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Public Invited to Bike Plan Meeting on Monday by Allison Jean Eaton | Archive | 04.29.11 |
+ 10:01pm | A community meeting on the city's bicycling plan will be held on Monday, May 2, where residents will have the opportunity to make their voices heard while learning about the plan and obtaining information on upcoming city-sponsored, cycling-related projects. Councilman Robert Garcia, along with city mobility staff, will host the public meeting at the Jenny Oropeza Community Center at Cesar Chavez Park on Monday, May 2, at 6 p.m. “I’m looking forward to sharing all the great work the city’s done on cycling, and talking about the next steps,” Garcia said in a statement. “This is a chance for the community to ask questions, share input and get a lot of good information.” Garcia’s presentation will include pictures and statistics for some of the cycling-related many infrastructure improvements that have been completed in Long Beach over the last few years, as well as information about current and future grants and cycling projects. Garcia will also give a slideshow presentation of his recent trip to an international cycling conference in Seville, Spain, which was paid for with a scholarship provided by nonprofit groups. Sumire Gant, the city's transportation programs officer, and Charles Gandy, the city’s mobility coordinator, will be on hand, as will representatives from several neighborhood groups, including the Willmore City Heritage Association and the Downtown Residents’ Council. The meeting is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The park is located at 401 Golden Ave. Click here to view our policy on covering the Long Beach City Council.
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LB Lover When will the public be invited to a meeting about the way Long Beach is becoming a trashy, gang-ridden, crime-filled, graffiti'ed paradise for every unemployed guy and baby mama in the state? Johnny Utah Bring back the 3rd lane in Naples!!! shalom LB Lover: When will there be a meeting about how the minority rightwing white people think they own this city, but dont actually every get out of their cars to see the reality of its character, they just cant stand to have their dominance end? I'll see you there. Johnny Utah well said, LB Lover! I need to buy you a cold schooner at Joe Jost's. LB Lover I'm not remotely right wing, just employed with a normal appreciation for clean streets, safe neighborhoods and buildings without grafitti. And I get out of my car all the time, thank you. But there are large parts of the city where I wouldn't because it wouldn't feel remotely safe and I find that incredibly depressing. Sorry if that's offensive. And, if wanting a safe, clean place to live is right wing dominance, heaven help us all. Johnny Utah Schlon-It's not about being white and making more cash than you. Lover has a point. Now if you can't handle a valid truthful point about this crime infested city, go join the vato's and essays. Ben I am there! Biking rules! Kenny I'm thinking LB Lover is Johnny Utah's alternate screen name to post under and agree with. Johnny Utah No Kenny walnuts...I have one alias and it's Johnny Utah. There's nothing wrong with people actually stating things in agreement with myself. Wondering How many of you bike fanatics are going to ride your bikes to the meeting. If you are smart, you will get a police escort out of there when it is dark. They should hold the meeting at Lowell Elementary for everyone's safety. Fisch I will be there, I will ride my bicycle, and I will not need a Police escort out of there when it is dark because of some misconception that neighborhoods which happen to have an ethnic character are automatically unsafe and/or undesirable. @Fish How is it a misconception? The area where the meeting is held very dangerous - look at the LBPD crime reports. It has nothing to do with race but statistics. The city is wasting money on bikes when it should be spent on deploying more cops in these areas. I hope you can pedal fast. Statistics You're right, an "ethnic" neighborhood shouldn't be the reason it is or is not considered safe. Agreed. Still, when you look at the statistics, as someone noted, it is far too often the ethnic neighborhoods that have a lot of crime. Clearly we know and can make the argument that opportunity isn't always equal. It is unquestionably easier to be white in many circumstances. We know that people from Mexico, here legally or illegally, generally hold jobs that are low paying. We know African Americans have to work hard to overcome the legacy of prejudice that we've spent 150 years denying, yet know in our hearts exists. Still, it is hard to refute the "ethnic" neighborhoods have more crime - I'm sure we'd all like to sprinkle miracle dust and make it all go away, but we can't. What we can do is get educations and change our circumstances. Yet when you look at the drop out statistics, they are often the non-white groups that are more likely to leave high school and thereby dooming themselves to low paying jobs. I don't have any answers and I know this is not remotely PC but it's true. So you're right, we shouldn't be afraid of ethnic neighborhoods - and we wouldn't be if they were safe. shalom 1. IN FACT, crime has been DROPPING in long beach for 20 years, and continues to....2. If there's more crime in ethnic 'hoods, maybe it's because the City (any city) doesnt care what happens in those 'hoods. Cops protect the rich, period. Johnny Utah Give us your sources shlonhg!!! I decry ::cough,cough:: BS Can't help it I'd imagine the cops are far more familiar w/ the worst areas in LB than they are the "wealthy" areas. And would also guess that when there is crime in the wealthy areas, it's perpetrated by individuals who live in the areas with the highest crime rates. I can't recall ever hearing that someone in Naples was breaking into cars or houses to rob his/her neighbors.
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