Fifth in a series.
Re: “Corlin Knew When ‘to Close the Book’”
When Meghan Sahli-Wells steps down as mayor later this month, likely to be replaced, by a City Council vote, by Vice Mayor Mehaul O’Leary, it will remind the community of the transitory nature of Culver City’s ruling body.
Here today. Drink it in.
In several years, all five will be gone, term-limited.
During the eight years that former Councilman Alan Corlin served at the outset of the new century, he seemed like an unbudgeable fixture.
Tall, imposing, authoritative, it was illusory that Mr. Corlin was here to stay in City Hall.
Gone now for seven years, along with such colleagues as Carol Gross and Gary Silbiger, he says he did not have to make an adjustment in returning to private, almost invisible, life.
“When I was done, I was completely spent,” he said. “I spent eight years of my life.
“Don’t forget. In those days, we had Monday meetings every week. We had meetings with supervisors, with people in Sacramento. We had all kinds of development going on. Downtown was picking up speed.
“We had all kinds of stuff to deal with,” said Mr. Corlin, now living in Long Beach with his bride of almost four months.
(To be continued)
Comparing council members with furniture seems quite fitting. It brings to mind the rule-of-thumb that Larry (… or it’s Freeeeee) Miller, the owner of Sit-n-Sleep, says about a changing your old matresses, “If its eight, it’s time to replace.”
Comments are closed.