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group is not all from West LA. It?’s from all over, including Crenshaw and Baldwin Hills. We set up the Crenshaw meeting to help get people informed.
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See above. Besides, there are stations for the Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills area. The BRU accuses the MTA rail planners of building rail lines for white areas. Now you're saying they discriminate against minority areas because they want to build a rail line in Baldwin Hills and Crenshaw?
<< This is an illegal, self-serving conflict of interest when the EIR/Study already plans to re-route the train away from the backyards of the Cheviot Hills residences on the westside of Exposition Blvd.>>
Friends4Expo also has members who are Cheviot Hills/Rancho Park homeowners who want the train on the original right of way in their neighborhoods too. Unfortunately, their homeowners associations were co-opted by some very racists people who don't want the train bringing ''those people'' into their neighborhood. As I explained above, Yvonne Burke and, apparently, Zev Yaroslovsky promised them it would never come into their area. I suggest you work hard to unseat County Supervisors who are willing to make deals like that. For now, you can support the Expo Line AT GRADE everywhere (meaning on the surface at USC) and on the original right of way all the way (meaning through Cheviot and Rancho Park).
<< The existing plan does NOT avoid the residences on Exposition Blvd. between La Cienega and Vermont Ave. Why is the rail plan NOT ok in the Cheviot Hills backyards, NOT ok in USC's front yard, but OK in our front yard?>>
I agree. It's not OK to set different standards in different neighborhoods. It's absurd. So use your energies to write letters to Yvonne Burke and the other county supervisors
saying you want all communities held to the same standard. Start a petition. I'll sign it too.
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So let's fix the plan. I spent quite a few weekends collecting signatures in support of this line. I know the people at Friends4Expo and they are good people of all races who live up and down the line. Like you with your organization, Patrick, they want to see their environment improved. Light rail is electrically powered and, therefor, generates no emissions. It's a far superior way to get around than sitting in fume-choked traffic. It's used all over Europe and in many Western cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco, and Long Beach. An east-west line on Expo would be great. So help us fight for a good, equitable project. But know who your friends are. You?’re obviously very interested in the environment so you should support light rail in general (LA?’s traffic and pollution isn?’t going to be protested away?…we need to build solutions). The question here is are you willing to do the legwork to help assure Expo rail is built right and the problems are corrected, or do you just want to complain? Complaining is easy. Fixing problems takes hard work.
Best,
Roger
group is not all from West LA. It?’s from all over, including Crenshaw and Baldwin Hills. We set up the Crenshaw meeting to help get people informed.
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See above. Besides, there are stations for the Crenshaw/Baldwin Hills area. The BRU accuses the MTA rail planners of building rail lines for white areas. Now you're saying they discriminate against minority areas because they want to build a rail line in Baldwin Hills and Crenshaw?
<< This is an illegal, self-serving conflict of interest when the EIR/Study already plans to re-route the train away from the backyards of the Cheviot Hills residences on the westside of Exposition Blvd.>>
Friends4Expo also has members who are Cheviot Hills/Rancho Park homeowners who want the train on the original right of way in their neighborhoods too. Unfortunately, their homeowners associations were co-opted by some very racists people who don't want the train bringing ''those people'' into their neighborhood. As I explained above, Yvonne Burke and, apparently, Zev Yaroslovsky promised them it would never come into their area. I suggest you work hard to unseat County Supervisors who are willing to make deals like that. For now, you can support the Expo Line AT GRADE everywhere (meaning on the surface at USC) and on the original right of way all the way (meaning through Cheviot and Rancho Park).
<< The existing plan does NOT avoid the residences on Exposition Blvd. between La Cienega and Vermont Ave. Why is the rail plan NOT ok in the Cheviot Hills backyards, NOT ok in USC's front yard, but OK in our front yard?>>
I agree. It's not OK to set different standards in different neighborhoods. It's absurd. So use your energies to write letters to Yvonne Burke and the other county supervisors
saying you want all communities held to the same standard. Start a petition. I'll sign it too.
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So let's fix the plan. I spent quite a few weekends collecting signatures in support of this line. I know the people at Friends4Expo and they are good people of all races who live up and down the line. Like you with your organization, Patrick, they want to see their environment improved. Light rail is electrically powered and, therefor, generates no emissions. It's a far superior way to get around than sitting in fume-choked traffic. It's used all over Europe and in many Western cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco, and Long Beach. An east-west line on Expo would be great. So help us fight for a good, equitable project. But know who your friends are. You?’re obviously very interested in the environment so you should support light rail in general (LA?’s traffic and pollution isn?’t going to be protested away?…we need to build solutions). The question here is are you willing to do the legwork to help assure Expo rail is built right and the problems are corrected, or do you just want to complain? Complaining is easy. Fixing problems takes hard work.
Best,
Roger