Paddle boats: community won't forget
The paddle boats of MacArthur Park and Echo Park lakes get good paper and ink in the LA Weekly this week as writer David Ferrell points out that city employees are getting a 23% pay raise...and the paddle boats and their captains are told to go take a long swim in the ocean.
In regard to the city not being "able to afford" the foot-powered craft, EP activist Isa Kae meksin puts it nicely: “If they could sustain this during the Depression, why can’t they now? You have no idea how upset the community is about this.”
10:18 PM Wednesday, October 17 2007 • Link •
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