"The Beat Goes On" - Baldwin Hills Plaza

"The Beat Goes On" 10/31/06

3/7/12

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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3/7/12 

 [MUSIC PLAYING] 

JANET:  GOOD MORNING.  TODAY IS MARCH THE 7TH.  AND I HAVE TWO WONDERFUL GUESTS AS USUAL AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO JANET'S PLANET L.A., AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SANDY EISENBERG FIRST SO SHE CAN BRING IN OUR HEARING IMPAIREDPEOPLE.  

GUEST:  GOOD MORNING.  

JANET:  GOOD MORNING.  

GUEST:  HOW ARE YOU?  

JANET:  IT'S STILL MORNING.  I DON'T KNOW YET.  ASK ME AFTER 12:00.  

GUEST:  I WILL DO THAT.  FOR ANYBODY WISHING TO VIEW THE LIVE CAPTIONING

GRAB A PEN.  THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.  LOG ON TO

HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET.  AND I'LL REPEAT THAT.  HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET.  IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT OR WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAPTIONING. PLEASE CONTACT ME.  I'M SANDY EISENBERG.  INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM.  

JANET:  THANK YOU SANDY, AND PLEASE BE SURE TELL OUR CAPTIONER, GAY, HELLO. 

GUEST:  SHE CAN HEAR YOU.  

JANET:  I DID NOT GET AN AGENDA FROM THE CITY'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY

AGAIN.  213 202 2764  FOR ALL OF YOU CITY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ISSUES OF

CONCERN WITH REGARD TO DISABILITY.  IF YOU DON'T GET ANYBODY THERE.  BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS STILL TRYING TO GET RID OF HIS COMMISSION ON DISABILITY.  OR CALL THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH ANY ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.  I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S LUNCHEON, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER THE 15TH, 2012.  I'M HOPING EVERYBODY WILL PARTICIPATE.  WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ENTERTAINMENT.  IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.  NOT VERY DIFFERENT.  ARE YOU OKAY, SANDY?  

GUEST:  I'M FINE.  WHY?  

JANET:  IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF SOMETHING.  

GUEST:  I'M SORRY.  I'LL MUTE THIS.  HANG ON.  

JANET:  IT'S OKAY.  AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.  I JUST WANTED TO MAKE

MENTION OF THAT.  IT'S A WONDERFUL FUNCTION.  WE HAVE THE ART CONTEST.  WE HAVE AN ESSAY CONTEST.  THE LUNCHEON RAISES MONEY FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SO THE APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT I THINK THIS MONTH OR THEY SHOULD HAVE COME OUT THIS MONTH ACTUALLY, AND THIS IS FOR KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITIONING TO COLLEGE MAY APPLY.  ANY DISABILITY MAY APPLY. PARENTS, THIS DOESN'T MEAN YOU.  YOUR KIDS HAVE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION. THEN YOU CAN HELP THEM BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT.  SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM COMING UP AND I'M HOPE WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD PARTICIPATION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BALDWIN HILLS CRENSHAW MALL FOR A MINUTE. YOU'VE HEARD ME COMPLAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THE BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND OVER THERE ON MARLTON, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING.  IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER.  JUST REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE SECTION SECOND DISTRICT STAFF, AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE GRABBED THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND IT'S LOOKING NICE.  I CAN SEE THE PROGRESS.  THEY'RE TEARING DOWN SOME

OF THE OLD STRUCTURES.  THEY PUT UP SOME FENCES.  IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

THERE'S A SENIOR'S CENTER THAT THEY'RE CALLING BUCKINGHAM PALACE.  OKAY.  I HOPE IT WORKS OUT.  IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.  IT ENDS UP BEING A GOOD FACILITY. IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED.  SENIOR HOUSING IS VERY HIGH ON THE NEEDS LIST AS IS ACCESSIBLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TOO.  SO LET'S KEEP THAT GOOD POSITIVE ENERGY GOING ON OVER THERE.  

           I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING I SAW ON TV.  IT WAS ON QUITE A WHILE

AGO.  I JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK AT IT YESTERDAY.  IT WAS WITH DIANE SAWYER,

AND IT WAS ABOUT LAKOTA TRIBE IN DAKOTA, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. THERE'S ONE LITTLE KID HE'S SLEEPING WITH 6 OTHER KIDS.  AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.  HE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. 

GUEST:  GOOD FOR HIM.  

JANET:  I HOPE I LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR HIM.  WITH ALL OF THE THINGS

HE WANTS TO DEAL WITH ON THE RESERVATION.  HE WANTS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.  I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.  THE OTHER THING THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT WHICH I LOVE THE DANCING, TO TEACH HOW TO JIGGLE DANCE OR CHARL DANCING AND IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.  BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH LEVEL OF DIABETES AND ALCOHOLISM ON THE RESERVATION, AND HOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEY START SCHOOLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.  AND THEY WERE WONDERING WHY NO ONE COMES THERE TO THE RESERVATION TO HELP PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.  ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT WENT IN BECAUSE THE PRIMARY BUSINESS ON THE RESERVATION IS A LIQUOR STORE, AND A SUBWAY CAME IN AND

OPENED UP A SUBWAY, AND THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS RAISED THERE WHERE THEY'RE BEGINNING TO LOSE WEIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR RESERVATION, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.  AND ONE PARTICULAR LADY SHE WAS CRYING IT HAD BEEN YEARS SINCE SHE HAD A CUCUMBER.  THEY WERE SO EXPENSIVE AND SHE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.  IF YOU HAVE EXTRA STUFF SEND IT TO A RESERVATION.  NOW I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY GUESTS.  ONE IS A REPEATER AND I'LL INTRODUCE MY REPEATER. 

GUEST:  TOM CAVAGNERO. 

JANET:  FROM.  

GUEST:  IRS.  

JANET:  HE'S A FRIENDLY.  

GUEST:  I'M DEBBIE SANDS AND I SPECIALIZE IN SERVICE ANIMAL PUBLIC SERVICE

ACCESS EDUCATION. 

JANET:  WE HAVE TWO VERY GOOD TOPICS.  I'LL START WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE.

GUEST:  THANK YOU. 

JANET:  TOM IS A NICE GUY.  

GUEST:  I TRY.  

JANET:  YOU'RE A VERY NICE GUY.  

GUEST:  I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME ON THE RADIO AGAIN.  

JANET:  WHEN THE PHONE RINGS, AND IT SAYS IRS I HAVE TO ANSWER IT.  

GUEST:  THANKS.  I'M HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OF COURSE THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP, AND IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS TODAY IF I CAN. FIRST OF ALL, IS THAT THE DEADLINE THIS YEAR IS TUESDAY APRIL 17TH.  IT'S NOT THE 15TH BECAUSE THAT'S A SUNDAY, AND THE 16TH IS EMANCIPATION DAY. TUESDAY APRIL 17TH IS THE DEADLINE.  THAT'S THE DEADLINE TO GET YOUR RETURN FILED ELECTRONICALLY.  YOU CAN GET AN EXTENSION.  IF ALSO IF YOU HAVE A BALANCE DUE PAYMENT PLEASE TRY TO GET THAT IN BY APRIL 17TH.  IF YOU'RE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY APRIL 17TH.  IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT THE LAW ALLOWS UP TO REFUND FOR THREE YEARS.  SO IN OTHER WORDS APRIL 17TH IS ALSO THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR A REFUND ON A 2008 RETURN.  SO IF YOU HAVEN'T FILED A 2008 RETURN WHICH WAS DUE ON APRIL 15TH OR 16TH ON 2009, YOU KICK THAT UP THREE YEARS, AND LAST DAY TO FILE FOR THAT REFUND WILL BE APRIL 17TH OF 2012, AND THE IRS ESTIMATES THAT THERE ARE REFUNDS TOTALING MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE WAITING FOR 1 MILLION PEOPLE ON 2008 RETURNS, AND THAT WE ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT HALF OF THESE POTENTIAL 2008 REFUNDS ARE $630 OR MORE.  AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T FILED A 2008 RETURN AND YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, YOU MAY BE DUE A REFUND, AND YOU NEED TO GET IT IN BY APRIL 17TH, TUESDAY. 

JANET:  THANK YOU FOR THAT.  

GUEST:  THE OFFICE I WORK FOR THE IRS THAT OVERSEES THIS VOLUNTEER VITA

PROGRAM THAT'S A KEY MESSAGE THAT WE TRY TO GET OUT ALL YEAR LONG.  WE WANT YOUR LISTENERS TO KNOW THAT THESE VITA SITES EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 200 OF THEM WE HAVE.  MOST OF THEM ARE IN L.A. COUNTY ARE THE AREA THAT WE HANDLE GOES UP TO SANLUIS OBISPO COUNTY.  WE OFFER FREE INCOME TAX PREPARATION AT THESE VITA SITES.  WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS, OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.  ALL OF

THE PREPARERS ARE CERTIFIED.  THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN IRS TEST.  THESE VITA

SITES EXIST FOR YOUR FREE TAX PREPARATION.  WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.  WHICH IS WWW.IRS.GOV. THAT'S WWW.IRS.GOV.  IF YOU DO A KEYWORD SEARCH OF VITA LOOK FOR VITA LOCATIONS AND YOU PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE YOUSHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A VITA LOCATION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.  

JANET:  WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS?  

GUEST:  WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER.  YOU CAN CALL 1 800 906 9887.  THAT'S 1 800

906 9887 AND WE CAN TELL WHERE THERE'S A VITA SITE IN YOUR AREA.  WE WORK

WITH A LOT OF THE NON PROFITS.  OUR MAJOR PARTNER IS AARP.  THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PHONE NUMBER TO FIND VITA SITES.  THEY'RE VITA SITES.  THEIR VITA SITES FOCUS ON FOLKS 60 AND ABOVE, AND THEY WILL SERVE ALL AGES. TO LOOK FOR AN VITA SIGHT FOR AARP, 888 227 7669.  AND OF COURSE YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE WWW.IRSAARP.ORG. LAST BUT AT LEAST, INFO OF 211 EVERY YEAR WE GIVE THEM OUR VITA SITE LISTING.  

JANET:  WHEN YOU DEAL WITH 211 THEY ASK YOU ABOUT 40 QUESTIONS FIRST.  THEY DO SURVEYS, AND STUFF ON THAT LINE AND THEY WON'T GIVE YOU THE NUMBER YOU'RE ASKING FOR UNTIL YOU DO THEIR SURVEY.  JUST A COMMENT.  

GUEST:  OKAY.  BUT THEY DO LIST OUR VITA SITES.  THAT'S A GOOD THING.  AND

WE ALSO LIKE YOUR LISTENERS IF THEY WANT AT IRS.GOV THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED A FREE FILE OPTION RIGHT THERE ON THE HOME PAGE.  YOU'LL SEE A LINK FOR FREE FILE OPTION.  WHAT THAT MEANS THERE'S ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT VENDORS SOFTWARES THAT YOU CAN PICK TO DO YOUR FEDERAL RETURN FOR FREE, AND MANY TIMES A STATE RETURN ALSO.  AND IT'S MOSTLY FOR THOSE WHO MAKE UNDER $50,000 A YEAR.  AND YOU LOOK FOR THAT ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE IRS.  WWW.IRS.GOV.  CAN I GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.  JUST ONE MORE THING FOR REFUNDS.  I KNOW THIS IS A VERY

IMPORTANT.  

JANET:  THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.  

GUEST:  BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT REFUNDS.  IT'S AVAILABLE ABOUT 72 HOURS OR THREE DAYS AFTER THE IRS ACKNOWLEDGES AN E FILED RETURN. WE PUSH ELECTRONIC FILING.  IT SPEEDS UP A REFUND.  YOU CAN GET YOUR REFUND IN ABOUT 10 TO 21 DAYS.

WHEREAS WITH A PAPER FILE IT WILL TAKE 4 6 WEEKS.  

JANET:  I HEARD THAT WAS SLOWED DOWN.  

GUEST:  THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKING 10 21.  BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT TO

PROTECT PEOPLE'S IDENTITY.  THE IRS IS TRYING TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S IDENTIES.

JANET:  I ALWAYS LIKE TO CROSS CHECK MY INFORMATION WITH YOU, BECAUSE I

TRUST YOU.  YOU CAN GET ANYTHING OUT THERE.  

GUEST:  WE SLOWED DOWN THE REFUNDS DOWN A BIT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT PEOPLE.  AND THE LAST ONE MORE PHONE NUMBER, THIS NUMBER IS TO CHECK FOR REFUNDS ONLY.  1 800 829 1954.  IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER YOU CAN CHECK YOUR REFUND ONLINE.  WE PREFER PEOPLE TO GO TO THE WHERESMYREFUND AT WWW.IRS.GOV.

JANET:  NOW WE GO TO WHAT I FIND INTERESTING.  TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.

GUEST:  I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE SERVICE ANIMAL INDUSTRY OVER 17 YEARS AGO. WORKED FOR A LOCAL GUY, ORGANIZATION, DID THEIR PUBLIC RELATIONS AS THEIR MANAGER.  DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT BUT I DID A LOT OF TRAVELLING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TALKING ABOUT GUIDE DOGS BUT SERVICE ANIMALS AS WELL.  JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, AND NOT DO WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE THAT HAS A SERVICE ANIMAL.  

