Guest:
Bernard Parks, L.A. City Council
RELEASE DATE: May 23, 2004
Videotaped
May 12, 2005
Los
Angeles, CA—City Councilman Bernard Parks who
serves as the Chairman of the powerful City Budget Committee
says there is a need for the City Council play greater
role in screening the Mayor’s appointments to powerful
Commissions in order to avert possible conflict of interests,
as occurred in James Hahn administration.
With
nearly 40 years of government experience, the former
Police Chief Bernard Parks commented on the need for
higher scrutiny of the Mayor’s actions such as
seeking political endorsements from Neighborhood Councils
who are funded with taxpayer dollars. Parks said that
Mayoral endorsements by city funded groups certainly
should raise a question of ethics. Watch a free 7 min preview here.
In
a no-holds barred interview on the Full Disclosure Network®
public affairs cable and Internet television program
Parks commented on the most corrupt mayoral administration
since the era of recalled Mayor Shaw. The first half
of this two-part interview is set to be launched from
the www.fulldisclosure.net
website on Monday, May 23, 2005. An eight minute preview
of highlights can be viewed 24/7 and the entire program
will be shown on cable systems for the next six months.
Parks
also noted the L. A. City Council has for the first
time approved a budget policy document prohibiting any
new government programs without providing for funding.
He also stated that a fiscal crisis was averted this
year when the City took in an extraordinary amount of
money from property tax transfers that prevented any
budget cut-backs. And, in fact, Parks said this year’s
budget was the best in five or six years, with no cuts,
increases in service and even increases in personnel.
Full
Disclosure host Leslie Dutton has been conducting interviews
covering political corruption and government accountability
for the past thirteen years. In 2002 the Full Disclosure
series “L.A.’s War Against Terrorism”
received a Southern California Emmy Award from the Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences.
Click
here to get details on the second half of this 2 part
series.
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