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city is not looking after their interest if it would knowingly collect and use their tax money when Measure P might one day be overturned. Remember, almost 50% of voters did not agree with Measure P, a forever tax which passed by only a mere 255 votes out of almost 14,000 cast. Mayor Aja Brown has since used Measure P and the promise of bringing in 8 million dollars additionally annually as the cornerstone for her re-election. This even though the collection of the tax is only netting about half that or about 4.8 million dollars annually so far. The entire premise of her campaign and promise of "progress" hinged upon Measure P which just had a bomb dropped on it. If Mayor Brown had been capable of successfully using the existing funds available in the city budget instead of waiting until 2016 to pass Measure P, no matter her excuses, Compton residential streets would be in much better shape. According to the Board of Equalization, Item VI specifically, any funds collected on a disputed tax must be held in an interest bearing account and cannot be used until the court case renders its judgement. This means the Mayor's boast of Measure P funding is up the creek without a paddle, so you can just throw out all that Aja Brown campaign literature and commercials. It's all wrong for now. So in the words of the Gap Band, residents just "dropped a bomb on you.” Aja. So thank you to the "No on Measure P" Committee, and all those that dug in their pockets and did not give up or give in to saddling our city with the highest sales taxes in the state, forever, for our children and grandchildren. An inspection of ballots from a recount showed persons outside of the city of Compton, listing other cities as their address, did vote in the election. And Measure P lost election night, and for 16 days of counting ballots, before it did a miraculous flip-flop in the last five days with votes coming from just 14 of 44 precincts. Go figure. M EASURE P had a bomb dropped on it by the residents of Compton opposed to a tax that will last forever instead of other sensible measures like a time limit. Former mayoral candidate Lynne Boone filed an election contest in July 2016 in Superior Court against the county registrar Dean Logan and Measure P, Mayor Aja Brown's one-percent sales tax, arguing ineligible persons from outside of Compton were allowed to vote. A downtown Superior Court judge declared the evidence, prepared by former city attorney candidate Marcus Musante, aided by the "No on Measure P" Committee, sufficient for trial and set a court date for January 2018. City Attorney Craig Cornwell was then asked by the council for his advice on whether the city had the right to still use incoming funds from Measure P collected by the Board of Equalization. Craig Cornwell stated that in "his opinion" the city could still proceed with using the tax funds and did not have to await the decision of the trial. Cornwell compared it with trying to put toothpaste back into the tube, saying it could not be done. This led to shock and outrage in the community by those citizens alleging the HEADS TO COURT! HIGH TAX “...in the event that a legal action is commenced challenging the validity of the tax in its entirety, as opposed to its application to an individual taxpayer, the district shall place the tax proceeds into an interest-bearing escrow account until the legality of the tax is finally resolved…”

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city is not looking after their

interest if it would knowingly

collect and use their tax

money when Measure P

might one day be overturned.

Remember, almost 50% of

voters did not agree with

Measure P, a forever tax

which passed by only a mere

255 votes out of almost

14,000 cast.

Mayor Aja Brown has since

used Measure P and the

promise of bringing in

8 million dollars additionally

annually as the cornerstone

for her re-election. This even

though the collection of the

tax is only netting about half

that or about 4.8 million

dollars annually so far.

The entire premise of her

campaign and promise of

"progress" hinged upon

Measure P which just had a

bomb dropped on it. If

Mayor Brown had been

capable of successfully using

the existing funds available in

the city budget instead of

waiting until 2016 to pass

Measure P, no matter her

excuses, Compton residential

streets would be in much

better shape.

According to the Board of

Equalization, Item VI

specifically, any funds

collected on a disputed tax

must be held in an interest

bearing account and cannot

be used until the court case

renders its judgement. This

means the Mayor's boast of

Measure P funding is up the

creek without a

paddle, so you can

just throw out all

that Aja Brown

campaign literature

and commercials.

It's all wrong for

now. So in the

words of the Gap

Band, residents just

"dropped a bomb

on you.” Aja.

So thank you to the "No on

Measure P" Committee, and

all those that dug in their

pockets and did not give up

or give in to saddling our city

with the highest sales taxes in

the state, forever, for our

children and grandchildren.

