[ Letter to Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Washington, D.C.] Mr. McDonald, A couple days ago the VA sent me a notice via U.S. mail — “Time to make an appointment.” Last Thursday I called VA Dermatology to make an appointment for my semi-annual examination, No answer. I left voicemail to call me. No response. Friday morning at … Read More
Ailing or Not, We Vote
Charley and Dr. Janet Hoult
[Editor’s Note: Before poetically urging her neighbors to vote tomorrow, Culver City’s Honorary Artist Laureate for Poetry filed the following update this morning on the condition of her husband.] To date, Charley has had six blood transfusions and five chemotherapy infusions. We are still uncertain of the eventual prognosis. We thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Since tomorrow … Read More
Locked in, and No One Answered the Phone
Photo: YouTube still/ Fujiko
Third in a series Re: “The Day She Was Locked in” After completing a private class with a bride-to-be, one of my art students, and her mother, they left and I found myself locked out of my office. There still was time for prayers. No big deal, I thought. I will call my husband, and he will come to rescue … Read More
I Died and Went to Tooth Heaven
Robert Ebsen
It has been a year since I last wrote about the extremely interesting things (the Duh things) happening in my life. Why so long? It’s not that I haven’t thought of Duhs. I think of them all the time. It is because I haven’t written them down. I would think I was going to remember them, and I forget them. … Read More
The Day She Was Locked in
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Second in a series. Re: “Living in a Different Kind of Jewish Home” For the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which recalls the Jews’ exodus from Egypt, the frailty of the sukkah, where Jews eat and sleep, the modest structure reminds us of the fragility of this life. One day we are in a comfortable house. The next, we can … Read More
In Memory of Our Jake
Mike Hennessey
Dateline Dayton – Returning from our Canadian cruise last week, we went to a kennel to pick up Jake, our favorite pet for the last 17 years. This was a new experience since our regular dog kennel was closed for vacation. When we arrived for Jake, he was still getting his bath. We had to wait for him to dry. … Read More
May I Borrow Your Photo?
Photo: alan.com
If this is the Thursday before Election Day, the familiar cacophony in the background must be the sound of liberal racists dragging a bony old black woman to a microphone, shouting “See! See!” For the last half-dozen election cycles, liberals, who invented American voter fraud, have presented hapless elderly black ladies before the public to prove that Republican legislators are … Read More
Former Mayors Endorse Change in Power
By Andy Weissman, Alan Corlin, Steve Rose, Ed Wolkowitz, Mehaul O’Leary, Paul Jacobs. As former mayors of Culver City, we urge Culver City voters to join us in supporting Measure CA on Tuesday’s ballot. In 2006, the voters approved changing our City Charter and our system of governance to a City Council-Manager form of government. The Council hires, supervises and … Read More
She Challenges Silbiger’s CA Motives
Mr. Silbiger
I support a Yes vote on Measure CA, and this is why. I recall, back in 2006, when the Charter was being updated, there was a split in the City Council. At that time, Gary Silbiger, a Council member, was adamant that changing appointing authority and reporting responsibilities of the fire chief and police chief from the City Council to … Read More
Our Biggest Community Debt Ever
I am wondering if the city officials made the School District aware of the looming cost of the Clean Water Act when School Board members were deciding on how much to borrow in fixing our schools. In discussing on how much bond money, our local School Board failed to heed the voices of the fiscal conservatives in the community in not spending our community … Read More