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

Originally Posted by AmericanMe

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.!

So true AM!!!

Simply amazing....all I can do is shake my head....absconding with more taxpayer funds, this all it amounts to, Just another rip off of your tax dollars.

Looks like your county is aiding in the building of Mexico, with your money, while your state is going to hell. Simply amazing.

When will the maddness end?

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
District 1 - Ed Reyes
District 2 - Wendy Greuel
District 3 - Dennis P. Zine
District 4 - Tom LaBonge
District 5 - Jack Weiss
District 6 - Tony Cardenas
District 7 - Richard Alarcón
District 8 - Bernard Parks
District 9 - Jan Perry
District 10 - Herb J. Wesson, Jr.
District 11 - Bill Rosendahl
District 12 - Greig Smith
District 13 - Eric Garcetti
District 14 - José Huizar
District 15 - Janice Hahn
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton
Police Commision President Anthony Pacheco
Police Commision Vice President John Mack
Police Commisioner Andrea Ordin
Police Commisioner Robert M. Saltzman
Police Commisioner Alan J. Skobin
Supervisor Gloria Molina
Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
Supervisor Don Knabe
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich

Council agenda

http://lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/cl ... 122008.pdf

ITEM NO. (36) - Motion Required
08-0320 COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIR, ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH AND AGING COMMITTEE relative to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the Guadalajara International Book Fair.

Recommendations for Council action;

SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

1. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), to accept a grant award from the NEA in the amount of $1,600,000 for the period of July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009.

2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to negotiate and execute a Cooperative Agreement with the NEA on behalf of the City and to submit all necessary paperwork relative to the grant, subject to the City Attorney approval as to form and content (proposed agreement attached to Council file).

3. AUTHORIZE the DCA to expend NEA grant funds for all eligible purposes activities for the period of July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009.

4. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, to:
......a. Prepare and release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design, construction, and implementation of a showcase pavilion in accordance with the requirements of the NEA and the technical and security provisions of the Guadalajara International Book Fair for an amount not to exceed $300,000.
......b. Include in that RFP a requirement that the selected firm subcontract with a Mexican construction firm to build and install the showcase pavilion in Guadalajara, as recommended by the NEA.

5. WAIVE the application of City contracting requirements for any subcontracts between the design firm selected pursuant to the aforementioned RFP and Mexican construction firms to construct and install the showcase pavilion in Mexico.

6. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
.....a. Establish a new appropriation account within the DCA Grants Trust Fund, Fund No. 337, in a new account to be labeled "Guadalajara Book Fair."
.....b. Deposit up to $1,600,000 received from the NEA into the newly established account in Fund No. 337, "Guadalajara Book Fair."

7. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, DCA, or designee, to prepare any Controller instructions needed to implement actions approved by the Council and Mayor on matters presented in or deriving from the transmittal, and/or to make necessary technical adjustments, subject to review by the City Administrative Officer; and further, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement these instructions.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The DCA reports that there is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. This project is entirely funded by the NEA.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Simply amazing....all I can do is shake my head....absconding with more taxpayer funds, this all it amounts to, Just another rip off of your tax dollars.

Looks like your county is aiding in the building of Mexico, with your money, while your state is going to hell. Simply amazing.

When will the maddness end?

Great point SOSADFORUS! Didn't Arnold just reduce the salaries of many state workers to minimum wage because we have no budget? Isn't the State of California in the midst of a "financial crisis?" Yet these morons sitting on the City Council have the authority to give away close to two million dollars of tax payer money to mexico!

Why isn't this against the law!!!

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Simply amazing....all I can do is shake my head....absconding with more taxpayer funds, this all it amounts to, Just another rip off of your tax dollars.

Looks like your county is aiding in the building of Mexico, with your money, while your state is going to hell. Simply amazing.

When will the maddness end?

Great point SOSADFORUS! Didn't Arnold just reduce the salaries of many state workers to minimum wage because we have no budget? Isn't the State of California in the midst of a "financial crisis?" Yet these morons sitting on the City Council have the authority to give away close to two million dollars of tax payer money to mexico!

Why isn't this against the law!!!

its not california tax money given away, its US TAXPAYER MONEY

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Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Simply amazing....all I can do is shake my head....absconding with more taxpayer funds, this all it amounts to, Just another rip off of your tax dollars.

Looks like your county is aiding in the building of Mexico, with your money, while your state is going to hell. Simply amazing.

When will the maddness end?

Great point SOSADFORUS! Didn't Arnold just reduce the salaries of many state workers to minimum wage because we have no budget? Isn't the State of California in the midst of a "financial crisis?" Yet these morons sitting on the City Council have the authority to give away close to two million dollars of tax payer money to mexico!

Why isn't this against the law!!!

its not california tax money given away, its US TAXPAYER MONEY

Never said to was "California" tax payer money. Simply stated it was "tax payer" money."

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Simply amazing....all I can do is shake my head....absconding with more taxpayer funds, this all it amounts to, Just another rip off of your tax dollars.

Looks like your county is aiding in the building of Mexico, with your money, while your state is going to hell. Simply amazing.

When will the maddness end?

Great point SOSADFORUS! Didn't Arnold just reduce the salaries of many state workers to minimum wage because we have no budget? Isn't the State of California in the midst of a "financial crisis?" Yet these morons sitting on the City Council have the authority to give away close to two million dollars of tax payer money to mexico!

Why isn't this against the law!!!

its not california tax money given away, its US TAXPAYER MONEY

Never said to was "California" tax payer money. Simply stated it was "tax payer" money."

i guess when i read this
"""Isn't the State of California in the midst of a "financial crisis?" Yet these morons sitting on the City Council have the authority to give away close to two million dollars of tax payer money to mexico!"""

led me to think you thought it was cali tax money.

Thanks for the correction! Still it is all bad..but what the hell our congress just appropriated money to build a museum in another foreign country...they just don't get the big picture...WE ARE BROKE and in NEED OURSELVES!!



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