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Good luck  Shane McLoud; you'll need it.

Michael Higby wrote:

> This Tuesday, June 2nd, voters in Los Angeles County's third district
> (Most of the San Fernando Valley, West Hollywood & the Westside) have
> the opportunity to send a message and vote for SHANE McLOUD as our next
> supervisor.  The incumbent, Zev Yarovslasky, has served for 23 years and
> has become part of the furniture around the halls of power here in this
> fair city.  SHANE McLOUD has a definite plan to make Los Angeles County
> government more effective by:
>
>         REFORMING THE MTA and providing transit for all residents
>         based on what's needed and what actually works, rather than
>         what appeals to the special interests.  Zev Yarovslasky killed
>         what every expert says would have been the most logical rail
>         line for Los Angeles (Exposition), because he bowed to NIMBY
>         (not-in-my-backyard), special interest pressure.  Years later,
>         Zev has said he was wrong, we should have built that line. (Los
>         Angeles Times, May 24, 1998)
>
>         CHANGING THE WAY LA COUNTY SPENDS MONEY to be more in line
>         with the private sector, allowing county employees to receive
>         fair compensation for their work, as well as a REWARD for
>         jobs well done; and to eliminate wasteful spending and
>         poltical patronage by handing out county contracts based on
>         who will do the best job, not just who donated to local
>         politicians.  Zev Yarovslasky has stonewalled competitive
>         bidding and other new & innovative ways of government contracting
>         that could get projects done quickly and at a fraction of the
>         cost (Remember how quickly the Santa Monica Freeway was rebuilt after
>         the Northridge Earthquake?  That was because politicians decided
>         to do it the way business does it, offering incentives for good
>         work and busted the bureucracty.  Why can't this be standard
>         operating procedure?)
>
>         REFORM CAMPAIGN LAWS to ban political lobbyists from contributing,
>         limiting contribution amounts and ending shell games such as
>         a contributor funnelling additional contributions through their
>         spouses, children, employees, pets, etc.  (Which by the way
>         Zev says he supports, but seems to only want to change the rules
>         when its either after he's run for office, or if someone is not
>         challenging him.)
>
> SHANE McLOUD is a local schoolteacher who grew up in the district,
> worked for two previous County Supervisors as well as interning at
> Caltrans and the MTA.  SHANE McLOUD is part of a new generation of
> leadership that is ready to apply the elbow grease to take Los Angeles
> into the 21st Century as well as bring back the luster the LA we grew up
> in had.
>
> Please support SHANE McLOUD, time is about to run out.  Zev Yarovslasky
> has over a million dollars to Shane's only a few thousand dollars to
> spend.  Tell your friends, neighbors, send e-mail, whatever it takes.
> Its time for Zev to go, and this time there is a clear choice.
>
> For more information about SHANE McLOUD visit
> http://home.earthlink.net/~lead98 or call Citizens For True Government
> Reform  at 310/829-9898.