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By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
November 4, 2010
8 :30 p.m.
Los Angeles, CA
What the hell is wrong with the Los Angeles County Coliseum Commission?
Today the little known group overturned a "temporary ban" on dangerous parties known as "Raves" on taxpayer owned property, mainly at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, and the famed LA Coliseum.
These rave party's attract tens of thousands of wild "ravers" who dance to techno-music till wee hours in the morning. Several people have claimed that the owners of these "raves" are connected to drug lords and organized crime.
The Members of the Los Angeles County Coliseum today went on record to allow these events to once again take place after a "temporary" ban was enacted a couple of months back due to the death of one party goer, and the overdoses of several dozen others, and the arrests of hundreds more on drug and weapon charges.
Organizers of just one rave party can pocket literally several millions of dollars in profits, with ticket prices going as high as $200 per person, and attracting up to 20,000 paid attendees for one 8 hour event.
So, who makes up the Los Angeles County Coliseum Commission. Here are the Members and all of them need to be held accountable for today's vote. Granted, Chairman Ric Caruso missed the meeting due to a busy work schedule, and tonight he is outraged over the actions of his fellow commissioners.
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| The LA County Coliseum Commission: Rave on dudes, Rave on! |
The following individuals represent the Coliseum Commission:
From the State of California: David Israel, Rick Caruso, Fabian R. Wesson (son of Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson)
From the County of Los Angeles: Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Supervisor Don Knabe
From the City of Los Angeles: Barry A. Sanders, City Councilman Bernard C. Parks, W. Jerome Stanley
General Manager and Chief Administrative Officer: Patrick Lynch
The Coliseum and Sports Arena are under the authority of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, which was formed under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act on September 25, 1945. The LA Coliseum Commission is now putting profits before the safety of our children and community residents who live in this historic enclave. Time to start following the money trail on this one, and trust me, there is a trail. This stinks to high heaven....Wake up people. Lets start calling and emailing and making our voices heard!
Correspondence to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission can be sent to:
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission
3911 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Ph: 213/747-7111
info@lacoliseum.com
6 comments:
tdestefano@lacoliseum.com, scaldwell@lacoliseum.com, plynch@lacoliseum.com, rleiderkramer@lacoliseum.com, info@goventrues.com reza@goventures.com, info@insomniacevents.com
Here are more EMAIL ADDRESSES. Let's get this OUT to EVERYONE and STOP THIS!
A few more:
bernard.parks.jr@lacity.org
john.benn@lacity.org
ddominguez@lacoliseum.com
pam@pamdjs.com
abedih@hotmail.com
and what exactly is so bad about Raves, when they bring HOW much revenue to the city?
"Today the little known group overturned a "temporary ban" on dangerous parties known as "Raves" on taxpayer owned property, mainly at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, and the famed LA Coliseum."
"Taxpayer owned property"... So because the majority of taxpayers (including yourself) don't enjoy raves, those who do are just pushed out of attending these sort of events there from time to time? Even though they pay their taxes just as you do? Hmm... that hardly seem fair.
"These rave party's attract tens of thousands of wild "ravers" who dance to techno-music till wee hours in the morning. Several people have claimed that the owners of these "raves" are connected to drug lords and organized crime."
If by "wee hours of the morning" you mean 2 o' clock... about the same time bars normally close, then sure. Also, where if your hard evidence that these raves are connected to drug lords, other than some facetious hear say? Please understand that not everyone who attends these events does drugs. That is an awfully ignorant assumption to make. Some just go for the music and to hangout with friends. Simple as that. There's no need to generalize everyone into one negative "drug crazed" category.
"The Members of the Los Angeles County Coliseum today went on record to allow these events to once again take place after a "temporary" ban was enacted a couple of months back due to the death of one party goer, and the overdoses of several dozen others, and the arrests of hundreds more on drug and weapon charges."
Please try to understand the positive in this move. These companies who throw these events have to eventually pay taxes, they have to pay the county for permits and such. They're giving tons of money to a state that is already severely aching for it. Plus, it was a "temporary ban" in the first place... were you really surprised it was going to be lifted?
Also, it's not the Coliseum or Sports Areana's fault the girl died, or those people overdosed... those were caused by human ignorance. Those people knew the risks of messing around with drugs, and they did it anyways. Am I saying they deserved what happened? No, not at all. I'm just saying it's not fair to look down at the Coliseum Commission for lifting this. People died all the time at different events for different reasons.
"Organizers of just one rave party can pocket literally several millions of dollars in profits, with ticket prices going as high as $200 per person, and attracting up to 20,000 paid attendees for one 8 hour event."
Your numbers on profit, ticket and attendance are way off.
"The LA Coliseum Commission is now putting profits before the safety of our children and community residents who live in this historic enclave. Time to start following the money trail on this one, and trust me, there is a trail. This stinks to high heaven....Wake up people. Lets start calling and emailing and making our voices heard!"
Ok, wait. How are children in danger? New rules have been put into place... all events are now 18+. That means all attendees are legal adults, no children are in harms way. All the Coliseum Commission is doing is lifting a ban that was TEMPORARY in the first place. They wanted stricter rules for these events, which have been proven to show effective at other raves throughout the last few months at other venues. All that is happening now is the door has been opened for safer raves at the Coliseum and Sports Arena, and (as I stated above) the state of California and LA County can start raking in some extra cash from this.
"Today the little known group overturned a "temporary ban" on dangerous parties known as "Raves" on taxpayer owned property, mainly at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, and the famed LA Coliseum."
