Click on image to enlarge.My life never revolved around Measure P, The Marymount Plan, but it took up far too much valuable time for me and lots and lots of other people.
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" can be enjoyed by the entire family and I hope to see all of you at a performance at the historic Warner Grand Theatre, in San Pedro.
"Millie "Pontipee" is played fabulously by Ms. Kristin Towers-Rowles, the granddaughter of the late musical theater and movie star, Ms. Kathryn Grayson.
After "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" Kristin will reprise the role made famous by her grandmother with "Kiss Me Kate" in late February, 2011.
On Thursday November 11, at Noon, we will perform a free show for those 55-year's of age or better.
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So, here is the potential deal:
Marymount's Board looks for and considers supporting a slate of three candidates favorable to The Marymount Plan to run for the three seats to be vacated due to term limits in the November, 2011 R.P.V. City Council election.
Since the current Council could have legally approved every element of The Marymount Plan, including the Campus Specific Zone District and the new municiple code that was crafted for Measure P, it is now thought that a new 'packed' City Council could approve all the provisions of The Marymount Plan without having the measure go before voters, once again.
This is one reason I am holding onto the large list of the names of supporters for Measure P.
If a slate of candidates most favorable to Marymount run for the three seats and they are all elected, it is more than quite possible in my opinion, that the three new members would vote to approve all the elements and provisions denied by voters last Tuesday and that this would be yet another way Marymount gets around obsticles that keep if from having dorms approved.
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If you are still holding your breath to see if Marymount would provide the funds it said it would provide to cover the costs of the Special Election, please breath again.
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If you are still holding your breath to see if Marymount would provide the funds it said it would provide to cover the costs of the Special Election, please breath again.
I have already heard rumblings that since R.P.V. apparently did not formally 'accept' Marymount's offer, Marymount may be off the hook for the costs and fees and Taxpayers ould have to pick up the entire tab.
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It is not only my position but also the thoughts of a growing group of residents who believe the reputation of the members of the Marymount College Board of Trustees could be at least somewhat restored after Dr. Brophy leaves.
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It is not only my position but also the thoughts of a growing group of residents who believe the reputation of the members of the Marymount College Board of Trustees could be at least somewhat restored after Dr. Brophy leaves.
*NOTE: I stopped drafting this post Friday night and when I came back to finish it, I was informed that Dr. Brophy did not attend Thursday's City Council meeting because he was "out of town" and when a friend of mine was walking past Dr. Brophy's house they saw no cars parked in the driveway.
Now it is quite understandable that after having his 'part of a lower extremity' handed to him, Dr. Brophy may just be on a holiday or trying to refuel after making so many false claims that folks like me lied about Measure P (even though not even Marymount's President could find anything I wrote to be less than factual) and that those in opposition to the passage of Measure P are dishonest and deceptive.
Could it be that Dr. Brophy is attending interviews for other employment opportunities?
Mark - you said:
ReplyDelete"Marymount's Board looks for and considers supporting a slate of three candidates favorable to The Marymount Plan to run for the three seats to be vacated due to term limits in the November, 2011 R.P.V. City Council election."
Is this speculation or have you heard this is actually their plan? Good grief, after the shellacking they took on Tuesday it would seem almost masochistic to barrel back in with another divisive PR-spun election. That being said, I was surprised when they tried measure P, so who knows.
They would need to win all three, that seems like pretty long odds. I suppose Mrs Lyon and Mrs Ferraro could run, but both were defeated for re-election previously and have that baggage. Don Reeves has ran and lost at least once. I suppose Sue Soldoff might run, she has a high profile in the city but she is so closely tied to Marymount it would probably be a liability. Wouldn't that be a hoot if Dr. Brophy ran? He lives in the city after all (for now at least).
BTW, the "Yes on P" site is still up including their list of residents who endorsed the measure. Screen shot captures are probably a worthwhile.
Thanks Jeff C., for your comments.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes post assertions and it is my assertion that the Board may try to create a slate of candidates in 2011 to pack the Council.
Since many in the electorate have some short memories, they might not remember who supported Measure P by the time the 2011 election season begins.
That is one reason I am saving the Measure P ads that show the names of a group of supporters of The Marymount Plan/Measure P.
It might not do any good, but at least if one of those named in the ads is a candidate, I could remind voters about the support and what support for Measure P is still doing to our city, even 5 days after the voting.
Marymount paid to have newspapers supply the names for me but I will look at the Yes on P site to see if any other names appear.
We also have an election scheduled for March to determine whether our city becomes a Charter City.
It might be interesting to see who supports that and who opposes that and see if any names of supporters of Measure P find being listed as a opponent to the Charter City measure.
Also it might be fun to see who supported Measure P, but who now oppose the Annenberg Project.
The two developments are quite different. One was to offer something to a small group of kids of wealthy folks and the other wants to offer educational opportunities to those in need of K-9 Assistants, and also would provide some training to K-9s.
I would much prefer to see more people receives benefits they truly need by having a K-9 Assistant, but I am thinking that part of the Project might need to go onto or near the area of the current City Hall.
I am still lukewarm about the Charter City vote because I think the wording of the ballot measure and the further explaination is not sufficient for me and many others to get educated on exactly what being a Charter City means.
I kind of like the idea, but I need to learn quite a bit more.
Those who suggest that few words are needed and little explaination should be provided to voters are wrong, in my opinion and it indicates to me that something could be hidden with the lack of clear and supportive education.
Our residents are not served by having an 'albatross' with Dr. Brophy still in the mix with R.P.V. so the sooner he is gone, the sooner we can heal and get to working together on the other very important measures and issues we have in our city.
We still retain the fact that we have the fastest moving road in the Western Hemisphere and if we don't get cracking on San Ramon Canyon and Palos Verdes Drive East, it surely will get cracking and that must not happen.