JANET:  I'M GOING TO STOP YOU FOR ONE SECOND TO CLEAR UP ONE POINT.  I KNOW I ASKED YOU THIS POINT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SERVICE ANIMAL AND A GUIDE DOG FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS LISTENING SO THAT THEY DON'T GET CONFUSED BECAUSE THE COUNTY MADE SOME NEW RULES ABOUT PETS AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEBODY'S PET AND A GUIDE DOG OR SERVICE ANIMAL.  COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT. 

GUEST:  I WILL.  THAT'S    EVERYBODY'S CONFUSED WHAT A SERVICE ANIMAL IS.  

JANET:  I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED.  I THINK SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.  

GUEST:  THAT'S TRUE.  THERE ARE GUIDE DOGS THAT ARE DOGS THAT ARE TRAINED FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR THE BLIND.  THAT'S A GUIDE DOG.  THAT GETS YOU FROM POINT A TO POINT B SAFELY.  AND THAT'S WHAT THE DOG'S RESPONSIBILITY IS.  THEY ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS SAFE AND WHAT ISN'T.  WE CALL THAT INTELLIGENT DISOBEDIENCE.  THEY TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THAT DANGEROUS ZONE, AND WALK THEM IN A VERY EFFICIENT SAFE MANNER.  YOU THEN HAVE WHAT WE CALL ASSISTANCE DOGS WHICH ARE DOGS THAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN A WHEELCHAIR, THEY MAY PULL A WHEELCHAIR, AND PICK THINGS OFF THE FLOOR, OPEN THE DOOR, OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR.  TURN ON THE LIGHTS, A NUMBER OF TASKS THAT THESE DOGS ARE PERFORMING TO HELP SOMEBODY WHO'S PHYSICALLY DISABLED.  THEN WE HAVE THE

DOGS THAT    HERE'S WHERE WE HAVE A NEW LAW THAT CAME INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 15TH OF LAST YEAR.  A SERVICE ANIMAL PER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT WHICH IS NOW THE ADA.  NOW WHEN I SAY ADA YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.  PURSUANT TO THEIR REGULATIONS MARCH OF LAST YEAR A SERVICE ANIMAL IS A DOG.  IT'S NOT A FERRET, A PARROT, A SNAKE, A RAT.  IT IS NOW CONSIDERED A DOG.  SO WE START THAT WITH THAT UP FRONT.  THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC AND THEY HAVE FERRETS AND PARROTS, AND SNAKES AND THEY WERE WALKING INTO RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SAYING THIS IS MY SERVICE ANIMAL, AND I HAVE TO HAVE THEM.  AND THAT OPENED UP PANDORA'S BOX AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.  LEGALLY A

SERVICE ANIMAL IS A DOG.  THE OTHER TYPES OF DOGS THAT ARE BEING TRAINED ARE THOSE TO INTERRUPT DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.  THAT IS A NEWER DOG THAT'S BEING TRAINED FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISTICS.  THEY HAVE FOUND THAT A DOG IS NUDGING THEM OR ABLE TO CALM THEM HELPS THIS CHILD IMMENSELY AND THEY'RE SEEING THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, AND ABLE TO BE IN PUBLIC, AND ACTUALLY HAVE THIS SOCIAL LIFE THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE.  THAT'S THE ONE THING ABOUT THE SERVICE DOG IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVICE DOGS ARE NOT NOT NECESSARILY EXTROVERTED.  NOW WHEN THEY GO INTO PUBLIC INTO PUBLIC

PEOPLE COME UP TO THEM.  THEY ARE NOW THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.  WE DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THAT DOG WHEN THEY'RE WORKING.  WHEN THE HARNESS IS ON OR WORKING WITH SOMEONE IT'S A JOB TO DO AND IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE HANDLER AS WELL AS THE DOG IF YOU HANDLE THEM.  WATCH THEM FROM A DISTANCE. ADMIRE THEIR CAPABILITIES.  THESE ARE FABULOUS DOGS THAT ARE HEROES EVERY SINGLE DAY.  WE HAVE NO CLUE HOW THEY SAVE THEIR HANDLERS IN MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.  BUT THEY DO THESE AMAZING TASKS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT A DROP OF A HAT.  WE WILL SAY PLEASE DO NOT PET A SERVICE DOG.  IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE

HANDLER AS WELL AS THE DOG.  

JANET:  WELL, I'M GLAD YOU CLEARED THAT UP.  BECAUSE THIS CAME UP BEFORE THE COMMISSION WHERE YOU CAME TO THE COMMISSION BECAUSE I WENT TO THE RENAISSANCE FAIR AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY MANY TIMES.  I WENT TO THE

RENAISSANCE FAIR, AND THERE WAS THIS GUY HE HAD THIS RAT DOG, AND BECAUSE IT WAS JUST    

GUEST:  A MIXED BREED.  

JANET:  I THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN A THOROUGHBRED.  HE WAS VERY LITTLE.  JUST RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE OUT OF CONTROL ON THE LEASH, AND GUY WAS JERKING HIM.  HE WASN'T TRAINING THE DOG.  THE DOG WAS HANDLING HIM.  AND THEN HE TOOK THE DOG, AND HE PUT IT ON A FOOD COUNTER, AND THAT'S WHEN I LIKE KIND OF FREAKED OUT.  BUT HE HAD THIS LITTLE VEST ON THE DOG THAT SAYS WORK DOG IN TRAINING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.  AND I ALSO SEE    WELL, THE GYM THAT I USED TO BELONG TO BEFORE THEY KICKED ME OUT THERE WAS A LADY THAT USED TO BRING A DOG.  SHE SAID IT WAS A COMPANION DOG.  CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT?  

GUEST:  A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD COMFORT DOGS, AND THE ADA CAME OUT WITH A RULING THAT SAID COMFORT DOGS ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A SERVICE ANIMAL.  THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT RULE.  I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY.  IT'S DIFFERENT WITH THEM.  

JANET:  IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT.  

GUEST:  BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS SAID ON THERE'S NO COMFORT ANIMALS IN PUBLIC.  IF YOU HAVE A COMFORT ANIMAL THAT COMFORTS YOU WHEN YOU'RE HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK OVER WHATEVER IT'S NOT A DOG THEY WILL RECOGNIZE IN PUBLIC.  EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO RULES THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THE VAGUENESS OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CERTIFICATION THAT'S REQUIRED.  WE'RE THE ONLY STATE IN ALL OF THE 50 STATES THAT HAS A STATE GUIDE DOG BOARD.  SO THEREFORE YOU CAN'T ASK CERTIFICATION FROM ANOTHER STATE WHERE A GUIDE DOG HAS BEEN TRAINED OR SERVICE ANIMAL WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A GOVERNING BODY OR

CERTIFICATION PROCESS.  THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINING THEIR OWN DOGS TO BE SERVICE ANIMALS.  ONE OR TWO THINGS TO KNOW THAT A DOG IS NOT SOMEBODY'S PET.  IT'S ALL IN THE BEHAVIOR.  ARE THEY PERFORMING IN THE BASICALLY A SERVICE ANIMAL HAS TO PERFORM AT LEAST TWO TASKS.  PHYSICAL TASKS TO MITIGATE THE PERSON'S PHYSICAL CONDITION.  AND SITTING ON YOUR LAP IS NOT A PHYSICAL TASK.  THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO REIN IN.  MAYBE THEY'LL BE REACHING FOR SOMETHING ON A TABLE.  THAT'S DIFFERENT.  THEY MAY BE GETTING AN UTENSIL OR NAPKIN OR SOMEBODY HAS A CELL PHONE ON THE TABLE, AND THE DOG IS GOING FOR THAT.  TRULY THE BEHAVIOR IS REALLY KEY.  THE CLEANLINESS OF THE DOG.  AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HANDLER.  ALL OF THESE DOGS    MOST OF THESE DOGS THAT GO THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS ARE RAISED BY WONDERFUL

VOLUNTEERS THAT MOST THAT WILL RAISE THEM FOR 15 TO 18 MONTHS BEFORE THEY'RE TURNED BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR FORMAL TRAINING.  BUT IT'S ABOUT FOR SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE DOGS ARE ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD BY THE TIME THEY GO    THEY'RE TEAMED WITH SOMEONE TO BE THEIR SERVICE DOG.  BUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL MOST LIKELY I'M FINDING IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES WILL BE LAYING OUT $40,000 PLUS PER DOG.  SO THESE ARE NOT DOGS THAT ARE NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY IN PUBLIC.  NOT ALL OF THEM WANT TO BE A SERVICE DOG.  MOST OF THE AGENCIES NOW THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, SEARCH AND RESCUE.  ALL OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED DOGS DESPERATELY NOW TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE TRAINING ORGANIZATION IF YOU HAVE A DOG FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE.  THEN LET US KNOW.  MANY TIMES THE PUPPY RAISERS KNOW THAT THE DOGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE THAT HAPPY SITTING IN THE

BACKYARD WITH NOTHING TO DO.  THEY WANT A JOB, AND JOB WAS NOT RIGHT IN TRAINING FOR WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR SOMEBODY THAT WAS BLIND THAT NEEDED A GUIDE DOG.  WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE DOGS MAYBE NOT GO AS A SERVICE DOG NOW THEY'RE HAVING THIS WONDERFUL CAREER AS A K 9 DOG.  THE DOGS ARE HAPPY AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.  THE ORGANIZATION THAT I WORK FOR MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS ONE IN TEN DOGS THAT MADE IT THROUGH.  NOW IT'S FIVE WILL MAKE IT.  IT'S BETTER BREEDING, AND TRAINING AND RAISING AND ALL OF THAT GOES HAND IN HAND.  THE ONE THING THAT GUIDE DOGS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS.  SERVICE DOGS THAT HELP THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS HAVE

BEEN AROUND FOR AT LEAST 35 YEARS.  SO THEY'RE STILL A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS WHAT THESE DOGS DO AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN PUBLIC.  

JANET:  I THINK PEOPLE SOMETIMES SEE SOMEONE A CUTE LITTLE DOG AND I WANT ONE OF THOSE.  SINCE WE LIVE SO CLOSE TO HOLLYWOOD AND WE SEE SO MANY CELEBRITIES WITH DOGS IN THEIR PURSES.  OFTEN THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AND THEY GET THE TWO THINGS CONFUSED WHERE ONE IS A PET, THAT'S YOUR PET.  HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT IS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT.  THE OTHER ONE IS WORKING. AND I DON'T THINK THAT DISTINCTION IS REALLY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.  

GUEST:  NO.  I THINK THAT'S THE REASON THERE ARE THE LAWSUITS THAT ARE STILL HAPPENING.  I WON'T NAME THE FAST FOOD CHAIN THAT WAS SUED LAST WEEK.  THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WENT IN WITH GUIDE DOGS, AND THEY TOLD THEM BUT WE'RE ALLOWED.  AND THEY WERE STILL ASKED TO LEAVE.  THEY WENT DOWN THE STREET TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT, AND THEY WERE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS, AND I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING THAT EVEN WITH ALL OF THE LAWS IN EFFECT THAT IT'S STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THIS COMMUNICATED TO EMPLOYEES, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS BLAME THE EMPLOYEE.  I THINK I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MANAGEMENT.  THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO THE TRAINING.  THAT'S WHO I'M TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH.  MY CLIENT BASE IT'S THE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.  ANY

BUSINESS THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE OR A PRODUCT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC YOU'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SERVICE DOG IN YOUR ORGANIZATION.  

JANET:  I THINK THIS IS VERY GOOD INFORMATION.  AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ON SOME KIND OF A REGULAR BASIS TO KIND OF EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS.  SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL FOSTER CARE LIKE FOR SOME OF THE PUPPIES WHEN THEY'RE RAISED.  HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?  

GUEST:  WHAT YOU DO.  I HAVE A LINK ON MY WEBSITE THAT WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE AGENCIES THAT ARE FAIRLY LOCAL.  THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PUPPY RAISER.  IT'S IT'S A VOLUNTEER SITUATION.  VERY GOOD.  

JANET:  VERY GOOD.  

GUEST:  877 562 2451.  

JANET:  I HAD SOME OF YOU ASK ABOUT THE SOLAR LIGHTS THAT YOU CAN PUT

OUTSIDE, AND CHARGE THEM.  WHEN WE HAVE A DISASTER CHARGE THEM UP, AND BRING THEM IN.  YOU CAN GET THEM AT BIG LOTS.  THANK YOU FOR COMING. 

 [END]

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TRANSCRIPT:  REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER 

JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW 

THE DISABILITY NETWORK ON  KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM 

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2/15/12

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JANET:  OKAY.  I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE AGENDA FOR THE LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY.  THE FIRST THING IS THE APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A QUARTER PAGE AD AND TWO TICKETS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN 2012 ANNUAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS LUNCHEON TO BE HELD MARCH 12TH AT THE MILLENIUM BONAVENTURE HOTEL.  SECOND IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JANUARY 18TH.  3 IS PRESENTATION BY MARLYN DENTER, MANAGER CONSUMER AFFAIRS OUTREACH FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.  4 IS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.  5, REPORT BY THE EVENTS COMMITTEE.  6 IS REPORT BY CHIP HAZEN.  7 IS MONTHLY REPORT BY

LOUIS BURNS OF ACCESS SERVICES.  8 IS THE REPORT ON THE ACCESS BOARD MEETING BY KURT HAGAN.  9 IS ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS.  10, MATTERS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA.  11, OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEMS OF INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.  AND ITEM 12, WHICH IS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE, IS ADJOURNMENT.  OKAY.  AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY GUESST.  THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR AND THAT HAVE HELPED ME THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES, AND HELPED ME IN MY LEARNING EXPERIENCE.  NORENE VINCENT AND BETTY WILSON. PLEASE TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU. 

