Re: [Leica] Re: airport film check

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

Thank you.   I happen to have the best job I could have in government.   I
have  total independence from the bureaucrats and the policy makers except
in the matter of my budget.

The newspapers and TV stations would most likely come to my assistance if
the City Council tried to cut my budget.  The voters would then react.

I can go anywhere the money and risk of the city go.   I have the power of
subpoena and have, on one occasion, issued a subpoena to the City Manager
where access to records was being denied.

Roland Smith
Oakland, California

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From: <Teresa299@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: airport film check


>
> In a message dated 3/9/02 5:23:15 PM, roland@dnai.com writes:
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> <<
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> Hello Ted:
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> The reason to object to an incorrect application of the law is to keep the
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> government that is to serve the people from turning the tables and making
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> the people serve it.
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> Here in the USA, we see countless instances of the people being abused by
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> government  in a form that causes most the citizens to cower like sheep
and
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> say you can't beat city hall.
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>
> As a CPA representing many clients before government and now as an elected
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> official in my city of 400,000, I have beat city hall on numerous
occasions.
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> By that, I mean federal, state and local government.
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> I have stood my ground for my clients and earned a reputation that I will
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> win when the rules are on my side.
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>
> Now, as the elected City Auditor of the City of Oakland, I have had
citizens
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> come to me with issues where the police department or another agency of
our
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> city have bullied them with an incorrect interpretation of the law.
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> I have kept the city from illegally towing vehicles and illegally denying
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> licenses.
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> Ted, right is worth fighting for.   I will not cower as you suggest for
film
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> inspection as long as the FAA regulations permit me to have a hand
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> inspection.
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> If I hear of unfair inspections at the Oakland Airport, I will audit the
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> security administration and publish publicly a report on the incorrect
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> process.
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> I have earned a reputation with the citizens of Oakland and was just
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> re-elected to a new four year term without opposition.
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> I urge everyone in my country to demand that the inspectors not violate
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> regulations.   This country is based on the rule of law and we must
protect
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> that order by insisting the laws be followed.  The government exists to
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> serve us.   Read John Locke.
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>
> Roland Smith
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> Oakland, California >>
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> Roland,
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> Would you be interested in running for Gov in CA in 4 years????
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> Pretty please?
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>
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> -kim
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>
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