One Demand Coming up
In a stirring moment last night that probably will not qualify for anyones respectable survey of Culver City history, my 105th best friend, Mr. Bubar, announced that he was herewith issuing a pretty darned official sounding demand. It probably is no special communal secret that Ms. Davis, the Board President, is Mr. Bubars least favorite personality among the four people he can choose from on the School Board.
Will You Take Back What You Said?
Employing the sternest terms at his command as a longtime teacher, Mr. Bubar insisted that Ms. Davis apologize to his dear neighbor, Dr. Russell, for remarks she made at the previous Board meeting, and possibly on one or two thousand earlier occasions. In a pretty darned official private interview later with Ms. Davis, she told me it never occurred to take back what she had said. As a child, your mother, your father or your beloved guardian undoubtedly taught you that success in life hinges heavily on the randomness of timing. Dr. Russell had great timing last night. For years, School District activists have complained that the every-other-Tuesday meetings should be televised. Finally, with a nod from City Hall, the previous School Board meeting was videotaped. At just the right moment last night, Dr. Russell arranged a screening of a dramatic interlude from said meeting when Ms. Davis was discussing what she said a patient of Dr. Russells had confided in her about the dentist. Without stepping into the gory details and needing to clean off my shoes, lets just say it was not the kind of crack you would repeat at a birthday party for the dentist. Some weeks ago, the unflattering observations turned up in a newspaper story by a very good reporter. Mr. Bubar and Dr. Russell were horrified. Sort of like the Mark Foley story, though, Mr. Bubar and Dr. Russell have been talking about it ever since. Is there no relief for those of us with keen hearing? Even I dreamed about it two nights ago. During a séance, my dog admitted he did, too. Quick, someone call PETA.
