My Opinion
An Historic Figure in Santa Monica
[Editor’s Note: Denny Zane, a founding father of one of Santa Monica’s foremost historic boasts, rent control, a long-term Santa Monica City Councilman and model for community activism and organizing, presently is exactly in the middle of helping to accelerate the arrival of light rail on the Westside through his organization movela.com. Days after his 63rd birthday, he has sped up rather than slowed. In his words, here is how it came about. What is his main talent and what does he do for a living? Sometimes, that is the same question. He is that not-so-common visionary who earns a nice living. Uniquely, he probably is more influential today than when he started back in the 1970s.]
Sen. Price Enhances Reputation
During the past legislative session in Sacramento, state Sen. Curren D. Price Jr. (D-Culver City) once again demonstrated that he is committed to working for small businesses and deserves his reputation as one of California’s strongest advocates for new opportunities for small business enterprises.
Why Is This Election Different From All Other Elections?
Ask any of my government students, and they will tell you that the party of the President almost always loses seats in Congress during midterm elections.
A New Angle to the Shifren Campaign, Which Crosses the Ocean
Rabbi Nachum Shifren, known as the Surfing Rabbi, is a candidate for a California Senate Seat in Culver City and surrounding communities on Nov. 2.
Why I Disagree with the Governor’s Budget Cuts
Gov. Schwarzenegger went too far last Friday when he used his line-item veto power to cut nearly $1 billion in social services and health programs from the $87.5 billion budget the Legislature had passed earlier that day.
Why Do Bigots Choose to Speak in Code?
Rick Sanchez’s unfortunate rant a week and a half ago on satellite radio is proof that stupidity and lack of knowledge form a dangerous cocktail. Add in some good ol’ fashioned bigotry, and you have a potent mixture sure to make those who digest it babble incoherently, without clarity, and if it was ever present, without wisdom.
The Plastic Bag Challenge: Transition Culver City Hosts Community Think Tank
The State Senate recently voted against banning single-use plastic bags
in California (SB1998). Yet the problem of plastic bag pollution remains. Transition
Culver City offers this Community Think Tank focusing on the challenges plastic
bags pose in our city.
The Sweet Night Gourley Came Home to Council Chambers
[Editor’s Note: A City Councilman and Mayor in the 1980s and ’90s, on Tuesday night, Steve Gourley, President of the School Board, officially returned to Council Chambers as an elected official for the first time in 14 years when the Board held its first-ever meeting there. What follows are Mr. Gourley’s ruminations on the evening.]
Starting Saturday, Students Can Prepare for a Special Bike or...
Lin Howe Elementary School, in Downtown Culver City, will launch Bike & Walk to School Week on Saturday, from 10 to 1 o’clock when it hosts a free Fix Your Bike Day for children.
