"....city administrations in Hawthorne have become a joke. Men, like the present officials, are elected to the city council without regard to intelligence and ability." - September 7,1950 editorial, page 1 - Hawthorne Tribune

SHOTS FIRED! CLICK HERE.

GUIDI RESIGNS FROM JOB

By Sandy Mazza Staff Writer  

07/15/2010 06:37:05 PM PDT

City of Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi in court in downtown Los Angeles for arraignment on two felony counts, one commercial burglary and one grand theft. At issue is a commercial food blender he alledgedly stole from a city warehouse.

Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi, who is facing criminal theft charges, has resigned from his job at the city's school district.

The Hawthorne school board considered firing Guidi, according to its Wednesday night agenda. Instead, the panel agreed to a settlement with the longtime facilities and warehouse manager.

The agreement calls for Guidi's immediate resignation. The district will make a one-time payment of nearly $17,000 - or two months pay - to Guidi, the settlement states. He also will receive pay for unused vacation time.

Shelley Rose, assistant superintendent of human resources at the Hawthorne School District, said she would not comment because it is a confidential personnel matter.

In June, Guidi was charged with two felonies related to the theft of a commercial food mixer from a school district warehouse in March. He was placed on paid administrative leave April 6 when the District Attorney's Office began investigating the theft, which was reportedly caught on surveillance video.

Prosecutors charge that Guidi stole the device on March 25 after hiding it in a district warehouse. He has worked at the district since 2000 and served as mayor for 17 years.

Guidi allegedly told investigators that he took the mixer to make pizza in his home pizza oven. His attorney, Walter Urban, said the mixer was old and going to be thrown out.

The value of the mixer is important because if it is worth less than $400, the charges against Guidi would be misdemeanors instead of felonies. If he is convicted of a felony, Guidi would have to resign his post as mayor and face up to three years in prison....

Photo - Daily Breeze

GUIDI CHARGED WITH GRAND THEFT & COMMERCIAL BURGLARY

...allegedly stole the kitchen appliance to make pizza dough in his home....  Full story CLICK HERE

D.A. SAYS CONVICTED FELON EX-HAWTHORNE COUNCILMAN LUIS VELEZ SET UP VIDEO CAMERA THAT CAUGHT GUIDI

IS PAPA GUIDI'S PIZZERIA OUT OF BUSINESS?

i-Italy.com "Every Sunday I have at least 30 family members over at my house, food and wine on the table for everyone. But no smoking and no piercings."  (Photo left from i-Italy.com Full Story CLICK HERE

LAWEEKLY

GUIDI'S PATH TO JAIL IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH

"Guidi has been mayor for 17 years. Remarkably, this is the first time he's ever been charged with a crime......Maybe the mixer was not being put to its highest and best use, so Guidi decided to exercise his own personal right of eminent domain." FULL STORY CLICK HERE

LAWEEKLY

MAYOR STEALSMIXER TO MAKE HOMEMADE PIZZA

"No word on whether the state prison has a pizza oven." FULL STORY CLICK HERE

Hawthorne mayor probed in alleged theft of food mixer... FOOD MIXER?

  Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Dave Demerjian, who heads the DA's Public Integrity Division, confirmed that Guidi could be charged with two felony theft-related crimes....Click here.

LAWEEKLY

Once Again, Hawthorne Mayor is MIxed-Up...

"So Guidi, if you haven't fenced it yet, bring back the mixer . "

CLICK here.

Guidi Claims Family Ties Open Doors Back Home in Italy. 

 i -Italy.com  Guidi claims family ties to Dictator Benito Mussolini's wife, Rachele Guidi.  "Every time I go back to Bagni di Lucca, doors open because of my name."  Click here.

 Rachele Guidi's husband Benito used to hang out with Adolph Hitler.  Later, Benito hanged around with Mistress Clara Pettucci after both were shot. We guess Rachelle was not very jealous of Clara.

