While I am feeling the effects of being out in today’s sun for several hours — it was so nice to see so many people attend our Second Annual Rosie the Riveter Celebration at Rosie the Riveter Park.
More than 25 “Rosie’s” and their families attended the celebration and shared with the crowd of over 250, […]

Last week, quietly and without fan-fare, Boeing Realty put into place in the center of what is now Douglas Park — the 12 foot globe that was the logo for Douglas Aircraft and hung in front of the administrative building since the plant was opened in 1941.
The Wings Around the World Globe was originally made […]

More than 132 residents of Lakewood Village attended a Community Discussion Forum at Mark Twain Elementary School auditorium on Friday, February 15th to hear and discuss proposed traffic enhancements and neighborhood traffic calming measures for the Lakewood Village area.
The proposals were presented by City of Long Beach Traffic Engineer Dave Roseman, who has been working […]

I received the email below from Steve Chesser of Boeing, announcing that all tests for depleted uranium on the Boeing/Douglas property came back negative. I want to commend Boeing for voluntarily having these tests done. Hopefully, those who had concerns about this situation can now be assured that it has been resolved: 
“To all, 
Boeing has received […]

The Associated Property Owners of Long Beach have issued their public opposition to the council submitting ordinances to the vote of the people — the so-called buck passing amendment to the City Charter. This group of property owners felt that this would likely subject the people to the expense of numerous special elections because of […]

Bright and early this morning, a room full of officials from the State Department of Health Services, the California Environmental Protection Agency (California Regional Water Quality Control Board), Boeing Corporation, Douglas Realty, a representative from the City of Lakewood, a representative from the City of Long Beach Health Department, my chief of staff and I, met […]

The Boeing Company today announced that it has met with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, the Los Angeles County Department of Heatlh Services, Radiation Management unit and the State of California Department of Health Services Radiological Health Branch on April 4, 2007 to assess the recent concerns raised related to […]