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Comment on State of the Arts by robin abbott

robin abbott — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:43:49 +0000

Liked it,good going sean

Comment on City Crafts Policy to Ease Food Filming Restrictions by Ed Gutentag

Ed Gutentag — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:54:02 +0000

Great!

Comment on Live Blogging the Neighborhood Council Town Hall by YJ Draiman for council

YJ Draiman for council — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:11:35 +0000

Rebuilding Trust in Our Government (R)
One of Americas statesmen stated “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” His presidency ushered in an era of disdain for government and a widespread cynicism that government could be effective in addressing our challenges.
Today, as we confront a crisis that has shaken confidence in our financial system and economy, we have an opportunity to restore public trust and confidence in the legitimate role of government. Indeed, to effectively tackle our economic challenges and to implement the reforms we need in our healthcare, education, energy, and environmental policies, our government will need to garner strong public support.
However, rebuilding public trust will not happen in the face of a pervasive perception that government is not transparent and accountable, cronyism is rampant, and public officials are more interested in helping themselves than in serving the public good.
Taking strong, swift, and decisive action to address abuses and begin to rebuild public trust should be the first priority for our city, state and federal government in the new legislative session.
Create a Task Force on Public Integrity with a mission to develop a comprehensive proposal for ethics and lobbying reform in our city and state. Which addresses reforms in three areas: (1) strengthening enforcement of ethics, campaign finance, and lobbying laws; (2) strengthening civil and criminal penalties for abuses; and (3) improving awareness and education for public officials.
Reinforce honesty, integrity and transparency by government officials as the core requirement to be and stay in office, any violations of these core tenets will cause the removal of the public official and the loss of “all benefits” retroactive. I think we should consider putting public official on a base salary plus commission based on performance.
While the many of our elected officials and government employees are honest, dedicated public servants, the actions of a few create a dark cloud over all.
Taking strong, swift, and decisive action to address these abuses and begin to rebuild public trust should be the first priority for our city, state and federal government in the new legislative session.
“The benchmark of a civilized society is the quality of its justice”
Compiled by: YJ Draiman

We need honest government with integrity.
“Good leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion”

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Action speaks louder than words.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

Freedom is not an ideal; it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.

Action speaks louder than words.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics, a person with principles.

“The benchmark of a civilized society is the quality of its justice”

Comment on Councilmember Krekorian Releases Neighborhood Council Report by Kate Parankema

Kate Parankema — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:31:07 +0000

Will there be a 2nd District Crisis Response Team group formed (as referenced by Councilman Smith for NW SFV area). OR should people wishing to participate, go to a general training?
(Did not see this on Krekorian website) nor get a direct answer from Jeff Zimerman re same.)

Comment on Councilmember Krekorian Releases Neighborhood Council Report by Jeremy Oberstein

Jeremy Oberstein — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:18:34 +0000

Docstoc should not require a password, but if it does, that was not our intention and do apologize for any inconvenience. We have switched hosts and you can now read the report, password free, on Google Docs by clicking here or above, in the updated blog post. Thank you for reading. -Jeremy

Comment on Councilmember Krekorian Releases Neighborhood Council Report by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:36:42 +0000

Your banner claims: “This blog was created, and is managed … to enhance what should be the free flow of policy discussions …”

And yet, to read the report on Neighbohood Councils, which was paid for with public funds, I need to register with docstoc.com?

This makes no sense to me.

Comment on Motion Calls for Greater Scrutiny of DWP Investigation by Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:57:21 +0000

Jeremy,

Are there any other departments that use P-Cards? Is there a way to proactively scan for this type of fraudulent behavior?

For instance, who set up the pay center for the dummy companies? Shouldn’t that action be independent of the requestors, and the requestors should never be allowed to receive payment directly?

So, if this isn’t a policy that is already established, in theory, it could be happening anywhere within the City’s purview…could this happen at the airport? The port? Within any of the offices reporting in to the Councilmembers or Mayor?

Is this something that the Controller’s department should already have been auditing?

Comment on Live Blogging the Neighborhood Council Town Hall by Neighborhood Council Election Report « CD2 Policy

Neighborhood Council Election Report « CD2 Policy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:13:09 +0000

[...] Recently, Councilmember Krekorian held a neighborhood council town hall where a discussion on elections was a main focus. For more information on that, please click here. [...]

Comment on Live Blogging the Neighborhood Council Town Hall by Jeremy Oberstein

Jeremy Oberstein — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:16:49 +0000

Hey Eli,
As we just mentioned, we’ll be putting these ideas online this week and allow folks to rate them. Implementation will be in the hands of DONE, as we, as a City Council office, cannot put these things into play. That said, we will work closely with the department to ensure that best practices are implemented going forward.

Comment on Live Blogging the Neighborhood Council Town Hall by Eli

Eli — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:03:00 +0000

What will be happening with all these ideas? Who will be in charge of implementing them?