This blog posting is for all of you who have called me this afternoon asking why are there 2 items on the Council Agenda for next Tuesday concerning a request to lower the City of Long Beach flag at half-staff in honor of those men and women who are Long Beach residents and who die in […]

3,473 Americans
As of this morning, 3,472 Americans have given their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Check out the CNN link at http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/
and see the photos and bios of these brave men and women. CNN provides a number of stats — including the age, gender and military branch of these heroes.
More than 25,000 have […]

This was a very sad week indeed. The funeral for Sgt. Joshua Whittaker. The news that Democratic leader Joy Dowell had died. The Jordan High School Memorial Service yesterday honoring the 76 alumni of that school who died in the military. And today, I went to the home of Specialist Astor Sunsin-Pineda and presented a […]