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Volume 8, Number 9 September, 2013 Santa Susana Clean-up 3 year Exposure Risk wo urgent meetings have recently been held regarding the latest- released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that evaluates potential environmental impacts of proposed Tdemolition and environmental cleanup activities of property administered by NASA at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). The transportation proposal for removing contaminated soil involves 142 truck trips per day for a three-year period. These trucks are expected to have vehicle weights of up to 80,000 pounds and will traverse some of the most high-traffic arteries in the area, including Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Roscoe Boulevard, Valley Circle Boulevard and Plummer Street. The proposed routes are shared by many schools in proximity to the site, and therefore A member of an interagency enforcement team patrols a marijuana plot in Encinal proposed additional vehicle emission exposure risk to children who walk or bike to school. Canyon. Photo/NPS The City of Los Angeles has proposed a $3 Billion infrastructure improvement project to repair 8,700 miles of failed Mexican Cartels in L.A. Basin? streets within a ten-year period. Much of this damage to City streets has been caused by the very type of heavy vehicle traffic proposed for this clean-up. The wear and tear to City streets is expected to add to this deterioration and pushing the cost of that Great Trails, But repair onto the City taxpayer is unacceptable. While I have long advocated for the full clean-up of the site, I feel compelled to express my disappointment at the lack Watch the “ ” of consideration for other methods of soil and demolition n the not-so-remote reaches of the Santa Monica Mountains, the scientists of the National Park Service are debris removal from the site. I feel compelled to add that it is getting an unexpected and sometimes unnerving education in preserving the environment—and in protecting quite unbelievable that some other option for conveyance of the Ithemselves. They’ve been forced to confront realities in the wild that could even make counting newts along a contaminated material from the site was not studied. stream a risky affair. The traffic, environmental impacts and deterioration of City Increasingly, park service researchers are sharing terrain with covert marijuana farmers who’ve exploited of Los Angeles infrastructure compel another look at alternatives and wreaked alarming environmental damage on broad swaths of sensitive public lands as part of a multi-million- – including some type of conveyance from the site directly to rail. dollar trade possibly linked to Mexican cartels. With tightened security along the border, drug lords may have I believe that most residents would prefer this option – even if it turned to the rugged mountains edging the L.A. basin for their cash crop. lengthens the time-period for the clean-up past the 2017 date. Just last month, a pot farm was raided in Topanga State Park, one of the region’s most popular hiking Comment period on the NASA DEIS must be submitted on or destinations. Law enforcement authorities recovered 5,000 pounds of mature plants, worth an estimated $2.5 before October 1, 2013, and may be submitted in writing to Allen million, and removed 500 pounds of trash, camping gear and farming infrastructure. But that bust wasn’t even Elliott, SSFL Program Director, NASA MSFC AS01, Building 4494, the largest in a series of seizures that have made headlines during the past few years, including some in the hills Huntsville, AL 35812 or via e-mail to [email protected]. above Malibu. Christy Brigham is no cop. But as chief of planning, science and resource management for the National Park -Mitchell Englander, Councilmember, Twelfth District Service in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, she and her colleagues have learned to spot potential dangers and react to them, even if that means revamping long-planned research projects. The damage is occurring across a number of fronts, Brigham explains, creating “a terrible ecological L.A. Observed disruption” on lands that are supposed to be protected for public enjoyment and education. * * * Disney Gets Approval But the most obvious environmental toll, Brigham says, comes from the growers themselves, who live at the sites and use the land as their trash can and toilet, which scientists believe could be one factor contributing to the high bacteria levels in the ocean at the mouth of Topanga Creek. for Santa Clarita “It’s just horrible,” Brigham says. “It’s like having a dump in the park, which is not really what we’re working toward.” She says the makeshift camps also represent a danger to hikers—and those on her staff—who like to wander off-trail along the streams. Her advice: when you see those irrigation hoses, “it’s time to leave.” Production Center Too often, Brigham says, news of big marijuana hauls on public lands seems to lead to a discussion about whether taxpayer money is being wasted by such law enforcement efforts. But she says there’s no arguing about By Mark Lacter the cost to the environment. ut wait a second - hasn’t Mayor Garcetti declared a state of “Regardless of how you feel about whether marijuana should be legalized, that debate is completely irrelevant emergency because L.A. is losing its entertainment industry? to the environmental issue,” Brigham says. “You’ve devoted your tax dollars and your attention to these parks. BGuess he forgot about construction of a major TV and movie They are not farms. This completely disrupts the ecology of the area. It’s terrible.” - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky facility in the northwestern portion of the county that’s expected to add more than a half-million square feet of studio space, multiple sound stages, and a few thousand jobs. The Disney development, along with the recently approved makeover of Universal Studios, represent major show business investments right here in Southern California. 10th Grade LAUSD Exit Exam That would seem at odds with the long-running narrative that os Angeles Unified School District 10th graders performed slightly better on the California High L.A. is in jeopardy of losing its hold on the entertainment business School Exit Exam than the previous year’s class, with 78 percent passing the math portion and 77 because other states are giving away millions in tax incentives in Lpercent passing the English section. order to draw movies and TV shows. No doubt some location busi- The 2012-13 scores were an improvement over the previous 10th grade class, which had a 77 percent ness has been lost, but the Hollywood infrastructure remains firm- pass rate for the math portion and 76 percent for English, according to the California Department of ly entrenched in L.A. I must say, the new mayor sounds a bit silly Education. with that emergency declaration business. Wait until a real emer- LAUSD officials said 69 percent of 10th graders who took the test passed both portions of the exam, gency comes our way. The ill-effects of what’s come to be known the district’s highest rate ever. as runaway production have been wildly exaggerated by local of- “The district has been making excellent progress in preparing our 10th grade students to succeed on ficials trying to curry favor with below-the-line workers and - and the CAHSEE exam and continue the path toward graduation,” Superintendent John Deasy said. now Garcetti is determined to lobby for more state incentives that Across Los Angeles County, 83 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion of the test - up from California cannot afford. Sigh. From the Daily News: 82 percent last year - while 82 percent passed the English section, up from 81 percent last year. 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September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 2 CityWatch $6,000,000 Buys LA’s City Council By Jack Humphreville ver the last decade, campaign funding IBEW Union Bo$$ d’Arcy and his affiliates have “invested” over $6 million in the City’s political campaigns, including significant contributions in 2013 to Wendy Greuel and several membersO of the City Council. The Bo$$ also helped to finance two ballot measures, both of which were rejected by the voters: Proposition A, the permanent half cent increase in our City’s sales tax, and the infamous 2009 Measure B, Mayor Villaraigosa’s Solar Plan that was a payback for previous campaign contributions. So it is not surprising that Herb Wesson was pushing the City Council to approve a new four year contract between our Department of Water and Power and the IBEW that was negotiated behind closed doors without any input or feedback from Ratepayers, Neighborhood Councils, or the Ratepayers Advocate. However, this deal was quickly derailed when The Los Angeles Times exposed that these backroom negotiations were being railroaded through the City Council and that Mayor Eric Garcetti was opposed to the new contract City Watch because it did not adequately address his campaign promises to reform the DWP’s compensation policies and its overly restrictive work rules that together cost Ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Los Angeles: Term Limits After a flurry of meetings to address the many criticisms involving sick pay, overtime, excessive salaries and benefits, overstaffing, and work rules, including a Monday night meeting of the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates where Have Produced an Inbred Garcetti addressed an audience of