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Re: [restorela] Open Discussion - Introductions

From:	vivabarbie
Sent on:	Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:51 AM

This may be more of a statewide issue. The highest line items on the state's budget are Education & Incarceration.

There are too many people in our jails that don't need to be there. Once there, it's hard to get paroled, because there are certain private sector economic interests at play, benefitting from a large prison population of what amounts to a pool of a slave labor. A prisoner only gets paid 40 cents an hour, a great cost savings to businesses employing these prisoners to produce. The cost of this, of course, is passed on to the taxpayer, at the rate of some 50K per year per inmate depending on various circumstances. Inmates are fed a horrendous diet you probably wouldn't feed to your dog, and so the rate of cancer and other diseases is high, additional cost to the taxpayer in the form of medical expenses.

The public imagines those behind bars are all dangerous, violent criminals. This is far from the case, and it's costing us a bundle. Also, the prison guard union lobbies for stronger sentencing, as obviously the union benefits: More inmates = More prison guards.

As regards education: Encourage smaller community based charter schools and private schools, where children have a better opportunity to learn, because classroom size is smaller. Classroom size is the biggest factor in whether or not a child get the attention they need to learn basics like reading, writing and math skills. Teach the constitution, and what it means to be an American!

From: Anthony Cinelli <[address removed]>
To: [address removed]
Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 12:28:11 PM
Subject: Re: [restorela] Open Discussion - Introductions

I agree also, this is good. ALL viewpoints are welcome, no one is wrong
here as we brainstorm, get ideas out there, and discuss together.

We will begin to build a strong consensus amongst different viewpoints,
and developing a plan of attack by then determining which LA County
elected officials/offices would be most involved in what we would like
changed, and how possible corruption of self-serving officials could be
standing in the way.

FYI, I've removed any moderation from this email list, so please, golden
rule:

Respect everyone's opinion, and ye shall be respected. We are all on
the same team, fighting for the same true representation promised by our
republican form of government.

Everyone in our group is guaranteed that same representation and mutual
respect.

tom garrett wrote:
> I agree completely!
>
> What government services would you cut first to balance the budget and
> then what would you cut in order to reduce taxes?
>
> Tom Garrett
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> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:56 AM, vivabarbie <[address removed]> wrote:
>> Hi Anthony,
>> First of all, get rid of taxes and regulations that make it so hard for
>> business to thrive here. Then create incentives to bring the work and
>> business back, especially runaway film production, down 37% in 2009 from the
>> previous year! And it's not because people aren't going to the movies, so
>> movies are still being made somewhere, just not here. It's too expensive
>> for companies to shoot in LA.
>> Let the medical marijuana cooperatives grow in number according to need,
>> instead of limiting to 70. Why this arbitrary number? It's not like we
>> don't have enough vacant store fronts!
>> Get meddling local government out of our lives and off our backs, and get
>> rid of all the traffic cameras!
>> In Liberty and Freedom,
>> Jenny Worman
>> ________________________________
>> From: Anthony Cinelli <[address removed]>
>> To: [address removed]
>> Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 4:34:36 PM
>> Subject: [restorela] Open Discussion - Introductions
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I wanted to open our group up to some discussion regarding local issues
>> you think Restore LA could pursue. This email address "restorela-list"
>> allows us to email everyone with one email. When you reply to this email,
>> everyone in our list receives a copy.
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>> This is great to discuss non time-sensitive issues at your convenience. If
>> a discussion goes into much detail, we can move it onto our bulletin board
>> so as to not flood your email box.
>>
>> The question becomes: If you turned off CNN, Fox, MSNBC and forgot about
>> national politics, what would like to see happen locally here in LA, in our
>> own backyards? All too often even local news doesn't cover the REAL local
>> news here. That is one of the ways Restore LA can create change locally, by
>> reporting on the local politics and government in way to engage fellow
>> voters.
>>
>> Don't be shy, let's hear what you have to say.
>>
>>
>>
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