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Re: City of LA Breakup WAS Re: Who Should Be Mayor Of LA?

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From: Elson Trinidad
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 00:00
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In article <4f2o3q$inp@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
Herc Wad <hercwad@aol.com> wrote:

>Mainly the SFV became with Los Angeles because L.A. was gathering up all
>the water. This was a really long time ago. Some of the guys who did that
>mission had streets named after them:

>Mulholland
>Chandler
>Lankershim
>etc...

This is generally true, although water was just one of the reasons. The
City of Los Angeles had the utitilies infrastructure, the valley cities 
didn't. 

"There it is, take it!"
	- William Mulholland's entire speech upon the opening of the
	  Los Angeles Aqueduct

 
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From: ertrinid@skat.usc.edu (Elson Trinidad)
Subject: Re: City of LA Breakup WAS Re: Who Should Be Mayor Of LA?
Date: 1996/02/04
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