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Wednesday, August 11 2010 - 01:42 AM
Lancaster Mayor Accompanies Law Enforcement on Raids
By Fran Paolinelli
Lancaster — Driving through the darkened streets of Lancaster Tuesday morning, I wondered what top secret event was taking me to the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds long before sunrise.
The only information we had been given was to be at the Poppy Pavilion by 4 a.m.
Reaching the intersection of 20th Street West and Avenue H, I glanced over toward the northbound 14 Freeway off ramp. Cars, lots of cars, mostly black and white Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol cars, were exiting the freeway and heading toward the fairgrounds.
Cresting the top of the overpass, I looked down at the large parking lot of the fairgrounds and realized – this indeed was something big!
The parking lot was filled with patrol and detectives cars. And more were coming behind me.
What was the Sheriff’s Department planning, I wondered.
Inside the Poppy Pavilion, usually filled with festive decorations for community events, I saw hundreds of deputies, detectives and parole agents mingling among the tables and chairs set up to deal with the day’s activities.
Only truly something big would bring so many law enforcement personnel out this early and this far north into LA County.
That something, we quickly learned, was a concentrated effort to eradicate one of the most violent gangs that had this past year begun to call Antelope Valley their home.
The Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods had moved their operations to the Antelope Valley and their goal was to take over and control the local drug trade. Violence was their trademark. They were even brazen enough to shoot a deputy.
The sheriff’s department and local officials had had enough and decided to act.
Almost 500 strong, the deputies, federal and parole agents spread out over the Valley with federal warrants to arrest 23 gang members. Each team was assigned a specific house and at exactly 6 a.m. they knocked on 80 doors at the same time.
Their good morning greeting: “This is the sheriff’s department. We have a federal warrant. Open up.”
Those who were slow to open their doors received an extra wake up call – a flash bang grenade thrown through a window and a battering ram opening the door for them.
Before the morning was over, 16 known gang members were in federal custody, one was giving himself up and the other six were expected to be taken into custody shortly.
The Pasadena Denver Lane Bloods were through in AV.
“Today, we’ve witnessed the eradication of a violent street gang,” said Chief Neal Tyler after the operation was completed and the gang members in custody and on their way to jail.
Tuesday’s action came after at least a year of investigation work, Tyler said.
Along with the arrests on federal warrants, another 27 people were arrested for various crimes or parole violations including possession of cocaine, cocaine for sale, marijuana for sale and ecstasy for sale.
At one home, deputies discovered $11,000 in cash. Rock cocaine with a street value of $10,000 and a handgun were found at another home.
The man with the cocaine and handgun told deputies he was on SSI – a federal income supplement program designed to help aged, blind and disabled people who have little or no income. It provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing and shelter.
Along with the arrests of gang members, the Department of Children Services had removed four children from homes unfit for children to live in, according to Lt. Erik Ruble of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s Operation Safe Streets.
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris, who accompanied the deputies Tuesday morning, said the viciousness of the gang could not be understated.
“If they were willing to shoot a deputy, they are not afraid to shoot anyone,” Parris said.
After the operation was completed, Parris said, “Now gangs are afraid to live here. We want to crush them and drive them from our town.”
Parris also cited how safe the operation was because no one got hurt.
“The (gang) houses were taken down in minutes,” Parris said.
He then advised any remaining gang members, “There are better places (for gangs) to live than here because all we want to do is hurt you.”
http://www.avnewstodayonline.com/LancasterPageGangRaids.html
We watched a violent street gang become extinct in Lancaster and Palmdale today. The Lancaster City Mayor rode along and watched as the Sheriff’s department took it to them.
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American says...
I hear a lot of my old friends saying that they don’t like R. Rex Parris for this exact reason…but then I say, this is EXACTLY what is needed. Good, no, GREAT F***ing job, PARRIS!!! That is what I am talking about. I love this quote… “There are better places (for gangs) to live than here because all we want to do is hurt you.”
