Wed, Aug-13-08, 10:09
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Plan: Angry Paleo
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Location: Sacramento, CA
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Heh, you all have bitten off more than you can chew, eh? You've got a lot of work ahead of you if you're looking to discredit a 100-history of Los Angeles community organizing with flippant, bloglike dismissals. Paternalism is an easy call for people who have never seen 20,000 poor Angelinos trying to cram into a city hall council chambers that holds 1,200.
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Originally Posted by ReginaW
In my mind there is a difference between a vocal group within a community (different than you alluded - "Poor communities" petitioned their elected officials) versus the community itself taking action for change.
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What would YOU suggest the poor of Los Angeles do to get their voices REALLY heard?
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Originally Posted by kyrasdad
it is difficult to imagine your average person walking down the street wishing that Popeye's chicken or Burger King weren't there.
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You and I must walk on different streets. I don't know much about Oklahoma or Missouri, but out here in California we get down to business on the stuff we don't like. Thirty-five years ago, I remember telling my Washington aunt that restaurants here had "smoking sections". She thought I was lying.
Community Coalition just made South Central Los Angeles a better place, even in this small way. I suggest we wish them well and pray that our own communities one day have the guts to do the same.
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