Kaepernick, the freak poster boy of the left who turned anti-American before failing at football, won an award Sunday night for his courage. Not long after the American “Civil” Liberties Union honored the pretty late Benedict Arnold for shrewdly betraying a country of racist colonists, the ACLU went freak-shopping again. It is a sign of the desperation of the left … Read More

First in a series Best Thanksgiving of his life, said the holiday traveler and City Councilman Jim Clarke. Thanksgiving with an Italian accent. What’s a man to do when he is thousands of miles from Culver City and a holiday won’t wait? On a 10-day visit to Italy, Mr. Clarke invested 50 percent of his trip in the scenic seaside … Read More

Second in a series Re “Council Seeker Tiggs Debuts as a Republican” Cloaked in a Republican label for the first time in his political career, City Council candidate Marcus Tiggs was questioned about his strategy for the April election. Is it important to be all over Culver City? To concentrate on certain neighborhoods? To focus on a specific message? Mr. … Read More

First of two parts No stranger to City Council races, Marcus Tiggs, Republican, inaugurated his new campaign on the loveliest late autumn Sunday of the year with a stunning new distinction polished to a high gloss for the April election. Mr. Tiggs, a soft-spoken bankruptcy attorney, announced he was identifying publicly for the first time as a Republican yesterday, a … Read More

Cradling a severed Jewish head in his bloodied right arm, a drooling Tehran imam could not have written a more subjectively inaccurate account of potentially moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem than teeth-baring Laura King did in Friday’s Los Angeles Times. As a well-tested Jew-hater, Ms. King is supposed to tuck her feelings into her purse when … Read More

In its high-speed dash to meet a fog-shrouded deadline as clouded as the subject at hand, the City Council’s second reading of complicated, incomplete new retail marijuana rules is on the calendar for next Monday. “If I were a concerned member of the public,” said a 30’ish concerned member of the Culver City public, “I would say the City Council … Read More

At the dawn of the blanketedly mysterious cannabis era, Culver City is not likely to become a magnet, a destination or a cash cow for shoppers, in Jim Clarke’s view. “Everybody wants a piece of the pie,” said the City Councilman who has been traveling in Italy. “By the time it gets down to us, not much will be left. … Read More

When Mayor Jeff Cooper polled his City Council colleagues for comments at the outset of Monday’s meeting, Meghan Sahli-Wells’s turn came, and you held onto your seat with both hands. And anyone else’s. Out of respect for her husband, she asked members to adjourn in memory of the 300-plus Egyptian Muslims massacred (by rival Muslims) over the weekend. Playing to … Read More