Tomas O’Grady and Leonardo Chalupowicz founded EnrichLA in early 2011, and they have been hard at work ever since! EnrichLA is a Non-Profit organization that builds gardens in Los Angeles Schools.  It may sound simple, but these garden projects take a lot of time, coordination, and hard work.  EnrichLA coordinates soil tests with LAUSD, appeals…

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…

Bringing people together to help save the La Rocha Trail in the Hollywood Dell.

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…

Photos 1 and 4 by Rebecca Joyce

First some numbers: Back in 1970, each Council member had a staff of 5. Today they have 20. Each city council office costs a little over 1.7 million per year to run. According to the latest numbers, 477 political aides work for the 15 Council offices and the Mayor’s office. That is more than the…

We had a meet & greet last night in the Cahuenga Pass area at the home of Eryk Casemiro. Great people asking great questions and getting informed on what I’m all about. Thank you everyone!

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…

Two O’Grady banners were hung on Linda Doe’s property in the Hollywood Hills. We’re reaching the whole city!

Linda Doe hosted a wonderful meet & greet at her home on Friday night! Supporters braved the rain to learn where I stand on the issues and get their questions answered. Thank you so much to everyone who was able to attend!

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Dear Friends, A local election is coming up, and I wanted to encourage all of you who are registered to go out and vote! If you live in Council District 4 (http://www.tomasogradyforcd4.com/images/CD4_map.jpg), please vote for Tomas O’Grady. If you have friends that live in CD4, please encourage them to go out and vote for Tomas!…

“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…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                 Contact: Daniel Tamm February 23, 2011                                                                                                               818-795-1455 O’Grady Rallies in Support of Measure H; Wins Endorsement Los Angeles – Tomas O’Grady joined a rally in support of Measure H hosted by the San Fernando Greens in North Hollywood on Monday night. Said O’Grady, “We wonder why so little…

This sign was spotted up in Big Bear. Spreading the word about O’Grady everywhere they go!