Cable TV Series: Video News Blog Specials....... on Foreign Student Visa Loopholes, School Bonds and LAUSD Audits & Investigations

The Full Disclosure Network® presents a Video Blog Special covering Foreign Student Visa Loopholes, School Bonds and the Audits and Investigations of the LAUSD, to be featured the Week End on Cable TV as follows:

L. A . Cable Channel 36 & LIVE on the Internet at URL: http://www.la36.org/ on

Sunday May 11th 8-9 pm.

Monday May 12th 4-5 p.m.

or

WATCH these short video news blogs 24/7 from title links below:

Terrorist Visa Loopholes (8:21 min) Covering the crossroads battle over immigration and how the powerful education lobby influences U. S. Immigration Policy and student visa policies. Featuring:

• Jim White, Legal Counselor UCLA International Student Services
• Richard Knickerbocker, Constitutional Attorney
• Georgie Anne Geyer, Syndicated Columnist & Author

Secret School Bonds Create Billions Public Debt. (7.30 min)
LAUSD School Bonds issued without voter approval approach a billion
dollars in outstanding debt, features:

• Edwin Meese, III , U.S. Attorney General (1985-88),
• Kathleen Connell, California State Controller (1995-2003)
• Anthony Patchett, Special Assistant D. A., LAUSD Belmont investigation
• Jim Mc Connell LAUSD Chief Facilities Executive
• Don Mullinax, former LAUSD Inspector General
  
  

IRS Relents to School District Clout (9.30 min) IRS waives
penalty and sanctions for school district’s illegal use of non-voter
approved bonds. Features:

• Dominick Shambra, Director of Planning & Development for LAUSD Belmont project
• David Cartwright, Sr. Partner, O'Melveny & Myers, outside legal counsel on Belmont
• Anthony Patchett, Head of Belmont TASK FORCE Investigation for D. A. Cooley
• Edwin Meese, III former U. S. Attorney General and Chief of Staff to Calif. Governor Reagan
  

Prosecutor Attacks FDN on School Bond Cover-up Blog. (8.23 Min)

The truth is revealed from all perspectives on the questionable financing on Belmont.

• Anthony Patchett, Former Special Assistant D.A. Prosecutor on Belmont
• David Cartwright, Sr. Partner OMelveny & Myers LAUSD Outside Counsel
• Dominick Shambra, LAUSD Director and Planning & Development (Belmont project)
  

School Auditors & Investigators Speak Out on Lack of Prosecution (9 min)

for big dollar crimes in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Features:

• Don Mullinax, LAUSD Inspector General
• Anthony Patchett, Special Assistant D.A., Belmont Task Force Investigation
• Jerry Thornton, Acting LAUSD Inspector General
• Bob Williams, Acting Deputy Inspector General, LAUSD OIG
• Karen Sexton, Investigator OIG

The Full Disclosure Network Video News Blogs on the Internet are produced by host Leslie Dutton and T. J. Johnston and are presented in half hour format and distributed to 45 cable tv channels.

Is The Federal Justice System Fair?: Part 3-4 Cable Series preview (5 min)

Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® presents Part 3 and 4 of an exclusive cable series examining the awesome challenge faced by defendants who have been indicted in the Federal Justice system. These programs are part of an on-going series covering Federal prosecutions involving high profile defendants and public figures. Watch the full shows as follows:

L.A. CABLE CHANNEL 36 (Online preview 5 min here)

Sunday 4-13-08 Part Three 8 p.m. Part Four 8:30 p.m.

Monday 4-14-08 Part Three 4 p.m. Part Four 4:30 p.m.

Check here for other channels & airtimes by community

Highlights:

• OC Sheriff Mike Carona says at the outset he believes the Federal Court system is fair.
• Former Federal Prosecutor Jan L. Handzlik who is a partner in the lawfirm of Howery, LLP, describes how the Federal Process is designed to work but points out some of the pitfalls and loopholes that often take place.
• Mark H. Allenbaugh, a former Staff Attorney with the U. S. Sentencing Guidelines Commission and now a Partner with the Lawfirm of Allenbaugh & Samini, LLP, details how Federal sentences are so intimidating that 95 to 97 percent of all defendants end up pleading guilty and many agree to testify against other defendants to gain a lesser sentence.
• Allenbaugh and Anthony Patchett (former Special Assistant L.A. District Attorney)noted that it is not unusual for defendants who plead innocent are then found guilty of crimes not related to their indictments. i.e. (perjury, obstructing justice, etc.) as it is too difficult for the prosecutors to prove their case on initial charges.
• According to the experts, defendants who plead guilty are also forced to waive their right to appeal overly harsh sentences.

