SHADIEST MOVE EVER!: LAUSD Superintendent Cortinez Want To Cut Inspecor General Budget (So He Can Get Away With It All!)

On American Top 40, I'm Casey Kasem. We're up to the NUMBER ONE most shadiest, outrageous, full of shit, political move ever, that includes schools, kids, money.l..and a few powerful politicians who have their eye set on $20 BILLION dollars in school construction money they want to hand out, without anyone watching.

Long time, lazy ass and not too smart politician Ramon "Ray" Cortinez was recently appointed Superintendent of LAUSD, after a long battle to kick out the guy Mayor Anotnio Villaraiogsa and his majority-backed LAUSD board didn't want in the first place, and replace him with long-time LAUSD kid-future-fucker, Ray Cortinez.

Zuma Dogg has warned since day one of his activism, three years ago, when AB 1381 was being voted on by the ASSembly, that the goal was to cut the budget of the inspector general so they can take control of the $20 billion in school facilities and construction money, and hand it out to their connected cronies, while percentages of the money end up being bamboozled away from the kids and funneled into expensive front-end loaded management contracts.

AND, if you do a Google search, you will see the FIRST thing Zuma Dogg warned of just before Monica Garcia and Company (Antonio, Inc) took over the school board a couple years ago, besides telling you Kanter would be voted out as President and Monica Garcia would be voted in, I warned you she would try to punt the Inspector General out of the meetings, which she did, and now they are talking about cutting the IG's budget to render him powerless so they can get away with all but criminal activity. (How do you investigate if there IS any...it's not like criminals notify to school board to tell the I.G., you full of shit asshole LAUSD Superintendent, lazy-ass, ride the backs of kids and do what the fuck your money backers tell you to do you shady coward.

BOO HOO HOO! MY NAME IS RAY CORTINEZ...WE HAVE A BUDGET PROBLEM. THE FIRST THING THAT MUST BE DONE IS FIRE THE GUY (CUT THE BUDGET) OF THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE NO ONE IS ROBBING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BLIND!

THAT'S THE CUT WE NEED TO MAKE. CUT THAT BUDGET, SO THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY OVER $20 BILLION, THAT'S BILLION YOU DUMB FUCK LAUSD SCHOOL BOARDMEMBERS WHO WILL BE VOTING TO CUT THE I.G.'S BUDGET!!!

YOU BETTER NOT CUT THE I.G.'S BUDGET!

I want every LAUSD parent, teacher and all involved people who care about the future of the school system and therefore, the future of our city, region, State and YES, country to know...

THAT AFTER JUST OVER THREE INTENSE YEARS AS A CITY OF LOS ANGELES ACTIVIST, WHO DELVED DEEP, DEEP, DEEP INTO THE BOWELS OF LAUSD AND THIS SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE CORTINEZ CREW (LONG HISTORY)...

I AM HERE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT FOLLOWS ZUMA DOGG AND FEELS HE KNOWS WHAT IS REALLY UP...

THAT TALK OF LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD CUTTING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BUDGET TO A LEVEL THAT WILL BASICALLY NEUTER THE DEPARTMENT...

WOULD BE THE SINGLE SHADIEST, MOST COSTLY, DANGEROUS, SCARY, OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL ENABLING, WASTEFUL, NEGLIGENT, STAND UP AND SHOUT AT THE NEXT LAUSD BOARD MEETING MOVE...that will hurt kids.

So no joke people, I am here to say after three years, this move comes in #1 on the shady charts on Zuma Dogg's ALL TIME CHART!!!

[*=Because we know as L.A. goes, so will go California, then the rest of the country. And the $20 Billion in construction money alone is double the ENTIRE L.A. City operating budget. And Ray wants to take away the watchdog. If Ray were in charge of a bank, I'm sure he would want to fire the security guard, so the tellers he is teamed up with can take the money out of the teller registers while on the job. ]

L.A.'s schools chief proposes gutting watchdog's office
by Connie Llanos, Staff Writer - 06/10/2009

DEFICIT: Inspector general would be mostly sidelined during financial crisis.

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines has proposed gutting the district's watchdog Inspector General's Office with a budget cut of 50 to 75 percent, described as potentially "catastrophic" to the department's operations.

The Office of Inspector General has traditionally monitored some of the district's most controversial and expensive projects, such as its multibillion-dollar school construction program and has pointed out waste, fraud and questionable uses of district funds.

"I am considering a cut," Cortines said. "The budget continues to get worse, and I think everything needs to be looked at. ... It's not something I want to do."

He said he plans to ask the office to refrain from performing any audits, except those that look into potential criminal activity, until the district's budget situation improves.

Inspector General Jerry D. Thornton was out of town and could not be reached for comment, but in a written memo he said a 50 percent cut would be "horrific" while a 75 percent cut "would be catastrophic and would not permit the OIG to function as a viable office."

"Such a cut will benefit those that mismanage or steal the District's assets," he added in the memo, posted on a local blogger's Web site.

Thornton said his office has saved the district millions of dollars over the years - including just $37 million in the first six months of this fiscal year.

Full article

The Wetherly Agent I Blogged About Today, Pleas GUILTY TO Securities Fraud!

