Sunday, April 7, 2013

I can say I'll be voting for Wendy Greuel for Los Angeles City Mayor in the next elections. However, not because she is female. Simply because she has been city controller and has a handle on finances for the city plus I think she is the strongest candidate. I heard a spot on the local news about feminism and how she basically needs to be elected because she is a woman. That's what I got from it anyway. This is after Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg was standing up for women's rights on 60mins. recently. She's got one of the best ranking jobs in the world- and she makes her husband do the laundry. What is it women are asking for?

Wendy Greuel

The message gets mixed when supporters argue women need to be included simply because they are women. We've got great women in our world and to me, I see women rising through our ranks every day (my own mother proved to be an example of a breadwinner- she's also a feminist too so I should watch it- but I am giving praise). This may not be true in other countries and a woman has not been US President or Vice President but it can happen in due time. 

Women had a set back way back when the kitchen was the only place for them- we've come a long way. If a woman isn't a feminist, I see a problem there but men must stick with men on the same level. It's a modern world but I'm afraid I won't be supporting others based on race, orientation or gender, ever!

This is not at all what I was going to write about on my entry today but after waking up early to do household chores, I turned on the TV for Meet the Press & thus politics started with my day. 

Do you think Los Angeles is becoming more walkable? Hardly. I woke up this morning feeling like the air was clogged- oh, yeah, that was smog. Evidently, Ed Bagley, activist and actor thinks LA is becoming more walkable. It is by choice as he said. Live closer to work so you can walk more and have shorter commutes. This has always been my motto. If you work in the city, live in the city. If you want to live in the country, work in the country. If you live in one city and work in another city- change it. It's not healthy for you or others around you.

Walkable and Los Angeles shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

I wanted to write about paper aeroplanes, fruit smoothies, fabulous spring weather and my new iMac. C'est La Vie!