Los Angeles Politics
The site for new Belmont still hasn't been found. The School district has
been
fumbling with two proposed alternatives by interim superintendent Ruben
Cortines
and CEO Howard Miller respectively suggest using high-rise office
suites and
open 4 new schools quickly. These alternatives have been met with
mixed emotion
from both sides of the battle. Those for the Belmont project to
continue are in
favor of using the former ambassador hotel in the
mid-Wiltshire district,
because 10 years ago the school board had chosen this
site for the high school
but was met by Donald Trump's Legal Team. Upon
reclaiming the site after
foreclosure the negotiations with such prominent
figures such as Magic Johnson
who owns many Cinemas in the area to combine
his movie complex with a middle
school. The conservancy group is expected to
block the demolishing of the hotel
claiming it is a historical site citing
that it is the place of the Kennedy
Assignation and many Oscar nights.
School Board Member Caprice Young wants
Johnson and the conversancy to
look at the need of the children. I personally
don't think that children no
matter how appealing would in long run want the
distraction of a movie
theatre ruining their education. The reason many people
have so many
differing opinions is because if we were just another state this
wouldn't be
an issue but a time for action. A time to step forward and take the
blame for
being to focused on keeping appearances that we abused our children.
"It's
time they started thinking about kids", Young said. The city is
the movie
Mecca of the world and has a lot of land at it's disposal but because
it
wants to make the place a visitor attracting place doesn't want to
sacrifice
a hotel to fit the needs. I think this plain wrong on the part of
the school
board. I remember reading about how the state can take over a site
because it
was to be made use for a federal project such as highway which
many people use
to go to and from work. If we don't see the value of an
education than it is
true what other states do say about us, that we are more
into our looks that to
do what is right. The Hollywood facade of this city
has been around much to long
and is due to change and no physically but
mentally. A face lift of this sort
would cause a rift in our society but if
there noone to stand up for the rights
of the children then those buildings
that the conservancy wants to keep as
historic landmarks would be all for
not.