Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske was elected to the Long Beach City Council in 2006 to a four-year term of office. The 5th Council District is the largest council district in the City comprising more than 11.5 square miles. It is the largest because it has the least density of homes, apartments and/or condominiums. Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske is the only member of the Long Beach City Council to utilize a blog. She hopes that you will keep reading it as she writes about her experiences in local government.
By the time we finished City Council tonite and we got to our homes, the Lakers lost by about 40 points. How embarrassing. We took up a number of issues that were important — at least to me because I placed them on the agenda: asking for a traffic plan and review of the barriers that […]