Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The Santa Monica Transparency Project today filed with the City 2 Complaints alleging violations of Santa Monica's anti-corruption law, Oaks, by Councilmember Terry O'Day. Mr. O'Day is seeking re-election and these violations have just come to light. Oaks prohibits public officials, including councilmembers, from, among other things, receiving campaign contributions or a job from contractors and developers after the official voted to approve a public benefit for them. It is aimed at avoiding...
FoxNews reports that the FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Foundation cases. It is not clear who would be indicted. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich commented that in Watergate, Nixon himself was pardoned, and 43 lesser functionaries went to jail. Gingrich believes the same may happen here. Below is the transcript from Fox TV: BRET BAIER: Breaking news tonight -- two separate sources with intimate knowledge of the FBI investigations into the Clinton emails and the...
SMMUSD Press Release: Dr. Ben Drati comes to SMMUSD from the Santa Barbara Unified School District where he has served as the assistant superintendent of secondary education since 2012. In this assignment he is charged with designing and implementing key initiatives involving the development of a culturally proficient school district through professional development, teacher collaboration, parent engagement and providing equity and access to all students. Prior to serving in this position, Dr. D...
A middle-aged white man who smuggled a sign into a Trump rally in Reno Nevada, disrupted the rally when the Secret Service escorted Trump off the stage. The man was questioned and released. Members of the audience at the event for the GOP presidential nominee tackled Austyn Crites, 33, of Reno after someone yelled "gun" while others were trying to rip away his anti-Trump sign. "I just went with sign that said 'Republicans Against Trump,’ " Crites said. "It’s a sign that you can find online. I h...
As detailed in the latest episode of Shameless, nobody wants a homeless shelter in their neighborhood. Nope, Not In My Back Yard. It is for this reason that the Ocean Park Community Organization is located not in swank Ocean Park, but on Cloverfield, 100 yards from the City dump. Anyway, below is the press release. I can't make heads or tails of it, other than the first paragraph, which says that OPCC has merged with LAMP, whatever that stands for, to form "The People Concern." Which I thought...
Update: 10/29: The Los Angeles County Coroner's website lists the cause of Vanai Jelks death as "deferred." The Coroner's office is conducting an autopsy and will release results. Her family members in Inglewood report that she threw up Friday Morning, 10/21. But she seemed well enough to go to school, says he step father. They assumed the 10th grader had a cold, but she did not seem terribly ill. On Saturday, 10/22, she took part in a drama competition that lasted until 7 pm, says her step...
On October 20, 2016, Eduardo Parraga - 51 years old, was arraigned at the Los Angeles County Airport Courthouse on misdemeanor petty theft charges. "He has been accused of stealing personal property from a retail outlet valued at $45," said Lt. Saul Rodriguez, Public Information Officer for the City of Santa Monica. The Santa Monica City Attorney's Office filed charges on Parraga, a 19 year veteran police officer with the Santa Monica Police Department. Parraga pled "No Contest" to the charges...
Update 10:30 AM November 1: 4th Street is back open and there is no sign of police activity. We are informed that 4th Street is shut down between Broadway and Olympic in Santa Monica; this includes the area around the Expo Line Station. The official Alert says "Police Activity" is the reason. Here is the entire alert, which as is typical, contains few details: Westbound 10 freeway 4th street offramp and the area of 4th and Colorado is shut down for police activity. 4th Street is the main...
A water main break on Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles at the west entrance to the Westside Pavilion, has shut down pico Boulevard in both directions at 11:30 AM Tuesday morning. This is located between Overland Avenue and Westwood Boulevard. A fire hydrant blew and caused this Geyser on pico near Overland in West LA. Pico was closed for 300 feet in either direction. Aging infrastructure has been discussed repeatedly in this year's election campaign both locally and at the national level. In July...
At least 117 people were arrested in North Dakota on Thursday as police forcibly removed protesters from private property in the Dakota Access pipeline right of way. More standoffs against the 1,200-mile Dakota Access pipeline continued on Friday, as questions were raised on twitter and Facebook about the fairness of police action against protestors. Comparisons were raised with the Bundy's and their standoff over the Malheur refuge. Hundreds of Native Americans staged a peaceful march up a...
In 1970 nations of the world signed a 50 year deal ending in 2020, not to exploit Antarctica's natural resources, nor to settle people there, and to keep the continent demilitarized and nuclear free. There has been cheating along the fringes of that deal. The Chileans, for example, have 3 villages on the Antarctic Peninsula, so they can claim a native population with the treat is renegotiated 3 years from now. The Russians have made a dump of Belinghausen Island. After years of negotiations,...
update, 10/28: The Bundy brothers remained in jail Friday following a dramatic acquittal a day earlier in a courtroom that erupted into chaos after an attorney yelled at a judge for their release, resulting in him being subdued with a Taser gun and arrested. A jury delivered an extraordinary blow to the government Thursday in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in rural...
Federal authorities still consider cannabis a schedule one drug. But orthodox Jews answer to a Higher authority. Orthodox Jewish authorities have declared cannabis and Marijuana Kosher (Parve) for Passover and all year, reports the Israel National News. After sniffing the leaves, Rabbi Kanievksy and Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein said that the Cannabis plant has a "healing smell," according to the Times of Israel, and blessed the leaves. For the eight-days of Passover, Jews avoid leavened bread and...
