Is L.A. City Councilman TONY CARDEAS Hi-Jacking the LAX Concessions Process? (Are We Handing It Over To Organized Crime Ring?)

[HERE'S SOMETHING SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO TYPE AND EMAIL, AND THE THOUGHT DOES INDEED TRIGGER MY BIPOLAR, EVEN WORSE...SO I CAN AT LEAST COPY AND PASTE IT INTO THIS BLOG POST FOR OTHERS TO SEE.]

Zumadogg,

I read your post on Cardenas and his sister. Are you aware of how Tony Cardenas has personally hijacked the LAX Concessions process and is refusing to hold public hearings?

Cardenas somehow lucked into the position of Chair of the Board of Referred Powers, which is in charge of looking into the LAX RFP. This happened because the airport commissioner "neglected" to inform anyone that he owned $1 million in CPK stock while he was overseeing the bidding process for the airport. No matter, HMS Host and CPK lost every bid and are about to be kicked out of the airport after 45 years. But not if Cardenas can help it.

He has held fundraisers at companies that are part of the HMS Host group, at the same time he has canceled at least 5 meetings on LAX at the last minute. According to others on the Board of Referred Powers, Cardenas has made it his personal mission to upset the LAWA decision and force a redo. I wonder how much Camachos is paying him, or HMS Host.

Keep an eye on the news. He can't turn enough board members himself, so he is using procedural tricks to keep this thing from ever concluding.

[SOUNDS LIKE LAX CONCESSIONS ARE ABOUT TO BE TAKEN OVER BY A SOPHISTICATED CRIME RING. NJ has Tony Sorprano. LA has Tony Cardenas.]

Los Angeles City Councilman TONY CARDENAS is SO FUCKED Over The City Money He Gave His Sister's "Business" (AND SO ARE ALL CM'S WHO VOTED FOR IT!)

[PICTURED: An upstanding community member and an "above-board," "uncompromising" L.A. City elected official. It's ALL above board; nothing illegal has been done; and there has been no misuse of public trust or funds.]

First of all, Tony Cardenas is FUCKED! Previously, he enjoyed protection from this type of corruption, but I think those days are O-VER! (I've been told by community members that the FBI has been asking questions of community members in CARDENAS' district. (YES, about TONY!) This should stoke the fire...WALTER MOORE'S post on where some of the city's money went. AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND INCUMBENT COUNCILMEMBERS....UP FOR RE-ELECTION...WHO VOTED YES ON ALL OF CARDENAS' "ORGANIZED CRIME RING STYLE" TACTICS...

START LOOKING FOR WORK, A-HOLES! (A yes vote is the same as a ride on Cardenas' low-rider gravy train to Guadalajara.) Guess it's not so easy to say, "no" to Tony as L.A. Councilmember. In New York, you're scared to say "no" to TONY SOPRANO. In L.A., people are scared to say, "no" to TONY CARDENAS. (Capishe!)

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Los Angeles Is Bell On Steroids: Cardenas Case Study

[Pictured: Even if you are a rider and lover of low-riders (not to mention the chick in the pic), perhaps this is not how you think the city's money should be spent. Every dollar spent here, is a dollar away from your parks, libraries & street repairs (along with everything else. AND OH YEAH, it was out of the country...so you or your family couldn't enjoy of benefit by the event yourself, unless you took a road trip to Guadalajara...SERIOUSLY! KEEP READING...)

You want to know the difference between Bell's politicians and L.A.'s politicians? Bell's politicians made the rookie mistake of writing their own name after "pay to the order of."


Who does that? The expression is "money under the table," not "over the table." Writing checks to yourself is so farm league.


City Councilman Tony Cardenas knows better than to write checks to himself. When he spends contributors' and taxpayers' money, he has the good sense to have the checks made out to . . . his sister's book store.

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