GUEST:  THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR LETTING US PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SHOW. IT'S A WONDERFUL SHOW, AND GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY, IN THE COUNTY.  

JANET:  MY PLEASURE.  I GOT SO MUCH.  BECAUSE YOU SEE TODAY I HAVE ON MY

BRADLEY BUTTON.  

GUEST:  YES.  

JANET:  I LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY BACKGROUND.  SOME PEOPLE QUESTION WHERE YOU GET THIS OR DID YOU GET THIS.  NO QUESTION.  

GUEST:  SPEAKING OF TOM BRADLEY I DID START MY CAREER WITH THE CITY IN TOM BRADLEY'S OFFICE, AND I WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK ON SOME NEW PROGRAMS.  AT THE TIME THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, SENIORS, AND FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND I WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK ON DISABILITY ISSUES, AND TRY TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, AND CITY HALL SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A WAY TO IDENTIFY CONCERNS, AND IDENTIFY ISSUES AND POSE SOLUTIONS SO THE CITY COULD IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES AND VARIOUS SERVICES.  AND I STAYED WITH THE OFFICE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.  I WAS WORKING FOR THE OFFICE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY JOINED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE I AM TODAY.  I'M HAPPY TO SAY I'M STILL WORKING ON DISABILITY RELATED ISSUES.  ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO

WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY TO ADVISE THE COMMISSION ON

DISABILITY AND WORKING ON SOME ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUES.  SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING TODAY, AND VERY HAPPY TO STILL BE INVOLVED.  

JANET:  OKAY.  AND WE ALSO HAVE MS. BETTY WILSON.  PLEASE INTRODUCE

YOURSELF.  AND TELL US WHAT YOU DO.  

GUEST:  HELLO.  HI, JANET.  I'M BETTY WILSON AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, AND I

STARTED ALSO WITH TOM BRADLEY IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.  I STARTED AS A

RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND THEN AN INFORMATION AND REFERRAL AND THE COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION CENTER.  

JANET:  THAT'S WHERE I MET YOU.  

GUEST:  THAT'S RIGHT.  I WAS ACTUALLY I HAD    LEWIS DOMINGUEZ ACTUALLY

FASHIONED THIS PROGRAM WHICH IS STILL IN OPERATION TODAY.  WHICH WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED AND WE STILL HAVE COMPUTERIZED REFERRAL AND SERVICES WHERE THERE IS LIMITED CASE MANAGEMENT.  WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND REQUEST ASSISTANCE IF THEY HAVE A NEED WHETHER IT BE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ANY ISSUE RELEVANT TO THEIR DISABILITY.  

JANET:  LET'S KIND OF GET TO THE MEAT HERE.  LET'S PUSH THE SALAD ASIDE.

LET'S PUSH THE VEGETABLES ASIDE, AND EVERYTHING.  WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE MEAT.  I'M REALLY TIRED OF WHOEVER IT IS IN CITY HALL THAT KEEPS PICKING AT THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY.  I'M SICK OF IT.  I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FUNCTION AND CONTINUE THE WORK YOU DO WITH THE DOGS AT THE DOOR.  I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AND I'M NOT ASKING EITHER OF YOU TWO.  YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND EITHER WHY SOME ABLE BODIED PERSON WOULD WANT TO PICK ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHEN THERE'S MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY COULD CUT. THIS IS PROVIDING A VERY VALUABLE SERVICE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.  I BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IF THEY DON'T LEAVE YOU GUYS ALONE.  LET'S TALK WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK IN THE DAY, AND THEN WE CAN SAY KIND OF WHAT IT IS TODAY, AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE.  I SEE IT FROM GOING ALL THE BACK. I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL ON DISABILITY WHICH I THINK

WAS AN EXCELLENT GROUP.  THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED THE OTHER PART OF MY

ADVOCACY TRAINING.  I GOT THE FIRST PART AT THE VA.  AND I CAME TO THE CITY AND I LEARNED HOW TO SHARPEN MY SWORD LISTENING TO BILL ELKINS.  AND I USED TO ENJOY GOING INTO HIS OFFICE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.  I ENJOYED THAT BECAUSE I GOT A LOT OUT OF THE CONVERSATIONS.  HE TAUGHT ME A LOT OF POLITICAL MANEUVERING WHICH I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL OF DISABILITY FIGURED THAT PART OF IT OUT.  THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO.  YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED OR MODIFIED OR ATTITUDE THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.  WITH THE TRAINING IT'S HELPED ME WITH THIS RADIO STATION WITH EVERYBODY LISTENING.  KIND OF COMMENT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT    WEL,L BEFORE IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT, IT WAS    

GUEST:  IT WAS AN OFFICE, A DIVISION WITHIN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.  

JANET:  THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND DISABILITY.  

GUEST:  RIGHT.  

JANET:  WHAT WERE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BEING AN OFFICE IN

THEMAYOR'S OFFICE, AND BEING A FULL DEPARTMENT?  

GUEST:  I THINK WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED BECAUSE IT REALLY STARTED AS A PROGRAM AND THEN MOVED INTO    WE CALLED IT THE OFFICE.  AND IT REALLY WAS

JANET:  IN CITY HALL.  

GUEST:  IN CITY HALL, AND IT WAS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND AT THE TIME THE MAYOR HAD MADE A COMMITMENT THAT HE WANTED TO OPEN CITY HALL AND BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ACCESS BEFORE.  AND SO THE MAYOR DID A LOT OF OUTREACH, AND ACTUALLY FORMED A 45 MEMBER ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH I BELIEVE YOU CHAIRED.  

JANET:  AT ONE POINT YES.  

GUEST:  YES.  THAT COUNCIL HAD A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES, AND THOSE

COMMITTEES WORKED WITH US TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES OUT THERE. WHAT CAN WE DO FROM EMPLOYMENT TO JOB TRAINING, BARRIERS.  IT WAS AN EFFORT TO REACH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT A CURB CUT DESIGN IT INVOLVED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE BLIND AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WHO USED WHEELCHAIRS TO COME UP WITH A DESIGN THAT WOULD WORK FOR EVERYBODY.  

JANET:  INCLUSIVE.  

GUEST:  WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO AT CITY HALL.  ONE OF THE

THINGS WE FOCUSED ON WAS THE CITY PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND WE STARTED LOOKING WHAT ARE THE PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.  WHAT KIND OF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.  I REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED THERE WAS WHAT THEY CALLED APPENDIX K WHICH BASICALLY SAID IF YOU HAD A DISABILITY YOU COULDN'T WORK AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN A VOCAL OR CHORAL ACCOMPANYIST.  WE SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE.  WE NEED TO START MAKING SOME CHANGES.  SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION POLICIES.  MODIFIED THE TESTS AND EXAMS PROVIDING JOB AUDITING AND FORM FUNCTION.  LET'S LOOK AT THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY LOOK FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO

CAN PERFORM THAT.  TO THE EXTENT WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER THOSE ASSIGNMENTS TO ANOTHER POSITION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.  WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE JOB TRAINING PLACEMENT PROGRAM.  WE WENT TO VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS.  WE HAD SOME FEDERAL MONEY AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS, AND PROVIDE THEM WITH TRAINING AND WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE ON AN EXEMPT BASIS.  THEY BASICALLY COMPETED ONLY WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAME OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION.  MAJOR CHANGES HOW WE HIRED, WHAT WE DID.  WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BE INVOLVED IN JOB DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.  AND WE WORKED WITH MAJOR EMPLOYERS TO DEVELOP TRAINING

PROGRAMS.  WE DID A EXERCISED REPAIR AND TECH PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS A POSITION WHERE THERE WAS A DEMAND IN THE MARKET FOR IT, AND WE DID EXTENSIVE PLACEMENT AND REFERRAL INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.  WE HAD A COMPUTERIZED JOB BANK WHICH WAS A BRIEF LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON.  THEIR BACKGROUND HAD THEIR SKILLS, AND WE WOULD SEND THEM ON THAT OUT A PERIODIC BASIS.  WE WOUND UP GETTING MANY, MANY PEOPLE GETTING PLACED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND WE WOUND UP GOING THROUGH THE CITY, AND WORKING TO PUT CURB CUTS WHERE WE COULD.  MAKING CITY HALL BUILDINGS ACCESSIBLE.  WE LOOKED AT WORKING WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY TO ENFORCE TITLE 24 TO MAKE WHEN BUILDING AND SAFETY WAS

SIGNING OFF ON BUILDING PERMITS, THEY COMPLIED.  THERE WAS COMPLIANCE FOR TITLE 24.  WE LOOKED AT. 

JANET:  YOU NEED TO REVISIT THAT.  THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB ANYMORE.

THEY'RE NOT DOING IT LIKE THEY USED TO.  I CAN LIST SEVERAL PLACES.  I WENT

TO A PLACE THE OTHER DAY, AND BRAND NEW BUSINESS TWO STEPS, AND THE DOOR OPENS OUT.  NO HANDRAIL.  NO NOTHING.  

GUEST:  WE USED TO HAVE A BUILDING AND ACCESS DISABILITY COMMITTEE.  WORKED WITH BUILDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS WERE ACCESSIBLE, AND I GUESS I'M SORRY, I GOT A LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK.  I THINK IT REALLY HELPED TREMENDOUSLY TO HAVE THE CLOUD OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEHIND US WHEN WE WERE KNOCKING ON DOORS, AND TRYING TO OPEN DOORS.  OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR'S TENURE WAS COMING TO AN END AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT WOULD BE, AND THERE WAS A STRONG FEELING TO MAKE IT A PART ONGOING PART OF THE CITY FAMILY IS TO HAVE A DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY, AND ALONG WITH THAT HAVE A COMMISSION, AND SO WHAT HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO NOW,

THERE WAS A FULL DEPARTMENT CREATED AND A COMMISSION TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND TO INTERFACE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER CITY COMMISSIONS.  AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT AT ONE POINT I THINK WE STARTED WITH AN EXECUTIVE ON LOAN FROM XEROX, AND I WAS THERE, AND THEN WE ULTIMATELY GOT A FEW MORE PEOPLE AND WE GREW TO AN OFFICE OF OVER 40 PEOPLE.  AT THIS POINT THEY'RE DOWN TO 10 PEOPLE.  

JANET:  IT'S A SHAME.  IT'S JUST REALLY A SHAME.  I WAS THINKING THE OTHER

DAY ABOUT LINDA WINDBEAU.  I REMEMBER HER AS HER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND THEN SHE CAME OVER TO THE COMMISSION, AND WAS THE COMMISSION'S FIRST SECRETARY.  GOOD JOB.  JUST REALLY A GOOD JOB.  IT'S SAD TO ME TO SEE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.  AND THE STRUGGLES.  IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO TRY TO LIVE IN SOCIETY, AND INCLUDE YOURSELF BUT WHEN SOME OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU ARE BEING    THE WINGS ARE BEING PULLED OFF THE BUTTERFLY.  LEGS ARE COMING OFF THE TABLE.  IT'S JUST A SKELETON COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS, AND IT JUST BOTHERS ME THAT IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS INTENTIONAL. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE AN ACCIDENT.  I KNOW AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL ON DISABILITY WE WERE CONCERNED THIS WAS WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN A NEW MAYOR CAME IN, AND DIDN'T SEE IT THE WAY WE DID.  AND WHICH IS A FIGHT, A STRUGGLE, TO CONTINUE TO EXIST.  NOW I KNOW YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE COMMISSION NOW, AREN'T YOU.  

GUEST:  YES.  I AM NOW A COMMISSIONER.  

JANET:  YEAH.  

GUEST:  ON THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ON THE COMMISSION OF DISABILITY.  I'M

ALSO ON THE COMMISSION ON THE STATE LEVEL.  I'M A COMMISSION ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ACCESS WHICH IS A BRAND NEW COMMISSION AND I WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND CONFIRMED BY THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE ALL OF US WERE AS COMMISSIONERS, AND WE COME FROM NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.  

JANET:  DOES THIS COMMISSION DEAL WITH YOU SAID ACCESS?  

GUEST:  YES.  

JANET:  THEY WOULD IF THERE WAS A LOCAL BUSINESS OR SOMETHING THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS LOCALLY WITH ACCESS, COULD WE GO TO THE STATE COMMISSION, AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT?  

GUEST:  YES, WE WOULD HEAR THAT COMPLAINT.  

JANET:  I'VE GOT AN ADDRESS BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY.  

