Wachs’ Reelection Effort Criticized
Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs in his campaign for reelection displays a total contempt for his constituents. While he secludes himself in Studio City snickering about how “my old district had all the Mercedes dealers, the new district has all the Mercedes dismantlers,” he ignores the crime and gangs that infest his district, advocating instead that we should live behind barricades while he collects art on the hill.
In 1987 the people of this district gave him a warm welcome, taking him at his word on promises to address the community’s problems. The past four years have soured this initial trust. You would be hard-pressed to find a community group with a good word to say for his record in the district.
Wachs’ accusation that Peter Lynch is the “developers’ ” candidate is laughable. I am sure that none of his constituents would make a connection between huge contributions to Wachs from real estate interests and the proliferation of apartments in the district, or the councilman’s support for Porter Ranch.
MARY ANN MARTIN, Sepulveda
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