December 6, 2018
VOL. 33, No. 95
PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH FUNERAL HHH Rod Wright Pardoned by ATTENDED BY FIVE PRESIDENTS Governor Brown Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
In 2014, former California Senator Roderick D. Wright, an Inglewood resident, was convicted of eight counts of perjury and voter fraud for lying about living in his district and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. However, Wright only served an hour in jail and two-an- a-half years of probation. Four years later, Senator Wright has received a second chance after being pardoned by Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday, November 21.
The funeral of President George HW Bush was conducted yesterday in the nation’s capital with US and foreign dignitaries and five current and former presidents gathered to bid a final farewell to the World War Two hero and Cold War veteran. An unusual bipartisan spirit was on display at the service with both Republican and Democratic politicians gathering to honor a president who called for a “kinder, gentler” nation. A ceremony at Washington National Cathedral capped three days of remembrance by dignitaries and ordinary citizens as they honored the Republican president who oversaw the post-Cold War transition and led a successful Gulf War, only to lose re-election in a generational shift to Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992. Jon Meacham, the presidential historian described the former president, at the service, as the “the last great-soldier statesman”. He summed up his creed: “tell the truth, don’t blame people, be strong, do your best, try hard, forgive, stay the course”. “He made our lives and the lives of nations freer, better, warmer and nobler.
That was his mission, that was his h e a r t b e at , and if we listen closely enough we can hear that heartbeat even now. For it’s the heartbeat of a lion, a lion who not only led us but loved us.” Meacham described Bush’s approach to public service after a crash during World War Two, where some people in his plane did not survive. “In a sense the rest of his life was a perennial effort to prove himself worthy of his salvation on that distant morning,” he said. “To him, his life was no longer his own. There were always more missions to
undertake, more lives to touch and more love to give.”
As Trump observed the funeral ser-
vice but was not invited to speak, ex-Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was among those giving a eulogy at the funeral service. “I believe it will be said
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VOTE CENTERS TO REPLACE POLLING PLACES Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder is proposing to replace polling places with “Vote Centers,” which are basically larger consolidated polling places. Historically they were called polling places because they were located in the homes and garages of neighbors. Today millions of people enjoy waking up on Election Day and going to their neighborhood polls to cast their vote. In the City of Inglewood, Yvonne Horton the Inglewood City Clerk has kept this tradition alive, by maintaining poll-
ing places in neighborhoods throughout the city and intends to keep it that way – as she helps to implement SB 415. Under SB 415, the local city elections are now consolidated with the county. Although this is causing some confusion, the date of the election has changed, but most things remain the same. Instead of the city hiring consultants like Martin and Chapman Co. to count votes on Election Day, the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder’s Office (LACRRO) is now responsible for count-
ing. The city clerks, as local election officers, will continue to work with the LACRRO to monitor the process, which Horton has done for the past 16 years. You may have heard the saying, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” To assure that your experience of going to the polls is improved, the Inglewood City Clerk is inviting you to voice your opinion on the details of setting up these new “Vote Centers” at a
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