Sheriff Baca is the Sheriff who was on national televison who said when asked by a reporter how he felt about a man and his dog being burned alive in a house, that the situation had gotten so far out of control......the Sheriff's reply was everything went as planned. Prior to being burned alive, the man had said if they promised not to shoot his dog, he would come out....it was also reported a deputy who was late at the scene, was shot by "friendly fire". How friendly can one get? Note the people who filed the petitions had been told they did not have enough signatures - first sign of corruption. Saba File photo of Sheriff Lee Baca. County supervisors approve special election on term limits NBC4.TV LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 - The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 in closed session today to hold a special election to decide if LA County elected officials should be limited to two four-year terms. The decision is apparently contrary to the wishes of Sheriff Lee Baca. Sheriff Baca told a reporter earlier this month that he wanted his job exempted from the term limits ballot measure. He was was not immediately available for comment today. In the election – which will take place March 5 – voters will be asked to decide if the five supervisors should be limited to two consecutive terms. Separately, voters will be asked if the supervisors and the county's three other elected officials -- the district attorney, sheriff and assessor -- should be limited to two terms. Each measure would require a simple majority for approval. If both measures pass, the one approved by the greater percentage would become law. The board's final decision today -- preliminary approval was granted in August -- apparently is contrary to the wishes of Sheriff Lee Baca, who told a reporter earlier this month that he wanted his job exempted from the term limits ballot measure. He was was not immediately available for comment today. In early September, Baca said: "You can't just put in people for a couple of terms, then throw the rascals out." All five supervisors have publicly come out against term limits in the past. Supervisor Mike Antonovich abstained from voting today, because both measures stem from a proposed settlement with a group that sued the county after its petition to put term limits on last November's ballot was rejected - - even though enough valid signatures were gathered. More than a year ago, Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs ruled that a petition by Voters Organized for Trustworthy Elections was certified too late to appear on the ballot. VOTERS collected 100,000 more signatures than needed to qualify for the ballot. But county election officials, who spent $250,000 in a last-minute effort to certify the petition, concluded the group was more than 1,100 valid signatures short. Representatives from VOTE then double-checked the signatures and asserted that they had enough valid voter signatures, which county officials later conceded was true. SABA NOTE: Larry Flynt seems to have the people in LA in his pocket - money talks. When he lived in our area - Deputy County Sheriffs were always hanging around, and at the time it was noted they were always for sale. During that time frame, a hit man dressed in official Sheriff's Uniform murdered a doctor, the crime was attributed to a young poor black kid, whle the one doctor who bought the gun, was sitting down the hall in the Coroner's Office, as an Asst. County Coroner.....and these men were getting Federal Marshall badges..........who counts the votes? The political hacks who want to keep their jobs.
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