Seventh in a series. Re: “Singing and Dancing to Escape a Flying Ashtray” Growing up as the youngest of five brothers in New York City in the 1950s and ‘60s in a family that pushed boundaries, John Cassese recalled a daunting moment. “One of my older brothers, Philip, was killed in an automobile accident when he was 23,” said the … Read More
Student Whacked. Prof. Confusion Goes Free
As normal Americans know, G-d gave us liberals to act as foils for our mindless entertainment moments long before SNL became a twinkle in Putin’s glass eye. Crude liberals planted their booted feet on the necks of college profs and kids a century ago, and they have not relented. We were harshly reminded again this week. Swaggering and liberal, Orange … Read More
The Law Comes First for Clarke
Second in a series. Re: “Why a Predicted Council Vote Went Awry” As the chief voice of the City Council, Mayor Jim Clarke is no ordinary politician who distractingly serves for 12 months in the rotating chair. Politics and the authentic welfare of his community penetrate as deeply in Mr. Clarke as his red blood. From the opening moments of … Read More
Two-State Solution? Now World May Laugh
Photo: The Well
Apart from the hourly trashing of President Trump by the fake-news boys at CNN, MSNBC and other Fox News wannabees, this week’s most useless reporting is the tireless leftist drum-beating for a two-state solution. This is the contemporary world’s quintessential illustration of flogging a hound dog who has expired. Palestinian terrorist leaders. The simple-minded chant – the mathematical equivalent of … Read More
Obama’s Kickouts Didn’t Matter, Did They?
Two-thirds of the protestors in the audience at Monday night’s City Council meeting said they were present for the first time. That’s nice. All of them schlepped compact signs that read “Sanctuary Now.” That’s nice. Where have you been, people? You are ‘way late to the dance. Do all two-thirds of them read newspapers or track other purveyors of news? … Read More
Why a Predicted Council Vote Went Awry
First in a series. After nearly a half-century in politics, Mayor Jim Clarke usually reads tea leaves accurately. As of Monday morning, he had not expected his City Council colleagues to agendize the predictable request at Monday night’s meeting to place the label of Culver City as a sanctuary city on a near agenda. Hours later, the Council smoothly agreed … Read More
The Ban That Won’t Make Much Difference?
Warming up to his critical point, former Mayor Steve Rose said this morning that “Culver City has been environmentally conscious for the last 25 years.” He served two terms on the City Council in the middle of that quarter century. A regular at Monday night meetings since being termed out, Mr. Rose winced as he witnessed an instant high drama … Read More
Players Sit for a Spell — Hopefully
Let the Children’s Hour commence. Six New England Patriots yesterday stepped down from their gasoline-powered skateboards, pushed their crayons aside, straightened their eyebrows, and held up individual blackboards. Their message: Because they are pretty sure they should object to something President Trump said, they will take a pass when the Super Bowl champions are invited to meet the President in … Read More
Shakily, Council Will Explore Sanctuary City
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With more of a stutter step than a burst of enthusiasm, the City Council agreed last evening to place the proposed labeling of Culver City as a sanctuary city on its March 27 agenda. In other high-profile matters: Deftly, the Council temporarily handed off a complex of questions about the parameters governing growing of marijuana, use of it, sale of … Read More
‘Sanctuary’ Bid May Not Get Agendized
Mr. Clarke
One of the major lessons of life may be unexpectedly emblazoned across Council Chambers this evening: Never presume – until you are 100 percent positive, not 99 percent. When a group known as the Culver City Action Network announced its intention to bring a proposed sanctuary-city resolution to this evening’s 7 o’clock City Council meeting, the subsequent sequence seemed obvious … Read More