It’s official. The City of Burbank is now going after its more friendly bloggers. This from the IluvBurbank site:
For those of you who aren’t aware, last Tuesday I gave a Deposition in the above matters pursuant to the attached Subpoena and Request for Documents. The Deposition was a result of videos I re-posted on YouTube.com featuring BPOA Pres. Mike Parrinello, who appears to give false testimony on numerous occasions based on secretly recorded audio excerpts played following his answers. I make no apologies for exercising my 1st Amendment Rights in posting the videos; I believe I have a moral responsibility/duty to share important information with the public and will continue to exercise these rights. I was asked how I got the video, if I’d had any communication with any of the parties listed in the subpoena, if I knew who edited or posted the original video, if I know who has 27 secret audio tapes, if I know who a blogger named “Going Nuts” is, and other questions totally unrelated to the case subject matter. At the end of the day it was a fruitless exercise, an abuse of process and waste of everyone’s time and thousands of (taxpayer) dollars.
He continues on with a bunch of good links.
Wonder if he still loves Burbank?
Hey ‘Nuts!!!
They’re making you a STAR!!!!!!
At least some of us are “Honored” by your “presence”.
Hey semi,
Your “Title Sentence” mentions “copping” to something.
Maybe after the next City Council Meeting you will have the opportunity to Blog about “Bric Cops to Subpoena….” & how about “the barlow Cops to Subpoena after the Blog reveals that he Requested “it”…”!!!!
You know this is just downright creepy. How do city employees get away with this stuff unless the councilallows or directs it. So now in Burbank there is official government retaliation for free thought or free speech ? This place is the 100 most creepyplaces to live.City hall is clearly out of control.
The council does indeed authorize it, but Barlow refuses to follow the Brown Act by never reporting out on these closed-door lawsuit-litigation decisions along with the vote tally.
The law clearly says he has to publically report whenever the council decides upon formal legal action or defense, but he just refuses to. And that’s all he has to do, too– just the decision to proceed and the vote. Nothing else. He thinks naming the actions is enough.
Now it’s no news to the opposing party when he keeps it secret– they always know in court. So what he’s really doing is insulating the council members from public criticism and any knowledge of their direct involvement.
In other words, what was the council’s vote on that Dunn-related “anti-SLAPP” suit?
Four to one? Why won’t he tell us?
BTW, that’s “Mr. Nuts….” Semi, I’ll admit I was getting a bit strained by recent stuff. I’ve given you some “mulligans” without raising much of a stink. Thank you for this.
In Burbank people get subpoenaed, interrogated, sued, have restraining orders taken out against them, get attacked by council people every Tuesday night, get followed by police, investigated, and anything else they can think of to intimidate against democratic participation.
Gee whiz…I wonder why they want to know why I am so bad. According to the city supporters everything on this blog is BS?
I guess the truth really does hurt.
“Thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of anybody, even of their legislators…”
It is time for the good men and women of Burbank to rise to the occasion and hold these people responsible for their misuse of power.
Nine months into “her majesty’s” reign as Mayor of Burbank, we have learned more about what the “City”, “Police Department”, “City Council” and “City Attorney” are up to from Eric Michael Cap’s efforts (and willingness to share) than she has from her position on the “throne”.
She apparently decided not to run again sometime ago.
That’s the danger of a “lame duck”. Her ego coveted the “position”, her ego coveted staff “affection” and “attention”.
Her concerns range from who “rides in the Parade” to “who cuts the ribbon”. How “long” a meeting will last– not what can be accomplished or how to be of service.
She’s been rude to Homeowners that were lied to by staff, even after the public knew the truth–she refused to call Dr. Gordon with his earned title until publicly accused.
She promised to share on the “Police Mess”, but lied instead.
Yep, Mr. Cap has helped the “Citizen’s” while under fire himself, she has done a lousy job “fiddlin’” and eating, and eating, and eating “cake”.
I guess the quest to find the “bad apples” have been extended into the public at large.
If Reinke has a JD, you can call her doctor as well.
Cut the crap.
Dr. is a title utilized by many in various professions.
Had she been using that title, so be it.
The bitch did it on purpose.
You miss so many points with your automatic prattle.
How many Lawyers are you familiar with in Toluca Lake in private practice using Dr.?
How many people practicing Optometry or Ophthalmology who earned the title that are in business in Toluca Lake prefer to be called Mr.?
No Jesuit taught YOU to be a jerk, it wasn’t necessary.
Gordon is a health professional with a post-graduate doctorate in his speciality. He is supposed to call himself a doctor. Anyone else remember Dr. Lark?
So is Reinke calling herself a Dr.? based only upon a JD? Nothing would surprise me. Maybe she has a Ph.D in something, although in the past this never made it OK to call yourself a Dr.
UCLA in fact was always “professor.” That was the proper form.
Health professionals with doctorates in their specialities are allowed to call themselves Dr. You don’t have to be an M.D. to do so. They are the ONLY professionals besides M.D.s who are supposed to use this title– not even Ph.Ds.
The School administrators love the intimidation factor of everybody being called a Dr. and that’s BS a doctorate in physical education should not earn you the right to use Dr.
