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
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9/21/11


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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
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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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