THE FOOTHILLS PAPER, Jun 13 2014

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STNC SHOWS ITS RACIST COLORS! See below

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FRIDAY • JUNE 13, 2014

INSIDE: Delphi Academy 2014 Graduation ................

THE PAPER WITH AN ATTITUDE!

s-t RaCIST An investigation

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Alex Theatre Re-Opens! ................

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Pena’s Tacos ................ Starbucks Drive-by Shooting ................

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Violence Escalates Against Homeless ................ Wrecks of the Week ................

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NEW! Foothills Pet Page ................

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Thumbelina! ............

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DEPARTMENTS What Folks Are Doing........... 2 View from the Rock.............. 3 Letters and Perspectives........ 3 Chef Randy........................... 5 Artfully Speaking.................. 5 Take My Card....................... 9

Joe Barrett who has nothing, wants to make sure that no one else gets anything. Barrett has filed an “Appeal by a person, other than applicant, claiming to be aggrieved.” And the lies continue. By Bonnie Corwin After reading every single word of a 100-plus-page Appeal against Professor Ali Akbar Mahdi supposedly written by STA officer Joe Barrett, the motive behind yet another appeal against this property owner appears to be found on page 14. Joe Barrett, hit man for the Cleghorn machine, and others on the STNC are basing their Appeal(s) on racism. “GOAL 1 A SAFE, SECURE AND HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL ECONOMIC, AGE AND ETHNIC SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.” Professor Mahdi, a PersianAmerican, is trying to build a home on a piece of property that he has owned on Sister Elsie’s for years. This man is a pillar of society, a professor at a major University in Southern California, a scholar who has written many works that can be found on the Internet. His area of expertise? Sociology. So what happens when you mix a normal individual who has studied and taught Sociology for years and combine him with residents of Sunland-Tujunga? It turns into a massive disorganization having the potential to cause serious damage, or a disastrous situation that re-

sults from the cumulative errors of several people or groups–STA, STNC–again in this case, clearly racism. Bigotry really gets us nowhere. It is an emotional reaction and not logical. But then, when have our community leaders shown logic? We interviewed Professor Ali Akbar Mahdi on June 4, in one of the local restaurants. Since 2009, this man has tried to build on his property. He claims to have been forced to jump through every hoop imaginable created by angry homeowner Paolina Milano. The pain in his eyes of the torment that he has suffered is evident, as he explains everything that he has gone through, along with the financial costs he has paid–just wanting to provide a beautiful home for his family like any man would. It is the United States Constitution, and not some competitive agglomeration of communities or constituencies, that makes a citizen the sovereign of his own home and privacy. There is absolutely no legal requirement to be polite in the defense of this right. And such rights cannot be negotiated away. Try telling that to the STNC when in 2010 they voted to recommend opposition to the see s-t RaCIST, page 10

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