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09.27.16 Volume 15 Issue 263
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Endorsements continue to mount for City Council incumbents BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Another round of endorsements has occurred for local election and ballot measures. Institutional endorsements continue to back incumbents for city
council and oppose Measure LV. There are 10 candidates running for four seats on the City Council with all four incumbents in the race. Four candidates are running two seats on the Rent Control Board with both incumbents running. Four candidates are
running for three seats on the College Board with all three incumbents running. The Los Angeles County Democratic Party is backing all four incumbents for City Council (Gleam Davis, Terry O’Day, Tony Vazquez and Ted Winterer). The
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AUTHOR: Traci Propst has written a book about and for Millennials.
Throughout her daily life, Traci Propst observes and interacts with what seems to be a strange subset of creatures. These so-called millennials have immersed themselves in a technologically driven society but are old enough to remember life without smartphones. Indeed, before texting was popular, they communicated during school classes by passing paper notes. “Although we love our technology,” the young author said, “I think there’s something to be said about having gone through our adolescence stage without it for the most part.” Millennials also appear inclined to live at home longer even though they see themselves as independent, and they get married later even though an avalanche of dating apps is at their fingertips. “We are the generation of divorce babies,” she said, “[so] we’re in no rush to jump into something we’re not entirely
BY MARINA ANDALON
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Santa Monica ‘the perfect place’ for young author’s generation BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN
WWII B-17 panel in Santa Monica
organization is backing Rob Greenstein Rader (incumbent), Margaret Quinones-Perez (incumbent) and Sion Roy (challenger) for the Santa Monica Community College Board of Trustees. For the
Book seeks to capture millennials’ essence sure about. ... We feel no need to settle.” Propst, a Santa Monica resident, is a millennial herself. And her musings on the generation — who it describes, what sets it apart and how it impacts everyone else — are now contained in her first book, “The Millennial Hustle: Life Through the Eyes of a Millennial.” Millennials have become known for their affinity for the digital world — the Internet, smartphone apps, electronic devices and beyond. But Propst thinks they find joy in reading physical books because it’s what they knew as children. “There is still something to be said about the feel of a bound book in your hand — something you can carry around and feel like it’s a part of you,” said Propst, whose book will soon be available in electronic format. “I don’t see books going completely out of style anytime soon. Oddly SEE BOOK PAGE 5
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A Santa Monica resident is helping a piece of history travel cross-country as a moving tribute to a group of WWII pilots, including his father. Santa Monica resident Christopher Wilkinson is not a veteran but his father, who died in 1994, flew in the 384th Bomb Group during WWII. Wilkinson wanted to give back to the men who served the country and be became involved in the project to ship a piece of a B-17 plane around the country allowing the now dispersed veterans to provide their signatures before the wing panel is ultimately displaced at the Hill Aerospace Museum Near Hill Air Force Base at Salt Lake City, Utah. Volunteer members of the organization, including children of the veterans, have been moving the tribute around the country for the past six years after securing the part as a donation from a California based restorer. Wilkinson said he has gathered information from military resources and museums and started off with 150 names of veterans who served under 384th Bomb Group in WWII. He started shipping the wing panel from veteran to veteran asking for their signature and if they had any information on fellow soldiers. Wilkinson makes it clear to the veterans and their families that the purpose is to recognize the legacy and sacrifice of all the members of the bomb group. “The project has grown and taken off on its own wings beyond my original contributions to be embraced by the members and veterans of the 384th Bomb Group,” said Wilkinson. “I am very grateful SEE VETERANS PAGE 7
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