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Including Inglewood Airport Area • Baldwin Hills • Crenshaw/LA • Ladera Heights VOL. 23, No. 38
September 18, 2014
“Building a Bridge to the Future” A Recap of the Inglewood Town Hall Meeting By Crystal DaCosta
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he community and elected officials came out for a packed Town Hall Meeting on September 13, held by Mayor James Butts at The Living Room, Faithful Central Bible Church, in Inglewood. There was definitely a buzz of excitement among Inglewood residents, many of whom arrived early and started filling the room well before the event began. As Councilman Alex Padilla stated, “This is a chance to hear about all the positive things happening in Inglewood.”
Wright Is Out
Bradford, Hall Are In By Veronica Mackey
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o sooner had the ink dried on convicted State Senator Rod Wright’s resignation letter, than Assemblyman Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) and Assemblyman Isadore Hall, III (DCompton) filed papers to take his place. The new candidates will make a run for the 35th District Senate, which is overwhelmingly Democratic. About 14% of registered voters are Republican.
Mayor Butts addresses the overflowing crowd. Photos by Tyrone D. Washington/Wave Tech Media
The agenda was pretty ambitious—City finances, public safety, education, residential sound insulation, street construction, and a myriad of development projects, including Hollywood Park, a new community center, a 340unit condominium project
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
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and renovation of the Inglewood Playhouse. Mayor Butts, City department heads, and community partners kept the audience engaged, and at hour three, with no air conditioning, the room was still full. Whether you came to hear the latest (Continued on page 7)
Steven Bradford
Inglewood Resident Celebrates Her 105th Birthday!
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By Thomas Bunn
ast week one of Inglewood’s oldest living residents celebrated her 105th birthday. Ms. Hattie Quinan was in high spirits as Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr visited her, along with her long time friend Hazel Culpepper. Ms. Hattie is a resident of the Westchester Villa Senior Living Community and has been for the past 4 years. (Continued on page 2)
See PAGE 3 to find out who won tickets to see Frankie Beverly, Maze, and Patti LaBelle live in concert September 21st at the newly renovated Fabulous Forum!
Visit www.inglewoodtoday.com for details
Isadore Hall, III Wright announced on Monday that he will resign effective Sept. 22, 2014, following sentencing last week to 90 days in jail, 1,500 hours of community service and three years of probation. The 62 year-old lawmaker was convicted on five counts of fraudulent voting, two counts of perjury by declaration and one count of filing a false declaration of candida(Continued on page 8)