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Members of the Democratic Club of Culver City are at least as excited over November Presidential prospects as fellow party members across the country, and they transferred their soaring feelings back home at last night’s Endorsement Party for City Council candidates.

A housekeeping matter has put the National Guard Armory murder case on hold for a month.

Sgt. Scott Ansman, the defendant, is attempting to permanently hire a Riverside-based law group that only had been retained through his preliminary hearing.

If you have not noticed, the crowded field of nine candidates for the City Council has become strikingly creative.
For a race where most of them — eight men and one woman — are unknown to the community, they are seeking to steal attention away from rivals with fired-up imaginations.

[Editor’s Note: To avoid confusion in interpreting the graph at the end of the story containing 58 recommended budget cuts, they are listed in order of preference. For further understanding, see the far right column. Each recommended cut is individually weighted, with the 1.000 designation indicating the most vulnerable parties.]

The suddenly much cooler, overcast weather this morning is an apt metaphor for the predominant mood throughout the School District on the eve of the first feared wave of budget cuts.

In an election in which the vote is bound to be fractured — such as the nine-way race for three seats on the City Council in the April 8 election — City Hall support could be crucial.

The present City Council frequently disagrees on the dais.

Comes now a person they all like enough to lend their names and prestige.

Part 1

It rankles some people that he continues to do well, but that is all right.

Jay Handal of West Los Angeles, formerly of Culver City, was a brash, fast-talking former New Yorker, a hard-charging, outgoing entrepreneur and man-about-town for years before he closed down the popular San Gennaro restaurant here two Mothers Days ago.

Not much has changed. Forget his cell phone. His whole life is on speed dial.

Westfield Fox Hills, the Australian owners of the region’s best-known shopping mall, has contributed more than 400 new uniforms to the entire Culver City National Little League.

Each team will begin its season — officially a week from Saturday — with new jerseys featuring the Westfield logo stitched on the sleeve.

This is the first time in many years that the uniforms have been replaced.
“We can’t thank Westfield enough for their commitment to the kids,” said Chip Netzel, the Director of Fundraising for the Little League.

Call last night’s City Council meeting Irresistible Temptation Revisited.

Asking the City Council to cleanly evaluate the bulky, labyrinthine revised dimensions for mixed-use developments across Culver City was like shoving a 7-tiered cake in front of a drooly-mouthed fat man while hiding the utensils.

Neither could fight off the temptation to dive in and create a holy mess.

In keeping with one of my campaign promises last fall when I was running for the School Board, I want to make certain that the public is kept abreast of everything that is going on with our schools.

Additionally, not only do I want the public to be informed, but I would also like the public’s input as to what they believe we should be doing as elected officials.

Two subjects on the City Council’s 7 o’clock agenda tonight are likely to ignite bonfires, one for insiders, one for the rest of the community.

The opening volley will be a public hearing to debate the revised dimensions for mixed-use projects, essentially 35 condos per acre and a 56-foot height limit, with nuances attached to both that will raise and lower the numbers.

To sweeten the appeal of the adjusted numbers for developers, a so-called Community Benefit Incentive Program is up for approval.