Something extraordinary happened a couple of days ago in my neighborhood, the Hollywood Dell, that I wanted you to be aware of. For years my neighborhood has been lucky to enjoy a nature trail sitting on 10 lots of undeveloped land where everyone walks their dogs, savors the wildlife, and just finds a bit of…
Friends, There is an election tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8th in Los Angeles, and I am emailing to entreat you to get out and vote for Tomás O’Grady for Los Angeles City Councilmember representing district 4. I have had the great honor of being roped in by Tomás to innumerable volunteer public service opportunities including but…
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This coming Tuesday is election day for the Los Angeles City Council, as well as other offices and ballot measures. I am writing to encourage you to vote for Tomas O’Grady for LA City Council District 4. CD4 is huge and irregularly shaped. If you click on Tomas’ website below, there…
Contact: Alexa Iles Skarpelos Friends of La Rocha co-chair Phone: 323.469.4977 Mobile: 310.497.3982 Email: alexa@mediaart.com THE FRIENDS OF LA ROCHA TRAIL RECOMMEND TOMAS O’GRADY TOMAS O’GRADY IS A REAL FRIEND TO THOSE WHO WANT TO PRESERVE ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACE IN LA CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 Current LA City Council Member Tom LaBonge never misses an…
Re-Building Trust…One Penny at a Time 26/02/11 by TOMAS O\\\’GRADY in Blog, FISCAL COMMON SENSE “Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.” Remember that saying? We are going to need two things moving forward to bring our public finances, state, city, and federal, into equilibrium. To put it bluntly,…
February 28, 2011 Dear neighbor, We are writing to tell you about our friend Tomas O’Grady, who is running for city council in our district. Tomas has been a tireless advocate for public schools, the environment, and fiscal common sense. Wherever he has seen a problem in our community, he has fixed it. In working…
Dear Friends- For those of you who I haven’t spoken to yet, I want to please ask you to get out and vote for my friend and neighbor Tomas O’Grady for City Council, CD4. There has never been a more important time than now to get involved in the government of our City. Tomas has…
“Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves.” Remember that saying? We are going to need two things moving forward to bring our public finances, state, city, and federal, into equilibrium. To put it bluntly, political courage and leadership. The tools that we have are spending cuts and finding new…
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Philadelphia_Research_Initiative/City_Council_Philadelphia_Major_cities.pdf FISCAL COMMON SENSE: Do as I do, not as I say. Your incumbent city council person, nice and all as he is, receives a $1/4 million compensation package each year, (a staggering 400 percent of the Los Angeles median income), plus a 20 person private staff, plus immunity from parking tickets and plus a $100,000…