Posted in City Council, Neighborhood Organizations, veterans, Schroeder Hall by: Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske
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05 Jun
Watching a California Assembly Committee on Public Housing Programs today, I heard for the 100thtime what we have been trying to explain for months: if the City of Long Beach wants to reuse the Schroeder Army Hall for a police substation, the feds will require us to prove that we have accommodated the housing and […]
Posted in Iraq War, veterans by: Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske
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27 Nov
3,875 Americans. That’s the number of people who have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict as of today. A war that we’ve been involved in longer than we were involved in World War II.
28,865 Americans. That’s the number of military who have been wounded in this war — brain trauma being the largest number […]
Posted in veterans by: Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske
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12 Nov
My staff kids me that although I have several items on my calendar to attend — especially around major holidays such as Veterans Day — that unless they are with me at the events, they wouldn’t know if I attended. That’s because most of the time the local press — which the exception of LBREPORT.com […]