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An Inglewood police officer talks to outspoken conservative activist Arthur Schaper at a town hall meeting held by Maxine Waters in May. An Inglewood police officer talks to outspoken conservative activist Arthur Schaper at a town hall meeting held by Maxine Waters in May. Arthur Christopher Schaper sat in the back of the Huntington Park City Council chambers, wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap and a Donald Trump flag around his shoulders like a cape. The council warned him he was disrupting the June meeting.
Actress Maria Conchita Alonso and Judge Harry Pregerson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals attend the swearing in of Maria Conchita Alonso as a US Citizen on August 18, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California. FILE - Actress Maria Conchita Alonso and Judge Harry Pregerson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals attend the swearing in of Maria Conchita Alonso as a US Citizen on August 18, 2007 in Beverly Hills, FILE - A-Lee D'Orlando, left, is congratulated by Judge Harry Pregerson after D'Orlando spoke at dedication of new Haven program wing at the West L.A. Veterans center in Westwood in 1996.
She's 78 years old, but Rep. Maxine Waters is more popular with millennials than their parents ever dreamed of. The blunt-talking Democratic congresswoman who represents a densely populated corridor of Los Angeles County stretching from Inglewood to Torrance and east to South Los Angeles has been in public office longer than the 20- and 30-somethings have been on the planet.
As I sat talking with John Edwards at Valencia's Corner Bakery recently, it dawned on me that I was speaking with a true American hero right here in our midst. John, an Army brat and his three brothers, grew up on various U.S. Army bases around the country, and the world for that matter.