Campaign 2007 Watch Huntington Park: Mayor Noguez Thinks You're Stupid City residents will wake up on March 8, 2007 to a crude and raw reality. (See full report). |
| Municipal Water Districts - Corruption Watch Central Basin Water District And You Thought Your Water Was Clean George Cole and corruption in the Central Basin Municipal Water District: Dirty tricks, lucrative $700,000 contract to George Cole's Oldtimers Foundation and other conflicts of interest. |
| October 22, 2007 |
| September 11, 2006 |
| May 8, 2006 |
| Maywood: D.A. is Investigating Councilman Thomas Martin? |
Huntington Park Mayor:
John Noguez Assumes the
Position: Mayor..again.
John Noguez Assumes the
Position: Mayor..again.
T. Martin
| Councilman Thomas Martin Jr. voted to hire his father to a $31,000 per year job, & conspired to hire Francisco Leal as City Attorney. |
| May 4, 2006 |
Local Corruption has Friends
in Sacramento
Is Assembly Speaker Nunez
Complicit with HP's Mayor John
Noguez and City Attorney Leal?
in Sacramento
Is Assembly Speaker Nunez
Complicit with HP's Mayor John
Noguez and City Attorney Leal?
F. Leal
| September 5, 2006 |
Nunez, Noguez, Escareno, Leal
OPEN
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT
| August 16, 2006 |
April 26, 2006
City of Vernon Focus of Corruption
Probe:
A City Attorney with Ethics, Honor &
Integrity: Edward Olivo.
City of Vernon Focus of Corruption
Probe:
A City Attorney with Ethics, Honor &
Integrity: Edward Olivo.
| City of Bell's George Cole in Secret Talks to Annex Vernon? Vernon Mayor Indicted by D.A. Public Corruption Charges for Voter Fraud |
April 26, 2006
Guilty Charges Dismissed Against
Linda Guevara, Ex-Huntington Park
Council Woman
Guilty Charges Dismissed Against
Linda Guevara, Ex-Huntington Park
Council Woman
| Assembly Bill 1381. The bill all but authorizes Mayor AV's bloodless coup of LAUSD (click to see full report). |
| Watch Our Schools April 24, 2006 |
| August 2, 2006 |
| Watch Our Schools April 24, 2006 Is George Cole Leading Secret Meetings with Southeast L.A. County City Council Members to Break Away From LAUSD? Public not Invited |
George
Cole
Cole
| George Cole and Break-away Plans in Southeast cities; Mayor cuts Deal in Sacramento For new LAUSD Superintendent with Jackie Goldberg & How to Build a Charter School in Huntington Park With Help from Mayor Noguez |
April 18, 2006
Pseudo Civics Wears a
Zarape in Huntington
Park
Pseudo Civics Wears a
Zarape in Huntington
Park
| Who's Who: Meet the Southeast Council of Mayors AB 1381 Gives them Powers to Control LAUSD Schools in Southeast |
Zarape
Civics
Civics
They want to be in charge of 40 schools, 60,000 students, hundreds of
millions of dollars in school budgets and hire/fire of Superintendent
millions of dollars in school budgets and hire/fire of Superintendent
Follow the Money
April 17, 2006
Follow the Money From
Huntington Park to Pico
Rivera with Mayor Noguez
April 17, 2006
Follow the Money From
Huntington Park to Pico
Rivera with Mayor Noguez
| Bell EyeOnCorruption Commerce Recall SaveCommerce Lynwood Truth LynwoodWatch Maywood South Gate Pico Rivera Vernon Long Beach Citizen Journalism KCET Life & Times |
| May 30, 2006 |
| New State Senator for Southeast Cities |
| City of Bell George Cole: |
| Will the Real Ron Calderon Please Stand Up? New State Senator for Southeast Cities: Horse Wagering, Oldtimers Foundation & Your Kids' Education, & A Primer on Senator Escutia's Education Bills. |
| March 27, 2006 The Rise and Fall of Edward Escareno; The Rise of Rosario Marin |
Rosario
Marin
Marin
| GOP in HP March 27, 2006 Huntington Park is Republican Country |
GOP in HP
| May 23, 2006 |
| March 21, 2006 Maywood: Sanctuary For Illegal Aliens & $31,000 City Job for Councilman's Father |
| LAUSD Breakup: Peek at How George Cole Will Manage his Break Away School District in Southeast Cities |
T. Martin
| May 15, 2006 |
| Quid Pro Quo, Anyone? The #1 Reason Mayor John Noguez Will Be Reelected in 2007. |
| March 13, 2006 City Attorney Francisco Leal Accused of Violating Conflict of Interest State Law |
J. Noguez
Latin for Latinos
Quid Pro Quo
Quid Pro Quo
F. Leal
| March 13, 2006 Police Blotter: The city has a new Police Chief: Mike Trevis from Maywood and Bell. |