GUEST:  WE WOULD HEAR THAT COMPLAINT, AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS, AND

INVESTIGATE, AND YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT, AND WE WOULD ALSO THEN GET THE POWERS THAT BE IN THE PARTICULAR CITY.  YOU SEE, OUR FOCUS IS STATEWIDE.  SO IT WOULD NOT ONLY LOS ANGELES OR ANY OTHER CITY.  IT WOULD BE STATEWIDE AND OUR EFFORTS WOULD BE, OF COURSE, TO MAKE DECISIONS AND AFFECT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE.  

JANET:  THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE WHICH IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS THIS POWER STRUGGLE GOING ON WITH GYMS, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE PUSHING US OUT.  THEY ARE REMODELING AND PUTTING IN ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS.  THEY HAVE ONE GYM THAT HAS A WHEELCHAIR LIFT, ONE OF THE OLD ONES, THAT HAS A PNEUMATIC PUMP THAT SWINGS YOU OUT OVER THE WATER.  THEY TOOK THE SEAT OFF.  

GUEST:  THEY TOOK THE SEAT OFF?  

JANET:  THEY TOOK THE SEAT OFF.  THEY PUTTING WEDDING STYLE STEPS INTO THE SWIMMING POOL.  AND WITH A SINGLE HANDRAIL.  THERE'S NO SIGNAGE IN THE BATHROOM.  

GUEST:  HAS ANYONE REPORTED THAT    

JANET:  YES, MA'AM.  

GUEST:  AT THE COUNTY OR CITY LEVEL?  

JANET:  CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUILDING AND SAFETY.  THEY SAID IT WAS RESOLVED.

GUEST:  THAT THE POOL IS NOW ACCESSIBLE.  

JANET:  THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CLAIMING.  THEY NEVER WENT AND DID AN

INSPECTION.  SOMETHING IS WRONG.  SOMETHING IS WRONG, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION WITHIN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY.  SOME OF THE CONFUSION, WHETHER THIS JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS OR IT'S INTENTIONAL.  I DON'T KNOW.  I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A BIT.  BUT HOW IS IT BEING A COMMISSIONER AS OPPOSED TO WITH THE DEPARTMENT?  THAT SHOULD BE A NICE SHIFT FOR YOU.  

GUEST:  WELL, IT IS A SHIFT.  AND I HAVE TO DO A LOT OF RE THINKING.  

JANET:  I KNOW.  

GUEST:  BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNED BY DIFFERENT RULES.  THE BROWN ACT IS ONE OF THEM.  AND AT THE CITY LEVEL.  AND OF COURSE AT THE STATE LEVEL WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVERAL ACTS THAT GOVERN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.  HOWEVER, WE HAVE A BROADER SCOPE, OF COURSE, BY LOOKING INTO OUR STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND TAKING ISSUES UNDER CONSIDERATION.  THE ONES THAT AFFECT ING US.  

JANET:  I'M GLAD YOU'RE ON THE STATE.  THAT'S ONE LESS THING FOR ME TO WORRY ABOUT WITH YOU BEING ON THE STATE.  I WOULD GO BACK TO THE SECOND FOREBEARER FREE DESIGN SEMINAR WHICH I THINK WAS THE FIRST TIME I WORKED WITH YOU. THAT WAS THE GREATEST THING    ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS TO COME OUT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND WHAT'S NOW THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY, AND THEY THREW IT AWAY.  THEY HAD A HOOK UP WITH USC WHERE YOU HAD DESIGNERS.  YOU HAD ARCHITECTS AND THEY DID SOMETHING CALLED WINDMILLS.  IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY

THAT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE A DISABILITY WOULD HAVE A BLINDFOLD ON OR HAVE EARPLUGS OR WOULD USE A WHEELCHAIR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.  I THINK WHEN THOSE THINGS WERE GOING ON THE ATTITUDE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ABOUT DISABILITY.  

GUEST:  OF COURSE.  THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE LOST BECAUSE WE'VE LOST STAFF BECAUSE OF THE CUTBACKS, AND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SUPPORTED US.  

JANET:  YOU'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT UNDERMINED THIS.  AND SPECIFICALLY I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION ANY NAMES TODAY BUT I WILL BRING THEM UP LATER ON.  I'VE MENTIONED THEIR NAMES BEFORE.  THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WHY I'M NOT THERE ANYMORE.  I THINK I TALKED A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR THIS PERSON.  I THINK I INTIMIDATED THIS PERSON OR WHATEVER.  SO I JUST    THEY SHOWED ME THE DOOR. BY THE WAY I DID GET THE PICTURES.  SOMEBODY SENT THE PICTURES FROM MY RETIREMENT PARTY FROM THE CITY, AND THAT WAS 1999, AND I JUST GOT THESE PICTURES ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.  JUST OUT OF THE BLUE.  NO RETURN ANYTHING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE.  NOTHING.  

GUEST:  HOW INTERESTING.  

JANET:  WELL, EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.  SO I FIGURED I NEEDED TO

BRING ALL THIS UP.  I THOUGHT I DID.  BUT WHAT CAN WE DO?  WHAT CAN MY

AUDIENCE DO TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY BESIDES CALLING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND POUNDING ON HIM AGAIN?  

GUEST:  WELL, I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO COME TO OUR    WELL, I

GUESS AND SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT WE ARE A CITY, AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, THAT IS BASED ON THE MODEL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.  THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1991 SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT. 

JANET:  WHO'S YOUR COMPLIANCE OFFICER?  

GUEST:  WE DON'T HAVE ONE.  

JANET:  ISN'T THAT A VIOLATION OF LAW.  I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF

LOS ANGELES IS IN VIOLATION BY NOT HAVING A 504 ADA COMPLIANCE OFFICER.  TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THIS IS LIKE US HAVING A PRESIDENT'S OFFICE TO GO TO WHEN THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT AND THEY NEED TO BE CORRECTED.  I KNOW THAT THE STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY STRUGGLES AND THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN. BUT WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON, AND YOU'VE GOT 10 JOBS, WHAT CAN YOU DO. AND SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER THE PHONE.  SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THE PAPERWORK. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THE WRITING AND THE RECORDING, AND SOMEBODY TO GO OUT TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.  YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE.  

GUEST:  NOT ONLY THE DEPARTMENTS.  WE HAVE THE STAFF RATHER HAS TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.  

JANET:  THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.  THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE.  DO THEY MAKE

YOU PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR OR DO YOU GET TO USE A CITY CAR?  I KNOW THAT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE JOE    WHAT'S HIS NAME.  GOLDSTEIN FROM CHANNEL 2.  THE ONE THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND DREDGED UP ALL THIS OTHER

STUFF.  DAVID GOLDSTEIN.  

GUEST:  OUR BUDGET AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT HAVE THE BUDGET WE HAD    WHAT WE REALLY USE A CITY CAR. 

JANET:  MAYBE NO.  BUT I'M SAYING YOU COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.  JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN USE A CITY CAR YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE ONE TOO.  DO THEY HAVE ONE WITH HAND CONTROLS.  DO YOU HAVE A LIFT VAN THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE?  

GUEST:  WE HAD ONE.  WE DID HAVE ONE.  

JANET:  DID THE MAYOR TAKE IT?  

GUEST:  IT'S STILL SITTING IN THE GARAGE.  

JANET:  HE'S TAKEN EVERYTHING ELSE.  I FIGURED HE TOOK THE VAN TOO.  

GUEST:  THE VAN IS STILL SITTING THERE, AND I THINK THAT    

JANET:  HE WON'T LET YOU BUY GAS FOR IT.  

GUEST:  I DON'T THINK IT'S THE GAS. HE WON'T PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE.  

JANET:  YOU NEED A MECHANIC.  DO YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING HERE? I'M HAVING A LITTLE FUN WITH MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW.  DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.  IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK YOU CAN'T DO IT.  

GUEST:  WELL, IT STARTS WITH NOT HAVING THE BUDGET AND NOT HAVING THE STAFF, THE BASIC THINGS.  

JANET:  WE GAVE THE MAYOR A SOLUTION FOR THAT.  AND SANDY, ARE YOU STILL HERE.  WE OFFERED TO PUT TOGETHER A FUND RAISER TO WITH ANYBODY.  I HAVE ALL OF THE TOOLS.  I HAVE PERFORMERS THAT ARE WILLING TO PERFORM, TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY AT THE DROP OF A HAT.  THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO CALL.  WHICH MEANS THIS IS NOT PERCEIVED AS IMPORTANT TO SOMEBODY.  SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO    WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, PEOPLE, TO SAVE THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY.  BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT TO CALL THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY THAT'S 213 974 1053.  AND PLEASE BE PATIENT IT MAY BE THE ONE PERSON HAD TO GET A DRINK OF WATER.  LEAVE A MESSAGE.  IF THEY DON'T CALL YOU BACK RIGHT AWAY.  WE NEED SOME HELP.  WE NEED SOME HELP.  BEFORE WE GO BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT.  I

WANTED TO READ SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN BY LINDA ABOUT EDS.  FROM THE DAY I WAS WAS BORN I WAS FALLING APART FROM MY LEGS TO MY ARMS FROM MY FEET TO MY HEART.  FOR 29 YEARS ALL DOCTORS HAVE SAID THERE'S NOTHING WRONG IT WAS ALL IN MY HEAD.  THEY CALLED ME A KLUTZ.  I WAS NEVER ABUSED THEY WANTED TO KNOW.  I FINALLY KNOW WHY I GOT HURT SO MUCH.  I CAN FINALLY DEAL WITH DISLOCATIONS AND SUCH.  AND THOUGH I WILL NOT DIE LIKE PEOPLE WITH AIDS AT TIMES I HIDE AND CLOSE ALL THE SHADES.  EDS MAKES ME ANGRY.  WHEN I'M IN PAIN ALL THE TIME AND SO I SIT DOWN AND I PUT WORDS INTO RHYME.  BUT I WILL NEVER QUIT AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU.  BECAUSE THE DAY    BECAUSE ONE DAY THERE MAY BE A CURE.  THAT'S BY TERRY GAMSON.  A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME.  WHEN THE COMMISSION DID THEIR CLIP PROGRAM WE FOUND A LITTLE GIRL THAT WENT TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS THE SAME SCHOOL THAT MY DAD WENT WITH EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME.  WE'RE OUT OF TIME.  WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO COME BACK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY.  

GUEST:  I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO RETURN.  

JANET:  YOU'RE INVITED.  

GUEST:  I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.  THANK YOU SO MUCH JANET.  

JANET:  SANDY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 

GUEST:  AND THANK YOU GAY FOR CAPTIONING.  

JANET:  YES, GAY, THANK YOU.  

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TRANSCRIPT:  REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER 

JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW 

THE DISABILITY NETWORK ON  KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM 

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1/18/12

JANET:  GOOD MORNING.  TODAY IS JANUARY THE 18TH AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO

THE DISABILITY NETWORK, SPONSORED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON

DISABILITIES.  AND OUR CAPTIONING DONE BY TOTAL RECALL.  AND I'M GOING TO

GIVE OUT THE LOG ON FOR THOSE OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SIGNING FOR THE

CAPTIONING TODAY AS SOON AS I FIND IT.  IT IS

HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET.  ASK SANDY IS NOT

WITH US TODAY.  SHE HAD TO HELP SOMEONE WITH CAPTIONING.  SHE'S TRANSLATING

INTO A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPTIONING WHICH I THINK IS A VERY INTERESTING

THING.  I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE TODAY'S SHOW TO DR. KING.  WE HAD OUR

WONDERFUL KINGDOM DAY PARADE ON THE WEEKEND, AND  ABC DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF

SHOWING THE PARADE.  I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IF WE HAVE SOME MORE

TIME AT THE END.  I HAVE SOME GUESTS I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU INTRODUCE.  

      GUEST:  LOUIS BURNS.  I'M CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR ACCESS SERVICES.  

      GUEST:  I'M STEVEN WRENN FROM THE ACCESS SERVICES.  I'M THE SENIOR

MOBILITY MANAGER.  

JANET:  YOU MUST HAVE A LOT TO DO.  

GUEST:  THEY KEEP ME BUSY.  

JANET:  I THINK THAT THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO IS READ THE AGENDA FOR

THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS 213 974 1053.  213

974 1053, IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION, IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE

MAILING LIST.  ITEM 1, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.  DECEMBER

21ST.  2, APPROVAL OF LETTER TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGARDING

COMMISSION CONCERNS WITH ACCESS SERVICES.  3, APPROVAL OF BERNARD SIEGEL/

BILL TAINTER SCHOLARSHIP.  4, PRESENTATION BY ANDI KRUSOE AND DEBBIE SANDS

OF GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA.  5, PRESIDENT'S REPORT AS SUBMITTED FOR THE MONTH

OF DECEMBER.  6, MONTHLY REPORT BY ANGELA DAVIS, SENIOR DEPUTY, DISABILITY

CIVIL RIGHTS OF L.A. COUNTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE.  AND 7, MONTHLY REPORT

BY LOUIS BURNS OF ACCESS SERVICES.  WHO IS THAT?  

GUEST:  WOW.  

