Words cannot describe my immense disappointment in the board of trustees for dragging down Long Beach City College, a community college that many people in Long Beach spent decades improving.
With ballots still to be counted, one thing is clear: The people of Long Beach have awoken to a shared, healthy renewed skepticism of Long Beach City Hall and its all-too-effective machine politics stranglehold.
I read with great interest when Stephen Downing highlights neglect, abuses and lack of transparency in the LBPD. I also agree that Measure A is abusive and reflects the corruption and largess of the mayor, council and city officials.
I don’t understand why voters would ever approve a tax increase. The mayor and his cronies think they have carte blanc spending authority. Why control salaries, pensions and benefits when you can just increase sales taxes over and over. Garcia needs to go. Now!
Shame on you. Yes, shame on those of you who buy an expensive new bike knowing that you are tempting a homeless person to steal it. I’ve often wondered, where do people who are supposedly penniless and living “hand to mouth” in a pup-tent get those high price bicycles?
I read his newsletters in hope to find out what he is really doing as my representative besides being photographed at various events. The newsletters often ask for a question, but rarely do I see tough questions that require tough, reasoned answers.
