Where I live in Simi Valley is the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which houses the Boeing 707 that served as Air Force One during seven administrations, including his. My house was fifty-some miles from the gym where Hector was volunteering in Boyle Heights, a community that serves as Mexico City Two for many of its residents. And if Ronnie had had his way, most of those folks would still be in Mexico City One.
Fifty miles or so is the distance as the 707 flies, roughly a diagonal route if you consider the patchwork geometry of L.A., the two neighborhoods being diametrically opposed in more ways than one, since Simi (pronounced sih-mee by some of our residents so it doesn't sound seamy) is also renowned for serving as the bedroom suburb for many of the cops whose patrols
