For the past ten years I have lived in La Verne California. The city is not that well known and is in fact famous for only a few things. For one, the wedding scene at the end of The Graduate was filmed at the United Methodist Church on "D" Street. For two, ...hmmm. For two... eh, there might not be a two... Oh wait, I remember. For two, you can pay to serve out your jail time here and it's a pretty easy ride if you do.In 1998 Christian Slater spent 59 days in lockup at the La Verne jail. I remember in his first week here we had a takeover robbery at one of the local Von's grocery stores (why we have two is a mystery to me), and once the ordeal was over with, Slater spent time that day serving cappuccino to the released hostages. I understand he also spent a lot of time during his "stay" washing police cars. So yeah, that's two things: the Dustin Hoffman movie and celebrities serving their jail time.
According to an article in the papers today, we might soon be getting a new trustee at the La Verne jail: Paris Hilton. In "Serving hard time the easy way" writer Frank C. Girardot tells us "several local cities offer jail accommodations that might be considered a cut above the standard accommodations available in the Los Angeles County women's lockup." He goes on to say that "besides Pasadena, Montebello, Alhambra and La Verne offer "pay-to-stay" programs. Orange County, Seal Beach and Fullerton offer similar facilities. Fullerton's jail even allows inmates access to personal laptops and cell phones."
I think Paris will have to spend her time in Los Angeles County, so I don't think the Fullerton cell phone privilege will make a difference. Given that, I'm hoping that the good word-of-mouth from Mr. Slater will tip the scales in our favor and that this year we will truly have Paris in the spring.
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