Friday, February 20, 2009

DAVID "ZUMA DOGG" SALTSBURG CANDIDATE STATEMENT [City TV 35 Transcript]

[Here is the transcript from the three minute City TV 35 campaign promo]
 
 
YES IT'S ZUMA DOGG. YOU MIGHT KNOW ME FROM THE CITY TV 35 COUNCIL MEETINGS. USUALLY I LOOK LIKE THIS. THANK YOU TO LA WEEKLY AND SO I TOOK OFF THE HAT AND GLASSES TO HONOR THE VOTERS, BECAUSE NOW I‟M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE, CANDIDATE OF MAYOR.

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I„VE ATTENDED MANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I DON‟T LIKE WHAT I SEE, THE WAY CITY HALL‟S BEING RUN. I‟M CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, RACKETEERING, AND CORRUPTION. PUT ZUMA DOGG IN THERE. I WANT TO KNOCK THE CORRUPTION OUT. HERE‟S THE BIG ISSUES I SEE AS MAYOR AS BROUGHT TO ME BY THE COMMUNITY. FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE HOUSING THEY SAY WE NEED TO BUILD ALL THIS HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE MASSES. WELL THEY WENT ALL UP SCALE, LUXURY HOUSING BECAUSE THAT FAVORED THE DEVELOPERS AND THE SPECIAL INTERESTS. WELL NOBODY CAN AFFORD THAT HOUSING THAT LIVES HERE, SO THEY PUSH TO THE OUTSKIRTS AS SO PEOPLE HAVE TO COMMUTE BACK INTO WORK HERE. ZUMA DOGG AS MAYOR SAYS WE HAVE ENOUGH LUXURY, UPSCALE HOUSING. LET‟S FOCUS ON MODERATE WORKFORCE HOUSING PEOPLE CAN AFFORD SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN THE CITY THEY WORK AND THAT WILL HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC AND IT HELPS BUILD A COMMUNITY. YOU CAN‟T HAVE ONLY THE RICH LIVING IN THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE LIVING EVERY HERE ELSE.

I DON‟T LIKE WHAT I SEE WITH THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE THAT‟S FOR THE NON PROFITS OK, I BELIEVE THERE IS RACKETEERING AND CORRUPTION WITH THE NON PROFITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ZUMA DOGG AS MAYOR WILL SAY IF YOU‟RE GETTING MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS THROUGH THE CITY, WELL I WANT TO RUN AUDITS TO MAKE SURE THESE AREN‟T SHIELD PHONY NON PROFITS SET UP BY THE POLITICIANS WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. TOO MUCH OF THE MONEY, I‟M CONCERNED, ISN‟T MAKING IT INTO THE COMMUNITY THEN THE COMMUNITY FALLS INTO DISREPAIR. THEN THEY COME BACK AND ASK YOU FOR MORE. THEY RAISE THEIR FEES, THEY RAISE YOUR TAXES. LOOK AT THE PARKING METERS. OK, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY MAKES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT INTO THE HANDS OF THE SPECIAL INTERESTS FRIENDS AND CRONIES.

THE MAYOR‟S COMMISSIONERS APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON‟T TALK ABOUT, BUT IT‟S A BIG POWER GRAB FOR HIM. LET‟S SAY FOR EXAMPLE HIS COUSIN JOHN PEREZ RAN FOR STATE ASSEMBLY. WELL, LET‟S SAY YOU‟VE GOT A CHALLENGER WHO‟S GIVING UP SOME STRONG OPPOSITION. THE MAYOR APPOINTED THE PERSON WHO

DROPPED OUT SO THERE‟S CONCERN HE SAYS DROP OUT OF THE RACE, I‟LL GIVE YOU THIS APPOINTMENT. IN CD 7, ALARCON‟S COMPETITION DROPPED OUT. SHE GOT AN APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. WE CAN‟T HAVE THE MAYOR BE USING COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS AS PATRONAGE POLITICAL FAVORS PAY BACKS. YOU LOSE QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE, OK. IT‟S JUST CORRUPTION AND RACKETEERING.

GO TO MY WEBSITE ZUMATIMES.COM. I‟VE BLOGGED ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES. I „VE GOT VIDEOS. ASK AROUND IF YOU DON‟T KNOW ABOUT ME, OKAY. LOOK FOR THE ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE FEATURE. THEY FEATURED ZUMA DOGG AND AGAIN LET‟S END THE FRAUD WASTE AND ABUSE THAT‟S THE MAIN THING. LET‟S WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY.

THE FIRST THING ZUMA DOGG WILL DO AS MAYOR IS GET TOGETHER WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND MANAGERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH GREAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. WE DON‟T NEED TO BE OPERATING IN SUCH A CORRUPT RACKETEERING FRAUD WASTE AND ABUSE WAY. LET THERE BE A MUZZLE BECAUSE WE HAVE VINDICTIVE CITY HALL ADMINISTRATION. I SAY YES LET‟S START DOING IT REFLECTING THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT‟S ZUMA DOGG. LET‟S GO TO ZUMATIMES.COM. AND PLEASE TELL PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AT THE POLLS. DO IT BY MAIL FIRST. SHOW UP AT THE POLLS, MARCH 3

RD. ZUMADOGG FOR MAYOR!