Alright, you gotta watch the signs from Uncle Zuma Dogg, cause I have to be subtle, but if you read this blog earlier today, you may have seen me re-post this item, which I posted initially, yesterday:

LA DAILY BLOG ASKS FOR YOUR HELP IN SOLVING A CRIME: Maybe some of you can help ZD with THIS:"...have him tell you everything about Julio Ramirez of Wetherly and the interesting role in his dealings with Democratic Governor Gray Davis."Julio worked with Wetherly Capital on a $100 Million "Special Situation" Fund for Simon & Sons in 2002, when Dan Weinstein was backing Gray Davis! The $100 Million for Simon's "special situation" fund was to be collected from CalPERS,CALSTRS, NY Common, Orego, WA State, Rhode Island and Colorado fire and police pension funds -- and Mr. Ramirez was the pitch guy for Wetherly.So I understand that Julio has some interesting information regarding the 2002 California Gubernatorial election, in which the Wetherly-backed Gray Davis won re-election against Bill Simon (who Wetherly was simulatneously trying to raise $100 Million out of pension funds from across the country for Simon's "special situation" fund. This item holds the key to uncovering "ELECTION FRAUD!"

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS "SPECIAL SITUATION" PLEASE EMAIL ZumaDogg@Gmail.com.

And now, 19 minutes ago from Wall Street Journal...

'Pay to Play' Probe Ensnares Another

Wall Street Journal

- May 11, 2009

- 19 minutes ago

'Pay to Play' Probe Ensnares Another

By CRAIG KARMIN and PETER LATTMAN

The New York attorney general is expected to announce soon that an associate of Hank Morris, the indicted political adviser at the center of New York's "pay to play" pension probe, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is cooperating with the investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

Julio Ramirez, age 48, has pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge, according to people familiar with the matter. The Securities and Exchange Commission, conducting a parallel investigation, is expected to announce civil charges against Mr. Ramirez.

Associated Press

Mr. Morris was charged in March with perpetrating a scandal in which he allegedly extracted sham fees in return for investments from New York State's large pension fund. Mr. Morris has denied the charges. Mr. Ramirez, based in the Los Angeles area, pleaded guilty for his participation in a series of fraudulent transactions between Mr. Morris and others, a person familiar with the matter said.

Both men acted as middlemen, or placement agents, who received payments from private-equity and hedge-fund firms for helping secure contracts to manage pension-fund money. At the heart of the case is concern investment decisions regarding retirees' money were guided by improper influence peddling.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has said Mr. Morris and his associates were part of a "national network of actors who often acted in concert across the country" to help firms secure investments from pension funds and allow agents to collect lucrative fees.

The wrongful conduct to which Mr. Ramirez pleaded guilty in part concerns dealings between Mr. Morris and a Los Angeles-based placement agent firm called Wetherly Capital Group, as well as a Dallas-based firm called Aldus Equity Partners, according to a person familiar with the matter.

In 2003, Mr. Ramirez recommended to Wetherly, where he was then employed, that the firm work with Mr. Morris to get pension business, according to a Wetherly spokesman.

Under this arrangement, Wetherly paid Mr. Ramirez or his company Ramirez Partners Inc., then Mr. Ramirez paid Mr. Morris. "Ramirez informed us that this was how Morris wanted to be paid for his services," a Wetherly spokesman said. Mr. Morris also confirmed to the firm's principal that this was his preferred method of payment, the spokesman added.

Mr. Morris's lawyer didn't respond to requests for comment.

The attorney general's indictment alleges that certain payments from Wetherly to Mr. Morris were "proceeds of criminal conduct." Two of these payments, for a combined $313,750, are described in the indictment as money laundering by Mr. Morris.

Wetherly has not been accused of wrongdoing. A person familiar with the attorney general's probe said Wetherly "has come within the scope of the investigation." In a statement, Wetherly said it has received "information requests" from the attorney general, has cooperated and is "confident that investigation will confirm that Wetherly has engaged in no wrongdoing."

Separately, Mr. Ramirez in 2004 told Saul Meyer, founder of Aldus Equity, that Aldus should hire Mr. Morris if it wanted help securing money from New York's state pension fund, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Meyer last month was charged with securities fraud in the case by the New York attorney general. He has pleaded not guilty.

Shortly after leaving Wetherly, Mr. Ramirez in 2005 joined the placement-agent business of private-equity firm Blackstone Group, known as Park Hill Group. He left at the end of March, according to a Blackstone spokesman.

Following Mr. Ramirez's departure, Blackstone initiated an internal investigation into his work while he was at Park Hill. The firm concluded he hadn't violated "our high standards of conduct or evaded our rigorous controls," the spokesman said.

In another development, the nation's largest public pension fund, California Public Employees' Retirement System, adopted a new policy Monday requiring investment firms to disclose fees and other information about the placement agents they hire to seek Calpers's business. The new policy also requires placement agents to register with regulatory authorities.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS PEOPLE???

More to come..this is huge, and should send a CLEAR message to some certain folks..You think I blogged that stuff out of no where for no reason? NO ONE WAS MENTIONING HIS NAME, THEN OUT OF NO WHERE...BAM!!!...Zuma Dogg is blogging about him.

Arnold must be saying , "Damn, that Zuma Dogg!!! He was just telling me about the things, with the money, and the pensions, with the Wetherly, and with the Weinstien, and the things and in New York...I don't know how he do it? Maybe we should hire him to make the cuts, for the budgets, with the money and the problems, with the things...

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS NEXT AND WHERE THIS IS HEADED...call me, my computer screen is blinky and I am broke and hungry...maybe I'll make you wait and sweat it out...I MEAN THE CRIMINALS!