Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
JANET'S PLANET 10/5/11
REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM **PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO** 10/5/11
[MUSIC PLAYING] JANET: GOOD MORNING. I HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL TODAY. AND THAT IS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH. YOU'RE LISTENING TO JANET'S PLANET, AND SANDY ARE YOU THERE. GUEST: GOOD MORNING, JANET. WENDY AND I JUST WENT FOR A WALK IN THE RAIN. JANET: WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? GUEST: SHE LOVED IT. JANET: I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE RAIN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST DAY I REMEMBER WAKING UP WITH NOTHING HURTING. USUALLY WHEN IT RAINS IT LET'S GO ON AND LOG ON AND THEN I CAN BELABOR. GUEST: TO VIEW THE LIVE CAPTIONS OF OUR RADIO SHOW PLEASE GRAB A PEN, AND WRITE DOWN THIS WEB ADDRESS. IT IS HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET AND ONE MORE TIME HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. IF MISSED ANY OF THAT GET IN TOUCH WITH ME. AND I'M SANDY AT INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM. AND I'M GOING TO LOG INTO IT ON THE IPHONE. JANET: IS IT THE IPHONE 9 AND A HALF OR 16. GUEST: 4. JANET: SANDY IS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS, AND THE NAME OF OUR CAPTIONER IS GAY. GUEST: YES. JANET: IT'S CLEAR IT'S THE NAME OF THE CAPTIONER. I WAS READING SOME OF THE TRANSCRIPTS, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT'S WHAT THE CAPTIONER'S NAME IS. AND I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF I WANT TO SAY TODAY BUT I'LL START OFF WITH WE DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COMMISSION WHICH I USUALLY READ TODAY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I'M HOPING THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE TO SEND IT TO ME. THEY ARE LOCATED AT 213 974 1064. I THINK THAT THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS DEDICATE THE SHOW TODAY TO THE BEGINNING TO YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG FOR ME. ONE OF THEM I'VE KNOWN ALL OF HER LIFE. HER NAME WAS TYLA GRAY GREY. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MY FRIEND REATHA GRAY GREY. SHE USED TO BROADCAST ON THIS STATION. AND THE OTHER IS ANGELA GAIZON. SHE WAS A VARSITY CHEERLEADER AT FREEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE DIED BECAUSE SHE HAD AN ENLARGED HEART. VERY SAD. YOUNG PEOPLE. VERY, VERY SAD. SO I WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING MORE POSITIVE WHICH IS THE LUNCHEON FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH, 2011 AT 11:30 A.M. AT THE KYOTO GRAND HOTEL AND GARDENS. AND THE TICKETS ARE $65. AND IT IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE. IT GOES TO FUND OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND WHERE WE GIVE AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE. THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A DISABILITY. AND WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING AT THIS LUNCHEON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. 36 YEARS. OCTOBER IS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING THAT TOO. AT THE LUNCHEON WE'LL ALSO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO DONATE FOR SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORSHIPS, AND CAPTIONING SPONSORSHIP. THE COMMISSION HAS GOTTEN VERY LARGE DONATIONS FROM A TEACHER'S UNION. THEY GAVE US $2,500 SANDY. AND WE HAVE AN EXHIBITORS'S FEE. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME AND BRING SOMETHING TO DISPLAY, MERCHANDISE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AN EXHIBIT IS A $165 FEE AND THAT INCLUDES 16 FOOT TABLE WITH A TABLE CLOTH, SKIRTING, AND 2 CHAIRS, AND ONE LUNCHEON TICKET. ADDITIONAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $65. A NONPROFIT IS NO EXHIBIT FEE. AND TABLE, TABLE CLOTH, AND SKIRTING, AND CHAIRS. LUNCHEON IS NOT INCLUDED. WE'LL HAVE ROUGHLY 300 PEOPLE THERE. YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR FORM AND MAIL YOUR CHECKS TO THE LOS ANGELES COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE A NONPROFIT ENTITY. AND YOU CAN CALL AT 213 974 1053. AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER CATEGORIES FOR SPONSORSHIP WHICH IS OUR 36TH ANNIVERSARY UNDERWRITER. IT'S A $10,000 DONATION. YOU'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FIVE SIGNATURE SCROLL AND A PLAQUE AT THE LUNCHEON, SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT THE LUNCHEON. A DISPLAY AD AND A SOUVENIR PROGRAM, AND FULL PAGE AD. CORPORATE NAME. AND UNDERWRITERS WILL BE THANKED AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 24 LUNCHEON TICKETS. THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSOR IS $7,500. PRESENTATION OF SCROLL, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT THE LUNCHEON AS A MAJOR SPONSOR, FULL PAGE DISPLAY AD, AND YOU'LL BE THANKED AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, AND 16 LUNCHEON TICKETS. GOLD, $5,000, PRESENTATION OF A SCROLL, SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS A MAJOR SPONSOR, A DISPLAY AD AND EIGHT LUNCHEON TICKETS. AND YOU HAVE ONE PREFERRED TABLE. $3,000 SILVER, DISPLAY AD FULL PAGE, AND EIGHT LUNCHEON TICKETS WHICH IS ONE TABLE. BRONZE SPONSOR $1,500 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT THE CEREMONY, DISPLAY AD AND IT'S A HALF A PAGE, FOUR LUNCHEON TICKETS. SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR $1,000, INVITATION TO THE BERNARD TAINTER SEIGAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION. LISTING IN THE LUNCHEON SOUVENIR PROGRAM. CAPTIONING SPONSOR IS $2,400. PROVIDING DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING WITH REALTIME CAPTIONING. THAT'S SANDY. GUEST: YEAH. JANET: INVITATION TO BE A GUEST ON THE SEGMENT. SPONSORS WILL BE THANKED AT THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND A LISTING IN THE SOUVENIR PROGRAM, AND THE TICKETS FOR THE LUNCHEON ARE $65, AND A TABLE IS $550. A FULL PAGE AD IS $1,000. HALF PAGE $500. QUARTER $250. AND BUSINESS CARD $100. THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED. AND THEN YOU STILL USE IT FOR NEXT YEAR WHERE YOU'LL BE SPONSORED OR LISTED AS A SPONSOR. THE CATEGORIES ARE GOING TO BE IS THE CHAIRPERSON'S BOARD, AND PEARL JOHNSON SERVICE AWARD. THE BILLY BARTA AWARD, HARLEY RUBINSTEIN CAREGIVER AWARD. THE FIRST DISTRICT BECAUSE THE SUPERVISORS SELECT THESE, THE FIRST THROUGH FIFTH DISTRICT HAS SELECTED SOMEONE, AND I'LL SAY THAT'S A NICE SURPRISE AT THE LUNCHEON. AND NOW ON TO SOME REALLY, REALLY EXCITING NEWS. I THINK SANDY I THINK MENTIONED THIS TO YOU. I'M GOING TO READ THIS LETTER. THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD. IT'S ADDRESSED TO ME. ABOUT THE DISABILITY NETWORK. DEAR JANET, CONGRATULATIONS. THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD HAS VOTED THE DISABILITY NETWORK WITH A 2011 DISABILITY SERVICE AWARD IN MEDIA FOR EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. THAT'S US. PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. THE AWARDS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE AWARDS OCTOBER MEETING AS PART OF THE DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH ACTIVITIES. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH 2011, 6 7:30 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, GROUND FLOOR. WEST HOLLYWOOD LIBRARY 625 SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD. WE HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO JOIN US TO ACCEPT THE AWARD AT THAT TIME. THE MEETING WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE ON THE TV'S CABLE CHANNEL. AND IN A SEPARATE ENVELOPE WE'LL BE SENDING YOU POSTCARDS TO JOIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING CHOSEN FOR THIS AWARD. AND THEN IT'S CONTACT INFORMATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW HAPPY AND PROUD I AM TO BE RECEIVING THIS AWARD. AND I THINK THAT THE REAL THING GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING AND THAT SUGGESTED THIS AWARD BE PRESENTED TO THE DISABILITY NETWORK. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL FOR LISTENING, FOR TELLING YOUR FRIENDS, AND THANK YOU SANDY, WITH ALL YOUR HELP WITH THE CAPTIONING AND ALL THAT STUFF LIKE THAT. GUEST: IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE PART OF THIS. ALL OF US HAVE APPRECIATED. ALL OF THE CAPTIONERS THAT ARE INVOLVED. AND THE CAPTIONER THAT WE REACHED BY COMMUNICATING. EVERYBODY IS VERY EXCITED, AND INTERESTED IN THIS. JANET: WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS DOING I HAD IN MY HEAD. ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. HOW I GOT TO THIS. COMMISSIONER ERNEST HAMILTON, HE WAS A TRICKSTER. THE LATE COMMISSIONER ERNEST HAMILTON WHO WAS MY FRIEND LONG BEFORE HE HAD HIS SPINAL CORD INJURY. HE WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING A LOT OF THINGS AND NETWORKING, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD COME UP WITH SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY BIG, AND EXCITING AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE, AND HE WAS GOING TO LET ME KNOW SO HE FINALLY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE A GUEST ON A PROGRAM OVER HERE AT KTYM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT. SO I GAVE HIM SOME SUGGESTIONS. WE KIND OF WORKED IT OUT, AND CAME UP WITH A SEGMENT QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT, AND THEN LIKE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE SHOW HE SAYS I DON'T FEEL GOOD, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO. CAN YOU GO IN MY PLACE. SURE, ERNEST, ANYTHING TO HELP YOU. AFTER THE SHOW WELL, CONGRATULATIONS THAT'S YOUR SHOW. THAT WAS HIS PLAN ALL ALONG. HE SORT OF TRICKED ME. I'M GLAD THAT HE DID. AND IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT I THINK THAT IMPACT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I REALLY WANTED TO BE A TEACHER WHEN I WAS COMING UP, AND GOING TO SCHOOL AND STUFF, AND ERNEST PROVIDED ME WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THE PUBLIC SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WERE IMPORTANT TO HELP KEEP THEM FROM FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM. THE INFORMATION IS OUT IN THE PUBLIC BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET IT. LAST MONTH THE COMMISSION HAD A SPEAKER THAT CAME FROM THE INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS AND SHE RATTLED OFF THE NAMES ALL OF THE CENTERS IN THE VALLEY, AND WAY ON THE WEST SIDE, I MEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE WEST OF LA CIENEGA, AND ALL AROUND LOS ANGELES CITY, AND DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT ANYONE BEING SERVED IN THE INNER CITY SO I HAD TO TAKE A BITE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS PERSON HAS DONE THIS. IT'S REALLY WHY I WANTED TO DO. THERE ISN'T ANY REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL THE INNER CITY. WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T ISN'T WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT LA CIENEGA TO COMPTON. THERE IS NO REPRESENTATION. AFTER TAKING THIS BITE ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS PERSON SAYS, OH, I'M SO SORRY SHE REMEMBERED THERE IS CA LIF, AND THAT DOES SERVICE THE INNER CITY. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET IT, AND OTHERS NOT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A REPUBLICAN IN ORDER TO GET THE INFORMATION OR NOT. BUT IT'S LOOKING THAT WAY TO ME. I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW PEOPLE WHO I CARRY IN MY HEART WHEN I'M DOING IS NANCY ROWGASKI FROM THE EHLERS DANLOS FOUNDATION. SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL LISTENING. SHE LIVED IN WESTPOINT, AND I'M HERE ON THE WEST COAST BUT SHE TALKED, AND TALKED SOMETIMES FOR HOURS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANYONE ELSE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS CRAZY STUFF, AND THEN MY FRIEND TERI CRUZ IRELAND WHO DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. THEY HAD THE VASCULAR TYPE. I DO NOT HAVE THAT. I HAVE THE HYPER MOBILE TYPE. TO MY JOHN THORNTON MCDONALD III WHO I KNEW ALL OF MY LIFE. HE DIED IN OFFICE AS THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP. AND JUDITH PITT HUNTER WHO LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER SOME YEARS AGO. JUDITH IS THE ONE THAT GOT ME IN THE PROGRAM IN THE VETERAN'S HOSPITAL AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST VALUABLE PART OF ALL OF MY TRAINING WHERE I LEARNED TO WORK WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE WHICH ENDED UP BEING MY FORTE. I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING. I CAN'T FIND THEM. I HAVE LOOKED. I CAN'T FIND THEM ANYWHERE. SOME I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YEARS. LINDA LI. LINDA HAS EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME AND I CAN'T FIND HER. SHE MAY BE IN A HOSPITAL SOMEWHERE IN SAN DIEGO/ WHEN SHE GETS OUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW SHE'S STILL MY FRIEND. SHE'S STILL MY FRIEND. AND A LONG TIME FRIEND HER NAME IS PRISCILLA JANE HOWE. PRISCILLA STARTED LIVING ON THE STREETS SOME YEARS AGO. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW SHE'S SAFE. CAPTAIN CARLTON MACK. WHEN I WAS REALLY SICK HE WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. THOSE PEOPLE AND OTHERS HAVE REALLY HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THEM AGAIN. I KNOW I CAN'T. SOME OTHER PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPED ME KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND STUFF IS JANET ROBERTS AND HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER BROTHER KEITH. CHERYLE AND JUANITA MATLOCK AND THE CUMMINGS, BUTCH AND BRIAN. AND BRIAN IS THE FIRE CHIEF ELECT. HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE GETTING THAT POSITION, AND CAPTAIN LORENZO ARMSTEAD, AND SHARON AND KATHY. SHARON WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TELEPHONE LINEMAN. I KNOW SHE WAS THE VERY FIRST FEMALE TO CLIMB THE TELEPHONE POLE FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. VIVIAN MCDONALD AND HER HUSBAND JAY WHO'RE THE PARENTS OF MY FRIEND I MENTIONED JOHN MCDONALD, AND MY FRIEND REATHA GRAY GREY, AND MY FRIEND RAUL RAMIREZ, AND MY FRIEND SANDY EISENBERG. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND THINGS YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS. THE SPONSORS, THEY'RE SPONSORING THE SHOW. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, AND I THINK THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE EXECUTIVE STAFF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL. RHONDA RANGEL GIVES ME ARTICLES AND INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL, AND AUDRA GALANG DOES ALL OF OUR ARTWORK, AND EMMA, AND WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON TRANSFER OUT BUT SHE WAS STILL A VERY BIG PART OF EVEYRTHING, MARIA. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM. AND THEN TO KEEP ME ALIVE A BUNCH OF DOCTORS THAT HELPED ME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND TO LIVE WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL THEY FOUND WHAT IT IS, AND THAT WAS A DR. JOHN BUCKNER WHO DIAGNOSED MY EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. DR. JOANNE BANNISTER EWING WHO'S OUT OF PRACTICE, IS THE ONE THAT LISTENED TO ALL OF THE CRAZY THINGS I HAD TO SAY, AND WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN. WHEN I DID SEE DR. BUCKNER HE WAS ABLE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AND IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM FIVE MINUTES TO FIGURE IT OUT. DR. HERBERT AVERY. I MENTIONED BEING SICK AND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SIX MONTHS IN 1981, AND DR. AVERY WAS THE SURGEON THAT SAVED MY LIFE. I DON'T THINK I SAID WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAD SALMONELLA BOTULISM. AND THEY WROTE ME OFF. AND DR. AVERY SAVED MY LIFE. DR. BEVRA HAHN WHO IS THE FIRST DOCTOR WHO STARTED TREATING THE EHLERS DANLOS, AND THE FIBROMYALGIA, AND DR. WILLIAM KING WHO TREATED MY HIV. AND DR. RAMIREZ FOR JUST EVERYTHING, KEEPING ME OUT OF PAIN, AND SO I USED TO CARRY AROUND TWO BACKPACKS FULL OF MEDICATIONS AND STUFF. I DON'T TAKE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE. DR. KELLEY FOR TAKING CARE OF MY DENTAL WORK. DR. OTOMO. EHLERS DANLOS IS VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU HAVE DENTAL WORK DONE. A DOCTOR AT UCLA, DR. FABIOLA UNI. SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV. I HAVE SOME THERAPISTS, BARBARA CANCELLA, KAREN KURTOVICH, TINA SPITZER, AND NANCY ADACHI, AND AT THE FACE PAIN CLINIC, SYLVIA AT UCLA, AND THAT'S ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT KEPT ME TOGETHER SO THAT I COULD COME HERE AND DO THIS. I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR HELP. ONE OTHER THING, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF GYMS I'VE GONE TO. