in the City of Los Angeles is now estimated to be over 100,000. An overwhelming number of those gang members who committee violent criminal acts are in the United States illegally. All attempts to curb the gang violence have been unsuccessful. Communities which continue to pay the highest price for the escalation in violence have been for the most part Hispanic and African Americans. Elected officials have continues to evade the illegal alien gang member factor in their attempts to bring order back to our streets. For what ever reason, failure to acknowledge this vital and integral part of the problem insures failure. 

We can not address crime and violence in the communities surrounding our schools by merely moving a bus stop closer to the school. As I put forth my platform and plan to address the challenges facing Los Angeles, rest assured, ending the Sanctuary City status of Los Angeles will be paramount on the agenda.                

BORDERGATE

BORDERGATE

Call for a full investigation.  We can handle the truth! 

Lies, lies and more lies. Where will the search for the truth lead us? Are we as Americans ready and willing to “Handle the Truth”? The question on my mind today is whether or not we as Americans have the will to do what it will take to get the truth. Who in the seat of power had the final or utmost authority to conceive and perpetuate this American Tragedy? How far up the ladder of power does this conspiracy of injustice lead?  

Will we, as Americans have the courage to set aside political affiliations in order to bring those responsible to justice?

 I believe the answer is a resounding YES! Bordergate is the term I find most fitting for our task ahead. I am full aware of the image which will be drawn by this title, never the less, we seek justice and the truth no matter where it leads us. 

Please review the full articles listed below and know your facts. Then beginning tomorrow contact members of Congress http://www.house.gov/ and demand a full investigation into Bordergate. David Hernandezwww.freeborderagents.com

818 448-3403

 ******************************************************************************  San Bernardino County Sun

February 10, 2007 Two Border Patrol agents who testified against two co-workers convicted of shooting a drug smuggler will be fired for changing their stories about events surrounding the shooting, according to documents obtained by The Sun’s sister newspaper, the Ontario-based Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. 

Sources inside the Border Patrol also say Oscar Juarez, a third agent who testified against Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, resigned from the agency last month shortly before he was to be fired.

All three agents gave sworn testimony against Ramos and Compean for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which successfully prosecuted the shooting case in March. The three agents were given immunity in exchange for their testimony despite changing their accounts of the incident several times.

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_5199815

World Net DAily

February 6, 2007A Department of Homeland Security official admitted today the agency misled Congress when it contended it possessed investigative reports proving Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean confessed guilt and declared they “wanted to shoot some Mexicans” prior to the incident that led to their imprisonment. The admission came during the testimony of DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner before the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, according to Michael Green, press secretary for Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas. Culberson was questioning Skinner about a meeting DHS officials had Sept. 26 with him and three other Republican congressman from
Texas, Reps. Ted Poe, Michael McCaul and Kenny Marchant.

To read full store click on link below

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54132 This is the beginning of a story which goes far beyond the fate of two border agents. We shall see if our local print media has the will to give it the coverage it deserves.Please pass this on to your e-mail groups.

David Hernandez

www.davidhernandez.wordpress.com

To see clips of the Hollywood Rally and March for the “Texas Three” see Hollywood Rally Link at www.davidhernandez.wordpress.com

Antonio’s gang plan: Phase one

Antonio’s gang plan: Phase one

1. Create another layer of unaccountable bureaucrats to take the heat off the mayor and Chief of Police.

2. Reestablish the “crash unit” but call it a more politically correct name.

3. Create a “ Most Wanted” list of criminals? Just turn on cable television and see the parade of murders and rapist who live in the community.

Very impressive, this should keep the cameras clicking for a week or two.

But what about the rest of the year?

Here is my plan to address the gang violence “surge”.

Fire Chief Bratton! He has been in charge for five years. He states he has given gangs his top priority. Well nothing personal, you have not and can not do the job! You have failed and now we are to pay someone else to fail so you can continue to campaign for the Mayor.

Cancel Special Order 40. No free rides for illegal alien criminals who stalk our streets!

Next we must conduct an unbiased and realistic evaluation of the Mayors term in office to date. He looks good on camera, but how does he look on paper? I mean a real evaluation. I will bring this up at the neighborhood council this evening and propose a city wide forum on the issues and the Mayors performance.

Once the evaluation is complete, we will then submit the results via a city wide web site and put the Mayor up for a Vote of confidence. If he can not or will not do the job he was elect to do, the he has to go.

Next we must get our controller to audit the current gang programs. I am being open minded and not calling for the immediate closing down of the programs. If Laura Chick is unwilling to accept this effort, then she must pay the price.

That is David Hernandez’s phase one.

Diversity VS Unity

Diversity vs Unity 

If the United States is ever to be defeated on the home front it will come from within. It will not be a frontal assault but rather a covert attack using the weapons of political correctness. One such weapon is diversity; a well meaning idea whose time has come and gone. With massive street marches and parades, all claiming to represent pride in ones culture and or life style, the ‘me” generation has become the “we” generation. 

Not bad until you see that the “we”, does not include you! Carrying flags of other countries and posting them above the flag of the United States, groups claim allegiance to their race, to there sexual preference or to another country. Well meaning politicians seize upon the moment to further their own agendas. Subversive groups intent on the demise of this nation have seized upon the illegal immigration issue to develop and promote division and instill fear and foster hatred.  

This moment in time is critical. It calls for UNITY. A Nation divided can not stand. Divide and Conquer is not only a political strategy it is a tactic of guerilla warfare. 

The first casualty of Political Correctness is the TRUTHThe second is JUSTICEThe third is FREEDOM 

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