When one decides to run for Mayor in
Los Angeles, they are basically asking to live life in the proverbial
"fishbowl". It is a daunting task to run a city with a hundred
different nationalities and multiple groups or associations pulling on your
shirttails promoting their special interests. Then, you have to balance the desires
of those groups and the demands of big business with regular citizen’s basic
needs for food, shelter and quality of life. There’s also dealing with the tendency
of government to expand and tax, labor and union disputes, and the private
sector’s desire to build and grow their companies in the most dynamic city in the
world.
So how did Jan Perry, as
Councilwoman for the 9th District, manage to successfully work with non-profits
and the homeless, government, private business and union labor, making Downtown
Los Angeles the envy of the world?
By leadership! Back in 2009, when
she was acting Mayor, Councilwoman Perry knew that when Michael Jackson passed
away, she had to act. Rallying the business and entertainment community, a selfless
decision to stage a public tribute at Staples Center at the City’s expense was
made. Hundreds of millions of fans around world shared the mourning of a
legend, and Los Angeles did the fallen icon proud.
Jan Perry gets it!
We live in a world economy and the
world is watching. Leadership is needed and decisions have to be made in good times and
bad. If you think about Los Angeles, we
had our Rodney King riots, we had O.J., and we continue to make headlines with celebrity
arrests as well as more horrible murders and tragedies. We all live in a giant
fishbowl and whoever leads us for the next term or terms as Mayor needs to be
ready to handle the potential issues that can inflame a community quickly, and
not add fuel to the fire.
The next Mayor needs to have the
sensitivity to make intelligent choices, and to celebrate with the world when the Clippers, Lakers
or Kings win a championship. The next Mayor needs to be able to support the
business passions of AEG as well as firms that want to call Los Angeles home, which
helps to bring billions of development dollars and future tax revenue to the
City. The next Mayor needs to nurture the growth and prosperity of the
entire City, from the Pacific Ocean to the San Fernando Valley, from East LA to
the Ports of Los Angeles.
Jan Perry has a track record of
these accomplishments. She also has the drive and passion to bring this type
of leadership so all of Los Angeles, so all can prosper, as well as feel safe
in any neighborhood.
Our city is the envy of the world.
Billions watch us on TV with the hope of one day living the American Dream. People
come to Los Angeles with dreams of a better life, meeting stars and starting
fresh. It takes real leadership to balance all of the differences that make Los
Angeles so unique, and to responsibly lead us into the next phase of growth.
If you are a resident of the City of
Los Angeles and a registered voter, you have a choice to make this coming March
5th. Here are three things you can do to help Jan Perry be the next Mayor:
1. Vote
2. Send this message to your friends