LOLHAHAHALOL…LOVE IT – LOVE IT – LOVE IT!!!
A buddy of mine saw a Hummer at a charity air show that law enforcement attends, and it said donated by Rex Parris. I don’t usually give a politician praise, but this is exactly the kind of stories I like to hear when I hear of public service. Only thing I wonder is it seems as if Parris has a certain pull, and influence even with Federal Law Enforcement, I wonder how much knowledge, and how far this guy is interested in going on a political level.
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American says...
I think I say Parris wearing some British Knights tennis shoes the other day.
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138hwy says...
Yes!! Fine work by all of the law officers and Rex Parris.
I suspect very soon for lanslither to cry out, “racial profiling.” haha lol
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RealSteve says...
Darn, how will the Democrat Club of the High Desert ever make up this loss of membership?
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PKShaw says...
This kind of great work by our Deputies goes a long way to attract employers and more retail to this area.
Big kudos to everyone involved!!
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138hwy says...
This gangster activity is just one more reason why we need more ICE CREAM SOCIALS and other programs after school, er, prison lets out in the afternoon.
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Harding Republican says...
Good job with the gangs! Now everybody shut up about land deals and cronyism!
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Cybertariat says...
An excellent point, Harding Republican. For crime in the suites – committed by the likes of Parris himself – is not only far more socially devastating than is crime in the streets, crime in the suites serves to exacerbate crime in the streets.
Which is the worse crime, to rob a bank or to own one? —Huey P. Newton (circa 1967)
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No Spin says...
Hey Guy.. Why not detail all these crimes Rex has committed? oops..
Remember in my America, an accusation is NOT a conviction so pay close attention to the SPECIFICS of the question..
Do I need to “Splain Lucy?”…
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Randy Hall says...
Wonder if a bank ever helped Guy, buy a home, or car?
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whomeye says...
Wow, I would’ve love to go to… Great job LASD!
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Cybertariat says...
For the benefit of this forum’s readership. Yes, though I managed to have escaped the slavery known as a “home mortgage” some five years ago, more than one bank “helped” me to gain a trust deed over the years – “helped” me to enter into a one-sided contract in which I would pay up to 300% interest throughout the course of those thirty -year mortgages/thralldoms. And therein lies the very crux of Huey Newton’s rhetorical question: In need of owning one’s shelter and the like, one is forced into accepting the exorbitant terms of those who are in control of the anti-social capitalist system. Therefore, the suggestion that a bank “helped” me is very much akin to stating that a slave-boat captain who plucked a would-be chattel slave from the sea “helped” that chattel slave.
“The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.”
In a just society, home loans would be administered by government devoid of profit; charging but a yearly administrative fee.
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Randy Hall says...
Didn’t you choose to have the bank “help” you? You could have had “shelter” that was not as grand but some sort of selfish reason drove you to accept the demands of the man with the money. You chose to dance with the devil, and you hate him for it.
Funny how you respond to me now, I kind of like it. Of course I expect the volcanic type of blow up any time now. Complete with the liberal-like personalization that accompanies such eruptions.
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RealSteve says...
Lancaster Gang Banger raids, staring TRex in the role of Captain Krutz….The smell of tear gas in the morning…Black and Whites blaring “Ride of the Valkyries”.
Serious though, good stuff going after criminals.
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American says...
OK, Cyber…you’re walking yourself into a trap of hipocracy. If you take away “profit” and collect an “administration fee” you are in turn creating a “profit”. By collecting property of monetary value (gold, money, etc.) and calling it a “fee” instead of “profit”, you are just creating a system to wear beaurocrats are the next “big corporations” that don’t reward hard work and innovation. Instead, you get a system that rewards politicians, instead of smarts or hard work or ambition. All of which come INSTINCTIVELY to us Humans. Reward and exercise our humanly traits, and we will truly progress.
