Faced with a budget-cutting directive on the one hand and a chopping block on the other, the suddenly aromatic, but decidedly somber, School Board played executioner at last night’s meeting.
They agreed, temporarily, to keep their happy hands off previously acknowledged Look But Don’t Touch issues such as:
Makeup of the school security staff,
The School District public relations position, and
The School District website.
Both clients and agents know that realtors owe a duty to diligently inspect residential property and disclose the results to buyers and sellers. But how far do they have to go? A recent decision may make that duty impossible to define.
Duty seems to know no bounds. A recent decision in California now seems to say that a real estate agent’s duties must go beyond the measure of disclosure statutes and use hindsight, that is after the fact, to know just what he or she must disclose to both buyers and sellers.
The Ultimate Outsider in the nine-person City Council race is doing something different again.
He may go to a ball game, take in a movie about the environment or chauffeur his wife to their favorite Downtown restaurant.
While the other eight contestants for the City Council in the April 8 election are filing monthly financial reports on or by Friday at City Hall, Gary Russell will be doing anything else that little duty.
The most outspoken member of the School Board on budget cuts said this morning he will oppose any cuts to the campus security staff at tonight’s 7 o’clock Board meeting at School District headquarters on Irving Place.
“I don’t know what anyone else is going to do,” said Scott Zeidman, “but I am going for no cutting. I know of no one in favor of making security reductions except for the criminals themselves.”
Confronted with a list of dozens of recommended possibilities, the School Board will wade into the first round of dreaded budget cuts this evening, en route to an eventual total of about $3.5 million.
Almost 4 1/2 years after reluctantly retiring as the most colorful and longest serving Chief of Police in Culver City history, Ted Cooke is chasing a high-profile job in a bizarre setting.
Sources say Mr. Cooke has petitioned the Orange County Board of Supervisors to serve as the interim Sheriff of Orange County, an appointment that would contain elements of irony.
Asserting that even though he is in his middle 70s he is hitting his stride, The Chief claims to be as vigorous as ever.
Mr. Cooke, controversial throughout his three decades in Culver City, seeks to replace Mike Carona, controversial throughout his eight years as the chief law enforcement figure — and a leading personality — in the suburban community.
By Election Day on Tuesday, April 8, the Culver City 9 may not yet be backslapping pals but probably slightly more convivial than they have been this month.
Veins finally have started showing up in the ice.
Up to last night, the nine contenders for three open seats on the City Council have acted like cardboard corpses en route to an Ex-Wives Convention.
Get ready to dust off those dictionaries because 24 of the best and brightest students in the School District are getting ready to s-p-e-l-l their way to the top.
On Monday evening at 7, four students from each of Culver City’s five elementary schools, plus the Middle School, will compete in a District-wide spelling bee at Robert Frost Auditorium, 4401 Elenda St.
Will Saturday be Opening Day for the 53rd season of the Culver City National Little League or won’t it?
Depends on the weatherman.
All week, he has been saying that Culver City will be varying degrees of damp, or plain drenched, into Sunday afternoon.
At the moment, Opening Day ceremonies are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, and continue for 90 minutes, at Bill Botts Field.
City Council candidate Jeff Cooper received a strong endorsement from outgoing Mayor Alan Corlin at last week’s meeting of the Culver City Democratic Club.
Mayor Corlin called Mr. Cooper a “long-time friend of the city and a man who can get the job done.”
In concert with the Mayor, Councilmember Scott Malsin also has given his full endorsement to Mr. Cooper.
The Culver City Firefighters Assn. said today they have endorsed Planning Commissioner Andy Weissman in his bid for a seat on the City Council on the April 8 ballot.
Bob De La Puente, president of the Fire Union, explained why he and his colleagues were impressed.
“Andy’s willingness to listen to city employees on issues of importance to them and his experience as a community leader will make him an excellent member of the City Council,” he said.
