Lynwood, CA - Agenda item number 16 reviewed by the Lynwood City Council shows that the City Attorney has charged the City $1,575,427 70 in legal fees.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
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I am a college student. Your blog is part of the "suggested reading" list provided by our professor. My team and I have some questions for the editor. Your answers and the information posted in this blog will be used for a team paper that we will gladly share with you when it's finished. Please let us know how we can contact you. Your help is highly appreciated!
Don't respond. "The student" is probably one of the law-firms!!
Yeah, it's probably one Beltran's girls... don't take the bait! THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY ARNOLDO NEEDS TO GO. NOW. (I'm talking about the fees)
if you really want to know who is behind the lynwood watch. just go to city hall and ask for the manager of business licenses jonathan colin or get a subpoena and confiscate all the city halls computer and you will find the answer. or ask santillan and the ex-mayor (ramon rodriges) that was trown out last election. or the life-safer of alex landeros. offer alex anything 5 or 10 dollars and he will provide the info he will do anything for money. i know that the person behind the recall is mark kudler (the shmuck)
God!!! What a brilliant insight into City Hall! The person who wrote the above comment seems to know what he's talking about! It'll be interesting to check all City computers, not only to find out who's Lynwood Watch as you say, but to see what everyoen is doing, including you!
Aren't you suppose to be working instead of writing comments on the blog? Boooo!
Give it up ARNOLDO BILL-TRAN(ZAS)!
You're time is up!. You have milked the city's taxpayer's long enough.
Its people like Arnoldo Beltran who make people like Paul Richards look like saints.
Mark Flores is the person who is really behind this blog and so what?
Who cares. You can kill the man, but his ideals with live on.
Down with corruption! Down with Beltran!
for a fact i know that JONATHAN COLIN IS BEHIND THIS WEBSITE...HE PROMISED A COUPLE OF THE LAST CANDIDATES = COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAINST THEM OR POST ANYTHING NEGATIVE AGAIST THEM IF THEY PROMISED HIM THE PROMOTION
LAMENTABLEMENTE SE VENDIO POR UNA PROMOCION....Y NO HABLA NADA DE ESOS CONSEJALES EN ESTAS PAGINAS
That's interesting. There was nothing posted about any other candidates either. Hummm, are you that guy who has the eternal crush on Jonathan? Either ask him out, get over it, move on, stop being jelous and read the post. The post is about the City Attorney fees being $1,575,427 70. Not about who's behind Lynwood Watch. Are you are the same person that promised everyone with your "I know for a fact" that this website was going to be over after the election?
Oh, I forgot to mention, Mark Flores is the real person behind this blog, so what? He did what you, and nobody did, he put this up so you and I can write comments.
Yeah! Who cares? Back to the topic at hand.
It seems now that since Mr. Byrd cannot get his wish to can Beltran and put his buddy Ron Wilson in charge of the city's legal matters, that Royce K. Jones is his next "boy" of choice.
http://www.kbblaw.com/members_jones.htm
I guess Fernando Pedroza and Leticia Vasquez will also "approve" the appointment of this next crook. Being that they are heavily funded and connected with “developers”.
With all the "redevelopment" going on like: Lynwood Metro Village, Plaza Mexico, Atlantic Crossing, Long Beach Pluma, Whispering Glen, Triangle Project, Fernwood Estates, to name a few, there's BIG bucks (millions) for developers and bribes for all councilmember here.
Just when you thought Paul Richards was down for the count, he corrupts manipulates some of our easily corruptible council members and slips in his boy Royce K. Jones.
Some crooks just never give up. I guess crime must pay. When Richards waa arrested for prostitution he had over two thousands in cash, to “pay” for his mortgage”
A note to all council members:
Please for once in your lives, do something you can be truly proud of,
OPEN UP THE PROCESS hire the best unconnected, fair, honest, ethical, hard working City Attorney our city desperately needs.
I’m sure you can get a bigger return in good P.R. than the miserable “contributions” of millionaire J. Arnoldo Beltran.
