Jeff's Commentary - 6/21 - Stay in L.A.

So the Lakers beat the Celtics last Thursday night in LA to retain the NBA Championship for another year. It was a great series with lots of tremendous basketball played on both sides. So how do the fine folks of LA celebrate? Television news footage showed several people jumping on a taxi as it tried to maneuver through a crowd near the Staples center, being rocked and simply destroyed. Several cars on that same block had all the windows broken in. Other footage showed men being beaten and other cars being set afire. Several businesses reports scattered windows being destroyed. Broken glass and burnt debris lined the roads. Delmi Ramos was quoted as saying that the young people in her neighborhood “caused damage to people, to community, because they don’t know how to celebrate in a healthy way.” City Firefighters responded to over 37 incidents within a half mile radius of the Staples Center in a three hour period after the game to fight rubbish fires, vehicle fires, public intoxication and vandalism that resulted in injuries to the bystanders. Hundreds of officers in patrol cars, on foot and on horseback moved in to clear streets and break up the crowds.

I bring this up again thinking about the LA city council wanting to boycott coming to the state of Arizona while the continuing discussion on SB1070 goes on. After reading about all the good people of LA celebrating their success in the NBA finals, I’d just assume they stay in their own neighborhoods. So to the people on the LA City Council……keep your garbage in your own backyard. We can do without that kind of support.

Jeff