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La still la: Quick Notes
An errand took me back into Los Angeles from my Pomona pet sitting gig today and I wanted to follow up on yesterday’s post about what’s going on.
Whenever some big news event happens here, such as Trump’s chaotic immigration crackdown or the horrific fires back in January, the media tends to make it seem like the entire city is on the verge of collapse. I don’t want to minimize the events of this year–I’m appalled by what’s going on–but life in most places outside of downtown is pretty normal. Los Angeles is an enormous city both in population and geographical size. My journey today took me through Union Station, the subway and Hollywood. I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. The muffler colossi still overlook the sun baked streets (though this one installs glass so, apparently, put down his muffler).
I say nothing was out of the ordinary except for the disruption to the bus route I take to get back to Pomona. Due to street closures the stressed out bus driver got lost and had to make a u-turn on a busy, narrow street with a long double articulated bus. This bus route caters to lower income working class folks and elderly people and the disruption is a major inconvenience. If the strategy is to “own the libs” it’s hurting the wrong people. Libs don’t take the bus. The disorganization of the current administration seems to result more in chaos and cruelty than any consummation of their goals (that, to be abundantly clear, I disagree with). And sending troop here right now is completely ridiculous.
If you want to know what’s going on my city councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez has been a voice of sanity. I feel like I’m better off listening to him than all the sensationalism in social media and in the mainstream press.
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