No to Beltran! No more Crooked Attorneys in Lynwood!
Royce K. Jones sounds great! The law firm is a highly credible one. Check out the sight!!!
Thank You Jonathan Colin for responding I agree with you nothing was mentioned about you, but I responded to the one that accused Mark Flores as the one behind the Blog!!!
No I dont't like you, You feel that everyone likes you, I Know that you been harrasing a couple of girls at work, those things can get you in trouble......
Stop kissing ass, you have what you wanted , but I'm warning your co-workers ...THIS GUY IS WILLING TO STEP ON PEOPLE'S FACE,KISS ASS,LYE, GIVE HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL.... NO MATTER WHAT TO GET WHAT HE WANTS...LOOKS ARE DECEIVING.....you are pleased with your new position for know....ARE YOU GOING TO RUN FOR COUNCIL AGAIN??, IF YOUR ALLIES IN COUNCIL THOSE THAT GAVE YOU THE PROMOTION GET RECALL , WILL YOU RUN FOR COUNCIL??? THIS TIME YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR NAME TO A SPANISH SURNAME, DO WHAT LETICIA IS DOING CHANGING HER NAME TO LAKHEUSHA AND YOU CAN BE DEMON "PIFFY" COLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its sad what people will do to get what they want!!!
Jealousy is usually a signal of something needing fixing, and ignoring that usually only makes things worse.
I would suggest asking yourself "What do I feel insecure about?" Do I feel unattractive or uninteresting myself? Do I doubt other persons love me? Do I feel less physically attractive? Do I doubt that I can have the type of lifestyle that the person I envy has?".
Once you've figured out what the core discomfort is, then it's appropriate to ask yourself if your fears are well-founded.
There are two issues that you need to deal with, your inferiority complex and your need for social approval.
If you dislike yourself, then this implies the inferiority complex is dominant at that moment.
If you dislike the other person, then the need for social approval is uppermost at that moment (if it were not uppermost, then what that person stirs in you would not bother you!).
You seem to have a cluster of repressed fears. People who dislike another so vehemently are not entirely confident of themselves and sometimes feel: “Look at that person, he/she does things so much better than me,” “Look at him/her, he/she is so much more talented than me”, "he/she is so much more physically attractive than me","he/she gets more girls/guys than I do"...
Stop feeling sorry for yourslef! (it should be enough to know that many of us already feel sorry for you) Here are some tips on how you can get rid of your inferiority complex:
* Begin by accepting your limitations. Analyze them, and understand that there are some limitations you can work on. If you want to be runner but are lame, there’s really nothing you can do about. Acceptance of any problem actually solves it.
* Find your own value. Remember no one on this planet is dispensable. The only issue is ‘do you know what your function is?’ If you don’t, find it! It could be your family, your friends, the society, somebody surely needs you, work for them, work towards them.
* Set realistic goals and work towards them. If you set unrealistic goals you will only meet failure. That will lead to frustration and further lowering of your self-esteem. Set reachable goals, this will give you a feeling of success and that will help you reach more difficult goals later. Learn to be active, do things that will help you reach your destination.
* Last but not the least, love yourself. If you have done something good, reward yourself. Learn to take compliments and be positive. Remember, what you think of yourself will affect what you feel for others. So once you see value in yourself you will be able to see the importance of others in your life. They say charity begins at home. Likewise, love begins with yourself. Remember only you can do it!
All the best!
C...n has always tried to hide his narcissistic traits, but being conceited, argumentative, or selfish sometimes (or even all the time) doesn't amount to a personality disorder. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a long-term pattern of abnormal thinking, feeling, and behavior in many different situations. The traits on this page will seem peculiar or disturbing when someone acts this way -- i.e., you will know that something is not right, and contact with narcissists may make you feel bad about yourself. It's not unusual for narcissists to be outstanding in their field of work. But these are the successful people who have a history of alienating colleagues, co-workers, employees, students, clients, and customers -- people go away mad or sad after close contact with narcissists.
