Skeet Shoot

Submitted by larry on Mon, 2007-02-19 07:03.

Feb. 19, 1907
Los Angeles

A quick trip to the Thomas Bros. will show that Los Angeles County doesn’t look like this, but it’s not for lack of trying. The wealthy men of Los Angeles and Orange counties are furious with one another over an attempt by Assemblyman Phil Stanton to give Los Angeles County a strip of coastal communities as far south as Newport Beach.

The arguments in favor are simple: Los Angeles County money built those communities and Orange County is, at least as far as the Angelenos are concerned, poorly run.

The Orange County faction accuses its northern neighbors of a land grab and notes the distance people would have to travel to serve on juries, for example. The Orange County businessmen say wealthy Los Angeles members of the Bolsa Chica Gun Club are seeking revenge after losing a lawsuit in Santa Ana against local peat farmers who were hunting ducks in the area.

Bonus fact: The Times says that Los Angeles has abandoned its efforts to annex San Pedro. (For now, anyway).

The rising city: Brentwood.

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Submitted by larry on Mon, 2007-02-19 17:05.

This is a test.

Seal Beach vs. Bay City

Submitted by larry on Tue, 2007-02-20 09:05.

There was a problem posting comments yesterday. I'll find out about Seal Beach.... stay tuned.

testiness

Submitted by johnnyyuma on Mon, 2007-02-19 20:35.

you passed...I think

the map has Bay City in Orange County

Submitted by johnnyyuma on Mon, 2007-02-19 12:23.

when did Bay City become Seal Beach?

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