Comments on: In Vernon, Your Vote Counts http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:51:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kenarch http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/#comment-21255 Kenarch Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:54:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/#comment-21255 Oh... the Chicago LA Times??? Welllll... I've been trying real hard to not see the paper that way, but things like this really make me wonder. When Times Mirror sold to ChiTribune I knew it was going to be a problem. Methinks this is just the beg-inning. Soon enough there will be an effort spearheaded by one or more of our LA mover-shaker types to wrest "our" paper back. Hopefully by then the LAT will still be a viable business entity. As for Vernon... yes, we have a few gerrymandered, unnaturally low population cities around here, set up precisely to maximize tax revenue and limit political adventurism (yeah, right). Vernon may be the most notorious, but Industry, Commerce (ever wonder why they are named thus...), Santa Fe Springs and Irwindale largely follow suit. Vernon has been a feifdom for generations, and yes, the LAT has done a good job of covering this latest bout of nastiness - back when it was the LOS ANGELES Times. Oh, and yeah, Vernon offers the best surface street alternative out of Downtown heading southeast. You know what I'm talking about. Now don't go clogging up my shortcut! Oh… the Chicago LA Times??? Welllll… I’ve been trying real hard to not see the paper that way, but things like this really make me wonder. When Times Mirror sold to ChiTribune I knew it was going to be a problem. Methinks this is just the beg-inning. Soon enough there will be an effort spearheaded by one or more of our LA mover-shaker types to wrest “our” paper back. Hopefully by then the LAT will still be a viable business entity.

As for Vernon… yes, we have a few gerrymandered, unnaturally low population cities around here, set up precisely to maximize tax revenue and limit political adventurism (yeah, right). Vernon may be the most notorious, but Industry, Commerce (ever wonder why they are named thus…), Santa Fe Springs and Irwindale largely follow suit. Vernon has been a feifdom for generations, and yes, the LAT has done a good job of covering this latest bout of nastiness – back when it was the LOS ANGELES Times.

Oh, and yeah, Vernon offers the best surface street alternative out of Downtown heading southeast. You know what I’m talking about. Now don’t go clogging up my shortcut!

]]> By: eecue http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/#comment-21254 eecue Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:18:49 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/#comment-21254 Yes I am sure that someday they will get to it and cover it, like they covered the other Vernon stuff, but my point was, why is the AP wire scooping them on it? Yes I am sure that someday they will get to it and cover it, like they covered the other Vernon stuff, but my point was, why is the AP wire scooping them on it?

]]> By: sam http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/#comment-21253 sam Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:12:53 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2006/10/16/in-vernon-your-vote-counts/#comment-21253 the mess in vernon was covered in LA Times several times in the last couple months. im sure they will get to it. the mess in vernon was covered in LA Times several times in the last couple months. im sure they will get to it.

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