JANET:  8, REPORT BY CHIP HAZEN, AND GIOVANNA GOGREVE, AND GIOVANNA HAS BEEN

MOVED TO BE WITH METRO FROM ACCESS SERVICES, AND 9, REPORT BY KURT HAGEN.

MISCELLANEOUS, 10, ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS.  11, MATTERS NOT POSTED

TO BE DISCUSSED AT A FUTURE MEETINGS.  12 IS PUBLIC COMMENT.  13 IS

ADJOURNMENT.  SO WE GOT THAT.  

       ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT REALLY OUTLINED IN THE MINUTES FROM THE

LAST MONTH MEETING IS THE SUBJECT THAT I KEEP BRINGING UP ABOUT THE RAIL

PLANS FOR CRENSHAW.  WE'LL GET INTO THAT LATER ON.  RIGHT NOW I WANT TO ALSO

MENTION A TV SHOW CALLED OFF THEIR ROCKERS.  PLEASE WRITE THAT DOWN.  OFF

THEIR ROCKERS.  IT'S HOSTED BY BETTY WHITE.  BETTY WHITE HAD A BIRTHDAY

PARTY AND IT WAS TELEVISED AND AFTER THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS A SHOW CALLED

OFF THEIR ROCKER.  ONE OF THE FEATURED PLAYERS IS RETHA GRAY SIMON.  RETHA

GRAY IS MY ABC, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF RETHA FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.  IT'S

ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS PRANKING YOUNG PEOPLE.  AND THEY HAD THE FIRST SCENE

WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FUNNY WAS A LADY WAS STANDING IN A MALL, AND AN OLDER

GENTLEMAN WALKED UP TO HER IN A TRACK SUIT AND HE HANDED HER A CAMERA AND

SAID  I'M GOING TO GO BY, AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A PICTURE.  SHE SAYS OKAY.

AND SHE'S STANDING THERE WITH THE CAMERA.  ALL OF A SUDDEN HE GOES OUT OF

FRAME AND HE TOOK OFF HIS TRACK SUIT AND HE RAN BY.  TAKE MY PICTURE, AND IT

WAS THE LADY'S FACE.  SO IT GOES BACK TO THE OLD CANDID CAMERA THING.  IT'S

FUN.  IT'S NOT HURTING SOMEONE'S FEELINGS, JUST MEAN FLAVORED HUMOR, AND

STUFF LIKE THAT AND MR. GERVAIS AND DON RICKLES TYPE OF STUFF.  I THINK IT'S

FUN TO SEE PEOPLE THAT    

GUEST:  IT'S GOOD TO SEE BETTY WHITE BACK ON.  

JANET:  I THINK YOU SHOULD CALL UP AND ASK WHEN THE SHOW IS GOING TO BE ON.

IT'S REALLY FUNNY.  I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THINKS OF SENIORS HAVING THAT KIND

OF HUMOR.  THEY HAD TWO GENTLEMEN, AND A LADY SITTING ON A BRICK WALL, AND

THERE WAS JUST THE THREE OF THEM.  THE LADY WAS IN THE MIDDLE.  THEY DIDN'T

HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION.  ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN STOOD UP, AND STARTED DOING

THE WAVE, AND SHE LOOKED AROUND, AND THEN THE OTHER GENTLEMAN STOOD UP AND

DID THE WAVE.  HE DID IT, AND SHE DID IT.  SO THEY KEPT IT GOING.  

GUEST:  I REMEMBER SEEING BETTY WHITE IN LAKE PLACID.  AND SHE PLAYED IT

VERY WELL. 

JANET:  WITHOUT PICKING ON SOMEBODY OR MAKING THEM FEEL BAD ABOUT SOMETHING

THEY CAN'T FIX.  IT'S WHAT I CALL CLEAN FUN.  IT'S NOT DON RICKLES.  I DON'T

LIKE DON RICKLES' SENSE OF HUMOR.  HE MAY BE A GOOD GUY.  I DON'T LIKE HIS

SENSE OF COMEDY.  

GUEST:  I CAN TELL YOU A BRIEF STORY ABOUT DON RICKLES.  I WAS IN LAS VEGAS

WITH MY FRIEND WHO WAS FROM COLUMBIA.  THEY SAT US RIGHT AT THE FRONT.  AND

THE MAITRE D, HE SAT US THERE AND HE JUMPED ON US IMMEDIATELY.  WHEN SHE

INTRODUCED HERSELF FROM BEING COLUMBIA, THE ENTIRE ORCHESTRA STOOD UP.  AND

I DID A DANCE ROUTINE WITH DON RICKLES ON STAGE.  I PLAYED IN SO WELL.

ACTUALLY HE GRABBED ME, AND WE WERE DOING THIS DANCE SKIT HERE, AND I

REACHED FOR HIS WALLET.  IT WAS LIKE IT WAS SET UP.  I WAS PLAYING IN WITH

IT.  

JANET:  THAT IS THE WAY YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.  THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY.

I'M PROUD OF YOU DOING FOR THAT.  

GUEST:  I HAD SO MUCH FUN.  HE GAVE US A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE.  IT WAS REALLY

AWESOME.  

JANET:  I WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOME COMMUNITY THINGS.  I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

THE PHASE 2 OF THE BALDWIN HILLS AND CRENSHAW MALL.  THEY'VE STARTED TEARING

IT DOWN.  THANK YOU.  IT'S ABOUT TIME.  I HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH A

COUPLE OF DEPUTIES IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OFFICE.  AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS

LATER IT'S STARTING TO COME DOWN.  IT'S NOT A HAZARD LOOKING ANYMORE.  I'M

GLAD TO SEE THAT. 

GUEST:  IT'S DUE. 

JANET:  LONG OVERDUE.  I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A STUDENT OVER AT AUDIBON, AND

THERE WAS A ICE CREAM PARLOR.  IT WAS VERY BUSY.  

GUEST:  IT WAS A BIG AREA BACK THEN.  

JANET:  IT WAS VERY NICE.  I'M HOPING IT COMES BACK.  I'M HOPING WITH THE

DEMISE OF CRA THEY'LL PUT SOMETHING IN THERE WITH DISABILITY.  YOU HAVE

CHINA TOWN.  YOU HAVE LITTLE TOKYO.  YOU HAVE ALL THESE PLACES FOR EVERYBODY

ELSE, ALL OTHER CULTURES EXCEPT THOSE OF US WITH DISABILITIES.  TOM BRADLEY

PUT US ON THE MAP IN LOS ANGELES.  HE STARTED THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT RIGHT

HERE WHICH IS IN LINE WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH WHICH I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT

NEXT MONTH.  

GUEST:  THERE'S A MUSEUM.  

JANET:  I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WAX MUSEUM.  IT WILL BE

INTERESTING WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THERE.  IF THEY DO NOT PUT A FIREFIGHTER IN

THERE THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ME ABOUT HE POLICE OFFICERS AND

FIREFIGHTERS WHO WORKED FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.  I THINK HE    WHOEVER

HE WAS, SWORN, THE FIRST ONE, THEY NEED TO DO THAT.  AT ONE POINT POLICE AND

FIRE WERE INTERCHANGEABLE.  YOU COULD SWITCH BACK AND FORTH.  WHOEVER THAT

GUY IS THEY NEED TO PUT HIM IN THERE.  

GUEST:  CONTINUED GROWTH OF LOS ANGELES.  

JANET:  ALSO IN THE MALL THE THE CLINIC, I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT HAD BEEN

PUSHED OUT OF THAT CENTER, AND THEY'RE OVER ON 39TH AND WESTERN, AND I WANT

TO SAY TO THOSE WORKING ON BRINGING THE CLINIC UP AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF

CARE I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.  I WENT OVER THERE LAST WEEK, AND BY

THE WAY MY T CELL COUNT IS UP AGAIN.  AND YEAH, AND IT WAS REALLY VERY NICE,

AND THE PEOPLE WERE VERY PLEASANT.  THE COLORS, I CAN SEE IT'S BEEN PAINTED,

AND I CAN TELL WHO THE SECURITY GUARDS ARE.  THEY DON'T MAKE ME NERVOUS.  SO

THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS.  I HAVE BEEN MAKING A BIG FUSS.  BEFORE WE GET

TO YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY I JUST WANTED TO ONCE AGAIN BRING UP DR. KING AND

I JUST WONDERED IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY THOUGHTS.  MY THOUGHTS ARE I DON'T THINK

I WOULD BE HERE DOING WHAT I'M TODAY.  I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE A

COMMISSIONER FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES OR COMMISSIONER OF LOS ANGELES

WITHOUT TOM BRADLEY.  I THINK MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSISTED IN THE CLIMATE TO

ELECT TOM BRADLEY THE ONLY MAYOR THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT CARED ABOUT THE CITY

OF LOS ANGELES.  EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE TOM BRADLEY I THINK

DID IT FOR SOME OTHER REASON.  

GUEST:  YES.  HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THAT, TOM BRADLEY, AND MYSELF, I

WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR DR. KING, AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS WHAT

HE CREATED CONTINUES.  IT CONTINUES EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY,

EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR, EVERY YEAR.  IT'S A LOT OF THINGS WE DON'T SEE.  WE

HEAR ABOUT IT LATER.  WHAT HE HAS DONE AND STARTED.  IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE

TO GROW FOR A LONG TIME.  

JANET:  IT'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

I MENTIONED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE WERE TWO

BIG BIG DEALS.  TOM BRADLEY WAS THE SECOND BLACK POLICE OFFICER.  HE WAS A

VERY IMPOSING FIGURE IN THAT UNIFORM.  BUT MY BEST FRIEND'S FATHER WAS THE

FIRST BLACK POLICE OFFICER THAT I SAW AND MY DAD WAS THE FIRST BLACK

FIREFIGHTER THAT I EVER SAW.  

GUEST:  LET'S TALK ABOUT ADA.  

JANET:  I DON'T THINK    THIS IS JUST MY OPINION    IT WAS ABOUT INCLUSION.

IT WAS ABOUT ALL OF US.  THOSE THAT DON'T FEEL THAT THEY BELONG OR THAT THEY

FIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.  BEING INCLUDED OR THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTING

ITSELF FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE.  I WAS LISTENING TO SOMEONE THAT WAS TALKING

ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AT A LUNCH COUNTER, AND NOT BEING SERVED, AND WHEN

THEY ASKED WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO DO WERE YOU GOING TO CAUSE TROUBLE.  NO,

WE WERE GOING TO SIT HERE UNTIL WE WERE SERVED.  THAT'S THE THING.  IT'S NOT

ABOUT TURNING THE TABLES OVER OR GETTING ANGRY, AND SWEARING AT THE MANAGER,

AND BEING RUDE TO THE FOOD SERVERS OR WHATEVER.  IT'S I'M JUST GOING TO SIT

I'VE DONE THAT IN SOLVANG, CALIFORNIA. 

GUEST:  IF YOU LOOK BACK AT SOME OF HIS MARCHES YOU'LL SEE OTHER

NATIONALITIES INCLUDED IN THOSE MARCHES.  IT WAS NOT JUST FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

IT WAS FOR EVERYBODY.  

GUEST:  MY DAD WORKED FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN D.C..  HE WAS ONE OF

THE FIRST BLACK POLICE OFFICERS IN THAT AREA.  HE DEALT WITH THE PARADES.  I

NEVER SAW RACE BECAUSE HE VIEWED EVERYBODY AS BEING EQUAL.  HE RAISED ME

THAT WAY.  WHEN I CAME OUT HERE TO CALIFORNIA I VIEWED THE SAME THING.  I

LIKE CALIFORNIA OR L.A. BECAUSE IT WAS A MELTING POT.  IT WASN'T A MINORITY

TYPE    IT WAS JUST ONE CULTURE.  

JANET:  THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT LOS ANGELES.  IT'S ABOUT PLACE    YOU CAN

POINT TO ON THE PLANET THERE'S A LITTLE GROUP OF THEM SOMEWHERE HERE IN LOS

ANGELES.  

GUEST:  EXACTLY.  

JANET:  I LIKE TO GO TO THOSE PLACES.  ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS GOING TO

CHINA TOWN.  AND GO TO LITTLE TOKYO.  I ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE

WHO'RE NOT LIKE ME.  I FIND MYSELF IN A POSITION BEING THE ONLY RAISIN IN

THE COOKIE OFTEN.  AND SOMETIMES THEY'VE NEVER SEEN OR HAD A CONVERSATION

WITH ANOTHER MINORITY BEFORE.  AND SO I FEEL LIKE I'M REPRESENTING AS A

TRIPLE MINORITY, AS A BLACK, DISABLED FEMALE WITH A HIDDEN DISABILITY IT

PUTS ME IN SITUATIONS SOMETIMES WHERE I CAN SPREAD THE JOY.  

GUEST:  DEFINITELY.  

JANET:  SHINE THE LIGHT.  BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED, AND ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT I DO WHEN I GO TO MULTICULTURAL MIXERS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.  I'M

INTRODUCED IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.  I GO SIT IN THE BACK, AND THE REASON I

DO THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE DISFRANCHISED PEOPLE SIT.  I'M GOING TO

TELL THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT.  

GUEST:  THAT'S WHERE YOU GET ALL YOUR INFORMATION FROM.  

