Zuma Dogg Speaks On Neighborhood Council and DONE (Aka: Shady Rico Racket of a Waste of Time!)

Of course it's never going to work out between DONE and the community: Do you really think the mayor wants MORE input from the community. That's why all the conflict. You have people working for DONE who think it is supposed to be a useful community group, when the people in charge are there to throw a big wrench in the community. And it doesn't help when you have an interim GM who doesn't like to talk to people. He's not the type of personalble person you need in that position.

Keep wasting your time trying to fix the NC system...I'll see you in ten years and it will be the same discussions. Have fun running around in circles the way they want you to.

DO YOU REALLY THINK THESE CORRUPT, RACKETEERING COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR WANT PEOPLE LIKE STAKEHOLDERS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THEIR PLANS?

You people sit at these NC meetings, not even realizing Antonio has stacked the deck with his own board members. And you don't even realize it. You should have seen the suckers at the Del Rey meeting who said that NC president is such a great guy. (Yeah, except he's running rough-shot over your meeting and rights. But he looks and sounds really good as he's shifting the money where HE wants to shift it.

And then the mayor has these non-profit groups sit up and beg for money like a puppy...and people think it hasn't already been established up front.

Zuma Dogg is writer, editor and publisher of ZumaTimes.com.