City Councilman Goran Eriksson and Mayor Jeff Cooper have brought tintedly opposing philosophies to the dais, and their differences created a compelling pastiche at this week’s Council meeting. Alright, boys, who is right? Shlepping an armload of information on how smoothly – and urgently – laws on newly legalized marijuana need to be formalized, the mayor said he was hurrying … Read More

In a cannabis mood, Mayor Jeff Cooper and Councilwoman Meghan Sahli-Wells sounded convinced Monday evening that nothing possibly can go wrong with the most confusing, complicated project any City Council here ever has confronted: Designing the seemingly exhaustive routes by which cannabis retailers will be vetted and How neighborhood sites will be sensitively chosen/approved, supposedly hinging on whether nearby residents … Read More

To the surprise of no one who has been tracking Culver City’s seven-month path to shaping laws for newly legalized marijuana, the City Council voted 4-1 last evening to license “up to three” retail cannabis dispensaries next year. Standing firmly and alone throughout the two-hour discussion, Goran Eriksson cast the lone resistance vote. He said his colleagues were running much … Read More

One week after the trained seals of Hollywood buried their imaginations in the same shallow grave at a nearby cemetery, the most inarticulate figures in public life, the trained seals of the National Football League, aimed their seldom taxed minds at President Trump. In the tradition of professional football, uh, players, some trained seals asked who was president. Spelling his … Read More

Let me know when politically drunken state Senate leader Kevin de Leon is mailed to North Korea to clean toilets with a bristle-free toothbrush for the rest of his unnatural life. For fastidiously flaunting the immigration laws, the floozy father of the once unthinkable sanctuary state concept deserves the opprobrium of every Californian who can read or write. Like other … Read More

Here is precisely why Culver City voters elected Thomas Small to the City Council a year and a half ago: His thoughtfulness and tendency to reflect at appropriate length. That is a remarkable endorsement for a freshman politician – especially when he is posted in the center ring between two opposing factions. That is the situation going into this evening’s … Read More

The Centennial Year fun was supposed to close 48 hours ago when the year sort of officially ended. Not so fast, though. Still glowing over last Saturday’s well-attended Birthday in the Park, a semi-final ending to Centennial Year, City Councilman Jim Clarke, father of the Centennial, was asked how he could keep the magic going. Mr. Clarke recalled a conversation … Read More

Keep an eye on Bakari Sellers, and not just because he is, uh, slippery. Smooth-talking, smart dressing Mr. Sellers may be the second black president of the United States for those two reasons. Heavy emphasis on the first. By the darnedest coincidence, Mr. Sellers resembles Barack Obama’s kid brother. That is as accidental as the solution to a complex calculus … Read More

How can you take seriously people who carp this way:  The New York Times, wearing an almost-straight face, complains that barely 25 percent of the City Council is comprised of ladies. Bean-counting libs bristle – as soon as they put on their makeup. To heck with having babies. To heck with ironing clothes. To heck with fixing dinner, argue the … Read More

The days are dwindling down to a precious few, but not to worry. Former Mayor Andy Weissman is confident that the City Council will beat the deadline and approve specific regulations before Jan. 1 regarding legalization of marijuana as a business. This would obviate the need to adhere to state regulations, which are likelier to be more liberal. A close … Read More