Vice Mayor Jeff Cooper joins City Councilperson Meghan Sahli-Wells as the Council delegates on a sprawling City Hall task force that will decide regulations applying to the recreational marijuana initiative California voters approved in November. Mr. Cooper’s singular brand of enthusiasm will deliver a bonus shot of energy as a Planning Commissioner and a member of the Finance Advisory Committee … Read More
Trump, a Knight in Shining Oratorical Armour
President Trump
President Trump delivered a brilliantly cast oration last evening on the state of the new union, even though it did not budge his incurable critics, the liberal faces of fake news. He must have earned more applause lines than any previous president. Surely B. Obama watched with envy. Sincerity, plain-talk, and bringing together the two major parties were three gleaming … Read More
Robins, on the Move, Resigns from the School Board
Ms. Robins
In the fourth year of her five-year term, School Board President Sue Robins has announced her resignation because the Robinses are moving to Portland, Me. The School District is accepting applications (www.ccusd.org) from Culver City residents until Friday, March 10. Appointment of a replacement for Ms. Robins, to serve the remaining 21 months, is scheduled for the March 14 Board … Read More
Garcetti, the Messiah and Homelessness
County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, center, with Mayor Garcetti
Two of the most intriguing lines on Tuesday’s ballot are Measure H, a quarter-cent sales tax to fund services for the homeless, and the re-election of Mayor Garcetti of Los Angeles, who will defeat 10 faceless rivals. If there is a daffier mayor than Eric Garcetti across the American landscape, he must be caged or already en route to an … Read More
Spasmodically, Says N.Y. Times, We Tell Truth
Here is how fake news operates within the confines of its No. 1 American purveyor, The New York Times. After President Trump inartfully — but accurately – implied that a leap in sexual crime in Sweden was attributable to outsized immigration by Muslims – clusters of largely crime-prone thugs — the Times last week sloppily Page One’d a heated refutation … Read More
U.S. Leftists Harass Jews with Bomb Threats?
Mr. Obama
Suggesting once again that desperately angry left-wingers have not reached their outer limits, 16 Jewish community centers and schools in 11 states received bomb threats yesterday. No accident, obviously. Almost four months after President Trump defeated ethically challenged Hillary Clinton for the White House, liberals continue to cause not only mischief but grief at 100 miles an hour. Two prominent … Read More
Mayor Has Regrets – He Misses His Centennial Role
Jim Clarke
From the moment Culver City’s Centennial celebration was conceived, City Councilman Jim Clarke, the birth father of the year-long party, announced that he wanted to serve those 12 months as mayor. Felt right at the time – being at the helm throughout a rare historical interlude. Hyper-active, hyper-involved, Mr. Clarke has been Culver City’s most dominant, most noticed, most newsmaking … Read More
Time to Plan Before City Officially Goes to Pot
At this evening’s 7 o’clock meeting, the City Council will begin still another long policy journey. Fumes still are fresh in their lungs from the latest months’-long search — to establish guidelines regarding a restaurant ban on polystyrene containers. Councilman Goren Eriksson estimates summer will be history before Culver Coty regulations are in place governing recreational marijuana, approved in November … Read More
Was Family a Handy Political Weapon for Lopez?
Mr. Lopez
Left-winger Steve Lopez has built a cozy career at the Los Angeles Times by playing the sympathy card, ad nauseum. These days, his natural favorite topic is illegal aliens. He boldly argues that some laws should be obeyed, others flaunted, especially for illegals. The subject of yesterday’s essay, family man Mario Vargas, shattered a law Mr. Lopez does not care … Read More
When Is It Acceptable to Laugh at the Law?
Next time you encounter your favorite City Council member, ask him or her: “May I have your public approval for periodically running a red light whenever I am late for an appointment.” After ironing out the wrinkles on his horrified face, he will scold you for asking an absurd question. Yes, Councilman, you will say, I agree with your judgment. … Read More