For the past several weeks, two or three people have appeared several times at the public comment time at City Council meetings to complain that they had not been given enough time and notice on the proposed use of Schroeder Army Hall at Willow and Grand despite the fact that this project has been in […]

It’s lonely out here being the only elected official to publish their calendar so that the public could see whom I am meeting with. But what the heck..that’s why I get paid the big bucks to be on the City Council.
 
January 2008:
Jan. 1-2 — rested
Jan. 3 and 4: 5th District Staff Retreat to review past […]

Today we hit the 300,000 mark for the number of hits on this blog!
I hear comments from people where ever I go that they read my blog. Based upon a survey we just completed about traffic problems near Lakewood Village — those answering indicated that quite a few do read the blog.
So a big thank […]

An article recently appeared in the Press Telegram about a LBUSD teacher who sadly has a brain tumor and is in desperate need of an anti-tumor drug, Avastin.
I called the drug company (Gentech) which has a “patient assistance” program — actually all drug companies do — and they might be able to provide the medication […]

I am still out of the state after having buried my sister on Tuesday. I have received numerous emails and calls to my council office from constituents and others whose kindness I sincerely appreciate and cherish.
My sister was able to be buried in the same plot as her husband, Marine Sgt. Tom Higley at the […]

My sister, Cheryl Ann, passed away last night from complications of chemotherapy. She had been diagnosed with leukemia since last October and had initially gone into respiratory distress when given her first dose of chemotherapy. She fought back for several months, was able to come off the ventilator and then after Christmas they started her […]

Don’t take my word for it. Look at the front pages of the Press Telegram and the Los Angeles Times today and read how pollution from the ports is harming and killing (via cancer and respiratory illness) Long Beach.  Then click on to this file and read Health Impact of Bunker Fuel . You might also recall […]

Along the Coyote Creek, San Gabriel River and Los Angeles River are bike paths that go quite a distance up into Los Angeles County and down through Orange County to the ocean.
Because these bike paths go through several jurisdictions and also include the Flood Control Districts of both counties, there are many questions as to […]

Todate, my blog has received 226,132 page hits since it was launched a little over a year ago.
I have also written 388 posts on the blog — about one time a day. I have missed a day or two because I am writing a book, which I hope to finish in two weeks. Once the […]

It’s hot (90) and very humid in San Antonio, Texas. Every once in a while it rains and then the wind blows. But it is hot and very humid.
I am here as one of 450 participants of the National League of Cities 2007 National Summit on Your City’s Families Eight Biennal Conference.  I am the […]