Since 1992 the Full Disclosure Network® has been produced by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston and is featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series “L. A.’s War Against Terrorism” was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website.

LAPD, Feds Confused Over Illegals & Special Order 40: Exclusive Video Here (9 min)

Los Angeles, CA. — Full Disclosure Network® exposes the conflict between the Federal and State Justice systems over the “Special Order 40” policy and the names used to describe illegal immigrants, in a free video news blog.

This 9 min video is available on demand and features United States Attorney Debra Yang(2004) describing what the meaning of the word "status" is, as it relates to illegal immigrants working as security at Los Angeles International Airport.

Describing LAPD policy regarding illegal immigrants are :

LA Police Commission Presidents,

Rick Caruso (2003),

Edith Perez( 1998)

David Cunningham, III (2004)

LAPD Chief Bernard Parks (1998-2001)

INS District Director Richard Rogers. (1995)

Exclusive audiotaped messages (1998) from

Geri Ann Haslit L. A. County Superior Court and

Sandy Gibbons, Spokesperson for the L.A. County District Attorney

The video reveals the conflicts and differences of policy when using the words “undocumented, aliens, immigrants and person “out of status.”

The Full Disclosure® Video News Blog is moderated by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton and demonstrates, with video clips, the dilemma faced by Federal and local law enforcement officials when implementing the “don’t-ask, don’t-tell” LAPD policy known as Special Order 40.

Video clips used in the Full Disclosure® Video News Blog were taken from full length interviews with law enforcement over the past sixteen years that have been featured on 45 cable systems and the internet website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/

Communism's Deadly Effect: Two Views of Hungary

Los Angeles, CA What impact did the many years of Soviet Communist occupation of Hungary have on the culture and society? The Full Disclosure Network® presents a nine minute video preview from a two-part series entitled “Communism’s Deadly Effects” featuring the strikingly different experience of two prominent Hungarians; one who fled to the United States as a child with his family in 1956 and one who remained and became a part of the Soviet regime that occupied Hungary.

His Excellency András Simonyi, Hungarian Ambassador to the United States from 2004-2007 and Thomas Kállay, a prominent U. S. Attorney are featured in this series providing a glimpse into why they chose their opposite paths and examining their reasons for doing so.

Here are a few points made in this series that features historical video clips of secret police legions, armed “Freedom Fighters” performing maneuvers during the six days of freedom in 1956 prior to being crushed by Soviet tanks in response to the uprising:

• Ambassador András Simonyi, tells Full Disclosure he longed for Democracy even though he remained in Hungary and that his role as a leader of KISZ a Soviet Communist youth organization and foreign minister for the Soviet regime was not a big deal.
• Thomas Kállay describes the devastating effect of the Communist occupation by citing the death of creativity in Hungary following the 1956 uprising and Soviet reprisals.

This series is to be featured on 45 cable systems starting April 14, 2008. A complete listing of channels and airtimes, by community can be found from this link.

VIDEO NEWS BLOGS: SPECIAL SERIES ON HOT TOPICS

Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® (FDN) presents "the news behind the news" in a Special Cable TV Series featuring six short Video News Blogs covering Hot Topics, to debut on 45 cable channels starting Sunday, March 30, 2008.

WATCH ON L.A. CABLE CHANNEL 36
SUNDAY 8-9 P.M. March 30th
MONDAY 4-5 P.M. March 31st

For Channels and Airtimes by community check listings here

The six Video News Blog topics are listed below. Please click on the titles to activate FREE video from Full Disclosure Network®

Video News Blog #54 Policing or Housing for Vagrants?
Video News Blog #53 Should Cops Disclose Personal Finances?
Video News Blog #52 Feds Prosecute or Persecute OC Sheriff Carona?
Video News Blog #51 Yagman Acquitted by Friendly Judge (on 6 counts)
Video News Blog #50 Public Bonds: Government's Credit Card
Video News Blog: #49 Morality vs Public Pensions

The series features national and local authorities who hold strong opinions on the issues addressed and in which they are directly involved and knowledgeable

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED VIDEO BLOG GUESTS:

Anthony Patchett, Former LADA Sr. Prosecutor
Mike Carona, OC Sheriff
Stan Goldman, Prof. Law Loyola Law School
Thom Mrozek, DOJ Spokesman CACD
Scott Baugh, Chairman OC GOP
Stephen Yagman, Convicted/Civil Rights Attny
Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners Asset Mgmt.
Dr. Adrian Moore, VP Research, Reason Fndtn
Carl DeMaio, President Performance Institute
Jack Ehnes, CEO CAL-STRS (Teachers Retirement)
John Moorlach, OC Supervisor
Mario Mainero, Chief of Staff to Moorlach
Keith Richman, CA Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
Hank Hernandez, Legal Counsel L.A. Police Union
William Bratton, Los Angeles Police Chief
Edwin Meese III, former U.S. Attorney General
Torie Osborn, Sr. Advisor to Mayor Villaraigosa
James Q. Wilson, Manhattan Institute-Pepperdine
George L. Kelling, Sr Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Estela Lopez, Exec. Dir. Central City East Assn
Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute Fellow
Carol Wilkins, Supportive Housing Corporation

WHO IS FULL DISCLOSURE®?

"The News Behind The News"

Since 1992 the Full Disclosure Network® has been produced by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series “L. A.’s War Against Terrorism” was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website.

Sheriff Baca On Jails, Gangs & Illegals: On Cable TV Sunday & Monday (10 min Video Preview here)

Los Angeles, CA L. A. County Sheriff Leroy Baca has been building the case for bigger and better jails to accommodate more and more inmates for the past several years. In a two-part Full Disclosure Network interview Baca describes the jail disturbances and overcrowding in County jails, the court order that forced inmates to back-up into the inmate reception area. And he lashes out at the Mexican Government for “dumping their desperate citizens” on the United States. Watch this 10 minute video preview of a two-part interview with Sheriff Baca that will be featured on Sunday and Monday as follows:

L. A. Cable Channel 36 Sunday March 16th 8 p.m. Part 1

Sunday March 16th 8:30 p.m. Part 2
Monday March 17th 4 p.m. Part 1

Monday March 17th 4:30 p.m. Part 2
Click here for a listing of other cable channels and airtimes


Other issues addressed by Sheriff Baca area:

* The fallacies of an “Open Border” policy.
* Iillegal immigration is overwhelming the resources of Los Angeles.
* Mexican & Latin countries are dumping desperate citizens on the U.S.
* Mexican Mafia influence and gangs on local politics and city governments within Los Angeles.
* LA County Board of Supervisors vs Sheriff on coverage in unincorporated area contracts
* Recruiting Deputies of diverse backgrounds vs lowering hiring standards

Viewers are invited to participate in an online survey and leave comments for interactive discussion on the topics.

Billed as “the news behind the news” the Full Disclosure Network® is an independent, educational, public affairs cable program featured on 43 cable systems and the worldwide Internet website http://www.fulldisclosure.net/ Produced by Emmy winning Host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the show with a local public affairs Emmy for their series entitled “L.A.’s War Against Terrorism”. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website.

ARE SKID ROW RESIDENTS HOMELESS & HELPLESS OR BUMS & ADDICTS?

Los Angeles, CA. Are Skid Row street vagrants merely homeless or are they criminal drug addicts who choose to live lawlessly on the streets? The FULL DISCLOSURE NETWORK® presents a nine minute video preview from a two-part series covering the on-going debate over how to deal with the residents of the infamous Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. At the center of the debate is whether or not the LAPD’s “Safer Cities Initiative” has been successful or is an improper use of public resources when dealing with vagrants living on the streets.

The series features prominent national and local authorities who hold strongly differing opinions many of whom participated a January 2008 Forum entitled “Policing Skid Row” sponsored by the New York based Manhattan Institute and the Santa Monica based Milken Institute. Those experts appearing in the series are:

• William Bratton, Los Angeles Police Chief
• Hon. Edwin Meese III, former U.S. Attorney General & Chief of Staff to California Governor Ronald Reagan
• Torie Osborn, Sr. Advisor on Homeless to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
• James Q. Wilson, Ronald Reagan Chair, Pepperdine University
• George L. Kelling, Sr. Fellow Manhattan Institute & Prof. of Criminal Justice at Rutgers
• Estela Lopez, Executive Director, Central City East Association
• Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute’s John Olin Fellow
• Carol Wilkins, Director for Intergovernmental policy for Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Leroy Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff
• Prof. Mark Kleiman, UCLA School of Public Affairs
• Leslie Dutton, Host/Moderator

This Full Disclosure Network® on-going series is examining the various solutions proposed to deal with violent and non-violent street crimes, drugs and alcohol addiction and mental illness among the vagrant population. These programs are featured on 45 cable systems (channel listings here) with the previews available on the Internet FREE from the www.fulldisclosure.net home page. Full length show will be available to subscribers online.

