In an apparent attempt to appease the City Council and the Chamber of Commerce, the other two community newspapers in Culver City decided not to cover the shooting across from the Post Office in Culver City last month.
Fortunately, The Front Page is not intent on letting money get in the way of the ethical standards of reporting news.
Repentance is more than saying you are sorry. It is radically turning away from old and harmful ways.
The Jewish principle of t¹shuvah, redeeming one¹s self, directs a person to turn away from wrong and to do good.
A few years ago, I used this concept of t¹shuvah to write a children¹s book called The Dream Neighborhood, imploring youths of my community to stay away from their local gangs.
Look for Jerry Fulwood – the most interesting, the most closely watched and probably the most valuable employee of the city – to return as the chief executive of City Hall.
Lauded by a citywide gallery of supporters for being sleekly professional, productive, gentlemanly and admirably disciplined, Mr. Fulwood nevertheless has not been able to relax. Regularly, he finds himself warding off a small coterie of critics as if they were an encircling covey of gnats. His critics disagree with the way he breathes.
Avery Clayton, a mature black artist with no previous links to Culver City, will forge ethnic history here later this year for reasons that should stoke the pride of residents.
It is ironic that in one of the last Westside cities to fully integrate, Mr. Clayton will unveil the "largest and most academically substantial African American history collection in the western United States."
Montanio Candor Is Questioned
Faced with finding a police chief who will surmount the shadow of a legend better than John Montanio did, City Councilwoman Carol Gross said she hopes a new chief will be selected by mid-March. Declining to assess the brief tenure of Mr. Montanio or speculate very closely about the kind of successor desired, Ms. Gross restricted her comments.
"I am looking for someone with leadership ability and who plays well with others," she told The Front Page on Thursday, Dec. 29.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Sparked by a public dispute over healthcare benefits, this is the second in a series analyzing the politics surrounding recent School Board elections.)
In September of ’03, the thinking of the School Board about healthcare benefits went from legal to definitely knowing that some coverages were illegal.
Yet there was no public revisiting of the expenditure, no public debate, no vote on continuing this expenditure by the School District, as mandated by law.
Expanding from its sprawling original location on Santa Monica Boulevard, environmentally friendly Hollyway Cleaners has opened a second store on the grounds of Playa Vista.
