LA, It Is A-Splittin' -

LA, It Is A-Splittin' - The San Fernando Valley is trying to secede from Los Angeles.

My favorite part:

Nationally, urban affairs experts warn other cities not to be too smug. Los Angeles has exported everything from skateboards to facelifts, and secession could follow.

"Every city has some neighborhood that doesn't feel loved. And every one of those cities will be looking with interest at what LA is doing," said George Thomas, an urban affairs professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

I have to ask Mr. Thomas; exactly why would that necessarily be a bad thing? Are people not the best arbiters of their own best interest? Why should a political structure that may have been defined hundreds of years ago - a city and its set of boundaries - be sacrosanct and immune to challenge?

I hope the Valley goes through with it (along with the LA port town of San Pedro, which is also pondering bailing on LA).

Posted by Mitch at May 20, 2002 03:07 PM