LAWERS and HOTEL MANAGER endorse NOTORIOUS West Hollywood SEX PREDATOR JOHN DURAN

PAC members, D. J. Moore, Latham Watkins, Attorney, and Nick Remedio endorsed scandal-ridden former West Hollywood Mayor John Duran to serve another term on the City Council. Sources are claiming Moore and Remedio weren’t completely briefed on the scale of Duran’s notorious behavior by the mainly elderly white male Chamber leaders.

West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors.

John Duran scandal-plagued career in action.

• Coverage included a significant endorsement for Duran from the Times editorial board when he ran for Los Angeles County Supervisor in 2014.
• The once-great major newspaper, in the editorial, covered up the fact that Duran was burdened with major financial problems and thousands of dollars in tax liens.

The Times failed to mention Duran’s tax lien problems and being investigated by the Los Angeles District Attorney for misuse of public funds.

In complimenting Duran on his “prudence,” defined as being careful, often with money, the Los Angeles Times failed to do a background check on the candidate.

• If they had, they would have found Duran has more Federal and State tax liens than any other elected politician in U.S. history.
• Duran has had nearly $400,000 in tax liens beginning in 1994 and continuing to the present.
• A new tax lien was filed by the California Franchise Tax Board against him in November 2019 for $9,100.
• He also currently has three more Federal Tax Liens on extensions into 2025 and 2026, totaling over $21,000.

John Duran – Tax Liens – Federal and State

WEHOville – DURAN BELIEVES BLOGS AREN’T MEDIA

• John Duran’s “tax lien” history has been mentioned frequently in WEHOville, the excellent website covering news in West Hollywood whose editor was formerly with the New York Times.

Yet Duran is misusing WEHOville in his online search Ad:

• Duran dismisses WEHOville as a blog and considers it not real news media like the Los Angeles Times, which has never mentioned Duran’s tax liens in their endless coverage of his recent scandals.
• Duran’s sarcastic comment about blogs caught my attention because, along with The Daily Kos, we both prevailed in a landmark Federal Election Commission 2007 decision reaffirming American bloggers’ right to exercise their free speech rights.
• Bloggers were now considered media like legacy print media and cable T.V. news networks.

FEC Media Coverage 2007 and a big win for bloggers!

LOS ANGELES TIMES COVERAGE OF FEC DECISION FOR BLOGGERS

• The Los Angeles Times gave the story about 5 inches with a sarcastic anti-blog pitch. Thirteen years later, the Times is struggling to keep relevant.

How long will the Los Angeles Times last?

WEST HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BACKS SCANDAL RIDDEN POLITICIAN

Update  – Oct  11

John Duran’s scandal-plagued career in action and is endorsed by the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.