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER, AND KNOWING GETTING TO KNOW MYSELF BETTER. AND BALLY'S. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AT BALLY'S FOR THEIR HELP. YMCA AND FOR THEIR HELP. AND I WANT TO THANK TWO TRAINERS FROM THE SPECTRUM. BERNARDO AND I WANT TO THANK I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME. HIS NAME IS TROY. VERY NICE, VERY PATIENT. AGAIN THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE AT SPECTRUM. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT SINCE THEY TERMINATED MY MEMBERSHIP. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I'M HOPING I'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN A GYM FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND SOME THAT ARE LISTENING. THERE NEEDS TO BE A GYM SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I'M REALLY TIRED OF THEY REMODEL, AND THEY MAKE IT NONCOMPLIANT. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE DID I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT. LET'S SEE I THINK WHEN I MENTIONED THE COMMISSION'S FAMILY THAT GOING TO BE THE NEW CHIEF AND THEY WERE PALLBEARERS AT MY DAD'S FUNERAL. I HAVE A PICTURE OF SOME LADIES THAT ARE THE VARSITY CHEERLEADER, ALUMNI CHEERLEADERS FROM DORSEY. ANY OF MY FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING ME ON SUNDAYS DORSEY IS WHERE I'VE BEEN HANGING OUT. DORSEY NEEDS OUR HELP. WELL AS SOON AS THEY CAME BACK THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CHOIR ANYMORE. I THINK IT'S SOME INTERNAL POLITICS THAT HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF MANY OF THE PROGRAMS OVER THERE. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I WAS THERE BECAUSE I GO OVER THERE FOR THE CHEERLEADER PRACTICE. THEY WANT ME TO BE THE MASCOT. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO A FULL SPLIT. I GRADUATED IN THE SUMMER OF '66, AND THESE WOMEN I KNOW GRADUATED IN THE 80S AND 90S. WE LOOK ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS IN OUR GREEN AND WHITE. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED WHILE I WAS THERE IS THE ACCESSIBILITY OF DORSEY. BUT I WANDERED AROUND AND I LOOKED AT THE SIGNAGE AND I FOUND THE SIGNAGE. IT'S ALL QUITE CLEAR, AND THEY HAVE HANDICAPPED PARKING ON CAMPUS. I SAW TWO SPACES. THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO IS UP TO SNUFF ON DISABILITY ACCESS. I DO REMEMBER KIDS AT DORSEY THAT HAD DISABILITIES AS WELL AS AUTOBAHN. DORSEY IS ALL ON ONE LEVEL, AND SOMETHING INTERESTING I FOUND FROM THE OTHER LADY NAMED JANET THAT'S AN ALUMNI, I THINK SHE GRADUATED IN THE EARLY 60S, THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO DORSEY IN THE BOY'S GYM, IT WAS MODELED AFTER AN AIRPLANE HANGAR WHICH I HAD NO IDEA. AND I BELIEVE SHE'S STILL IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ARCHITECT THAT DESIGNED THE SCHOOL. I THINK SHE ALSO IS IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SUSAN MILLER DORSEY WHO THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED AFTER. SO ANYWAY TO CASSANDRA YOUNG WHO IS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EVENT TOGETHER FOR THE HOMECOMING WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER WILL BE ON THE SHOW, ON THE NEXT SHOW ON THE DISABILITY NETWORK, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. BUT IT'S JUST BEEN FUN FOR ME TO BE BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAD TO BE 63 YEARS OLD AT DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I CAN STILL DO THE FULL SPLITS. CAN YOU DO THAT, SANDY? GUEST: I USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE FULL SPLITS NOT THAT LONG AGO. JANET: THOSE ARE THE CHINESE SPLITS. GUEST: TO THE TELL THE TRUTH IF I STRETCHED PROPERLY FOR A WHILE I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE FRONT SPLITS BECAUSE I'M PRETTY FLEXIBLE. JANET: I DON'T HAVE TO STRETCH. GUEST: GO SHOW OFF. JANET: THAT'S THE EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. IF I DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, STRETCHING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THE SPLITS, IT'S STRETCHES AND WHAT I NOTICED WHEN I DID IT FOR THESE LADIES THEY WERE TOTALLY FREAKED OUT THAT MY HIP POPPED, AND WENT BACK INTO PLACE. IT'S JUST BEEN A NICE NICE EXPERIENCE. I'M LOOKING AT RUBIN. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU RUBIN. GUEST: YOU'RE WELCOME. AND CONGRATULATIONS. JANET: AND I THINK THAT'S ALL YOUR DOING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LITTLE CREDITORS YOU HAVE IN THE BOOTH. I WANT TO THANK GARY, AND GENE AND THE MR. BERREGO WITH HIS TIME. SO I CAN EXCHANGE ALL THESE IDEAS AND THE INFORMATION WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW, AND BY THE WAY STICKING UP FOR THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY WAS A VERY, VERY BIG PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO, AND TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. SO TIME IS UP. SO I GOT TO GO. I'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS ON THE THE AWARD WINNING DISABILITY NETWORK. THANK YOU, SANDY, AND THANK YOU GAY FOR MAKING THE SHOW A SUCCESS. GUEST: THANKS EVERYBODY. JANET: BYE BYE. [END] PLEASE JOIN US EACH MONTH, 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY, AT 9:30AM PACIFIC TIME ON THE RADIO AND LIVE REALTIME CAPTIONING ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET WHEN: 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, 9:30-10:00AM PACIFIC TIME "JANET'S PLANET" AIRS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH - CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY JANET NEAL, TOTAL RECALL CAPTIONING, AND OTHER VALUED SPONSORS. "THE DISABILITY NETWORK" AIRS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. "THE DISABILITY NETWORK" IS SPONSORED BY LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, WWW.LACCOD.ORG. LET THEM KNOW YOU WANT THIS SHOW CAPTIONED EACH AND EVERY MONTH! LOG ON LIVE TO VIEW REALTIME CAPTIONS: HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET FOR STREAMING AUDIO, LOG INTO WWW.KTYM.COM OR AM 1460 LOS ANGELES ON THE RADIO. CALL AND COMMENT LIVE DURING THE SHOW - 310-674-5896 (VOICE OR VIA RELAY) FAX YOUR COMMENTS LIVE - 310-673-2259 YOU MAY ALSO EMAIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE SHOW TO GERRY BORREGO, MRB@KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM TO GIVE FEEDBACK (PLEASE!) OR REQUEST A TRANSCRIPT, CONTACT SANDY EISENBERG, INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM WOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION LIKE TO HELP SPONSOR OUR LIVE CAPTIONING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A GUEST ON THE RADIO SHOW? CONTACT JANET NEAL AT (213) 974-1053 OR WRITE HER AT PO BOX 2813, CULVER CITY, CA 90231-2813. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES! THANK YOU!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES - 9/21/11
TRANSCRIPT: REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM **PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO** 9/21/11 [MUSIC PLAYING] JANET: GOOD MORNING. HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER THE 21ST, 2011. AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE DISABILITY NETWORK SPONSORED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. SANDY ARE YOU THERE. HELLO. SANDY. GUEST: HELLO. JANET: CAN'T HEAR HARDLY HEAR YOU. GUEST: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW. SOMEHOW MY PHONE MUTED. JANET: WOULD YOU DO THE INTRO FOR US. GUEST: TO ACCESS THE LIVE CAPTIONING OF THIS SHOW. GRAB A PEN. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LINK. IT IS HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. ONE MORE TIME. HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAPTIONING AND TRANSCRIPTS AND SO ON, PLEASE CONTACT ME. I'M SANDY EISENBERG. INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM. JANET: THANK YOU, SANDY. GUEST: YOU'RE WELCOME. JANET: HOW IS WENDY. GUEST: GREAT. I WENT TO AN AMAZING CONCERT LAST NIGHT. JANET: WENDY DIDN'T GET TO GO. GUEST: SHE WANTED TO. WELL, MAYBE NEXT TIME. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ALL MY GUESTS RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVE RAY MUELLER WITH US TODAY. GUEST: GOOD MORNING. JANET: WE ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER JAMES IN THE STUDIO WITH US. GUEST: GOOD MORNING. JANET: THE FIRST THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO HERE IS THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A MEETING TODAY. ON OUR AGENDA. LET'S SEE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. PRESENTATION BY EILENE HARPER, EXECUTIVE FOR HEALTHCARE RIGHTS. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE HEALTHCARE CONCERNS WITH THIS MEDI CAL FIASCO. THAT IS A MESS. I'M GOING TO COME BACK ON THAT ONE. ITEM 4, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND INCLUDE TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECLARING OCTOBER AS DISABILITY AWARENESS INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER MONTH. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD ONE IN THE INNER CITY. GUEST: DEFINITELY. JANET: 5, RULES AND PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND TELECONFERENCE ON COMMITTEES. 6, STAFF CERTIFICATION ON SERVICE ANIMALS AS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER NEAL AND TERAN. 7, PRESIDENT'S REPORT AS SUBMITTED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. 8, EVENTS COMMITTEE MEETING FOR AUGUST. 9, SUMMARY REPORT ON ACCESS BOARD ATTENDED BY KURT HAGEN. 10, SUMMARY REPORT BY ANGELA DAVIS. DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS OF L.A. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE. FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 11, MONTHLY SUMMARY REPORT BY GIOVANNA GOGREVE. 12, APPOINTING PROCEDURES AND DUTIES OF THE ACCESS DUTIES, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING SOME APPLICATIONS TO FILL THE SEAT. WE DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS. 13, DISCUSSION ON APPROVAL TO SEND A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING COMMISSIONER CONCERNS ON ACCESS SERVICE ON ONE THE TAP CARD. THOSE OF YOU RIDING THE ACCESS SERVICE KNOW ABOUT THAT. IT'S GOT A VISA LOGO BUT WE SEE SOME PROBLEM. THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BOARD, AND TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES PURCHASED BY ACCESS SERVICES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ADA COMPLIANT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE FUEL EFFICIENT, AND THOSE FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES TEND TO BE MICRO IN SIZE. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES YOU CAN'T PUT THREE PEOPLE IN THOSE CARS. 14, MATTERS NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED AND IF REQUESTED PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION AT A FUTURE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE. 15, PUBLIC COMMENT, AND 16 IS ADJOURNMENT. NOW I WANT TO GO BACK JUST FOR A SECOND ON THIS PRESENTATION BY EILENE HARPER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER OF HEALTHCARE RIGHTS. THOSE OF US THAT ARE STUCK WITH MEDI CAL NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION BY THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH LAST MONTH ON WHICH PLAN YOU WANTED TO SIGN UP WITH. THEY WERE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH CONVENTIONAL MEDI CAL. AND I WENT THROUGH THIS REALLY THICK BOOK LIKE 2 INCHES THICK OF DOCTORS, AND WHATNOT, AND I COULD NOT FIND A DOCTOR THAT TREATED EHLERS DANLOS, AND HIV WHICH I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD, BUT SO I ENDED UP GETTING THEY ASSIGNED ME TO A CLINIC THAT'S LIKE AT CENTURY AND CRENSHAW, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID THAT. I LIVE CLOSE IN BETWEEN CULVER CITY, AND IN THE COUNTY. AND I'VE BEEN GOING OVER TO T.H.E. CLINIC AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO SEND ME SO FAR AWAY FROM MY HOME KNOWING I HAVE A DISABILITY, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE REASONS THEY MADE SOME OF THE DECISION THEY DO, AND I FOUND IF YOU HAVE A MEDI CAL CARD YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE IT UP. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE ONE OF THESE HMOS OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO. AS THIS GOES ALONG I'LL BE GIVING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. AND I THINK WE I MENTIONED ON THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE WITH ACCESS SERVICES AND THE TAP CARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND I'VE GOT A BIG STACK OF MINUTES WHERE SOMEWHERE ELSE IS GOING WITH ACCESS SERVICES. IT'S MY OPINION THEY ARE TRYING TO SQUASH THE PUBLIC VOICE BY REDUCING THE SIZE OF THEIR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH I THINK IS WRONG. I THINK THEY WERE PUT IN PLACE FOR A REASON WHICH WAS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND HEAR FROM YOU GUYS. SO I INTEND TO FIGHT TO KEEP THAT GROUP AS IT IS, AS IT SITS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE MALL. THE BALDWIN CRENSHAW MALL, WHICH I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS. THEY TOOK OUT THE DIAMOND SAW, AND MADE A NICE TRENCH IN THE FLOOR, AND PUT IN CARPETING. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I WANT TO THANK THE DEPUTIES AND THE SECOND DISTRICT, SUPERVISOR THOMAS'S STAFF FOR LOOKING INTO THIS FOR US. I CAN TELL THEY LOOKED INTO IT. I ALSO MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE PHASE 2 OF THAT AND I CAN SEE WHERE THEY'VE CLEANED THAT OUT, AND ARE PUTTING UP SOME SCAFFOLDING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS. SOMETHING ELSE I MENTIONED IN THAT CONVERSATION WAS T.H.E. CLINIC AT 39TH AND WESTERN WHERE I COULD NOT TELL THE SECURITY GUARDS FROM THE GANG MEMBERS. THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. I CAN TELL THE SECURITY GUARDS FROM THE GANG MEMBERS BUT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE BUILDING THAT LOOKS LIKE A GANG. