The Article to Nowhere...

One of my favorite movies is Best in Show and in the beginning is an introduction to two of the characters, Sherri Ann Ward Cabot (a younger, blonde, puffy, trophy wife) describing her relationship with her much, much older husband Leslie Ward Cabot. She goes on to say,

"Leslie and I have an amazing relationship and it's very physical, he still pushes all my buttons. People say 'oh but he's so much older than you' and you know what, I'm the one having to push him away. We have so much in common, we both love soup and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about."

Watching this scene cracks me up every time and if you've seen the movie, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

But the point is that it's a mundane monologue that goes nowhere, which brings me to last Friday's article. In this OC Register "Guest View" column, Council member Leslie Daigle goes on to describe (in 442 painstakingly long words...it seemed much longer) a day's visit to Newport Beach's Back Bay. Fascinating... Being an elected official opens up the opportunity to be a target, with every written word constantly scrutinized and then thrown back into their face during election time. Councilman Keith Curry and Mayor Steve Rosansky have both taken their shots, politically, in the Daily Pilot's Pol Position column (I thought Mayor Pro Tem Ed Selich and Councilman Don Webb had also written stuff up, but I couldn't find them). Councilman Curry yesterday talking about City Hall and Mayor Rosansky going over the Harbor Patrol. Point is, these Newport Beach Council Members have gone out on a limb and have written their positions on topics which have been items of contention. They've gone out and taken stands, and while many people may not agree with them, they still took them. And that's admirable. And that's what being an elected public official is about. After all, who can forget former Council member Dick Nichols' wonderful quotes about the...Mexicans...

But Council member Daigle's description of her day in the Back Bay? In the OC Register, the same paper who so nicely detailed her encounter with Fernando Espina at the Corona Del Mar High School track. I don't know...maybe Council member Daigle had nothing better to say about City Hall, Harbor Patrol, Sober Living Homes, Airport Expansion, or anything else which the residents are concerned about. Maybe horse mussels and the mating rituals of the male blue heron are more interesting and are the pressing issues going on in her Council District. Maybe. She is taking a stand on the Sex Offenders residency issue (who is for letting Registered Sex Offenders live next door without knowing about it?) and the Parking Lot/John Wayne issue, but then again, I think that 99.99% of Newport Beach, and most of Costa Mesa, Irvine and Tustin also don't want John Wayne Airport to expand, so I think that both are "safe" positions to take. Anyway, I don't live in her district, so maybe I'm out of touch with their issues.

Perhaps...