created a lot of wet on our deck and we had to get the
shop vac out to clear out all the puddles. We still
have our SC flag up from last Saturday's debacle. We
keep the battle flag up for the whole week after we
lose a game...especially one that we should have won.
Anyway, we will get back to that later.....
So, the kids are all back in school by now. Homer
Bludau, our old City Manager....has left the building
and the good Dave Kiff....is finding his way around
Homer's old office. Dave we guess is going to have
a tough time for a few months...getting adjusted to
"not being available". Cause, you know....that's what
important people do......become "unavailable"....not
so accessible....."just leave a message"....stuff like
that.
We will tell this story for Dave....just to let him
know that all the great things he did before he was
the "Big Poobah" were pretty good things to do.
Many years ago when the Showtime Lakers..with Magic,
Worthy and Cooper had won everything....they traded
someone we liked, who we can't remember now. We were
quite incensed however and immediately called Jerry
West on the phone. "Hey, this is Ron Winship...from
Parker- Longbow in Newport Beach and we want to talk
with Jerry West immediately!". The secretary was of
course quite professional and simply said: "I will
make sure that Mr. West gets your message!".
Well, thinking we would never hear from him ever...
how shocked were we to have Mr. Jerry West personally
call us back 20 minutes later. "Mr. Clutch" wanted
to know what our concerns were and when he found out
....we were simply "Superfans"...he chatted with us
quite openly for over 40 minutes all about The Lakers,
what perspective trades he was considering, what work
ethic he expected from each member of the Laker team
and a variety of other basketball issues. Needless
to remark, we are now and will always be Jerry West
fans for the rest of our entire lives. We never talked
to Mr. Clutch again...once was manna from heaven..but
we will hold those memories very dear to our hearts,
forever!
So, Mr. Dave Kiff....sometimes "being accessible can
be a good thing"! That goes for all the bureaucrats,
staff and those elected officials as well. Sometimes
"titles" can get so wrapped up in their own self serving
lifestyles and world that they can easily forget the
"little people that put them into office in the first
place.
We haven't be able to chat with our "Stand-In" Newport
Beach Police Chief just yet....but we keep waiting
for the big Search Process to begin in earnest. Waiting
until we see the final four, as it were. Maybe we
just aren't paying attention. Do we have a new Police
Chief yet? No, we have been too engaged in dodging
Cable news about Tea Parties, Obamacare and all the
US Senatorial Mark-up Session actions...going on. We are
feeling a strong disconnect with all these shouters and
pouters right now. Although, the USC-Washington game
left us in that extremely poor condition presently.
Hey, don't start Matt Barkley Coach Carroll, what
happens if God forbid something happens to Matt
Barkley against the lowly Washington State team? Ugh,
maybe Coach Carroll should just play Mitch Mustain
instead. Even if we lose...maybe Matt will at least
be rested a little more for CAL the following week.
Hey, we know this is all about big money, big strategy
and the fact that as Marx said: "The opiate of the masses
- that keeps our minds off the truly important things!"
They don't pay us $4 million a year to keep or raise
the national consciousness....So, when they say..these
pivotal decisions are above our pay grade.....there is
little doubt.
What we can say...is that it has been a very long hot
summer....and the US economy seems to be making a very
slight come back. Although, credit card interest rates
are rising faster than the water in Atlanta. Could we
blame the bettering economy on the Trojan defeat Saturday?
Who knows! Let us all just pray and keep the faith!
"Fight On"!! that is!!!
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