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS WHEN I'M WALKING BY WHEN I SEE SOMEONE FOUR TIMES MY SIZE, AND LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO GO MY COUSINS. GUEST: EXACTLY. JANET: BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER. ONE OF THE I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THINGS THAT PROBABLY DON'T BOTHER MOST PEOPLE. EVERY TIME I WOULD GO OVER THERE MY BLOOD PRESSURE WOULD GO UP, AND I'M TALKING 140/90. THAT'S HIGH. SO WHEN I WENT OVER ON FRIDAY, IT WAS DOWN TO 135/78 WHICH IS CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR ME. BUT SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT IS REALLY GOOD AND SANDY, I DON'T THINK I HAD A CHANCE TO TELL YOU THIS WHEN I SPOKE WITH YOU. I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT I AM HIV POSITIVE, AND LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF WITH A MANAGER AT THE SPECTRUM CLUB WHO WAS GIVING ME A HARD TIME, AND THREATENING ME AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND I'M LOOKING AT MY T CELL COUNT WAS 840, AND THEN IT DROPPED TO 838 DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. WELL, AFTER HE LEFT IT WENT UP TO 1092 AND ON FRIDAY IT WAS 1141. THE TOP RANGE IS 1740. I'M REALLY, REALLY VERY HAPPY, AND THE GOOD ENVIRONMENT AT THE T.H.E. CLINIC HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO ME AND OTHER PATIENTS OVER THERE. I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO THE SECOND DISTRICT, AND A WONDERFUL ANNOUNCEMENT IS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF THE BRIAN L. CUMMINGS. HIS FATHER WAS LEWIS CUMMINGS WHO WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BLACK FIREFIGHTERS. AND BRIAN L. CUMMINGS HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO BE OUR NEW CHIEF. I HOPE THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FEW DECISIONS THAT THE MAYOR THAT I APPROVE OF. I HOPE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THIS. BRIAN IS A WONDERFUL GUY. I'VE KNOWN HIM ALL MY LIFE. AND I KNOW HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HIS OLDEST BROTHER WAS THE OWNER, AND DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT MY FATHER WAS A PIT CREW CHIEF ON. I THINK THAT BRIAN IS A SECOND GENERATION FIREFIGHTER AFRICAN AMERICAN. SECOND GENERATION FIREFIGHTER IS SIGNIFICANT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY OTHER DOG FOOD FED TO BLACK FIREFIGHTERS IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH CHIEF BRIAN CUMMINGS. AND I'D ASK THEM TO CONFIRM HIM WHEN IT COMES UP. WHEN IT COMES UP, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. I PLAN TO GO TO CHEER HIM ON. GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. JANET: AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS OUR LUNCHEON. OUR LUNCHEON IS COMING UP ON THE 17TH, AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR LUNCHEON. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST YEAR, JOHN. GUEST: OKAY. I THINK FOUR YEARS AGO. JANET: FOUR YEARS AGO. GUEST: THE FIRST ONE. JANET: YOU WERE STILL WITH THE CITY COMMISSION. GUEST: YEAH. JANET: YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE NOW. GUEST: MY NOMINATED BY MY BOSS RICK. JANET: I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THIS STUFF BEFORE WE GO TO RAY. RAY HAS GOT A BUNCH OF GOOD THINGS HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE AN EXHIBITOR. THE FEE IS 1$65. ALL OF THE FEES FROM THE LUNCHEON ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. ALL THE MONEY GOES TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO RAFFLE OFF, AND SOME DONATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO A CONVENTIONER'S BEREAVEMENT FUND. WE CAN'T USE TAXPAYER'S MONEY. WE CAN'T USE THE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR THAT. WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED FOR THAT CAUSE. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE AN EXHIBITOR THERE'S A $165 FEE. YOU GET A TABLE, TABLE CLOTH, AND A SKIRT, AND A LUNCHEON TICKET. AND ADDITIONAL LUNCHEON TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $65. A NONPROFIT EXHIBITOR THAT MEANS YOU ARE A NON PROFIT EXHIBIT. JUST FILL OUT THE FORM AND YOU CAN CALL AND TALK TO RHONDA AT 213 974 1053. WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES. THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY UNDERWRITER WHICH IS $10,000 DONATOR. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A SUPERVISOR'S FIVE SIGNATURE SCROLL AT THE LUNCHEON, AND RECOGNITION AS A MAJOR SPONSOR. A DISPLAY AD IN THE SOUVENIR PROGRAM. THE UNDERWRITER WILL BE THANKED AT THE MEETING OF THE COMMISSION, AND THE PUBLICATION IS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND YOU GET 24 LUNCHEON TICKETS. THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSOR THAT'S $7,500. YOU GET PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING. YOU GET 16 TICKETS WHICH IS TWO TABLES. IF YOU'RE A GOLD SPONSOR WHICH IS $5,000, YOU GET A PRESENTATION, YOU GET A SCROLL AT THE LUNCHEON, RECOGNITION AT THE LUNCHEON, AND A DISPLAY AD AND EIGHT TICKETS. SILVER WHICH IS $3,000, RECOGNITION AT THE LUNCHEON, DISPLAY AD AND EIGHT TICKETS. AND THEN THE BRONZE SPONSOR IS $1,500, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION DISPLAY AD AND 4 TICKETS. $1,000, SPONSOR AN EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR A STUDENT, THAT'S A FULL SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR, INVITATION TO THE BERNARD SIEGEL AWARDS PRESENTATION WHICH IS A SEPARATE EVENT. AND AT THE SUPERVISOR'S MEETING WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE PRESENTED WITH THEIR SCHOLARSHIP CHECKS YOU'LL BE RECOGNIZED AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A LISTING IN THE LUNCHEON SOUVENIR PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SPONSOR THE CAPTIONING WHICH IS WHAT SANDY DOES AND THAT'S $2,400 AND THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. IF YOU WANT TO DO A PART OF IT YOU CAN. YOU'LL HAVE A SPECIAL INVITATION TO BE A GUEST ON THE SEGMENT OF THIS SHOW. AND YOU ALSO WILL BE THANKED AT ALL OF THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND LISTED ON THE SOUVENIR PROGRAM. THE LUNCHEON TICKETS ARE $65 EACH. THE TABLES ARE $550 FOR A TABLE OF 8. WE HAVE A FULL PAGE AD OR TRIBUTE FOR $1,000, AND YOU HAVE A HALF PAGE AD FOR $500. QUARTER PAGE AD FOR $250. AND A BUSINESS CARD SIZE AD FOR $100. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT SOME THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING THE COMMISSION BY BECOMING A SPONSOR OR TAKING OUT AN AD OR COMING AND BUYING A TICKET. OUTTA SIGHT SINGS THERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUTTA SIGHT? GUEST: THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE AND VERY IMPRESSIVE GROUP. YOU HAVE TO COME SEE THEM AND BELIEVE IT. JANET: WHEN YOU HEAR THEM SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. GUEST: IT'S QUITE INSPIRING. JANET: YES. WELL, THE COLOR GUARD COMES IN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SINCE WE HAD JUST 9/11 TO RECOGNIZE THEM. SO I'VE INVITED BOTH THE COUNTY CHIEFS AND THE CITY CHIEF. WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER WHO DO THEY LOOK AT L.A.. THEY COME GET OUR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY SEND THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO RESCUE PEOPLE. GUEST: THEY DESERVE THE RECOGNITION. JANET: I THINK SO. WE'LL COME BACK TO THE LUNCHEON IN A MINUTE. I WANTED TO GET TO RAY. YOU HAVE SOME INTERESTING THINGS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT VETERANS A LOT THIS YEAR, AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT VETERANS, AND EMPLOYMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO RAY, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME THINGS YOU WANTED TO BRING UP. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE FLOOR FOR A MINUTE. GUEST: I APPRECIATE IT, JANET. FOR YOUR LISTENERS MY NAME IS RAY MUELLER, AND I'M AN ATTORNEY FOR THE ASBESTOS LEGAL CENTER. AND OUR WORK PUTS US IN TOUCH WITH VETERANS OFTEN. I KNOW JANET IN SPEAKING WITH YOU THAT YOUR YOU SHARE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE HAD THAT VETERANS ARE SUFFERING FROM POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WHEN RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. IN WORKING WITH THESE GROUPS IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHAT'S COME ABOUT RIGHT NOW. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JOBS BILL. IT'S A GREAT IMPORTANCE TO EVERYONE. WELL, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR VETERANS. THERE ARE 18 VETERANS WHO COMMIT SUICIDE EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES AS A RESULT OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. JANET: YEP. GUEST: IT IS A GROWING EPIDEMIC. WITH THE ECONOMY THERE IS VERY LITTLE HOPE ON THE STREETS FOR VETERANS. AS OF 2007 OUR UNEMPLOYED VETERAN POPULATION HAS GROWN FROM 400,000 TO 1 MILLION. THERE ARE MORE UNEMPLOYED VETERANS THAN THE POPULATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO. JANET: I REMEMBER WHEN THE HOMELESS VETERAN POPULATION STARTED. WHEN I DID MY INTERNSHIP ON THE VA PROPERTY, AND SOME OF THE GUYS THAT I WAS WORKING WITH WERE WE'RE TALKING IN 2011 TERMS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. I WAS WORKING WITH THE WORLD WAR I AND II VETS THAT HAD SHELL SHOCK. THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED IT. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE IN THE TREATMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID TO YOU RAY WAS THAT WHEN THIS CAME TO MY ATTENTION AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR IS MY FRIENDS THAT WERE IN THE JUNGLE THAT MORNING AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING THEY WERE ON CRENSHAW. THERE WAS NO DEPROGRAMMING. THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THEM. GUEST: WHAT'S VERY SCARY IS THAT WHEN YOU REALLY START TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS, WHEN YOU REALLY START TO LOOK AT IT, THE NUMBERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES ARE BAD RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE AN UNEMPLOYED VETERAN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 24. 20.9% OF THOSE VETERANS ARE UNEMPLOYED. THAT'S GREATER THAN IF THEY HAD NEVER SERVED. JANET: THAT'S TERRIBLE. GUEST: THERE ARE IF YOU'RE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 34 AND YOU'RE A VETERAN 12.6 OF THOSE VETERANS ARE UNEMPLOYED, AND THAT'S GREATER IF YOU HAD NEVER SERVED. SO IF YOU DECIDED TO STAY HOME, AND YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF FINDING A JOB THAN SERVING OUR COUNTRY. WHAT THIS MEANS IS YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING BACK FROM THE WAR DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF WAR WHO HAD PROSPECTS OF HAVING A JOB ARE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN IF THEY HAD NEVER WENT. SO IT'S A GROWING PROBLEM BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T GIVE THESE PEOPLE HOPE THE CONDITIONS BECOMES MORE CHRONIC. JANET: I THINK IT'S A CRIME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE BETTER SERVICES FOR VETERANS. THE SPEECH THAT THE PRESIDENT GAVE I GUESS LAST WEEK, I ENDED UP SITTING IN ON A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE THAT KAREN BASS SET UP AND I LISTENED AND I LISTENED AND I LISTENED, AND THERE WAS SOME MENTION ABOUT VETERANS. NOTHING ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I POSED A QUESTION THAT I HAVE STILL NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO. WHICH IS FOR PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO REHABILITATE THEMSELVES AND GET BACK IN THE WORK FORCE WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM. NO ANSWER. GUEST: IT UNDERSCORES A PROBLEM I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO, AND I THINK MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING INTO, AND WHY WHERE HAVE OUR JOBS GONE. WHEN TALKING TO THE VETERANS, AND TALKING TO THE DIFFERENT VETERANS GROUP LIKE I DO WHEN THEY CAME BACK EARLIER THEY TOOK MANUFACTURING JOBS. IN THIS ECONOMY WE HAVE MANAGED TO SEND MOST OF OUR MANUFACTURING JOBS OVERSEAS. FROM 1999 UNTIL MID OF 2008 BEFORE WE HAD THIS MAJOR ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. JANET: EVERYTHING YOU PICK UP ANOTHER COUNTRY IS ON THE BOTTOM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PICK ON ANY ONE. GUEST: WE MANAGE OUR IMPORTS GREW FROM 1999 TO 2008 FROM ROUGHLY $100 BILLION A MONTH TO $225 BILLION A MONTH IN THIS COUNTRY. GUEST: RAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE PUBLIC TO HELP THE DISABLED VETERANS? HOW CAN WE BE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THEM? GUEST: HOW THE PUBLIC CAN HELP VETERANS RIGHT NOW NUMBER ONE, THIS OUR VETERANS ARE COMING HOME TO SILENCE. IT'S REALLY A TRAGEDY THAT WE AREN'T WELCOMING THEM HOME AS A PUBLIC. THEY NOTICE THAT. THEY'RE COMING THE WAR BECAME UNPOPULAR, AND THEY'RE NOT COMING HOME TO PROTESTS. THEY'RE NOT COMING HOME TO SUPPORTERS. IF COMMUNITIES COULD RALLY TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THE VETERANS THAT WOULD BE HUGE. JUST THAT LITTLE BIT TO GIVE THEM HOPE AND APPRECIATION TO LIFT THEIR SPIRIT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO IS THAT WE CAN START TALKING TO OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS ABOUT GIVING SUPPORT TO THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL AND MAKE SURE IT GETS PROPER FUNDING. IN MAY OF THIS YEAR THERE WAS A SCATHING 2 1 RULING FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS HERE IN CALIFORNIA THAT VETERANS' RIGHTS WERE CONSTITUTIONALLY VIOLATED BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING THEM SO LONG TO GET THEIR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TREATEMENT, THAT THE DELAYS WERE SO BAD THAT ACTUALLY THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WERE BEING VIOLATED. THAT COMES DOWN TO THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT THE VA GETS, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE PATIENTS. JANET: WOW. GUEST: SO THIS IS A FUNDING ISSUE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I KNOW WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T SURE ABOUT THE JANET, I KNOW YOU BELIEVE IN IT. PICK UP YOUR PHONE, AND CALL SENATOR BOXER OR SENATOR FEINSTEIN. JANET: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KAREN BASS DID IS THAT SHE GAVE OUT E MAIL, TWITTER, TEXT SHE GAVE OUT PHONE NUMBERS, EVERYTHING AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTACT THESE PEOPLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO KAREN BASS'S WEBSITE YOU CAN PICK UP SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS. THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE JOB DONE. GUEST: IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, WE CARE ABOUT YOU. THERE'S A 24 HOUR HOTLINE. THAT'S 1 800 273 8255. AND THAT'S WE DO CARE. AND PEOPLE DO CARE, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING THE ATTENTION YOU DESERVE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT YOU, AND LOVE YOU. AND SO CALL. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT PEOPLE AS A COMMUNITY TIMES ARE TOUGH AND WE NEED TO RALLY AROUND EACH OTHER, AND EVERY THING COUNTS. IF YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE CALL YOUR LOCAL VA AND THERE ARE CARDS THAT YOU CAN WRITE THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOU. JANET: WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT. I WANT TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING. WHEN I MENTIONED ABOUT MY T CELL COUNT, AND MY GOING TO THE GYM AND ALL OF THAT STUFF I'M GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK WITH A NAME OF BUD ROCKWELL, HE IS THE CEO OF THE SPECTRUM CLUB, AND LET HIM KNOW THERE'S SOME VIOLATIONS IN THAT CLUB, AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS THE HEALTHCARE ISSUE. SOME OF THESE HEALTHCARE PLANS HAVE GYM MEMBERSHIPS, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU KNOW WHICH ONES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE SPECTRUM CLUB IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. SO I JUST WANT YOU NOW THAT BUD ROCKWELL IS THE CEO AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR COMPLAINTS NEED TO GO. ALSO WANT TO MENTION OUR LUNCHEON WHICH IS ON OCTOBER 17TH. 213 974 1053. 213 974 1053. I HOPE EVERYBODY COMES ON OCTOBER 17TH. THE KYOTO GRAND HOTEL. PLEASE CALL RHONDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SANDY AND RAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING AGAIN, RAY. GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. JANET: GOT TO KEEP THIS ISSUE FRESH WITH EVERYBODY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING. 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TRANSCRIPT: REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER
JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW
JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM
CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM
**PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO**
9/7/11
[MUSIC PLAYING]
JANET: GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER THE 7TH AND THEY SAY SUMMER IS
OVER BUT I THINK THEY MADE A MISTAKE. I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL SINCE
THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. REMEMBER WE'RE LISTENING TO JANET'S PLANET
L.A..
