Radio Resolution by L.A. City Counsel

For those of you who do not reside in the Greater Los Angeles area, welcome to the newest "ONLY IN L.A." chapter of worlds wildest politicians.  "Today, the Los Angeles City Counsel led by council members Herb Wesson, Jan Perry and Bernard Parks, as well as several minority groups" will be debating a "resolution" which according to KTLA Los Angeles states in part:

Sponsors of the resolution say John and Ken and other KFI hosts have a history of "deplorable racist and sexist remarks.

"The resolution calls on KFI to reign in its talk show hosts.

It states, in part: "Derogatory language used by some radio personnel has no place on public airwaves in the Great City of Los Angeles or anywhere in America.

"The City Council urges KFI 640 AM's management to do everything in their power to ensure that their on-air hosts do not... promote racist and sexist slurs.""

Brought to you by the same folks who think it is in the best interest of the law abiding citizens of Los Angeles to allow illegal immigrants to get California Driver's Licenses, they are now certainly inviting even more unchecked responses from the likes of Clear Channel, Rush Limbaugh and John and Ken to protect their Constitutional Rights to both Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press. 

If Rush, John or Ken were African American Radio Personalities would the politico's be as offended by their use of the term "Ho"?  How many rap lyrics aired on the radio waves of America and produced right here in Los Angeles, contain references to illegal drugs or sexually degrading terms like; "slut", "whore", "ho" or worse?

To keep the record straight, a "Resolution" in this context is defined as:

Non-binding

Main article: Non-binding resolution

In a house of a legislature, the term non-binding resolution refers to measures that do not become laws. This is used to differentiate those measures from a bill, which is also a resolution in the technical sense. The resolution is often used to express the body's approval or disapproval of something which they cannot otherwise vote on, due to the matter being handled by another jurisdiction, or being protected by a constitution. An example would be a resolution of support for a nation's troops in battle, which carries no legal weight, but is adopted for moral support.

So at best, this is a hollow action and waste of tax payer time and money in some misguided effort to garner support of those on the political left to decry those who exercise their 1st Amendment Rights to free speech.  The "resolution" cannot impinge those rights in any way.  It can only invite continue debate and discussion which in fact creates greater polarity and must almost certainly widen the racial gap. 

Yes, this is big city politics at its best.  The presidential election looms on the horizon and polarity means big money from campaign contributors on both sides of the fence.  Those on the extreme right will certainly open their wallets to support Rush and his fan base grow.  Those on the extreme left will equally rally behind the banner of ethnic and woman's rights. 

Will it ever matter that there is now allegedly a new sex tape of Whitney Houston which might to some small degree justify the use of the term "ho" regarding her behaviour? And, if the toxicology report comes back that she was again using illegal substances, inclusive of crack cocaine, would anyone feel it necessary to pro offer an apology to John and Ken for what could potentially be an expression of a substantiated fact?  I doubt it but why are we wasting our tax dollars on this anyway?

And lest we forget; "Freedom isn't free".  As one who has served in defense of the Constitution and its Amendments I learned that it was equally as important for me to be willing to fight to the death to preserve your right to burn my flag in protest as it was for me to stand in defense of my right to fly it. 

The "Resolution" is hollow and can best be discribed as a political chess move. 

Check - It's your move LA. City Counsel.

Thank You For Your Support

As some of you know, several years ago I started a toy drive to help those in need during the holiday season.  The short version is that my youngest son was born on Christmas Day and when he joined the United States Marines, he was forward deployed during the holidays.  Since it was difficult at best to send him presents there, we did what we could, I started a campaign to receive toys from those willing to give and for the first two seasons, we delivered those toys to Toys 4 Tots locally. 

This past holiday season, I was blessed to have the continued support of some amazing organizations and individuals and through a ton of Can Do attitude and Never Give Up determination, I was able to gain permission from the Commanding General of Camp Pendleton to become the second organization in the history of the Base to be allowed to donate our toys and gifts to the families of the men and women serving this Great Nation. 

All in all, the combined efforts of those who were involved resulted in what is now known as the North Pole Foundation being born.  They are also responsible for 9 different Certificates of Appreciation, Letters of Accommodation and four Challenge Coins being awarded to the North Pole Foundation.  None of these honors would have been possible without their help.  In the near future, I hope to be able to secure a modest warehouse space with an office to house both the Private Investigations business and the North Pole Foundation. Please stay tuned to http://www.northpolefoundation.org/ for up dates and events as they become available.

I could never have made this happen without the support and love of all of those who made their own events happen and allowed their respective organizations to be a part of something that does such great work.  We will continue.  This year we are working on being able to duplicate our efforts in Arizona and with the continued support of all of those who gave of their time, energy and yes, personal finances, we will grow and continue to make differences in the lives of those who protect our rights to be who we are.

Please take a brief moment to review the video and join me in thanking all of those who contributed and more importantly, all of those who serve. 

Again, thank you to each and every one who gave.

Do not aspire to be part of something - aspire to create something others aspire to be a part of.