Posted on 08/05/2009 11:38:20 AM PDT by Welcome2thejungle
Bratton’s announcement came as a very pleasant surprise. I was a volunteer in robbery-homicide at the end of the Daryl Gates reign — most officers loved Gates — had great respect for him.
Bratton — eh, not so much — that other fool before him who is now a councilman, of all things, was really unloved, what was his name?
It’s well known that Bratton and Giuliani butted heads a lot back in NY. I note that Bratton will indeed return to NY but to the private sector, to head up some security company.
New York, you are welcome to have Bratton back!!!
Whew! I was afraid he was resigning to pursue higher political office in CA, maybe in a new Jerry Brown administration. We've got enough problems on the state level here without Bratton too!
What was so great about Bradley? Sam Yorty was the last best mayor LA had.
That would be your opinion, not mine. LOL
Again, I ask what was so great about Mayor Bradley? I believe Special Order 40 was passed on his watch.
The city council is being run by police-hating Leftists like Danny Baker who went from street agitator to ruling the LAPD. It’s disgusting, disheartening and mirrors Washington. Soon our country will look exactly like downtown Los Angeles.
Brstton is just another gun grabbing tyrant who should be banned from any position of power!
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
“Wasn’t Bratton the one who told Californians, “If you don’t like illegal immigration, leave the state”?”
I believe you are correct. Terry Anderson plays that clip once in a while.
So who will take Bratton’s place?
Bratton was more of a brown nosing politician kissing up to our little caudillo, Alcalde Don Juan Villaraigosa, the little POS running around the city bedding down every reporter in sight.
Well, its nice to seem him go. I wonder what city police force he’s going to screw up now? Or is he going to run for some office and work on screwing up entire cities?
I wonder what Jack Dunphy at NRO will have to say?
Yes I heard this on the radio...
Aint it great ???
Bye Bye you illegal alien lovin’ traitor...
Tough place to work in.
GangLand.
Good luck to his successor.
Off the top of my head, crime went down, employment went up, the economy in LA quadrupled, we got more police, and they got real support, total revitalization of the rat infested downtown, homeless people were stripped of their “carte blanche” entitlements, we got the Olympics, we became the 2nd largest City in the nation with a crime rate less than the other top 5.
Look, I’m a Conservative, he wasn’t. Neither was Yorty, unless you accept his 11th hour “conversion” just prior to the 73 elections (I didn’t and still don’t), he (Bradley) was the right guy, at the right time-a moderate who actually moved us to the right. But, the succeeding administrations dropped the ball, as if they had any intention of running with it in the first place.
I’ll bet you liked Riordan, too. :)
BTW, if you like LA history, look up failed petitions. I’m the guy that tried, and failed, to get County residents the vote in the city Mayor elections in 78 & 79. LOL
Bradley was a horrible mayor; one of the worst — voted in because bleeding hearts thought it would be cool to have a black mayor. End of story.
Willie Williams was chief before Bratton.
Do you have a link to a news article or is this your own writing?
Could you please post a link? Thanks.
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