Author: Marvin McCoy

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…

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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…

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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…

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By: Marvin McCoy The truth matters. Once again I can’t express this anymore clear and with the Inglewood city council preparing to take legislative action to receive grant funds to hire a homeless service coordinator, citing its own staff report that homelessness is yet an increasing and ever-evolving problem that’s hard to get a handle on despite the City’s carefully scripted-like Broadway show denying homelessness, housing instability, or the fact that the “Inglewood’s Renaissance ” so to speak continues to be a driving force behind the increase in homelessness and housing instability not only here in Inglewood but across Los Angeles…

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