Known as “the news behind the news” Full Disclosure Network® since 1992 and produced by host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series "L. A.’s War Against Terrorism" was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at www.fulldisclosure.net.

Three Strikes Debate & Ethanol To The Rescue? On Cable TV Sunday-Monday

Los Angeles, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® (FDN) is re-releasing a two-part program featuring prominent law enforcement officials debating the Three Strikes Law followed by an in-depth look at Ethanol as a gasoline alternative. Both programs feature former Bill Jones the former California Assemblyman and Secretary of State who originally authored the Three Strikes Law in 1994 . Jones is currently the founder and Chairman of the Board of Pacific Ethanol Corporation.



WATCH ON L.A. CABLE CHANNEL 36
Sunday March 9th 8 p.m. Three Strikes
Sunday, March 9th 8:30 p.m. Ethanol
Monday March 10th 4 p.m. Three Strikes
Monday March 10th 4:30 p.m. Ethanol
Click Here for other channel listings for other cable channels & airtimes by community

FEATURED GUESTS ON THREE STRIKES LAW DEBATE: (Pt 1)

(Watch preview 7 min)

Bill Jones CA Assembly Author of Three Strikes
L. A. County Sheriff Leroy Baca
LAPD Chief William Bratton
L. A. County District Attorney Steve Cooley
L. A. Special Assistant District Attorney Anthony Patchett (ret)


IS ETHANOL THE ANSWER TO HIGH GASOLINE PRICES? (Part 2) (Watch preview 8 min)
Bill Jones, Pacific Ethanol Corportation describes the following:

• Reasons for shifting to Ethanol instead of gasoline made from fossil fuels
• Pressures generated political support for Ethanol as an alternative fuel
• Government to maintain support for Bio Fuel incentives
  
  
  Billed as “the news behind the news” Full Disclosure Network® programs are produced by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston and featured on 45 cable television systems and the Internet at http://www.blogger.com/www.fulldisclosure.net Over the past sixteen years the Full Disclosure Network® programs have explored public policies and police politics, corruption and reform, interviewing U. S. Attorney Generals, Police Chiefs, Sheriffs and Prosecutors. Click here to find cable channels listed by community and air times on the website.
  
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Chaos Follows Corruption Allegations in OC School District: Citizens Battle to Reform the Capistrano Unified School District

Orange County, CA. The Full Disclosure Network® is re-releasing a ground-breaking six part series covering the historic battle to restore honesty, integrity and accountability to the the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD). The citizen revolt began in 2005 with a petition drive to recall all seven members of the Board of Trustees and has now culminated in a full scale criminal investigation of the school board members and the indictment of former superintendent James Fleming for multiple felonies.

PROVOCATIVE SERIES

This provocative series will be featured on Cox South Orange County Cable Channel 31 starting Wednesday March 12th at 6 p.m., and will continue each and every Wednesday for the next six weeks.

Listed below are air dates for the six episodes, with links on titles to a short video previews:

1. "Parents Declare War on School District" Part 1-2
Part 1 : Wednesday March 12th 6 p.m.

Part 2: Wednesday March 19th 6 p.m.
Reform leaders first make public allegations that CUSD officials had squandered $52 million on luxurious administration building for themselves, while students and teachers are relegated to dilapidated portable classrooms. Ignoring massive community opposition, CUSD then also proceeds with construction of a $150 million high school next to South Orange County’s largest active landfill.

2.

"Citizens Provoke DA Raids on CUSD" Part 3-4
Part 3: Wednesday March 26th 6 p.m.

Part 4: Wednesday April 2nd 6 p.m
Superintendent James Fleming is forced to retire in disgrace and under fire from the community, while elected Trustees loyal to Fleming vote to use taxpayer funds to pay for Fleming’s criminal defense attorney. District Attorney investigators armed with search warrants raid the District offices. Charges that District officials interfered with the Recall Petition process prompt a growing number of public officials to speak out against corruption and mismanagement of the District.

3. "Local Officials Speak Out: Trustees Step Aside?" Part 5-6
Part 5: Wednesday April 9the 6 p.m.

