Political Gumbo: Weed, More Temptations and Disinfectant

It’s good to hear the Planning Commission will meet on Wednesday. Not really sure why the meeting is audio only. After all, the camera button is right next to the audio button on the menu.

Mentioning which, these meetings should have been broadcast all along.

I hope at some point, the video feed in these meetings is used and that trend continues after the Safer at Home order ends.

Both planning and public safety take on important issues.

Like this week’s meeting … well …

Either way, weed is back.

The Planning Commission will hear two CUPs (Conditional Use Permits) on Wednesday as MME and Tony Fong hope to advance in the process.

Damn, I never thought I would be happy to see weed come back.

More weed: Will Atrium and Sweetflower re-enter the process now that the city needs the cash?

Stay tuned.

Even more on meetings: There is no council meeting this Monday.

Musical callback: After I proclaimed the Temptations the greatest group ever, because they are, I got an email challenging that statement and championing the Rolling Stones.

The Stones covered three Temps songs — “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” and “Just My Imagination” — they failed on each account. Yes, a cover can outdo the original. Listen to Smokey Robinson’s version of “When I Had You” and listen to the Jackson 5, the J5 owned the song.

Trump letter: I got a letter from Trump on Saturday informing me I was getting stimulus cash. I threw it away and to make sure I didn’t catch anything washed my hands — with disinfectant. By the way, I already got my cash. Hope you did too. I’m still not voting for him.

Hopefully the greatest disinfectant we have works come November.

Social Idiocy: Lots of people ran out to the beach on Saturday We’re still under a Safer at Home order, and yet very few citations were written. This is probably just a small preview of Memorial Day, which is fast approaching. I suspect when these orders end, people will have long since stopped following them, and that’s problematic.

Things I’ve noticed: No matter what CNN’s big story is or how long they have been reporting it, Wolf Blitzer will in fact run it as Breaking News. It used to be when that Special Report card interrupted your TV show it meant something.

Now it is just an overused phrase on Cable TV used three to four times an hour for banal news that wouldn’t even lead to discussion in most newsrooms.

Other things: Also, is there really a reason to watch network TV. The shows are weak. Checking out Lost in Space on Netflix and Jack Ryan on Amazon.