Comments on: City of Bell’s Public Officials Live High on the Hog!

By: Candidate Profile: Lucy Flores for Nevada State Assembly

Candidate Profile: Lucy Flores for Nevada State Assembly — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:43:49 +0000

[...] With all of the recent press about the Latino voter enthusiasm gap, I thought that it would be a good idea to profile some up and coming Latino leaders who are running for local office. While people tend to get excited about electing a president every four years, voters have a better chance of holding their local elected officials accountable than they do presidents or even senators and congressional representatives. In a more perfect democracy, everyone would be interested in the people running for local judge, DA, assembly, state senate, school board, and city council. We know what happens when citizens aren’t paying as close attention to these local elected officials, especially in light of the City of Bell pay scandals. [...]

By: rob

rob — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:42:21 +0000

show me one latino organization that isn’t corrupt. from the family unit to heads of state, all lying scamers.

By: Cockroach People

Cockroach People — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:36:44 +0000

“…but the real problem is the culture. The methods that ensure survival in Mexico, do not work here. Keeping the girls out of school to work/babysit, and having more kids than you can support will keep you mired in poverty, no matter who is in office. Women, married or not, should use birth control until age 30 and spend their 20s going to school, working and saving. Child development classes wouldn’t hurt either.”

Anna’s issues are much deeper than we thought. I agree that the webmaster should not waste her valuable time responding, unless she is actually a therapist, then perhaps she can provoke a transformation.

How the problem of corrupt politicians has anything to do with the moronic statement quoted here is certainly beyond my comprehension. First, not all Latinos are immigrants or even Mexicans; so, I’m not sure how the Mexico survival guide factors in. Second, most of the Latino politicians play up their Latino-ness as a bonus especially when they are in insanely gerrymandered districts that ensure the election of a Latino qua Latino representative–not just any other politician, race being unimportant. As usual, Anna misunderstands how the political system actually works especially when it comes to Latino representatives.

Anyone who thinks these politicians don’t do things that they wouldn’t do in a non-Latino district is extremely naive. Corrupt people do whatever they can get away with. A corrupt Latino in a Latino district can get away with more things because of at least two constituencies that would be blind to their shenanigans: 1) the immigrant crowd who doesn’t understand the system and thus can’t hold them accountable 2) the apologist crowd who that constantly turns a blind eye to incompetence (think Loretta Sanchez) because of some axiomatic (old-school, really) commitment to having more Latinos in office.

I do agree that Latinos need more education–especially the apologists who do not grasp the complexity of modern democracy.

By: These guys are thieves

These guys are thieves — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:00:51 +0000

This is just like Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Rizzo and Adams) basically legally stealing from their residents . I hope some Robin Hood, in the form of a lawyer, District Attorney, State Attorney General, or the courts file an injunction to stop the stealing and allow the community time to fire their coincilmembera or shaming Rizzo and Adams into resigimg or maybe going to jail. They knew what they were doing was wrong and an abuse of power.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:09:19 +0000

Maybe you should read my posts again and this time try to comprehend what I am saying. I didn’t defend the actions of the elected officias in Bell. I
said that elected officlas who give themselves big salaries have nothing to do with being Latino, as the webmaster implied.

You can find that behavior anywhere the citizenry is too ignorant to act as a check on the government.

Re: “the majority of its political representation is self-serving and corrupt.”

That’s nonsense. It’s easy to blame your problems on elected officials, but the real problem is the culture. The methods that ensure survival in Mexico, do not work here. Keeping the girls out of school to work/babysit, and having more kids than you can support will keep you mired in poverty, no matter who is in office. Women, married or not, should use birth control until age 30 and spend their 20s going to school, working and saving. Child development classes wouldn’t hurt either.

Instead, you see women with three kids by age 25, feeding their toddlers McDonald’s and by then, it’s over.

By: the Kaiser

the Kaiser — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:06:56 +0000

Her (the Latino Apologist, aka Bubbles, Sunny, Anna), and you can read her duplicitous exchange with the WebMaster, is virtually clueless to the obligations and responsibilities inherited by an elected official (Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, Jewish, and White). The Latino community remains at the very bottom of the American social/political ladder, despite a significant voting bloc because the majority of its political representation is self-serving and corrupt. Most of Congress is self-serving and corrupt, but does that rationalize the majority of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus being corrupt, along with all the non- profit advocacy groups? The Latino Apologist seems to think so. Hilda Solis and Raul Grijalva can’t continue opening doors, creating opportunity, and passing real legislation for the Latino community all by themselves. You shouldn’t vote for a politician just because they have a Spanish surname. That’s the main problem with the Latino community. The content of one’s character far exceeds in importance to one’s last name.

By: El Cholo

El Cholo — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:45:00 +0000

Engaging in rational discussions with the Latino Apologist, aka Anna, aka Sunny, aka Whomever She Plans to Be At That Moment serves no purpose other than to convey the moronic opinion of someone who has no concept of public service, public responsibility, and public accountability and what that entails within the scope of a civil servant. The WebMaster shouldn’t waste their value time engaging with this imbecile.

By: IE

IE — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:51:07 +0000

HOLY MOLE!!!

Talk about some crooks in the City of Bell. I can just see the private city council meetings now…

“Hey guys, let rip off this uneducated populations were supposed to represent. They won’t know what to do.”….

Nice work on this piece. And Kudos to the LA Times for unmasking these shameless crooks!

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:24:41 +0000

Re: ” I’m saying that these Latinos on the Bell City council do not do much to advance the Latino community”

I agree with that.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:22:21 +0000

Re: “but shouldn’t the Latino community in the US demand more? ”

They can’t demand what they don’t know they should have. The problem is a lack of education. That’s the root of most of these problems. The culture does not encourage education at all, just work.