I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of those volunteers, supporters, well-wishers and voters who came out for this mayoral election on March 3, 2009. As I’m sure it is no secret by now, we came in 3rd. Many consider this to be an amazing accomplishment seeing as this was a first run for myself and for many of you who were with me every step of the way. We went forward knowing that we would not have strong financial backing during this recession, yet we were able to distinguish ourselves as viable as we presented intelligent, innovative ideas that made sense, and that the public appears to be ready for. I offer congratulations to, and thank the other candidates for, their professional and ethical conduct during the campaign. It was an honor to be involved in a campaign against them, however, united with them in seeking to build a better Los Angeles. I wish all of you the best and you have my respect. While we evaluate what’s next and return to our lives, we encourage the public to expect and demand better and more responsible government from those who seek their votes. We encourage you to stay engaged and involved and help us to do what’s necessary to get more of our registered voters out there voting so that their voices may be heard.
We have learned a tremendous amount from the experience of running for political office here in the city of Los Angeles. It was a great responsibility, and at the same time a great honor, to carry the hopes and dreams of so many who still have hopes and dreams and who were willing to share them with us in our quest to make Los Angeles a better, safer, and easier place to live. We won’t forget you and we hope that you don’t forget us. Although we did not win this election, whatever we began with you, we plan to see it through to a favorable ending for you. Please look in on us from time to time and keep in touch with us. This is what friends do.
To all of those that live and work here in the city of Los Angeles, I wish you the absolute best as you strive to care for yourselves, your families and work toward the common good. I hope to work with you again in the future such that we consolidate our efforts to just make this a better place to live and work for all of us.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
It's Election Day
Well, today is the big day. News in Los Angeles is not covering the election probably until later in the evening. You can keep up with voting tallies at this site.
Hope you voted today. Los Angeles needs the communities to participate in their government.
Hope you voted today. Los Angeles needs the communities to participate in their government.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Upcoming Events
I will be on KLOVE 107.5 fm Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. recording a show that will be broadcast this week.
I will be on Korean Television on a pre-recorded interview on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm.
I will be on 690 am radio Wednesday night from 7-8 pm.
I am set for a television interview on 2/15/09 at 5:30 pm on Univision Television.
There is a fundraising event February 7, 2009, at Hecho En Mexico Mexican restaurant, 4976 Huntington Dr., Los Angeles, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Please drop by and have a good time getting to know me.
Please also attend my fundraising event at the Golden Dragon restaurant at 960 Broadway, Los Angeles, on February 15, 2009, from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
More information about my appearances will be posted as they are confirmed.
VOTE FOR GORDON TURNER FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, 2009!
I will be on Korean Television on a pre-recorded interview on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm.
I will be on 690 am radio Wednesday night from 7-8 pm.
I am set for a television interview on 2/15/09 at 5:30 pm on Univision Television.
There is a fundraising event February 7, 2009, at Hecho En Mexico Mexican restaurant, 4976 Huntington Dr., Los Angeles, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Please drop by and have a good time getting to know me.
Please also attend my fundraising event at the Golden Dragon restaurant at 960 Broadway, Los Angeles, on February 15, 2009, from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
More information about my appearances will be posted as they are confirmed.
VOTE FOR GORDON TURNER FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, 2009!
Monday, January 26, 2009
WHO IS GORDON TURNER AND WHY IS HE RUNNING FOR L.A. CITY MAYOR?
I am running for Mayor of the City of Los Angeles in the upcoming primary election scheduled for March 3, 2009 and the general election scheduled for May 9, 2009.
I have worked in the community for the last 14 years in the Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney starting in January of 1995 as a Witness Coordinator in the Hollywood Branch Court. While this was an entry level position with the office, it allowed me the opportunity to accomplish several very important things. I was able to distinguish myself as a tireless worker for the good of victims and witnesses alike, while at the same time, respecting and honoring the procedural rights of those who had been criminally charged. It also gave me the opportunity to interact on a daily basis with, befriend and protect the rights of practically every single person that I met there, which in Hollywood would include just about every social group, class or demographic that exists in the city of Los Angeles.