upset Ratepayers, the City was able to achieve additional “concessions” from the IBEW. Under the new contract, DWP workers will defer a scheduled 2% cost of City Council living adjustment on October 1, resulting in a cash savings in the first year of about $20 million plus a $4 million pension contribution. They will also defer By Ruth Galanter another 2% to 4% bump at the end of the current contract in October of 2014. erm limits at the State Legislature (1990) and at the City (1991) created a closed-system revolving The Department will also establish a new pension tier for all new hires that door for politicians, and the creation of government-funded “grass-roots” neighborhood councils will increase the retirement age, eliminate spiking, and require new employees to Tdiverted local activists from citywide political aspirations to far more parochial interests. contribute 10% of their compensation to their pension and retiree health care. Each of these required a popular vote, and proponents sold the measures to voters as “reforms” While the benefits are more generous than the new pension tier imposed on the to bring government closer to the people. Most people still think that was the proponents’ intention. City’s newly hired civilian workers, it is an improvement over the current plan But let’s take a closer look at how and why these “reforms” came to be. that will save approximately $4 to $5 million in the first year. The 1990 campaign for State legislative term limits, led by LA County Supervisor and former The DWP is also anticipating another $8 million in savings in the first year Assemblyman Pete Schabarum, a Republican, was primarily to knock Willie Brown, Democrat of the new contract by establishing 34 common job classifications with the City, from San Francisco, out of the Assembly Speakership. Brown was impregnable in regular elections, reforming the sick day policy, and by reducing the contracting-out overtime but a statewide Good Government measure that would oh-so-coincidentally take Willie Brown out premium. of Sacramento offered a tempting alternative. Overall, cash savings are estimated to be in the range of $35 million in the Proponents had no trouble painting the opposition as “just those people who want to stay in first year of the new contract. This savings offsets the $25 million a year burden office forever.” The ballot measure passed. that is being footed by the Ratepayers as a result of the City saddling the DWP At the City of Los Angeles, the 1991 term limits campaign was bought and paid for by a local pension plan with $200 million of unfunded pension liabilities associated with the attorney, Richard Riordan. Riordan, who planned to run for mayor in 1993, was active in insider dumping of 1,600 surplus employees on DWP by our cash strapped City. political circles but unknown to ordinary voters. These cash savings are inconsistent with the City’s estimates of $456 Riordan bankrolled a city ballot initiative limiting all city elected officials to two four-year million over the next four years and its $6.1 billion over the next 30 years. These terms. He also starred in the radio commercials. Voters approved this “reform” measure too, and differences in savings and the underlying assumptions need to be reconciled in an in the 1993 mayoral election, Riordan touted himself as “the man who brought you term limits.” open and transparent manner. * * * Areas to review would include the benchmarking of DWP’s excessive The impact of term limits hit City Hall with a wallop in 2001, when the first wave of salaries, its Cadillac health care plans, and all of its operations. officeholders (including Riordan) “termed out.” 2003 cleared out most of the rest of those with All such urgent matters MUST be conducted in an open and transparent long-time local experience, and the revolving door has been spinning ever since. manner to offset campaign funding Union Bo$$ d’Arcy’s political clout with In 1987, council had 6 long-time veterans, 3 former holders of another elected office (all state Herb Wesson and the members of the City Council who have benefitted from the legislature), 5 who had come from “outside,” and one who succeeded her boss. IBEW’s $6,000,000 investment in City Hall. In 2013, no long-time veterans (thanks to term limits), 9 former holders of another elected Ratepayers elected Eric Garcetti. And now is the time that he needs our office (8 in the state legislature and one at the School Board), 4 who succeeded their bosses, and support as he begins to reform our Department of Water and Power and our two quasi-outsiders who are both former members of LAPD. City’s finances. In 1987, five members were female, in 2013 there will be one. If current trends continue, more denizens of Sacramento forced out of state office will capture three more seats in 2015, and the rest no later than 2025. But Rates to Rise What lures the Sacramento officeholders to run for office in Los Angeles? Opinions, and no doubt the individual cases, vary. Some termed-out legislators genuinely enjoy legislating and want to keep doing it. Some enjoy the power and the perks. Some have no other obvious way to make a living. DWP Pay May There are other inducements too. City salaries are higher. And the City’s pension system allows city employees to buy in credit for time in other public employment, such as the military, or teaching school, or state employement. Part of Schabarum’s explicitly punitive term limits measure Return to Earth stripped state legislators of pensions. A former state legislator who buys city pension credit for his/ her years in Sacramento and then serves 12 years as a city official will qualify for a particularly he Los Angeles City Council instructed city staff to put the finishing touches generous city pension. on a new agreement reached between the city and the union representing 92 The ever-increasing pool of termed-out state legislators is not the only thing contributing to the Tpercent of workers at the Department of Water and Power. monotony of council membership. The pool of potential challengers is concurrently shrinking. The new labor pact would save the utility $6.1 billion over three decades In 1999, another Riordan-sponsored city ballot initiative transferred much of the council’s and help control rates for DWP’s electricity and water customers, according power to the mayor. At a campaign forum, campaign spokesperson David Fleming was asked to projections by utility and city officials. DWP officials are contemplating rate “what makes you think we’re going to vote for this?” Mr. Fleming was surprisingly candid in increases for the next three years. The agreement would reduce those increases his response: “We’ve put into the proposition something we know you will like: neighborhood by about 2 percent, they say. councils.” It worked. A majority of the 19 percent of registered voters who voted in 1999 The agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a adopted the charter change. union that represents 8,200 DWP workers, also includes a settlement of a lawsuit Council staffers are currently the only viable competitors to those coming out of Sacramento. between the city and members of the DWP pension system. The staffers are already here, working all over the district they plan to represent. The council voted 14-0 to tell their chief labor negotiator and the city attorney Generally staff members start their staff careers quite young. Many are fresh out of college or to finalize the settlement agreement, the labor contract and the adjusted pension graduate school, some have been community activists associated with a particular issue, and a few tier. The resulting documents will come back to the council and the Board of have held other jobs. Should they succeed the boss, most will do so with career experience largely Water and Power Commissioners for another vote. limited to working in a political office. Once finalized, the deal still needs to be ratified by members of IBEW. If The net result is a dramatic increase in in-breeding. Innovation, the ability to raise unconventional union members accept the deal, the DWP board, City Council and mayor must approaches to issues, the ability to understand how different groups of constituents think, all require also sign off on it for it to go forward. diversifying the gene pool. Under the agreement, a 2 percent cost-of-living raise scheduled for Oct. 1 We can keep some officials we’ve got, but we have to recognize that we also need thoughtful, would be postponed until 2016, which officials project would save the city $385 knowledgeable, and constructive “outsiders” in public office and getting them means we have to million over four years and $3.9 billion over 30 years. Some of those savings recruit them, support their campaigns, and support them once they’re in. would be put toward paying employee healthcare premium costs, 100 percent of which are picked up by DWP. (Ruth Galanter, an environmentalist and Los Angeles City Councilmember from 1987 to 2003, offers the Changes to the pension tier for new employees are projected to save the following TPR exclusive article on the origins of term limits in Los Angeles and the effects they have had on the city’s present political culture. This piece was posted first atThe Planning Report and is posted in (Continued on page 4) CityWatch with permission from the author.) September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 3 L.A. Observed Two Jews Walk Into a Catskills Hotel... By Ellen Alperstein

