Inglewood residents have big decisions to make this election cycle when they go to the ballot Nov. 8.
Residents will vote to either return Inglewood city council incumbents Mayor James Butts, and Councilmembers George Dotson and Alex Padilla to another four-year term or shake things up. It’s our opinion that the most vulnerable of the three is Dotson because he is walking in fog similar to President Joe Biden. I have also observed him using taxpayer funded photos, from city events, on his official campaign social media accounts.
But I digress, this article isn’t to rant about the council but to remind voters they have an even more important vote to cast and that’s whether to give SOME Inglewood healthcare workers a raise to $25 per hour.
Yes, that’s a LOT of money and we believe we are all “worth” more than what we earn, but I am old enough to remember the closure of Daniel Freeman hospital due to the lack of revenue coming in from the uninsured.
City employees, including the police department, are all looking for raises because of the incoming assets (SoFi Stadium, YouTube, and possibly the Intuit Dome) but the numbers aren’t showing its the “windfall” the council claimed it would be.
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