What happens when somebody wants to live in a nice neighborhood compared to a run down one? Who will get to live in the bigger houses? Why? Is that fair? Do you think we should all have the same style house? The real world doesn’t work like that. We are Human. We are instinctively competitive. The only way to HONESTLY thrive and make an honest way of living WITHOUT corruption is to ensure profits go to those working for, and creating it. An equal share for everybody stagnates growth, and REAL progressivism.
I hate the fact the word progress is associated with socialists. The only system that truly works and promotes growth AND “progress” is PURE CAPITALISM (which, by the way has been on its way out for a long time now I’m sorry to say).
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Randy Hall says...
A “just society” has a government?
Is there such a thing (government) in a Marxist society?
Nope!
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Randy Hall says...
Only a “just society” has a government, so that makes Marxism or a Marxist economy devoid of being “just.”
FYI, I’m using a dictionary to determine the concept of “just.” Knowing Marxists “just” or for that matter “society” could mean flower or Ford to those unencumbered with word definitions as is our resident Marxist is devoid of that constraint.
For Guy ;-)
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RealSteve says...
Randy as usual you are wrong.
In the Soviet Union there was all sorts of justice….You got to choose if you were executed by being shot in the the left ear or the right ear.
Silly man.
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Randy Hall says...
RS, while I totally agree with you that the Soviet Union gave you a choice of right ear or left ear Guy would argue that the Soviet Union wasn’t “just.”
Guy might communicate that with this :-(
Since words don’t mean anything to him I’ve suggested in the future he use emoticons to get his point across.
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Cybertariat says...
Once again, my post of “3:56 PM” was directed toward the readerhip rather than any one individual.
American: “…to wear beaurocrats…”
What say that you – at the very least – secure an understanding of the English language before engaging the likes of me, son?
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Randy Hall says...
You mean American should get a dictionary like yours Guy?
You know one that says no charity in Marxist society but stipends are normal.
As American says lol:) good one.
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American says...
sorry sir…"to where beaurocrats…sorry sir, may I continue sir, Do I still get my rations for the day sir??
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Randy Hall says...
Notice the Marxist using the word “son” in referring to American. If Guy used a dictionary I’d suggest he look up hubris.
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Randy Hall says...
Remember American, in Guy’s society everyone is equal.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html
HARRISON BERGERON
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.
Some things about living still weren’t quite right, though. April for instance, still drove people crazy by not being springtime. And it was in that clammy month that the H-G men took George and Hazel Bergeron’s fourteen-year-old son, Harrison, away.
It was tragic, all right, but George and Hazel couldn’t think about it very hard. Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn’t think about anything except in short bursts. And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.
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whomeye says...
Perhaps Guy might be better off renting an apt or paying for his mortgage in full first so the “dirty bankers” don’t make 300% in interest off him.
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Randy Hall says...
Why whome that would be revolutionary!
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Cybertariat says...
American: “to where beaurocrats…sorry sir.” Incredible!
Or “’…to where bureaucrats… Sorry, sir.”
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Cybertariat says...
So which part of “…I managed to have escaped the slavery known as a ‘home mortgage’…” have you failed to understand, Annette? You really are just as dumb as what they say you are, eh, Annette?
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No Spin says...
REQUEST #2
Hey Guy.. Why not detail all these crimes Rex has committed? oops..
Remember in my America, an accusation is NOT a conviction so pay close attention to the SPECIFICS of the question..
Do I need to “Splain Lucy?”…
Or are the TRUTH and FACTS too much for someone who loves to bathe in innuendo and rhetoric?
just askin comrade..
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No Spin says...
GUY
AND BTW: If you know Annette, you would NEVER question her intellect…
Oh wait.. I forgot.. You are the BLOG INVALID emotionally and therefore unable to debate, ALWAYS reverting to intellect bashing..
My bad.. ~sigh~
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No Spin says...
Maybe “Wallowing in Innuendo and Rhetoric” like a rat in a sewer is more appropriate here?
Open to ideas..
