Digo read and annotate8/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ¿ Y tu? (And you?) Did you connect with Curren?Ĭouncilmember Curren Price represents District 9, which covers part of South L.A. So anyways, you didn't connect with Curren? He called me last night. To convince me to have a kid, I should say. Thank God for my husband who wanted a kid, so I'm like, it wasn’t … I was OK. I didn't really care for… I go that whole little kid shit. I'm a grandfather, and I have a 47-year-old son, and a 2 ½-year-old little girl. I did my interview the other day and she said… I can't believe you're in this stage of your life, by the way. Oh, I think probably he hooked it up for certain people. Illegal but, then he's still helping the kids as opposed to that little entitled privileged prince, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. That's probably not the case, but whatever. I'm just saying, I mean he could have been helping his kids for all we know. You know, what I did during the course of my campaign with the City Council? I never criticized Jose Huizar.Īnd what's to say que (that) Jose wasn't doing it to also feed his kids? Right? I mean, this, this is, this is, I mean the connection is Sebastian, but what's to say que Jose also didn't have debt at his kids’ school, and trying to figure out how to pay for college. They didn’t think twice before judging Jose. Isn't that the same argument that they're using, but only in reverse? You know, because now they're trying to look like there's a double standard. She lives on the Westside, she's a rich kid. He said, and then I said, isn't this the equivalent when, particularly the African American community - which was righteous - that says Gil Cedillo had crack cocaine and was sentenced to 25 years to life. I mean, I think the thing that Huizar got was like $500,000 in cash. Weren't one of the contracts moved, is worth like, 9 or 11 million dollars? So in many ways you can say that the case is even worse for Mark Ridley-Thomas than it is for Jose Huizar. This is taxpayer dollars, as opposed to private developer dollars. ![]() And then so many people get wire transfers or whatever. We've said, for those we're talking about, some people receive money like in a paper bag. Dot, dot, dot.” He said, I haven't read the whole thing, but he says I've read parts of it. And I said, “Hey man, give me your objective feedback on this thing, Mark Ridley-Thomas. Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar was indicted on corruption charges in 2020. And he, he had the Lance Armstrong case too, when they were going to indict Lance Armstrong. Over the weekend, I called a buddy of mine who is a former U.S. You both have been looked at." That's what I think is going to happen. You either cooperate, or we're going to go after your son. I think the meeting was something like this: "This is what we got. He's gonna get arraigned on Wednesday, but I don't think the meeting where they kind of show you, "Here are the options, this is what we got." You know that meeting? When they show you your options. What I did hear is I don’t think the feds have talked to him yet. It will be the same action as with Jose Huizar. I'm like, well, we can't force him to resign. When I used to go clubbing in the mosh pit.ĭid you talk to, este (that is), did you talk to Curren? With my Doc Martens, from back in the day. The text marked in bold in the dialogue has corresponding annotations. They worked collaboratively, listening repeatedly to the leaked audio to compile an accurate record of what was said. This transcription was produced by a team of Times journalists. Here's who was in the room: About this transcript: Beat reporters offer facts and analysis columnists provide their perspectives on a discussion that has changed the city's political history. To help readers better understand the context and contours of the discussion, The Times brought together a team of City Hall reporters and columnists to annotate the conversation. It's a rare glimpse into bare-knuckle power politics. They also plotted how to use the city's contentious redistricting process for their own gain. The discussion among the four Latino political leaders was widely denounced as racist, and featured profane remarks and insults about Black people, Oaxacans, Jews, Armenians and others. It has triggered resignations, protests that halted much council business, and condemnations from the highest levels of the Democratic Party. More than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. ![]()
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