An inspection of ballots from a recount

showed persons outside of the city of

Compton, listing other cities as their

address, did vote in the election. And

Measure P lost election night, and for

16 days of counting ballots, before it

did a miraculous flip-flop in the last five

days with votes coming from just 14 of

44 precincts. Go figure.

M EASURE P had a bomb

dropped on it by the residents

of Compton opposed to a tax

that will last forever instead of other

sensible measures like a time limit.

Former mayoral candidate Lynne Boone

filed an election contest in July 2016 in

Superior Court against the county

registrar Dean Logan and Measure P,

Mayor Aja Brown's one-percent sales tax,

arguing ineligible persons from outside of

Compton were allowed to vote. A

downtown Superior Court judge declared

the evidence, prepared by former city

attorney candidate Marcus Musante, aided

by the "No on Measure P" Committee,

sufficient for trial and set a court date for

January 2018.

City Attorney Craig Cornwell was then

asked by the council for his advice on

whether the city had the right to still use

incoming funds from Measure P collected

by the Board of Equalization. Craig

Cornwell stated that in "his opinion" the

city could still proceed with using the tax

funds and did not have to await the

decision of the trial. Cornwell compared it

with trying to put toothpaste back into the

tube, saying it could not be done.

This led to shock and outrage in the

community by those citizens alleging the

HEADS TO COURT!

HIGH TAX

“...in the event that a legal action is

commenced challenging the validity of the

tax in its entirety, as opposed to its

application to an individual taxpayer, the

district shall place the tax proceeds into an

interest-bearing escrow account until the

legality of the tax is finally resolved…”

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Fooling the National Press

and Compton Public One

Article at a Time

T here is an old saying the

higher you climb up the lad-

der, the more your bottom

shows. Compton Mayor Aja Brown

took her duplicity, false facts, lack of

truthfulness, and manipulation of the

press media on the road to the capitol

Washington D.C. last November 2016

and stood before the nation and the

microphone, smiling, to dishonor his

name by accepting the prestigious John

F. Kennedy Library Award for leaders

under the age of 40 for, of all things,

reducing crime in Compton.

For those residents still in total awe

and disbelief at this spectacle given

murder statistics fully reversed under

her administration in 2016, rising from

her claimed low of 13 to 39, an overall

200% increase, you would be correct

absolutely to be both incredulous and

incensed. Not one but three bodies

were found left murdered in a

Compton park shed right before the

Mayor traveled to Washington DC on

the wings of an illusion.

Compton in 2016 hit Aja Brown’s

administration’s all-time high in

murders since she took political office

in 2013. Veteran Compton citizen

crime-fighters, aware of the real truth

behind Mayor Aja Brown’s faked

public relations stunts and pretend

efforts to fight crime, are seriously not

amused.

So how and why could the nation get it

so wrong? Well first of all, there is

brazen Aja Brown. It was Mayor

Brown who took computer in hand

and wrote “her own article” published

by CNN Money on June 14, 2016

filled with her unabashed prevarication

and astonishing mistruths about her

faked success in reducing crime in

Compton. She wrote this article

knowing full well the city was actually

in the midst of a major murder crime

wave so she quoted 2015 statistics

instead of 2016.

It takes brass and nerve to take to the

national stage and tell and sell such a

mythic proportion lie, to write the

news to make the news, and Aja

Brown has plenty of it, nerve that is.

In fact, two days later on June 16 after

the CNN article appeared, the local

Compton Herald newspaper

editor Jarrette Fellows responded with

an article entitled: “Murders have in-

creased in Compton, not declined!”

The tagline for his article read: “Mayor

Aja Brown omitted Compton’s

dramatic rise in murders this year in

her editorial; more blood in the streets

in 2016 than at same time last year.”

A huge increase in murders in just one

year, to be exact, according to the Los

Angeles County Sheriff Compton

Station just released statistics.

You see, Mayor Aja Brown has no

problem taking credit or giving herself

credit for the accomplishments and

ideas of others. Her audacity in this

respect has left many in awe of her

capacity for deception. To put it in the

words of one Compton elder: “That

girl can tell a lie between two drops of

rain.”

