The conservancy's legacy is a reflection of its longtime executive director, Joseph Edmiston, a politically shrewd administrator who has aggressively expanded his agency's reach over 24 years of shifting administrations in Sacramento and Washington. Its jurisdiction now stretches beyond the Santa Monica Mountains, from Whittier Narrows to a nature park in South Los Angeles; from the Santa Susana Mountains on the San Fernando Valley's edge to the Santa Clara River in the Santa Clarita Valley to the San Gabriel Mountains.
Doug McIntyre is a radio talk show host here in L.A. who has a personal interest in this issue. One of the links from his website is:
Keep informed on the very serious issues related to Joe Edmiston and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Visit: http://www.joemustgo.org.
LOL. I think McIntyre is great!
I posted those articles last night (i.e. this morning) after I heard him first mention that Edmiston was in trouble.
I was hoping he might grab the Sierra Nevada Conservancy as a discussion topic. I emailed him all of the content in the RED ALERT 2 Post by Forester with a PLEASE HELP message. I have received no response, and haven't heard him mention it (although I certainly don't listen to his whole show, midnight to 5:00AM every morning, or I wouldn't get any sleep!).
At the Monday SMMC meeting, McIntyre said, "After 23 years of dining at the public trough with zero accountability, it is time for Joe to go. There will be no more stealth elections. There will be no more cash grabs at the expense of homeowners for the benefit of select developers and the political allies of this board. There will be no more trampling the rights of homeowners so an elite few can conspire ... to help themselves to more of our hard-earned money. You may have won this round, but I promise you, this fight has just begun."