| May 15, 2006 |
| KPCC Public Radio 5-16-06 "Southeast Cities Make Plans to Separate from LA Unified" |
HPPD
February 23, 2006
Police Chief Fired in
Closed Door Session
Police Chief Fired in
Closed Door Session
| The Rosario Marin Files: A Hot Latina |
| City of Huntington Park John Noguez, Elba Guerrero, Ofelia Hernandez, Ed Escareno |
| Rosario Marin and Corruption In Huntington Park Evidence of an Official Cover-up. Q: Why did city council and the District Attorney's office keep ex-Mayor and Rosario Marin protege Edward Escareno's recent felony conviction for "Grand Theft" a secret? Not even The Los Angeles Times was notified. A: To prevent damaging exposure to Rosario Marin. On February 1, 2006, Marin is scheduled to be sworn in by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as his newest State Cabinet member at Huntington Park City Hall. The timing of the two events, Escareno's pleading guilty and his conviction on December 12, 2005 and Marin's appointment by the Governor on February 1, 2006, was evidently too close for comfort. On January 16, 2006, WatchOurCity.com broke the story on Escareno's conviction fully 30 days after the he plead guilty to the charges, Then, two days later on January 18, the Spanish daily La Opinion newspaper had a front Page headline report titled "Corruption in Huntington Park". Why was Huntington Park chosen as a venue for this momentous event to appoint Rosario? Is it to show the influence Rosario wields over elected officials in Huntington Park? Rosario Marin is in control of the majority votes in city Council, where her close inner-circle friends received special favors in getting city contracts worth millions of dollars. |
| City of Huntington Park, Maywood, Lynwood, Many Others Attorney Francisco Leal: |
| Resident of the Month |
| Recommended Reading |
WatchOurCity.com
salutes Efren Martinez, a
Huntington Park resident and a
Marine Corps who was recently
dispatched to Afghanistan for a
military tour of duty. Efren was
a city council candidate in
2005. He works for the
Huntington Park Chamber of
Commerce.
salutes Efren Martinez, a
Huntington Park resident and a
Marine Corps who was recently
dispatched to Afghanistan for a
military tour of duty. Efren was
a city council candidate in
2005. He works for the
Huntington Park Chamber of
Commerce.
Immigrant of the Month
Late South Gate resident
Geovanni Padilla, 20, a navy
Hospitalman, died on April 2,
2006, in military action in Irak
caused by a roadside bomb,
reports the L.A. Times on
Sunday, 4-23-06. Geovani was
born in Guadalajara, Mexico and
grew up in the Boyle Heights
district of Los Angeles and later
in the city of South Gate.
Late South Gate resident
Geovanni Padilla, 20, a navy
Hospitalman, died on April 2,
2006, in military action in Irak
caused by a roadside bomb,
reports the L.A. Times on
Sunday, 4-23-06. Geovani was
born in Guadalajara, Mexico and
grew up in the Boyle Heights
district of Los Angeles and later
in the city of South Gate.
Most every high school
library in the Los
Angeles Unified School
District has available
the following civics
book: "Censorship"
by Bradley Steffens.
It quotes Thomas Jefferson:
"Were it up to me to decide
whether we should have a
Government without
newspapers or newspapers
without Government, I should
not hesitate a moment to prefer
the latter".
The author states, "Jefferson
knew first hand that without
newspapers to report and
comment on its actions, a
government can - and most
likely will - abuse its powers.
Jefferson also knew that
citizens had to be well
informed what actions
government took to affect
public policy".
library in the Los
Angeles Unified School
District has available
the following civics
book: "Censorship"
by Bradley Steffens.
It quotes Thomas Jefferson:
"Were it up to me to decide
whether we should have a
Government without
newspapers or newspapers
without Government, I should
not hesitate a moment to prefer
the latter".
The author states, "Jefferson
knew first hand that without
newspapers to report and
comment on its actions, a
government can - and most
likely will - abuse its powers.
Jefferson also knew that
citizens had to be well
informed what actions
government took to affect
public policy".
