Comments on: Mysterious Origin of Funds for Bob Hope Patriotic Hall’s Restoration http://blogging.la/2009/10/17/mysterious-origin-of-funds-for-bob-hope-patriotic-halls-restoration/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Bloom http://blogging.la/2009/10/17/mysterious-origin-of-funds-for-bob-hope-patriotic-halls-restoration/comment-page-1/#comment-21673 David Bloom Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:35:16 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=35331#comment-21673 Marn Haefele, I remember when I used to fact check your stories at the LA Weekly as an intern. I work as a public information writer with the LA County Fire Department now. Your story is good. As the commander of the Highland Park American Legion, I can assure you that they are renovating the kitchen and plumbing in order to make the facility more appealing to groups that rent the auditorium. Dance hall and auditorium rentals are the real nest egg when it comes to veteran service organization buildings. Colonel Joe Smith does an excellent job at running Patriotic Hall. Even after the worst turn for the us economy since the Great Depression, there are still hard-wroking veterans to make sure that the few buildings reserved for our use do not disappear. Any war veteran such as myself will agree with naming Patriotic Hall "Bob Hope Patriotic Hall," because of all that Hope did for the troops over his lifetime. The USO at LAX is named after him as well. Marn Haefele,

I remember when I used to fact check your stories at the LA Weekly as an intern. I work as a public information writer with the LA County Fire Department now. Your story is good. As the commander of the Highland Park American Legion, I can assure you that they are renovating the kitchen and plumbing in order to make the facility more appealing to groups that rent the auditorium. Dance hall and auditorium rentals are the real nest egg when it comes to veteran service organization buildings.
Colonel Joe Smith does an excellent job at running Patriotic Hall. Even after the worst turn for the us economy since the Great Depression, there are still hard-wroking veterans to make sure that the few buildings reserved for our use do not disappear. Any war veteran such as myself will agree with naming Patriotic Hall “Bob Hope Patriotic Hall,” because of all that Hope did for the troops over his lifetime. The USO at LAX is named after him as well.

]]> By: Evan http://blogging.la/2009/10/17/mysterious-origin-of-funds-for-bob-hope-patriotic-halls-restoration/comment-page-1/#comment-21672 Evan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:50 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=35331#comment-21672 The only time I've been to the Patriotic Hall was in 2000, for the Shadow Convention at the DNC--when I wasn't running away from LAPD tear gas when they were illegally shutting down concerts and permitted gatherings. Fun times. The only time I’ve been to the Patriotic Hall was in 2000, for the Shadow Convention at the DNC–when I wasn’t running away from LAPD tear gas when they were illegally shutting down concerts and permitted gatherings. Fun times.

]]> By: gabriele360 http://blogging.la/2009/10/17/mysterious-origin-of-funds-for-bob-hope-patriotic-halls-restoration/comment-page-1/#comment-21671 gabriele360 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:24:39 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=35331#comment-21671 Hi Marc, don't know if you ever knew Mario Casetta ('the old ethnic' @ KPFK) but he used to host folk dances there...I seem to remember going to a KPFK benefit gospel concert there sometime in the mid-80s also...a much younger (as we all were then) Harry Shearer was there, taping it. Hope it becomes more utilized than it has been. Given the byzantine politics in LA, who knows what plans have been made for it. Hi Marc,
don’t know if you ever knew Mario Casetta (‘the old ethnic’ @ KPFK) but he used to host folk dances there…I seem to remember going to a KPFK benefit gospel concert there sometime in the mid-80s also…a much younger (as we all were then) Harry Shearer was there, taping it.
Hope it becomes more utilized than it has been. Given the byzantine politics in LA, who knows what plans have been made for it.

]]> By: faboomama http://blogging.la/2009/10/17/mysterious-origin-of-funds-for-bob-hope-patriotic-halls-restoration/comment-page-1/#comment-21670 faboomama Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:47:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=35331#comment-21670 Nice article. Very informative. I only know the local as the place I used to see punk shows. It was showing it's age in the early 90s and can use a remodel. It is odd that Molina's release didn't mention the source of funds. Nice article. Very informative. I only know the local as the place I used to see punk shows. It was showing it’s age in the early 90s and can use a remodel. It is odd that Molina’s release didn’t mention the source of funds.

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