Sunday, January 16, 2005

We choose to be victimized

When your community suffers from a consistent pattern and practice of inattention to public needs and concerns on the part of community representatives, take a broader look. We, in surrounding communities, also suffer the same ailment.

The mayoral machine in Los Angeles supports, condones, and gives merit to projects, individuals, and special interests, that are tangent to long-term civil and community wants and needs. As a result of self-interest, mismanagement, and alleged corruption, each of our L.A. communities suffer from lack of concern, ineffectiveness, and diverted resources.

Your City Council Member’s ineffectiveness and inability to address community concerns are a result of this mayoral administration. Just as a strong hand is unable to tend to its own wounds, Council Members are unable to resolve community issues under this administration.

“The quality of any leader is shaped by the quality of their actions and the integrity of their intent.” We in communities outside Hahn’s big-labor, big-money, “pay-to-play,” special-interest machine are neglected. Hahn’s big promises for all of Los Angeles are severely constrained by deliberate self-and-constituent-serving actions over his entire term – San Pedro revitalization, LAX/Harbor expansion, and real estate development. The funding raids on DWP, Airports, and Harbor departments, as well as crony appointments, preferential treatment, and pay-to-play politics have led to scandalous City mismanagement and an indelible mark on this administration’s intent and integrity.

The Hahn political machine has become a liability. The noxious exhaust from Hahn’s machine has polluted our government. Council members working within this closed administration behave as if they have been asphyxiated at the wheel.

For that reason I recommend we take action and VOTE!

It does not matter how much money is raised by individual candidates. You won’t see any of it. It does not matter what the pundits say. It’s their opinion, not yours. It doesn’t matter that the unions have endorsed Hahn. Unions as a rule are not employers. Businesses are employers, and if you have not noticed, they are leaving Los Angeles. What it boils down to is the choice you make on your ballot. Choose what is best for “you” and it will be the best for the City of Los Angeles. Make a difference where it counts – on your ballot. Register now and VOTE!

This time, choose not to be victimized. Collectively send a clear, personal, and decisive message right to the top – to the Mayor, his constituents, and to the media. We don’t like this noxious self-serving political machine and we are marking our ballots accordingly.

Turn out en masse and choose a brand new leader that is not a party to self-centered special interests, affiliated with the status quo, or spewing pie-in-the-sky rhetoric.

Consider Walter Moore. Moore is leader who has articulated a clean, forward-looking, realistic plan for Los Angeles. Our collective votes for Walter Moore will definitely result in a political course correction for Los Angeles.

Make a statement. Walter Moore will make a significant improvement for the rest Los Angeles by ending the practices of a dysfunctional administration which patronizes a few at the expense of many.

Sincerely,

An unusually verbose member of the silent majority

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