My case for David Geffen

I see it. Perhaps by making the LA Times more local than it already is, people will be ignorant about the rest of the world? No, I wouldn't agree so. I mean, local first. National and international should come after that. As a common thread in the hodgepodge quilt of Los Angeles, the Times has the opportunity to be the source of a deeper connection and sense of identity amongst Angelenos. As dwellers of the city, they should know their city well beyond its facade as entertainment capital, vacation paradise of the world. Making the Times a local paper (Stress LOCAL--not loco) will help unite the community. People in LA don't know each other. They're stuck in their cars or at work, and that tears at the sense community. If you unite the community, then you can start getting dialogue, and then more community action. It's just a win-win situation. Then people will talk not only about the local stuff, but they have a forum for larger issues.

And I also have a theory, that when a community is closer together, there is a slighter tendency for crime. When you know somebody, it is often that you do not want to hurt them. And when you know everybody and the city is like a great big family, then I would want to say that the same theory holds and applies. Then the world would be a happier place...if David Geffen owned the Times--and hired me as a layout designer; in my dreams.