It was here, as a result of my close regular interaction with people who had come to Los Angeles from all over the world, and seeing their sadness, pain, and joy, that I discovered my interest in languages and a desire to help people, period.
Due to my performance in this position, I only stayed in the Hollywood Branch Court for little over a year and a half. In August of 1996, I was offered the position as an investigator in the Domestic Violence Unit of the Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney. Here, my responsibilities included the investigation of criminal cases involving spousal or cohabitant abuse, abuse in dating relationships, elder abuse, child abuse and stalkings.
I felt that I had a special understanding of this type of work because you see, as a child, I and my mother were both battered by my father for years until my mother finally had the courage to leave my father.
While working in this position, I applied to, and was admitted to, Southwestern University School of Law where I earned my J.D. in May of 2002. During this time, I also studied law at The Universidad de Guanajuato, Facultad de Derecho. I made so many friends and contacts there that I considered returning after passing the California Bar Examination to work in a Mexican firm. However, the Office of the City Attorney made me an offer I could not refuse!
In my capacity as a Deputy City Attorney, I distinguished myself quickly as a very aggressive and meticulous investigator in trial matters and was always available to assist other attorneys in the preparation and investigation of their cases. After only about a year and a half in this position, I was asked to join the Crime Prevention and Youth Protection Division of the City Attorney’s office where I worked in Operation Bright Future, a truancy prevention program. This was another issue close to my heart because I was a truant during high school, so I understood why students are inclined to skip school. In this position, I worked tirelessly to help families positively deal with the issues that affect the education of their children and ultimately their futures. I also made myself completely available to Los Angeles Unified School District to assist them in any way that I could with families, students, truancy sweeps, trainings or whatever the need was.
During this time, I was asked to investigate the issue of “Hospital Patient Dumping” which was a new problem that had just occurred in the city of Los Angeles. This became much bigger than anyone thought it would, and I was soon asked to work on, investigate, and look into practically every instance of hospital patient dumping that occurred in the city of Los Angeles. This led to me appearing in the feature documentary, “Sicko,” directed by Michael Moore, where parts of a dumping investigation were videotaped and placed in the film.
My experience with the homeless also led me to work in an undercover capacity as a Deputy City Attorney where I walked the streets of skid row in an attempt to meet people who were involved in Medicare and MediCal fraud. The investigation of this crime showed that the taxpaying public were being robbed of millions of dollars in a scheme aimed at billing Medicare and MediCal for unnecessary medical treatment. This assignment was of particular interest to me because I saw these homeless people, whose benefits were churned so that others could profit, as one of the most vulnerable segments of society. Additionally, I saw the taxpayer as being victimized by this as well and I believed that the taxpayer is entitled to every cent of any fraudulently obtained payment made to anyone involved in that criminal enterprise.
This work led to me being asked to accept the responsibility of working in the HALO Program. HALO meaning, Homeless Alternatives to Living on the Streets. Here I had the opportunity to work directly with mental health and other service providers as my main responsibilities were to actually, as a prosecutor, remove criminal defendants from custody and get them into residential treatment for their alcoholism, drug addiction, mental health problems or co - occurring disorder. These conditions were many times the reason for the commission of the crimes that they were accused of and as such, treating the cause, as opposed to incarceration of the actor, served a higher purpose, saved the taxpayer money, and in the end provided healing in many cases for these individuals who, in many cases, did not know why they were committing the crimes, and had no criminal culpability whatsoever.
As a result of these experiences and my connections with all communities, I was approached and asked to run for the office of mayor of Los Angeles. I am someone who clearly cares about, and is willing to work tirelessly for, the people in our communities, and always have.
I hope you will support me in my bid to become the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles in the upcoming election on March 3, 2009.
