HEY, HEY WHAT YOU SAY A MAYOR DALEY RANT FOR THE DAY

We found this amusing and thought you might need a little diversion after all the heady stuff we flopped down on you. There's some comfort here, were not alone on our irritation with our Mayor.

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT 10,500 hand-held ASTRO radios ENDANGERMENT

Thanks to policeone, where 31 July 07 story can be found.

Basics priorities ignored for Officer's safety in favor of expanding specialized units. Now does this not sound very familiar?
strong>Chicago Officer's chime in on this topic regularly. Very lopsided, expansions of various specialized units prior to officer's safety concerns and working equipment. This could be a Chicago's story, who also happens to have old radios still in circulation and unsafely in use but no one seems to listen or care.

Zine said the department's priorities need to be officer safety -- guns, vests, radios -- and too often the basics are ignored in favor of expanding specialized units.

"The current status of ASTRO radios and mechanisms for in-house repair with minimum parts available and no support from Motorola and cannibalizing existing radios for parts have become a significant challenge," Bratton said in his report.

The department has already begun to replace the LAPD car radios, but there is no money in the city budget for the hand-held radios.

According to Bratton's report, the department had to cannibalize more than 100 radios for parts last year.

At least 80 to 100 are repaired weekly.

During a recent ride-along in North Hollywood, Skobin said he had to lend his radio to a supervisor during a man-with-a-gun call because the sergeant's radio did not work.

"My radio issued at the station didn't work properly either. But it worked well enough to direct officers," Skobin said. "If a supervisor cannot coordinate officers in a man-with-a-gun call, that is not only endangering the officers but the public."

Skobin said he also knows of an officer in South L.A. whose radio failed during a foot pursuit.

When the Police Commission reviews officer shooting incidents weekly, Skobin said officers often say they made a call on the radio but others didn't hear it. He said there are so many that he suspects some are because of faulty radios.

Councilman Dennis Zine, a veteran LAPD officer now working as a reserve, said he experienced a radio failure while working with the fugitive warrant detail in South Los Angeles a few months ago.

"We were on a take-down of a suspect where it was vital to know where all the potential suspects are, when I went to activate the radio and it didn't activate," he said.

Later, Zine said, he learned that the battery connection was defective.

REPRESENTATIVE DICKS APPROVES SEX WITH NEWT GINGRICHS MOTHER

Officers it is stuff like this that impacts you and your families along with all other tax payers from making ends meet! On all of of our plates!

Political Experience: Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1976-present.

WE SUPPORT THE ARTS BUT WHERE IS A BALANCED BUDGET, AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Were talking about a lesbian comedian's act called "Sex with Newt Gingrich's Mother in the name of art? Then Rep. Norman Dicks goes about digging into Woman's Vagina's? Which includes Susan B. Anthony's vagina attending a Dinner Party. All in favor that is, for (NEA) the National Endowments for the Arts. Now we hardly doubt that Susan B. Anthony was dug up from the grave, allowing the artist to cast her vagina, just to plop the imaginary replica of her vagina on a plate, for all you art lovers in the name of (Art and empowerment of women.) Empowerment of women, In our opinion has nothing to do with displaying casts of imaginary vagina's and this tax payers, is what Rep. Dicks (D) wants to assist the NEA in continuing with, even more additional funding. That is, while boosting your Federal tax dollars to continue paying for it. Matter of fact Dicks appeared in favor of raising our tax dollar share for ear marks through out the day.

Seeing this dinner table setting of Vagina's on display by sheer accident, many years ago, as it just so happened, Chicago took a big lead in promoting it. We wondered then as we do now. How it ever made it to the table of fine dining in art. We have not changed our minds and still consider it, not only bad liberal art but also a big waste of our tax payer dollars, likewise for Sex with Newt Gingrich's Mother .

Now lets take a look at some of Dicks voting record: 09/21/2006
Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006
N
09/14/2006
Secure Fence Act of 2006
N
12/16/2005
Border Security bill
N
02/10/2005
Real ID Act of 2005
N
05/18/2004
Undocumented Immigrant Emergency Medical Assistance
N
09/24/1998
Nonimmigrant Specialty Workers bill
Y
09/29/1997
Continuing Appropriations
Y
09/25/1996
Immigration Act of 1995
Y
03/21/1996
Immigration Act of 1995
N
03/20/1996
Immigrant Public Assistance Amendment
N
03/20/1996
Denying Public Education to Undocumented Immigrants
N
03/20/1996
Immigrant English Proficiency Amendment
N
07/22/1994
Prohibiting Benefits to Undocumented Immigrants
N

Government Reform Date
Bill Title
Vote
02/25/2004
GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Y
07/26/2002
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Y
10/05/1998
Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures
Y
03/07/1996
Lobby Disclosure Amendment
N
11/29/1995
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
Y
11/28/1995
Prohibit Federal Funds for Lobbying Amendment
N
11/04/1991
Banking Overhaul - Passage
N
10/29/1987
FY 1988 Budget Reconciliation
Y

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