Hawthorne Police Chief Abruptly Quits After New Council Majority Sacks Guidi's City Manager.  Sergeant Heffner Was Promoted Directly to Chief During Mayor Guidi's Long Term Majority. CLICK HERE

New Hawthorne City Council Majority Throws Out City Manager  CLICK HERE

Hawthorne School District Places Guidi on Leave Pending Investigation  CLICK HERE

 Larry Guidi's Election Cavalcade of Crap CLICK HERE

The Immaculate Promotion

Back when Larry Guidi controlled a solid majority on the city council, Police Sergeant Heffner was somehow promoted to Police Chief Heffner.  Nobody could explain how captains and lieutenants were skipped over.  Some called it the Immaculate Promotion, others the Miracle on 126th Street.  

Many claimed Hawthorne Police Officers were upset.  All we know is they supported Danny Juarez in the last mayoral election. Juarez lost the mayoral contest by a few votes but continues to serve as councilman.  Larry continues as mayor, but lost his majority stranglehold on the council.  The new majority fired Guidi's loyal city manager and "Sergeant Chief" Heffner soon quit.    It's been more than three days and no resurrection yet!

HAWTHORNE  CITY COUNCIL CALLED BEFORE CRIMINAL  GRAND JURY  CLICK HERE

Guidi's On-Duty Black & White Airport Shuttle

_{Check out this Daily Breeze article here.}

Read about Hawthorne's infamous revenue generator - red light camera tickets on highwayrobbery.net

HEAR NO EVIL     SPEAK NO EVIL     SEE NO EVIL

JUST PLAIN EVIL

2009  Larry Guidi Wants to Get Rid of Developer Fees CLICK HERE

2009 OCTOBER See Who Funds Larry Guidi's Campaigns CLICK HERE

i-Italy.com i-Italy.com Does Puff Piece on "Italian American Mayor".  Guidi Rails Against Negative Italian Stereotypes.  Guidi Claims Relationship to Dictator Benito Mussolini "Opens Doors" in Italy. CLICK HERE

2009 OCTOBER "Team Guidi" member Councilwoman Ginny Lambert tells voters she funds most of her own campaign.  That's not what she told the State of California! CLICK HERE

"Most of the cash contributions that's in my account comes from my pocket."  .... "I believe in not taking from developers." Records show only 9.3% came from her!

Out of $10,747, Lambert only loaned her campaign $1,000.  See for yourself who funds Ginny's campaign. CALIFORNIA FORM 460 DISCLOSURE CLICK HERE .

Councilman Pablo Catano comments to South Bay Lutheran High School Principal Norbert Huber:

"I think I also have a right to go punch somebody's lights out." I might just jump over (the podium) and go knock them out. I don't take that stuff."

Threats of lawsuits, violence - Full story HERE.

" ... you will have to keep your thug son or your thug daughter or your thug husband out of there." - Hawthorne Civil Service Commissioner Darlene Love     FULL STORY HERE.

CONDOS UNDER RUNWAY APPROACH?

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS LETTER TO HAWTHORNE'S DIRECTOR OF PLANNING:

"... we have concerns about the safety of people on the ground and those using Hawthorne Airport. While our concerns about noise impacts and structural heights lead us to recommend against this project, we believe safety alone is reason enough to object to it...""

 Article and Copy of Letter Click here .

"Team Guidi" Wannabe Thierry Lubenec sure looks like Guidi's replacement for Disgraced & Indicted Councilman Louis Velez. Official records show as of  Sept. 22, 2007, Lubenec's campaign is 100% funded by a Beverly Hills Developer, Guidi and Lambert!  CALIFORNIA FORM 460 DISCLOSURE HERE.

LARRY GUIDI WANTS TO GET RID OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT GRADES FOR HAWTHORNE RESTAURANTS!  Click here.

VELEZ INDICTED!

Updated  July 25, 2007

Hawthorne councilman indicted

New, 11:45 p.m.: Hawthorne City Councilman, indicted on conflict of interest allegations connected with a local developer, is due back in court Aug. 7 for an arraignment.

Click here for full story.

QUIZ TIME!

