"L.A. Then and Now"; L.A. Times California Section

[skeptic]

In the weekly article on L.A. history in the TIMES, they discuss a couple of groups of public debaters that were common in the L.A. in the first half of the 20th century. Of course they tended to be much like the discussions here a great deal of the time. I could not help but think of this series of threads when I read a quote from a 1935 TIMES columnist, Lee Shippey. He said; "when you know a thing, you may merely speak it, but when you are rather doubtful, you must assert it so loudly as to overwhelm all opposition".

 

Seems somewhat apropos for here. ;-)}

[le Voyageur]

To hijack this thread a bit, one of the movers and shakers of L.A. during that era was Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo

 

from Wikipedia

 

A preservationist and conservationist, Carrillo served on the California Beach and Parks commission for eighteen years and played a key role in the state's acquisition of Hearst Castle at San Simeon, the Los Angeles Arboretum, and the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. He was eventually made a goodwill ambassador by the State Governor at the time.

 

As a result of his service to the State, the Leo Carrillo State Park, west of Malibu on the Pacific Coast Highway, was named in his honor, and the city of Westminster, California named an elementary school for him. The Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park originally Rancho de los Qiotes, in Carlsbad, California is a registered California Historical Site.

 

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