La Calavera is upset.

If you please, La Calavera will begin with a very familar quote from A TALE OF DOS CIUDADES: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Damn that Chuck had a way with words, no? Well, now you probably have an idea of what La Calavera is going to write about. We here at The Empire Kids love to talk about music, movies, art, and life. And this, mi amigo/amiga is concerning life.

There is a fine city known as La Valle De Los Moreno's (Moreno Valley) in the Empire. A place where many hardworking individuals reside. It is a city where the population is a mix of almost everything under the sun and with every social class represented living in the same area. . . to a certain extent. Unfortunately there has been a movement brewing that seeks to change this.

A change is occurring where the lines between class (the haves and the have nots) has been drawn. It seems that Councilman Frank West along with the rich and mainly blanco people of Moreno Valley have decided to disassociate themselves with this ciudad. They do not want to "suffer" from the "crime problems" that Moreno Valley seems to be associated with. So they have decided to split. The desgination of the area code 92555 will be known as "Rancho Belago". . .the Beverly Hills of the Inland Empire, according to Senor West. You see mi amgio/amiga, that area has recently seen a surge in mini-mansions and muy nice retail shops. That area of Moreno Valley is supposed to be much more "clean" and "cultured" with most of it's residents (according to the offical website of Rancho Belago) having degrees higher than a High School Diploma and incomes ranging well above $55,000 a year. (A bar graph under demographics tries to show that they are catching up with the City of Irvine in both areas). I suppose the rest of Moreno Valley's residents are poor dumbasses.

La Calavera believes in a word known as UNIDAD (unity). What Councilman Frank West should be doing is working along side this beautiful ciudad and it's hard working residents. He should try to figure out what needs to be done in order to reduce the supposed "crime problems" and make improvements on an already great city. Or perhaps he just doesn't want to deal with people of color, people of middle/lower economic status.

Hasta La Proxima ves,

La Calavera #42