12-30-2010, 05:00 PM
Russ, that is exceptional interesting.
I did first search and read the official web side of Vernon http://www.cityofvernon.org/. That makes clear the city has a lot of money (class 1 fire department etc.). They run everything needed to support the industry. There are no remarks about real Vernon population. They claim to support 50.000 people. That must be the people working in Vernon.
Triggered by your remarks I discovered http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/12/0...-cityhood/. It becomes even hotter at the end of the text. I did also lookup the peoples background running the city council. There is no match to that kind of salary. "all" people in Vernon life is city owned apartments they get at a low price. That is really a "private town" in the sense of a large plant made to make money with the business.
It will be interesting if they will become part of LA. Do you expect a long legal battle? Vernon should have the funds to fight for it's very own point of view for a long time.
That one http://abcnews.go.com/WN/california-payr...d=11597835is also a great report. But is states the City of Vernon did layoff city employees due to budget problems. That does not match the other information.
I did first search and read the official web side of Vernon http://www.cityofvernon.org/. That makes clear the city has a lot of money (class 1 fire department etc.). They run everything needed to support the industry. There are no remarks about real Vernon population. They claim to support 50.000 people. That must be the people working in Vernon.
Triggered by your remarks I discovered http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/12/0...-cityhood/. It becomes even hotter at the end of the text. I did also lookup the peoples background running the city council. There is no match to that kind of salary. "all" people in Vernon life is city owned apartments they get at a low price. That is really a "private town" in the sense of a large plant made to make money with the business.
It will be interesting if they will become part of LA. Do you expect a long legal battle? Vernon should have the funds to fight for it's very own point of view for a long time.
That one http://abcnews.go.com/WN/california-payr...d=11597835is also a great report. But is states the City of Vernon did layoff city employees due to budget problems. That does not match the other information.
Reinhard