Who said, "That's an absolute lie. Whether Larry did it or not, you have to ask him."

A. Actor Vincent Pastore in The Sopranos.

B. Louis "Big Kitty" Velez  in the Daily Breeze.

Hawthorne councilman denies conflict of interest charge

City official Louis Velez is accused of having a financial relationship with a developer. The prosecutor called charge appropriate. Full story click here.

Hawthorne's mayor, Larry Guidi has taken credit for just about EVERYTHING, from decreased crime to increased property values.   This page is dedicated to giving Larry Guidi ALL the credit he really deserves!

Search Warrant!

Larry Guidi ally, Louis Velez's home gets raided by the L.A. District Attorney's Office.  For the full story, click HERE.

(Ask not from whom the doorbell tolls. It tolls for thee.)

Hawthorne City Council Hires Lawyers in Corruption Probe! CLICK HERE

H&C Disposal has rung up nearly $1.5 million in debt to the city. City leaders have given up trying to collect that money.....New hauler set to make upfront payment of $1.5 million, as trash rates go up.  CLICK HERE FOR STORY

The city of Hawthorne overstepped its own rules and spent thousands of taxpayer dollars to ease traffic in front of the mayor's house and the homes of two council members......But the real breakthrough, she (Councilmember Ginny Lambert) said, came when she discovered an untapped state account with several thousand dollars earmarked for Hawthorne. She said she couldn't remember the details of that account, except that she persuaded the rest of the City Council to spend some of it on the speed humps on her street.  CLICK HERE.

USED TRUCK SALESMAN LARRY GUIDI?

Could this be one of those "brother-in-law" deals you mention so often, Larry?

"DMV records show that Global Logistics sold the pickup for $800 on June 22, 2000. But the buyer, Hawthorne resident Nohe Rodriguez, told the Daily Breeze that the seller was in fact Guidi and that the true purchase price was $4,000 -- in cash. A law enforcement source with knowledge of the case confirmed that Rodriguez told him he paid Guidi $4,000 for the truck" 

Daily Breeze February 22, 2005  Click here for the full story!

"WHY DOES (GUIDI) GET HOOKED UP?"

'Why does (Guidi) get hooked up?' " said Arias, 23, who worked as a dispatcher for S&W from January to June 2002. "Ernest said, 'Because he votes on our contracts.'" (March 1, 2004 Daily Breeze)

A MAYOR, HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN, & A LOAD OF ....

Arias also said she told Hawthorne police during her interview that on one occasion Guidi and a man she later identified to the Daily Breeze as Velez arrived at S&W in an older model white pickup truck and, with the help of a company worker, loaded the truck bed with goods that had been removed from impounded vehicles and drove away. She said she did not know what happened to the goods, which included car speaker boxes and stereos. (March 1, 2004 Daily Breeze)

John Germain, whose company has served as Hawthorne's exclusive towing company for more than two decades, was arrested two months later and charged with 53 felony counts including embezzlement of public funds, auto theft, grand theft of personal property, extortion and subornation of perjury. (March 2, 2004 Daily Breeze)

LUDWIG (LOUIS) VELEZ STANDS UP FOR LARRY GUIDI!

"That's an absolute lie," Velez said. "Whether Larry did it or not, you have to ask him."  (Hawthorne Councilman Ludwig (Louis) Velez in the March 1, 2004 Daily Breeze.)

 "MAN, WHAT A STEAL!"

"I didn't buy anything from there where you'd say, 'Whoa, what a great deal he got,' " Velez said.  (Hawthorne Councilman Ludwig (Louis) Velez in the March 1, 2004 Daily Breeze.)

-- Man, what a steal! You know how it goes; he bought a carb & intake and got a free Bronco to go with it! (What's up with that, anyway? :-) (From www.projectbronco.com as referenced by Hawthorne Councilman Ludwig (Louis) Velez in the March 1, 2004 Daily Breeze.)

Check out the FULL article HERE.

GUIDI TRIES TO HIRE SHERIFFS  CLICK HERE