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lancaster says...
hey i know. maybe u all can pretend guy’s threatening u. then u can shoot him! w/tb’s shiny new ccw, it’s all good, right?
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lancaster says...
and then tb can put up a cut n paste that will support his visions of persecution.
still waiting for UR answer donno.
why r they good, coming from tb, but no libs?
REQUEST #4
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Randy Hall says...
AS usual lanc is making things up, “w/tb’s shiny new ccw, it’s all good, right?”
I answered your 2+2 question and then I asked NS question as our tit for tat game.
You set the rules now play by them.
Maybe you are like Guy and rules are like word definitions, you know only mean what you feel not what you actually do.
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American says...
YUP…exactly. What is it that is not clear? Has the “professional left” been that good at hypnotizing the people? What is it that they need to understand? Or is it just the dream of a palm tree, white sandy beach life that lures them, like a heaven on earth or somethin?
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No Spin says...
LOL lame.
Always runs away from any REAL question, like a little girl from the boogie man, by asking one after he is asked and then refusing to reply to the original question.
And EVERYONE in here knows what a fool he is and simply, as you would any mentally challenged person, smile and nod.
How sweet.
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lancaster says...
u keep saying that donno, “everyone”??
i’m sure u n TB got a SPECIAL relationship, but i’m not convinced there r more then 2 involved in ur “everyone”!
still waiting for a answer to ur hypocrisy.
request #5.
so hypocrite, what is it?
we really don’t expect a reply!
nothing u can say to make anyone think highly of u. once a hypocrite……….
hear “alice” ain’t doing to well! what’s up with that?
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mattkeltner says...
All I have to say with regard to this article is: “Good!!!”
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whomeye says...
Wow, guy couldn’t handle the truth, so he attacked like a preschooler. Perhaps its time for guy to move to Europe, we know he’d be happier there.
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No Spin says...
Alice is going GREAT lame.. 42 kids ages 5-18 loved the experience… Even thru a tragedy these kids kept going..
I am very proud of the staff and cast..
Thanks for asking..
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No Spin says...
The Blog LIAR strikes again folks..
lancaster says…
hear “alice” ain’t doing to well! what’s up with that?
TYPICAL lie, rumor, innuendo, meant only to maim others.. and this is a cast with 42 kids who went thru a nightmare last week, yet lamecaster wants to marginalize their efforts..
How much lower can you go lame?
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No Spin says...
Hey lame..
Instead of trolling this site acting the ASS, how about donating to the Dahlia Lenaris Memorial fund?
Need the info?
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Randy Hall says...
Lanc, has only begun to show us how low he can go. Soon he’ll be insulting himself, you know like this “fat, old, ugly, bald guy.”
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Mulder says...
Hey No Spin, If you were to hear that a local elected official charged the taxpayer 5 TIMES the going market rate for his office space, would you consider that corrupt?
Would you consider it corrupt if his landlord to whom he was paying 5 TIMES the going rate was none other than (drumroll please…) JIM GILLEY?
Do you want to know what his response was? “It’s not illegal.”
You seem to only be bothered by “illegal” behavior. If that is not corrupt behavior, I don’t know what it is.
If you don’t believe me, ask your buddy Randy Hall. He knows it’s true, but…..since it’s George Runner, he winks his eye at it.
I would have thought that since he’s a fiscal conservative he would be hopping mad about it. Since they gave him a committee position, he’s happy, though. It’s amazing how principles can be thrown out the window when you’re part of the gravy train….
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marino says...
When I see large font I know Matt has been here. I’m amazing.
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No Spin says...
RH
I am blessed to be able to live a life I have dreamed of since I can remember. We have a theatre where I can provide opportunities for kids of all ages and adults to run away from life’s garbage every now and then.
I can open doors never opened before for kids without any conditions having to be met, including financial, to be able to live a dream..
And here is this local citizen showing his true colors by sliming the effort over a blog site on a thread that has nothing to do with theatre..