nock knock. Who’s there? Jews from the Borscht Belt. K Jews from the Borscht Belt who? Jews from the Borscht Belt who can’t finish their story because technical difficulties at the screening recently at the Museum of Tolerance stopped “When Comedy Went to School” five minutes before the end. The tolerant audience was mostly gracious, but co-director Ron Frank was mortified. “That’s never happened,” Frank said in a telephone interview. The documentary, co-directed by Frank, a resident of L.A., and Mevlut Akkaya, a New Yorker, traces the lineage of standup comedy to New York’s Catskills L.A. Observed Mountains where, from the 1930s through the 1960s, East Coast Jews vacationed, comedians refined their craft and busboys scored. It’s a fun film whose talking heads wrap immigrant history, ethnic identity and cultural change around a hot mike. The Borscht Belt is where funny people L.A. to S.F. in 30 minutes, learned how to turn a sense of humor into a profession. “In those days,” Jerry Lewis says in the film, “comedians had some place to be bad.” Without Flying! Mickey Freeman was one of them. Asked to take his stage act to a hospital to entertain the patients, he obliged by “singing, dancing, telling my best stories. By Mark Lacter On the way out I said to the patient, ‘I hope you get better.’ “ he said to me, “ ‘You too.’ " t’s called a “cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table,” though for any Jewish humor, suggests narrator Robert Klein, is Isaac’s fault. As the son fuller description, you’ll probably need a degree in physics. The billionaire founder of Tesla of Abraham and Sarah, his name, Klein says, means “he shall laugh.” Which is Iand Space X has provided details of his magical mystery hyperloop system that’s supposed what his parents reportedly did when he was born. “Hey,” says Klein, “if you to travel at more than 700 miles per hour and gets folks to the Bay Area in half an hour. Musk had your first kid at 100 and your wife was 90, you’d have to laugh too.” said he felt compelled to develop a high-speed alternative to the California bullet train, which Jokes are in Jews’ genes, the product of the extreme experiences of pain and he considers a boondoggle that won’t even go all that fast (Elon Musk isn’t thrilled with the pleasure that forges the psychological skill to make fun of adversity. 405 construction project either). “People are standing in front of a German firing squad. One says, ‘Long One key feature is that the system would be elevated on columns 50 to 100 yards apart. live the homeland.’ ‘Shhh,’ says another. ‘Don’t make trouble.’ “ -- Mort Sahl That eliminates potential land issues and keeps down construction costs. Musk says the hyperloop could be built for $6 billion ($10 billion if you include space for cars), while the * * * bullet train’s price tag, now estimated at $70 billion, could easily hit $100 billion. The tubes In the early 20th century, New York’s lower east side had a denser population would leave L.A. and SF every 30 seconds and mostly follow I-5. As to how it would work - than Calcutta does today -- there were 500 people per acre, and a pervasive from Bloomberg: sense of doom and gloom. “But what a fabulous new field for complaints, doubts Tell us about the basics of the design. You have pods, with skis on the bottom, zipping and guilt,” Klein observes. “A triple ‘oy vey.’ “ through tunnels put under low pressure. Why did you pick this design? As Jews climbed into the middle-class, they escaped the stress of city life The pods will ride on air bearings. The pod produces air, and it’s pumped out of little to summer in the Catskills. Their common experience was fodder for Edward holes on these skis. This is something that is used quite a bit in industry. You can move huge, Israel Iskowitz, rebranded as Eddie Cantor; Nathan Birnbaum, reborn as heavy objects with very low friction, using air bearings. In the consumer sense, people would George Burns; and orthodox Benjamin Kubelsky, who emerged as Jack Benny. be familiar with air hockey tables, except in this case the air bearings are being generated by The successful ones moved into the broader American entertainment the pod itself, as opposed to the tube. You don’t want the tube to be expensive. Because the landscape of network TV, where Danny Kaye (nee David Daniel Kaminsky), tube is so long, you want the expensive stuff to be in the pod. Sid Caesar and Woody Allen helped America become somewhat less culturally homogenous. Where Alan King was so big he gave a command performance * * * for Queen Elizabeth. According to Frank, there is no record of Her Majesty’s Some people said what you were proposing sounded impossible because it would require reaction when, after greeting the comedian,”Hello, Mr. King,” he replied in too much energy to get something through a tube at such high speeds and long distances. kind: “Hello Mrs. Queen.” There were guys questioning the energy that would be required to move the air and From Catskills’ mouth to Liz’s ears. the pod. They didn’t quite appreciate that it’s not the air that is moving the pod. The pod is “No Jew at that time ever went back to Europe [on vacation],” Jackie Mason accelerated to velocity by a linear accelerator, which is basically a rolled-out electric motor. explained, “because they just came from Europe ... and that’s where everybody The air in the pod is going maybe 200 to 300 miles an hour, and it is low-density. So some of got killed.” these guys were thinking: ‘Oh, the air is sea-level density, and the air itself will be the thing Deprivation and scarcity were American Jews’ history, and they continue to that pushes the pod.’ But that is not the case. You do want to have a continuously circulating reside in the collective memory. Black-and-white footage depicts a young Woody loop of air so that you are not losing energy by letting the air slow down. But it is more efficient Allen in front of a microphone, fingering his pocket watch. “An antique gold to have the pod go faster than the air. If you just try to pump air--particularly at sea-level heirloom,” he muses. “My grandfather on his deathbed sold me this watch.” pressure--through what is effectively a 700 mile loop, the energy required would be extremely Every summer Jews poured into New York’s Ulster and Sullivan counties high if you wanted that air to go fast because of friction against the side walls of the tube. to fill 500-plus hotels, bungalows and rooming houses. Big and plenty was the How would the linear accelerator work that gets the pods going? antidote to scarcity, and here in the Borscht Belt -- the Sour Cream Sierras, the It’s actually a linear electric motor. It’s a very basic thing. They have been around for Right Stuffing -- more was more, for guest and entertainer alike. a very long time. The air skis in the pod would have a thin row of magnets--you don’t need “Jewish parents feed their children certain kinds of foods to keep them much. The linear motor would electromagnetically accelerate the pod. It would be just below from moving quick ... matzo balls.” -- Dick Shawn where the skis are. It just creates an electromagnetic pulse that travels along the tube and “Gentiles almost never went [to the Catskills],” Jackie Mason says, “They pushes the pod to that initial velocity of 800 miles per hour. never heard of the place. Half of the Jews never saw a gentile. A gentile was See what I mean? Bloomberg contacted Martin Simon, a professor of physics at UCLA, something you saw in the movies. ... You saw Gary Cooper, you said, ‘That was who said that the plan appeared feasible from a technological standpoint. But it’s bound to a gentile.’ ... there’s no such thing as a 6-foot tall Jew.” face all sorts of political and financial roadblocks, perhaps instigated by the folks who have His career change from rabbi to hotel social director provided Mason with lobbied hard for the bullet train. material for his standup routine: “Gentiles are running, playing basketball, volleyball, handball, running back and forth... A Jew says, ‘You see a piece of cake here?’ “ Family life and gender relations were regular fare for the comedians -- well, the male comedians, anyway. And apart from Fanny Brice, Totie Fields and Joan Rivers, the comedians were male. DWP Pay May Return to Earth “My wife can’t cook at all. In my backyard the flies chipped in to fix the (Continued from page 3) screen door.” -- Rodney Dangerfield One of the talking head professors who clearly has the gene, remarks DWP $41 million over the next four years and $1.87 billion over the next 30 years. Settlement that, “Sex, according to my mother, is a very fine department store on Fifth talks in a lawsuit over payment of pension costs allowed the city to broach the issue of DWP Avenue.” worker pension terms with IBEW. “In my house I can’t relax. I told my kid, ‘Someday you’ll have children of The contract allows the City Council and mayor to weigh in on future changes to the your own.’ He said, ‘so will you.’ “ -- Rodney Dangerfield pension tier, which are set by the Board of Water and Power that oversees the utility. “This woman goes to a palm reader to have her palm read. The palm Starting salaries would also be reduced for 34 jobs, a move that, according to city officials, reader says, ‘Your husband will die a violent death.’ The woman says, ‘Will I be would save $15 million over four years and $196 million over 30 years. acquitted?’ “ -- Mickey Freeman With pay for DWP jobs typically higher than that of other city jobs, city leaders have for Today, almost nothing is left of what, for 50 years, was the largest resort the last 18 months sought a way to close the salary disparity. That disparity has made it difficult region in the U.S. Only one hotel remains, and, as Frank said, much of what’s for city departments to retain employees eager to transfer to the DWP’s better-paid workforce, left is rubble. officials said. What happened was time. The Woodstock music festival in Sullivan County Unlike DWP workers, city workers already have agreed to furloughs and a delay of cost- signified the cultural change in America, and comedians like Mort Sahland of-living raises, while the police union has agreed to a 20 percent reduction to starting salaries Lenny Bruce, who were never popular in the Borscht Belt, took center stage for new employees. The DWP is a city-owned utility but is funded through the rates paid by its electricity and water customers. Personnel costs make up more than 20 percent of the DWP’s budget. (Continued on page 11) September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 4 God's messengers By Pastor Dudley C. Rutherford - Shepherd of the Hills

