Thread: Today: LA City Council wants $1M for Mexican book fair

Reported from Walter Moore, Candidate for L.A. Mayor:

The Los Angeles City Council has on its agenda Item No. 36, a motion to obtain a $1.6 million grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The money, however, would not be spent in our city, our even our county, or even our nation.

Instead, our City's Department of Cultural Affairs -- funded with your tax dollars -- wants to spend $300,000 to build a "showcase pavillion" in Mexico for the Guadalajara International Book Fair. The remaining $1.3 million would go into a dedicated trust fund, to be used only for the "Guadalajara Book Fair."

The City Council -- the same group that is too busy to vote on Jamiel's Law -- will take up this issue as part of its 10:00 a.m. calendar, in Room 340 at City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, L.A., CA 90012.

No

Let them get the money from Mexico....

This makes me want to vomit!

Is our government full of Traitors and Communists ? YES

People need to be MORE OUTRAGED!
They seem to think that since this is a CITY BUSINESS AFFAIR... That it is CITY/COUNTY Money.
IT IS FEDERAL MONEY!!!
American Taxpayer money. I live in South Dakota, and I do not want a PENNY of MY MONEY going to Mexico.

They seem to think that since this is a CITY BUSINESS AFFAIR... That it is CITY/COUNTY Money.
IT IS FEDERAL MONEY!!!

Exactly.....they seem to think once they have their hands on it, it's their personal funds to further whatever their personal agenda is.

I contacted Councilman Greig Smith office downtown and Northridge to voice my outrage about this matter. Thank-you for bring this to my attenion.

http://www.lacity.org/council.htm

Originally Posted by PatriotofPast

People need to be MORE OUTRAGED!
They seem to think that since this is a CITY BUSINESS AFFAIR... That it is CITY/COUNTY Money.
IT IS FEDERAL MONEY!!!
American Taxpayer money. I live in South Dakota, and I do not want a PENNY of MY MONEY going to Mexico.

It's sickening when you actually catch them in the act of laundering Federal money into the General Fund for their pet projects! The Mexican mafia is running L.A.!