As I said before, we are going to be facing a deep recession/depression worldwide.Locally the Oil Producers are having their own problems with Oil priced at $0. We have 35 plus tankers waiting in the ocean just as containers for the oil we have already pumped. The estimate per day per ship is $150,000.00. Obviously, we cannot absorb that cost …
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With the advent of the Coronavirus, the weakness and short-sightedness of City Hall, and all those who supported the profligate spending are facing a crisis. In a crisis, we cannot use the same methods as we used before the crisis. I realize I come from a different time, but the rules of thumb we used made us succeed. We don’t …
Continue readingWe all are witnessing the complete and abject failure of the County Clerk’s office in the planning, computer program layout, the arbitrary shifting from precinct voting places to Poling Centers, the lack of organization, the untimely distribution of even the descriptions of the measures and the candidate statements (which we all paid thousands to get into the mail-out) and the …
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On 2/20/2020, it was revealed that Cindy Allen, the favored candidate of The Corrupt Long Beach Political Machine, recently changed her voter registration from Orange County Republican to Long Beach Democrat. Read Steve Downing’s updated bombshell report here: https://beachcomber.news/content/anatomy-campaign-fraud-long-beach On 2/22/2020, Joe Mello released a comprehensive investigation into the web of deception involved in Cindy Allen’s failure to divest herself …
Continue readingThe City Violates its own ordinances, as well as state law and the basic values of a free democracy whereby government power & tax dollars cannot under any circumstances be used to sway electoral outcomes. After City Code Enforcement sent letters out to every candidate regarding the illegality of the placement of signs on public property, with the admonition that …
Continue readingI am glad you may have read my previous posts.We need pragmatic steps to move on this agenda.Beds? We do have a hotel voucher program, that is part of our bed count.We do need a few more beds. Transitional Housing: The Villages at Cabrillo are filled.We do have some buildings that might serve.The Port of Long Beach just abandoned their …
Continue readingImmediate housing for the homelessWe contacted surrounding motels on PCH and elsewhere and gave them contracts for service with gigantic security deposits for rehab of the units after the Homeless were transferred out to transitional housing.We made sure that a daily contact was made with free transport to services every day with a contact person. Free transport back at night …
Continue readingEveryone calls Homelessness one of the greatest problems of Long Beach.Yes, it is.Sometimes it takes a little institutional memory to create new solutions.A little history for you all: Back in 1995, we had a homeless population spiraling out of control up to 30,000.00. We reduced that to 3000 in 2 years.Because of that, citizens (residents, not the City Hall officials) …
Continue readingI do not believe that residents should “pay” for the bad planning of this City Government. Our people did not lower the parking requirement from 1.75 to 1. Our people did not Gentrify Downtown for a richer demographic. ( they said that serving the rich was cheaper than serving the poor, as the poor required so much more assistance, so …
Continue readingI wanted to share a little more history as I remember it of Bluff Heights Neighborhood Association. If I get anything wrong, do correct me, as it has been quite a few years ago. After Tracy Wilson Kleekamp moved from Bluff Heights ( which was then called the 2nd District Neighborhood Association) I was elected President. Those were rather rough …
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