Thank God for 2UrbanGirls coverage because if it weren’t for your dogged coverage of the deficiencies and the inadequate communication and public participation in the discussion of the planning of the still grossly underfunded Inglewood Transit Connector project the public would have no idea what was in store for them despite City consultants saying otherwise I had to find out about the readjusted costs of this project in the Los Angeles Business Journal article titled Inglewood Rail Project Gets $407M in State Funding, exemplifies the standard practice of disrespect that has long existed between Inglewood officials since the controversial…
Author: Marvin McCoy
The Los Angeles Times released an article titled “Special counsel urges sheriff [Robert Luna]to ban the ‘cancer’ of deputy gangs” but didn’t former Sheriff Alex Villanueva already issue that directive? They say politics is nothing but theater and if any party gets that description to a tee it’s the democratic liberal left wing of the progressive party or as I like to refer to them as the knock-off TJ- Maxx version of Marjorie Taylor -Greene of the Pro-Trump party where the rhetoric from the most extreme voting blocks of both parties are equally dangerous. Why? Their ideology is extreme and…
There’s an old Southern saying that I think aptly applies to Mark Ridley-Thomas “a hard head makes a soft behind”. The Los Angeles City Councilman’s pending criminal trial, slated to start this Tuesday stems from an indictment levied against him and former USC Dean Marilyn Flynn. They were charged as co-conspirators in a scheme that alleges the highly respected longtime lawmaker traded his office for the personal gain of not only himself but also for his son Sebastian, who has amazingly avoided being indicted too. This scandal is unfortunate as Ridley-Thomas rose from being an obscure math teacher whose amazing intellect…
I must admit since Inglewood began hosting it’s King’s parade years ago I must admit I was disappointed that this year’s event has morphed much more into a festival and arguably a show if you were to view it differently as it appears like Inglewood and most municipalities “celebrate” the life of the honorable Dr. Martin Luther’s King work and legacy but spit on the principles and ethics he taught and practices in an never-ending on slaught of introductions of legislation and or policy that appears genuine in nature but upon further inspection causes more harm than advertised as some…
I must admit if you like political folly and satire you can’t beat the antics of the newly “selected” Sheriff Robert Luna who has within a few short months has already acquiesced his day-to-day duties as Sheriff to Eileen Decker a “highly” respected attorney who will serve as the guiding light so to speak in righting everything that is chronically wrong with LASD. But based on Ms. Decker’s time on the LAPD commission and her tenure as vice-president justifies in theory and practicality handing over the day-to-day operations to someone with an impressive resume but there’s a lot to be…
Once again I say this, a prophet isn’t honored in his own home, and the public admission of newly elected Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna admitting that deputy gangs have been around for decades defies this urban myth that they originated under former Los Angeles County Board Board of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, whom may I add for context is facing fraud and corruption charges and viciously perpetuated by his successor Holly Mitchell that deputy gangs originated and consumed the daily operations of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department under former Sheriff Alex Villanueva isn’t only slanderous but in essence is libel…
Where are the elders in the room? Twitter / @TinaMcKinnor1 Where is the moral and conscious and the wise of the Black political elected officials because there is a pandemic of ineffective, soulless politicians that exhibit leech like behavior in their quest for undeserved riches and visions of grandeur as a select group of politicians of color have mastered the game of musical chairs with a relentless and endless pursuit of pursuing and positioning themselves to be re-elected or the insatiable desire to adhere to a “higher” calling while promising to deliver manna and honey to their impoverished but hopeful…
Inglewood Assemblymember Tina McKinnor endorsed Adam Schiff for Senate? Adam Schiff? Is this what our newly elected freshman Assemblywoman is up to? Trading her endorsement of Adam Schiff to potentially replace long-time United States Senator Dianne Feinstein to give him credibility in the African American community? Although Congressman Schiff has served honorably I suppose as a member of Congress, if you want to ignore the fact he horribly mishandled the impeachment of former President Donald Trump then I guess he fits the “criteria” as the ideal candidate to replace the highly respected Feinstein. For full disclosure, I’ve never been a…
Can I say that I’m genuinely excited about the future of Inglewood for the first time since Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr.’s arrival here in 2011 because if we can take any lessons learned so to speak from the City’s last election in November and the upcoming District 1 runoff election scheduled to take place on March 7th, is that Inglewood residents disdain and displeasure with this elected body’s governing style that one time, was nationally renowned and celebrated has been exposed as a fluke. Mayor Butts barely avoided a runoff to retain his seat for Mayor against lesser-known…
At some point in time we all need to have a collective, “Coming to Jesus” moment that those charged with the arduous task of fixing homelessness are exasperating the problem out of financial or political gain and until we as the electorate revolt with passion, purpose and unwavering desire to correct a flagrantly flawed political system, despite its best or worst intentions as designed as some argue always produces the lesser of two evils in which the masses, resigned to a sense of helplessness and void of hope are left to wander about like sheep among wolves, fighting for our…