L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich To Speak At Granada High

Old Granada Hills Residents' Group will be welcoming L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich to speak at Granada Hills High School this Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

Hopefully, the discussion will be more productive than the one in this video, that leaves little question as to why Trutanich has often been referred to as a "bully":



Woman: "Hi. I'm a medical marijuana patient in Los Angeles, and..."

Trutanich: "How do you like smoking pesticides?"

Woman: "Well, I don't. I believe that in order to say that this is a public health issue you have to have at least one emergency room in the city saying that..."

Trutanich: "So let me see if I get this right: let your children play with lead toys."

Woman: "What are the FDA guidelines, sir? The FDA Guidelines that you reference, it is my understanding, that with organic material, ten pounds is required..."

Trutanich: "Wrong! You're wrong!"



Moments later, Trutanich shuts the woman's attempt to ask a question about medical marijuana down by saying, "I want you to go down and buy some lead toys for your children to play with; you won't be sick today but I guarantee you down the road your brain function will be." She tries to continue, quoting statistics she says are from a UCLA study, but Trutanich again shouts her down, saying, "Make sure that you go home, and take some pesticides, and spray it on yourself."



City Attorney Clashes with Speaker at 2009 Congress of Neighborhoods from Michael Cohen on Vimeo.

Comments

  1. Tom CrowlNovember 4, 2009 at 6:49 AM

    Sounds like Mr. Trutanich has difficulty dealing with reason and very well-established scientific research.

    It must make his thinking process so much easier!

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousNovember 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    Palin/Trutanich in 2012! Right? The dream (nightmare) team.

    ReplyDelete
  3. brad lanerNovember 6, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    This Trutanich guy is a real douche nozzle. Good thing Eric Holder spoiled his fun.

    ReplyDelete

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