JANET:  YES.  I JUST GO TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND SIT THERE.  I DON'T

THINK THEM I'M A COMMISSIONER.  AND I SIT ON THE FLOOR INDIAN STYLE.  I HAVE

EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME.  SO THAT'S WHAT I DO.  OR I'LL GET UP, AND WALK TO

THE OTHER SIDE.  THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT HIP BACK IN THERE.  SO

IT'S ACCOMODATING MY DISABILITY BUT I LEARN SO MUCH.  

GUEST:  I'M GOING TO TELL YOUR LISTENERS NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, STORE,

MARKET, WHEREVER IT IS, WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

WHETHER YOU KNOW THEM OR NOT.  YOU'LL STOP THEM, AND TALK TO THEM.  THAT'S

WHERE SHE GETS A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM. 

JANET:  SOMEBODY TOLD ME    PEOPLE WALK UP TO ME, AND TELL ME THINGS THAT

THEY HAVEN'T SAID TO ANYONE ELSE WHICH I FIND INTERESTING.  I DID    FOR DR.

KING'S MEMORY THEY WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO REACH OUT, AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.

I ENDED UP HELPING SOMEBODY THAT WAS GOING INTO SURGERY.  HER MOM HAD FALLEN

THREE WEEKS AGO, AND BROKEN HER SHOULDER.  SO I'M TRYING TO DO THAT.  BUT I

WAS THE FIRST PERSON SHE TOLD SOME REALLY PERSONAL THINGS ABOUT HER OWN LIFE

THAT I WAS ABLE TO RECALL AND ASSIST HER IN THIS SITUATION.  I GUESS IT

COMES BACK FROM ME TEACHING NURSERY SCHOOL.  

GUEST:  IT HAS TO.  

JANET:  THE ONES WITH THE HORNS.  BUT ANYWAY I WANT TO GET TO YOU GENTLEMEN.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY AND SO I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME THINGS YOU

WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US.  SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR PLATE FOR TODAY. 

GUEST:  BASICALLY A LOT OF YOUR LISTENERS KNOW ABOUT ACCESS SERVICES.  ONE

OF THE THINGS WE KEEP IN MIND IS SAFETY.  WE LIKE TO BE ON TIME FOR MOST OF

OUR TRIPS.  WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RATE ON TIME PERFORMANCE.  WE WANT THEM TO

GET AT A BETTER PERCENTAGE.  THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.  BUT I

BROUGHT ALONG STEVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS.  IT'S ONE OF THE

THINGS, SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR YOU.  IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE

BEST THING FOR YOU TO USE ACCESS SERVICES.  THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES

THAT MAY GET YOU TO YOUR DESTINATION.  

JANET:  THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.  

GUEST:  THAT MAY PICK YOU UP FASTER, AND GIVE YOU MORE OPTIONS WHILE YOU'RE

USING THE TRANSIT IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.  IT'S CALLED OUR MOBILITY

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND FREE FARE.  STEVE.  

GUEST:  THANK YOU, JANET, FOR HAVING US TODAY.  THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ON THE

RADIO.  

JANET:  LET'S NOT MAKE IT YOUR LAST.  

GUEST:  I'M THE SENIOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT COUNSELOR WITH ACCESS SERVICES.

WHAT I DO IS SUPPLY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR RIDERS, AND FOR PERSONS WHO'RE

FOUND NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACCESS SERVICES.  SO I TRY TO ASSIST THEM IN ANY WAY

TO FIND SOME KIND OF TRANSPORTATION OPTION AS WELL AS JUST A REFERRAL FOR

ANYTHING DEALING WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS WELL.  AND BASICALLY IT'S

JUST TO SHOW THEM AT ACCESS SERVICES WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT THEM.  THEY

MIGHT NOT GET ELIGIBILITY.  BUT WE TRY TO STILL CONNECT THEM.  WE KNOW THEY

HAVE TO GO TO WORK.  THEY HAVE PERSONAL LEISURE ACTIVITIES THEY WANT TO DO.

WE TRY TO RESEARCH AN INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS, WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO SEE IF WE

CAN GET THEM THERE SAFELY.  

JANET:  I LOVE THIS.  I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS.  

GUEST:  WHAT I DO WE REFER TO THINGS AS NON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT

CAN GET A PERSON TO THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.  CITY RIDE, WHICH WE WERE

DISCUSSING, THAT'S ANOTHER SERVICE WE REFER TO.  WE HELP ASSIST WITH THE TAP

CARD WHICH IS FOR SENIORS, COLLEGE, DISABLED AS WELL AS K 12.  WE REFER TO

THE SENIORS CENTERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING.  WE TRY TO LET A PERSON

KNOW THERE ARE OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR THEM, THAT IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE ACCESS

ELIGIBILITY THERE ARE A LOT OF  OTHER SERVICES THAT CAN TRANSPORT THEM, AND

TRANSPORTING PEOPLE WE END UP DOING REFERRALS JUST FOR INFORMATION  FOR

PERSONS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW THERE'S OTHER NUMBERS THEY CAN CALL.  THERE'S 511

FOR TRANSIT INFORMATION.  THERE'S 211 FOR ROUTE AND SCHEDULING SO THERE'S A

LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.  AND WE DON'T JUST

DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.  ANYBODY CAN CALL OUR NUMBER OUR

MOBILITY MANAGEMENT, AND THAT  NUMBER IS 213 270 6066.  WE'LL REFER THEM TO

OTHER SERVICES AND AGAIN THE NUMBER IS 213 270 6066.  

GUEST:  I'D LIKE TO ADD STEVE REALLY MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS WE SERVICE OTHER

AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION.  I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE WHERE THEY ADDRESSED

SOMEONE    I KEEP KIDDING ABOUT THIS.  THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE THAT

NEEDED THEIR WHEELCHAIR FIXED AND THAT'S REALLY OUT OF OUR TERRITORY BUT

THERE'S NOTHING SAYING ABOUT GOING OUTSIDE THE BOX WHEN YOU CAN.  THAT

DEPARTMENT DOES A LOT OF THAT.  EVEN IF YOU THINK IT'S NOT TRANSPORTATION

RELATED, DON'T HESITATE TO GIVE US A CALL.  

JANET:  I'VE HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.  HARLEY RUBENSTEIN HE'D GO DOWN THE

STREET, AND MISS THE CURB CUT, AND GO OFF THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN DAMAGE HIS

WHEELCHAIR.  HE'S SITTING THERE, AND PEOPLE WOULD GENERALLY HELP HIM GET UP,

AND NOW HE HAS A BROKEN WHEELCHAIR, AND HE HAS NO WAY TO GET IT FIXED.  I'M

GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.  

GUEST:  WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND BASICALLY IT WAS FROM INDIVIDUALS

CALLING IN, AND WHAT WE DO WE WOULD RESEARCH THEM, AND GIVE THEM A CALL

BACK, AND FOR SOME REASON DEALING WITH THE AGENCY, AND DEALING WITH PEOPLE

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT OR NOT NECESSARILY THE COMPLAINT BUT THE

BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT PEOPLE DON'T CALL ME BACK.  I DON'T GET A RETURN

CALL.  THEY'RE SURPRISED JUST ME CALLING BACK, AND HAVING A LITTLE EXTRA

TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER ISSUES THEY MIGHT HAVE.  

JANET:  I THINK THIS IS TERRIFIC BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION IS SUCH A BIG THING.

WHEN I WAS WITH THE CITY ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS PEOPLE

CAN GO FROM ONE END OF THE CITY TO THE OTHER END OF THE CITY.  UNFORTUNATELY

CITY RIDE STOPS AT 4:00, AND IT DOESN'T START UNTIL A CERTAIN TIME IN THE

MORNING.  THEY WORKED IT OUT WITH TAXI COUPONS AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.  AND

IS THERE ANY INTERPHASE WITH TAXI COUPONS, AND TRANSPORTATION?

      GUEST:  WE DEAL WITH OUR FREE FARE PROGRAM.  IF YOU RECEIVE ACCESS

SERVICES ELIGIBILITY YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RIDE THE BUSES OR TRAINS AND/OR THE

LIGHT RAIL WITH THE TAP CARD.  WE SERVICE PRETTY MUCH COVER ALL OF LOS

ANGELES SYSTEMS WITH THE FREE FARE PROGRAM.  

JANET:  THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION I KNOW FOR MYSELF I CAN'T STEP UP

TO GET ON THE BUS.  AND THEY BROUGHT    IT WAS CHIP HAZEN AND I FORGOT THE

OTHER PERSON'S NAME, THEY BROUGHT ONE OF THE KNEELING BUSES AND I TRIED TO

DO THAT, AND I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION.  I KNOW I'M NOT THE

ONLY PERSON THAT HAS TROUBLE STEPPING UP.  BUT THAT STEP IS    

GUEST:  I KNOW I RIDE THE METRO LINK.  IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH STEPPING UP

THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RAMP, THEY'LL PUSH UP TO THE TRAIN SO YOU CAN ACCESS THE

TRAIN.  

JANET:  I DON'T HAVE A WHEELCHAIR.  SOMETIMES    I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS TRUE

WITH THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.  BUT SOMETIMES WHEN THEY DON'T

SEE A WHEELCHAIR OR THEY DON'T SEE CRUTCHES OR THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEY SEE

PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND THEY THINK I'M MAKING IT ALL UP.  I WANT TO MAKE SURE

THAT THE INFORMATION THAT GOES TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE

LETS THEM KNOW THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE A WHEELCHAIR THAT MIGHT NEED TO

USE THAT.  

GUEST:  I DO KNOW THAT METRO DOES ALLOW FOR CUSTOMERS TO USE THE KNEELING

FEATURE OR THE LIFT EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN A WHEELCHAIR.  IF THEY HAVE A

PROBLEM BOARDING THE BUS THEY WILL USE THAT DEVICE.  

JANET:  SUPPOSED TO.  

GUEST:  YOU JUST NEED TO REQUEST.  

JANET:  I GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT SCREAM AT ME IF I DON'T ASK THESE

QUESTIONS.  

GUEST:  I THINK THEY DO.  I'LL TRY TO LOOK INTO THAT WHEN I GET BACK TO THE

OFFICE.  

JANET:  WE GET A LOT OF GRIEF WITH THE PLACARD, AND YOU DON'T LOOK DISABLED

TO ME.  WHAT I'VE LEARNED TO SAY IS THANK YOU.  I'M SO HAPPY I DON'T LOOK

LIKE HOW I FEEL.  

GUEST:  IF YOU HAVE A PCA WITH THE ACCESS SERVICES CUSTOMER, PERSONAL CARE

ATTENDANT, THEY TOO CAN RIDE FREE IF THEY'RE WITH THE ACTUAL CUSTOMER THAT

HOLDS THE ACCESS ID CARD.  SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT MORE OF OUR

CUSTOMERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.  IT IS AN OPTION, AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS

BETTER FOR THEM.  

GUEST:  IF YOU HAVE AN ACCESS SERVICES ID CARD OR WENT THROUGH AN ACCESS

SERVICES EVALUATION YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TRAVEL TRAINING.  SO WE HAVE A

SERVICE THAT CAN TRAIN YOU ON HOW TO RIDE THE FIXED ROUTE BUS SYSTEMS AS

WELL AS THE BUSES AND TRAINS.  

GUEST:  BEFORE WE GET OFF THE AIR I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS OUR

CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBERS.  PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.  WE HAVE SIX LOCATIONS

COMING UP.  OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 800 827 0829.  OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE

NUMBER IS AVAILABLE FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  AND

FOR ANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE HAVING REALTIME SITUATIONS WHERE THEY

REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE YOU WANT TO CALL THAT SAME NUMBER AND PUSH

OPTION 2.  NOW WE'RE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY FOR URGENT ISSUES LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHERE YOUR VEHICLE DIDN'T SHOW UP.  

JANET:  HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY OF THOSE COMPLAINTS LATELY EITHER. 800 827 0829,

OPTION 2.  WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO VISIT ME AGAIN?  

GUEST:  JUST GIVE US AN INVITE.  

JANET:  I'M CONSTANTLY GETTING QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS

ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.  I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS BECAUSE I HAVE A CAR.

THERE ARE TIMES I COULD USE THE SERVICE BUT IT'S LIKE THE CAR BREAKS DOWN,

LIKE IF THE CAR DOESN'T START.  THERE ISN'T ANY SORT OF STOPGAP FOR THOSE OF

US THAT GENERALLY WE DRIVE.  SO I'M JUST LOOKING OUT FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE

THAT NEED TO USE THE PARATRANSIT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT USE IT.

I WANT TO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO AND APPLY FOR THESE SERVICES.  

GUEST:  WE THANK COMMISSIONER NEAL BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING US ANOTHER AVENUE

TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE. 