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How many narcissists does it take to change a light bulb?
(a) Just one -- but he has to wait for the whole world to revolve around him.
(b) None at all -- he hires menials for work that's beneath him.
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This is a compilation of observations I've made from narcissists (you know who I am talking about) I've known well for many years. Most of these traits apply to you, but that doesn't mean that they'll all apply to the narcissists you know. My narcissists are all high-functioning -- that is, they've maintained gainful employment, marriages and family life -- and there may certainly be narcissistic traits that I haven't observed among the narcissists I've known. Narcissicism is a personality disorder and that means that narcissists' personalities aren't organized in a way that makes sense to most people, so the notes below do not necessarily go in the order I've listed them or in any order at all. Interaction with narcissists is confusing, even bewildering -- their reasons for what they do are not the same as normal reasons. In fact, treating them like normal people (e.g., appealing to their better nature, as in "Please have a heart," or giving them the chance to apologize and make amends) will make matters worse with a narcissist. Everyone be careful............
Can anyone guess who it is?
Who cares about your personal problems? This post is about Beltran's over billing. WHy don't you guys call each other and work out your problems.
NO ONE HERE CARES about your little feud!
Beltran is the REAL problem!
Not that I care about what Jonathan Colin does, but I heard he did not pay his campaign bills.
A guy who works for Rene Graphics in South Gate. Said he will soon be sued and have his wages garnished.
Now that's something one can easily check by calling Rene's Graphics and asking him about Colin's unpaid debt.
Also, you can check the FPPC reports where he shows debt and no payments since over two years.
I agree this post is about Arnoldo Belrtan, but it is also about inmoral and corrupt individuals like Jonathan Colin.
Clean up City Hall!
Stop favoritism and Nepotism in Lynwood!
i agree brother
Beltran has been spared and will not be replced or removed. He vowed to help Vasquez to fight the recalll and put up road blocks and foe this Vasquez agreed to give him a stay despite his over billing. The thirty days that the council approved is comming up and watch nothing will happen and non of the council will mention this action.
Who cares who runs the city latino,latina, blanco, morado o azul the point is for who ever it is to do it right..and honestly. I have lived in this city all of my life and it is truly sad how it is looking now with graffitti and trash in the streets and alleys..Lynwood was not even like this a few years back. Instead of focusing on such big ideas for the city the basic needs for the residents should first be met such as CLEAN and SAFE streets to begin with..come on people I've heard many people say the only nice thing about Lynwood is Plaza Mexico.
Beltran needs to be prosecuted. Just because you can put in on an invoice, that doesn't make it legal nor right.
Stealing is stealing, and it must be punished.
Where's Cooley on this matter?
Our council members need to be prosecuted. they are the ones incurring all these legal fees. Why don't you open your eyes and understand that an attorney would not create a paper track trail of invoices if it was illegal. The fact is that our council has caused thousands of dollars in uneccesary legal fees. If the council wanted to they would simply focus on all the projects that are in litigation and come to an agreement. If a developer owes money simply collect. Our council has options, but they always choose to brush things under the rug and simply buy time by entering into litigation with no concern of legal fees being incurred.
Why is Beltran and Ron Wilson still around. We were under that that 30 days was the time period to evaluate other firms, what a joke.
because the council understands that they would not been able to charge us so much money with out them giving them the work to charge for.
Did you guys notice that they cut Beltran's fees more than Wilson's. At least Beltran has fought for us. What has Wilson done but kept us in litigation. He has never won a case for the city. Hey wilson. When you are sworn in to the BAR, isn't one of your duties not to represent frivolous litigation? I think that's what you do every time a developer sues the city for breach of contract.
Ron Wilson must be fired. He is a crook and part of the Richards regime. He helped Louis Morales steal in the redevelopement department. Let's not forget Royce Jones, Autra Adams, and Bruno Knauls. If the city manager keeps kissing Leticia's ass, as much as he does his ass has to go too. But we will make sure to put it in his personel file, so it can follow him around.
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