An unwelcome proposition?
I support the Signal Hill City Council’s decision to oppose Measure M. Under the Measure M tax increase, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will get over $7 million per year from Signal Hill and use it to pay for transportation projects in the City of the Los Angeles and other affluent communities. How much money will Signal Hill get from Measure M? About $165,000 per year. Think about it— the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will get $7 million from Signal Hill but only give the City $165,000 to fix city streets. That is not fair, and our communities deserves better!
Do not believe the ads being run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Groups that represent 44 cities in Los Angeles County are opposing Measure M because it is not fair.
Devon R Austin
Signal Hill
Selfie stick(lers)…and stickers
Across the country, “ballot selfies” posted on social media have become a new form of political expression used to showcase one’s civic pride and participation. Citing the First Amendment violations, the ACLU filed a lawsuit [Monday] seeking to reverse the state’s 125-year-old ban barring voters from showing anyone their marked ballots. I agree that this outdated law needs reform. That’s why I supported AB 1494— passed this year by the Legislature and signed into law by the governor— xqxallowing voters to take ballot selfies starting Jan. 1, 2017.
While sympathetic to efforts to accelerate the use of this new form of political expression for the November 2016 election, state law currently prohibits it, and only a court of law can authorize such a change, especially one proposed on the eve of the election. In the meantime, voters can still take a selfie of their “I Voted” sticker.
My office stands ready to comply with any decision handed down by the court on this matter.
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California Secretary of State
On Saturday, Oct. 29, William and Megan planned to be married with their family in attendance in Long Beach, California. Family came from around the country to be at this special event.
Unfortunately, while checking in at the hotel, Megan’s father suffered a medical emergency requiring ambulance transport to Dignity Health— St. Mary Medical Center and admission to the hospital’s ICU.
Megan, not wanting to tie the knot without her father to walk her down the aisle, stopped the wedding. But on Monday, Oct. 31, the staff at St. Mary Medical Center came together to give the bride her most important wish— the presence of her father at her wedding.
Her father, Erik Pflum (in the wheel chair), joined his daughter in the chapel at St. Mary Medical Center, to walk (or wheel) his daughter down the aisle and into the waiting arms of her husband to be, William Zdan.
Megan and Bill were married with family with St. Mary Medical Center staff in attendance for a celebration that stood the test of time, love and health.
Lysa Barry
Supportive Relations Manager
Dignity Health— St. Mary Medical Center