GUEST: GOOD MORNING JANET.
JANET: I CAN'T COMPLAIN. I HAD AN INTERESTING WEEKEND AND WEEK, AND STUFF
LIKE THAT, AND SOME DEALINGS WITH AT&T. IT'S ALL OVER NOW. I'LL EXPLAIN
THAT IN A MINUTE. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THIS BUSINESS.
GUEST: TO VIEW THE LIVE CAPTIONING FOR OUR RADIO SHOW GRAB A PEN.
JANET: OR CRAYON.
GUEST: OR ROCK. WRITE THIS DOWN. HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE. IT IS
HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. ONE MORE TIME.
IT'S HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. IF YOU MISSED
ANY OF THAT OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAPTIONING CONTACT ME.
I'M SANDY INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM.
JANET: YEAH, AND THANK YOU SANDY FOR BEING A SPONSOR TOO AS WELL AS NEIJING
CLINIC. THAT'S DR. RAUL RAMIREZ. AND YOU CAN REACH HIM AT 310 930 9646.
GUEST: 818 991 2413.
JANET: . THANK YOU. SANDY IS A SPONSOR ALSO AND OUR CAPTIONER IS GAY.
GUEST: THAT'S RIGHT.
JANET: I'M GOING TO SPELL SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS FOR YOU TODAY.
I WOULD HAVE SOME INTERESTING THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. I THINK I
HAVE A GUEST TODAY. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MY GUEST FIRST. HIS NAME IS
LARRY COVIN.
GUEST: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LARRY COVIN. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ON
THE SHOW WITH JANET. WE GO BACK SO MANY YEARS.
JANET: YES, WE DO GO WAY BACK. NORMALLY WHERE I READ THE AGENDA FOR THE
CITY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. THEY DIDN'T SEND ME ONE. I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD THEIR ELECTION YET SO
THEY'RE STUCK. I THINK THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE HAVING A QUORUM.
BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS A NEIGHBOR
OF MINE THAT WE LOST. HIS NAME WAS MATTHEW P. TURNER, III. HE WAS BORN
APRIL 16TH, 1970. HE WAS BORN IN ETERNAL REST AUGUST 5TH, 2011. I WOULD
LIKE TO READ SOMETHING FROM HIS STATEMENT ON THE BACK OF THE PROGRAM FROM
HIS SERVICE. IT SAYS I'M FREE. DON'T GRIEVE FOR ME. I'M FOLLOWING THE
PATH HAS GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR ME. I TOOK HIS HAND WHEN I HEARD HIM CALL. I
TURNED MY BACK AND LEFT IT ALL. I COULD NOT STAY ANOTHER DAY TO LAUGH TO
LOVE TO WORK OR PLAY. TASKS LEFT UNDONE MUST STAY THAT WAY. I'VE NOW FOUND
PEACE AT THE END OF THE DAY. IF MY PARTING HAS LEFT A VOID THEN FILLED WITH
REMEMBERED JOYS. A LAUGH, A FRIENDSHIP SHARED, OH, YES THESE THINGS I WILL
MISS. LOOK FOR THE SUNSHINE OF TOMORROW. MY LIFE HAS BEEN FULL. I'VE
SAVED MUCH. GOOD TIMES, LOVED ONE'S TOUCH. PERHAPS MY TIME SEEMS ALL TOO
BRIEF. LIFT YOUR HEART AND PEACE TO THEE. GOD WANTED ME NOW. HE SET ME
FREE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS WONDERFUL, AND THIS IS A VERY YOUNG MAN THAT
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SOME VERY GOOD THINGS, AND I'M SURE HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ARE GOING TO MISS HIM A LOT. THIS WAS A NEIGHBOR OF MINE. HIS NAME
WAS MATTHEW P. TURNER, III.
THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO TALK BRIEFLY I HAVE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF
TIMES THE CULVER PALMS YMCA WITH THEIR FABULOUS PROGRAMS WHERE THEY HAVE
WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. AS YOU KNOW THE SPECTRUM CLUB CHOOSE TO
DISCONTINUE MY MEMBERSHIP. JUST BRIEFLY THERE WAS A MEMBER WITH A
DISABILITY WHO I BELIEVE WAS OFF MEDS WHO ATTACKED ME AND THEY CHOSE TO
DISCONTINUE MY MEMBERSHIP. I DID MAKE A POLICE REPORT. THE POLICE ARE
INVOLVED. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THIS SHAKES OUT. BUT I THINK SPECTRUM CLUB HAS
MADE A VERY BIG MISTAKE BY DISCONTINUING MY MEMBERSHIP ESPECIALLY WHEN A
WEEK OR TWO WEEKS BEFORE I MADE A TITLE THREE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
COMPLAINT. ANYONE WHO'S WANTING TO HELP WITH THIS, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.
ONE OF THE THINGS BEFORE THEY GOT RID OF ME AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, THEY GOT RID OF THE SILVER
SNEAKERS. THOSE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS. I SHOULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT AT THAT
TIME. SO NOW WE'RE OVER AT THE CULVER PALMS FAMILY Y AND I HAVE THE PROGRAM
FOR THE FALL GUIDE FOR 2011 WINTER 2012, AND IT'S JUST REALLY FULL OF A LOT
OF THINGS. A LOT OF PROGRAMS FOR KIDS THAT I THINK ARE FAMILY ORIENTED.
THEY HAVE LET'S SEE SEPTEMBER, THE END OF SUMMER COOKOUT. SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2011. OCTOBER, HELP BEAUTIFY YOUR Y. YOUR YMCA WILL BE
DESIGNING AND PAINTING A MURAL. HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE FRIDAY OCTOBER
28TH, 2011. COME IN COSTUME AND EXPERIENCE YOUR WISE TRANSFORMATION.
NOVEMBER, FRIENDSHIP FEST. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22ND. DECEMBER, HOLIDAY
BIZARRE. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY ORIENTED THINGS OVER THERE, AND THE
Y, BECAUSE I WAS A Y KID IS SOMEPLACE WHERE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.
AND THE CULVER PALMS Y IS IN CULVER, 310 390 3604. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN'T
AFFORD A MEMBERSHIP JUST YOU NEED TO TALK TO THEM. THEY DO HAVE SOME
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU LIKE ME WITH DISABILITIES
WHEREAS BEFORE I THINK I MENTIONED AT THE SPECTRUM CLUB THE MANAGER WOULD GO
AND TURN THE HEATER OFF WHILE I WAS IN THE SWIMMING POOL. THEIR WATER IS
WONDERFUL. IT'S WARM AND IT'S JUST GREAT. SO YOU NEED TO GO AND CHECK THAT
OUT.
OKAY. I THINK YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS ABOUT VENUS WILLIAMS
HAVING SJOGREN'S SYNDROME. I HOPE THAT SOMEBODY WILL TELL HER I HAVE IT
TOO. SJOGREN'S SYNDROME BASICALLY YOU FIND IT OUT YOU HAVE A DRY MOUTH, AND
DRY EYES WHICH BECOMES PROBLEMATIC FOR YOU. SO IN SOME OF THE INFORMATION I
HAVE IN MY HOUSE THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ALWAYS CONSIDERED CLUTTER I HAVE
A MAGAZINE CALLED FIBROMYALGIA AWARE. BUT ON PAGE 46 IT TALKS ABOUT DRY
EYES,AND FIBROMYALGIA. THIS IS WRITTEN BY DAVID SHALLEGUA. AND HE TALKS
ABOUT THE FIBROMYALGIA AND THE DRY EYE AND HE MENTIONS THE SJOGREN'S
SYNDROME WHICH IS WHY I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IT UP. DRY EYE IS REDUCED
PRODUCTION OF NORMAL TEARS OR EXCESSIVE DRYING OF TEARS RESULTING IN EYE
SYMPTOMS. HOW OFTEN IS DRY EYE IN FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME. DRY EYE SYNDROME
IS ALSO KNOWN AS I DON'T READ THIS ONE, CONJUNTIVITUS SICCA. AND THAT DRY
EYES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN 15% OF PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA.
FIBROMYALGIA IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND IT'S RELATED TO LUPUS, AND
WHAT IS THOUGHT TO CAUSE DRY EYE SYMPTOMS IN FIBROMYALGIA. ROLE FOR
COMMONLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS, ELOVIL, FLEXORIL, AND IN CAUSING A DRY EYE
SYNDROME AND FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME, OTHERS SUGGEST MORE COMMON CAUSES.
THERE'S A CERTAIN TYPE OF DERMATITIS, ACNE, ROSATIA AND THIS IS THE PART
THAT'S INTERESTING HERE, AND AN AUTOIMMUNE CAUSE FOR DRY EYES IN
FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO SJOGREN'S SYNDROME HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY
SEVERAL INVESTIGATORS. THEY FOUND A SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER OF FIBROMYALGIA
PATIENTS WHO HAVE DRY EYE SYNDROME WITH A POSITIVE ANTI NUCLEAR BODY BUT NO
EVIDENCE OF SJOGREN'S SYNDROME. ON CHANNEL 2 NEWS THE CHIEF OF RHEUMATOLOGY
UCLA WHO WAS MY RHEUMATOLOGIST BEFORE I WAS KICKED OUT BECAUSE THEY FOUND
OUT I THINK I WAS HIV POSITIVE. SO I'M SURE THAT ANYBODY ELSE INCLUDING
VENUS THAT HAS SJOGREN'S SYNDROME YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET PAST IT. I HAVE HAD
VERY VERY GOOD RESULTS WITH ACUPUNCTURE. AS YOU KNOW I'M A ACUPUNCTURE FAN.
IT HELPED ME WITH THE EHLERS DANLOS. SYNDROME, THE ARTHRITIS, AND THE HIV
SYMPTOMS. SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST ANYBODY THAT'S BOTHERED BY DRY EYE TRY
THE ACUPUNCTURE.
AND ALSO WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING HERE IN I'M GOING TO CALL ALL
THIS INFORMATION I HAVE AT MY HOUSE I'M GOING TO CALL IT MY GOODIE BAG OR
BAG OF TRICKS.
GUEST: I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
JANET: THERE WAS A CENTER FOR LUPUS IN ENGLEWOOD WHICH I DID NOT KNOW.
IT'S LOCATED I THINK ON MARKET STREET IN ENGLEWOOD. HERE IT IS, CENTER FOR
LUPUS CARE 100 NORTH HILLCREST BOULEVARD, SUITE 59031. THEY HAD A FUND
RAISER ON JULY THE 30TH AND I HAVE A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER HERE FOR LIZ
SHAW STABLER AND IT'S 310 674 8840. SOME OF US GET THESE ODDBALL THINGS,
AND NOBODY CAN TELL US WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. I THINK IF WE KIND OF POOL OUR
RESOURCES WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SHARE ALL THIS
INFORMATION. AND THAT I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO DISCUSS STUFF ABOUT THESE KIND OF
ODDBALL THINGS, AND DIFFERENT THINGS I'VE TRIED, AND HAVE WORKED FOR ME.
I WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY MENTION AT&T. I HAD A SYSTEM MELTDOWN OVER
THE WEEKEND WITH ALL MY AT&T MY PHONE AND MY UVERSE. AND THERE'S A
SUPERVISOR OUT IN THE VALLEY. HER NAME IS LINDA. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
SO MUCH TO LINDA FOR HER HELP GETTING ME BACK ONLINE WITH ALL MY SERVICES.
