These are excerpts from a interview done by KCET with Greuel when she was trying to get her position in the Valley.

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Life & Times Transcript

2/22/02

WENDY GREUEL>> WELL, I THINK PRIMARILY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, I BELIEVE, IS EXPERIENCE. I WORKED IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR MAYOR BRADLEY FOR TEN YEARS. I KNOW HOW THE CITY OPERATES. BUT I'VE HAD PERSPECTIVE, BOTH WITH WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING ALL THE EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY, AS WELL AS WORKING FOR DREAMWORKS FOR THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, A COMPANY THAT'S PART OF AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THIS REGION. AND THE FOUNDATION OF MY REAL CAREER HAS BEEN MY FAMILY BUSINESS, A BUSINESS CALLED FRONTIER BUILDING SUPPLY IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND IN THE SECOND DISTRICT. BEEN THERE SIXTY YEARS.

I THINK MY PERSPECTIVE AND INTEREST IS TO GO DOWN TO CITY HALL, BE INDEPENDENT, BE A STRONG VOICE, FIGHT FOR THE VALLEY'S FAIR SHARE AND TAKE ALL OF MY EXPERIENCES IN CREATING PROGRAMS THAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES LIKE L.A.'S BEST, WHICH I KNOW WHEN I WORKED FOR MAYOR BRADLEY, WAS ONE OF OUR PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

I THINK THE IDEA OF TERM LIMITS WAS TO GET NEW PEOPLE, NEW IDEAS, INTO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT MY DIVERSE ENDORSEMENTS THAT I HAVE ALL OVER THIS CITY AND IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FROM HOMEOWNERS GROUPS AND BUSINESSES, TO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, TO ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT I HAVE A BROAD-BASED SUPPORT TO DO SOMETHING AT CITY HALL AND SHAKE THINGS UP. BE INDEPENDENT.

>>>>>>That's Funny, when Wendy Greuel was in office she voted to extend term limits so she could stay in office longer, it was thrown in a bill and hidden and passed but with great question>No Ethics. Earlier she spoke out of another side of her mouth here in this interview.

Here is a nice article I found in the LATIMES

Does No One Want $171,000 a Year?*

The ballot filing deadlines have passed for next year's City Council election (less than 150 shopping days left!), and at least three of the seven Council members up for re-election -- Tom LaBonge, Wendy Greuel and Greig Smith -- will be running unopposed. (An eighth seat, for District 7, will have a special election to replace the departing Alex Padilla.) Is there no one in these fair districts who covet a U.S.-leading City Hall salary of $171,648, with all kinds of built-in raises and such?

You'd think that in a tumultuous electoral season, there'd be more political competition. But scandal-plagued House Republicans ran unopposed this year even in Southern California, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that City Council would have some races that are positively Castroesque, despite the better salary.

* Post updated with more accurate info.

>>>>>>>>>>>Now I see the Greuel's came from Illinois, well well well, that's all 3 of us. Kulak, Greuel and myself here in California to battle out the crooked Illinois ways she apparently brought with her. Siding with a criminal Kulak who was a criminal as a youth (so he states in articles). Well, I was born in Carmi Illinois and I'll tell ya, I just don't give up when someone wrongs me. I have fought many Chicago punks in my day and they will gang up on you and get their friends but....even though there may be a few cuts and scratches by the end, I always come out the winner.

Chuck Peyton

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