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Just as civilizations advance and decline, grow and contract…..so can cities.

As you are obviously ignorant of history, you may want to familiarize yourself with how it was L.A. got become a sprawling 470 square mile – and now ungovernable – giant.

As recently as 1909 Los Angeles included nothing north of Wilshire or west of Hoover. For the next twenty years they held a figurative gun (perhaps water pistol is more apt) to the heads of dozens of communities: Annex or else.

And go see Chinatown.

And have you seen the people on the school board, the ones who manage that $7.5 billion?

I get KLCS, the District’s TV station, bundled as part of my cable. I’m among the dozen or so people throughout Southern California who might actually watch a few minutes of the Board meetings they broadcast.

There are seven board members. Without naming names, perhaps half appear to be at least semi-competent. The other half should have jobs no more demanding of intellect and managerial skill than doling out food at a school cafeteria.

It is jaw-dropping that this motley collection of half-wits and semi-literates has so much power in their ignorant hands.

Arms, Crime, Police, Politics, USA Residents of a town in the US state of Georgia may soon be required to own a firearm. If a new law is passed, Nelson will become the second town in the state to mandate gun ownership, as the federal government debates limits on gun control.

The Family Protection Act was proposed by a city leader in the town of Nelson – just 50 miles north of Atlanta. It calls on every household to have a gun as a means to keep crime down. The proposal was unanimously approved by city council members earlier this week.

“In order to provide for the emergency management of the city, and further in order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of household residing in the city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore,” the two-paragraph proposal reads.

Although there would be no penalty for not having a weapon, the new law would deter would-be criminals, according to Councilman Duane Cronic.

“Now the person that may be there [checking] your home out to cause harm to you or your family to break into your house has to decide, ‘When I break that door down, what’s on the other side of that door?’” Cronic said in a council meeting.

But not all residents agree with the law – especially since the town has no intention of following it through.

“Why have an ordinance if you’re not going to enforce it? What’s the point? They just want publicity to say Nelson is a town full of weapons. This is big government at its worst. Government mandating what a free individual can and will have in his home,” Nelson resident Lamar Kellett told WSB-TV.

The crime rate in Nelson consists mostly of petty theft – not gun crime. But that hasn’t stopped Cronic from pushing the ordinance.

“This is just a way to keep our crime rate low,” he said.

Nelson, which is home to 1,300 people, employs just one police officer – and he only works at night. When the policeman is off duty, residents must call the local sheriff’s office if they need assistance – which can result in longer response times, Cronic told Reuters.

So instead of employing more police, city councilors are choosing an alternative route. It’s an idea that has been praised by Nelson Police Chief Heath Mitchell.
From an article in Russiatoday.com
interesting idea for breaking up L.A. into smaller areas?

the city will go broke and the union will point fingers at everyone else.

look at san berdo.