t seems as though there are warning signs wherever we turn. We see pornography for comfort. Maybe you them on food labels warning us of possible allergens; on traffic signs long for the affirmation of a loved Wcautioning us about adverse road conditions; and on most products one or spend most of your money on advising us against improper use. I once saw a sticker on a windshield visor material things. Whatever you have that read, “Warning: Do not drive with sunshade in place!” Though we are placed your hope in—whatever consumes your inundated with warnings, the purpose of these warnings is for our protection— thoughts—has probably become your idol. It has replaced God in your even the ones that seems like common sense. heart. In biblical times, God gave His people many warnings through His Now that you have determined whether or not you have an idol and have prophets. God sent the prophets because the rulers and people of Israel had identified what it is, what can you do? You can start by asking the Lord to forgive been living in sin and disobedience. They became greedy and indulged in sexual you and to occupy first place in your life. God will not compete with anything immorality. They worshipped false gods and committed idolatry, which was a else, for He alone is worthy of our devotion, honor, and praise. And when we give direct violation of the First and Second Commandment: 1.) You shall have no Him the rightful place in our heart, Psalm 29:11 says, “The Lord gives strength other gods before Me, and 2.) You shall not make a carved image and bow down to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.” to it and worship it. Though God’s messengers mainly warned Israel about idol worship and God sent each of the prophets in the Old Testament to warn the people of future judgment if they did not repent, the prophets also spoke of a coming the consequences of their sin. The Lord wanted to protect His people from these Savior who would rescue His people. This Savior is the Messiah—Jesus Christ, consequences—such as pain, sorrow, and invasion from foreign kingdoms—and the Prince of Peace, God’s one and only Son. God loves us so much that His sent to restore their relationship with Him. Despite God’s warnings and compassion, His son to die on the cross for our sins, bring us back to Him, and to make us they continued to sin and turn away from Him, which led to their captivity and whole (John 3:16). He created us and is more than able to provide everything we enslavement by the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians. need. We don’t need to look to the things of this world. But it’s a choice. We can Idol worship may seem like a thing of the past, but it’s still very prevalent choose to sin and rebel by looking for satisfaction elsewhere, or we can choose to today. Did you know that an idol is anything other than God that captures obey God and worship Him alone. Which choice will you make today? our heart, time, or commitment? Our idols today can be our career, money, entertainment, hobbies, sex, or relationships. They are the things we believe Edited by Shauna Greco complete and define us. Yet God wants us to be defined by our love for and devotion to Him. Dudley Rutherford is the author of God Has an App for That (www.God- So how do you know if you have an idol in your life? Here are some hasanapp.com) and the senior pastor of the 10,000-member Shepherd of the questions you can ask yourself: What do I complain about the most? What do Hills Church in Porter Ranch (Los Angeles), California. Service times at Shep- I spend the majority of my time and money on? What scares or worries me? herd are Saturdays at 5:00 and 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 Where do I go for comfort when I am hurting? What brings me the most joy? am. You can find Dudley online at www.DudleyRutherford.com or on Twitter @ Whose affirmation do I long for? Perhaps you turn to food, alcohol, drugs, or pastordudley.

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September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 5 Are You Buying a Flood-Damaged Vehicle? By Ron Rauschenberger, State Farm Agent prospective used car buyer usually has questions about a vehicle’s past mileage as wells as performance and repair history; but what about flood damage? AHurricanes and large storms can produce floods, which can cause irreparable damage to any car or truck that has been partially or completely submerged in water. Flood water – especially salt water or water which may contain raw sewage – can quickly corrode a vehicle’s electrical and mechanical systems and could eventually render it nonfunctional. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) estimates that 230,000 vehicles were damaged as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Some of these vehicles were crushed and taken out of the stream of commerce, but others were retitled with a “clean title” and put back into the used-car market for resale. This process is called “title washing.” And unsuspecting consumers could potentially be purchasing these flood-damaged vehicles under false pretenses. Many states have strict regulations regarding the reselling of title-washed vehicles, but sometimes unscrupulous middlemen transport them to states where the laws are more lax. Some Warning Signs of Vehicle Flood Damage Depending on state law, a car or truck labeled a total loss due to water damage by an insurance company may require the vehicle’s title status to be “branded” as “flood”. While the definition of a “flood” titled vehicle varies by state, a designation of “flood vehicle” on the title history report should alert future buyers to proceed with caution. Vehicle history reports are available (based on the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)) through many LA Observed sources, including CARFAX®, AutoCheck®, VINCheck℠, and the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), which is operated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Some telltale physical signs of vehicle flood damage include: - Strange odors. If the vehicle’s interior has a musty or moldy smell, it may Vin Scully’s Career be due to the presence of mildew. Mildew may result from the vehicle being submerged for a period of time. A strong smell of air freshener or cleaning solution may indicate an attempt to cover-up the odor of mildew. Put in Perspective - Moisture. Fogging in vehicle headlights, warning lights, turn signals and interior gauges could be indicators of water submersion. By Kevin Roderick - Electrical dysfunction. Water can cause electrical switches for headlights, car stereo, climate control system, and 12v auxiliary power outlets to function pon the news that Vin Scully would continue to narrate Dodgers games next season, erratically. Check electrical controls to make sure they are all fully functional. Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Ben Lindbergh updated his research on how many players, managers and owners that Scully has seen pass through the Dodgers - Brittle wires and tubes. Examine inelastic wiring and tubing under the U dashboard for cracks and breakage. organization. It makes a pretty neat graphic, but here are the key numbers. Since Scully was hired, 889 different players have played for the Dodgers — the latest being Brian - Rust. Look for rust on interior screws and bolts. Check engine compartment and undercarriage for flaking metal. Wilson, the ex-Giant with the long, thick black beard and rat-tail. There have been more relief pitchers, such as Wilson, than any other position: 288. They form the long tail of - Discoloration. Check for evidence of a water line in the vehicle’s interior. If an actual water line is not visible, look for sand and grit embedded in the vehicle’s the curve. The research found 108 starting pitchers, 80 leftfielders and 69 catchers. How cracks and crevices. many of the 42 shortstops who have played for the Dodgers since 1950 can you name? To alleviate any doubts about a vehicle’s history or reliability, take the vehicle to The research also tallies up the off-field personnel who Scully has seen come and go. a trusted auto mechanic for a thorough inspection before you sign a contract. See According to Lindbergh, Scully has worked with 18 other TV broadcasters, 11 Dodgers more at: http://learningcenter.statefarm.com/auto/buying/are-you-buying-a-flood- managers, 11 general managers and nine ownership groups. But there has been just the damaged-vehicle/#sthash.RI6F2maU.dpufhttp://learningcenter.statefarm.com/ one Vin Scully. auto/buying/are-you-buying-a-flood-damaged-vehicle/#sthash.RI6F2maU.dpuf So if he gets a name wrong here and there, we understand.

