In article <3f4e222f$0$152$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com>,
Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:

Today's the day to contact the council before they vote.

Last time, they saw no problem with leasing 18 acres
of public parkland for 15 years at $1/year, even though
the Boy Scouts exclude atheists. Since the court
has ruled the lease was arranged unconstitutionally,
by giving it only to the Boy Scouts instead of open
bidding, they have to decide what to do:

http://aclusandiego.org/pdf/ScoutLeasesActionAlert.pdf
...
CALL THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ON AUGUST 28 AND
ASK THEM TO SEEK TERMINATION OF THE BALBOA LEASE

If any of them are not in jail, or running for the border:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/probe/20030828-1440-ca-corrupt
ionprobe.html
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Fraud indictment names San Diego councilmen, Las Vegas club owner
By Elliot Spagat
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2:40 p.m. August 28, 2003
SAN DIEGO ­ Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced indictments
against three San Diego city councilmen who allegedly accepted
payments from a Las Vegas strip club owner and his employees in
exchange for political favors.
U.S. Attorney Carol Lam said the councilmen ­ Ralph Inzunza, Charles
Lewis and Michael Zucchet ­ accepted payments from Michael Galardi,
his lobbyist Lance Malone and a club manager, John D'Intino, who
sought to repeal San Diego's "no-touch" provision in adult
entertainment businesses.
Ralph Inzunza Charles Lewis Michael Zucchet
Inzunza Lewis Zucchet
The indictments handed down Thursday accuse Inzunza, Lewis and Zucchet
of fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Galardi, Malone and
D'Intino also were indicted on the same charges.
Accusations of extortion also were made against Inzunza, Zucchet,
Galardi, Malone and D'Intino.
In addition, Galardi, Malone and D'Intino face charges of
racketeering. An aide to Lewis, David Cowan, is accused of making a
false statement to the FBI.
The FBI raided the offices of the three councilmen on May 14. Search
warrants also were served that day at the Cheetahs strip club in San
Diego and two strip clubs in Las Vegas, all owned by Galardi.
Questions were raised about contacts the councilmen had with Malone, a
former Las Vegas police officer and Clark County commissioner who has
lobbied on behalf of Galardi's businesses.
Since May 16, a San Diego federal grand jury has met privately more
than a dozen times to hear evidence in the case, which focuses on
whether public officials were bribed with tens of thousands of dollars
in attempts to change city laws regulating strip clubs. A grand jury
also was meeting in Las Vegas.
City calendars for Inzunza, Lewis and Zucchet show that each met with
Malone in the months before the raid.
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I did contact my council member who was not indicted (yet). If anyone
thinks that politics is dull, move to California. I don't know how
this will affect their schedule.