CITYWATCH TODAY—To paraphrase Barack Obama, for a Democracy to survive it needs its citizens to participate in the process … and, not just when there’s an election. Julie Butcher provides the quote in detail in her column on just such an opportunity … the Women’s March-Los Angeles.
Get out. Get involved. Stir the pot. Assume responsibility. The time is now. Opportunities are in front of you.
CityWatch will be covering the Women’s March in Washington. Dianne Lawrence will be there. If travel to DC isn’t possible, you can participate in the LA version. Get all the info you need, in Today’s CityWatch.
Obama also said that if we’re unhappy with politicians who insult our intelligence by pretending that reducing an oversized project by a few feet but continuing to ignore community plans or refuse to recuse themselves from votes for developers who pay to play … we should take an honest look at the real problem. Us. The voters who keep returning these greedy pretenders to office election after election. The Los Angeles Primary is just a few weeks away. Your chance to step up. See Tim Deegan’s report and David Saltsburg’s commentary … Today’s CityWatch.
There are also words on your new president … Donald Trump’s plan to privatize Public Broadcasting … what was behind Chelsea’s Manning’s sentence commute … and a touching change of pace on the blessings of dogoodery. My word.
Check it out. Let us know what you think.
Ken Draper-Editor, CityWatch
