Public Financing in Los Angeles
Letter to the editor
RE: New Pick gears up for Airport Panel (Daily News/Rich Orlov)
I sure wish I had $3,000.00 to throw around for a seat on
an LA Commission, heck, I wish I had a whole lot more and
maybe I could buy the Mayor out to remove noisy Stage 2
Jets at Van Nuys Airport (VNY), but then that would destroy
our democracy wouldn't it?
Or is it already gone with so much money involved? Clearly
our Mayor Hahn is a bought and paid for politician, we
don't have to call him corrupt because we can see what he
is by his actions.
The real test will be whether his new BOAC appointee W.
Jerome Stanley is going to surprise everyone and get fired
for fighting on behalf of the residents who have been
abused by Hahn and our other Mayor's who could years ago
easily improved our quality of life in the Valley. How? By
acting to remove the nosiest jets and establishing a curfew
on helicopters at VNY. It is more likely that residents
will wake up and fire Mayor Hahn, by picking a Mayor who
not only will act on behalf of residents, and not just
those who speak with their pocket books. To make sure that
happens, we must also press for full public funding of
elections in Los Angeles and throw out any politician who
doesn't support them as well.
Wayne Williams
Board Member / Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association
Chairman / SOHA Airport Noise Committee
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