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El Segundo residential trash collection fee is not a dead issue

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Mike

The El Segundo residential trash collection fee is back on the City Council agenda for the February 1, 2011 meeting. At issue is whether the City will stop collecting trash from residential properties with three or four units on a lot. It has been a long-standing City practice and tradition, going back at least to the early 1990’s, for the City to collect trash without fee from single family homes, and residential properties with two to four units on a lot, as long as standard trash cans are used instead of the large rectangular trash bins. Existing taxes pay for this service.

However, there is an inconsistency between the existing practice and the El Segundo Municipal Code, which provides only for City trash collection for single family homes and residential properties with two units on a lot. The logical solution is simply to amend the city’s municipal code to be consistent with the long-standing actual practice.

Please contact the El Segundo City Council members and urge them to amend the city’s municipal code to continue the long-standing City practice of collecting trash from all residential properties with one to four units on a lot that use standard trash cans. Remind them that the residents can use a voter initiative to amend the El Segundo Municipal Code for them if they won’t do it. … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Arab Islamic Terrorism in Israel, by Michael D. Robbins

Posted on August 4, 2005 by Mike

Aerial photo of the World Trade Center collapsing after the 9-11-2001 Islamic Terrorist Attack in New York City: Israel suffered the equivalent of twenty-three September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Arab Islamic terrorist attacks in the 4.8 year period from September 27, 2000 to July 23, 2005, in terms of Arab Islamic terrorism deaths in Israel scaled up from Israel's Jewish population to the U.S. population. Photo source unknown.

Aerial photo of the World Trade Center
collapsing after the 9-11-2001
Islamic Terrorist Attack in New York City.
Photo source unknown.

“Israel suffered the equivalent of twenty-three September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Arab Islamic terrorist attacks in the 4.8 year period from September 27, 2000 to July 23, 2005, in terms of Arab Islamic terrorism deaths in Israel scaled up from Israel’s Jewish population to the U.S. population.” – Michael D. Robbins, Director of the Public Safety Project

Arab Islamic Terrorism in Israel

Major Arab Islamic “Palestinian” terrorist attacks from September 27, 2000 to July 23, 2005

General Information and Statistics

by Michael D. Robbins

August 4, 2005

This analysis of Arab Islamic terrorism in Israel has been updated using more complete and current data from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), which indicates that 1,073 people have been murdered by Arab Islamic terrorism since September 2000.

Thus, Israel suffered the equivalent of twenty-three September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Arab Islamic terrorist attacks in the 4.8 year period from September 27, 2000 to July 23, 2005, in terms of Arab Islamic terrorism deaths in Israel scaled up from Israel’s Jewish population to the U.S. population.

The following data includes woundings but covers a shorter period. Between September 29, 2000 and April 1, 2005, Magen David Adom treated a total of 7,253 casualties as follows:
953 killed, 596 severely injured, 881 moderately and 4,823 lightly injured, among them 11 MDA staff members. (Israel Defense Forces casualties treated by IDF medical personnel are not included in these figures.)

Woundings include arms and legs blow off, blindings, and shrapnel wounds due to nails packed with the bombs to maximize the deaths and woundings.

Using these more recent figures, extrapolating the woundings based on the two figures for murders by multiplying by (1,073 / 953), and multiplying by 60 to scale by the ratio of U.S. population to Israel’s Jewish population, results in the following Arab Islamic terrorist murders and woundings in the U.S.: … Continue reading →

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Arab Islamic Terrorism in Israel, by Michael D. Robbins

Posted on August 2, 2005 by Mike

Aerial photo of the World Trade Center collapsing after the 9-11-2001 Islamic Terrorist Attack in New York City: Israel suffered the equivalent of 13.8 Sept. 11 World Trade Center Arab Islamic terrorist attacks between September 2000 and February 25, 2004, in terms of Arab Islamic terrorism deaths in Israel scaled up from Israel's Jewish population to the U.S. population. Photo source unknown.

Aerial photo of the World Trade Center
collapsing after the 9-11-2001
Islamic Terrorist Attack in New York City.
Photo source unknown.

“Israel suffered the equivalent of 13.8 Sept. 11 World Trade Center Arab Islamic terrorist attacks between September 2000 and February 25, 2004, in terms of Arab Islamic terrorism deaths in Israel scaled up from Israel’s Jewish population to the U.S. population.” – Michael D. Robbins, Director of the Public Safety Project

Arab Islamic Terrorism in Israel

Major Arab Islamic “Palestinian” terrorist attacks from September 2000 through February 25, 2004

General Information and Statistics

by Michael D. Robbins

August 2, 2005

I have analyzed Arab Islamic terrorist attack data from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) official website. The total casualties in this data, which covers only September 2000 through February 25, 2004, is 547 Arab Islamic terrorist murders and approximately 2,832 Arab Islamic terrorist woundings in Israel.