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he Los Angeles City Council asked city staff for an accounting of various obscure work rules that allowed Department of Water and Live the Good Life TPower workers to increase their take-home pay by an average of 16.6 percent above their base salaries. The motion, approved unanimously by the 15-member council, also asks staff to develop a plan to rein in costs the work rules create. “This set of issues has enraged the people of Los Angeles, and rightfully so,” according to Councilman Paul Krekorian, who introduced the motion with council members Felipe Fuentes and Mitch Englander. “The fact that there are so many of these side agreements and work rules the people of Los Angeles are not even aware of, that this council has not even been aware of because they haven’t been brought to this council before, is an outrageous situation,” he said. Fuentes, who chairs the Energy and Environment Committee that will hear the staff report in 30 days, said the motion calls for the creation of a “working group process ... to identify, categorize and ultimately begin to instruct the City Council, the Department of Water and Power and its commission on how to ... hopefully be more cost effective.” Mayor Eric Garcetti criticized DWP work rules during recent labor negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18, which represents 92 percent of the DWP workforce. The resulting labor agreement, which still needs to be ratified by the union, includes a provision that would keep the door open for renegotiating work rules over the course of Discover a lifestyle as convenient as it is inspiring. At the contract’s four-year term. * * * the heart of Porter Ranch, Seville at Aldea invigorates Almost 60 percent of DWP workers are on track to take home the senses with captivating new two-story luxury more than $100,000 in pay by the end of the year thanks to hundreds of categories that allow for overtime, bonuses and other extra pay, townhomes overlooking the San Fernando Valley. Get according to an analysis by City Controller Ron Galperin, who created pre-approved today and join the priority list for your a searchable database of DWP and city employee earnings from January opportunity to own in this incredible neighborhood. through June. About 86 percent of DWP workers benefited from rules allowing for the extra earnings during the first six months of this year, and overall, Anticipated Pricing from the Mid $400s to Mid $500s DWP workers added an average of 16.6 percent in overtime, bonus and • Up to 4 Bedrooms • Attached Two-Car Garage other additional pay to their base salaries, according to Galperin’s study. 5

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Local river advocates and city leaders are urging officials in Washington, D.C., Tto sign off on a $1 billion plus restoration plan that is one of four being proposed in a study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study is set to be released in September. The Los Angeles River restoration effort was one of just seven in the nation picked to be part of the Urban Water federal Partnership, an urban waterway revitalization program launched under President Barack Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative. The council voted 14-0 to back Alternative 20, which will tear up about two miles of concrete walls along the Glendale Narrows portion of the Los Angeles River. That portion of the river runs by Griffith Park and through Elysian Valley. The plan backed by the City Council would connect the river to the Verdugo Why, Even with a Wash, and to park areas like the Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as the “Cornfields.” Additional connections include to Taylor Yard, the Arroyo Seco confluence and Piggyback Yard, a Union Pacific rail yard in downtown Los Angeles. Pension Crisis, LA Won’t This plan is up against Alternative 13, a far less ambitious, and less expensive plan, that is a strong favorite, Los Angeles River advocates say. Most of the 51-mile long Los Angeles River, which flows from the San Fernando Tank Like Detroit Valley to the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach was paved and turned into a water channel By Jack Humphreville during the first half of the last century, a process that destroyed much of the habitat for birds, amphibians, and numerous other wildlife and vegetation that frequented or lived hen Detroit filed for bankruptcy in July with its $18 billion in liabilities, many in the area. Most of the river was closed off by concrete walls or made inhospitable for people predicted that Los Angeles was not far behind. leisure activity. W But LA is not going to tank as our City’s dynamics are very different, at least The portion being studied for ecosystem restoration was one of the only areas where for the time being. the riverbed remained unpaved. Since 1950, Detroit’s population has decreased 63%, from 1,850,000 to less than 700,000 in 2012. Los Angeles, on the other hand, has seen its population increase as our diversified economy located on Pacific Rim continues to grow, although a much lower rate than in the past. Our annual income per capita of $28,000 is almost twice the $15,000 level in Detroit Holy Smoke! where over 36% of the population lives below the poverty line. This compares to an unhealthy 20% in LA. city councilman said he wants Los Angeles to raise the legal age for buying Detroit, with its 78,000 abandoned buildings and 66,000 blighted and vacant lots, cigarettes from 18 to 21. has seen its revenues fall by 20% over the last five years. Unfortunately, its revenues are A About 90 percent of life-long smokers start before they turn 21, and expected to decline by an additional 13% over the next four years while pension obligations under-age high school students are more likely to get cigarettes from 18-year-olds will gobble up an unsupportable 44% of the budget, up from the current level of 20%. than from 21-year-olds, according to a motion introduced by Councilman Paul Detroit does not even have access to the $500 million that it needs over the next five Koretz. years to repair its epidemic of urban blight. “The social sources of cigarettes for young smokers are often individuals who Meanwhile, in the City of Angels, our revenues have increased to record levels and are are just over the legal age of 18, with a majority of those purchasing cigarettes for projected to grow by 13% over the next four years. minors being between 18 to 20 years old,” the motion says. But this does not mean that LA is out of the woods as our City is facing significant If approved by the council, the motion would instruct the city attorney and the financial issues. LA is projecting a cumulative deficit of $800 million over the next four chief legislative analyst to draft an ordinance raising the legal purchasing age to 21 years if it is unable to renegotiate its contracts with its civilian unions. in the city. No major city has passed such a law. The states of New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Texas are considering ordinances to set the legal age at 21. Needham, * * * Mass., passed a so-called ``Tobacco to 21’’ law in 2005, and according to Koretz, the Our City is also cooking the books. It is not providing enough cash to meet the $25 to rate of smoking among the town’s high school students fell from 13 percent to 5.5 $30 billion that is needed over the next 10 to 15 years to finance the repair and maintenance percent over a six-year period. of our streets, sidewalks, and the rest of our deteriorating infrastructure and to fully fund “It is important for Los Angeles to enact such a law, to reduce the number our seriously underfunded pension plans. of young people who take up the habit of smoking, and the massive societal costs These battles between bond holders and pension beneficiaries will be nasty, fought associated with addiction to tobacco,” according to the motion. in the federal bankruptcy courts, state courts, and the State House, pitting bond holders, Koretz attempted to pass a statewide law in 2002 when he was a member of the retired and active pension beneficiaries, public sector unions, local governments, and Assembly. That bill was scuttled due to lobbying by the tobacco industry, according politicians against each other. to Koretz’s office. In the meantime, borrowing costs for all municipalities with large unfunded pension The motion, seconded by Councilman Mike Bonin, is expected to go before liabilities will be significantly higher because of the increase in the perceived risk. the City Council’s Arts, Parks, Health, Aging and River Committee and the Public As a result, our City’s finances will be under increased scrutiny by the rating agencies, Safety Committee. accounting firms, bond buyers, and its citizens, especially as the City has to slash services to fund its operating deficits caused by continued increases in salaries, benefits, and pension contributions. So now is the time for the City Council and Mayor Garcetti to face reality. The City needs to LIVE WITHIN ITS MEANS so that it can avoid insolvency or a virtual bankruptcy where it has to slash core services such as public safety to the bone. This will require the City to develop and adhere to a Five Year Financial Plan, pass two year balanced budgets based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and over the next 10 to 15 years, fix our streets and the rest of our infrastructure and fully fund our pension plans. LA is not Detroit, at least not yet. But Angelenos need to remind our Elected Elite that we expect them to act in a fiscally responsible manner that does not jeopardize our City, its financial health, and its ability to provide core services to its citizens.

