Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in Silver Lake, The Land the Times Forgot on May 6th, 2008
Late this afternoon a state official called to tell me LADWP has promised to start refilling Silver Lake at 8 AM on Wednesday. There will be a press conference. Why? Self-aggrandizement. I was very happy to get the news, but you heard it here first: I predict (very unhappily) that they will drag out the [...]
Posted in Important Stuff, Silver Lake on May 5th, 2008
Julian Harris-Calvin, Councilman Tom LaBonge’s assistant, a cheerful girl with a very busy schedule, said Marty Adams, “some kind of scientist” for the LADWP, would call me. He didn’t. I finally got him the next week. We talked for a good 40 minutes. Surprise -he’s not a scientist! He said he is an engineer. He’s [...]
Posted in Compliment Corner, Silver Lake on May 3rd, 2008
OH MY GAH!!!!!!! One might think that H. David Nahai, newly crowned king of dwp, might be first on everyone’s mind as a bad guy after the recent well -publicized promise to raise rates, and he’s my personal fave bad guy for his draining of Silver Lake, and refusal to give it back. (Hmm. Well, [...]
Posted in Silver Lake on May 2nd, 2008
I just talked with Inspector Travis of the LAFD for this area, and he said there is a fire in Elysian Park at this very minute where they could have used slk water. Oh well, too bad. We don’t have any. I went to a meeting last night in Griffith Park, and they are setting [...]
Posted in Silver Lake on May 1st, 2008
It’s been 54 days and counting that Silver Lake has been empty. I don’t think I can ever forgive the dwp for this flagrant misuse of power, capriciously deciding who gets water and who doesn’t. If you found yourself getting hot and thirsty this last weekend, think about the birds and animals in that area, [...]
Posted in Silver Lake on Apr 16th, 2008
I sent this letter off yesterday in an email form on the DWP website, as they don’t have any phone or emails listed. Comments/Questions: The subject line is too short. I also think it’s unacceptable to have a board that is accountable to the city WITH NO EMAIL OR PHONE. Please read my blog www.donnabarstow.com/park_blog/ [...]
