Mike Gatto: Local Politicos Call Gatto's Campaign Thuggish, Deceptive & Ethnically Divisive

This piece first ran on April 11, 2010, two days before the April 13th Special Election. Shot, edited and reported by Peter Musurlian, this is a story of the First Amendment under assault and exposes Gatto's Anti-Free-Press intimidation tactics.

In the past decade, Multimedia Journalist Peter Musurlian has received four Los Angeles Area Emmy nominations and has won 10 RTNA Golden Mike awards, the two most prestigious in Southern California broadcast journalism.

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[301AD]

Glendale News-Press (April 2010) reports on Gatto avoiding Armenian Genocide events:

“If I go to a genocide commemoration it’s not to meet voters,” Gatto said. “It’s to commemorate the genocide.”

So, instead, Gatto attended the Downtown Burbank Arts Festival on April 24, he said.

“Whenever you’re running for office you’re pulled in many different directions, and I always want to look out for voters, but I don’t view a genocide commemoration as a campaign opportunity,” Gatto said.

[pansyfilmmaker]

Sorry. This is just rhetoric. It's one sided propaganda. I get it. It's politics. But I wish you had better sources than just telling us.

[301AD]

Sorry to destroy your image of Mike Gatto with the truth, Mr. Pansyfilmmaker, BUT, this isn't "rhetoric" or "politics." It's all true.

1. Mike Gatto was on TV saying he was not sure if he will support the legalization of pot in California. He said it.

2. As an Assembly Candidate, Mike Gatto saw a person light a crack pipe on a public street. The newspaper report indicated...MIKE GATTO DID NOTHING.

3. I asked him about the CRACK PIPE incident and Mike Gatto ran away.

ALL FACTS. No Bull. Sorry.

[therocknrollvideos]

hey, fuck you man! how many times would you go confront a fiending crack addict? seriously... that's dangerous bullshit to do. as far as i'm concerened, that makes mike gatto a smart dude and makes you a dumb shit. go argue with some crackheads.

[301AD]

Mr. Crazed, Profanity Boy...aka therocknrollvideos:

If I saw a person on Brand Blvd. in Glendale or in front of the AMC Theaters in Burbank OR anywhere in my Assembly District smoking a crack pipe in a public area...I would not hesitate -- for a second -- to call the police.

The fact that you would not get involved, is what is bad about some Americans.

PETER MUSURLIAN

Globalist Films

[Grangerfl]

A person without guilt can answer any question without hesitation. A public figure, seeking the public's trust and support, should not hesitate to answer any question -- ANY question.

If you don't have anything to hide, answer the questions. The public is hip to the ways of media figures. When someone says "no comment" or doesn't utter a word and avoids the questions, they're hiding something -- pure and simple. Silence is not golden. Silence is guilt.

[bsf32]

You mean to tell me that Mike Gatto was afraid to participate in the forum with the Glendale Home owners council unless you were told to leave the room ? American politics has nothing to do with the first amendment ? You are wrong they are not like North Korea they are Nazi's that keep the dreams of Hitler alive and well. Gatto does not appear to support the US Constitution or the bill of rights. The people at that home owners forum should be ashamed of themselves.

[dragszes]

this gatto person looks like a backstreet boy .He seems to be the more modern version of a political whore.

[JPM0TU]

This guy is a crook

[Americathebrave100]

Why didn't mike gatto just stop and answer questions like a man, instead of running like a baby? Gatto can easily clear this up by stopping and talking to this cameraman. When you run, avoid or ask for someone to be thrown out of a public meeting this is suspect. What does he have to hide? Stop and face the music Gatto.

[bonedboy]

Mike is so sexy and has the moves you dumb fk

[bghcomedy]

If Mike Gatto likes to get a little blizzy with a J, you can't fuckin' blame him with assfags like you in the world. The only thing you blaze is fat cock.