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by Garth Meyer “I’m going to throw up the B.S. flag on this,” said Mayor Jim Light Aug. 6 during a city council discussion about whether to send the question of instant-runoff voting back to voters, to decide the mechanism to conduct the runoffs. “You can game the system, and people try to,” he said. […]
by Garth Meyer After four hours of deliberations, spreadsheets, motions, substitute motions, questions and allegations Tuesday night, June 18, in the third of three public hearings for the Redondo Beach city budget, a package passed 3-2 – followed by a looming, rare, potential violation of the city charter. “Vote carries, I would be prepared for […]
AES plant “safing” process continues Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light reported in his May 9 State of the City address that the decommissioned AES plant is undergoing a “safing” (safe mode) process. It has been disconnected from its 220 kilovolt (high tower) power lines, its natural gas lines capped, and hazardous liquids removed. One of […]
by Garth Meyer “It is hard to fill his giant flip-flops,” said Redondo Beach Mayor Jim Light, in his State of the City address May 9 at Sonesta Hotel, the appointed mayor paying tribute to the late Bill Brand. Light presented a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award for the former mayor, accepted by Brand’s sister, Sallie […]
Reality check by Bondo Wyszpolski “The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality,” by William Egginton (Pantheon, 338 pp, $32) The subtitle should immediately clear the house, but those who remain are in for a ride. William Egginton has corralled three pilgrims from different disciplines, and shows how each of […]