"Taxpayer owned property"... So because the majority of taxpayers (including yourself) don't enjoy raves, those who do are just pushed out of attending these sort of events there from time to time? Even though they pay their taxes just as you do? Hmm... that hardly seem fair.
"These rave party's attract tens of thousands of wild "ravers" who dance to techno-music till wee hours in the morning. Several people have claimed that the owners of these "raves" are connected to drug lords and organized crime."
If by "wee hours of the morning" you mean 2 o' clock... about the same time bars normally close, then sure. Also, where if your hard evidence that these raves are connected to drug lords, other than some facetious hear say? Please understand that not everyone who attends these events does drugs. That is an awfully ignorant assumption to make. Some just go for the music and to hangout with friends. Simple as that. There's no need to generalize everyone into one negative "drug crazed" category. Please explain to me how raves are then dangerous to those who attend sober?
"The Members of the Los Angeles County Coliseum today went on record to allow these events to once again take place after a "temporary" ban was enacted a couple of months back due to the death of one party goer, and the overdoses of several dozen others, and the arrests of hundreds more on drug and weapon charges."
Please try to understand the positive in this move. These companies who throw these events have to eventually pay taxes, they have to pay the county for permits and such. They're giving tons of money to a state that is already severely aching for it. Plus, it was a "temporary ban" in the first place... were you really surprised it was going to be lifted?
Also, it's not the Coliseum or Sports Areana's fault the girl died, or those people overdosed... those were caused by human ignorance. Those people knew the risks of messing around with drugs, and they did it anyways. Am I saying they deserved what happened? No, not at all. I'm just saying it's not fair to look down at the Coliseum Commission for lifting this. People died all the time at different events for different reasons.
"Organizers of just one rave party can pocket literally several millions of dollars in profits, with ticket prices going as high as $200 per person, and attracting up to 20,000 paid attendees for one 8 hour event."
Your numbers on profit, tickets and attendance are way off.
"The LA Coliseum Commission is now putting profits before the safety of our children and community residents who live in this historic enclave. Time to start following the money trail on this one, and trust me, there is a trail. This stinks to high heaven....Wake up people. Lets start calling and emailing and making our voices heard!"
Ok, wait. How are children in danger? New rules have been put into place... all events are now 18+. That means all attendees are legal adults, no children are in harms way. All the Coliseum Commission is doing is lifting a ban that was TEMPORARY in the first place. They wanted stricter rules for these events, which have been proven to show effective at other raves throughout the last few months at other venues. All that is happening now is the door has been opened for safer raves at the Coliseum and Sports Arena, and (as I stated above) the state of California and LA County can start raking in some extra cash from this.
"Today the little known group overturned a "temporary ban" on dangerous parties known as "Raves" on taxpayer owned property, mainly at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, and the famed LA Coliseum."
"Taxpayer owned property"... So because the majority of taxpayers (including yourself) don't enjoy raves, those who do are just pushed out of attending these sort of events there from time to time? Even though they pay their taxes just as you do? Hmm... that hardly seem fair.
"These rave party's attract tens of thousands of wild "ravers" who dance to techno-music till wee hours in the morning. Several people have claimed that the owners of these "raves" are connected to drug lords and organized crime."
If by "wee hours of the morning" you mean 2 o' clock... about the same time bars normally close, then sure. Also, where if your hard evidence that these raves are connected to drug lords, other than some facetious hear say? Please understand that not everyone who attends these events does drugs. That is an awfully ignorant assumption to make. Some just go for the music and to hangout with friends. Simple as that. There's no need to generalize everyone into one negative "drug crazed" category. Please explain to me how raves are then dangerous to those who attend sober?
"The Members of the Los Angeles County Coliseum today went on record to allow these events to once again take place after a "temporary" ban was enacted a couple of months back due to the death of one party goer, and the overdoses of several dozen others, and the arrests of hundreds more on drug and weapon charges."
Please try to understand the positive in this move. These companies who throw these events have to eventually pay taxes, they have to pay the county for permits and such. They're giving tons of money to a state that is already severely aching for it. Plus, it was a "temporary ban" in the first place... were you really surprised it was going to be lifted?
Also, it's not the Coliseum or Sports Areana's fault the girl died, or those people overdosed... those were caused by human ignorance. Those people knew the risks of messing around with drugs, and they did it anyways. Am I saying they deserved what happened? No, not at all. I'm just saying it's not fair to look down at the Coliseum Commission for lifting this. People died all the time at different events for different reasons.
"Organizers of just one rave party can pocket literally several millions of dollars in profits, with ticket prices going as high as $200 per person, and attracting up to 20,000 paid attendees for one 8 hour event."
Your numbers on profit, tickets and attendance are way off.
"The LA Coliseum Commission is now putting profits before the safety of our children and community residents who live in this historic enclave. Time to start following the money trail on this one, and trust me, there is a trail. This stinks to high heaven....Wake up people. Lets start calling and emailing and making our voices heard!"
Ok, wait. How are children in danger? New rules have been put into place... all events are now 18+. That means all attendees are legal adults, no children are in harms way. All the Coliseum Commission is doing is lifting a ban that was TEMPORARY in the first place. They wanted stricter rules for these events, which have been proven to show effective at other raves throughout the last few months at other venues. All that is happening now is the door has been opened for safer raves at the Coliseum and Sports Arena, and (as I stated above) the state of California and LA County can start raking in some extra cash from this.
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