San Pedro is a great town due to the wide variety of groups, nationalities, and neighborhoods. I wish that we had one shared vision and could rally around our way forward. San Pedro is a hard working family town where people live for generations. This should be our common ground that frames our dialogue for the way forward. This should be our common ground that gets us to talk and work together.
Today, our neighborhood councils, our city planners, our representatives, our San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, and our business districts all forget about our common bond. They all try to craft a way forward without understanding what is at the heart of San Pedro. San Pedro is a hard working family town where people live for generations. As such, we as a community need to create a vision where we would want our children to grow up and raise their families. Let Redondo Beach be where the college kids go to sew their wild oats. Let Long Beach be that eclectic mix of rich and poor with no great families. Let Pedro be where we want our children to grow up and raise their families. Once we all have this understanding we can create plans on what this town needs to move forward. Once we have this understanding we will be able to define clearly what makes San Pedro great - Our families, our traditions, and our respect for hard work with no free rides.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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