I WILL TAKE THIS TIME IF YOU ONLY HAVE A CELL PHONE IF THERE'S A
DISASTER, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE YOUR CELL PHONE IF YOU HAVE NO POWER.
IF YOU HAVE A LAND LINE YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. YOU CAN PUT IT IN FOR AN
EMERGENCY. NOW, LARRY I BUMPED INTO YOU AT BETTY WILSON'S RETIREMENT PARTY.
PLEASE BRING ME UPDATE.
GUEST: FIRST OF ALL, LET'S GO BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET.
JANET: WASN'T IT AT THE RETIREMENT FOR THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL ON
DISABILITY IN THE TOWER.
GUEST: YES.
JANET: AND YOU BROUGHT SOMEBODY I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET. CODY. YOU
BROUGHT A MICHAEL JACKSON IMPERSONATOR TOO. THAT WAS FUN. YOU PUT ON A
VERY GOOD SHOW. AND LARRY IS GOING TO BE AT OUR LUNCHEON. THAT'S ON
OCTOBER 17TH.
GUEST: AND THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. AND THEY CHOSE MY WIFE AND MYSELF TO
BE THE COORDINATORS FOR THE FIRST KAROAKE CONTEST. AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE
FIRST JUDGES TO COME DOWN AT THE QUALITY HOTEL TO JUDGE THE TALENT.
JANET: WE HAD FUN.
GUEST: YES, WE DID.
JANET: WE HAD FUN. AND I REMEMBER MR. GORDY'S BROTHER, AND HIM BEING THERE
AND LOTS OF VERY TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE. SOME VERY SHY PEOPLE, AND I
REMEMBER STANDING ON THE SIDELINES WITH SOME OF THEM SHAKING IN THEIR SHOES
TRYING TO CALM THEM DOWN. I REMEMBER THOSE JITTERS. I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE
EVER DISCUSSED THIS. UNTIL I WAS 15 I WAS A CONCERT PIANIST. AND YOU
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY STAND THERE AND PUT THEIR HAND
ON YOUR SHOULDER, YOU KNOW YOUR ROUTINE. AND KIND OF CALM THEM DOWN. I HAD
FRIENDS THAT USED TO DO THAT FOR ME. I USED TO FREAK OUT. SO IT WAS FUN.
GUEST: THAT'S HOW THEY GOT "AMERICAN IDOL" BECAUSE THEY TAPED MY SHOW.
THEY TOOK IT TO ENGLAND AND THEY CALLED IT KAROAKE AMERICA, AND THEY BROUGHT
IT BACK AS "AMERICAN IDOL", AND IT ALL STARTED HERE.
JANET: I THINK IT WAS A GOOD TEAM EFFORT. WE ALSO HAD OUTTA SIGHT AS
REGULARS, AND OTHER REGULARS. I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER THIS ONE ASIAN KID, I
DON'T KNOW IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I SAW HIM ON "AMERICAN IDOL" OR AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT OR ONE OF THOSE SHOWS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I SAW HIM. BECAUSE HE
WAS VERY GOOD.
GUEST: VERY INCREDIBLE ENTERTAINER. I THINK HIS NAME WAS MERCEDES.
JANET: YES. I LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO
DO POSITIVE THINGS. IT'S REALLY EASY BECAUSE TODAY WE DON'T HAVE THINGS
LIKE THEY HAD BACK IN THE DAY LIKE TEEN POST BECAUSE THERE WERE CONSTRUCTIVE
POSITIVE THINGS TO DO WHERE THEY CAN SEE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND TOM BRADLEY AND
OTHER POSITIVE ROLE MODELS. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS ANYMORE. I EVEN
REMEMBER SOMETHING AT WHAT WAS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ADAPTIVE SKILL CENTER
OVER ON WESTERN WITH SHARON CRITTENDEN.
GUEST: I REMEMBER THAT.
JANET: THAT WAS GOOD. WE DID THESE SHOWS. WE HAD PEOPLE WITH ALL
ABILITIES COMING, AND IT WAS FUN.
GUEST: YES.
JANET: SO ARE YOU STILL WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING? I KNOW WHEN I SAW YOU
YOU HAD A FEW INTERESTING PEOPLE WITH YOU. ONE CONNECTED WITH THE HOLLYWOOD
NEWSPAPER. AND YOU HAD ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WITH YOU THAT WAS DOING SOMETHING
WITH KIDS IN SCHOOL.
GUEST: YES. WARREN FEN IS AN ATTORNEY HELPING US WITH KIDS, AND TRYING TO
ADAPT THEMSELVES IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WARREN FEN HAS BEEN GOING UP TO
BAKERSFIELD AIDING SOME OF THE PARENTS AND SUPPORTING THEM TRYING TO GET
THESE PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE TALENTED AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO
BE ADOPTED INTO THE CLASSROOM. THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING.
JANET: EXCELLENT.
GUEST: I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO GO TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO PERFORM FOR
CONGRESS. I'M THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO PERFORM FOR THE HOUSE OF CHINA.
JANET: YOU'VE BEEN TO CHINA.
GUEST: IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
JANET: I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S PLAYING BASKETBALL IN CHINA. AND MY
SPONSOR'S WIFE IS IN CHINA. MY SPONSOR HAS BEEN IN CHINA. IN ADDITION TO
BEING A DOCTOR, HE'S IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. HE'S AN INTERNATIONALLY RANKED
KICK BOXER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY OR SOMETHING WHERE EVERYBODY CAN
SIT DOWN, AND EXCHANGE THOSE IDEAS.
GUEST: AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE GIVEN THE TITLE, CEO OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE CARRY DELEGATIONS TO CHINA AND ALSO WE HAVE DELEGATIONS FROM CHINA, AND
IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
JANET: GREAT. SO HOW LONG AGO WAS IT THAT YOU WENT TO CHINA?
GUEST: ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. THEY SENT OVER DOCTORS, LAWYERS AND MEDICAL
STUDENTS, AND MARSHA, AND I WE TAKE THEM AROUND TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND
TAKE CARE OF THEM.
JANET: WE HAD SOME OF THEM THROUGH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF PROTOCOL, OFFICER
GLENDA WIENA. WE HAD SOME MEETINGS FROM SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHINA
THAT WERE INTERESTED IN HOW OUR DISABILITY RELATED SERVICES WERE SET UP, AND
IT DOESN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN CHINA AND RUSSIA. WHEREAS
HERE IF YOU'RE WORKING AND YOU HAVE A DISABILITY YOU GO ONE PLACE FOR
WORKMAN'S COMP AND YOU GO SOMEPLACE FOR DISABILITY AND SOMEPLACE ELSE FOR
SOCIAL SECURITY. IN THESE COUNTRIES IT'S ONE PLACE. IT MAKES A LOT MORE
SENSE. IF YOU DON'T QUALIFY FOR THIS YOU'RE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE. A LOT
OF PEOPLE END UP LOSING SOME OF YOUR BENEFITS. I'VE LOST ALL OF MY
BENEFITS. IT'S ALL GONE. I CAN'T GET ANY OF IT.
GUEST: WHY?
JANET: ONE REASON IS BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY I WAS IN WHICH WAS DAY CARE, AND
I DID SOME FILM THEY DID NOT REPORT ACCURATELY MY EARNINGS. THEY WERE
REPORTED UNDER SOMEONE ELSE'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AND SO SOCIAL SECURITY
WON'T CORRECT THAT. AND THEN BECAUSE MY DISABILITY, EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME
FOR THE CAPTIONER WAS NOT INDEXED SO THEY NEVER HEARD OF THAT, THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT UP.
GUEST: OH MY GOD.
JANET: THIS RAN OUT UNTIL MY SUBSTITUTE RAN OUT. IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
ANYBODY ON A FIXED INCOME OR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN TO FIND A
QUALIFIED LEGAL REPRESENTATION. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. I HAD AN ILLEGAL
EVICTION. I STILL YET HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND AN ATTORNEY WITH THAT.
THIS ISSUE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SPECTRUM CLUB, I'M TRYING TO FIND AN
ATTORNEY FOR THAT. IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND AN ATTORNEY WHEN
YOU'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN. THAT'S HOW I LOST ALL MY BENEFITS.
GUEST: I THINK MY COUSIN WARREN FENN WILL HELP YOU.
JANET: THANK YOU. TELL ME HOW YOU HOW YOU HAPPENED TO COME TO THE BETTY
WILSON RETIREMENT PARTY.
GUEST: ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TALKED WITH HER WHAT SHE WANTED FOR HER
RETIREMENT PARTY. AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED. I HADN'T SEEN HER IN SO MANY
YEARS. I MET HER YEARS AGO WITH THE JEFFREY FOUNDATION. BETTY WILSON MADE
ALL KIND OF CONTACTS TO START THAT OPERATION. AS A MATTER OF FACT SHE USED
TO COME TO SOME OF MY SHOWS. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WOMAN IN THE CITY,
THE THINGS SHE DID.
JANET: OH, YES. I THINK THAT THE CITY HAS MADE SOME REALLY BIG MISTAKES,
TWO THAT I CAN THINK OF IN A BUNCH. TWO I'M GOING TO MENTION. ONE IS
GETTING RID OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL ON DISABILITY, AND TWO IS
LETTING BETTY GO. THOSE ARE TWO VERY BIG MISTAKES. BIG, BIG MISTAKES. I'M
HOPING THAT THE RUMOR THAT BETTY IS GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE
COMMISSION, THE CITY COMMISSION, I THINK THAT WILL BE A VERY GOOD THING. I
THINK THEY CAN USE BETTY'S RESOURCES AND BETTY'S DRIVE AND FOCUS TO GET SOME
THINGS DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I GOT A CALL THROUGH THE COUNTY SYSTEM ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT THE CITY
SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED SOME TIME AGO AND WAS TAKEN TO THE COMMISSION, AND THE
COMMISSION PRESIDENT CHOSE TO DISMISS IT WHICH IS GASOLINE REFUELING. IT'S
VERY DIFFICULT IN THE CITY IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY YOU HAVE A PLACARD OR
YOU HAVE A LICENSE PLATE. ON THE BACK OF THE PLACARD IT SAYS THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO PUMP THE GAS FOR YOU. A LOT OF PLACES THEY DON'T WANT TO DO OR
THEY WON'T DO IT. THERE'S A FINE. BUT THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT. WE'VE BEEN
TRYING TO GET A ORDINANCE SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY. YOU'VE GOT TO START
SOMEWHERE SO YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE TO COME OUT SO IT BECOMES A MISDEMEANOR
IF THEY DON'T DO THAT. THAT GETS THEIR ATTENTION AND THEN WE CAN GET GAS.
GUEST: I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.
JANET: YOU NEVER HEARD THAT I WAS BROADSIDED BY THE BACKSIDE OF A FIRE
TRUCK. I HAD BEEN TO THREE OR FOUR GAS STATIONS. MY CAR STOPPED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET. JUST AS THAT ENGINE 94 CAME AROUND THE CORNER, AND
WENT BETWEEN MY VOLKSWAGEN, AND SOME PARKED CARS. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT
GAS STATION AT HILLCREST AND MARTIN LUTHER KING IS GONE. THERE USED TO BE
ANOTHER ONE AT MARTIN LUTHER KING AND CRENSHAW. AND IT'S NOW A KRISPY
KREME. ONCE YOU DO THE PAPERWORK, AND YOU FINALLY PRESS IT, SOMETHING
HAPPENS. IT'S A PROCESS. FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IT'S RIDICULOUS. WE NEED
TO HAVE THIS ORDINANCE.
I GOT A CALL THROUGH CHANNELS FROM THE COUNTY FROM A LADY THAT LIVES
ALL THE WAY IN CARSON. THERE'S GOT TO BE A GAS STATION BETWEEN CRENSHAW AND
CARSON WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR GAS PUMPED. THE ONE I KNOW AND THE ONE I
SUGGEST EVERYBODY GO TO IS THE ONE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING AND IT'S THE VALERO
GAS STATION. AND THEY'LL PUMP IT FOR YOU.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
LUNCHEON REALLY QUICKLY ON OCTOBER THE 17TH, AND YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.LACCOD.ORG, AND CHECK IT OUT OR YOU CAN CALL OUR OFFICE AT 213 974 1053.
GET ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LUNCHEON, AND LARRY IS GOING TO BE THERE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
GUEST: THANK YOU.
JANET: LET'S SEE. WE HAVE WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. I JUST WANT TO
MENTION ONE THING. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DISASTER BEING PREPARED
SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS ONE LITTLE TIP THIS TIME. YOU KNOW THEY MAKE
INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS OF FOOD LIKE THE JELL O MAKES THEM, LIKE THE JELL O
CUPS. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE GOOD THINGS FOR YOU TO PUT IN YOUR DISASTER KIT
BECAUSE IT WILL LAST AND IT WILL KEEP. DON'T FORGET THE LITTLE CHEESE ONES.
THE INDIVIDUAL TUNA THAT'S DONE UP, AND SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS HAVE
DON'T GET GREEDY. WHEN YOU GET ONE PACKAGE OF MAYONNAISE OR MUSTARD GET
TWO. AND PUT THOSE IN YOUR BACKPACK. WHEN YOU GET YOUR TUNA YOU CAN MAKE
YOURSELF A SANDWICH. YOU WANT TO EAT THE STUFF IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR FIRST.
STAY OUT OF THE FREEZER. KEEP IT COLD AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AND DON'T
FORGET TO STOCK UP ON YOUR PAPER GOODS. THE PAPER PLATES AND STUFF ARE ON
SALE. GO OUT AND GET SOME OF THOSE. I THINK THAT'S IT.
GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.
JANET: ANYTIME. PLEASE COME BACK. DON'T FORGET TO COME TO OUR LUNCHEON.
YOU CAN CONTACT US AT 213 974 1053.
BYE, GAY.