What is his purpose? To humiliate me and all the hard working dedicated adults and kids who are making a difference?
To try and marginalize 3 months of rehearsals to those who have yet to see the show by making it appear a failure?
I would love to understand what drives a fellow human being to this level of assault?
WHAT RESULT DID HE EXPECT OR WANT FROM ASKING THE QUESTION???
Anyone care to guess?
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Randy Hall says...
NS, lanc, is the epitome of liberal compassion. You tell people you want better schools and you are told you hate schools. You say you want people to earn self-esteem and you are told you are evil and uncompassionate.
What we are witnessing is a mental condition where the only one that matters is me, me, me.
Mulder, I have no idea what you are talking about. George Runner and for that matter Jim Gilley don’t confide their rental agreements with me.
Coming from a liberal and Mulder you are a liberal right; I suspect the charge is enough for you. Since I suspect you are a liberal I feel you made that up about the rent to slime Runner and Gilley like lanc, tried to slime NS.
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avbornbred says...
Randy Hall: I have read your postings referring to lancaster as being a male. That’s funny, when ever I blog with someone, I have this mental image of the person I am debating with. I envision lancaster as being a female, unkept, dirty hair, wearing a tie dye dress with sweat stains, and hairy arm pits. If lancaster was a male, I feel his arguments would be more explosive and vile. The insults SHE does use are weak. Sometimes I think Roxi and lancaster are the same person.
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whomeye says...
Lancaster, you said you heard? hmmm. Maybe you should try going to the play to verify then.
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No Spin says...
Randy
He is BY FAR the bottom dweller in here as he respects and honors nothing..He lies and spread rumors or simply “Suggests” like he did here:
“hear “alice” ain’t doing to well!”
What’s up with that?"
AND to gain what exactly? Since this thread is not titled “Local Theatre News” why would he ask the question?
In order to create suspicion? Doubt in some readers? Maybe he could come this Thursday and ask the cast what they think? I can set it up.. Want the younger kids in the front row LAME, so you can hear their answer?
Let me know..
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No Spin says...
6:00 this Thursday lame, you can ask the entire cast the question you asked me..
Here it is again in case you forgot..
“hear “alice” ain’t doing to well! what’s up with that?”
WANT ME TO PRINT IT OUT FOR YOU WITH BIG FONTS?
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Randy Hall says...
AVborn, you were not the only one that confused lanc, with being female. Till he described himself as “ugly, old, bald, and fat guy” I’d still think him female. Others expressed the same shock as you when we found out. Roxi on the other hand at least has a gentle spirit. Even if the spirit runs a little wild at times, she only insults people off the blog, like our mayor, and George W. Bush.
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No Spin says...
RH and AVBB
Male, female, Eunuch, transgender or hermaphrodite, does not matter what lame is..
What we all know is the he, she or he-she is a vile, venom spewing blogger who has no restrictions as to how low, he, she or he-she will go in order to maim others..
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No Spin says...
roxi is usually wrong, but usually restrained and respectable.
Even Guy earns more respect in here than lame does.. he usually only resorts to “intellect bashing” when he is backed into a corner.
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whomeye says...
NS, no he won’t go because he only wants to spread hate. He/she really doesn’t care about the kids. Hey maybe he/she is a republican. LOL
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No Spin says...
Spread hate behind a keyboard… is what Lame does..
Come out lame, this Thursday and ask the kids of “Alice In Wonderland” who have worked so hard thru a personal tragedy, your question.
Whatcha say?
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Mulder says...
Okay, just for fun Randy. What if I could provide you with the A.V. Press story about the excessive rents paid by George Runner to Jim Gilley? Would that change your mind about the corruptness of the local power elite? Since you said that this “slimed” them, am I correct in assuming that you consider this despicable behavior?
By the way, what George Runner pays for rent on his office is public business, not a private transaction since it involves taxpayer dollars.
I guess I’m liberal if being against excessive charges being made to taxpayers is a liberal value.
