“Whether we pass it or not, who’s going to enforce it, for God’s sake?” said Councilman Rusty Millar.
HAT TIP to MAISIE ALLISON:
- “Why would you want to take our identity away from us?” said Chris Ashe, who has lived in Silver Lake for five years.
- “Last speaker says we call ourselves Eastsiders because it’s human nature to want to feel a part of something ‘edgy.'” HAT TIP! to Adrian Glick Kudler of CURBED LA! Who ATTENDED the meeting and took this picture of council woman Anne-Marie Johnson during the Eastside debate:
- Adrian also witnessed the debate on REUSABLE BAGS:
8:21 pm: Nina Sorkin wants to spend $2,000 on reusable bags as giveaways and Charles Herman-Wurmfeld is NOT comfortable with that.
8:23 pm: Clint Luken to the rescue! He has a box of leftover bags in his office!!!
8:29 pm: Spending money on bags instead of additional polling places is “voter suppression,” so says Renee Nahum.
8:31 pm: Anthony Crump abstains from bag vote!
8:33 pm: First use of word “ludicrous” by Paul Michael Neuman. Spending money on muffins and expensive sandwiches also “voter suppression.”
But how do people with web series feel about the issue?
Kit Williamson holds a poster of his Web series, “The Eastsiders,” at his Silver Lake home. He is very connected to the Eastside name. But, he said, “I would never say Boyle Heights and those other areas are not the Eastside. That would be hurtful and should be avoided.”