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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A little bone-chilling wind in CD 4 today

It's a little blustery in CD 4 today.

First it was efforts to 'save the Los Feliz Library', then disgruntled veterans demanding a ribbon on the Hollywood Sign. Now he's leading the on-going broad-based community fight to save Barnsdall Art Park. Tomas O'Grady - candidate for CD 4 - will lead them all to victory.

What is the real story here?  Who is this Tomas O'Grady person? 

Is he a:

Simple usurper?

Unwitting Universal/NBC stalking horse with a hair-trigger temper?

Self-proclaimed green phoney-baloney who made his money back east in high-density real estate?

Or ... the one true leader behind all of these community actions?

Voters will have to decide for themselves come March.

John Thomas's presser follows. The one good bet in all of this is that the LA Times will cover it because it is John Thomas.
MEDIA ADVISORY
CONTACT:
John S. Thomas
O’Grady for City Council 2011
Tel: (818) xxx-xxxx
Email: xxxxxxxx

DOZENS OF ARTISTS AND LA RESIDENTS RALLY TO SAVE BARNSDALL ART PARK FROM BEING SHUT DOWN AND PRIVATIZED

“We are done with talkers. We are taking action. We will not allow a ¼ million per year councilman and a ¼ million per year Barnsdall Director to fire these dedicated people at Barnsdall Art Park,” demands Tomas O’Grady, candidate for 4th LA City Council District.

Who: Tomas O’Grady, Candidate for 4th LA City Council District
Over 20 Members of the Barnsdall Alliance
Numerous artists from the community
Neighborhood Council Leaders
Other concerned citizens of Los Angeles

What: Rally to ensure Barnsdall Art Park remains open to the public, not become privatized, and that dozens of precious local artists are not fired.

When: Wednesday January 5, 2011 10:00am

Where: City Hall – South Lawn (Steps)
200 West 1st Street
Los Angeles, California 90012