If you multiply by 60, to scale by the ratio of U.S. population to Israel’s Jewish population, this would reflect the following Arab Islamic terrorist murders and woundings in the U.S.: … Continue reading →

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El Segundo Firefighter Union Bosses used Threats and Intimidation in City Election

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Mike

BREAKING NEWS:

Saturday, April 10, 2004 7:27 am

FIRE UNION BOSS’S SENIOR SCARE LETTER

Firefighter Union bosses use scare tactics against El Segundo senior citizens.

They sent a letter on Union letterhead dated 4/9/04, signed by all three fire Union bosses, to El Segundo seniors threatening that if they don’t vote for Eric Busch, Sandy Jacobs, and Bill Fisher for City Council, hospitals may be closed and there may not be emergency service in El Segundo when needed!

Click on the letter to the left to see a larger readable image of the complete letter (150 KB).

Click on the envelope below to see the text of the letter.

The Fire Union bosses who signed the letter are:

Kevin Rehm, President
Breck Slover, 1st Vice President
John Bilbee, 2nd Vice President
El Segundo Firefighters’ Association

Click on the envelope below to see an analysis and the text of the Senior Scare Letter. Notice how the envelope also carries the fire Union logo.

Click HERE on the image of the Fire Union envelope that the Fire Union Senior Scare Letter was sent in to see an analysis and the text of the Senior Scare Letter (on the old website). Notice how the envelope also carries the fire Union logo.

Continue reading →

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A History of Police and Firefighter Union Corruption in El Segundo

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Mike

by Michael D. Robbins
Directory, Public Safety Project
El Segundo, California
PublicSafetyProject.org

– WORKING DRAFT –

April 13, 2004 El Segundo City Election

http://www.publicsafetyproject.org/elsegundo/index.html

Union bosses and well-funded outside special interests are trying to take over small town El Segundo for at least the next four years

Former City Councilmember Mike Robbins fights against big city-style political machine in small town El Segundo

“El Segundo Fire and Police Union bosses unilaterally endorsed candidates with the worst public safety and spending records.”

“The $50,000 plus election campaign with many $1,000 to $6,000 contributions is highly unusual for small town El Segundo.

“Campaigns used to cost less than $5,000 and a lot of shoe leather. We are at risk of having all future Mayors and Councilmembers selected before the election by Union bosses and outside special interests. We may lose our Democratic elections.”

Michael D. Robbins, 4/9/2004
Founder, El Segundo Public Safety Project
Former El Segundo City Councilmember (1992-1996)

Read all about it and see more pages, documents, and images posted throughout the week!

DOCUMENTS

Read Mike’s Flyer – It was distributed city-wide on Saturday, April 10, 2004 … Continue reading →

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Hate Crime Law Supporters Weakened Our Criminal Justice System and Self-Defense Rights, by Michael D. Robbins

Posted on August 31, 2001 by Mike

Hate crime law supporters weakened our criminal justice system and self-defense rights

And now they want to fix the system only for themselves.

By Michael D. Robbins, Director
Public Safety Project
P.O. Box 2193
El Segundo, CA 90245

PublicSafetyProject.com
Twitter: PSP_USA
YouTube: PublicSafetyProject

August 31, 2001

Revised September 4, 2001

This older version is available here for historical purposes. This article was revised again on September 1, 2012.

It is recommended that you read the newer September 1, 2012 version of this article, which is available at:
http://publicsafetyproject.org/blog/2012/09/01/why-hate-crime-laws-are-immoral-and-counter-productive/

Mr. Robbins is a Jew and the son of a survivor of pogroms (government sanctioned and sponsored torture and mass murder of Jews) in the former Communist Soviet Union.

This article was originally posted on FraudFactor.com on August 31, 2001 and revised on September 4, 2001 at http://www.FraudFactor.com/ff_first_draft_0006.html. The original article and all revisions were written by Michael D. Robbins.

September 1, 2001 – FraudFactor – There are numerous problems with “hate crime” laws that increase the punishment for crimes of violence and intimidation primarily if not only where the victim is black, hispanic, homosexual, Jewish, asian, or some other “minority” and the criminal expresses hatred as a motivation for the crime.

