tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post2576451110931344542..comments2024-03-10T00:23:15.080-08:00Comments on Under the Alexandria: A Tale of Two DowntownsLihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-57950122266472506152009-07-17T19:38:19.274-07:002009-07-17T19:38:19.274-07:00Hi Jason,
I hope it doesn't come down to fore...Hi Jason,<br /><br />I hope it doesn't come down to foreclosure, but I completely understand and sympathize with where you're coming from. It's so hard when you have young kids and you're running out of time on finding a school.<br /><br />I'll keep you posted on volunteer activities with the school--I've got an email out to DLANC.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-16163102236782274172009-07-17T12:47:22.772-07:002009-07-17T12:47:22.772-07:00Li: I agree with your thoughts here. A couple of ...Li: I agree with your thoughts here. A couple of years isn't enough time to fix the school problems. Our most likely plan is to lease out our condo or forclose and then rent somewhere else. I'd be interested in the volunteer activities for the school.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367797312812670284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-61666567158819335972009-07-14T08:56:03.776-07:002009-07-14T08:56:03.776-07:00I don't know if it's a matter of being a l...I don't know if it's a matter of being a limousine liberal or simply not wanting to send your kid to a dangerous and sub-standard school. Even poor/working class people often opt out of the system by scraping together the money to send their kids to Catholic schools. The only people sending their kids to 9th Street Elementary are the people who have no choice.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-47053139415231156472009-07-13T23:50:19.853-07:002009-07-13T23:50:19.853-07:00It's sad that downtown Los Angeles is so narro...It's sad that downtown Los Angeles is so narrowedly tailored and limited, that even idealistic and generally tolerant, if not permissive, people with young children can't deal with it in the long run. From that standpoint, almost all of us are "limousine liberals."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-5271191598733876832009-07-13T19:45:39.123-07:002009-07-13T19:45:39.123-07:00Thanks for your comments and your link to Ehrenrei...Thanks for your comments and your link to Ehrenreich. It's amazing how the poor are invisible even when they're in your own backyard.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-54477009153965026192009-07-11T08:26:44.126-07:002009-07-11T08:26:44.126-07:00This was so refreshing to read. Not that issues of...This was so refreshing to read. Not that issues of the middle class aren't real issues, because everyone's challenges or real, but the only solution to the school situation in downtown LA is to make two "separate but equal" schools and we know what will happen. Any of the resources that could have gone to the most needy would be sucked up by those who have the time, energy and education to fight for it. The poor children will lose out again. It would be awesome for people to volunteer their time with no immediate plans to push the poor out. Maybe have a ten year plan to make the school nice for the poor kids with that being the only objective, but that in turn would help everyone.<br /><br />Here's a story by Barbara Ehrenreich:<br /><br />http://ehrenreich.blogs.com/barbaras_blog/2009/06/too-poor-to-make-the-news.html<br /><br />Brownebrownehttp://www.thebusbench.comnoreply@blogger.com