His side of the story...
More response over the proposed consultant agreement story. This time from La Puente Councilman Dan Holloway. This is the text of an e-mail he sent me:
I read your story about the Charles Co./Del Terra contract. It had a lot of facts and comments. My only real concerns were that it failed to explain that I was the only Council Member to force Charles Co. and our City Manager to acknowledge the existence of the contract and voice mail in question. That only through my repeated questioning and not taking "no" as an acceptable answer to my questions did the truth finally came to light. By failing to do so you left the impression, based on Solis unsubstantiated comments, that I (along with others) could be the City Hall connection to Del Terra. Just for the record, I'm not and I have no connection with either Del Terra or the Charles Co. Failing to report that my reasons for not extending the ENA with the Charles Co. were wanting to finalize our city budget (which would take 45 days) and my opposition to a multi-million dollar subsidy to the Charles Co. which Solis and Storing support, left readers with an incomplete view of why I voted to wait. Secondly, you printed Solis allegations of a rumored City Hall connection to Del Terra without referencing Solis' rumored connection to the Charles Co. including his being the driving force behind their selection as the projects contractor, their top supporter on the council and pushing hard for the subsidy. Without doing so you failed to give the reader the context in which to judge his comments.
I know we have talked about the slant of some of your stories before and I try and provide as much information as possible. Maybe it would be good to ask us if we want to respond to comments that reflect negatively on us when made by others. In this case, especially when there was no deadline constraint, I would have pointed out my role as I did above.
Who does Holloway think he is, why would he expect the LEftover Lazies, I mean Ladies, to write anything but innuendo and gossip. Holloway you are messing up the story plot with facts and silly stuff like that. Let the ladies get back to writing their "all electeds are crooks" novels.
You know I'm really tired of everyone attacking these hard working women ad hominem. They ARE doing their jobs. They are investigating and attempting to keep local government honest...not an easy task. If that means airing the dirty laundry of these city councils then so be it. They deserve the same basic respect that everyone deserves. Lets all try to remember that.
Whatever Jennifer go back to digging to your dumpster diving.
Hey leave Jennifer alone, she is HOT.
Wow! What happened to the whole story? From what I saw on the blog, people (including me) also wanted to hear about Solis' connection to the Charles Co.
That's how Charles Co. got into bp. Through their connections with city officials.
imho, tania is what one might call, 'camera ready.'
us is right.
And to the bp res, explain the whole charles co getting "into" bp. What project(s) are they a part of?
City council members need to refrain from posting on these blogs. Not only do you lower yourself to this type of "Star Magazine" reporting, you are adding fuel to the fire and are only embarrassing yourselves.
City council members need to refrain from posting on these blogs. Not only do you lower yourself to this type of "Star Magazine" reporting, you are adding fuel to the fire and are only embarrassing yourselves.