Posted on 04/30/2005 9:48:10 AM PDT by occutegirl
Please join this PEACEFUL sidewalk protest this Sunday!
Citizens will be protesting TV 62 KRCA’s billboards that declare: Los Angeles, MEXICO.
The TV station is located in a very SAFE Burbank neighborhood - across the street from Starbucks/Lowe’s Shopping Center. No one need be scared to attend this peaceful sidewalk rally. Burbank Police have been notified and have approved of the event.
Bring a sign or a flag to wave - just SHOW UP! Bring friends and family members. There will be a limited number of signs available.
Date: Sunday May 1, 2005
Place: TV KRCA 62 Station 1845 Empire Ave Burbank, CA 91504
Time: 12noon - 2pm
OH, I hope this is a big success!
That's a shocking billboard but probably pretty close to the truth. Hope the protest is a big success.
Just another example of blatant Mexican Imperialism.
(I wrote that as a joke but on second thought, maybe it isn't.)
Krca Tv Channel 62, (818) 563-5722, 1813 N Victory Pl, Burbank, CA 91504
brass balls alert... it's not in the backrooms anymore. The agenda is right out in the open!
The owners:
found at:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/122/122306.html
Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. Company Profile
If you prefer el radio to emit español, then turn to the Libermans. Liberman Broadcasting owns and operates 16 Spanish-language radio stations and four Spanish-language television stations in California and Texas. The company also owns television production facilities in Dallas, Houston, and Burbank, California. Father-and-son team Jose and Lenard Liberman founded Liberman Broadcasting in 1987 and own more than 95% of the company.
Contact Information
Address: 1845 W. Empire Ave.
Burbank, CA 91504
Phone: 818-563-5722
Fax: 818-567-1062
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End: December
Revenue (2003): 84.00 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.40%
Employees (2003): 419
Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%
Key People
• President and Director: Jose Liberman
• CFO: Steven Cramer
• Corporate VP Sales: Andrew Mars
I would love to be there but have an appointment that I can't get out of. Good on you guys!
The Libermans own 95% of the company. It appears that the California Teachers' Retirement Board owns the rest.
I don't suppose they'll be divesting in protest any time soon.
found at: http://www.calstrs.com/About%20CalSTRS/Teachers%20Retirement%20Board/AGENDAS/bod0401pdf/ic0413.pdf
TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT BOARD
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: Alternative Investments ITEM NUMBER: 13
Activity Status Report
ATTACHMENT(S): 4
ACTION: DATE OF MEETING: April 4, 2001
SNIP
C-I # 11 Attachment 3
Investment Committee - Item 13
April 4, 2001
Alternative Investments
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN
UNDER DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Alta Communications VIII
Liberman Broadcasting Inc.
Action: Commitment of $5 million in a co-investment in Liberman
Broadcasting Inc. (LBI) subject to the successful negotiation
of legal terms and conditions. The investment will take the
form of equity like securities.
Background: Alta Communications VIII, one of the CalSTRS General
Partners, has raised $30 million to invest in Liberman
Broadcasting Inc., which is a Hispanic radio and television
broadcasting company headquartered in Burbank, California.
Lenard Liberman and Jose Liberman are the co-founders of
the company and the primary investors. When completed, the
new financing group will own 6.8% of LBI. The new funds
will provide for expansion of the Spanish speaking
broadcasting company into the Houston, Texas market.
The CalSTRS investment of $5 million and the additional
indirect investment of $1.4 million through Alta
Communications VIII will represent 1.45% of LBI.
Investors: Alta Communications, CalSTRS, Abbott Capital, Fleet Bank,
GE Capital, and Union Bank.
2
Investment Thesis: LBI is a Hispanic radio and broadcasting company formed in
1987 and headquartered in Burbank, California. LBI
successfully runs a television station and five radio stations in
the greater Los Angeles area that operate on a Spanishspeaking
format. LBI is expanding into the Houston market
and is acquiring a television station and five radio stations and
will convert them to a Spanish-speaking format. LBI has
demonstrated a successful strategy with a proven track record
that has resulted in impressive historical revenue and cash
flow growth. LBI’s strategy has been to take advantage of the
attractive Hispanic demographic and advertising growth,
which is growing more than four times the rate of total
advertising. LBI is expected to continue this success in the
Houston market.
