INFRASCRUCTURE & SAFETY BIG ISSUES IN DISTRICT 14

By Crystal Arceo

TRAFFIC CONGESTION.... REPAVE & REPAIR OF OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.... TREE TRIMMING.... GRAFFITI.... ILLEGAL TRASH DUMPING.... INCREASING LAPD WORK FORCE.... EMERGENCY PREPAREDNSS AGAINST AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC HEAD THE LIST.

THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I HAVE JUST BEEN MADE AWARE OF, THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY CANDIDACY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS MENTIONED IT FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK AND THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS OF THE U. S. SENATE APPEARED ON NIGHTLINE ON SEPTEMBER 29,2005 TO WARN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC OF A VERY SERIOUS DISEASE.... THE AVIAN FLU....ALL OF OUR LEADERS MENTIONED ABOVE INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAVE SAID THAT IT IS A QUESTION OF WHEN, NOT IF, THIS PANDEMIC WILL EFFECT THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAVE ALL STATED THAT EACH STATE AND LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT WILL BE ON ITS OWN TO DEAL WITH THE FOOD, WATER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO SUSTAIN ITS CITIZENS DURING THIS PANDEMIC. LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE CHARGED WITH BURYING THE DEAD AND ATTEND TO THE ILL. SO I WILL BE MOVING THIS ISSUE TO BE MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN AT ALL FUTURE DEBATES AND FORUMS.