Yes, it’s true. Democrats are superior to Republicans. When our politicians act like ignorant morons, we get rid of them rather than celebrate them. President Biden joined a growing chorus on Tuesday calling for the resignation of three Democratic politicians in Los Angeles after a leaked audio recording revealed racist and disparaging remarks made by the City Council president in a meeting last year. Scores of angry protesters disrupted a council meeting today as the episode exposed painful racial fault lines in the City of Lost Angles. Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the language used on the tape “unacceptable” and “appalling.”
I had a dear friend who was a policeman for 30 years, mainly with the DEA but before that with a smaller southern California department. He said to me at the time of the OJ case, "The LAPD is still living off of Jack Webb."
Being a native San Diegan, the word that comes to mind is schadenfreude. 😁 LA’s misfortune is our entertainment.
You’re right about the old Democratic pols. Gave us a good Governor in Pat Brown. We had some good assembly members from around here too. Waddie Deddah, Lucy Killea, Jim Mills. They got things done. I honestly believe that term limits has left us worse off. It was all a part of the anti-intellectualism introduced here by Saint Raygun. All we have now are climbers and back scratchers. No politician develops expertise in policy or process.
I enjoy Willie Brown stories. Lived in the Sacramento area while he was still speaker & the SacBee reporters had "good" stories, usually about his back room meetings (at something Fats?)
I met him when I took a Willie Brown Leadership seminar in San Francisco. (Damn, has it really been 15-20 years ago?) He was still a character. He didn't teach the seminar, just showed up for the "graduation".
Not many “lesser of the evils” around there, huh? Damn, politics at it’s worse. Not just republicans it seems. It doesn’t take a lot of power to corrupt, does it? You have a special talent, being able to separate the wheat from the chaff. A lost art…
I felt as though I was eavesdropping on a couple of newspaper reporters in a smoke filled bar with the scent of whiskey and the breath of decades.
Great historical review! "Big Daddy" Unruh broke the mold--"Money is the mother's milk of politics."
I am in Brad Sherman's district, too. We should have coffee.
I had a dear friend who was a policeman for 30 years, mainly with the DEA but before that with a smaller southern California department. He said to me at the time of the OJ case, "The LAPD is still living off of Jack Webb."
Very good TC, I liked the Jake Gitties reference, that was a bonus 👍👏🏻🙏😎
Great post, Tom! California has always been a bit daunting to me and I appreciate your knowledge and 'take' on so many things. xx's
Being a native San Diegan, the word that comes to mind is schadenfreude. 😁 LA’s misfortune is our entertainment.
You’re right about the old Democratic pols. Gave us a good Governor in Pat Brown. We had some good assembly members from around here too. Waddie Deddah, Lucy Killea, Jim Mills. They got things done. I honestly believe that term limits has left us worse off. It was all a part of the anti-intellectualism introduced here by Saint Raygun. All we have now are climbers and back scratchers. No politician develops expertise in policy or process.
I enjoy Willie Brown stories. Lived in the Sacramento area while he was still speaker & the SacBee reporters had "good" stories, usually about his back room meetings (at something Fats?)
I met him when I took a Willie Brown Leadership seminar in San Francisco. (Damn, has it really been 15-20 years ago?) He was still a character. He didn't teach the seminar, just showed up for the "graduation".
Not many “lesser of the evils” around there, huh? Damn, politics at it’s worse. Not just republicans it seems. It doesn’t take a lot of power to corrupt, does it? You have a special talent, being able to separate the wheat from the chaff. A lost art…