So fooling the press is nothing new for

Mayor Aja Brown. From the beginning

of her time in office, Brown has

excelled in self serving promotion

through falsification of fact while

operating under a full head of public

relations steam.

Her manipulation of the press is

legendary in Compton, if nowhere else.

Brown started off promoting

Compton as a “New Brooklyn” until

distractors pointed out redevelopment

and gentrification had run minorities

out this New York town, so Brown

claimed she never stated such,

attributing the comparison instead to

over-zealous Time and Elle Magazine.

Earlier this year, Brown declared the

Pulitzer Award-winning Huffington-Post,

a news agency that helped catapult her

to national fame, to be “just a blog and

not a real new source.” This because

their interviewer’s 2013 video of the

Mayor seen denouncing

marijuana resurfaced in 2016

in the midst of Brown’s big

push to bring the marijuana

industry to Compton, a move

counter to resident’s wishes.

And in the opinion of

seasoned Compton crime

fighters and law enforcement,

Aja Brown’s Compton Police

Task Force and list of other

crime programs enumerated

in CNN are nothing but

empty public relations ploys

masking abject failures in

implementation. As an

indicator of the magnitude of

her DC deception, Mayor

Brown erroneously declared

herself to be the sole

innovator behind a crime

task force, gang summits,

gang training, and local hiring

quotas--all programs which

successfully pre-existed and

were in place prior to her

arrival in Compton.

Mayors Omar Bradley and

Eric Perrodin and countless

others were known for

hitting the streets, in danger,

to combat crime during

troubled times when

Compton was known as the

“murder capital of the

country.” By the time Mayor

Aja Brown arrived, claiming

all credit, the city was already

enjoying achievement of

record lows in crime.

Aja Brown in Washington DC at John F. Kennedy Library

accepting award for faking reducing crime in Compton.

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C itizens now have raised

three significant major

environmental issues and

controversies in Compton which

have netted negligible reaction from

the city's Mayor Aja Brown.

Perhaps now more attention will be

paid by her to the concerns of

citizens who have repeatedly come

before city council in the last three

years to voice their concerns about

their health and that of their children

and community. Mayor Brown,

more interested in promoting her

image and agenda, has shown only

feint acknowledgement and passing

lip service but never great concern

for the plight of residents.

A September 2015 article in the Los

Angeles Times by writer Oscar

Rodriguez points out the following:

"Thus, when people like me use the

term environmental racism, we are

not accusing anyone of a "systematic,

calculated scheme to punish a

specific race," or even accusing any

person of racial animus. We are

instead referring to the fact that low-

income minority communities have

historically been (and still are)

disproportionately affected by

industrial operations, because politi-

cians and industry leaders choose to

site and expand these operations in

low-income neighborhoods."

O n Friday, May 5th in a

press release, the South

Coast Air Quality

Management District (SCAQMD)

announced it will seek funding for a

47 million dollar project to start in

the next few weeks to take seven

years to complete. The agency will

conduct special air monitoring of the

City of Compton due to concerns

about possible high levels of a toxic

cancer causing compound called

hexavalent chromium. The project

will determine if the toxin is coming

from any of the city's metal-

processing facilities in an action

prompted by incidents in Paramount.

The chemical hexavalent chromium

is reportedly associated with lung

cancer when inhaled over long

periods of time, typically years to

decades. The monitoring over a

period of years will determine if

processing plants in the Compton

community—located especially near

schools, homes, hospitals, senior

citizen buildings, and other criteria—

have been impacted with the toxin

known to pose a significant health

risk to a community.

City of Compton officials have been

notified in writing. SCAQMD will

employ newly developed modern air

monitoring technologies to conduct

its new appraisals.

I n District 3, residents have took

to the microphone at city hall to

complain of brown water

dispensing from their taps used for

bathing, cooking, and drinking in a

scene reminiscent of environmental

racism out of Flint, Michigan.

The city indicated the source may be

water that has lied dormant in the

pipes, and notified residents the

water, though colored, was fit for use

and consumption. Residents felt

otherwise.

