Young chubby Democratic gay guy looking for a roommate in the Palms area. Can your publication help?

Xander
(Dec. 31, 2004)

[Editorial response: Uhh, not sure. Keep us posted.]

ANY THOUGHTS ON THE NOISE FROM THE FREEWAYS?

I bought my house this year and moved in in November. To my dismay I find the freeway sounds at night are horrendous. Has this been a topic in meetings? Is it possible that some plans are in the works to build a freeway sound wall? It seems to come from the 405. During the day the quiet is lovely, but it must be due to the parking lot effect of the cars in day time. When there is a cloud cover at night, it is also quiet.

The noise I hear is with my double-pane windows closed. I hate to think of what it will be like when the weather heats up.

Any thoughts?

Patrisha Thomson
Greenfield Avenue
(Dec, 26, 2004)

ENGAGING IN 'SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS'

I live in Palms, and I am planning to organize some events featuring U.S. soldiers, veterans, military families, policy experts and performers.  I see that it is part of the Palms Neighborhood Council's mission to "engage in social and cultural events," and I'm wondering if the Council might be interested in co-sponsoring an event, perhaps at the Iman Cultural Center.
 
You can get a sense of the previous events I produced by visiting www.ustourofduty.org.  I suggest you click on "Events" and "Press."
 
Thanks for your consideration.
 
Jeff Norman
(Dec. 23, 2004)

Editorial response: Not much the Council can do right now

Quite a Web site you've got there, and quite a program, too.

Well, I can't speak for anybody in the Palms Neighborhood Council but myself, but the Council is really forbidden to do anything of this sort right now because, although it is "certified," it hasn't yet held its first election, which it won't for several months. The Interim Governing Body is just that — interim. It doesn't have any power because it is not elected.

After the Representative Assembly is elected, it will also be limited in the sort of things it can do with the city's money. In any event, the Assembly will have to "agendize" all its business and take care of everything in an open and transparent manner.

I'll add this letter to The Palms-Village Sun Web site and see if you get any more positive responses. (Norman can be reached at jeffnorman@comcast.net).

George Garrigues

LINK TO AWARENET

I as wondering if you’d be willing to put a link to the new Awarenet site, which launched this month. Check us out at www.awarenet14.org. We’d sure appreciate the opportunity to work with you to help the community.

Thank you

Sue Slaton
(April 23, 2004)

INFORMATIVE DETAILS OF MEETINGS IN PALMS

Thank you for your wonderful details of the Palms neighborhood meetings. This is really informative and helpful.

Keep up the good work!

Christina Ku
(April 13, 2004)

CULVER CITY HISTORIAN'S DAD WAS BORN IN 'PALMS'

Right now, I am going through a lot of "sorting" because I am doing a book for Arcadia Publishing — one of their Images of America series — on Culver City.

I found a nice photo of Palms and when I get through this exercise, which would be April, why don't we sit down and talk? I am doing a lot of scanning, so I could provide you with some of the material I find on a CD. . . . The other piece of the puzzle around here is that the CC Historical Society has moved their archives to the second floor of a local bank and we could be up and running — well, back to cataloging — by that time, too.

Palms and Culver City are so interrelated we should pull them together and recognize it historically. My dad was born on a ranch in what became Culver City in 1908 — his birth certificate, I was told, stated "Baby Lugo, Palms."

Julie Lugo Serra
Official Historian, City of Culver City
(Feb. 23, 2004)