CALIFORNIA PERPETRATES FRAUD AGAINST VIETNAM VETERANS!

Submitted by: Jason Lord

Fellow Veterans and Friends of Veterans

 

The ACLU lawsuit recently confirmed what we already knew; the biggest land fraud scandal in American history took place inside the largest VA facility in the nation -- the Los Angeles VA.  Vietnam Veterans of America is a Plaintiff in this ACLU lawsuit against the VA.

 

The biggest land fraud scandal in American history is now being challenged by the biggest Flag fraud scandal in American history and it is taking place directly outside this same VA as the "Veterans Grand Old Flag Memorial" was hijacked and stolen away from Vietnam Veterans of America, Region 9, by the Third District Los Angeles County Supervisor, Zev Yaroslavsky, in consortium with the LA County Department of Public Works, AAA Flag & Banner, and California Veterans Benefit Fund, a rogue non-profit group operating out of Northern California.

 

Under the "supervision" of LA County Supervisor Yaroslavsky, the above cabal maliciously trashed this Flag Memorial where Veterans are trying to heal from defending our American Flag. 

 

This cabal has made a mockery of all Veterans by replacing the American Flag at the entryway into Brentwood with the "Screen Actors Guild Award," banners, i.e., encompassing the likes of Stallone, Schwartzenegger, Spielberg, et al, (all non-Veterans) that made billions imitating Veterans -- and Stallone infamously stigmatized Vietnam War Veterans with his fictionalized "Rambo-crazed" character. 

Thirty eight years after the Vietnam War, 47% of all homeless Veterans today are of the Vietnam War and Rambo Stallone lives safely and comfortably in a luxurious multi-million dollar mansion.

 

We were particularly proud to have Vietnam Veterans of America, Region 9, as the Presenting Sponsor considering how badly Veterans of that War were treated by our own government and citizenry.  This Memorial was to be a benevolent token of graciousness by a generation of Veterans who gave so much of themselves for our country, yet were brutally mistreated when they returned "home," and many still live a life of homelessness. 

 

Now the Flag Memorial presented by Vietnam Veterans of America, Region 9, has been stolen away and given to a cabal of ingrates and cowardly misfits. 

 

When will the war against Vietnam War Veterans ever end?

 

Please see the attached pictorial overview of the Dedication Ceremony and Vietnam Veterans of America, Region 9, is the Presenting Sponsor.  Remember, Vietnam Veterans of America, as a National Veterans Service Organization, is one of the chief Plaintiffs in the ACLU lawsuit.   

 

Instead of displaying the American Flag as seen in this photo ........

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Under the supervision of LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, three sets of American Flags were replaced at the entryway into Brentwood with the "Screen Actors Guild" banner.   Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Spielberg live in Brentwood and all have children that attended the wealthy and private Brentwood School, which has a 21-acre lease on Veterans property and is part of the infamous land fraud scandal. 

 

Make no mistake, this is where the aforementioned cabal's loyalty really is .... to the wealth and power of the entertainment industry, not the American Flag or to those who have defended It, particularly not Vietnam War Veterans.

 

Supervisor Yaroslavsky is not a Veteran,  He is a graduate of UCLA that has a 7-acre sweetheart deal with the VA for a state of the art baseball stadium on Veterans property and this is also part of the biggest land-fraud scam in American history.

 

Supervisor Yaroslavsky proclaimed that only the American Flag would hang from these lamp posts, yet he refused to replace the American Flags that fell down because of cheap and shoddy product and installation by AAA Flag & Banner. Instead, he allowed his rich friends at the "Screen Actors Guild" to put up their banners, which is a serious affront and insult to every man and woman that has ever worn the Uniform of this great Nation and defended our Flag!

 

David Bishcoff, a decorated Vietnam War Combat Veteran (two Bronze Stars with Valor and two Purple Hearts) proudly holds the American Flag in defiance to the "Screen Actors Guild" banner, while Aldo Dipre (in wheel chair) a 94-year old Disabled World War II Veteran, holds a sign protesting the land fraud on the other side of this pretentious wrought iron fence built with Veterans healthcare money to "beautify" the entryway into Brentwood.