The city issued the following

statements: "Similar to other

neighboring cities faced with brown

water, the discoloration is not a

health concern, and is comprised

predominately of rust. The water is

safe to drink and use. The City of

Compton continues to test its water

quality on a weekly basis. Sediment

build-up can be particularly high in

areas with dead-end pipes, and in

neighborhoods with older cast iron

mains."

Residents were told to expect this

condition to arise from time to time

until the city's 128-year old

infrastructure gets replaced. In the

meantime, like in Flint, residents

should consider the purchase of

lots of bottled water when brown

water surfaces again.

N eighborhoods surrounding

The Brickyard, a large new

industrial complex built in

close proximity to residential homes

in District #1, voiced complaints of

excessive dust and noise, a major

pest infestation, fear of cancer, and

impending truck congestion and

pollution, only to fall on the deaf

ears of city council.

Then in 2016, a major controversy

arose when raccoons, opossums,

insects, and roof rats escaping the

construction by Trammel-Crowe, the

developer, invaded surrounding

homes causing a major infestation.

The City of Compton administration

appeared powerless in the matter,

raising concerns among citizens

about the city's limited role and

power in the future to be able to

handle any anticipated complaints.

Several letters were registered by

citizens with the city planning

department requesting answers about

the possible environmental impact..

In a possible conflict of interest, the

City of Compton requested its

independent environmental study of

the Brickyard site, yet the vendor

chosen, EcoTierra, was noticeably

the same company listing the

Brickyard developer, Trammel Crow,

as one of its other clients.

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Robin & Omar

Married 33 Years

Omar Bradley—Compton No Doubt

Al Gore, Omar Bradley, President Clinton

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I opposed Omar Bradley when he was in

office at one point. I now endorse him for

Mayor of Compton. He was young then

like Aja Brown, but his works when in office

were impressive. Aja Brown has been a

waste of time. I have lived in Compton for

50 years and I have never seen worse.

Compton is under assault. The city needs a

fighter and not someone interested in self

and their agenda more than the people and

their issues. We can do better, Compton.

It is important for our politicians to truly

know, care, and love the people of Compton,

first and foremost. Actual respect for all

citizens of Compton and our worth is key to

running this city. Old, young, Latino, Black.

The Compton experience cannot be taught.,

it must be lived, or you use sight of what

makes Compton unique, what makes us

fighters. We, the people, are its treasures.

Marijuana was the defining moment for me.

I voted for Aja Brown when she came to

office, me desiring change. But I kept

hearing negative rumors until one, her

proposal to let the marijuana and cannabis

industry into Compton, came true. I can

remember her running in 2013 saying she

was opposed and wanted the dispensaries

closed, yet now she shows no interest in

enforcement. I have taken to the streets to

fight her on this issue. This is not the pro-

gress I wanted. I feel she lied to the people.

Me and my wife both voted for Aja Brown in

2013 wanting to see the city change and

progress. I always go to city council

meetings and the very first year I noticed

something seriously wrong. She was out of

town a lot, and we were reading all these

great articles about her achievements, but it

wasn’t happening right in front of our face in

the chambers. Aja Brown was blowing her

own horn and the work was not being done.

Latino or Black, we in Compton have always

shared our cultures and struggles. We are a

family. I do not like to see the city torn in

half. With Mayor Brown, you are on her side

or the outside. We are not so stupid just to

vote for her because we are Latino. We drive

the same potholes, do not want marijuana in

Compton, and want to see the city clean. Aja

made a lot of promises she hasn’t kept to

both the Latino and Black residents. No más.

I did not vote for the Mayor but was loyal to

the task when she won so volunteered to

help my community in any way possible. The

Mayor could call on me for any job and did.

It was Measure P that made me depart ways.

I asked the Mayor personally if there was a

cap on Measure P and would it be turned

into a bond. She assured me the cap was

10% and there would be no bond, so I

ignored what her opponents were saying.

Well, taxes will now be 10.25% and I

watched Aja go all out for a bond. I need to

be able to believe in your word.