This has been done by Reinke as a INSULT to Dr. Gordon the entire past year as directed by Golonski, Flad, Barlow and staff. She is just another of the jerks passing thru those seats who no one will ever hear from again after she is gone unless ‘she’ or her daughter want something. In the meantime, her daughter will continue to be elevated in positions, wages and bonuses to reward Reinke for voting for staff during her 4 years.
Semi,
Are you going to post the transcripts from Cap’s deposition. I sure would like to read what ridiculous questions they asked him. Not to mention the people of Burbank should see where their money is being wasted.
Keep up the good work Nuts. I think all the “BS” they claim you’ve been saying has the city officials worried.
And to all those on this site..keep blogging and encourage other to do also…the city loves to read all the “BS”
Look at attachment A for an idea of the net that was being thrown. Can they ask you to produce all that for a deposition?
http://iluvburbank.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/supdocs.pdf
They also spelled most of the names wrong.
Reinke can call herself whatever she wants…actions speak louder than words (that includes titles).
One thing is for sure, if the council keeps allowing Barlow and Co to run loose, especially after “deniability” is long gone, the only thing Reinke will need to call herself is a bail bondsman. She won’t be the only one.
I am very quite sure that the council shouldn’t have to worry about anything.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, the majority of our City Council Members worry about the wrong “things”.
If “they” have nothing to “worry about” and you are “very quite sure” about that, why are we paying “the bonu$ babe” from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher so many “white collar defense” dollar$?
Going to Church and lighting a candle just won’t work.
The idiots running this city are extremely worried and are now going after bloggers and anybody else who has anything BAD to say against their “authority” in Burbank. Keep up the good work Semi, Dixie Flyer, Nuts, Brian, Mags and everybody else I’m forgetting. The 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution gives everybody the right to say what they want, no matter how much those jackasses Barlow and Flad try to use their scare tactics. If Dennis Barlow thinks he is just going to ride off into the sunset via retirement, then he better think again. Their’s alot of lawsuits against the City right now and alot of information about to come out in court the next few months. I challenge everybody to promote that information here and on other sites when it does come out. We all know the Burbank Leader won’t mention a word of it. Believe me, now that the lawsuits are going to court, ALOT will be exposed! But, as great as that will be, I got to wonder if there is still a “wildcard” lawsuit out there just waiting to be filed.
Careful Everett,
Next you’ll be accused of “aiding & abetting” the dissemination of the TRUTH!!
Carole the “Hummer” will be contacting Johnson Lewis for assistance in preparing “another set” of “witchcraft papers”.
“Facts are the enemy of truth”
Everett, I am going to exert my 1st admendment rights to you (quoting your comments about the 1st admendment). Being stupid (as you entirely are) has its rewards. You solidified that with your cast of idiots revelation. What is next Everett?
“You’ve got another thing comin’ ”
Great video Masked, blame YouTube too.
“You’ve got another thing comin’ “
The MAJOR problem I have with you or anybody posting that video is that is was OBVIOUSLY doctored and not an accurate account of what was said. Anytime you cut a tape and splice it together, you are missing a piece of the puzzle. I can do that to any video or audio tape to make you believe what I want you to believe. That was obviously NOT the TRUTH.
If the Police were allowed to do that to every interview / interrogation tape they recorded wether or not it was secret, then nobody would ever get a FAIR trial.
So, why is this any different? How can Mr. Parrinello ever get a “FAIR” trial after you have allowed and even forced the people that watched that to be brainwashed?
Can you imagine if the police were to make up their own tapes of interviews and then just released them to all the news agencies to be plastered on the 5/6/7/8 AM and 4/5/6/7/8/9/10&11 PM news?
Do you think that it is right for the police to do it? Obviously your answer is a loud almost shouting – NO!!!!!!!!
So why did you allow this? No, why did you actually take part in spreading a non truth? Sure there were pieces of that video that he is saying something, however if you put his answers to different questions that were asked of him (which is what obviously happened), then the whole thing is a LIE… (A Lie by You and the person who made the tape in the first place).
This is the reason I don’t think that it was a waste of time and or money. In fact, I think you got off easy, and maybe you should have actually been charged with a crime if you had any knowledge of the doctored tape, which even a blind man can see happened.
Police departments are always releasing slanted information to the public in order to influence opinion. That’s why we have trials.
There were actually some major inconsistencies in his testimony vs. what he had said to other witnesses. That was the whole point– it wasn’t the testimony, it was the earlier tape recordings.
Nice spin job Interested Party but no cigar. The only LIER here is Parrinello. “OBVIOUSLY Doctored’” you say? Garbage, the video speaks for itself. Next you’re going to tell us it’s not Mike’s voice. Why hasn’t Barlow posted Mikey’s deposition so we can get the full story? And you’re so concerned about MP getting a fair trial. What about Omar, Dunn, Taylor? Is it fair how they were treated? What comes around goes around. Parrinello made a deal to throw Taylor under the bus and has been caught in a lie. The only people who need to be worried about criminal action are all your buddies who’ve lied under oath.