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his employees and customers to close their Citibank accounts as well. He figures at least 20 have done so.
“I don’t want to support a bank that does stuff like that,” said Schoenhals, who had been one of Bernal’s customers for 13 y ears. “She treated everybody the same. It was like family.”
Few people expect Citibank to rehire Bernal because 20 people have pulled their money out of the bank. But, at the very least, Bernal’s supporters want Citibank to recognize her contributions to the community and the bank and to give her a severance. “It’s just been so insulting and humiliating,” said Brooks of Bernal’s treatment.
Bernal, for her part, is still not clear what she will be doing long term.
“I would love to go back to do what I do best,” Bernal said. “I want to go back to [Silver Lake]. Those are my people. My customers gave me much more than I ever game them.”
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City to require graffiti-resistant coating on all new homes. LA Times
Why bother with anti-graffiti coating when fake ivy and a glue gun keeps a section of Highland Park tag free. 90042
How will this turn out? Echo Park bar owners blog about their business in a Huffington Post diary. Huffington Post
Incubus musician is no Kayne West when it comes to drawing customers to a Silver Lake sneaker store. West Coast Sound
The whimsical world of Highland Park artist David Weidman. 90042
How Occidental College handled this year’s flood of freshman. Oxy Weekly
Today’s Agenda:
* Community meeting over Elysian Park expansion on Riverside Drive. CD 13
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