September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 8 Another Reminder of Why the LAT’s Future is So Bleak By Mark Lacter nother quarter, another drop in revenue for the company’s publishing unit, which includes the Los Angeles Times and is in the process of being spun off into corporate purgatory. For Athe April-June quarter the overall decline was 4 percent compared with a year earlier, to $470 million. But check out the categories: Retail advertising (supermarkets, department stores and e’s not that much older than Mick such) down 8 percent, national advertising (banks, cell phones) down 8 percent, pre-print ads down Jagger of the Rolling Stones who still 2 percent, classified down 5 percent. Circulation revenue eked out a $3 million gain, helped along by struts his stuff on stage, but even online subscriptions. though 83-year-old Norman “Normie” Meanwhile, operating expenses fell 14 percent, in part because staffing levels have been reduced. Molesko doesn’t dance like a chicken, he So in summary they have less money coming in and fewer resources to produce the product. Is it any has his own moves, albeit, not quite as surprise that valuations for newspaper properties are so low? Tribune says that its spinoff won’t be electrifying. However, he can sing too, so his complete until the middle of next year, so it’s conceivable that somebody might come along between audiences always receive a lot of satisfaction now and then with an offer that the company can’t refuse. But the issue goes beyond price - any sale that way too. would involve all sorts of tax complications and would not include the most valuable parts of the Norman, who lives in Northridge, Calif., publishing portfolio, such as real estate. Such a deal, eh? with his wife Sylvia, has been swaying the There’s also some question as to the consequences of the split - specifically, whether a sale would minds of his steadily growing followers for be allowable for a certain period following the spinoff’s completion. That could delay any ownership nearly 15 years with lyrics that don’t shatter change for another few years. One other possibility that’s not gotten much attention: Another eardrums. His soothing inspirational poetry bankruptcy filing, with the remaining assets from the spinoff to be auctioned off to goodness knows about the importance of people developing who. The Tribune situation was one of the topics during this week’s Business Update on KPCC: and maintaining self-esteem as they enter Steve Julian: Speaking of companies, does anyone want to buy the L.A. Times? their mature years has turned many lives around. He likes to refer to Mark Lacter: The answer is yes - most recently, the controlling owner of the Dodgers, Mark himself as “LA’s Young Oldie Senior Poet.” Walter, said he was interested in both the Times and the Chicago Tribune (though there’s no Although he won’t divulge where he discovered the Fountain of way to know whether there are actual discussions taking place). But what was thought would be Youth, this much is certain, his enthusiasm and energy are never in a straightforward auction process has turned very complicated. It’s now to the point where the short supply. And neither are awards, acclaim and invitations for encore Tribune board has decided spin off the papers into a separate business, and that process could performances. preclude any sale at least into next year and maybe longer. Norman has written more than 1,200 short, sweet and to the point Julian: So, it’s Limbo-land for the Times for who knows how long. poems that have the dynamic power to heal. His mission is to inspire older Lacter: Steve, it’s not that Tribune really wants to keep the newspapers. But, selling them off audiences to approach life with a sense of renewal. (See Norman perform presents huge tax problems. Also, there are assets that the potential buyers thought would be part of on the You Tube channels http://youtu.be/nn5wYA2m3ew and http://www. the package - assets that include real estate - that Tribune wants to hold onto. So, what’s left to sell youtube.com/TheNormieShow/). He’s quite the conversationalist too, a are just the newspapers themselves, and frankly, they’re among the least valuable properties. sage quote machine. Julian: Now, last week came word that the billionaire Koch brothers, who were believed to be interested in the Tribune properties, decided not to pursue a deal... * * * Lacter: ...that’s right, they don’t consider the Times or the other dailies to be economically It doesn’t matter whether it’s a library, senior center, college viable. But for the L.A. Times, it’s really the worst of all worlds: no new owner and no vision for classroom, a parks and recreation meeting room, KPFK radio, posting recasting the paper, at least in the near term. videos on You Tube or blogs, Norman goes all out in fulfilling his purpose in life: to get the word out about not looking back and moving forward. And Norman has been getting the word out since 1999, when he began his collection of poems that include the recent Ongoing and OOEY ON AGE BASHING Positive, Time Traveler, Time Races Along, An Exchange between Young F Old geezer, old timer, and Old, Cherished Moments, Treasures and many, many more. “My mission is to activate the listener’s mind, for him or her to old fogey, old fart, experience one’s identity and feel a sense of enrichment,” said Norman. some young folks say. “Poetry groups throughout Los Angeles can provide individuals with a Some of us older chaps may call means of releasing and expressing the sunshine within. Poetry is a tool to honor the past, to motivate and vitalize oneself right now in the present, those who are younger a kid, a junior. and to imagine and invent a bright future with hope and appreciation.” In any case, the old and the young Norman’s admirers include the California San Fernando Valley can feel picked upon, angry, upset. Retired Teachers Association, which designated him Poet Laureate and this newspare, the Valley Voice, which named him Resident Poet. He has Slang words should not matter. also served on the Los Angeles Department of Aging Council and the list It’s just idle chatter, just pitter-patter. of recognition and affiliations go on and on. The old and the young should frown upon To arrange an interview with Norman, please contact Gary Wosk at intentionally trying to put someone down. (818) 983-7125 or [email protected]. © Norman Molesko, 2013

September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 9 Four Loko Beverage Cleveland High School Students Fight “Blackout in a Can” By Haeeun Blessing Jee, Valley Voice Reporter

our Loko is a beverage containing either 6 percent or 12 percent alcohol (depending on state regulations), and a large shot of caffeine, equivalent to the amount of F caffeine in a tall Starbucks coffee. This combination makes the beverage deadlier than most other alcoholic drinks. Drinkers get drunk and high but because the caffeine shields the effects of the alcohol, they are unaware of their state and drink more to feel that intoxication “buzz” in the end. Not only is Four Loko under investigation because of health concerns, but Cleveland students are questioning the advertisement intentions and methods used by Phusion Project LLC, the company that produces Four Loko. “Four Loko is marketing by the graphics that they use and the proximity that they sell their products. [Targeting] kids of color, [Four Loko will] use graffiti style labeling that is attractive to the youth. These products are sold heavily in populations of folks of color. You won’t find these products in Beverly Hills,” said Fluke Fluker, a co-founder of Village Nation. “And it’s cheap and it’s attractive for our kids to drink.” Senior Desirae Duncan, co-president of BSU, added her own thoughts on this Getting a Handle on DWP’s Budget dilemma. “If you go to a store and you see a can with something you can relate to on it - the graffiti - you become interested in the product. The containers make alcohol even and Transfer Fees: A No Brainer more attractive to the already enquiring young adults. “Four Loko is like ‘alcohol for kids,’” she said. * * * An anonymous Cleveland junior believes that the flavor of Four Loko is what really makes teens prefer this beverage over other alcoholic drinks, like beer. “With Four Loko, it’s like drinking a juice! And you don’t taste the alcohol. The YES ON BALLOT MEASURE J aftertaste is fruity – it’s awesome!” he exclaimed. “The thing is, you don’t feel drunk. By Jack Humphreville What happens is, out of nowhere, it’ll just hit you, you’re [expletive] up, you’re done.” “You can drink half a can, you’ll feel a buzz. You finish that [one can and] you Yes Vote on Measure J is a no brainer. It is what Corporate America has been doing for don’t even know you’re drunk. You’re just gone,” he said. generations. So let’s welcome City Hall and our Department of Water and Power to the Assistant Principal Shanna Sarris said the speaking out Four Loko is a good idea. Alate Twentieth Century. “I think any type of movement from the students’ perspective is always the best thing because students listen to students more than they necessarily listen to adults Here’s the ballot language on Measure J: “Shall the Charter be amended to (a) require the Department of Water and Power for informational purposes to submit to the preaching to them about something,” she said. City Council by March 31 each year a preliminary budget for the ensuing fiscal year (July But instead of limiting the target audience to people of color, she believes that it 1 through June 30), to be updated by May 31 with new information, and (b) establish should be widened to include all socio-economically impoverished people. procedures for making surplus transfers from the Power Revenue Fund to the City Reserve Dean Rolando Young also believes that saying Four Loko specifically focuses on Fund?” people of color would