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FROM LBREPORT.COM: SCHIPSKE’S UNPRECEDENTED PROPOSAL WOULD HARNESS PORT’S ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR TRUE PUBLIC BENEFIT

 

Bill Pearl of LBReport.com breaks the news of a ballot proposal by Council member Gerrie Schipske – agendized for the Jan 22 council meeting — that would revolutionize the financial relationship between the City of Long Beach and the Port of Long Beach.

Citizens have had to bear ever-worsening health and quality-of-life consequences of the Port — which spews deadly air and water pollution, along with stifling traffic – and Schipske’s proposals would give them a greater share of the immense profits the Port generates. Significantly, it would permit the City to use the money throughout town.

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