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Julie

DWP Reform 2016

Want Real Reform at DWP?  Make DWP a Part of the City! “If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects.” — Former Supreme Court Justice Lewis…

Celebrating Louie! His Leaving Left a Hole the Size of His Heart

REMEMBERING LOUIE (1961-2016) – On January 17, after a long fight with diabetes and its devastation, Luis (“Louie”) Manuel Moreno suffered a fatal heart attack, leaving family and friends throughout Boyle Heights and the communities of East Los Angeles…

Mark Twain was Right!

“… my good friends the Allens … one of the best of their many excellent dicta is that “to play golf is to spoil an otherwise enjoyable walk.”  ~ H. S. Scrivener, 1903  It’s hard to wrap my head around…

Update: From Matt Butcher’s ‘Little Brother’

Three years ago, on Thursday, June 24, 2010, I dropped my brother Matthew off at work and never saw him again. My mother tells me that I followed him from room to room yelling “Mine Big Brother!!!” before I…