MY TURN In sentencing former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch Englander to fourteen (14) months in prison, federal judge John F. Walter said,
“I conclude that greed and arrogance must have also motivated in part this defendant,” adding that there’s “no adequate explanation as to how he totally lost his moral compass and committed this crime.”
I’ve got some other news flashes for Judge Walter: The Earth revolves around the sun; water is wet, the San Gabriel Mountains are higher than Death Valley.
(Photo above: Former councilman Mitch Englander,)
While city councilmember Mitch Englander (2011 to 2018) cast at least 3,200 felonious votes, now Judge Walter is surprised. Quite strikingly, Mitch Englander began his city council career with City Council President Herb Wesson’s explaining that the newbie councilmember could vote No on an agenda item because a campaign contributor had bribed him to vote No. Wesson elaborated that for this one vote, Englande
Los Angeles Becomes the Worst Ever Yet Again Details
VIEW FROM HERE If Mayor Garcetti were in charge of LA’s weather, we’d be buried under six feet of snow on July 4th.
Apparently, Angelenos have had a collective prefrontal lobotomy as they cannot connect Los Angeles’ continued decline with its leadership. Garcetti is the longest serving elected official in Los Angeles with his initial term as Council District 13 councilmember beginning on July 1, 2001. As Garcetti’s power grew, Los Angeles deteriorated. More telling yet, LA’s creeping demise as a world class city corresponds to where Garcetti has power – first CD 13 and then the city overall.