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Back in the slovenly days when he was a commoner, state Assemblyman Reginald (Lord?) Byron Jones-Sawyer was known, pedestrianly, as Reggie Jones-Sawyer. Since graduating to whoredom as a pulltoy for unions while representing southwest Los Angeles, Reggie now ties his own shoes. Nearly daily. RLBJS, as he is not known, is pushing Assembly Bill 1250, ignorant, harmful legislation. His 1250 … Read More

To accurately classify the class-challenged Kenny Turan, picture the middle-brow movie reviewer perched, pertly, on the considerable lap of the regrettable – and aptly named – Al Gore. Surely gore is what springs to the fore when you think of the No. 1 American dupe for the enduring comedy sketch known as global climate warming change. Taken seriously only by … Read More

First in a series Four months have passed since an evening in January when the Dr. Ira Diamond-led Homeless Committee of Culver City went out in the dark to count the street-living homeless. For reasons related to multi-tiered crisscrossing directions and dense bureaucracy, the count, by a County agency, still has not been released one-third of a year later. Culver … Read More

By Margie Low and Jocelyn Stewart  Fahad and Faisal Alnemary of Culver City are twins who studied together at Cal State Los Angeles. They marched together across the commencement stage on Monday and received their doctoral degrees in special education. Their education prepared the brothers for their long-term goal of helping people with developmental disabilities in the Arab world. “Without … Read More

On the 187th anniversary of the publication of Mary Had a Little Lamb: Midway through her fourth term in Congress, Culver City patiently waits to derive any detectable benefits from continually electing U.S. Rep. Karen (Oh, It’s Nothing) Bass. As a mature woman of grace, enviable articulation and admirable self-discipline, Ms. Bass is setting strikeout records in Washington where Democrats … Read More

[Editor’s Note: Former Mayor Andy Weissman delivered these memories at Sunday evening’s memorial for Scott Wyant.] This is about the last place I want to be. But it is the place I need to be to share Scott with all of you. It is my honor to be able to speak today.  When Leslie and Molly asked me if I … Read More

[Editor’s Note: Mr. Voncannon was a colleague of the late Scott Wyant on the Planning Commission. Mr. Wyant died on May 11.] Scott Wyant and I served together for five years on the Planning Commission, and I had known him for three years before that. As a Planning Commissioner, his outstanding personal traits carried over. Scott was a highly intelligent, … Read More

Newspapers this morning overflowed with yawning emptiness regarding the identity of the latest Irish Catholic or Italian Mormon terrorist to wreak fear in the quivering hearts of normal people in Manchester, England. In the wake of last night’s 10:30 terrorist attack at a concert in England, anonymous law enforcement officials revealed that a cluster of potential Catholic and Mormon ruffians … Read More

Judging by the depth of tributes at last evening’s memorial for Scott Wyant at the Vets Auditorium, he knew — closely — more persons than any man in America. Some people collect friends. What separated and distinguished Mr. Wyant was that he vigorously invested in them, and they, equally, in him. Friendship with Scott Wyant was a two-way street. Wyant … Read More

Second in a series   Re “On the Road with Councilman Eriksson” City Hall’s recently approved ban on polystyrene usage by restaurants has brought a spray of bonus developments – spawned in part by City Councilman Goran Eriksson — that should be further pleasing to environmental activists. “When we began talking about a ban,” Mr. Eriksson said, “it was only … Read More