Editor s note: This is the second part in Frontpage Mag s new series on Racist Mayors. For Part I on Chicago s Lori Lightfoot, CLICK HERE. Stay tuned for more installments. President Joe Biden is reportedly considering the Democratic Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to India. Garcetti should feel right at home in India, where the huge homeless population will remind him of the homeless crisis in L.A. that has spun out of control under his watch. If Garcetti ends up with the ambassadorship, don’t be surprised if many Angelenos thank Biden for relieving them of their failed leftwing progressive mayor.
City of Joburg has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the well-being and the livelihood of all its citizens by pursuing a sustainable and just recovery by launching its Climate Action Plan.
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The plywood boards nailed to the storefront were covered in CBD ads. Graffiti was scrawled across the awning. A sign reading FOR LEASE tried to entice anyone bold enough to rent an empty store in the middle of a pandemic. Another COVID-19 casualty, I thought to myself as I stood in front of The former Surplus Value Center, a military surplus store in Silver Lake, is boarded up.
(Courtesy of Richard Hayden)
This was the place where Michael Douglas s character had killed the Nazi store owner in
Falling Down. For 68 years, it was an island of military paraphernalia, becoming ever more anomalous as the neighborhood transformed from a working class Latino enclave into a hub of bougie hipness. To me, the store felt like a gear locker on a Navy frigate.
The new gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal feature enhanced Wi-Fi, touchscreen kiosks, biometrics and advanced baggage handling and boarding systems.