JANET:  I HEAR OUR MUSIC.  THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING.  AND I WANTED

TO ASK EVERYBODY GO DO SOMETHING TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.  I MEANT TO DO THIS

EARLIER, IF YOU WERE LONELY DURING THE HOLIDAYS GO TO ONE OF THESE

CONVALESCENT HOSPITALS WHERE NOBODY COMES TO VISIT.  AND SOMEBODY WILL

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.  THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 

 [END]

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2/1/12

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**

2/1/12

 [MUSIC PLAYING]
 DEEP IN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE, WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
JANET:  GOOD MORNING.  CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH ON JANET'S PLANET.
WELCOME.  I HAVE A WONDERFUL GUEST TODAY, AND SANDY, ARE YOU THERE?
GUEST:  YES.
JANET:  HOW ARE YOU?
GUEST:  I'M WELL.  HOW YOU DOING?
JANET:  I'M DOING WELL.  GOOD MORNING GAY IN ARIZONA, OUR CAPTIONER.
GUEST:  GAY, YES,, HI.  HERE WE GO WITH THE LINK TO THE LIVE CAPTIONING.
HERE IT IS.  IT'S A LONG ONE.  IT IS
HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET.  I'LL REPEAT THAT.
HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET.  IF YOU MISSED ANY
OF THAT OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIVE CAPTIONING.
YOU
CAN CONTACT ME I'M SANDY EISENBERG.  INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM,
WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM.  AND HELLO TO EVERYBODY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
JANET:  YES, SANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A SPONSOR TOO.  ALSO TO
RAUL
RAMIREZ FROM THE NEIJING CLINIC OF EASTERN MEDICINE.  SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
THIS TIME, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SPONSORS.  LET'S GET SOME OF THIS
BUSINESS STUFF OUT OF THE WAY, AND GET ON TO OUR PROGRAM.  GOT A LOT OF
GOOD
STUFF TODAY.  THIS IS THE LOS ANGELES CITY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY THAT
IS
FINALLY SENDING ME THEIR NOTICES AGAIN.  I GUESS SOMEBODY IS LISTENING.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1ST, 2012.  1:00 P.M. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ROOM 350 CITY HALL.  200 NORTH SPRING STREET.  213 202 2764.  THERE ARE
TWO
VACANCIES ON THIS.  PLEASE APPLY.  WE NEED SOME MORE REPRESENTATION FROM
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THIS PART OF TOWN.  CALL TO ORDER FOR ITEM 1.
APPROVAL 2.  PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM 3.  LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS ITEM 4.
ITEM 5 LEGALITY OF REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTS.  I GUESS THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE
NOT
PRESENT, AND REMOTELY PRESENT. 6, ITEM 6,  DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF
CORPORATE
SPONSORS, ESTABLISHING FUND RAISERS HOSTING EVENTS FOR DONATIONS AND
DEVELOPING GRANTS TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE PROGRAMS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITIES.  IT'S ABOUT TIME.  ITEM 7 DEVELOPMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITY PROJECTS.  8, CORO SCHOLAR.  TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT
PROJECTS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITY.  ITEM 9, LETTER TO
LAUSD REGARDING A LIST OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN
PACKETS
OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.  10, ACCESS SERVICES, TAP CARD, LOUIS BURNS.
11,
AIDS COORDINATOR'S OFFICE THAT'S STEVEN SIMON.  12, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S
REPORT.  THAT WOULD BE REGINA SWAIN. 13, PUBLIC COMMENT, AND NEW BUSINESS,
14 AND THAT'S IT.  I WAS LOOKING AT A MAP ABOUT THAT LOS ANGELES WORLD
AIRPORTS.  YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUNNING THAT RAIL THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT, AND I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY COME BACK
TO THAT TOO.  THERE WAS A COALITION THAT'S MEETING ON THAT, AND THEIR
CONTACT IS 323 761 4345.  MAYBE THEY'LL ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN YOU CALL
BECAUSE THEY DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN I CALL.  I WANT TO DEDICATE THE
SHOW    ORIGINALLY I WAS DEDCATING IT TO ETTA JAMES.  I HEARD SOME BAD
NEWS
THIS MORNING THAT WE LOST DON CORNELIUS.  I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE HIM.  I HAVE
TO REMEMBER THE GODFATHER OF THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT; THAT WOULD BE TOM
BRADLEY.  SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MAYOR TOM BRADLEY WAS WILLIAM ELKINS.  I
WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH    EXCUSE ME, IN
TWO
WEEKS ON THE SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
DISABILITY.  I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.  ANYWAY I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY
GUEST TODAY.  I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MY GUESTS.  FIRST.
          GUEST:  SCOTT GALWAY.
          GUEST:  AND BRENT BURTON.  CAPTAIN BRENT BURTON.
JANET:  THANK YOU.
GUEST:  SHEREE BROWN.  I'M A RECORDING ARTIST, A SONGWRITER, SINGER.
JANET:  WE HAD HEARD SOMETHING FROM SHEREE.  LOVE IT.  ONE OF THE THINGS I
HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IS THE    SCOTT, THE NUMBER OF MUSICIANS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THAT'S THE CRENSHAW COMMUNITY WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT'S JUST
SUCH A RICH ENVIRONMENT.  LOOKING BACK AT ETTA JAMES, I WAS A BIG, BIG FAN
OF ETTA JAMES, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HER PERFORM LIVE WITH
SMOKEY
ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES.  YOU KNOW, I WAS IN HOG HEAVEN, IN LONG BEACH.
EVERY TIME THE MIRACLES WERE IN TOWN I WAS IN THE FRONT ROW.  I SAW EARTH,
WIND, AND FIRE.
GUEST:  YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS.
JANET:  LOOK AT HOW LONG I'VE BEEN ON THE PLANET.
GUEST:  YOU GOT IT.
JANET:  I REMEMBER SEEING EARTH, WIND AND FIRE.  THERE WAS A SECOND LEVEL
AT
THE WHISKEY AND THEY WERE LINED ON THE WALLS.  WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE
AUDIENCE THERE'S NO WAY TO DESCRIBE HOW THAT SOUNDS.  WHEN I USED TO SING
ONE OF THE TEACHERS,  THE MUSIC DIRECTOR AT LOS ANGELES HARBOR COLLEGE, HE
USED TO MAKE US LINE THE WALLS OF THIS BIG OLD ROOM AND YOU HAD TO STAND
TWO
PEOPLE AWAY FROM YOUR VOICE PART, AND NO PIANO.  AND THEN HE WOULD WALK,
AND
IF HE STOPPED IN FRONT OF YOU, IT'S LIKE UH OH.  AND IF HE SAID STOP
SINGING.  HE WOULD PULL THEM IN.  AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT
LOS ANGELES WITH ALL OF THE MUSICAL PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE.  IT'S JUST
KIND OF RESONATES.
GUEST:  IT'S AMAZING.  AND REALLY LAST NIGHT ALONE I WAS AT THE MINT CLUB
ON
PICO, AND I SAW THE GREAT MARY CLAYTON.  THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE
THERE.  JOHN B. WILLIAMS.  IT'S JAMES GADSDEN. AND OUR CITY IS FULL OF
TREASURES.
JANET:  WILSON.
GUEST:  OH MY GOODNESS.
JANET:  WELL, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE FIRST GROUP I HEARD LESLIE DRAYTON
PLAY WITH.  HE WAS WITH MARVIN GAYE.
GUEST:  A LOT THE OF OTHER PEOPLE.  R&B, JAZZ, THE WHOLE NINE.
JANET:  WE HAVE A LOT OF CULTURE HERE.  I WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE CAPTAIN
HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  I BROUGHT SOME PROPS THAT IF YOU LOOK OVER
THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME STUFF.  ONE FROM 1946.  THAT'S THE OLD SCHOOL
FIREFIGHTERS HELMET THAT BELONGED TO MY DAD, AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF HIM
ON
WHAT ARE WE CALLING THAT?
GUEST:  CRASH RIG.
JANET:  CRASH RIG, AND ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER 80.  I SAW A BROCHURE THAT
CAME
OUT ABOUT THE AIRPORT, AND 80 DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT DID WHEN MY
DAD
WAS THERE.  I THINK THEY CALLED IT LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.  IT WAS
BASICALLY A HUT.  IT'S A HUGE PLACE NOW WITH THOSE HUGE TRUCKS.
GUEST:  THERE'S FOUR OF THEM THERE.
JANET:  TELL US SOMETHING    BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
FIREFIGHTER
MUSEUM.  WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT THE CITY'S HISTORY.
GUEST:  THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM IS THE HOUSE    AT NUMBER
HOUSE STATION 30 WHERE YOUR DAD SERVED.  HE WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
FIREFIGHTER YOU HAD TO SERVE AT BOTH STATIONS.  AND YOU HAD TO SERVE ON
THE
LADDER TRUCK, AND FIRE STATION.  AND WE OPENED THE MUSEUM IN 1997.  WHEN
WE
DID WE DEDICATED THE OPENING TO THE RETIREES THAT SERVED THERE DURING THE
DAYS OF SEGREGATION, YOUR FATHER INCLUDED, AND IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY.  WE
ARE 15 YEARS YOUNG, AND WE ARE THE ONLY FREESTANDING AFRICAN AMERICAN
FIREFIGHTING MUSEUM TODAY.  BOSTON, AND CHICAGO ARE WORKING ON AN AFRICAN
AMERICAN FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM.  IT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING SINCE 1997.  WE'RE
OPEN EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 2 10:00 P.M., AND OUR MISSION IS FREE
FOR GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS.  YOU CAN RENT THE HALL FOR RECEPTIONS, AND
BANQUETS.  WE HAVE VERY NEGOTIABLE RATES.  OUR WEBSITE,WWW.AAFMUSEUM.ORG.
IN THE MUSEUM YOU'LL FIND STORIES, BADGES, A LOT OF PARAPHERNALIA FROM THE
OLD DAYS WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SEGREGATED FROM OTHERS.  OUR SAM
HASKINS FROM 1892 UP TO THE PRESENT DAY.  WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR THIRD
AFRICAN
AMERICAN FIRE CHIEF IN BRIAN CUMMINGS.  AND FIRST ON THE DARRYL OSBY.
BRIAN
IS A SECOND GENERATION FIREFIGHTER.  HIS DAD, AND YOUR DAD SERVED
TOGETHER.

JANET:  I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF HIM.  SHE'S SO PROUD OF HIM, HIS MOM.  AND
I
AM TOO.  IT'S A PHENOMENAL FAMILY.  THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTING TO
DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE CITY.  DID YOU KNOW THAT HIS OLDEST SISTER WAS THE
FIRST FEMALE LINEMAN FOR THE PHONE COMPANY THAT CLIMBED THE POLE.
GUEST:  I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.  BRIAN IS MARRIED TO MY COUSIN.  HIS LOVELY
WIFE
ROCHELLE IS MY SECOND COUSIN.  SO BRIAN IS A GOOD MAN, AND HE'S DOING SOME
GOOD THINGS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KEEPING THEM AFLOAT.
JANET:  YES.  I'M    THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS YOU
CAN TELL.  THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH THE RANK
AND
FILE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE WAY PEOPLE OF
COLOR ARE COMING UP IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WOMEN.  TELL ME
ABOUT
THE WOMEN CHIEFS AND CAPTAIN.
GUEST:  IN THE COUNTRY WE HAVE FOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRE CAPTAINS.  AND
WE
HAVE THREE IN GEORGIA.  ONE IN CALIFORNIA.  AND WE HAVE HER PROTÉGÉ TONY
DIXON.  SHE'S THE FIRE CHIEF IN THE GEORGIA.  AND IN CALIFORNIA ON THE
WEST
SIDE IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RANKING AFRICAN AMERICAN IS LAW
RAIN
HUTCHISON.  SHE'S NOW AN ASSISTANT CHIEF.  SECOND IN SAN JOSE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS CHIEF TERESA REID.
          JANET:  I WAS VERY PROUD WHEN I SAW HER ON TV.
GUEST:  THAT'S THE DRIVER.
JANET:  THAT'S THE JOB I WANTED.  I WANTED TO DRIVE THAT BIG TRUCK.
GUEST:  THEY ALL WERE ENGINEERS.
         JANET:  ALL RIGHT.  I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT
WOMEN
DRIVERS.
GUEST:  ON THIS FEBRUARY 4TH AT 9:00 A.M. WE'RE DOING A RECRUITMENT
SEMINAR
AT OUR MUSEUM.  FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN BECOMING A FIREFIGHTER THAT IS
1401 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE RIGHT ON 14TH AND CENTRAL WHICH IS TWO BLOCKS
NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY.  COME ON DOWN.  WE'LL GIVE YOU A LOT OF
INFORMATION
HOW TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTERS  WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS TALKING ABOUT THE JOB,
AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE WRITTEN EXAM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JANET:  EXCELLENT.  AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THE COUNTY
CHIEF.

GUEST:  YES.
JANET:  HE HAS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS ATTENDED OUR FUND RAISING EVENT.
EVERYBODY JUST LOVES THEM.
GUEST:  PEOPLE USUALLY LIKE THE GENTLEMEN IN UNIFORM, THE MILITARY FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.  SO THEY LIKE IT.
JANET:  THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR    THESE ARE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT DON'T ORDINARILY GET TO SEE THIS TYPE OF
SPIT
AND POLISH AND PAGEANTRY DONE JUST FOR THEM.  IT REALLY RESONATES FOR
THAT.

GUEST:  HIS FATHER IS BOB OSBY  WHO WAS FIRE CHIEF FOR FOUR COUNTIES.  AND
HE JUST RETIRED AFTER A 46 YEAR CAREER.  DARRYL AND I HAVE PARAMEDIC
PARTNERS WAY BACK IN THE 1980S AT FAIRFAX STATION 58.
JANET:  I TELL YOU.  I LIVE BETWEEN 58 AND WHAT'S THE ONE ON VALLEY RIDGE.

