Do we need an ethical bailout to go along with the financial one?

Do we need an ethical bailout to go along with the financial one?

Let us discuss the need for honesty and integrity as the basic principle of leadership. Defines quality leadership as a process beyond technical competence. Successful leaders continually demonstrate honesty and integrity as an essential element of their professional fabric; a lack of commitment to the principle renders all other skills meaningless. Depicts honesty and integrity as essential elements of human behavior that promote and support quality relationships. Defines honesty and integrity in the context of building trust and maintaining credibility. Provides a sound philosophy that increases the probability for long-term success and professional fulfillment.

The matter raised "legitimate and genuine concerns", adding: "My concern ... is that without integrity and legitimacy and honesty, and then Government cannot function. This must now be settled, otherwise it saps at the very heart of what is the highest office – and the highest office-holder."

Is honesty for suckers?

— A worldwide recession sets in when it turns out that a vast subprime mortgage system was built on a foundation of fraud.

— Government officials are convicted of fraud and misappropriation of funds and backdoor deals.

— Cheating is rampant in high schools and colleges.

— And in sports? The same deal. Doping scandals, cheating, chemical and otherwise, pervades football, baseball and other sports.

— Wall Street is being manipulated by corporate America bilking investors out of billions of dollars.

If so many people are cheating, how can honest people play by the rules and not be at a disadvantage — in school, at work, in sports, in business?

Do we need an ethical bailout to go along with the financial one?

Are you a chump if you play by the rules?
Compiled by: YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles

These are Just Pencils!!!

These are Just Pencils!!!                                                       

BE SURE TO READ THE PARABLE AT THE END !!!
                                                                              
A PENCIL MAKER TOLD THE PENCIL 5 IMPORTANT LESSONS    JUST BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE BOX :       

1.) EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK .       

2.) YOU CAN ALWAYS CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE.
3.) WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOU.       

4.) IN LIFE , YOU WILL UNDERGO PAINFUL SHARPENING, WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU BETTER.       

5.) TO BE THE BEST PENCIL, YOU MUST ALLOW YOURSELF    TO BE HELD AND GUIDED BY THE HAND THAT HOLDS YOU.       

 

We all need to be constantly sharpened. 

 

This parable may encourage you to know that you are a special person, with unique God-given talents and abilities. 

Only you can fulfill the purpose which you were born to accomplish. 

Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot be changed and, like the pencil,

always remember that the most important part of who you are, is what's inside of you and then allow yourself to be guided by the hand of God.   

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

Dear Fellow Los Angelinos

Thank you for taking a few moments to learn more about my ideas for building a new Los Angeles.

I appreciate your interest in my campaign and hope my jobs plan will provide you with a better understanding of the type of Mayor I hope to be – one focused on transparency and putting Los Angelinos back to work.

Los Angeles faces one of the most challenging times in our city’s history.

Because of the unfriendly business environment, along with some of the highest tax rates in the nation, families and businesses are being forced to make unthinkable trade-offs, including living the city they love. But I am optimistic about Los Angeles future.

I am running for Mayor because I believe everything is still possible in Los Angeles. That is why as Mayor that makes LA attractive to business will create jobs will be my priority. It is the only way we are going to clean up the mess in Los Angeles. I have a unique skill set and the detailed plan to get Los Angeles going again.

I have started businesses from the ground up and within a short time revenues exceeded $60 million a year. I have been involved in gentrification of whole neighborhoods; I have built a 5 star hotel and implemented energy efficiency for over 20 years. I operated a chain of electronics stores.

I think Los Angeles needs a little bit more of a business-like attitude. We have to be honest about our problems, offer grown-up solutions and put an end to the partisan bickering and hand-wringing that is business as usual.

I can effectively balance the interests of developers, big business and those who are well-situated and I am more concerned about the interests of everyday citizens."

If you do not know and admit that there is a problem, you can not fix it.

I am running to reinvigorate Los Angeles economic potential – it will take time and the effort of all the people of Los Angeles. We shall overcome there economic hardships if we work together as a unified force.

If you have any suggestions on how we can move Los Angeles forward, please contact our campaign. We will listen. We want this campaign to be special, one that addresses your concerns and speaks to your hopes for what a new Los Angeles can be.

Together, we can put Los Angeles back to work and make our City great again and call it the city that works.

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

Draiman is determined to bring a new approach to Los Angeles. One that demands we help attract businesses that create jobs and lower taxes. One that provides better efficiency and expedited better services. One that makes it a priority commitment to improving our schools. One that is committed to improve public transportation.

Draiman has a plan to make Los Angeles economic vitality flourish.

Make Los Angeles Competitive again, raise the standard of living, grow the tax base and help put an end to the yearly budget problems in Los Angeles.

