Flap’s Links and Comments for June 18th on 17:28

These are my links for June 18th from 17:28 to 17:34:

• High-ranking LAX exec and former chief of staff for Janice Hahn quits over sexually explicit texts – A high-ranking executive at Los Angeles International Airport voluntarily resigned his position for allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages on a city-issued cell phone, officials confirmed Thursday.

  Michael Molina stepped down last week as the airport's deputy executive director of external affairs after he was directly asked about sending the graphic messages, said Gina Marie Lindsey, executive director of LAX.

  "It's an incredibly sad situation and I honestly believe Mike used some bad judgment by mixing professional and personal comments," Lindsey said. "We are very sorry to see him go under these circumstances because he's a talented guy and a very valuable member of the team."

  The nature of the explicit messages was not immediately disclosed. It was also unclear who received the messages and how many were sent by Molina, who earned more than $192,000 annually.

  Molina, 48, did not return four phone calls placed to his Harbor City home seeking comment.

  Lindsey said she had not viewed the text messages, but was alerted to the matter June 3 by a city employee.

  Molina voluntarily resigned June 7 after he was asked about the messages, Lindsey said. He will not receive a severance for his three-year tenure at LAX, but will be paid for an undisclosed number of unused vacation days.

• Janice Hahn’s milking of ‘Homeboyz’ – It's been four days since the release of the inflammatory web video depicting Janice Hahn as a stripper who let killer gang members go free in Los Angeles.

  But the California Democratic congressional candidate appears to be the only one still talking about it.

  On Saturday, Hahn released a press release asking Republican Craig Huey to formally demand the video be taken down.

  On Friday, her campaign put out an e-mail trying to fundraise off the ad.

  But even with Huey's denunciation of the spot released by a reclusive third party right-wing PAC, Hahn's camp continues to fan the flames. Could this be their way to rally the base that appears less than motivated to turn out in a mid-July special election?

  Huey's team sure thinks so. After all, he didn't release the ad. He denounced the ad. He's basically powerless in trying to get the ad down and it's not running anywhere but the web.
  "We officially demand that Hahn and her supporters take it down. They are the only ones circulating it on the Internet or anywhere," Huey spokesman Dave Gilliard told POLITICO Saturday. "The only reason this racist video has received any exposure is because Janice Hahn has attempted to profit from it. Her shameful actions are a testimony to the shallowness of her candidacy."

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  Of course, Hahn is milking this ad.

  She has a poor record to run on and she is scared Craig Huey may beat her.

  She is right to be scared.

• Illegal immigration: Government alters Secure Communities deportations – The Obama administration is changing the Secure Communities fingerprint-sharing program and says it will concentrate more on illegal immigrants who are serious offenders.

  Facing a barrage of criticism from some Democratic governors, members of Congress and local officials, the Obama administration is altering a controversial federal program in which law enforcement agencies share fingerprints of suspects held in local jails with U.S. immigration authorities.

  The Secure Communities program, which was intended to identify and deport convicted felons, wound up also ensnaring minor offenders, victims of domestic abuse and other crimes, as well as witnesses to crimes and people who were arrested but not convicted of offenses.

  In response, U.S. Homeland Security officials announced Friday that the department had issued new guidelines in an effort to stop immigration officers from deporting people who were arrested while reporting a crime, or who were witnesses in a potential criminal investigation or trial. The guidelines also give prosecutors more discretion on whom to deport.

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  Read it all….

  The Democrats want lax enforcement so that they can capture the votes of Hispanics.

  Pandering in the worst form here.

  This will likely become a Presidential campaign issue.