RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: Los Angeles Chief fiscal guy arrested on Drunk Driving Charges after leaving "political roast" for DA Steve Cooley. He was driving a taxpayer owned car. Is this acceptable behavior, or is this becoming the "norm" for politicans?

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Los Angeles Chief fiscal guy arrested on Drunk Driving Charges after leaving "political roast" for DA Steve Cooley. He was driving a taxpayer owned car. Is this acceptable behavior, or is this becoming the "norm" for politicans?

Updated Saturday, March 27, 2010

10:26 p.m. Breaking NEWS:

By Randy Economy

http://www.economy4abc.blogspot.com/

LOS ANGELES -

Miguel Santana, the man responsible for running the day to day fiscal operation for the entire City of Los Angeles was arrested late Friday night on drunk driving charges after he was attending a lavish "political roast" for Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

The California Highway Patrol says CAO Santana was driving at a high rate of speed in a city-owned Honda Civic early Friday when he was pulled over.

Santana , 40, was arrested after he showed signs of being drunk. He was booked and released from custody a couple of hours later.

This is what Mr. Santana is responsible for on a day to day basis with our tax dollars:

"The CAO conducts studies and investigations, carries out research and makes recommendations on a wide variety of City management matters for the Mayor and Council. The CAO assists the Mayor and Council in the preparation of the City budget, plans and directs the administration of the budget and directs the development of work programs and standards. The CAO represents the management of the City in negotiating all labor contracts. In addition, the CAO chairs and participates in many coordinating committees and performs other duties required by the Mayor and Council."

So...why do "we" taxpayers tolerate this type of drunk driving and public behavior from public employees?

I hope Mr. Santana can change his life, and to make sure that he never drinks and drives again. Miguel, I am just glad that YOU are still alive today, and you need to be held accountable for your actions. Thank God you didn't kill someone.

Santana apologized for the incident. He said he is "seeking counseling." Before he was busted, he was in downtown LA attending a political roast for District Attorney Steve Cooley.

One of the running "jokes" of the night was Cooley's Cannabis Collective "crack" downs.

Thanks to one of my readers for sending this pic that was taken at the Cooley dinner from her IPhone.

So, here is the question....

Is it "okay" when public officials drink and drive while us taxpayers pick up the tab?

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You may know me from my role as the Senior Advisor and Official Media Spokesman for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign that established a worldwide blitz of interviews. I conducted more than 2,200 media interviews on behalf of “The People’s Recall” during a 10-month period from November 2020 to September 2021. The iconic magazine Mother Jones in a dramatic feature article called me “A ‘Superhero Pirate’ Radio Host, (and) Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat. Meet Randy Economy, the man behind the effort to recall California’s governor.” I appeared on more than 330 media outlets around the world in my capacity with RecallGavin2020. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, and dozens of other media outlets aired featured reports on my work on behalf of “The People’s Recall.” I am and will always consider myself to be a journalist. Sometimes I think I bleed ink. My talents as an Investigative Journalists in California earned me FIVE top awards from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club in 2013, 2014, and 2016. I am tenacious. My reporting over the years has led to the prosecution of several elected officials in California. While working for a tiny community newspaper in Southeast Los Angeles County, I worked doggedly to expose the biggest public corruption case in Los Angeles County history when I unearthed a massive pay to play scheme inside the Assessor’s Office that led to the arrest of then Assessor John R. Noguez and four others. However, politics has been in my DNA since I was a child. I have worked on more than 300 political campaigns as a consultant and advisor since 1982 for candidates from all sides of the political spectrum including Democrats and Republicans, and even Libertarians. I am also a small business owner, serving as the President and CEO of Hot Water Studio & Production, LLC. My company works with media outlets across the state, nation, and world exposing public corruption via several new media platforms. I have also overcome personal challenges. I am legally blind with zero vision in my right eye and only 40 percent vision remaining in my left eye. I sometimes wear an eyepatch due to my failed vision. (Hence the nickname of “America’s Political Pirate.”

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Los Angeles Chief fiscal guy arrested on Drunk Driving Charges after leaving "political roast" for DA Steve Cooley. He was driving a taxpayer owned car. Is this acceptable behavior, or is this becoming the "norm" for politicans?

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