be jumping to conclusions. Measure J, if passed, will require the DWP to submit its preliminary budget for the “The way [Phusion Projects] markets their product is geared towards young year beginning on July 1 to the City Council for informational purposes b y March 31, about people. You have to remember that Cleveland is like a mini-city. So whatever is going three weeks prior to the release of City’s budget. An update will be due on May 31. on outside, outside our walls, it’s happening here,” Young said. Measure J, if passed, will also require that DWP Board of Commissioners notify the * * * City Council and the Mayor of the status of the 8% Power Transfer Fee by December 31, Would it be safe to say that Four Loko has increased teen alcohol consumption at and if the transfer cannot be made in full, to document why the 8% Power Transfer Fee Cleveland? The previously-stated anonymous junior claims that it has. cannot be made in full. “Definitely. Here at Cleveland? Especially,” he said. “I have friends that drink. The DWP and its Ratepayers are the largest single source of cash for the City’s General other day, this kid was [passed out] on the bench [after drinking Four Loko].” Fund. The City Utility Tax and the not so transparent 8% Power Transfer Fee are projected “This year, we have had a few incidents where kids came to school intoxicated. to contribute $315 million (7.2%) and $257 million (5.9%) to the City’s General Fund, a They did make us aware that they had drunk the Four Loko. However, they have also total of $573 million (13.1%) of the General Fund’s revenues. been helpful in letting us know that there are a lot of stores out there that are just selling it to minors, without carding them,” Sarris said. * * * The Land reflects what is going on across the country, the increasing consumption of drinks containing both caffeine and alcohol. However, there are two troubling issues with Measure J. The state of Michigan has completely banned the sale and consumption of Four Loko in its state. Ramapo College in New Jersey, Central Washington University in The first is that the ballot measure is not written in “Plain English” (as recommended Ellensburg, Washington, and the University of Rhode Island have banned Four Loko by the Securities & Exchange Commission, Arthur Levitt, and Warren Buffett), so that and other similar alcoholic beverages containing caffeine. Other colleges are quickly the Ratepayers and voters are buried in legalistic, bureaucratic and charter mumbo jumbo following suit as they realize the disaster Four Loko is causing on campuses, including which requires a special decoder ring. It also allows our political elites to play word games students requiring hospitalization. when they want to change the rules. The second issue is that Measure J does not reform DWP’s lax accounting policies that rely on the controversial standards developed by the Government Accounting Standards Board rather than the more rigorous standards that are applicable to publicly LAUSD Postpones held companies like Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric. One major difference is that DWP would be required to carry its unfunded pension liability on its balance sheet. This liability would also be determined by using the market Early Start Calendar values of the pension plan’s assets (not the actuarial value that allows “smoothing” and “market value corridors”) and an Investment Rate Assumption that is more consistent with LOCAL(Continued Events from page 1) reality.Only $75 a Month In DWP’s case, the advertised liability of $1.6 billion would increase to $2.6 billion Members questioned the District’s readiness for this change with supplies, based on market values, and that liability would increase to over $3.5 billion basedSquare on a Dancemaintenance, etc. and wereWilliams also concernedand was built about in 1937 the difficultyfor Barbara parents Stanwyck. It lowerReach Investment OverRate Assumption. 50,000 This Readers would imply a funded ratioThe of less Farmers than 65%. & Charmers Any Squarewould Dance have making Club hasadjustments was later to childcarethe home orof changingactor Jack vacation Oakie plans in an on era when had such a good response with theirsuch first short two notice.Barn Dances many stars lived in ranches in the San Fernando Valley. liability would also include the liabilities associated with post retirement medical benefits. If you are interested in attending this meeting or for more Send check and black and white that they are extending the instructionsTo in get easy the Square word out to many parents who were not aware of the Of course, Measure J may be an academic exercise if the 8% Power Transfer Fee is information please contact our District Director Megan business card to: Dance and Line Dance from 7 to calendar8:30pm atchange, the Pierce UTLA members handed out flyers to parents in January determined to be subject to a popular vote pursuant to PropositionCollege 26 thatFarm was Center adopted each on Friday through Sept. 20th. They Cottier at (818) 882-1212 or [email protected]. urging them to call the School Board if they were opposed to the Early November 2 by the California voters. According to the Los Angelesadded aTimes, couple this of newmatter callers is to give you the experience of being studied by the City’sValley lawyers. Voice Start calendar. Used Book Sale 19360 Rinaldi Street, Suite 502 different styles of calling. All are welcome, no experience The Friends of the Granada Hills Library will host necessary. Bring your friends and enjoy theUTLA dancing, and LAUSDfresh will now establish a working group to study the Porter Ranch, CA 91326 Early Start Calendar anda itstwo-day impact used on bookinstruction, sale on withFriday, an Septembereye towards 20, from In the meantime, Vote Yes on Measure J. fruit and vegetables - City Watch and attractions. There are vendors 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; and Saturday, September 21, and gourmet food trucks and a freeimplementation movie on the in lawn 2012-13. A calendar committee will meet as soon as Call (310) 429 0484 with any questions. from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The sale will take place (bring a blanket). See them on Meet-up:possible to http://www.determine theindoors school startin the date library’s for 2011-12. community room. A variety of meetup.com/Learn-to-Square-Dance-in-Northridge/ or books and DVDs will be available at prices ranging from visit the Pierce College Farm Center Facebook page 25 cents to one dollar. A fine assortment of children’s HarveyPrayer Dunn Breakfast CPA books will be available both days. The Granada Hills You are invited to join us on Sunday, September LibraryPIANO is located at 10640 LESSONS Petit Ave. in Granada Hills. 8, 12:15 p.m.40 toYears 2:30 p.m. Experience for an “Inter-Faith Prayer The library phone number is 818-368-5687. Breakfast- Brunch” at Porter Valley Country Club, A THEDevonshire CONVENIENCE PALS OF 40thYOUR HOUSE 19216 Singing (818) Hills Drive 887-5137 in Northridge. Please RSVP Come celebrate ALL PALS LEVELS, 40th ALL Birthday AGES on Saturday, by September 3. For more information, please call the September 28, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm at the Greig Smith Unity Church of Chatsworth at 818-914-1955, email: LAPD DevonshireANDREW Youth Center, ZADOR 8721 Wilbur Ave. in [email protected] m or visit www. Northridge. Join usTRAINED for food, IN fun EUROPE and live music as the unityofchatsworth.or20969 Venturag. Blvd., Suite 203 friends of PALS past and present gather together for What Ever Happened To Moby Dick? the birthday celebration15+ YEARS of OFthe EXPERIENCEyear. LAPD Devonshire ThisWoodland fall, the Library Hills, Foundation CA 91364of Los Angeles and PALS is dedicated(323) to developing 547-6982 character in youth, the Los Angeles Public Library invite you to discover or reducing juvenile crime and creating safer communities. rediscover the great literary masterpiece, Moby Dick, Tickets will be sold at $60.00 per person. March, 2011 Forthrough Advertising the lens Rates, of the Visit modern www.evalleyvoice.com and equally mythical One At Bat: Adam Greenberg Page 9 Southern California state of mind. The Granada Hills Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Adam Greenberg Branch Library is participating in this program with an share his story of perseverance and resilience. Join us informative and fun week of activities about whales. For Sunday, October 6 from 5 pm to 8 pm at Temple Ahavat more information, call 818 368-5687. Shalom, 18200 Rinaldi Place, Northridge for a screening Northridge West of the short film “One At Bat” chronicling Adam’s effort Are you tired of: Increased city fees? Illegal street to return to major league baseball following one pitch racing? Dirty and bumpy streets? Unlicensed boarding that changed his life. Following the film, Adam will share homes? Non-existent code enforcement? Dog poop? Illegal his personal journey and answer questions. After the billboards & signs? Dying vegetation? If you want to help presentation, enjoy dinner, shop sports memorabilia and stop the non-sense, please join us at the Northridge West meet Adam as he signs autographs. Enter the raffle for a Neighborhood Council. Northridge West boundaries are chance to win an iPad or one of many other great prizes. from Reseda to Corbin and from Nordhoff to just below Temple Ahavat Shalom’s phone number is 818-360-2258. the 118 Freeway. Please go to www.northridgewest.org Support Your Local Police and come meet us at our next meeting, September 10 at Join Supporters of Law Enforcement (S.O.L.I.D.) at its Northridge Christian Church, 18901 Chatsworth Street 18th annual All You Can Eat Pasta Dinner fundraiser in Northridge. on Friday, October 18, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at St. Bingo Raise’$ for Charities Nicholas Greek Church, 9501 Balboa