About 60 community activists, most of them members of Neighborhood Councils, met Saturday at LA City College in the first NC Action Summit -- an alternative to next week's Congress of Neighborhood Councils sponsored by the city and dominated by the mayor and other officials' agendas.
The theme of Saturday's counter event was "Less Talk, More Action."
A proposed initiative campaign to slash the salaries of the nation's highest paid elected city officials' salaries in half was the first of six items on the Action Summit's agenda. It was supported on a 32-20 vote.
Famed LA journalist Betty Pleasant, "Soulvine" columnist for the Wave Newspapers, moderated the discussion with Doug Epperhart, who is leading the "half-off solution" campaign, and activist Bill Christopher who has misgivings about whether it's the right way to go. Pleasant was interviewed later by Greg Nelson and myself.
The theme of Saturday's counter event was "Less Talk, More Action."
A proposed initiative campaign to slash the salaries of the nation's highest paid elected city officials' salaries in half was the first of six items on the Action Summit's agenda. It was supported on a 32-20 vote.
Famed LA journalist Betty Pleasant, "Soulvine" columnist for the Wave Newspapers, moderated the discussion with Doug Epperhart, who is leading the "half-off solution" campaign, and activist Bill Christopher who has misgivings about whether it's the right way to go. Pleasant was interviewed later by Greg Nelson and myself.
Ron Kaye is the former editor of the Los Angeles Daily News where he spent 23 years helping to make the newspaper the voice of the San Fernando Valley and fighting for a city government that serves the people and not special interests.
Twice in recent years, Los Angeles Magazine listed Kaye among the city’s most influential people, specifically in the area of politics. Kaye has been variously described in the media as the “accidental anarchist,” “the Patrick Henry of the San Fernando Valley” and a “passionate populist.” He is now committed to
carrying on his crusade for a greater Los Angeles as an ordinary citizen. Previously, Ron worked at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner,
Associated Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer and The Australian as well as papers
in Fairbanks, Alaska and Yakima, Wash. He also wrote for Newsweek magazine, The Guardian in London and the National Enquirer.
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