CA Pol Lives Far From Her Constituency
I written many times before how what’s good enough for constituents is seldom good enough for the politico that represents them. Many elected officials, for example, say “Mend it, don’t end it” when it comes to public schools, yet send their own to private.
This story brings back some of those memories, and unfortunately is all too common….
Burke has residence far removed from her constituency
By Jack Leonard and Matt Lait, Times Staff Writers
July 27, 2007
Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, who was elected to represent some of the county’s poorest neighborhoods, is living in a gated Brentwood home, despite laws requiring her to reside in the predominantly South Los Angeles district she serves.
In an interview with The Times two weeks ago, Burke said it was only on weekends and special occasions that she used her Brentwood home — a 4,000-square-foot residence with a swimming pool and tennis court that she and her husband have long owned. She said she lived at a 1,200-square-foot townhouse in Mar Vista, on a busy street just inside the border of her district.
But over a three-week period in which she was observed by Times reporters, Burke spent every weekday evening at her Brentwood house, in the district of Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. When confronted by reporters Wednesday, Burke changed her story and acknowledged that she has rarely slept in the Mar Vista townhouse, which she has declared as her primary residence since she purchased it more than a year ago.
She conceded that the time she has actually spent there amounts to “maybe a month or two.”
Asked whether voters would consider her primary residence as the place where she sleeps, Burke replied: “So I’ll start sleeping here if that’ll make you happy.”
Conveniently, the LA Times piece fails to mention Burke’s party affiliation. Bet’cha we’d have a real stink here if she were a Republican.
The very same Democrats who consistently complain about the situation in the Black community should concentrate their attention on those who are supposed to be representing them, and why they consistently do not.
And I’m called the traitor, and worse….
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