YJ Draiman, Dad to Disturbed's Lead Singer David Draiman is running for Mayor of Los Angeles

 YJ Draiman, Dad to Disturbed's Lead Singer David Draiman is running for Mayor of Los Angeles

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YJ Draiman, Dad to Disturbed's Lead Singer: Top 5 Reasons Unknown Underdog 2013 L.A. Mayoral Candidate Is Freaking Interesting

By Mars Melnicoff, Wed., Apr. 6 2011 @ 11:41AM

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So far, four candidates have announced they will be running for mayor of Los Angeles in 2013. When you announce, it gives the green legal light to start raising funds to campaign. YJ Draiman, one of the four, is not a widely known name, but he is certainly interesting. Here are the top five reasons:
5) His son is Disturbed's lead singer, David Draiman.
4) People don't trust politicians. And he agrees: usually, they shouldn't.
"We have a major problem with voter apathy," Draiman says to L.A. Weekly. "A lot of voters said: 'politicians promise us the moon, they don't deliver, all they care is for their own pockets.'"
"We need some fresh blood there, come on lets be realistic," Draiman tells the Weekly. "We need somebody who is not part of the machine, somebody who comes from the community."
Draiman is an elected member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council.
3) He's a Ron Kaye Clean Sweeper: a campaign to run the bums out of City Hall.
Though, the Clean Sweep slate didn't fare as well as we would have liked in March 8 city elections, the fight wages on.
"The problem is that I would have expected in this past election to have some councilmen in this city changed," Draiman tells L.A. Weekly. "Unfortunately, the machine overcame, you know, people that wanted change."
2) He KNOWS$$ his clean energy. And he has a plan to help Los Angeles save much needed money in our $350 million deficit.
Draiman hails from Chicago, where he was a developer during a time that, he says, taught him the hard way about saving money.
"I got involved in the energy market," Draiman says to the Weekly. "In the late 70's mortgage rates hit like 18 percent. The only way to survive was to look at ways to cut costs."
"They call me an expert these days," Draiman says to the Weekly, with some hearty yet honest chuckles. "I conducted various talk shows, people called in with various questions on energy so on and so forth ... Do you have any idea how many billions of dollars we waste in southern California on energy?"
1) He doesn't want to "improve" your 'hood with projects that will annoy the crap out of you - and fill the pockets of City Hall.
"Some politicians were basically coerced, if you want to call it, to support a developer - and remember, I was a developer myself, so I know where it's going to and where it's coming from," Draiman says to the Weekly.

May we suggest some examples here? Possibly District 4 City Council member Tom LaBonge's $850 thousand median? -- or Marina Del Rey's force fed "improvements."
So far, running against Draiman will be: City Controller Wendy Gruel, radio personality Kevin James and L.A. District 9 Councilwoman Jan Perry.
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YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

Dear Fellow Los Angelinos

Thank you for taking a few moments to learn more about my ideas for building a new Los Angeles.

I appreciate your interest in my campaign and hope my jobs plan will provide you with a better understanding of the type of Mayor I hope to be – one focused on transparency and putting Los Angelinos back to work.

Los Angeles faces one of the most challenging times in our city’s history.

Because of the unfriendly business environment, along with some of the highest tax rates in the nation, families and businesses are being forced to make unthinkable trade-offs, including living the city they love. But I am optimistic about Los Angeles future.

I am running for Mayor because I believe everything is still possible in Los Angeles. That is why as Mayor that makes LA attractive to business will create jobs will be my priority. It is the only way we are going to clean up the mess in Los Angeles. I have a unique skill set and the detailed plan to get Los Angeles going again.

I have started businesses from the ground up and within a short time revenues exceeded $60 million a year. I have been involved in gentrification of whole neighborhoods; I have built a 5 star hotel and implemented energy efficiency for over 20 years. I operated a chain of electronics stores.

I think Los Angeles needs a little bit more of a business-like attitude. We have to be honest about our problems, offer grown-up solutions and put an end to the partisan bickering and hand-wringing that is business as usual.

I can effectively balance the interests of developers, big business and those who are well-situated and I am more concerned about the interests of everyday citizens."

If you do not know and admit that there is a problem, you can not fix it.

I am running to reinvigorate Los Angeles economic potential – it will take time and the effort of all the people of Los Angeles. We shall overcome there economic hardships if we work together as a unified force.

If you have any suggestions on how we can move Los Angeles forward, please contact our campaign. We will listen. We want this campaign to be special, one that addresses your concerns and speaks to your hopes for what a new Los Angeles can be.

Together, we can put Los Angeles back to work and make our City great again and call it the city that works.

YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

Draiman is determined to bring a new approach to Los Angeles. One that demands we help attract businesses that create jobs and lower taxes. One that provides better efficiency and expedited better services. One that makes it a priority commitment to improving our schools. One that is committed to improve public transportation.

Draiman has a plan to make Los Angeles economic vitality flourish.

Make Los Angeles Competitive again, raise the standard of living, grow the tax base and help put an end to the yearly budget problems in Los Angeles.

Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013

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Registered Candidates for MAYOR of Los Angeles 2013  

    
YJ  Draiman
YJ Draiman for Mayor 2013
9420 Reseda Blvd. #274
Northridge, CA 91324
Telephone: (818) 366-6999
Email: yjdraiman@yjdraiman.org
DOI:  03/05/11