GUEST:  38.
JANET:  I LIVE BETWEEN THOSE TWO.  I FEEL EXTREMELY SAFE.  I HAD AN ALARM
ON
MY HOUSE.  I HAD SOME KNUCKLE HEADS THAT DISCONNECTED.  AND I HEAR THIS
BEEP, BEEP, AND SO BY THE TIME I HEAR THIS COMING UP THE STREET.  I WENT
OUTSIDE, AND BRIAN JORDAN WAS STANDING ON MY FRONT PORCH.  IT MAKES ME
REALLY SAFE WITH THAT GOOD RESPONSE TIME.  I JUST THROUGHOUT THE CITY I
THINK YOU GUYS DO A VERY GOOD, JOB, AND ANYTIME I CAN DO ANYTHING FOR ANY
OF
YOU GUYS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  I KNOW BEFORE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME OF
THE
ISSUES WITH FIREFIGHTERS THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES,
AND I'M STILL AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF THOSE SERVICES.  ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR
THAT.  I'M HERE.  ANY OF THAT.  SO NOW I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE MUSIC.
GUEST:  WELL, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BRING YOU TO YOUR ATTENTION SHEREE
BROWN.
THIS LADY IS ALWAYS DOING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND CREATING PIECES OF
MUSIC, AND ART THAT IS ENRICHING AND INSPIRING FOR PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THAT
SHE'S GOT SOME STUFF THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY PERTINENT FOR INSPIRING
ANYBODY INCLUDING DISABLED.
JANET:  WE HAD A VERY LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS, AND SOME
INSPIRATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU HAD BEEN WRITING AND PUTTING MUSIC TO AND
SOME
THINGS FOR CHILDREN.  WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY PASSIONS BECAUSE I SPENT
14
YEARS TEACHING NURSERY SCHOOL, AND I THINK SEE WHAT WAS IT LAST    WHAT
WAS
THAT, FRIDAY I WAS AT DENNY'S, AND I WAS TALKING DOING AN INTERVIEW, AND
TWO
LADIES WALKED BY, AND ONE OF THEM STOPPED, AND LOOKING AT MY SILVER.  THE
LADY I'M LOOKING AT, AND SHE LOOKS AWFULLY FAMILIAR.  THEY SAT DOWN, AND
WE
STARTED TALKING.  THIS LADY LOOKS FAMILIAR.  SHE HAS SOME MEDICAL
CONDITIONS
SO SHE WASN'T QUITE UP TO SPEED BUT I ASKED HER WHAT'S YOUR NAME, AND SHE
TOLD ME, AND HER NAME WAS PHELPS, AND GREG.  HER SON IS GREG PHELPS.  THE
LAST TIME I SAW GREG PHELPS HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD.  AND I KEEP RUNNING INTO
THESE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.  SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SO INTERESTED IN WHAT
YOU
WERE DOING.  I USED TO TEACH THEM HOW TO READ AT AGE 2.
GUEST:  THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE MY HUSBAND DOUGLAS JOHNSON SR. WE CO WROTE
THIS BOOK CALLED JOCK THE KNOCK OF THE WORD. IT TALKS ABOUT ANTI
BULLYING,
READING AND PEACE.  WE DID IT ORIGINALLY FOR PRE K THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS,
AND NOW IT'S ALL AGES, EVEN ADULTS, AND THE AMAZING THING IS THAT 2 YEAR
OLDS WHO CAN'T SPEAK LOVE THIS PROJECT.  THEY GO JOCK A KNOCK.
JANET:  IS IT'S THE MUSIC AND THE RHYTHM.  THEY BREAK THE ALPHABET DOWN TO
36 SOUNDS AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE JINGLE THAT GOES WITH EACH SOUND.  THAT'S
WHAT WOULD STICK.  BY THE TIME YOU GET TO TWO SOUNDS YOU CAN READ.  THESE
ARE NONSENSE WORDS YOU CAN READ.
GUEST:  I THINK IT'S  SYLLABIC.  THERE'S A TERM THAT THEY USE.  WHEN WE
WERE
DOING THE BOOK WE HAD SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOME EDUCATORS REVIEW IT AND
THEY WERE AMAZED AT HOW WE HAD THE STORY, THE STORY HAS ART, IT'S ABOUT
HISTORY.  AND THE MUSIC, AND SO ALL THOSE COMBINED REALLY, REALLY WELL.
JANET:  THE MORE SENSES THAT YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE LEARNING PROCESS THE
MORE LIKELY IT IS TO STICK.  WHICH I LIKE THIS PROGRAM.  IT WAS THINGS TO
USE WITH YOUR HANDS, THE SINGING AND DANCING, AND IT WOULD MAKE THEM
REMEMBER IT, AND SO I REALLY LIKED HEARING ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.  I'M GOING
TO
BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING ALONG WITH IT TO SEE HOW IT GOES, AND WHATEVER.

GUEST:  THE OTHER THING WHEN WE WERE TALKING I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT
YOU'RE DOING.  I WANTED    I BROUGHT THE SONG, HOPEFULLY WE CAN TRY IT.
PAWTRICE FINISHED WRITING A SONG.  SHE'S PERFORMING WITH ME AND MY
DAUGHTER
AND TWO OF MY NIECES.  AND THEN MY NIECES ARE SARA LYNN, AND RYAN PENZ,
AND
THE SONG AND LYRICS SPEAK TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.  IT'S PART OF A NEW
PROJECT
THAT WILL BE COMING OUT THIS QUARTER.  AND IT'S CALLED MESSAGES FROM THE
HEART.
JANET:  IF WE DON'T GET TO IT TODAY I'D LIKE TO DO ANOTHER SHOW, AND TALK
ABOUT KIDS.  I THINK THIS IS THE WAY    I WAS LISTENING TO SOMETHING ON
THE
NEWS ABOUT AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T NECESSARILY
CONNECT WITH A SENTENCE.  BUT THEY TEACH THEM A SONG, AND THEY GOT IT.
IT'S
A DIFFERENT WAY TO CONNECT.  I THINK THIS IS PART OF MY SUCCESS WORKING IN
NURSERY SCHOOL BECAUSE I HAD THE PRESCHOOL SWEAT HOGS.  THE ONES THAT
NOBODY
WANTED IN THEIR CLASS.  WE HAD FUN.  PART OF IT WAS ABOUT MUSIC.  BECAUSE
I
THINK I MENTIONED THAT I WAS A CONCERT PIANIST, AND I QUIT WHEN I WAS 15,
AND THESE KIDS WERE THE ONLY ONES I WOULD PLAY FOR.  IT'S ABOUT THE
MUSIC..

GUEST:  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PROGRAM IT'S PART OF A
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN SO I'M TOURING.  IT'S CALLED PEACE IN THE CITY.  IT
DEALS
WITH TREATING CHILDREN, AND THE PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO BE TREATED.  WHAT I
FIND I ACTUALLY DO A PRESENTATION PERFORMANCE IN THE SCHOOLS, AND
ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, AND SO THE WHOLE THING IS ESTEEMING THEM,
AND
TEACHING OTHERS TO HAVE COMPASSION, AND TREATING OTHERS THE WAY THEY WANT
TO
BE TREATED.  30 YEARS AGO I WAS WITH CAPITOL RECORDS AS A RECORDING
ARTIST.
BECAUSE OUR KIDS IF THEY CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND CAN BARELY SPEAK
BUT
THEY CAN RECITE EVERY WORD THEY HEAR ON THE HEAR.  SOME OF THEM AREN'T
POSITIVE.
JANET:  IF YOU THINK OF PEOPLE THAT STUTTER THEY CAN SING.  THERE WAS A
COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER WHAT'S HIS NAME.  HE COULDN'T GET HIS NAME OUT.
BUT
HE SANG LIKE EVERYTHING.  JAMES EARL JONES.  J. EDGAR HOOVER.  IT'S ABOUT
THE RHYTHM.
GUEST:  THE CADENCE.
JANET:  EXACTLY.  MUSIC IS A WONDERFUL THING.  WHY DON'T YOU TELL US SOME
MORE ABOUT SOME OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE, LOCAL PEOPLE.
GUEST:  ETTA JAMES WAS PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR AT LAST.  SHE HAD BLUES PIECES
AND HER SOME OF HER FINAL ALBUMS WHERE SHE'S GRAMMY NOMINATED WERE JAZZ
TRIBUTES TO BILLY HOLLIDAY, AND EVERYTHING.  AND SHE STANDS AS A SYMBOL OF
SURVIVAL.  SHE HAD A VERY CHALLENGING LIFE.  SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES SHE
BROUGHT ON HERSELF.  IT WAS ALSO    THERE WAS DRUGS.  THERE WAS    WELL,
THAT WAS MOST PEOPLE KNOW OF HEROIN ADDICTION.
JANET:  ISN'T THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMS TO CAPTURE MANY OF OUR
ARTISTS?
GUEST:  AT A CERTAIN POINT THERE WAS A LOT MORE OF IT.  I DON'T THINK
THERE
IS OF IT NOW.
JANET:  I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT.  IT'S OUT THERE BUT IT'S DIFFERENT.  THAT
WAS A TOUGH PERIOD FOR A FEMALE SINGERS OUT ON THE CIRCUIT.
GUEST:  ALL THE BOOZE, AND ALL THE PARTIES AND SHE RAISED HER SONS.  HER
SONS BECAME MEMBERS OF HER BAND, AND SHE KEPT THEM CLOSE, AND SHE WENT ON
TO
ACHIEVE QUITE A LOT.  SHE HAD A GREAT COMEBACK.
JANET:  THE COMMISSION NOMINATED MAYBE A YEAR AGO, I THINK IT WAS A YEAR
AGO
FOR THE MEDIA THE BAILEY BHARTI AWARD.  I THINK IT KIND OF SHOCKED HER
FAMILY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE COUCHED ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT
SHE HAD BEEN DEALING WITH AS A DISABILITY.  AND THE INTERESTING THING I
NOTICED AFTER WE NOMINATED HER, AND I WAS PERSISTENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
RESPOND, AND IT'S LIKE I'M BEING PERSISTENT.
GUEST:  SO HER OWN FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WERE CONNECTING TO THAT.
JANET:  THAT SEEMED TO OPEN THINGS UP.  SHORTLY AFTER THIS SITUATION WITH
HER SON, AND SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS CAME OUT, AND SOME OF HER HEALTH
CONCERNS CAME OUT, AND THEN THE QUALITY OF HER CARE CHANGED.
GUEST:  OKAY.
JANET:  IT GOT BETTER WHERE SOMEBODY WAS LOOKING OUT.  I FEEL THAT IT WAS
LIKE OKAY SOMEBODY IS WATCHING.  PAY ATTENTION TO IT.  YOU TAKE CARE,
ETTA,
TAKE CARE ETTA.
GUEST:  WHEN YOU'RE SIDING    ONCE THEY SIDE ON THE LIGHT OF BEING A
DISABILITY OR NOT JUST A CRUTCH.  THERE WERE OTHER UNDERLYING ISSUES.
JANET:  THOSE ARE THE JUDGMENTAL THINGS THAT GO WITH DISABILITY ANYWAY.
IN
OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE STRUGGLE OF
BEING
BLACK.  THEY DON'T REALIZE THERE'S A LIFE JACKET OVER HERE WITH MY
DIABETES.
ALL THE TIME I HEAR PEOPLE, OH, I DON'T HAVE A DISABILITY.  I'M NOT
DISABLED.  I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND I HAVE SUGAR DIABETES, AND I
HAVE
THIS, AND I HAVE THAT.  AND IT'S LIKE THAT IS NOT TRUE.  YOU DO HAVE A
DISABILITY, AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET
YOURSELF IN SOME MEDICAL TROUBLE WHICH I THINK IS NOT A GOOD THING.  AND I
THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH MS. JAMES.
GUEST:  I THINK YOUR AWARENESS IS WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THAT HELPED EXTEND
HER
LIFE A LITTLE LONGER.
JANET:  HAVE YOU HEARD HER DOING THE OLYMPICS.  I THOUGHT SHE HAD DIED.
IT
WAS TEARS TO SEE ETTA JAMES.  I'M SORRY, I CUT YOU OFF.
GUEST:  SHE HAD MANY COMEBACKS LIKE THAT.  AFTER THE GASTRIC BYPASS.  THAT
WAS AFTER THE WHEELCHAIR DAYS.
THEN SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND LIKE SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD CHASING THE MEN IN
HER
BAND.  SHE WAS A WHOLE ANOTHER LADY.  ALL OF US LISTENED TO HER AND ARE
GOING TO MISS HER TREMENDOUSLY.
JANET: WE'LL MISS HER, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE INPUT OF DON
CORNELIUS.  WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
GUEST:  CONTACT ME.  YOU CAN GO TO THE TODDGROUP.NET.
JANET:  WE'LL ALL BE BACK CAPTAIN BURTON, SCOTT GALWAY.  SHEREE BROWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, AND WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
GUEST:  THANK YOU, JANET.
JANET:  THANK YOU.
 [END]

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