Fourth in a series
Re “With ’16 Looming, Let Voters Decide Term Limits, Weissman Says”
[img]1305|right|Andy Weissman||no_popup[/img]Andy Weissman, the paternalistic voice of the City Council, owing to his three well-received decades about City Hall, has opened the door to his final 14 months in office.
Surely, reluctantly.
Term limits, dreaded in the view of some, will render this MVP-type, sidelined.
After sitting for two years, he will be eligible to return.
In the first decade of this century, two-term Council members such as Alan Corlin, Gary Silbiger and Steve Rose were in no hurry to douse the lights when the sands of their time had drained.
The late Albert Vera was another.
Not to mention the rare lady, Carol Gross.
All of them pursued their dais duties with full-bodied vigor. They had imbibed so much hometown history.
Policymaking had become as intimate a part of their DNA as longtime relatives.
Every Monday night for eight years, everyone knew where all of them could be found.
Those were the days when the late, and yes, lamented Redevelopment Agency was thriving. Structures seemed to be sprouting all about Culver City, and so did debates among residents, and between them and the five sources of insight and authority on the City Council.
Their relationship with the city felt like a long-term marriage.
People who have been wed so lengthily don’t split up, do they?
What would Monday nights be without Messrs. Rose, Silbiger, Corlin and Ms. Gross, and oh, yes, Mr. Vera, on the dais?
None, however, chose to even attempt to return after two years of sitting.
Will Mr. Weissman?
Or will he follow the majority? Will he keep his wisdom and historical memory to himself?
Stay tuned.
