Manhattan Beach News

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Mayor Franklin declares State of the City “strong” 

by Mark McDermott  Mayor Joe Franklin’s late-starting and very local career in politics has been premised mostly on a single quality. His downright giddy love for his adopted hometown of Manhattan Beach.  And so what was surprising about Franklin’s first State of the City address was certainly not its effusiveness but rather its brevity. For a man known for passionate but lengthy occasional soliquoys at the council dais, Franklin gave an economical speech, albeit one brimming with positivity for the…