Although hatred based on race or religion is rude, vulgar, and despicable, in a free society, people have a right to be rude, vulgar, and despicable as long as they are not violating the individual rights of other people by physically hurting them or their property. The primary purpose of government in a free society is to protect individual rights and freedom, not to infringe on those rights and freedom.

Various compelling arguments have been made against hate crime laws, yet a significant and perhaps most compelling argument against hate crime laws has not been made except by this author, to the best of this author’s knowledge. This new argument is presented below as the first and primary argument against hate crime laws. Additional arguments follow.

Fixing Criminal Justice System Weaknesses Only for a Select Few

The most insidious aspect of hate crime laws is that they fix our weakened criminal justice system only for a select few and not for everyone across the board. Under hate crime laws, the government is discriminating and playing favorites based on race. Hate crime laws are promoted by activists in the most liberal soft-on-crime political factions that have consistently voted for liberal soft-on-crime Democrats who have greatly weakened our criminal justice system and eroded our right to own and carry firearms for self-defense.

Multiple studies by Professor Gary Kleck have shown that defense with a firearm is significantly safer and more effective than any other methods, including non-resistance. A firearm is a great equalizer, allowing violent crime victims to overcome criminal attackers who rely on physical strength superiority or numerical superiority.

The liberal political factions include blacks, Jews, and homosexuals, who typically have 80 to 90 percent Democrat voter registration rates.

After weakening our criminal justice system and right to self-defense, thereby increasing violent crime and endangering everyone, liberal politicians, political activists, and “community leaders” are now trying to fix the criminal justice system and increase criminal penalties only for their own benefit, when they and the groups they pander to become crime victims. They still refuse to fix the criminal justice system for everyone across the board.

Fix the Criminal Justice System for Everyone

If the penalties for crimes of violence and intimidation are too lenient, then the penalties should be increased regardless of the race or religion of the crime victim. This can be accomplished by electing conservative Republican legislators and through voter initiatives in states where voters have the right of initiative. We can make everyone safer by … Continue reading →

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November 1991 Firefighter and Police Unions’ City Council Election Campaigns

Posted on November 8, 1991 by Mike

November 1991 Firefighters and Police Union City Council Election Campaigns

http://articles.latimes.com/1991-11-08/local/me-994_1_police-officers

Los Angeles Times

ARTICLE COLLECTIONS

California | Local

New Players Enter Political Scene

Elections: Police officers and firefighters threw themselves into the local campaigns. Their efforts got mixed results.

November 08, 1991

KIM KOWSKY and MARC LACEY
TIMES STAFF WRITERS

In an unprecedented level of political activity, South Bay firefighters feverishly put out flyers and police officers enthusiastically pursued voters before Tuesday’s election. But the results of their efforts were mixed.

In Hermosa Beach, firefighters endorsed two City Council candidates for the first time in the department’s 85-year history. In El Segundo, the fire union jumped into its first campaign in years. And in Hawthorne, emergency workers said they campaigned in the city’s election with more intensity than ever before.

“It’s a very big trend for fire departments to get involved in politics,” said Michael Lines, president of the Hermosa Beach Firefighters’ Assn. “It’s sweeping across California. You will see more and more political action and involvement by firefighters.”

Behind the politicking was a fear that an unfriendly City Hall might meddle in department affairs or even abolish the department.

EL SEGUNDO

South Bay firefighter groups were most successful in El Segundo, where their favored council candidate, Janice Cruikshank, swept into office with a solid 44% of the vote in a four-way race.

El Segundo Fire Capt. Tom Kennedy, who serves as vice president of the El Segundo Firefighters Assn., said the group became politically involved in response to a bitter contract dispute that reduced benefits for firefighters.

Cruikshank could not say enough about the firefighters group, whose members spent scores of hours walking precincts, distributing flyers, and even transporting some voters to the polls. They also contributed $249 to her campaign–$1 under the maximum allowed by city ordinance. It was the largest single contribution she received.

“They were always there, no matter what we needed,” Cruikshank said. “Without the support from these young men, a lot of times I would have thrown up my hands and said, ‘That’s it.’ ”

Although some critics said the contributions would make Cruikshank beholden to the firefighters’ demands, both she and Kennedy denied they made any deals.

“I didn’t promise them anything except that I would listen to them,” Cruikshank said.

In response to Cruikshank’s victory, Kennedy said candidates will probably court the firefighters in future races. And the firefighters, he predicted, will greatly increase their involvement in political campaigns.

“The main thing we learned is we are a very, very viable (and) powerful force within this community,” he said. … Continue reading →

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