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“It was the Patricia Moore case which got me a lot of notoriety with

respect to my involvement in Compton.

I was very shocked that the United States government had entered into that

community and spent so many years with such intensity trying to corrupt

public officials.

I know from their point of view it was a sting operation. It was designed to see

if political officials would accept bribes, and they don't see themselves as

corrupting people, but I thought they went really over board in that case and I

was quite offended by it.

There were over 600 surveillance tapes—video and audio—that were a part of

the Compton investigation that I was involved in and I listened to all of them.

There also were some other tapes that were disturbing, particularly involving

the investigation into Omar Bradley. I saw repeated efforts by various agents

and informers to try to corrupt Omar Bradley.

And when they were not successful, they just kept trying. And I remember

clear as day, one agent who was posing as a Waste Energy plant developer

sitting down with Omar Bradley and telling him: "We will pay you a

commission, we'll pay you a referral fee, we'll pay you a consulting fee, we'll

give you cash." And he kept saying "no, no, no."

And I distinctly remember him having a shirt that said "African-American" on

the shirt, and the FBI video surveillance tape zeroes in on those words African

-American, on his sweatshirt and then zooms back, but he kept saying: "I'm a

teacher and I'm only interested in the community and I'm not here to make

money."

When that didn't work, they had other people approach him, saying essentially

the same thing in other words. And of course when that didn't work, they kept

trying to call Omar Bradley on the phone, and I heard all those audio tapes

where they keep trying to reach him.

I even heard one audio tape where one under cover informant was trying to

suggest that they could set him up with a white blond woman in a hotel.

And this is about, as I recall, about 4 years into the investigation where they

appeared a bit frustrated because they can't get him to do something illegal.

Clearly there was tremendous frustration in their inability to get Omar Bradley

to take a pay-off and I could see it in all these tapes and they went on for four

years.

-Tom Mesereau Speaks on Omar Bradley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKxC2pi4-U

Court Document Showing Exoneration of Omar

Bradley who Refused to Take a Plea Deal.

Wrongly Imprisoned. Cleared of all Charges.

Not A Felon As Wrongly and Viciously Reported.

Next chapter of persecution of him and his

family by the LA County DA’s office to help Aja

Brown win office will begin on June 9, 2017.

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H ave you seen this from

2015? A plan and grant

proposal by Mayor Aja

Brown and the City of Compton in

conjunction with Los Angeles County

to rebuild two bridges along

Wilmington Avenue to hold higher

weight so bigger trucks can move to

and from the Port of Los Angeles in

San Pedro. The Compton Ports

Access Connector Plan. What?!

Was there a vote in the City of

Compton to re-open Wilmington

Avenue into a major truck transit

route for the Port of Los Angeles that

will run from Los Angeles directly

through the residential area of

Compton through the 91-freeway and

Carson to the 105 Freeway?

While the bridges are increasingly

structurally unsound and do require

addressing for residents’ safety, it is

the intent to raise bridge weight

capacity and open the Wilmington

residential adjacent areas to the

incursion of today’s increased port or

warehousing activity which is

opposed. The issue is any intent to

deliberately increase truck usage.

At any point in time did Mayor Aja

Brown hold discussions and Town

Hall meetings with Compton residents

to ask whether they want progress that

changes Compton from a residential

low and middle-income community in

need of better services and streets, into

a truck thoroughfare and industrial

center with yet another trucking

superhighway in addition to the

Alameda (Train) Corridor that already

runs through Compton, but not

underground this time?

Anyone take a survey of the people

and neighborhoods who live on either

side of Wilmington, like Richland

Farms, to see if they agree to any

increase in the volumes of trucks

running back and forth constantly?

Anyone survey the parents from the

five schools (Chavez, Willowbrook,

Davis, Washington, and Walton) along

Wilmington Avenue to see if they

want to place their children in real

jeopardy alongside heavy-ton trucks?

Anyone notice there is no industry

from the 105-freeway until nearing the

91-freeway so residents are not the

ones in need of increasing the capacity

for trucks along Wilmington?

Anyone stand on Wilmington or

Central Avenue and say to themselves:

“What we need is more trucks.”