[END]
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TRANSCRIPT: REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM **PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO** 7/20/11 [MUSIC PLAYING] JANET: GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE DISABILITY NETWORK. AND MY NAME IS JANET NEAL, AND WE ARE SPONSORED BY THE L.A. COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, CAPTIONING BY THE L.A. COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, AND I THINK WE HAVE OUR CHIEF HEAD CAPTIONER ON THE LINE. GUEST: YOU HAVE THE GREATEST OF ALL CAPTIONERS. HA HA. I'M A LITTLE BETTER. JANET: I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT. SANDY WAS UNDER THE WEATHER A BIT LAST TIME WE WERE ON THE AIR. I'M GLAD TO HEAR SHE'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. GUEST: I'M GETTING THERE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE THE CAPTIONING LINK. JANET: YES, PLEASE. GUEST: GRAB A PEN OR PENCIL, AND IT IS KIND OF A LONG LINK. IT IS HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT. JANET: PLEASE. GUEST: HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANETAND IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT OR WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THE CAPTIONING PLEASE CONTACT ME INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM. WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM. I'M GOING TO THANK GAY FOR THE CAPTIONING. I'M GOING TO SIGN OFF MYSELF. JANET: WE'RE HAVING OUR INSTALLATION, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER THINGS. IT SHOULD BE VERY COOL, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH GAY AHEAD OF TIME TOO. ALL RIGHT. SANDY. DO ME A FAVOR. PLEASE TAKE CARE. GUEST: I AM. THANK YOU. JANET: WE WANT YOU ALL HEALED UP AND WELL. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BECOME PART OF THE WALKING WOUNDED. GUEST: I WILL MISS YOU TODAY. BUT HAVE A GOOD ONE. JANET: TAKE CARE. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE IS I WANT TO GO OVER THE AGENDA BEFORE I INTRODUCE MY GUEST WHO IS WILLIAM KIDSTON. WE LOST HARLEY ON JUNE 20TH, 2011. HE HAD BEEN ILL FOR A WHILE, AND I DON'T KNOW. SOMETIMES PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THE CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT ON THEM. I THINK HARLEY KNEW AND HE KIND OF START PULLING BACK ON HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COMMISSION WHICH CAUSED ME A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN. I REALLY WORKED QUITE CLOSELY WITH HARLEY AND I'M GOING TO MISS HARLEY A LOT. THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE LONG BEACH MAY KNOW HARLEY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ITEM 3 IS ELECTION OF OFFICERS. THIS IS MY LAST TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION. I AM HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, AND JOHN TROUST WILL BE THE PRESIDENT, AND SINCE NO ONE IS RUNNING AGAINST US I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TURN OUT LIKE THAT. 4, DISCUSSION TO PAY FOR THE TOTAL RECALL CAPTIONING FOR THE SHOW FOR THE YEAR. 5, IS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE REFRESHMENTS FOR INSTALLATION WHICH IS TODAY. THEN 10 IS ACCESS SERVICES REPORT. BY GIOVANI GOGREVE. 11 IS REPORT FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ACCESS BOARD WHICH IS CURT HAGAN. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY THEY'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND THEN 14 MATTERS NOT POSTED. UNDER THE COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION. 15, PUBLIC COMMENT. 16, ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS. 17, ADJOURNMENT. SO NOW THAT I HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS OUT OF THE WAY WE CAN GET TO THE FUN PART. AND I'LL RE INTRODUCE MY GUEST. WOULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF LIKE THE OLD WHAT'S MY LINE TV SHOW. GUEST: WILLIAM ANTHONY KIDSTON. I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR 18 YEARS. JANET: I MET WILLIAM WHEN I WAS DOING A TV SHOW THAT THE CITY HAD CALLED THE DISABILITY FORUM HOSTED BY MITCH POMERANTZ, AND AFTER THE SHOW HE KIND OF ASKED ME ABOUT THE COMMISSION AND WHAT THEY DID. OUR ANNUAL EVENT AND HE CAME OVER, AND VOLUNTEERED AND HAS BEEN TAKING PICTURES FOR US. THIS YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY PHOTOGRAPHER BECAUSE OUR LONG STANDING PHOTOGRAPHER GENE YOUNG IS NOT AVAILABLE SO THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT NOW. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR WORK, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. PLEASE CONTINUE. GUEST: WELL, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU INSTANTLY, AND OUT OF THE MESSAGE THAT YOU STOOD FOR. I ENJOYED WORKING ON THE SHOW. I WORKED AS A CAMERAMAN ON THE SHOW. I GOT TO WORK WITH A LOT OF THE HANDICAPPED MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. AND I FELT I WAS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE STUDIO PART, AND WHICH I ENJOYED. I ENJOYED DOING, AND INTERACTING WITH ALL OF THE GUESTS. JANET: I LIKE LIVE TV. WHEN I WAS A KID I WANTED MY OWN TV SHOW. I USED TO WATCH ART LINKLETTER. I WANTED TO BE ART LINKLETTER OR SOUPY SALES. I FELT THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO. AND I WANTED TO BRING INFORMATION TO PEOPLE. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME PRODUCTION TO GET SOME PROGRAMMING BACK ON AT LEAST CABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I THINK THERE'S NOT ANYTHING OUT THERE. I ALREADY KNOW YOU HAVE THE SKILLS TO DO THAT. GUEST: YES. JANET: I'M LOOKING FORWARD THAT. SO THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU I GAVE YOU A PHOTOGRAPH, A PICTURE. BUT A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, AND SINCE I GAVE YOU THAT ARTICLE I'VE HAD FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE APPROACH ABOUT IT. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS. WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. GUEST: IT'S PART OF THE VISION THAT I CREATED ABOUT SEVEN YEARS IN MY WISH. IT'S ABOUT HAVING MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WHO'RE CHALLENGED. I HAVE ONE EYE SINCE THE AGE OF 14. I'VE BEEN WORKING PHOTOGRAPHER AND CAMERAMAN FOR YEARS. I WEAR THE EYE PATCH. I WEAR IT BECAUSE I CAN'T CLOSE THE LEFT EYE. AND I WEAR IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS SEXY. JANET: I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE PEOPLE MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT VISION AND WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF DOING WHEN IT'S LIKE I REMEMBER THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER JACE SENELLI. ONE OF THE BULLETS CAUGHT HIM IN THE EYE. AND LAPD SORRY THERE'S NO MONOCULAR COP. WE DUG UP THREE OR FOUR COPS THAT HAD ONE EYE. GUEST: ON MY RADAR WHAT I'VE SEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BACK IN '88 THROUGH '89. ONE OF THE TRAINING OFFICERS HAPPENED TO BE IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND SINCE THEN I THINK IT'S BEEN BECOME VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY NOW. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE COVER THE USA TODAY A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A SOLDIER WITH AN ARTIFICIAL RIGHT LEG OR THEY SHOWED HIM MARCHING THROUGH THE MUD WITH THE ARTIFICIAL MUD, WITH THE NEW PROSTHESES. JANET: THE TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL ANYMORE. PLUS THEY'RE TRANSPLANTING HANDS AND FACES AND WHO KNOWS WHAT. THEY'VE DONE HEARTS AND KIDNEYS, AND LIVER FOR LONG TIME. GUEST: WE'RE BECOMING MORE BIOTIC NOW. JANET: HECK YEAH. I NEED SOME BIOTIC BACK AND KNEES AND STUFF. GUEST: MAYBE A BIOTIC BRAIN TOO. GUEST: BUT REALLY WHY I'M HERE TOO IS TO SHARE THE VISION OF THE SPIRIT WHICH YOU'RE A PART OF THIS. I HAD THIS IDEA AND IT WAS LIKE GOING TO BE ME. I REALIZED VERY QUICKLY IT'S A GLOBAL COMMUNITY PROJECT, AND WHAT THE PROJECT IS SIMPLY PHOTOGRAPH MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN A BLACK AND WHITE OR SEPIA TONE FORMAT LIKE ANSEL ADAMS, LIKE WETSON WOULD HAVING THE PRINTS BE 20 BY 30 IN SIZE. PHOTOGRAPHING THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN IN CONTEXT WHAT MAKES THEM ALIVE. IT'S NOT DOING STUDIO PORTRAITS. IT'S PHOTOGRAPHING THE SOLDIER WITH ONE LEG. JANET: THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE PICTURE I GAVE YOU. IT WAS A DANCE TROUPE THAT'S ABLE BODIED, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY. WHERE YOU HAVE A WHEELCHAIR IT BECOMES PART OF THE DANCE AS OPPOSED TO AS A HINDERANCE. IT MADE ME THINK THERE WAS A BODYBUILDER THAT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. YOU KNOW HOW HE WON. HE THREW HIMSELF OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR, AND POSED ON THE FLOOR. IT GOT THE JUDGE'S ATTENTION. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT LIMIT THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE THINKS. GUEST: YES. JANET: THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT, IT SHOWS PEOPLE IN A FAVORABLE LIGHT. I THINK I MENTIONED MY FRIEND MIKE HODGE DOUBLE AMPUTEE. I HAD HEARD HE WAS DECEASED. I'M WATCHING TV, AND THERE'S MIKE JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRPLANE SKY DIVING. THERE ARE THE ONLY LIMITS THAT YOU HAVE REALLY ARE THE ONES YOU PUT ON YOURSELF. GUEST: THAT'S RIGHT. JANET, WE HAVE MORE HANDICAPS MENTALLY WHERE WE TALK OURSELVES OUT OF DOING SOMETHING. JANET: I STILL DO THAT. GUEST: OR EVEN HAVING A FEAR OF HEIGHTS. WITH ONE EYE I HAVE A FEAR OF HEIGHTS. JANET: I'VE GOT TWO, AND I'VE GOT THAT AS AN ISSUE. JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DISABILITY. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PERSON. GUEST: WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS MADE INTO 30 BY 40 POINTS PRINTS. AND TO HAVE A HUNDRED OF THEM. AND HAVE THEM DISPLAYED IN MUSEUMS, AND GALLERIES, AND POSTCARDS. IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO GO THE MUSEUM, AND SHATTER ANYTHING THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT HANDICAPPED MEN AND WOMEN. WE'RE ALL THE SAME. JANET: MY THEORY OR MY SLOGAN THAT I BORROWED FROM THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE WITH THE LITTLE PIN AND THE COMMISSION USES IT WHICH IS DISABLED DOESN'T MEAN UNABLE. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ILLUSTRATING THROUGH IT DOESN'T. GUEST: THAT'S RIGHT. JANET: DO YOU EVER WATCH CIRQUE DE SOLIEL PERFORMANCES? GUEST: YES. JANET: THERE'S A GUY THAT INCORPORATES THE CRUTCHES INTO THE DANCE. GUEST: THE WHEELCHAIR IS PART OF THE ART FORM OF THE DANCE. YOU WOULD THINK THIS IS NOT A PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON, THAT THEY'RE USING THE WHEELCHAIR ON PURPOSE FOR THE SHOW BUT INSTEAD OF THAT THEY INCORPORATED THE GENTLEMAN IN THE WHEELCHAIR AS THEY USED THE CHAIR AS A GYMNAST. HE HAD A DANCE IN THE CHAIR, AND FULLY EXTENDING THEIR HANDS, EVERY ARM IS UP, AND THE AUDIENCE IS MOVED BY THE FACT THAT THIS PERSON IS IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND WOW THIS PERSON IS LIVING THEIR LIFE FULLY. THEY'RE UNSTOPPABLE. IT'S WHAT THE PROJECT IS. IT'S TO HAVE THE WORK BECOME SO MAINSTREAM. YOU GO TO THE GALLERIES, AND THEN YOU START TO REALIZE THESE PEOPLE ARE UNSTOPPABLE. THAT IT'S REALLY THOSE TO SHATTER ALL OF THE MYTHS ABOUT HANDY CAPABLE PEOPLE. JANET: TO HELP THOSE OF US THAT THINK WE CAN'T. AND USE THAT TO COOK YOUR WAGON IF THIS PERSON CAN DO THIS I CAN TRY. GUEST: IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT IT'S FIRST HAVING PEOPLE GET A BARRIER, AND BECOME SO MAINSTREAM. WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR YOU CAN TALK TO THEM NORMALLY ABOUT BEING IN A WHEELCHAIR. MAYBE THEY HAVE ONE LEG, AND WALK ON CRUTCHES. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T HAVE THIS LITTLE BARRIER. REALLY THE CONTEXT IS TO BECOME SO MUCH OF OUR COMMUNITY OUT THERE THAT IT SHATTERS ALL OF THAT. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LEG, AND WELL I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY. AND BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT. JANET: PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP OH IF THAT WAS ME. IT WOULD MAKE ME SO SAD. I DON'T WANT TO UPSET THIS PERSON BUT OFTEN YOU LOOK THEM IN THE EYE JUST LIKE YOU DO ANYBODY ELSE, AND SAY HI HOW YOU DOING. GUEST: YOU AND I ARE THAT'S PART OF OUR WAY OF BEING. WE FIND WE DEAL WITH THAT UNCOMFORTABLENESS, AND I SEE THE REASON I KIND OF WORK WITH THEM GETTING OVER THAT LITTLE BARRIER WITH ME. JANET: I GREW UP WITH A BUNCH OF AWKWARDNESS AND I GREW UP IN A SCRAPPY NEIGHBORHOOD. I KIND OF GOT TREATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. I LEARNED TO DEAL WITH THAT JUST HEAD ON BECAUSE THEY WERE MY NEIGHBORS, AND IT'S LIKE OKAY MAYBE YOU DON'T LIKE ME OR WHATEVER FOR WHATEVER REASON I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BUT YOU'RE STILL MY NEIGHBOR AND I'M GOING TO TREAT YOU WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, AND WHAT HAPPENED THOSE BARRIERS KIND OF START MELTING. I STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE FRIENDS THAT I MADE BACK WHEN I WAS GOING TO VIRGINIA ROAD WHEN IT WAS ONE THIRD BLACK, ONE THIRD ASIAN, AND ONE THIRD ANGLO, AND WE WERE TAUGHT TO GET ALONG, AND THINGS LIKE DISABILITY WERE KIND OF BLENDED INTO THE MIX. IT WASN'T AN ISSUE AT ALL, AND OFTEN WHEN YOU LET KIDS WORK THINGS OUT FOR THEMSELVES THEY WILL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LEG. HOW COME YOU HAVE THAT PATCH THERE. IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN, AND OH THEN THEY SKIP OFF, AND THOSE THINGS STICK WITH THEM. I MET A PERSON WHO HAD ONE LEG, AND IT WAS OKAY AND THEY TALKED TO ME, AND TREATED ME WITH DIGNITY, AND RESPECT. YOU KNOW THAT'S A TOP OF MY LIST IS DIGNITY, AND RESPECT. IT'S AN ETHICAL ISSUE WITH ME JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A DISABILITY IS NO REASON TO DIS RESPECT THEM. THERE ARE A LOT OF JERKS OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE GIVE RESPECT TO. I THINK SOMEONE THREW SOME SHAVING CREAM AT ONE OF THEM YESTERDAY. THAT PERSON I THINK HAS A DISABILITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT DISABILITY IS BETWEEN THE EARS. GUEST: YES. JANET: IT'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL CAPABLE. GUEST: YES. JANET: SOMETHING I LEARNED FROM MARY KAY. ANYTHING THAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE YOU CAN ACHIEVE. MAYBE I CAN'T RUN AS FAST AS SOMEBODY ELSE BUT I'M GOING TO GET THERE, AND I CAN RUN FOR ME SO I FEEL THE SAME EXPERIENCES AS RUNNING AS YOU DO. I THINK THAT'S ALL WE SHOULD DO. GUEST: YOU TALKED ABOUT SLIGHTLY BUT IT IS DISCRIMINATION. JANET: YES. GUEST: I KNOW WITH THE COUNTY AND CITY THEY HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OFFICE WAS CREATED BECAUSE OF THAT. I CAN'T IMAGINE 100 OR 50 YEARS AGO HOW THE HANDICAPPED WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. JANET: THEY WERE LEFT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. GUEST: I GREW UP FOR THE MOST PART WITH ONE EYE, AND I WORKED WITH MEN AND WOMEN WHO'RE HANDY CAPABLE. THEY PUT THEM AWAY LIKE THEY DID A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. JANET: THEY DIDN'T FEED THEM. