Pull The Plug on LA City's Neighborhood Council Experiment (It's easier to build a new TV from scratch than it is to repair a broken TV)

A friend of mine is doing an article and aksed me to submit any ideas I have for ways to improve the Los Angeles City Neighborhood Council system. The NC system was started over five years ago as an experiment. At the five year mark, it was to be decided whether to continue with the experiment, or pull the plug. It was decided to move ahead with the Neighborhood Council system. This past month, the NC system had its first round of elections under the City Clerks Office. You may have heard it was quite a disaster. But you've already heard and read all about that.

HERE IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, "WAYS TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SYSTEM":

Zuma Dogg said: I have already given it a lot of thought over the past two years. And after the latest round of elections, now more than ever the only thing I say needs to be done is pull the plug on the whole NC experiment.

It IS an experiment. And I say the petri dish developed into a corrupt racket of a
culture.

If City Hall (the Mayor and City Council is corrupt); and the NC system is an extension of City Hall...then what do you expect? It is not an independent system as it is touted to be.

You will NEVER be able to have an independent system, in the spirit in which the NC
system was intended if it is an extension of a corrupt City Hall.

And in my opinion, this NC type of corruption (a sheep in wolf clothing) is the SCARIEST kind. What good does it do to attend an NC meeting thinking it is independent of City Hall, if the Mayor/Huizar/Reyes/Garcetti/Rosendahl/etc are really in control of the NC Boards using their political influence as Councilmembers (political pressure in the community) to back their own slate of candidates (RICO/Racketeering)?

At least at a Council meeting you know who your are dealing with. AND AS A DEMING FAN, IF I FELT IT WAS FIXABLE, I WOULD LOVE THE CHALLENGE. BUT I FEEL ANY COMMENTS TOWARD IMPROVEMENT ARE ONLY A WASTE OF TIME.

My only suggestion, if I were to apply Deming to the NC system would be: Create a new system. It is cheaper and easier to build a new TV from scratch than it is to repair a broken television. And in this example, the NC system is the broken television.

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