What up family, this is Vince and you know from time to time

We love to turn you on the other podcast to tell dope stories that we think you'll love and today

I'm excited to let you hear preview of a show called smoke screen the sell-out

The sell-out is a story about Jose Wiesar a Latin brother who grew up in a working class L.A.

neighborhood Boyle Heights

Jose was a passionate cat who eventually ran and won as a council person

This platform was one of solidarity and community and for the most part people trusted him until the day the FBI

Rated his home and offices looking for evidence of corruption

The feds would go on to say that Wiesar led a criminal enterprise based in city hall and accused him of taking bribes from luxury

Developers as his constituents were displaced from their homes

Welcome to smoke screen the nine-part investigative series hosted by

Journalist Mariah Castaneda

Investigates how Wiesar got the power to do what he did and have the community that raised him paid the price

So there used to be this big event that happened once a year in downtown L.A.

And it was called night on Broadway

Broadway cuts right through the middle of downtown and for a long time

It's been this kind of historical-looking street

It's got a ton of theaters with their original vintage marquees

For night on Broadway the theaters would open up to the public with free shows

And no matter where you looked you'd see these posters with a very familiar face on them

Here's my calzamura and his name was everywhere like Jose

Wiesar night on Broadway. Jose Wiesar and his picture was everywhere

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