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Mikie Friedman chided City Council on Monday night for not discouraging renewed calls from some members of the Public Safety Commission to reduce the number of deputies on the sheriffās force:
āThere are three things you cannot take for granted: people, your health, and your safety.
When you start losing people to death, disappointment, or they leave and they no longer are part of your life, youāll realize that you should have appreciated them more, like that great guy at work who you took for granted and didnāt find out until he left that he did the work of three people.
Hell, I donāt have a pot to piss in, and I drive a 20-year-old car, and I have old furniture in a one-bedroom apartment. I live on Social Security and my limited savings, but when it comes to my insurance, I do not cheap out.
Why am I relating this?
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@wehoonlineMikie Friedman chided City Council on Monday night for not discouraging renewed calls from some members of the Public Safety Commission to reduce the number of deputies on the sheriffās force:
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Because having great insurance saved my life. If I had had an HMO, I would probably be dead now.
Safety: At the Public Safety Commission meeting last Monday, when I heard talk about empirical evidence and KPIs and that not feeling safe wasnāt good enough, I thought of a couple of things.
First, Sepi, when you were threatened, you didnāt go to Block by Block. Not only did you go to the sheriff, but you wanted the bomb squad and dogs.
John, when you got death threats, did you go to Block by Block? No, Iām sure you went to the sheriff. Suddenly, your safety was not a given anymore, was it? The city should concentrate on spending money to guarantee the safety of the tax-paying people who pay your salaries.
Havenāt you learned anything from the last Public Safety Commission and Nika Soon-Shiongās folly?
Itās sad how quickly you forget. Then thereās scooters. You put us in danger, not only from getting hit but from tripping and falling. Also, you force us to have to try to walk around and avoid delivery robots. You are taking our sidewalks and our safety for granted.
Please stop playing politics and start really giving a shit and stop taking us for granted because weāre the ones who vote for you.ā
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No city council member pushing FAKE public safety should be allowed to have Sheriff protection!!
You might believe thereās no way anyone could smear Mikie as a āright wing racist bigotā for her common sense positions. But youād be wrongā¦ only in Weho.
In this mecca of toxic ideological intolerance the mere failure to remove Fox News from your cable tv line up will be grounds for being labeled as right wing racist bigot. For the record, I have removed Fox News from my YouTubeTV channel line up on my television! I do, however, occasionally read an article in The Wall Street Journal, so Iām highly suspect as a capitalist pig. The years and years of watching Rachel Maddow is insufficient penance for my other curiosities. Bottom line: one dare not question or deviate from the orthodoxy of whoever was elected spokesperson forā¦Ā Read more Ā»
I was made aware of that ridiculous comment, and I also heard about your very eloquent defense of the three of us. Thank you so very much. We must be doing something right if someone feels they have to smear us with vicious falsehoods in order to try to shut us up.
Any time anyone uses the word āracistā about a White person nowadays, I ALWAYS immediately suspect itās likely a made up accusation delivered by an envious, empty soul. So, that word is losing its impact.
A powerful statement and a simple question: What does a city owe to is residents? This citizenās firm voice should not be a solo, it should be the first line in a chorus.
One has to admire Mikies tenancity when it comes to trying drill some sense and logic into this CC. Not sure how she finds the inner strength. Thank you Mikie for what you do.
Itās called fortitude and itās a virtue in short supply in our world. Mikie never plays victim while championing issues, she just calls it as she sees it. She doesnāt mince words and often entertains to make her points. We need more treasures like Mikie in our midst.
Mikie is a West Hollywood gem! She calls it like she sees it. No BS and no spin.
Oh, Mikie, theyāre so blind, theyāre so blind, they blow our mind, hey Mikie, hey Mikieā¦ Youāve been around this fight and thatās to prove them wrong, They think their āsecurityā got it right, but we think theyāve got it wrong Why canāt they say goodnight? So you can send them home, Mikieā¦ āCause when they say they will, it always means they wonāt Theyāve givinā us the bills, but, baby, please, baby, donāt Every night, you grill them all alone, Mikieā¦ Oh Mikie, what a pity, they donāt understand You take them by the cajones when you take themā¦Ā Read more Ā»
WOW! thank you!! this is so cool! I wish I knew who you were! But whoever you are, your very clever comment is really appreciated!
Isnāt interesting the City Council requires several Deputies to be taken off the street to protect them instead of Block by Block, yet make the assumption Block by Block personal can replace Los Angeles County Deputies on the street.
Brava!!!!! ššš