Boulevard, The public is invited on Wednesday, September 11th Northridge in the ballroom located on Plummer Street. from 6:15pm - 9:00pm for an evening of Bingo. The SOLIDS’s fundraising goal is to raise funds to upgrade Chatsworth FUN-raisers get together on the 2nd the Devonshire Area station’s 40 year old break room. Wednesday of each month at Straw Hat Pizza, 21515 Through contributions from the community and Devonshire St. in Chatsworth (located in Ralph’s parking Neighborhood Councils, SOLID has raised thousands of lot) for a fun evening of Bingo while they raise money for dollars to purchase “non city” supplied equipment for worthy causes. $20 donation per person buys 12 games. law enforcement in Devonshire, recently completing the Pizza, sandwiches, salad bar, beer & wine are available roll call room. Tickets for the dinner fundraiser are $9.00 for purchase. Dinner is at 6:15 followed by Bingo at 7:15 per person; children 3 and younger eat free. Tickets can pm. Receive an extra Bingo card or a free gift for yourself be purchased at door. Free child identification provided with each friend you bring. Call Annie to reserve your by the Hollywood Masonic Lodge #355. seats: 818-882-6437. Texas Hold’em and Blackjack Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce will be holding its Annual Fundraiser and is inviting our community members here in Council District 12. On Saturday, September 14, 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm, they will Seniors’ have the tournament fundraiser at VFW Post 2323, 17552 Chatsworth Street in Granada Hills. All proceeds go to the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce. For Meals more information, call the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce at (818)368-3235. Neighborhood Computer Group Restored For Disaster Preparedness Month, The Users Group Network (TUGNET), a computer and technology users he Los Angeles City Council approved a group for all levels of skill, will feature a presentation on resolution urging an end to federal cuts Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 pm at Granada Pavilion, 11128 Tthat could leave seniors without meals Balboa Blvd. This presentation on disaster preparedness and nutrition services. E MAIL: [email protected] from the L.A. Fire Department will focus on the Valley An across-the-board budget cut under the area. Included will be online resources and notifications. federal government’s sequestration program For more information, visit http://tugnet.org or call (818) left the Los Angeles Department of Aging 249-1629. short of about $1.6 million in federal funding earlier this year, threatening dining center Bunco Night and home-delivered meals for thousands of The public is invited on Wednesday, September 18th, from seniors in Los Angeles. 6:15pm - 9:00pm for a fun evening of Bunco at SanSai City officials eventually found temporary Japanese Grill (next to Applebee’s), located at the corner funds in Los Angeles’ budget to continue its of Winnetka & Prairie, 9243 Winnetka Ave in Chatsworth. meals program, but Councilman Paul Koretz, The entry fee is $10 per person to play. Dinner is at 6:15 who introduced the resolution in May, said the pm followed by Bunco at 7:15 pm. Call Annie to reserve federal money should be restored “because your seats: 818-882-6437. that’s what our seniors and this nation Oakridge Estate deserve.” The first meeting of the Oakridge Estate Local Under the resolution, the city went on Volunteer Neighborhood Oversight Committee will meet record in support of any legislation that The Valley Voice is published every on Thursday, September 19 at 2:00 pm at the Northridge would restore federal funding provided under last Tuesday of the Month. Recreation Center located at 18300 Lemarsh Street. The the 1965 Older American Act, including role of the LVNOC is to provide feedback on a $1.3 million SB 1028, authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Deadline for submission Proposition K grant secured to make improvements to the D-Vermont, that seeks to re-authorize the act is the 15th of the month. property and open it to the community as a park. The through 2017-18. Oakridge Estate was designed by noted architect Paul R.

September, 2013 For Advertising Rates, Visit www.evalleyvoice.com Page 10 District Serves New Breakfast & Lunch Items Created by Students tudents have their fellow classmates to thank for the new menu items at Los Ange- les Unified School District’s (LAUSD). Driven by the District’s mission to engage SAVE MONEY, Sstudents in the menu development process, LAUSD rolled out new breakfast and lunch items that are conceived, created and inspired by students. “We value the contributions of our students because they are who we serve,” says SAVE ENERGY! David Binkle, director of Food Services at LAUSD. “The more involved they are, the Saving energy means saving money, especially during more we can deliver dishes that not only look and taste good to students but also meet the hot summer months when energy can cost you more USDA guidelines.” and is in higher demand. Listed below are some simple A breakfast item and a lunch meal, created by students, will be served at all 800 LAUSD cafeterias. They will be rotated into the menu cycle every four weeks. and effective ways to help you save energy, trim costs Research shows that students who eat nutritious meals in school earn higher test and gain control over your energy use. scores and tend to make healthier food choices throughout the day. The second largest • Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact school district in the country, LAUSD serves more than 650,000 meals daily that meet rigorous school nutrition guidelines. Since 2011, LAUSD has offered generous fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). portions of fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy products and whole grains that are sourced • Set your air-conditioner thermostat to 78 locally, the majority within 200 miles of the District. degrees or higher in the summer. More recently, it has been using sustainable, organic wheat from a California farm that practices water conversation, habitat preservation and air quality management • Limit the use of appliances during peak hours of and workers rights as supported by the Good Food Procurement Resolution that the day – use washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum passed last year. LAUSD has also reduced salt, added sugars, fats, and oils, as well as eliminated artificial additives in all its school meals. To check out the students’ recipes, cleaners and other heavy appliances during visit www.iminlausd.com. evening hours. • Turn off lights and equipment when they are not in use. Social Security Hodgepodge • Be aware of “energy vampires,” those devices that use energy when you think they are turned By Tom Margenau off. Examples are cell phone chargers, electric normally like to confine my columns to one particular Social Security topic. But tooth brush chargers, computer monitors, printers, today, we’ve got a hodgepodge of questions dealing with a variety of Social Secu- and fax machines. I rity issues. Here it goes. Q: In a recent column, you said you could explain any Social Security law. Well, can you give me the rationale behind this rule? If I delay taking Part B Medicare until sometime past age 65, I am charged an extra 10 percent premium penalty for Cash Rebates each year I didn’t have Part B, and I have to pay that penalty for the rest of my life. You can also receive cash rebates while saving on Can you explain why that is? It seems like highway robbery to me! your energy bill, when you buy qualifying energy- A: It’s an incentive to get people to take Medicare at 65, and not wait until they efficient products. These include refrigerators, air need it. That’s the way any insurance works. For example, if you were to delay buy- conditioners, pool pumps, windows, and more. To ing life insurance until you were 80 years old and in ill health, you are going to pay download an application and learn more, please log a much higher premium than if you took out that life insurance policy at a younger onto www.ladwp.com/crp or call 1-800-DIAL DWP. age when you were fit as a fiddle. Likewise, if you delay buying Part B Medicare until you are older and sicker, than you are going to pay a higher premium for that, too. Q: You passed along some good advice in a recent column you wrote about 1-800-DIAL DWP • www.ladwp.com • Follow us on [email protected] women who are married to jerks. But you did make one mistake. You told a 62-year- old woman whose philandering 62-year-old husband was going to wait until 70 to claim benefits, thus forcing her to also wait until 70 to get spousal benefits on his record, to divorce the guy. You told her by doing so, she could get benefits “right away.” But as a 25-year employee with the Social Security Administration, I can tell you that the rules say there is a two-year waiting period after the divorce before she can get benefits. SMART SUMMER FUN 2013 A: Thanks for picking up on my mistake! The lady should still “dump his sorry butt” as I suggested in the column. If she remains married to him, she won’t get any ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR GRADES 1-12 spousal benefits until age 70. But if she divorces him, she will be able to start draw- ing those benefits at age 64.

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No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equal monthly payments are required equal to 4% of initial promo purchase amount untilOPEN 7promo DAYS A WEEK is paid: Monda iny-Sunda full.y 1The0am-9pm visit us online @ www.ashleyfurniturehomestore.com “Se Habla Español” equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may be higher tan the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval.

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