News of the Arroyo
Title: | Voters said no to NFL |
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Date: | 2006-11-12 |
Summary: | November 12, 2006 - The ridiculous NFL proposal for the Rose Bowl took a drubbing in every corner of Pasadena. Prop A lost in every council district across town. |
Author: | Larry Wilson |
Publication: | Pasadena Star-News |
Content: | It wasn\'t just Arroyo-adjacent West Pasadena that voted overwhelmingly against inviting the NFL into the Rose Bowl. Electoral analysis by political maven Martin Truitt shows that Measure A failed overwhelmingly Tuesday in every single neighborhood in the city. Sure, District 6, which includes Linda Vista, San Rafael and South Orange Grove, and thus takes most of the traffic hit for Rose Bowl use, was king of the anti-billionaire boys club movement, with 84 percent of those casting votes at the polls giving a thumbs-down to A. But Truitt\'s analysis shows that A carried only seven precincts of the 87 in the city. All of these were in the Northwest neighborhoods of two of the three council members who backed the measure, Chris Holden and Joyce Streator. But even in Joyce and Chris\' back yards, A got shellacked: 61 percent said \"no\" in her District 1, 65 percent said \"no\" in his District 3. It gives the lie to the notion that the good work of the No on A movement was anything like the white folks vs. the black and brown folks. Most every street in the city went in landslide numbers against giving the bowl to the professional footballers. The other council sponsor, Paul Little, saw 72 percent of his central Pasadena constituents vote \"no\" on the crummy idea of making the Arroyo Seco impossible to visit alternate autumn Sundays. Rounding it out were Steve Haderlein\'s Northeast Pasadena District 4 with 73 percent \"no,\" Victor Gordo\'s central District 5 with 70 percent against and Sid Tyler\'s Southeast District 7 with 75 percent negatory. It\'s just so pleasing to see a city come together on the smart side of an issue. Louie Perez of L.A.\'s greatest band, Los Lobos, was on KPCC on Friday afternoon as Luis Torres pinch-hit for Patt Morrison at 2 p.m. Perez talked about the song \"The Road to Gila Bend\" on their new album \"The Town and the City,\" and the conversation went to border issues. Torres mentioned the plan to build a 700-mile fence to keep out those who keep coming to El Norte. \"Mmm-hmm, yeah,\" said Perez. \"But who\'s gonna build it?\" Marvin Schachter of the Senior Advocacy Council had Pasadena Weekly Editor Kevin Uhrich and yours truly down to the Senior Center on Friday to do some more hashing over of election issues. No one\'s tiring of the subject, seemingly, either the local races and issues or the national picture. We could have gabbed all day and so could have those in the audience. I doubt we\'ll have tired of the ongoing conversation by Tuesday. So remember to drop by Caltech\'s Beckman Auditorium that night to hear PBS\' and CNN\'s Judy Woodruff in conversation about the political picture. As a longtime White House correspondent, she knows more than we do. Doors open at 7:30; Woodruff\'s on at 8. Again, it\'s free. larry.wilson@sgvn.com Larry Wilson is editor of the Pasadena Star-News. His column runs Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. |
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