The L.A. council

Re Thursday’s editorial:

I live in the city of Pasadena, not Los Angeles. But the politicians of Los Angeles have a significant impact on my daily life.

I understand the significance of the recorded racist comments Kevin de León shared with the “L.A. Gang of Four elected officials and a union leader”.

When upon discovery the others resigned, de León stubbornly stayed on despite public scorn. He has lost his council office by the election of Ysabel Jurado. The best you can say about her is that she hasn’t been caught “engaging in racial scheming.”

Meanwhile you state that “her policy preferences are a laundry list of things to absolutely never implement unless you want to destroy a city.”

The defeat of Kevin de León is good news.

The election of Ysabel Jurado is bad news.

In my opinion, the bad news exceeds by far the good news.

— Joseph F. Paggi, Jr., Pasadena

Assembling a mob

I take it, Mr. Sole (Letters, Nov 10), that you are from Pluto and have never heard that Trump assembled a mob, fired them up with lies about a “stolen” election, and sent them over to the Capitol, initiating one of the most disgraceful events in American history.

Perhaps you haven’t heard about Trump being caught red-handed trying to overturn the vote in Georgia.

Trump may not have earned every blow delivered but he is hardly the innocent, little lamb being pummeled by nasty Democrats!

How about some proof that “they” (Democrats) tried to assassinate Trump twice. I’m talking real evidence. Don ‘t give me so-so stories built on cherry-picked data, i. e.,conspiracy theories that make no attempt to objectively evaluate credible alternatives.

It’s your duty to set a high bar before making such inflammatory accusations. Did you get carried away? If so, apologize!

— Dave E. Matson, Pasadena

Greetings, Sen. Schiff

I agree 100% with Larry Wilson (Opinion, Nov. 7) that in Adam Schiff, a longtime “excellent member of Congress,” we will be gaining a great new U.S. senator to represent all Californians.

It is also pointed out here by Larry that Adam Schiff “is one of the most eminently moderate elected in our nation.”

Not the left-wing radical that the president-elect incorrectly portrayed him as. (Of course, Trump was just hurt over his getting ably prosecuted by Schiff while under impeachment.)

We can feel fortunate to have Adam Schiff representing us in the U.S. Senate.

— William Stremel, South Pasadena

Mexico can elect a woman

As of Nov. 12, days after the Electoral College (got to get rid of it) had decided the winner of the 2024 presidential election, the voter ballots continue to be counted, to this date.

Donald Trump’s voter turnout from the 2020 presidential election (approximately 74 million) compared to the 2024 presidential election (approximately 75 million) was an increase of approximately 1 million votes, generated from his political base.

Joe Biden/Kamala Harris voter turnout from the 2020 presidential election (approximately 81 million votes, an historic record) compared to the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential election run (approximately 72 million) was a decrease of approximately 9 million votes, snubbed out from her political base.

The reason why Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election is because of the dreadfully low turnout for Kamala Harris and her Democratic Party compared to that of the 2020 presidential election.

The loyal base of their party just stayed home, and did not vote, for whatever reason; and not because of young Black men or Latino men, or any of that other nonsense. Note: In 2024, the country of Mexico elected its first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, in its more than 200 years of independence. Enough said.

— James Bernard Brown, Los Feliz

Election 2024

Re “Election spells end of America as we know it” (Nov. 10):

I think Steve Greenhut nailed it: Donald Trump’s bungling amateur dictatorship is on its way.

But I feel a cautious optimism: Trump and his minions bungled their way in but they could just as easily bungle their way out.

If so, let’s hope it happens fairly soon before the damage they do becomes permanent.

— Patrick M. Dempsey, Granada Hills

Post-election commentary

Steven Greenhut’s Sunday column on Nov. 10 was a most excellent read, a balm against the steady stream of pro and con diatribes brought about by last Tuesday’s political exercise.

Thank you for providing some non-partisan reading!

— Michael Dewart, Torrance