We could all use a little more civility. This is not to say that we shouldn’t have candid discussion on this forum, nor am I saying that anyone here is guilty any “incivility”. And certainly, sometimes we must be blunt, which is bound to get people wound up, angry, or hurt, especially in a blog like this one. But this post is not about this blog, it is about society, in general, and the attitude with which we come to the table for discussion.

Generally speaking, I think that Whittier (like most communities today) could do with a little more civility.

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I was at a local meeting recently with an impressive variety of distinguished community members. When during a public discussion, a rather articulate gentleman stood up and made the statement that the city of Whittier was the last (bastion) of an Anglo-Saxon male, political control. I love that word, BASTION, it’s almost poetic or musical. but, all romanticism aside, his statement is shamefully true. According to Webster’s II New Riverside Desk Dictionary, the word bastion means; a well fortified position, a stronghold. Read more…

I was in attendance at the last Whittier City Council Meeting on Tues. Mar. 10th and I was appalled by the petty and inaccurate comments made by two of our council members, one being Bob Henderson who made the comment that Mr. Rick Eiias was contradicting himself because he previously had spoken regarding a noise issue. This incident occurred in the early 90’s and had to do with leaf blowers being used between 3:00 and 4:00 A.M. 5 to 7 days per week on Greenleaf Ave. and NOT music and activity until 2:00 A.M.

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John and Ken of KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles are hosting a “Tax Revolt” in Fullerton, tomorrow (Saturday March 7th 2009), from 3 to 6 PM at The Slider Bar on Commonwealth.

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The City of Whittier would benefit greatly from the use of term limits for the members of its City Council. The best number of terms appears to be three. Each term represents four years and three terms equates into 12 years. Given the tremendous change that takes place in our community and nation every decade, this would provide ample time for each Council Member to make the maximum contribution and allow new leadership and new ideas to keep pace with changing priorities and evolving demographics.

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“The success and overall health of businesses within a community is directly linked to the quality of life experienced by the residents of that community and therefore, of great importance to the City as a whole.” This sentence is taken from the City of Whittier’s, “Economic Development Strategy Fiscal Year 2008-2009.”

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As a follow-up to my initial post, I offer the following letter that was submitted earlier this morning to the Whittier Daily News. Many thanks to ShopWhittier.com for providing this public forum for the ultimate purpose of resolving our political differences and getting on with the business of serving others:

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We are now building our Political Blog to give businesses, individuals, leaders and followers a place to have candid discussion about all things Political. The purpose of ShopWhittier.com (the Online Magazine), is to bring positive stories and information about the City of Whittier and it’s businesses.  But behind the scenes, we would like to open this forum for all opinions.

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