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE USELESS, AND WORTHLESS. I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT I HAVE SOMETHING CALLED EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP AT EDNF.ORG. BECAUSE THEY WON'T GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION. THEY WANT YOU TO PAY FOR IT. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT. THEY TELL US WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED AND I WAS DIAGNOSED LATE WELL TELL THE PARENT TO TELL THE CHILD NOT TO PLAY ANY CONTACT SPORTS. DOCTOR THIS IS AN ADULT. OH WELL SINCE THIS IT'S GENETIC AND IT'S IN MY FAMILY. I HAD ONE OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S SISTERS THAT THEY JUST STUCK HER IN A HOSPITAL BED. IN A ROOM BUT SHE WAS AT HOME. THIS WAS ALL THEY KNEW TO DO AT THE TIME. OFTEN THEY WOULD PUT YOU IN A INSTITUTION. SHE HAD A BRAIN TUMOR, AND HAD WHAT THEY CALLED HYSTERICAL PARALYSIS. SHE NEVER GOT UP AND WALKED. I COULD SEE SHE COULD MOVE. THE CONNECTIONS WEREN'T MADE. THE RESOURCES WEREN'T AVAILABLE AND NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE. SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME. BECAUSE AGAIN MY DEAR AUNT NEVA. HER AND I WOULD HAVE SOME OF THE MOST INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSIONS. I WAS LIKE 7, 8 YEARS OLD. I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE TO SEE WELL THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE. WHAT CAN WE TALK ABOUT. I LIKE DOING THAT. I LIKE DOING THAT A LOT. I THINK THAT CAME WITH ME WHEN I WAS TEACHING NURSERY SCHOOL. WHEN I TAUGHT NURSERY SCHOOL I HAD THE PRESCHOOL SWEAT HOGS. AND I TALKED TO THEM JUST LIKE I TALK TO YOU. I EXPLAINED THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN MY CLASS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS IN TROUBLE. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I RAN INTO ONE OF THOSE KIDS I HADN'T SEEN HIM SINCE HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD AND HE FLAGGED ME DOWN ON THE STREET, AND HE RECOGNIZED ME AND I THINK IT WAS THE VOLKSWAGEN AND HE'S 40 YEARS OLD WITH GRAY HAIR. BUT HE STILL REMEMBERED THAT CONNECTION THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE WITH PEOPLE. GUEST: YES. JANET: I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR I'M GOING TO CALL IT YOUR ART. GUEST: YES. THANK YOU. AND IT'S REALLY I HAVE YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE FOLKS TO HAVE IMMORTALIZED ABOUT THEIR PASSION OR SELF ESTEEM SHIFT BY DOING A GREAT PORTRAIT WHERE THEY SEE THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY. EVEN WITH WEDDINGS I'VE DONE. I'VE COME FROM THE CONTEXT MAKING YOU LOOK GOOD. I LOVE PEOPLE. I WANT YOU TO LOOK GOOD BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE THE INNER BEAUTY. IT'S HAVING THE PERSON THAT WE'RE PHOTOGRAPHING SEE THAT BUT ALSO THE REST OF THE WORLD. WHEN THE PERSON SEES THAT THEY CAN LOOK WITHIN THEMSELVES. SHATTER ALL THE MYTHS ABOUT THE HANDICAPPED MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND ALSO TO LOOK AT ORDINARY PEOPLE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANY DIFFERENT. NO DISCRIMINATION, NO. JANET: I'M NOT ASKING TO BE TAKE THE HEAD OF THE LINE. DON'T MAKE ME STAND THERE. GIVE ME A NUMBER. GUEST: WE'RE LIKE ANYONE ELSE. IF WE'RE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WE GET BITTER, AND ANGRY. JANET: I GET EVEN. IF YOU'RE DOING IT TO ME YOU'RE DOING IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. I NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENS. DON'T LET ME SEE SOMEBODY ELSE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. THERE WAS A THING ON TV YESTERDAY ABOUT A MEMBER OF THE LAKERS THAT PARKS IN THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE, AND HE'S NEVER BEEN CITED. I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THAT. GUEST: YES. JANET: THAT'S THE END OF THAT. IF MY FRIEND CHIEF PRICE HADN'T BEEN RETIRED FROM THE POLICE. THEY ALL KNOW WHO IT IS, AND THEY PARK THERE ALL THE TIME. NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING TO HIM, AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. GUEST: I'VE DONE THAT MANY TIMES. I'VE GONE UP TO SOMEBODY THAT PARKED. AND I WILL APPROACH THEM, AND GET ON MY PHONE, AND THEY WERE GOING IN THE BANK, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO MOVE THEIR CAR. WHAT PEOPLE THEY SEE THAT SPOT MAY BE EMPTY ALL THE TIME. WHEN YOU'RE THERE. YOU DON'T REALIZE PEOPLE DO USE IT. WHEN THEY PULL UP THEY NEED THAT SPOT. JANET: I THINK THEY SHOULD GET OVER IT. JUST GET OVER IT. GUEST: IT'S 16 FEET TO GET TO THE DOOR, AND THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS THAT SPACE. JANET: I THINK THEY SHOULD GET OVER IT. I'M JUST GOING TO BE HERE FOR A MINUTE. THAT'S LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO DIAL PARKING ENFORCEMENT. ONE OF THE WAYS I TRY TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE I HAND THEM MY CARD. I WANT TO REMIND YOU TO PUT YOUR PLACARD UP THERE. IT'S UP TO ME TO CALL PARKING ENFORCEMENT. SOMETIMES THEY REALLY DO HAVE THE PLACARD AND THEY'VE FORGOTTEN TO PUT IT UP THERE. I TRY TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A BUNCH OF LIP. GET IN THE CAR. MOVE AWAY. DIAL PARKING ENFORCEMENT, AND GET THAT TICKET. BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE THINGS ARE GOING WE NEED MORE REVENUE TO GO INTO THE CITY, STATE, COUNTY COFFERS. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT'S PARKED ILLEGALLY IN A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE PLEASE CALLING PARKING ENFORCEMENT. IF NOT DIAL 311. THAT'S JUST ONE OF MY PET PEEVES. I THINK I WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET BACK ON MY FEET AFTER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SIX MONTHS, AND I CAN'T PARK. AT THE TIME IT WAS DRUG DEALERS AND GANG MEMBERS THAT WERE USING THEM. THEY FIGURED IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. BUT ANYWAY, SO WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT GET YOUR PROJECT GOING OR ARE YOU STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES. GUEST: BOTH. WHAT I'VE DONE I'VE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM OF ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH AND GRAPHIC ARTIST, AND YOU'RE AN ADVISOR/ARTIST, CREATIVE ENERGY AND WHAT I DID LIKE WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN I PUT THE TEAM TOGETHER I I HAVE ONE EYE THEN MY FRIEND PATRICIA SHE'S BLIND, AND SHE'S RIGHT SHE'S WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOK YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM OF SPIRIT IS ALIVE. WE DO HAVE A DOMAIN NAME. MY BROTHER HE'S MY FIRST OFFICIAL SPONSOR SO WE'VE HAD THE DOMAIN NAME FOR I GUESS SINCE LAST DECEMBER. JANET: OKAY. GUEST: WE'RE WORKING ON BUILDING THE WEBSITE. FROM THAT WE'RE GOING TO START TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, AND GETTING GRANT MONEY, AND SPONSORSHIP MONEY. JANET: I'VE NEVER DONE ONE. BUT MY NIECE. GUEST: SHE'S ON THE BOARD. JANET: I'LL MAKE HER SHOW ME HOW TO BE A GRANT WRITER. GUEST: AS THE TEAM COMES TOGETHER EXPONENTIALLY. PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON BOARD, AND EVERYTHING IS MOVING WITH VELOCITY. IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER IN A GREAT WAY THAT. THE NEXT STEP NOW WHAT DO I DO. IT'S GROWING. JANET: WE'VE GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT. GIVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE ANYONE IS INTERESTED. GUEST: 310 739 6904, AND THEN E MAIL KIDSTON7730@GMAIL.COM. JANET: SO MUCH. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON JANET'S PLANET. [END] PLEASE JOIN US EACH MONTH, 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY, AT 9:30AM PACIFIC TIME ON THE RADIO AND LIVE REALTIME CAPTIONING ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET WHEN: 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, 9:30-10:00AM PACIFIC TIME "JANET'S PLANET" AIRS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH - CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY JANET NEAL, TOTAL RECALL CAPTIONING, AND OTHER VALUED SPONSORS. "THE DISABILITY NETWORK" AIRS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. "THE DISABILITY NETWORK" IS SPONSORED BY LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, WWW.LACCOD.ORG. LET THEM KNOW YOU WANT THIS SHOW CAPTIONED EACH AND EVERY MONTH! 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JANET’S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES 7/6/11
REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER JANET NEAL’S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW JANET’S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM **PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO** 7/6/11 THIS IS OUR ANNUAL SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THE GOOD PEOPLE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE OUTTA SIGHT. YEAH. AND WE HAVE DR. RAMIREZ. HELLO. SPONSOR, AND WE ALSO HAVE WILLIAM KIDSTON. HELLO. AND I THINK WE HAVE SANDY HERE SOMEPLACE. YOU THINK RIGHT. AND I THINK WE HAVE RAY. GOOD MORNING JANET. GOOD MORNING. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A SAFE, SAFE, SAFE HOLIDAY. SANDY LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY TO GET THIS GOING. GRAB A PEN. IT'S HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET I WILL DO THAT AGAIN. IT'S HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT OR YOU ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE CAPTIONING, GIVE ME AN E MAIL AT INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM. JANET: THANK YOU, SANDY SO MUCH. GUEST: YOU'RE WELCOME. JANET: WE USUALLY DO A TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS THIS MONTH EVERY YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU LOCAL LISTENERS. I'D LIKE TO RIGHT NOW MENTION THE FACT THAT WE LOST ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ON THE 20TH OF LAST MONTH. MR. HARLEY RUBINSTEIN WHO WAS A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO I'M GOING TO ASK ROBERT IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SINGING A SONG RIGHT NOW AS A TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS. MY FAVORITE SONG THAT YOU DO. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE FOR THOSE THAT WON'T GET TO HEAR IT BUT FOR THOSE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, HERE'S ROBERT. GUEST: MY PLEASURE. GOD BLESS EVERYONE. [MUSIC]. JANET: GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB ROBERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW HARLEY WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M GOING TO MISS HARLEY A LOT. HARLEY WAS DEFINITELY SOMEBODY I'M GOING TO MISS A LOT. WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES OUT THERE AFTER COMMISSION MEETINGS HE WOULD CALL ME, AND SAY WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT. HIM AND LATE COMMISSIONER HAMILTON. WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE THINGS. I'M GOING TO MISS HIM AS I MISS ERNEST HAMILTON. SINCE WE'RE DOING A TRIBUTE. ERNEST WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE I WANT TO COMMEMORATE. WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE STILL AROUND I'D LIKE TO MENTION. WE HAVE A MICHAEL HODGE. MICHAEL WAS A DOUBLE AMPUTEE. VIETNAM VETERAN. I CALL HIM WELL, THE CULVER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLS HIM IRON MIKE. I'VE KNOWN MIKE SINCE HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD. HE WAS A FRIEND A BROTHER OF MY BEST FRIEND. AND MIKE HAS BEEN A MARINE SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, AND HE'S STILL A MARINE. AND TO WILLIAM BERRY. TO BILL SPILLER, TO STEVE GURNEY MCNAIR. THANKS GUYS. AND THANKS FOR HELPING OUT BY SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. I WANT TO MENTION I HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF OUR SHOW. IT'S ANOTHER WAY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET CONFUSED WITH ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S CALLING THEMSELVES JANET'S PLANET. I'M JANET'S PLANET L.A.. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO GO OVER THERE IS THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE THE SAME THING, INTRODUCTION, APPROVAL OF THEIR MINUTES. PUBLIC COMMENT. L.A. WORLD AIRPORT. SPECIAL ED. DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY. DISCUSSION. STRATEGIES TO PROTECT THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY. I THINK IT'S TIME THE COMMISSION DID SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY. THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. STATE LEGISLATION ON DISABILITY. 9, AIDS COORDINATORS. 11 PUBLIC COMMENT. 12 NEW BUSINESS. ON THE CITY NEW BUSINESS END MS. BETTY WILSON WHO IS BASICALLY AN ICON IN THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT IS RETIRED AS OF JUNE 30TH FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY. GOING TO MISS BETTY AND I'M HOPING WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND A GIVE A NICE SEND OFF FOR BETTY, AND ALSO STEVE, JIMMY PRICE OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT. ANYTIME WE'VE HAD ANY PARKING ENFORCEMENT ISSUES CHIEF PRICE HAS STEPPED UP FOR US. I'M SORRY THAT CHIEF PRICE IS GONE. I BELIEVE HE'S GOT UP WITH THE POLITICAL BALONEY. BUT HE'S GONE, AND I JUST HOPE WHOEVER REPLACES HIM HAS AS MUCH RESPECT FOR US AS HE DID. NOW I'M GOING TO GO ON TO MY GUEST MR. RAY MUELLER. GUEST: GREAT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? JANET: I'M DOING OKAY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR ME. I HAVE MY DOCTOR HERE. HE'S GOING TO WORK THAT OUT FOR ME I'M SURE. SO YOU WANTED WE WANTED TO TALK TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER ASBESTOS ISSUES WE HAD STARTED LAST MONTH. