(2003-02-22) — Moments after a 9-4 vote on a resolution to oppose a U.S. war against Iraq, the Los Angeles City Council approved another measure opposing crime in L.A.
“Once we realized that we had the power to affect global policy, we decided to apply it to our own situation,” said one city council member. “The criminals and gangs of L.A. now know that we oppose such behavior. That ought to take care of it.”
The council hall was filled with peace protestors for the historic vote. One man and his young son were dressed in ragged clothes, bandages and fake blood. The father said they came dressed that way to dramatize his fears about children dying in a war on Iraq.
“But when they brought up the resolution about crime in L.A., I thought ‘Hey, these costumes will work for that too’,” he said. “When you think about it, the city council hasn’t figured out how to stop the drug dealers and other terrorists in our streets. Who are they to tell the President what to do about Saddam?”
On next week’s city council agenda — a resolution to secede from the United States and become a French colony.

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