Democrats & Obama Are Not San Pedrans

I know that California and San Pedro are committed to the Democratic party. But there is nothing San Pedran about not being straight forward and honest. There is nothing San Pedran about being told one thing and doing another. There is nothing San Pedran about more government. There is nothing San Pedran about waiting for the government to help the poor rather than doing it ourselves. The Democrats and President Obama have continued to lie to San Pedrans about the NSA spying, Benghazi, and Obamacare. The Democrats and President Obama promised that we would be able to keep our health care and we can't. The Democrats and President Obama continue to make more regulations like legalizing marijuana just so they can tax it and make money on it. The Democrats and President Obama indicate that it is un-American to not pay taxes and help the poor. Though only a very small part of our taxes go to help people. And even a good size of the money that goes towards food stamps goes to fund the bureaucracy. The truth is San Pedran's give a lot and go to church/temple a lot with no government help. The truth is that most San Pedrans are independent spirits. This runs counter to the collectivists mentality of the Democratic party. I wish I could say that you could vote Republican. But we need a party of the people, for the people, by the people. We need a party that represents San Pedrans. Unfortunately the Democratic Party is untrustworthy and corrupt. We need to expect more.

San Pedro Chamber of Commerce and Business District are Clueless

Working to pull in out of town shoppers is a good idea. Being able to pull in local shoppers is good as well. Key to both of those plans is a regular set of store hours down town. And key to both of those plans are full shops. People always talk about bringing in some type of "draw" to down town. That is a good idea, but we should lien on the landowners to actually price their retail space so there are not so many empty shops. Our downtown landowners are not working together. They focus on their own bottom line, not realizing that the more shops that are open leads to more foot traffic which leads to more businesses wanting to come down town, which in turn leads to higher rents. As it stands today the retail space per foot costs too much and the landlords are not working together. Each landlord prices businesses out of downtown. And then they complain about the lack of businesses that want to rent their spaces. Maybe they should remember that they are in America and should price their spaces competitively. If the landlords lowered their rents San Pedro can get more shops downtown, which in turn will lead to higher rents long term.

Obama Does Not Care About San Pedrans

The policies of the Obama administration does nothing to support our hardworking families. Obamacare alone has caused a number of Pedrans to lose their health care. Though it was intended to provide health insurance to the uninsured, in fact it has caused more to lose their insurance by creating more part time jobs. Obamacare has done a lot to help the advertisement business, the software companies that make the website, and the health insurance companies with more potential customers, but it has and will not help the average hard working family. And when you consider how our president continues to buy bonds to help the rich get richer in the stock market, how the NSA spies on us, and how the IRS targets non-profits you get the true portrait of a president who does not care about normal folk like San Pedrans.

Congratulations to New Harbor Commissioner Mr. Pirozzi

This week Mr. Anthony Pirozzi was sworn in as the newest Harbor Commissioner for the Port of Los Angeles. The Mayor's office could not have made a better choice to represent our community. Mr. Pirozzi is a lifetime resident of San Pedro and he and his family still live in town. Mr. Pirozzi has been active in the community with Eastview Little League and the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce. He cares about the town and is willing to actually work to improve it and to continue to make it great. Congrats to Mr. Pirozzi and congratulation to our town for getting such a good representative for the Harbor Commission.

Surly San Pedro Pride

"LA Weekly" recently stirred up the local debate when it mentioned that San Pedro was one of surliest cities in Los Angeles. "Random Lengths" even devoted the front page of its paper in response. I say, great!! San Pedro IS a surly town and damn proud of it. San Pedro is a hard working diverse family town in the middle of a big city. What unites us is our respect for hard work, our love of family, and respecting our diverse cultures. There has been talk about San Pedro being an Italian or Croatian town. But anyone that has spent time on our ball fields or looked at a school year book can attest, we are a diverse town and damn proud of it. We love our families and we love our individual cultures, but we love Pedro to and respect our neighbors. We do have crime, but we don't have the large race based crime in greater Los Angeles. We just have the normal stupid largely poverty driven crime. And when issues arise in town, our town rises as one, not divided. We do argue about our future and the way to get there. But that is because we love the town and want what is best. Due in large part due to our diversity we have tons of opinions. Opinions are good, Pedran's are good. We are united in our respect for hard work our love of families and our love of this great town we call home.

110 South Should Be the San Pedro Fwy

There is the Santa Monica Freeway, the San Diego Freeway, and the Pasadena Freeway - There should be a San Pedro Freeway. The 110 Freeway South only goes to San Pedro. San Pedro is already listed on every 110 South Freeway sign. We just need to lobby our representatives to make it official to make the 110 South officially the San Pedro Freeway. San Pedro is better than Pasadena, Santa Monica, and San Diego. In addition, our value to the California economy is more than all those cities combined. The San Pedro Freeway - Great Name - Great Idea

Bike Lanes Are a Waste of Space

In another example of the stupidity of Los Angeles's traffic department, not only did they install bike lanes where none were needed. They added medians in the middle of the road. Often these fake "center dividers" are just in the middle of the street with no use other than to collect dust. Both Capital and Westmont streets have medians, wasting a whole lane. And on both streets no one will every use them because there are no turn in, turn outs, or homes to use them. These medians cause the removal of a lane that can be used to move traffic along and keep our environment cleaner by reducing the number of stops and starts at stop signs. There was a reason why the folks above Western voted themselves out of San Pedro and Los Angeles. Maybe San Pedro should vote itself out of Los Angeles.