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUE AND TALK ABOUT THE VETERANS. GUEST: CERTAINLY. EVERY YEAR WE LOSE SOMEWHERE 600 TO 1,000 VETERANS AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXPOSURE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES AND SPECIFICALLY AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS. THESE MEN AND WOMEN DIE OF A DISEASE CALLED MESOTHELIOMA WHICH IS AN INCURABLE CANCER WHICH IS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS. THERE IS A NUMBER OF THE MILITARY OF OUR VETERANS WERE EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS. IN THE NAVY THERE WAS ASBESTOS OVER THE PIPES PROBABLY OVER WHERE YOU WERE SLEEPING. THEY WERE ON BOARD ON SHIP. THERE WERE ASBESTOS IN THE GASKET MATERIAL IN THE PUMPS AND VALVES THAT PEOPLE WERE CHANGING. THERE WAS GASKET COVERING THE BOILERS AND THE ENGINE ROOMS. SO THE EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS IS EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT FOR ANY VETERAN WHO SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES. AND PART OF WHAT I DO IS REPRESENT THOSE VETERANS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY DO COME DOWN WITH LUNG CANCER OR MESOTHELIOMA, WITH ANOTHER DISEASE CALLED ASBESTOSIS WHICH IS A SCARRING OF THE LUNGS THAT OCCURS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AS TO THE EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS. JANET: DID THEY JUST NOT KNOW, ARE THEY JUST NO ANSWER TO THAT. GUEST: YOU WOULDN'T KNOW, THE PEOPLE THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED. JANET: THAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED OR THE ASBESTOS WAS BAD STUFF? GUEST: SO THE LATENCY PERIOD WHICH IS THE TIME TO DEVELOP THE CANCER FROM EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 40 YEARS. WHAT HAPPENS A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO I REPRESENT CURRENTLY SERVED OUR NATION IN THE KOREAN WAR, IN WORLD WAR II. I HAVE A NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO SERVED OUR NATION IN VIETNAM. SO THEY REALLY DON'T WHEN THEY COME DOWN WITH THIS DISEASE. UNLESS THEY'VE HAD BREATHING PROBLEMS THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED THEY HAVE IT. ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO GET TO THE VETERANS'S ORGANIZATIONS, AND EDUCATE PEOPLE THEY SHOULD GO INTO THE VA AND GET IF THEY CAN A CHEST X RAY ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING ANY BREATHING DIFFICULTY OR GET A SPIRAL CT SCAN, AND THAT WAY THE DOCTORS CAN SEE ON THEIR SCAN IF THERE'S ANY ASBESTOS SCARRING OR SPOTS ON THEIR LUNGS. JANET: WOW. I KNOW DR. RAMIREZ HAS BEEN DOING SOME STUFF WITH CANCER. BECAUSE BEFORE MY DAD DIED, A FEW YEARS BEFORE MY DAD DIED WE STARTED THE ACUPUNCTURE. I THINK IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? GUEST: I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY WHEN BASICALLY RECENTLY A LOT OF THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER SHOWING THAT ACUPUNCTURE, AND HERBAL MEDICINE CAN FACILITATE ALL OF THE WESTERN TREATMENTS SO USUALLY IT'S ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO DO THEM BOTH TOGETHER. AS THE ACUPUNCTURE, AND THE HERBAL MEDICINE CAN MINIMIZE A LOT OF THE THERAPIES. JANET: DOES IT MAKE THE TREATMENTS MORE TOLERABLE FOR THE PATIENT? GUEST: YES. IN MOST CASES AND IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED IN ENOUGH CASES IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL FEEL THE RELIEF FROM THE SIDE EFFECTS. JANET: BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WELL, MY DAD HAD THESE REAL GRUMPY DAYS. AFTER HE STARTED THE ACUPUNCTURE IT SEEMS HE WAS A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE. BECAUSE I WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE DIED. TO ME HE DIDN'T SEEM TO SUFFER AT ALL. WHICH FOR WHAT I KNOW FROM CANCER THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAPPEN. GUEST: NO, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. ESPECIALLY THE TYPE OF CANCER THAT HE HAD IT COULD CAUSE A LOT OF PAIN, AND BUT YOUR DAD ACTUALLY WAS VERY JOVIAL. MORE TALKATIVE THAN BEFORE WE STARTED TREATMENT. JANET: YEAH. HE DID. SO IS THIS CONSISTENT WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW ABOUT, RAY. GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. LAST WEEK I WAS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AT THE MESIO SYMPOSIUM. WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE AND THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE ACUPUNCTURE MAY ACTUALLY RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER TREATMENT SUCH AS DRY MOUTH, AND PAIN AND NAUSEA VOMITING, AND ACUPUNCTURE IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE WHO'RE SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND ACTIVELY SEEKING TREATMENT. JANET: WOW. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR BECAUSE I THINK FOR MY AUDIENCE THIS IS NEW INFORMATION FOR SOME OF THEM. WHAT SHOULD THEY DO? ARE THERE TESTS THAT THEY CAN TAKE? WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS SHOULD THEY HAVE WITH THE DOCTOR IF THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED? GUEST: IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, AND YOU EXPERIENCE ANY BREATHING DIFFICULTY AT ALL OR STARTING TO NOTICE SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND REMEMBER YOU SERVED ON ANY SORT OF SHIP IN THE MILITARY, OR IF YOU WORKED, FOR INSTANCE, ON A FIRE CREW IN THE MILITARY, IF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION IN THE MILITARY, YOU REALLY NEED TO GO IN TO THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL AND SHARE THAT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AND TELL THEM YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS AND ASK THEM FOR A CHEST X RAY OR A CT, SPIRAL CT SCAN TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY PLEURA THICKENING OR SPOTTING ON YOUR BONES. OUR FIRM ACTUALLY SPECIALIZES IN THIS AREA. I CAN GIVE YOU OUR NUMBER. JANET: PLEASE. GUEST: I WORK AT THE ASBESTOS LEGAL ORGANIZATION. IT'S 1 800 970 DUST. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. THE ONE THING I WANT TO LET VETERANS KNOW WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS, THERE ARE LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SET ASIDE IN AN ASBESTOS TRUST THAT'S COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE SUFFERING FROM THESE DISEASES. IF YOU HAVE THESE DISEASES WE CAN GO AHEAD AND APPLY TO THOSE TRUSTS AND GET YOU MONEY FOR YOUR MEDICAL CARE AND FOR YOUR FAMILY SO THAT IF YOU'RE LEAVING SOMEBODY BEHIND THEY'D BE TAKEN CARE OF. 1 800 970 DUST. I JUST WANT PEOPLE OUT THERE IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THESE SYMPTOMS TO KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID. JANET: OKAY. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE AS I TALK TO DIFFERENT VETERANS AND THEY HAVE THINGS THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY IDEA THIS WAS AN IDEA UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP. SO HOW IS THIS INFORMATION BEING DISSEMINATED ON OTHER THAN SHOWS LIKE MINE. GUEST: YOU KNOW, REALLY I GO OUT TO DIFFERENT VETERANS GROUPS. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT GROUPS OUT THERE. I WORK WITH THE AMERICAN COMBATS OF WAR, I WORK WITH THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. AND IT'S REALLY VETERANS GROUPS, IF YOU'RE A VETERAN I REALLY URGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND CONTACT ME. I'M HAPPY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP. THIS IS INFORMATION ALSO ON THE VA WEBSITE. THERE IS AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT. PEOPLE LIKE YOU, JANET, ALLOWS US TO REACH A BROAD GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND THE THING ABUT IS THAT ASBESTOS DOESN'T JUST CAUSE THIS INCURABLE CANCER MESOTHELIOMA, BUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF CANCERS ARE LUNG CANCERS, AND WITH LUNG CANCER THE EARLIER THAT YOU CAN GET IN AND INTERVENE AND START TREATMENT THE BETTER THE SURVIVAL RATES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH PEOPLE WITH LUNG CANCER AT STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 SO THEY CAN BE CURED. JANET: I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR MUSICAL GENIUSES WE HAPPEN TO HAVE HERE TO KIND OF DO SOMETHING OFF THE CUFF HERE. WE'VE GOT ONE GUY MISSING. WE HAVE GOT TWO, ROBERT SMITH AND OTIS ALBERT. GUEST: ALL RIGHT. YES. RIGHT ON. LET'S SEE. [MUSIC]. JANET: ALL RIGHT. IT TOOK A BIT OF A BREAK THERE. SO RAY, TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK MY AUDIENCE SHOULD KNOW? WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT. GUEST: CERTAINLY. I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE EVEN IF WE'RE DOING A VETERANS SHOW THERE ARE OTHER EXPOSURES TO ASBESTOS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF. IF YOU HAVE A POPCORN CEILING IN IT PLEASE DON'T TRY TO REMOVE THAT POPCORN CEILING BY YOURSELF. MORE THAN LIKELY THERE'S ASBESTOS IN THE POPCORN CEILING. IT'S A VERY NASTY ASBESTOS THAT'S VERY CARCINOGENIC. THERE'S AN ASBESTOS CONTAINED IN DRYWALL MATERIAL OF HOMES THAT ARE BUILT USUALLY BETWEEN 1977, BEFORE 1977. THERE'S ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASBESTOS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN OLDER HOMES. JANET: THEY TELL ME I'VE GOT FOUR STAIR HEATING. THEY TELL ME THERE'S ASBESTOS IN THAT. GUEST: THERE'S ASBESTOS IN THE DUCT TAPE EVEN TODAY EVEN AS PRODUCED TODAY MAY CONTAIN ASBESTOS. JANET: WHAT? GUEST: ASBESTOS ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT ASBESTOS HAS NOT BEEN BANNED IN THE UNITED STATES. JANET: WOW. GUEST: THE USE OF ASBESTOS IS COMPLETELY REGULATED BY LITIGATION BY LAWYERS LIKE ME OUT THERE TELLING COMPANIES YOU SHOULDN'T BE USING THIS PRODUCT. THERE ARE A FEW PRODUCTS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID YOU CAN'T USE IT BUT THE FAR MAJORITY OF PRODUCTS SUCH AS BRAKE LININGS ASBESTOS CAN STILL BE USED. CLUTCHES ASBESTOS CAN BE USED, AND ARE BEING USED. JANET: OH MY GOODNESS. GUEST: THE THING THAT'S QUITE CONCERNING TO ME WITH THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING MANUFACTURED TODAY IN CHINA AND COMING OVER TO UNITED STATES THERE'S NO ASBESTOS BAN IN CHINA AS WELL. WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE UNITED STATES THOSE PRODUCTS CAN COME INTO THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S QUITE CONCERNING ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE EASE OF ACCESS TO THE CHINESE LITIGATION SYSTEM WE DO IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ANY LAWSUIT YOU BRING IN CHINA CAN TAKE 10 YEARS BEFORE IT'S COMPLETED. SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON LIVING WITH MESOTHELIOMA TO BRING A LAWSUIT. THEY'LL BE MORE THAN LIKELY GONE PRIOR TO THE LAWSUIT COMING TO AN END RESULT. JANET: THAT'S TERRIBLE. GUEST: RECENTLY THE ASBESTOS AWARENESS GROUP FOUND ASBESTOS IN A CHILDREN'S FINGERPRINTING KIT. IF THEY WANT TO TAKE TIME TO SEND AN E MAIL TO THEIR FEDERAL CONGRESSMAN OR SENATORS AND SAY WE WOULD SUPPORT A BAN OF ASBESTOS. JANET: THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA. THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL DO. I THINK THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD IDEA, AND I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS THAT BAD. IT WAS THAT OUT THERE, PERVASIVE INTO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. WELL, I'M GOING TO SINCE WE HAVE ALL THREE MEMBERS OF OUTTA SIGHT HERE NOW I'M WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WOULD DO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR US SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TO DO IT EARLIER. GUEST: SURE. JANET: BEFORE YOU START RAUL IS GIVING YOU HIS MICROPHONE ROBERT. ELI, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. HERE WE GO, GUYS. GUEST: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. THIS IS TO ALL OF THE AMERICANS. I HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR VERSION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. [MUSIC] [END] PLEASE JOIN US EACH MONTH, 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY, AT 9:30AM PACIFIC TIME ON THE RADIO AND LIVE REALTIME CAPTIONING ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET WHEN: 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, 9:30-10:00AM PACIFIC TIME “JANET’S PLANET” AIRS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH – CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY JANET NEAL, TOTAL RECALL CAPTIONING, AND OTHER VALUED SPONSORS. “THE DISABILITY NETWORK” AIRS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. “THE DISABILITY NETWORK” IS SPONSORED BY LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, WWW.LACCOD.ORG. LET THEM KNOW YOU WANT THIS SHOW CAPTIONED EACH AND EVERY MONTH! LOG ON LIVE TO VIEW REALTIME CAPTIONS: HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET FOR STREAMING AUDIO, LOG INTO WWW.KTYM.COM OR AM 1460 LOS ANGELES ON THE RADIO. CALL AND COMMENT LIVE DURING THE SHOW - 310-674-5896 (VOICE OR VIA RELAY) FAX YOUR COMMENTS LIVE - 310-673-2259 YOU MAY ALSO EMAIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE SHOW TO GERRY BORREGO, MRB@KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM TO GIVE FEEDBACK (PLEASE!) OR REQUEST A TRANSCRIPT, CONTACT SANDY EISENBERG, INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM WOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION LIKE TO HELP SPONSOR OUR LIVE CAPTIONING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A GUEST ON THE RADIO SHOW? CONTACT JANET NEAL AT (213) 974-1053 OR WRITE HER AT PO BOX 2813, CULVER CITY, CA 90231-2813. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES! THANK YOU!
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