Part 6: Wednesday April 16th 6 p.m.
Following the indictment of Superintendent Fleming and his Assistant Superintendent more local officials from across South Orange County join the call for the “Old Guard” Trustees to resign from office. Even with the election of three newly elected “reform” Trustees, the Old Guard continues with “business as usual” and are found by the Orange County District Attorney to have engaged in systematic illegal secret meetings to freeze out the public from the democratic process.

Featured in the series are CUSD Recall Committee leaders and elected officials:
• Tony Beall, Mayor, Rancho Santa Margarita (CUSD Recall Committee leader)
• Patricia Kelly, Council member, City of Mission Viejo
• Neil Blais, Councilman City of Rancho Santa Margarita
• John Paul Ledesma, Councilman City of Mission Viejo
• Gary Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem City of Rancho Santa Margarita
• Tom Russell, CUSD Recall Committee Leader
• Jennifer Beall, CUSD Recall Committee Leader
• Carmen Cave, Mayor City of Aliso Viejo
• Mark Nielson, City of San Juan Capistrano Council Member
• Anna Bryson, Vice Pres. CUSD Board (newly elected)
• Gail Reavis, Mayor City of Mission Viejo
• Ellen Addonizio, Trustee CUSD Board (newly elected)
• Lon Uso, City of San Juan Capistrano Council Member
• Steve Knoblock, City of San Clemente Council Member
• James Fleming, Superintendent, Capistrano Unified School District
• Shelia Henness, CUSD Board of Trustees

Known as “the news behind the news” the Full Disclosure Network® television programs are featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet since 1992 and produced by Emmy Award winning Host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented a local public affairs Emmy to Full Disclosure. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/ .

Gangs. Police Tactics, Prisons, Judges & ACLU

Los Angeles, CA. This Sunday and Monday on Cable TV the Full Disclosure Network® feature six Video News Blogs covering the latest hot button issues and top law enforcement officials as follows:

L.A. CABLE CHANNEL 36
Sunday, March 2nd 8:00 p.m Part 1
Sunday, March 2nd 8:30 p.m. Part 2
Monday, March 3rd 4:00 p.m. Part 1
Monday, March 3rd 4:30 p.m. Part 2
Click here for 45 other cable channel numbers & air times

WATCH THE VIDEO BLOGS HERE ONLINE NOW:
Click on the title/link to access the streaming video page.

PART 1
Video News Blog #40 “Massive Prison Release Intended” (8:15 min) Steve Ipsen, President of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys claims the agenda of anti-law enforcement politicians are setting the stage for a massive prision release. He describes who, why and how they have been undermining the “Three Strikes Law” for the past ten years.

Video News Blog #42 “Prison System Condemned in Concealed Report” (10:30 min) California’s Corrections Independent Review Panel, headed by former Gov. George Deukmejian, issued a little known 400 page report costing over $1 million. According to Executive Director Joe A. Gunn, they found the system was in “chaos, a disaster and total disarray” but the Governor Schwarzenegger has ignored the findings.

Video News Blog #41 “Police Solo Foot Pursuit Ban Debated” (8:30) Three top cops debate whether or not police should chase gang members or criminals on foot without back-up or partners. Features LASD Chief Bill McSweeney, former Det. Roy Burns and LAPD Capt.Ken Hillman (ret).

PART 2
Video News Blog #43 “Are Jails Intended To Be Punishment?” (8 min) A dynamic echange of views about whether jail time should be considered punishment for convicted criminals. Featuring LASD Sgt. Paul Jernigan, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Police Reformer Merrick Bobb.

Video News Blog #45 “Jails, Judges & The ACLU” (7:02 min) Featuring Sheriff Leroy Baca, Former U. S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, III, LASD Sgt. Paul Jernigan, LASD Captain Tim Cornell and Glendale Police Lt. Don Merideth. Revealing discussion who’s behind the early release program in L. A. County jails and why convicted criminals are being released without spending any or very little time in jail.

Video News Blog #44 “The Ultimate Gang Solution” (13:01 min) Should the Courts require juvenile gang members to wear GPS tracking devices to deter adult gang members from using them for unlawful and violent activities? Features Steve Ipsen, President of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, and Jeremy Thompson a retired LASD Deputy from gang detail.

The Full Disclosure Network® is a reality news show, known as “the news behind the news” since 1992 and is an independent, public affairs cable program produced by Host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the FDN program was presented with a public affairs Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their series entitled “L.A.’s War Against Terrorism”. Previews of the full programs are featured on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/.