Finally, do people know

exactly what type of progress and

change they have bought? And

please don’t ridiculously argue

trucks already use this route, like

people who pointed out trucks

already use the Brickyard. Both

of these projects—The Brickyard

and Port Connector—will bring

an entirely new level and volume

of traffic and further intrusion

into our communities and lives.

And what of our city council?

They keep getting fooled into

voting for something that sounds

innocent and simple that turns

out to be Mayor Aja Brown’s

opening move to an entirely

hidden agenda. Think about

Wilmington Avenue. “We just

need council to approve

removing the “No Trucks”

signs.”

Compton is literally being run

and sold out by two outsiders,

Mayor Aja Brown and

Councilman Galvan, moved into

Compton arriving just in time to

run for office. The Compton

Ports Access Connector Plan

report was a 4-color, multi-page,

detailed sophisticated plan by

someone.

Why bring up the Connector

plan now? Because Mayor Aja

Brown has been spending her

time on actually a different

trajectory. Pass the Brickyard.

Check. Pass Measure P. Check.

Streets paid for by the people for

the trucks. Check. Bridge repair for

the trucks. Check. Park

projects and funding held up until

after Measure P to fool the people

into paying for the streets. Check.

And so on, but always industry and

trucks first.

Mayor Aja Brown is running the

agenda of outsiders and regional

interests, that’s why there was no

time for a written plan for citizens.

And don’t fall for the sidewalks

and bicycle trails and more pretty

pictures. Demand the “No

Trucks” signs be placed back up

on Wilmington, rigorous traffic

enforcement, and raise ticket

prices for truck violators extremely

high. Who cares if they have to

turn off and go around. Protect the

residential areas of Compton.

Citizens failed with the

Brickyard, and now industry is

pushing right into another

residential sector of Compton.

Draw a line in the sand. Residential

first, industrial down by the 91

Freeway and Alameda in their

designated zone.

Just look at the Mayor’s backers

for Measure P and her re-election.

Developers, unions, and county

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

People have feared county

intrusion into Compton for

decades. It is now here—full

blow—in the form of Aja Brown,

an instrument of Compton’s

destruction not salvation, some

believe.

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U nited Parcel Service aka

UPS, a transportation

leader is coming to

Compton joining the ranks of 25

other Fortune 500 companies now

operating in the city. This new

enterprise should feel like gold but

the terms of the deal and lack of

transparency have left many citizens

with the feeling of holding a black

lump of coal. The problems lie

directly with Compton Mayor Aja

Brown, the City Council, and their

continuing disavowal of public

concerns, slowness to respond to

complaints, and failure to institute

safeguards, devise regulations, or

create a mechanism to respond or

protect citizens.

The most shocking revelation for

the public was the inadvertent

announcement the Brickyard, the 59

acre largest single open parcel in the

city, was now owned and in the

hands of a county entity known as

the Los Angeles County Employee

Retirement Association (LACERA),

a union headquartered out of the

mayor’s hometown of Pasadena.

For many, this was an absolute deal

breaker for Compton residents

fearful for decades of growing

county influence and possible intru-

sion into Compton, a charter city.

In addition, Amazon Corporation

will not be coming to the Brickyard

courtesy of Mayor Aja Brown who

sought a one-percent sales tax

increase—against the advice of the

Chamber of Commerce and the

business community who warned of

the city losing its competitive edge

—called Measure P that passed in

June 2016.

Amazon sells taxable products and

so being subject to the highest sales

tax rate in the state of California

sent them packing. Bye, Felicia.

Amazon balked so UPS (United

Parcel Service) took their place in

just one of the two buildings at the

site, but not before UPS received a

30% ten-year break on its sales taxes

by the city as an incentive to come

to Compton. Citizens will pay, but

UPS will not.

To cover up the faux pas (mistake),

Aja Brown attempted from the dais

to spin the facts stating the reason

for the break was “property taxes,”

this after UPS had clearly stated the

break would be on capital

improvement purchases meaning,

sales taxes.