I have worked in the community for the last 14 years in the Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney starting in January of 1995 as a Witness Coordinator in the Hollywood Branch Court. While this was an entry level position with the office, it allowed me the opportunity to accomplish several very important things. I was able to distinguish myself as a tireless worker for the good of victims and witnesses alike, while at the same time, respecting and honoring the procedural rights of those who had been criminally charged. It also gave me the opportunity to interact on a daily basis with, befriend and protect the rights of practically every single person that I met there, which in Hollywood would include just about every social group, class or demographic that exists in the city of Los Angeles.
It was here, as a result of my close regular interaction with people who had come to Los Angeles from all over the world, and seeing their sadness, pain, and joy, that I discovered my interest in languages and a desire to help people, period.
Due to my performance in this position, I only stayed in the Hollywood Branch Court for little over a year and a half. In August of 1996, I was offered the position as an investigator in the Domestic Violence Unit of the Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney. Here, my responsibilities included the investigation of criminal cases involving spousal or cohabitant abuse, abuse in dating relationships, elder abuse, child abuse and stalkings.
I felt that I had a special understanding of this type of work because you see, as a child, I and my mother were both battered by my father for years until my mother finally had the courage to leave my father.
While working in this position, I applied to, and was admitted to, Southwestern University School of Law where I earned my J.D. in May of 2002. During this time, I also studied law at The Universidad de Guanajuato, Facultad de Derecho. I made so many friends and contacts there that I considered returning after passing the California Bar Examination to work in a Mexican firm. However, the Office of the City Attorney made me an offer I could not refuse!
In my capacity as a Deputy City Attorney, I distinguished myself quickly as a very aggressive and meticulous investigator in trial matters and was always available to assist other attorneys in the preparation and investigation of their cases. After only about a year and a half in this position, I was asked to join the Crime Prevention and Youth Protection Division of the City Attorney’s office where I worked in Operation Bright Future, a truancy prevention program. This was another issue close to my heart because I was a truant during high school, so I understood why students are inclined to skip school. In this position, I worked tirelessly to help families positively deal with the issues that affect the education of their children and ultimately their futures. I also made myself completely available to Los Angeles Unified School District to assist them in any way that I could with families, students, truancy sweeps, trainings or whatever the need was.
During this time, I was asked to investigate the issue of “Hospital Patient Dumping” which was a new problem that had just occurred in the city of Los Angeles. This became much bigger than anyone thought it would, and I was soon asked to work on, investigate, and look into practically every instance of hospital patient dumping that occurred in the city of Los Angeles. This led to me appearing in the feature documentary, “Sicko,” directed by Michael Moore, where parts of a dumping investigation were videotaped and placed in the film.
My experience with the homeless also led me to work in an undercover capacity as a Deputy City Attorney where I walked the streets of skid row in an attempt to meet people who were involved in Medicare and MediCal fraud. The investigation of this crime showed that the taxpaying public were being robbed of millions of dollars in a scheme aimed at billing Medicare and MediCal for unnecessary medical treatment. This assignment was of particular interest to me because I saw these homeless people, whose benefits were churned so that others could profit, as one of the most vulnerable segments of society. Additionally, I saw the taxpayer as being victimized by this as well and I believed that the taxpayer is entitled to every cent of any fraudulently obtained payment made to anyone involved in that criminal enterprise.
This work led to me being asked to accept the responsibility of working in the HALO Program. HALO meaning, Homeless Alternatives to Living on the Streets. Here I had the opportunity to work directly with mental health and other service providers as my main responsibilities were to actually, as a prosecutor, remove criminal defendants from custody and get them into residential treatment for their alcoholism, drug addiction, mental health problems or co - occurring disorder. These conditions were many times the reason for the commission of the crimes that they were accused of and as such, treating the cause, as opposed to incarceration of the actor, served a higher purpose, saved the taxpayer money, and in the end provided healing in many cases for these individuals who, in many cases, did not know why they were committing the crimes, and had no criminal culpability whatsoever.
As a result of these experiences and my connections with all communities, I was approached and asked to run for the office of mayor of Los Angeles. I am someone who clearly cares about, and is willing to work tirelessly for, the people in our communities, and always have.
I hope you will support me in my bid to become the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles in the upcoming election on March 3, 2009.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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