After a meeting with the Broadway Corridor Association, who determined I would be president again after founding it in 1992 and serving as president for 16 years, I am again president.
I read the article Kirt Ramirez about the “Road Diet Upsets Many” in the May 10 edition of the Beachcomber with no surprises being revealed in the context of the story.
There are several reasons for the homeless problem. About one third are mentally ill and should be treated in mental facilities but because of miss management of taxpayer money such as the train to now where, multi billion pension obligations to the public sector unions, special interests etc.
I read the interview by Art Levine with Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific director. Allow me to sum up what was supposed to be a two-way conversation. Schubel never directly answered questions asked by Al Levine. All he did was pitch talking points.
I really enjoyed your [Long Beach’s First Power Woman] piece for several reasons, not the least of which it reminded me of my great grandparents: Jake and Phoebe Davies. He was the first marshal of Long Beach (and the town drunk).
Your May 24 article left out a few things that your readers should know about. The first thing is that, if there are a whole series of numbers and letters across the top of the screen from the caller, it is either a call from a scammer or a commercial.
My alma mater now sounds like a five-year-olds’ AYSO soccer team name with its new shark mascot. Why not just go with CSULB Ladybugs or CSULB Snowflakes? Or were those names already taken?
In 1979 my husband and I purchased a home in the Patrick Henry area. When I registered our children I was happy and excited for our kids that they were going to learn Spanish and be bilingual. Our son was in kindergarten and our daughter was in second grade.
I needed to use a restroom at 2nd Street and Bayshore. There happens to be a restroom there. It was 6:30 or 7 p.m. [and] it was locked. There isn’t another public restroom on all of Second Street that I am aware of.