Republican Vice Presidential Candidate and former Indiana governor Mike Pence announced that his 13 year old Beagle, Maverick, died on Wednesda. "Heavy hearts today. Our beagle of 13 years passed away quietly last night. Rest In Peace, Maverick. We will miss you," wrote Pence. He also shared a photo of himself and his wife Karen sitting on their door step with Maverick. In addition to Maverick, the Pences also have two cats, Pickle and Oreo. The animals were briefly separated from their owners...
Update, Saturday Morning, 10/29: Water was restored to most of the affected homes late Friday night. 10/28: A water main break in Pacific Palisades has left hundreds of homes without water late Friday afternoon. The breach is reportedly on Sunset Blvd and Las Lomas Avenue. "It could be overnight, or even a few days," said a Department of Water & Power spokesman. Some local residents were reportedly looking for hotel rooms. Los Angeles fire Department held a press conference at which they said ab...
If you've spent the last 40 years living in a rent controlled apartment in Santa Monica, you can thank Tom Hayden for it. He wrote the City's rent control charter amendment, enacted by the voters in 1978. Perhaps no single person had more influence on Santa Monica in the 20th century. He died quietly last night at his home in Santa Monica at 76 years of age. Tom Hayden, the preeminent 1960s radical who roused a generation of alienated young Americans, became a symbol of militancy by leading riot...
American music executive 'Suge' Knight wants nearly one-third of the $1 billion Dr. Dre received when he sold Beats to Apple in 2014. In a lawsuit, he claims the producer hired a hitman to kill Dre in order to evade Apple making the payment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the countersuit, filed by Knight's attorney, argues the two had a lifetime management agreement, which entitled Knight to 30 percent of Dre's earnings, including the sale to Apple....
Today, the Las Vegas Review became the third major US Daily newspaper to endorse Donald Trump for President. "Yes, Mr. Trump's impulsiveness and overheated rhetoric alienate many voters. He has trouble dealing with critics and would be wise to discover the power of humility," said the Las Vegas Review Journal Sunday in an editorial. "But neither candidate will ever be called to the dais to accept an award for moral probity and character. And we are already distressingly familiar with the...
At least 13 tour bus passengers are dead after the vehicle crashed into a big rig on a California highway Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash on Interstate 10 sent at least 30 passengers from the USA Holiday bus to Palm Springs area hospitals, the Desert Sun reported. The big rig driver was not hurt. The cause of the 5 a.m. crash has not been determined. The California Highway Patrol could not immediately be reached. The passengers were mostly European and Chinese tourists on holiday....
Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning yet another conspiracy theory: Hillary had the answers in advance of last night's debate. "Why didn't Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions- she secretly used them! Crooked Hillary." 7:56 AM - 20 Oct. 2016. Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, let his last best chance to become president pass him by last night, ways Ben White of Politico. In an article entitled "240 years of Democracy vs. Donald Trump,"...
The owners of a dating website claim they hired Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as a programmer, but that he used the platform to solicit sex from an 8 year old girl. Assange says he was set up by Clinton partisans, and did nothing of the sort. According to the website "Bipartisan Report," the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is investigating Assange on charges of allegedly soliciting sex from an 8 year old girl. The report says this is the real reason why Ecuadorian embassy cutoff internet access...
The two took podiums, and the first topic was the Supreme Court. Wallace: Is the Constitution a living document, Mrs. Clinton? Clinton: The Supreme Court raises the central question, which is what kind of country are we going to be? We need a Sup Court that will stand up for women's rights, take down Citizens United, up with LGBTQ rights. I have major disagreements with my opponent. But it is important not to reverse LGBTQ, that we stand up for workers rights, the S Ct should stand for all of...
In a very contentious presidential election campaign, Americans have a hard time keeping their thoughts to themselves. First an artist executed a series of naked Donald Trump statues, most of which were torn apart. They're surviving statue, from Hollywood, is being auctioned off. Now, an artist in New York City has placed a papier-mâché naked grotesque Hillary statue on the streets of Manhattan. A face that appears to be Donald Trump appears from the corner near her naked breasts and her feet a...
Comedienne Amy Schumer was booed by about 200 Trump supporters at an appearance in Tampa, Florida last night. She read a fake apology letter today in an appearance on the same Tamp stage. “Dearest Tampa,” Schumer began. “I’m sorry you didn’t want me, a comedian who talks about what she believes in, to mention the biggest thing going on in our country right now. How could I think it was okay to spend five minutes having a peaceful conversation with someone with different views?” Schumer wen...
Apple, Inc, makers of the iPhone, have announced that they will not longer provide repair service or parts for the iPhone 4. Apple will similarly discontinue servicing the 13-inch MacBook Air from 2010, the third-generation AirPort Extreme and the second-generation Time Capsule on October 31. While Apple generally halts servicing iPhones that are older than 5 years, California requires that manufacturers support electronic devices for 7 years. So California, where Apple is based, is an...
