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Dangerous consequences – Letter to the Beach Reporter by Marianne Fong

I witnessed the aftermath of a car accident in Gardena. A car was overturned, and a man sat in the street, missing his legs, surrounded by five Gardena city police cars positioned to prevent him from getting hit again. He moaned in pain and screamed for someone to help him, but nobody there could help.

There were no paramedics yet, and no ambulance, because Gardena uses the L.A. County Fire Department, just as El Segundo will if Measure P passes.

Measure P eliminates our city fire department and contracts with the L.A. county fire department for at least ten years. … Continue reading

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