Second in a series Re “Prop. 64 to Bring New Police Approach” The nearly impossible city-by-city chore of supervising/governing/chasing the production/consumption of now-legal marijuana hands every local California police agency an impossible assignment. This is the most unmanageable, distasteful task officers have faced since some were told a few decades ago to root out unpopular sexual activities in private … Read More
Prop. 64 to Bring New Police Approach
Second in a series Re “Talking Marijuana at City Hall” Since Culver City residents were invisible at the first meeting of the Marijuana Task Force, here is a bone for uses, growers, sellers and others to gnaw at: Given the enormity of the development of regulations applying to Culver City residents after voters approved Prop. 64, police Lt. Manny … Read More
Cheers! Yes, There Are Some Glitches
It has been one month since my A1c blood test showed a slightly higher than normal score. The score indicated I needed to cut down on sugar, and carbs – which turn into sugar — in my diet. I look forward to each meal more than I did in the past when I was eating more sugary foods. I enjoy … Read More
How Did You Vote on Prop. 64, Sir?
[Editor’s Note: The second meeting of the Marijuana Task Force will be Saturday morning, June 3, 10 to noon. Jesse Mays, assistant to the city manager, said the meeting will be in Council Chambers.] While the Marijuana Task Force plunges into a mudcaked pool of potential regulations for Culver City now that the drug is legal, a curious question occurred: … Read More
Until the End, Memory Was Primary for Scott Wyant
Second in a series Re “Jim, Diana Solomon Were F.O.S.: Friends of Scott Wyant” [Editor’s Note: There will be a memorial service for Scott Wyant on Sunday evening at 6:30 at the Vets Auditorium.] In the week that his friend Scott Wyant, surfer extraordinaire, has been gone, Jim Solomon has been swimming in difficult memories. Hardly anyone could have … Read More
Talking Marijuana at City Hall
From Chair Meghan Sahli-Wells’s opening words yesterday afternoon, the assignment for the Marijuana Task Force looked more complicated than mending a broken marriage after both spouses have died. Now that puffing and huffing on recreational marijuana has been legalized by the voter-passage of Prop. 64, Culver City’s challenge is to figure out how to control the many-pronged explosion with hometown … Read More
Weather for Polystyrene: Sunny and Cloudy
Second in a series Re “Just What Does Polystyrene Ban Mean?” After surveying the community, Charles Herbertson concludes that restaurateurs have mixed feelings about the polystyrene ban that becomes effective in November. “Some restaurants do not have a problem with it,” said the Public Works director. “Some restaurants already have stopped using that product. “They are using recyclable material … Read More
Jim, Diana Solomon Were F.O.S. –Friends of Scott
First of two parts [Editor’s Note: A memorial for the late Scott Wyant will be Sunday evening at 6:30 at Vets Auditorium.] The tight friendship between Scott and Leslie Wyant and Jim and Diana Solomon goes back decades — to when their daughters started school at Farragut Elementary. Their closeness and fondness grew like a sweet-scented rose garden that … Read More
A Lonely Week Without Scott Wyant
Nearly a week has passed since Scott Wyant died. Even though he had been diagnosed with brain cancer 13 months ago – practically mere minutes after the City Council election – I expected him to outlive the disease. Brave. Tall. Blond. Strapping. Handsome. Owner of a top-tier mind. A faithful early-morning surfer for many years, he treated the ocean as … Read More
Ocean Braces – Here Comes Scott Wyant
[Editor’s Note: This may have been the final interview Mr. Wyant gave, appearing here last June 2.] Good news keeps pouring into Scott Wyant’s repairing body in waves, which is cool since Mr. Wyant is an inveterate surfer. Brain surgery? Ah, that was a month ago. Normalcy is making a heroic comeback. Not that he has forged an instant … Read More