If it’s true, am I still a liberal Randy? Oh, I get it. That’s what’s called an ad hominem argument. Look it up if you don’t know what it means.
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Cybertariat says...
Anyone who has bothered to actually read a cross section of <herf=“http://www.intheav.com/blogs/Redflag”>mywritings within this forum knows perfectly well that absolutely no one “here” is capable of backing me “into a corner.” With all ego aside, the simple fact of the matter is that my often exhaustively lengthy posts are written with the sort of erudition that the likes of “No” Spin can only dream of being able to match. Too, for his part, our “No” Spin has utterly failed to respond to at least two of my parent posts which were composed in direct response to questions that “No” Spin himself asked of me. For, as his rather atrocious writing skills attest, “No” Spin is an uneducated, unsophisticated individual who endeavors to conceal those abundantly obvious facts. Ergo, “No” Spin’s typical “…he [Guy]…resorts to intellect bashing when he is backed into a corner” is nothing more than a part of “No” Spin’s invented “reality.”
Persevere..
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lancaster says...
lol. what makes u think i haven’t been donno? gosh, even when i’m not here, u all fantasize about me. glad to give ur life purpose!
still haven’t answered the question donno. request #6.
why do u only bitch about the libs cut n paste?
as far as “alice” goes, the kids r fine. it’s ur inability to fill the seats that come under question.
tell us donno. u use tax payer funds for ur charity?
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lancaster says...
mulder, it’s a conservative argument when it’s libs spending money.
guy, notice how it’s not apperant when they “back us into a corner” or “rule us”!
chances r when one has to tell u they r “winners” they usually r anything but!
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Randy Hall says...
Whatever you have to do mulder.
As far as George Runner losing my support no I’ll still be working to see him get elected.
I do think if going rents were five times less that is eye-opening but it isn’t going to cost George Runner my support.
So please provide the VP articles.
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whomeye says...
Hey NS, you’re uneducated and I’m stupid. Randy are you next? LOL
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Randy Hall says...
I have already been told my place in their class system.
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Randy Hall says...
Let’s just say I’m not fit to sweep their floors according to them.
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No Spin says...
hey lame
Ready to meet the kids? and what charity are you referring to? You really need better investigative skills loser…
But do let me know all about this charity you refer to…
Danka
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No Spin says...
And and lame..
Why not detail for all of us how bad the ticket sales are going ok?? You seem to KNOW.. so PROVE it…
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No Spin says...
Since according to your exhaustive research, we are not doing well guess I better close the doors eh lame? Would that make you happy?
LOL…
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No Spin says...
hey guy..
What is my educational background exactly? Can you remind of my EduMacation please?
By the way, what is it that you do for a living? A Butcher? Baker? Candlestick maker?
LOL
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No Spin says...
Ahh..never mind lame.. you bore me.. on to another subject..
See ya
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whomeye says...
NS, unless you’re a liberal you’re stupid…
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Larry Grover says...
We watched a violent street gang become extinct in Lancaster and Palmdale today. The Lancaster City Mayor rode along and watched as the Sheriff’s department took it to them.
So where was Ledford and his gang in all this? Catching up on beauty sleep?
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No Spin says...
KUDOS to Rex,the CC and Law Enforcement..
Well done..
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RealSteve says...
Larry…
To answer your question about Where’s Jimbo; At the Palmdale International Airport, Jimbo was under the impression there would be a photo opportunity for some reason or the other.
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lancaster says...
u spend a hour talking about me, but i bore u???? hhmmmmmm methinks the lady protest to much. lol
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Randy Hall says...
Maybe in your mind lanc that was an “hour,” in my mind and his it was seconds.
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mattkeltner says...
Somebody in Palmdale needs to do something about Marie Kerr Park. It has become increasingly dangerous since I started walking with a group over there in the evenings. On Monday night, there was a fight that began in the basketball court until the participants moved it into the tennis courts and proceeded to hammer on eachother until there was blood and glass everywhere. Two weeks before that, one of the men who walks with us said that two young men entered a bathroom stall together and were talking openly about “snorting” and arguing openly about a “bag” one of them took into the stall with them. Again, both of the boys originated from the basketball court.
