March 5, 2020

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C e l e b r a t i n g 2 6 Ye a r s o f Service in Inglewood, Airport area Communities

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EYE ON THE CITY Lakers March 05-11, 2020

Rams

Chargers

Clippers

& Forum

VOL. 35, No. 10

Child author Makenzie joins eyes potential Chargers at Payne Elementary purchase

Mayor Butts

of Forum

By Kenneth Miller, Publisher

As talks of a potential purchase of the landmark Forum in Inglewood heats up between Madison Square Garden Co. and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, Mayor James T. Butts Jr. is monitoring the situation with a laser focus on all local development projects. The Mayor spoke for the first time publically since published reports surfaced that the ongoing legal litigation that created a schism between Inglewood community groups and community stakeholders might reach a conclusion. Although no agreement of the reported purchase has been confirmed nor discussed by either Ballmer or MSG, it has been reported that talks are in the advanced stages and a deal could be imminent. The Clippers released a statement about the negotiations but did not confirm the “advanced” part: “The Clippers continue to pursue plans to build a state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat basketball arena and entertainment complex in Inglewood and are currently working with the city to successfully complete the comprehensive Environmental Impact Report. We are examining every possible way to resolve our differences with Madison Continued on page 2

Child actor and now author, nine-year old Makenzie Lee-Foster reads to kindergarten students at Payne Elementary School in Inglewood on March 2nd in commemoration of Dr. Seuss Day in America. (Kenneth Miller/Photo) By Kenneth Miller, Publisher

Nine-year old child author and actress Makenzie Lee-Foster joined the Los Angeles Chargers at Payne Elementary School in Inglewood to celebrate Read Across America Day in honor of renowned children book author Theodor Seuss Geisel. Makenzie donned Chargers uniform as he visited a classroom of kindergarten students and then read her book titled ‘Kickin With Kenzie’ and afterwards presented the students with bookmarkers. An acting prodigy, Makenzie has appeared on ‘This is Us’ The event was among many in Inglewood and the fourth annual for the Chargers, commemorating March 2nd as Dr. Seuss Day, a recognized national holiday in the nation Mackenzie has used some of her

money earned as an actress from Emmyaward winning drama, ‘This Is Us’. She also starred in Dee Rees’ short film, “The Box,” for the 90th Academy Awards. Born in San Jose, California, Makenzie started her acting career at two years old. She starred as Young Deja Andrews, the rebellious Pearson foster child in ‘This Is Us,’ and also starred as a young girl imagining her space adventure and refusing to go to bed in ‘The Box. Additionally, she starred as Young Toni Harris, one of the first females to play college football, in the Toyota Super Bowl LIII commercial. Now the home schooled young girl is promoting her own book that teaches children to follow their dreams and that nothing will come easy, it all takes work. Accompanied by her mother Shakondi, the enthusiastic Makenzie managed to keep the attention of the kindergarteners while reading.

When she’s not acting or helping her community through empathy and messages of anti-bullying, Makenzie enjoys science, art, sports, exploring, and making friends. Ask if she was a Chargers fan, she responded, “I don’t watch football on television.” When queried if she was a good student, she said “You would have to ask my mother that. Mom says that Makenzie (a third grader) is reading at a fifth grade level and has been acting since she was just two-years old. She has appeared in a Walmart commercial during the Academy Awards and the McDonalds Movement Black and Golden. The Charger Girls and former Chargers wide receiver Kassim Osgood also participated in reading to selected classrooms during the hour-long event.

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Los Angeles City Council President Emeritus and former California State Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson’s decisive election night victory demonstrates his widespread appeal in LA County and positions him well

for a win in November. As votes were counted Wesson took the lead early and never looked back—increasing his margin. Wesson leads by over 10,000 votes against his nearest competitor. Wesson put together one of the broadest coalitions of support in local elec-

tion history with endorsements from business groups, labor unions, environmental leaders, local elected officials, police and fire, classroom teachers, the Democratic Party, businessman Ervin “Magic” Johnson, US Con- Continued on page 7 JOIN US ON


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