County Board
In the latest edition of Time magazine, it states that in the 115-year history of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, there has been only white men elected to it.
Can you imagine that? This is the most multiracial county in the nation and yet we have the most enduring bastion of white supremacy in the country.
It is also the most undemocratic political entity since it has broad legislative, executive and semi-judicial powers unlike any in the nation.
Why do we allow this to go on? We need at least nine members to constitute the board instead of the present five, to make it more representative of the people.
These five are the most power-hungry politicians in Southern California. Even the “liberals,” Kenneth Hahn and Edmund Edelman, cling to power tenaciously and unyieldingly.
Enlarge the board!
JOHN F. MENDEZ
Los Angeles
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