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(April 15, 2004) -- LBReport.com posts here our The April 15 Press-Telegram says Terry Jensen, who despite the PT's endorsement and other establishment boosters finished third against 8th district Council incumbent Rob Webb, is mulling whom he'll support, if anyone, in the June runoff.
Mr. Jensen expressed no such hesitancy just weeks ago in two separate public forums: regardless of whether voters choose him or grassroots activist Rae Gabelich, incumbent Webb had to go, he told voters in words you can hear for yourself below.
Of course, that was when he was running for office.
We don't know what Mr. Jensen will do, but we do know he's no dope. He knows or should know that some at City Hall will do anything to maintain their power. To them, his good word is expendable.
The PT also advised, "Airport issues rocketed to the forefront in district politics in 2001, when JetBlue began using Long Beach as its hub..."
No. JetBlue didn't just begin "using" LB. The PT's April 15 report neglects to mention the notorious May 2001 City Council vote that changed city law on allocating LB's noise budgeted Airport flight slots. That Council proceeding hid from the public the real reason for the vote: effectively to invite JetBlue to (borrowing the PT's appropriate verb) "use" LB.
Incumbent Webb first sided with Mr. Jensen's campaign suggested he could rebuild trust between the public and City Hall. If he backs the incumbent after what you will hear him say below, we believe he will be doing the opposite. The public has shown it is in no mood for rubber words.
Audio below is MP3 format, which should play on most computers. Click on the hyperlink to launch the audio:
"...Now whether you vote for me or you vote for Rae Gabelich, you have to make a change in the 8th district and you have to make a change in the City of Long Beach. Because if you don't, the City of Long Beach is at a crossroads: we can either get better or we can get worse, and with the present administration, we will only get worse. We had four years of inactivity, we're going to have four more years of inactivity. We can't allow that to happen and that's why I'm running." "...[The Chamber of Commerce and a lot of these special interest groups are advocating that all the incumbents be reelected. And I'm telling you today], we are at a crossroads in this city, and if we don't change the way our city is managed and the way it's administered, we're in big, big trouble. And on April 13, whether you vote for me or Rae, you must make a change if you're going to protect your city." Contact us: mail@LBReport.com |
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