The Brickyard also has received low

score marks on the possibility of

increased cancer and fume-related

illnesses in residents, especially

those adjacent and surrounding the

site. 23 different routes have been

designated for trucks to travel, but

the facility is slated to run 24 hours

a day, and seven days a week, so

traffic congestion, noise, and fumes

are still potentially impactful on the

community.

The words "no impact, less-than-

significant Impact, and less-than-

significant impact with mitigation

Incorporated" rang throughout their

report. But one item of note read:

"While it is noted that

incremental carcinogenic risks

approach the level of significance

for the Central Avenue

residences, it is important to

understand that these

calculations are conservative and

represent the worst-case impact

scenario."

Residents who were promised

"hundreds of jobs" were then

discouraged to find UPS would

only guarantee 50 jobs and once

again their voiced concerns about

the details fell on deaf ears. The

council preceded that very night

with approval without taking any of

the audience's valid suggestions.

The pattern of disregard of resident

input continues.

Residents requested a lower

percentage and a shorter time

period than 10 years for the sales

tax incentive, a greater number of

jobs than the 50 guaranteed, desired

answers on traffic patterns,

questioned the accounting and

benefactors of $70 million in

promised purchases by UPS, and

balked at Compton CareerLink Center

training and enrollment being

democratic. Tellingly, one citizen made

the observation only city council

cronies received earlier promised jobs.

And notably, the leasing agent, CBRE,

changed the name from the “Compton

Brickyard” to the “Brickyard South

Bay” even leaving Compton’s name

off their brochure sales map signaling,

for some, advancing gentrification,

growing regional identification and

interests, and a lack of confidence in

the Compton Brand.

It was further revealed the company

selected by the City of Compton to

conduct its Brickyard Commerce

Center Study, EcoTierra, numbered

amongst its own clients the developer

of the Brickyard, Trammel Crow, a

potential conflict of interest some say.

Trucks cannot roll from the Brickyard

until it receives its Certificate of

Occupancy which cannot be acquired

until street modifications—reason for

Measure P?—ordered by the local

DOT (Department of Transportation)

are completed. Street modifications

cannot be done until someone pays

the bill, either the City of Compton, or

the Brickyard which will then be

compensated back by the city, in some

cases, according to terms outlined.

And all the details on how

Compton became wedged

between a ‘Brickyard’ and a

hard place.

COMPTON WIN/LOSS

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Record low in murders is not

due to Aja Brown but others.

Murders falling when she came

in, but reversed in 2016, up

200% to 39. Never talks about.

Aja Claimed 4824 new businesses

opened in Compton in her 2016

Progress Report. Now we all know

that is a blatant lie.

Grocery stores to replace grocery

stores that closed. Ralph’s

swapped out for Smart N Final.

Bank opened against warning of

construction hazards. Restaurants,

plural? You mean Steak N Shake.

Reduced the deficit? Didn’t Aja

originally claim she solved the

entire 40 million dollar deficit

her first months in office. It’s in

all her magazine articles.

Does it look like improvements?

Note, the funds are from the

regular city budget approved in

2014, but held up two years by

the Mayor to trick voters into

passing her Measure P.

Measure P is in Superior Court

scheduled for trial in January 2018.

Funds are to be held in an interest

bearing account until the ruling. City

Manager says will be 4.8 not 8

million. Citizens oppose paying

highest sales tax in California,

10.25% not 10% like Aja said.

Didn’t Aja promise all

this in 2013?

Wow, she’s stealing Omar

Bradley’s plan that worked in 1993!

Thank you, President Obama.

Her multiple Non-Profits

“My NEW” plan. What happened to

Measure P? Notice how she slides. Prostitutes on Long Beach and

citizens protesting motels and

illegal marijuana dispensaries.

Aja is always making a list with

pictures of projects she never

completes. Fixing the streets

and downtown was her promise

to voters in 2013, now again.

3.7 Million in corruption

under her watch. Not to

mention her new form of

corruption. Four years wasted.

Already going backwards.

Let’s start the work. Aja has wasted four

years on her image and faked

achievements. Omar Bradley had a Taco

Bell rebuilt in 48 hours after the LA Riot

to symbolize how fast he would bring

Compton back and he did.

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