Give it up for the Azul!!

Huge thanks to the Ambassador of Fan Relations at the LA Dodgers! I can't say they've done anything officially and I don't want to violate any MLB rules or anything like that, but at least someone in the LA sports community has responded to this blog. They sent me an address that I have to contact, and it might be just another line of bureacracy, but it's a great start. Thanks again sir, not sure if I can mention you by name yet :)

This would be incredible. I know that the Dodgers already have individual appreciation nights for the different military branches, as well as community nights for the diverse cultures that make up the LA area, so having an event at Dodger Stadium would be awesome. I hope this one finally works out!

VA workers are cashing in

Wow, this is ridiculous. Vets are waiting on disability checks and the VA workers are cashing monster bonuses?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_veterans_bonuses

New GI Bill

Some positives brewing up for Vets with regards to their GI Bill.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gi-bill4-2009aug04,0,6453699.story

Bruce Rossmeyer

I just found out that Harley Davidson dealer, enthusiast, mogul Bruce Rossmeyer died this past weekend. While I myself am not a Harley rider, it's always a tragedy to know that another rider has been killed on the road. My dad has been active in the community for many years, and I know from him that Mr. Rossmeyer was huge in the Harley world, and has been involved in a lot of events like the one I'm trying to put together. RIP sir.

http://www.brucerossmeyer.com/

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=142602&catid=3

Keep 'em Flying......

I just read an article about something that's going on with the homeless in NY. They are actually paying for one way tickets to fly their homeless to other states, or even other countries. Incredible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/nyregion/29oneway.html

Backward and Forward

My computer was killed by a virus about a month ago. I've rebuilt this old machine so many times that I'm used to nuking and rebuilding my whole system and OS, but inevitably, there is always one thing I forget. In this case, I forgot to save my internet favorites, so I've lost a lot of the homeless and veteran related web links that I had found over this past year. That's the bad news. The good news is that I got in touch with someone from KCAL news. She read my mission statement and gave me her address at work, so that she may forward it to her newsdesk. I hope it helps get this going.

LA ranked as America's "meanest city" towards homeless..

Well, another big turnout in LA, this time for none other than the "King of Pop" memorial service. Nice that LA can foot the estimated $1.5 million bill. Villaraigosa comes through again. In the meantime, studies have listed Los Angeles as the nation's worst in its treatment of homeless as criminals. You can read the LA Times report here.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/07/law-center-slams-la-as-americas-meanest-city-toward-homeless.html