A Mayor to Remember

                                                                               Mark Hwang

                                                                                                          11/13/14

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 Newspaper Article Analysis “A Mayor to Remember”

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           The bigger the city, the more protection it needs. Mayor James K. Ahn took place as charge for the protection and took office. He is known as a busy man who won an election with 54% of the vote. Hahn won the election with 54% by cobbling together a collection of moderate to conservative white workers from San Fernando. As the mayor, he has a lot of duties to accomplish and fulfill the greater good for his people.

           “Crime has dropped to levels unseen since the 1950’s.” This quote means that every crime has dropped ever since this mayor came out of nowhere. It proves to be that this person has a greater success of becoming a stronger person and changing the city into a brighter and happier place. The improvements are far greater than what people see. Although, it doesn’t seem like anything, James Ahn has done and is doing as much as he can.

           “It’s hard to imagine today how different the LA world would be if it didn’t include San Fernando. Valley and Bratton wasn’t their chief.” However, while Bratton continued to provide for the city, there was some kind of knot tied on him, trying to bring him down. Bratton was James Ahn’s competition, who also seemed to be similar to James.

           “Risk your job every single day.” That’s what defines great leadership and great leaders. Mayor Ahn suddenly had to make a critical decision, whether to follow the government or the people. Without hesitation, Mayor Ahnautomatically chose the way of the people. The city is far better because of Brattons encouragement, and benefits from his courage. Although Bratton was competition, James considered him as a friend. He believed Bratton was a man full of strength and happiness.

           It’s not easy being a mayor, particularly in Los Angeles, where the issues a mayor handles with can range from fixing potholes and making sure traffic lights work to concerns about gang violence and how to keep Hollywood fans happy so they don’t take production jobs any other places.

           There were many candidates against James Hahn but in public opinion, his record is the best. “He’s James Hahn, who was mayor of L.A. between 2001 and 2005. During his years as mayor, Hahn confronted such issues as a campaign to break up the city, controversies over hiring a new police chief, and terrorism jitters in the aftermath of Setember 11th.”

           Los Angeles must understand the things Mayor Hahn had done for his people. “He has strength and is beautifully created,” said Los Angeles citizen. “If it wasn’t for James, everyone would be corrupted and untruthful.” Such Mayor should be honored and uplifted.