The people of Rancho Vista and West Palmdale pay way too much for their homes and to be able to live in that part of the Valley to be subjected to this kind of garbage at one of Palmdale’s finest parks.
My suggestion: Get rid of the basketball court! Forrest Hull park in Lancaster is where many West Palmdale residents are walking now because Marie Kerr just isn’t that safe anymore.
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Larry Grover says...
Just drove down Palmdale Blvd. Huge number of cops, bunch of sheriff vans, trucks, command and satellite trucks, TV crews. Anybody know WTF?
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whomeye says...
A friend of mine just posted those pics it on Facebook, I’m trying to find out too.
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leonardpflemkin says...
City of Palmdale was represented at the early morning sweep. It was a sweep conducted by the Sheriff’s Dept. in both cities, not a photo op.
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leonardpflemkin says...
Matthew, sorry to hear that. The City will soon be launching its Park Watch program which will help, I believe, with incidents such as what you reported. However, with all due respect, a lot of basketball is played at Marie Kerr without incident. Also, a lot of walking, a lot of concerts, a lot of swimming, football, soccer, etc. I’ve been there many, many times and have never seen a problem.
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whomeye says...
leonard, no because these pics with the media were taken this evening. Not a morning sweep, it’s going on right now…
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palmdalevoter says...
Two different gigs. That big Tuesday morning raid was valley wide, although reading the rRex Press you wouldn’t know it! This one is in Palmdale. Saw same photos whomeye talked about.
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newstoday says...
Story to follow:
Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies commence Raid in area of Palmdale at 4:00PM Thursday and will continue through the night.
As of 7:15PM this evening 23 are in custody for various crimes such as Robbery, Narcotics, Burglaries, Warrants.
Raids will continue through the night….watch for the artcile at www.avnewstodayonline.com
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RealSteve says...
Great news! I’ll look forward to your story to be posted on line.
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palmdalevoter says...
Saw Ledford in one of Hof’s pictures
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newstoday says...
Photo’s being posted momentarily..we waited until the operation was called.
http://www.avnewstodayonline.com/AVCrimeWatchPalmdaleCrimeAssessmentCenter.html
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leonardpflemkin says...
Whomeye…sorry..I’m confused a bit. There were two separate Sheriff’s operations that I’m aware of. One was early in the morning on Wednesday that was a sweep that involved both Lancaster and Palmdale sheriff’s dept. There were officials from both city governments at the operation. It really wasn’t a new or unusual earth shattering event; just the best sheriff’s departments in the County doing outstanding work! How the press covered it was up to the press. The other was on Thursday afternoon which was the unveiling of a new “intelligence lead saturation operation.” Palmdale was chosen as the location to unveil this new technology and city staff and elected officials were on hand to see this new technique.
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PKShaw says...
For the past fifteen years I have lived within a very short walking distance of Marie Kerr Park and while I consider it a very safe place if someone were to ask me if people did wrong things there from time to time I would say of course they do. People do wrong things in every part of every city all over the world.
But I also know that my husband and I walk this neighborhood all the time at night, and pass a lot of neighbors along the way. And speaking of our neighbors, a few doors down is a Palmdale librarian, across the street is a member of law enforcement, many of them are fellow Kiwanians, and my husband’s co-workers. The rest get up very early every day to make the trek “down below” to earn the money to pay the taxes to support all the ones that don’t. So how about focusing on the much higher percentage of “right” being done around here?
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Larry Grover says...
So it wasn’t the Lone Rex Ranger knocking heads? Others were there? I don’t believe it. Surely the media would have mentioned that, right?
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newstoday says...
It was truly a great effort and a great sight to watch as violent street gang members were removed from “our” valley.
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