Rosario Marin |
| City of Maywood Thomas Martin, Jr., Feliipe Aguirre |
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Follow the
Money
Money
| CROOK A Southeast City Ex-Mayor: Huntington Park |
| Stats: Name: Edward Escareno Political Party Affiliation: Republican. Current Status: Legally Convicted Felon. Charged with: Grand Theft of Public Funds in L.A. Superior Court. Past Status: Mayor, Huntington Park, California. Employment Status While Elected: Unemployed for 1,100 days Employed 360 days. First Elected: March 2001. Endorsed by: Rosario Marin (Republican). Managed Campaign of: Current council members John Noguez, Ofelia Hernandez & Mario Gomez in 2003. Campaign Deceit: Lied about being a businessman. Roommates with: a) John Noguez b) Karina Lara (John Noguez's niece). Conviction Date: December 20, 2005. Number of Days Conviction was Kept a Secret: 27 days Number of days after Conviction that Governor Appoints Rosario Marin to Head California State's Consumer Affairs Division: 44 days Gov. Makes appointment at: Huntington Park City Hall Number of Media reporting on Conviction: Two. - WatchOurCity.com - La Opinion Newspaper Number of Media Outlets D.A's office Notified of Escareno's Conviction: Zero. Number of Media Outlets Appearing at HP City Hall to report on Governor's Appointment of Rosario Marin: 15+ Escareno's Biggest Boast while in Office: He called then U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin on a daily basis at her Washington D.C. office. Relationship Between Rosario Marin and L.A. County D.A.: Both are Republicans and Both are friends. Friends in High Places: - Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez. - Rosario Marin, Head of the California Consumer Affairs Division. - Antonio Villaraigosa Mayor of L.A. - Richard Polanco, ex-State Senator. Friends in low places: - John Noguez, Mayor Huntington Park - Ofelia Hernandez, Councilwoman, Huntington Park - Mario Gomez, Councilmember, Huntington Park - Francisco Leal, City Attorney, Huntington Park, - Thomas Martin, Maywood Councilman - George Cole, Bell Councilman and Executive Director of the Oldtimers Foundation. |
| April 18, 2006 |
WatchOurCity.com
In The Public Interest
| A courageously innovative, muckraking web site that focuses like a laser on the political, financial and legal shenanigans of the local government California First Amendment Coalition |
WATCH
MY CITY
MY CITY
The California First
Amendment Coalition
salutes
WATCHOURCITY.COM
with its
2004
BEACON AWARD
Amendment Coalition
salutes
WATCHOURCITY.COM
with its
2004
BEACON AWARD
| April 26, 2006 |
| Watch Southeast Mayors - Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
| KNX News Radio reports: "Vernon Corruption Probe Leads to Sex Charges Against Mayor's Son" |
Vernon
Mayor
Malburg
accused of
Public
Corruption.
Mayor
Malburg
accused of
Public
Corruption.
| Wednesday, December 6, 2006 |
Follow the
Money
Money
| City of Maywood and Death Threats as Shady Cover The Straight Dope On Maywood's Deputy Mayor Felipe Aguirre (read full story - click here) |
George
Cole
Cole
| Corruption Watch - Noguez & Political Porn Corruption In Huntington Park Mayor Noguez's idea for City's Economic Growth:Gambling, Card Clubs & Sex Entertainment Gambling makes money. Sex sells. Sex is business and Noguez wants a piece of it. City laws passed. All council members claim to be cross carrying Catholics in campaign propaganda (see full report). |
| Watch Southeast Mayors - Thursday, January 4, 2007 |
Mayor John
Noguez
Noguez
| Huntington Park's Council Member Noguez Surrounded by Criminals & Helped by Speaker Fabian, Sen. Calderon |
| Watch Southeast Mayors - Tuesday, January 16, 2007 |
Mario
Beltran
Beltran
| Election Watch - March 8, 2007 |
CONVICTED
CONVICTED
CONVICTED
| Campaign Watch 2007 - Huntington Park, CA Election Results, March 7, 2007 Noguez, Gomez, Hernandez Elected Semiofficial vote results: Noguez - 1,192. Hernandez - 1,127. Gomez - 1,029. |
| Amezquita - 728. Martinez - 703. Guevara - 673. |
Edward
Escareno
Escareno
State Senator Ron Calderon and State
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez endorsed
and helped fund the Noguez reelection effort
according to public records.
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez endorsed
and helped fund the Noguez reelection effort
according to public records.
Campaign Watch
Huntington Park:
Evidence of Election
Irregularities &
Possible Electoral
Fraud in
Huntington Park
Huntington Park:
Evidence of Election
Irregularities &
Possible Electoral
Fraud in
Huntington Park
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Cultural Nuances
& Pimpin' Politicos
Iranian tow truck operators and
nuanced vulgar language in FBI
wire taps by Mario Beltran's Tow
Truck buddies.
& Pimpin' Politicos
Iranian tow truck operators and
nuanced vulgar language in FBI
wire taps by Mario Beltran's Tow
Truck buddies.