Rafu Wire Service and Staff ReportsThe Los Angeles City Clerk’s Office on Friday released the official list of 31 candidates who have qualified to appear on the ballot for the March 2024 election.

We did not get any replies to our letters but one day.By BILL WATANABEYou occasionally hear people say something along the lines of Ive got my rights.

I was to lead a letter-writing campaign for a prisoner of conscience or POC* in the Phillipines.who assured us he was being fairly treated; later.we actually received a letter from the prison administrator.

Our letters made a difference and that was a wonderful feeling! Eventually the POC was released from prison and could return to his family.This fight will never be over – and each generation must fight the battle to preserve their rights or face the possibility of losing them.

I was hooked on AIUSA and became a life-long supporter of the organization and later was proud to serve on the national Board of Directors.

Our small group of a half-dozen letter-writing activists wrote to the prison administrator where our POC was being held.Mochida commuted to Oakland International Airport from Tracy.

My mother and father were there.‘Ill come and join you if I can learn to run the X-ray machine for baggage.

but they never complained about being there.Mochida wanted to contribute to America: On Sept.