May Mayoral Town Hall Meeting Maybe

Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa will return to Northeast LA tomorrow, May 4th,  to host a town hall meeting at Monte Vista Elementary School, in Highland Park from 3:3o to 5pm. The Town Hall Meeting is part of a series of Town Hall Meetings on the Mayor’s 2009-2010 Budget. An important topic in our recession-wary city. However, I suspect the meeting will focus more on public safety than jobs. Perhaps, Villaraigosa will be answering his letters personally.

Back on March 16, Monte Vista Elementary went into lock-down mode after two gunmen opened fire on each other outside the school. And while the economy may suck as much as it does, I’m sure the questions among stakeholders will be to the effect: “What is being done to stop gang violence in our community?”

I’m kind of hoping that the Office of Community Beutification contractors don’t buff out all the Dogtown gang graffiti on every single wall and building on Monte Vista, just so the Mayor can see what we see every day.

The Town Hall Meeting may be scheduled too early for most working-class Highland Parkers to attend. There is another Town Hall later this same evening in Boyle Heights at Our Lady of Talpa, across from the Evergreen Cemetery from 5:3o to 7pm.

(Of course all these dates are tentative, depending on virility of the dreaded Swine Flu.)

Mayoral Town Hall Meeting
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
FROM 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Monte Vista Elementary School Auditorium
5423 Monte Vista St,
Highland Park, CA 90042

FROM 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Our Lady of Talpa Church
Parish Hall
2914 E. 4th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033