Q: In what way is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa OK with felons who are registered sex offenders?
A: Villaraigosa approves of felons who are registered sex offenders being allowed to vote and run for office in Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils.
Q: What is a Neighborhood Council?
A: As delineated in Section 900 of the city charter under the Department Of Neighborhood Empowerment (known as "DONE"), Neighborhood Councils are neighborhood advisory bodies to the Mayor and City Council.
Q: What is the purpose of DONE?
A: As delineated in Section 900. Purpose: "To promote more citizen participation in government and make government more responsive to local needs..."
Q: Do Neighborhood Councils receive tax payer money?
A: Yes. The city even advertises it on municipal sample election ballots.
Q: What are the requirements as a "Stakeholder" to vote in Neighborhood Councils?
A: In accordance with Section 906 (2): "neighborhood council membership will be open to everyone who lives, works or owns property in the area."
Q: What are the requirements to run for office on the board of directors of Neighborhood Councils?
A: As interpreted by the city attorney, the only requirement is that a candidate must live in the neighborhood.
Q: Are there any restrictions as to who may vote or run for office in Neighborhood Councils apart from living, working or owning property in the area?
Q: Does that mean that registered sex offenders can vote and/or run for office in Neighborhood Councils?
Q: Why worry about registered sex offenders in Neighborhood Councils if there is no evidence that there are any?
A: Laws are made to deter crime. Waiting for a registered sex offender who is a member of a Neighbored Council to commit a sex crime before banning them, is like buying insurance after the accident.
Q: Why would the mayor ignore such a heated issue?
A: The mayor has misplaced compassion for illegal aliens whom he considers as his constituency. He has been quiet about the city's policy of allowing sex offenders to vote and/or run for office in Neighborhood Councils because he favors the city's rogue policy of also allowing illegal aliens to vote and/or run for office. If the mayor were to use his "leadership" to amend the city charter not to include sex offenders as stakeholders in Neighborhood Councils, pressure would also be placed on the mayor to enforce the city charter's provision that only citizens can vote in Neighborhood Councils -- and to amend the city charter NOT to include anyone who is breaking local, state, or federal law.
Q: What excuse would the mayor have to ignore the charter's existing requirement under Section 900. Purpose that only citizens participate in Neighborhood Councils?
A: The mayor has chosen to go by the the city attorney's interpretation of the charter which allows non citizens and illegal aliens to vote and run for office in Neighborhood Councils -- rather than what the citizens voted for in 1998.
Q: How could the city attorney possibly misconstrue what the citizens voted for?
A. In 1998, former mayor James Hahn who was at that time the city attorney, used nearly the exact wording from Section 900 of the charter to draft Sec. 22.800 of the new city ordinance, except the words "citizen participation" were changed behind the voters backs to "public participation." The voters didn't get what they voted for.
Q: That's outrageous. How does the city attorney justify such chicanery?
Q: Mayor Villaraigosa was in Sacramento as an assemblyman at the time Neighborhood Councils were created. Why should he be blamed for sex offenders being allowed to participate in Neighborhood Councils when the former mayor and city council are the ones responsible?
A: The mayor is being blamed for NOT using his "leadership" to force enforcement of the charter's existing provision that only citizens can participate in Neighborhood Councils and for not initiating a charter amendment to bar registered sex offenders and anyone breaking any local, state, or federal law from voting or running for office in Neighborhood Councils.
Q: Why haven't citizens revolted in outrage against Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's virtual support for registered sex offenders?
A: The vast majority of citizens aren't aware of this issue. With the help of the news media, Villaraigosa has managed to keep this issue under the radar. He has made it a point to not answer inquiries to his office on the issue, he requires talk shows to stick to selected prearranged issues that he approves of, and won't appear on talk shows that want to talk about this issue.
Q: What should be done?
A: Information should be disseminated to the public that Villaraigosa is OK with felons who are sex offenders, so that when the next mayoral election comes about in 2009, a candidate who is NOT OK with felons who are sex offenders, gets elected.
Q: How can the truth regarding this issue be disseminated to the citizens?
A: By advertising the truth to Los Angeles citizens to make them aware of the outlaw mayor -- Antonio Villaraigosa.
Q: What means does WatchdogAmerica.com have to educate the public.?
A: The sponsor of this site (WatchdogAmerica.com) will educate the public by advertising to the Los Angeles community with the truth that they otherwise would not get from the news media; with the objective of weakening Villaraigosa's chances of being re-elected in 2009.
Q: How can visitors to this site help?
A: By donating money.
Q: Does WatchdogAmerica.com endorse any condiates for Mayor of Los Angeles?
Q: WatchdogAmerica.com is asking for donations and so is Walter Moore. Why should I donate to WatchdogAmerica.com when I can donate directly to Walter Moore?
A: WatchdogAmerica.com intends to raise funds in order to disseminate the incriminating information about Mayor Villaraigosa while at the same time urging newly outraged citizens to contribute to The Committee To Elect Walter Moore. In the long run, contributing to WatchdogAmerica.com means more funds to The Committee To Elect Walter Moore.
Q: Why doesn't Walter Moore disseminate the incriminating information about the Mayor Villaraigosa without WatchdogAmerica.com?
A: Walter Moore must take on all the political issues of Los Angeles, not just the issues of illegal immigration and sex offenders -- that's where WatchdogAmerica.com comes in.
Q: I don't live in Los Angeles. What good will donating do for me?
A: Mayor Villaraigosa is just a small part of a big American problem. Fixing Los Angeles will be part of fixing America. Your donation will help America.
Q: What else can I do to help?
A: Send an Email giving the link to this site <BootAntonio.com> to everyone you know.
Q: Anything else?
A: Yes. Call talk shows to let them know that you are outraged that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is OK with felons who are registered sex offenders being allowed to vote and/or run for office in Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils.
