According to an article from the San Jose Mercury News website, San Jose mayor Chuck Reed will be going to Washington along with the Los Angeles mayor Anotnio Villaraiosa and San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders on behalf of California while congress works on President Obama's stimulus bill. Now in all honest, I normally wouldn't care about all this buisness pertaining to the Recession. I always seemed to have this belief that regardless of what happens politcally or economically, life will go on and I will continue to live uneffected. I chose this article in particular because I recently came to a realization that I am going to be effected and the sooner a solution comes into play, the sooner we can all go back to living normally.
I think the author's main goal is to highlight the fact that the mayor is going to embark on this arduous journey to our nations capital on for the sake of the city and state he represents. This essay is more geared toward Californian's and more specifically San Jose residents. One can recognize this because of the way that Mayor Reed is seemingly having to go through a bit of trouble for the sake of California. The author mentions how Reed dislikes travel and how the trip is a "nightmare version." The explanation goes on to mention how he will endure and put his discomfort aside for the state. Eventually the essay gets to a point where Reed says California can be the means of ending the Recession. This all plays into what I believe the purpose of the essay is.
This essay is meant to make the San Jose Mayor Reed look particularly good. The author does deviate and speaks a little bit about the plan involved and touches on some details but then it eventually shifts back to Mayor Reed. This theme is seen throughout the essay, even in the tittle. The tittle is "San Jose Mayor Heading to Washington to Talk Stimulus. " There is no mention in why or how he is making the trip
As I went back to the essay and re-read the text, it was not so much that I had to revise my original idea but I was more so able to identify things that were in. I personally enjoyed reading this article because despite the way it idolized Reed, it shows that some sort of action is being taken to preserve California.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Darren ~
ReplyDeleteDid you have any pre-conceived ideas about Mayor Reed going into the article? Do you tend to like the guy? Or do you think he is pretty much a jerk? Did you vote for him?
I see a couple of potential topics here: the economy and San Jose would be one, but also something like youth perception of Mayor Reed . .