Policy Compliance: This investment complies with the Alternative Investment
Policies, which were approved in April 1999. Positive written
recommendations by the Independent Fiduciary (Houlihan
Lokey) and Staff have been documented. The
recommendations resulted after investment analysis and due
diligence were conducted in a manner as previously reviewed
and approved by the Investment Committee.
Recommendation: Staff recommends that CalSTRS commit up to $5 million to
Liberman Broadcasting. CalSTRS’ commitment is subject to
the successful negotiation of legal terms and conditions.
They seem to do some "over the top" things.
found at: http://zimobserver.com/newsdetail.asp?article_id=544
US Green Card Game Show Furor
by STAFF EDITORS (8/16/2004)
Immigrant rights groups demanded the cancellation of a reality show that offers winners immigration counsel, alleging the show takes advantage of those desperate for a green card and a life in the United States. The show features immigrants who compete in contests that have included gulping down live tequila worms, fending off vicious attack dogs and jumping between two speeding 18-wheeler trucks.
The groups say Liberman Broadcasting's "Gana la Verde" or "Win the Green," shown on Spanish-language stations in Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston and Dallas, gives a false impression of how the immigration process works and ridicules those seeking legal status in the United States. They said it also makes contestants who are illegal immigrants potential targets for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"It gives the erroneous message that through tricks one can get a green card, and it puts people in danger of being deported," said Angela Sanbrano, executive director of the Central American Resource Center.
The groups also claimed the show does the "homework" for immigration authorities by providing details about immigrants who may be here illegally.
Representatives of the immigrant advocacy groups said they want to meet with Liberman Broadcasting officials to discuss more realistic portrayals of the immigration system. If the production company doesn't agree to meet with them or pull the show, they will consider a boycott of the program's advertisers, as well as legal action for alleged false advertising and unlawful legal advice, said Victor Nieblas, of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Lenard Liberman, co-owner of the Burbank-based company, said he would be happy to meet with the groups but is not planning to pull the show.
"We're just trying to help people out here. I don't know what all the controversy's about," he said. "If we gave away breast implants or plastic surgery, no one could care. But try to help Maria go from a nanny to a nurse, and everyone raises an outcry."
Winners earn a year's worth of legal guidance toward a green card for legal residency. The show doesn't actually guarantee winners a U.S. residency card, but the introduction describes the six contestants battling for their final goal of the green card amid ominous images of barbed wire along the border and U.S. patrol helicopters.
Liberman said the contestants are all adults, and that with recent immigration raids, they face the risk of deportation by going to the supermarket.
The show, which has aired more than 20 episodes, is ranked No. 2 among 18- to 49-year-old Hispanic viewers, Liberman said.
"There are already two people who are on their way to getting green cards. There's one person who's four to six months away. We don't have one participant complaint," he said. "If this makes money, it's only going to become more popular."
Those against the program acknowledged that their efforts may simply boost the ratings, as did the controversy surrounding films such as "The Passion" and "Fahrenheit 9-11."
"We have to trust the community not to support this," Sanbrano said.
ping
If Arnie is willing to maintain this public attitude towards law abiding immigrants he can forget about me picking on him.
Heck in 10 years I might just vote to elect him President.
Who are John and Ken Sidewalk. Is this like a gay couple or what?
Ha Ha. Actually, it's a "sidewalk protest" sponsored by John and Ken who are Los Angeles radio talk show hosts fed up with illegal immigration.
ping
Courtesy of the emigration newsletter. LL
The designer of the billboard, Lenard Liberman, is a
Jewish lawyer from
Mexico. His family came here, took US citizenship,
but remain Mexican. They
own multiple Mexican language radio and TV stations
in California and Texas.
He said that the billboard was designed to boost
viewer-ship for the upcoming
May sweeps. Cinco de Mayo, don't you know. Anyone
who is offended by the
billboards, well, too bad, Los Angeles is an Hispanic
city.
What would these filthy b#@tards know about the truth?
For "Thunder on the Border," click this picture:
Los Angeles is an American city with Hispanic residents -- at least for now.
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