 

Instead of Vietnam Veterans of America, Region 9, maintaining its original honorable status of the Presenting Sponsor, this noble Flag Memorial project has been stolen by Los Angeles County Third District, LA County Department of Public Works, the Department of Veterans Affairs, California Veterans Benefit Fund, and Veterans Park Conservancy, a wealthy Brentwood homeowner group operating under the ruse of a Veterans organization and one of nine non-Veteran organizations that have an illegal agreement with the VA ..... theirs is to build a "rent free" 16-acre public park "for the enjoyment of the entire community" .... while 20,000 disabled and homeless Veterans are forced to live homeless and hungry in back-alley squalor.

 

A U.S. District Judge recently issued a Federal Judgment against the VA, ruling that nine of their real estate dealings are "unauthorized by law, and therefore void." 

 

The VA, along with UCLA and Brentwood School, are shamefully appealing this Federal Judgment, even though Congressman Henry Waxman wrote a letter to VA Secretary, General Eric K. Shinseki, requesting that the VA not waste more taxpayer money, but instead spend the time and resources providing necessary housing and care for disabled and homeless Veterans.

 

While the VA land fraud scandal of misusing and abusing Veterans property continues through the Federal Court system, LA County and its cabal of ingrates have expanded their infamous Flag fraud scandal by misusing and abusing the Veterans Grand Old Flag Memorial that was dedicated to all Veterans of all Wars throughout American history.

 

The Veterans Grand Old Flag Memorial was initiated, organized, funding coordinated, installation coordinated, and the 100 Flag Project dedicated through the leadership of the Old Veterans Guard, which also selected Vietnam Veterans America, Region 9, to be the Presenting Sponsor. 

 

The Metabolic Studio, a philanthropic arm of the Annenberg Foundation, provided the initial funding.   

 

AAA Flag & Banner installed the Flags, even though they charged $200 for a Permit and never obtained one.  Thus, they put the Flags up illegally in addition to defrauding us of $200.  Moreover, the Flags that AAA Flag & Banner installed are cheap and shoddy and began falling down within four months of installation.

 

Under the supervision of Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, an "after the fact" Permit was illegally finagled and the revered Vietnam Veterans of America, Region 9, was eliminated and replaced with a renegade non-profit group in Northern California, 500 miles away.  They've never seen this project and had absolutely nothing to do with the initiation, organization, installation and dedication of the Flag Memorial.

 

In the Permit (attached), LA County Department of Public Works agreed to monitor and replace the Flags as needed but recently determined that it would cost $5,000 to replace 18 American Flags (that's nearly half the cost to install the original 100 Flags) and they do not have the money. 

 

As a result, the Old Veterans Guard was asked to pay for it.  The Old Veterans Guard is an ad hoc team of elderly Veterans who fund their causes out of their own meager pockets.

 

LA County has a $25 billion dollar budget, (Supervisor Yaroslavsky himself has a personal $3.5 million discretionary fund from LA County but refuses to tap into for this cause), the VA has nearly a billion-dollar budget, Veterans Park Conservancy has billionaires in their membership, Veterans California Benefit Fund is flush with public donations and grants, yet none in this cabal have any money even though their names are on the "AFTER THE FACT" Permit and / or make claims of ownership to this Flag Memorial via Internet websites.  

 

Think about it; this cabal of wealthy ingrates cannot scrabble together $5,000 amongst themselves to maintain the Veterans Grand Old Flag Memorial that they all claim "ownership" to ... so they have to call on the Old Veterans Guard to bail them out.

 

Folks, the foregoing is all true and the very best Hollywood fictional writers could not dream up this kind of stuff! 

 

Perhaps one day an honest movie producer will finally produce the truth because we already have the script. 

 

In the meantime, keep up the good fight against the bad guys.

 

Stop the VA land fraud and stop the American Flag fraud.

 

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and have a Blessed 2014.

 

One thing for certain, 2014 will be a good year because Zev Yaroslavsky is finally being termed out after more than four decades of eating at the public trough and abusing his public trust through duplicity and cronyism.

 

God Bless America and the Veterans Revolution!