Thursday, December 2, 2010

CM PRESS # 335

GENE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO PROMISCUITY
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The randy gene is a variant of DRD4.

The more we learn about genes, the more we learn that our free will is not as free as we once thought.

And, we also learn that nature never stops tinkering with life.
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NOW IT'S CAMDEN, N.J. WITH MASSIVE LAYOFFS OF POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTERS
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The other day, Newark announced it was cutting its police department by 14%.  Camden is going to cut  even deeper.

What sort of cuts will we see in Costa Mesa?  Time will tell, and time may be short.
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NEXT TUESDAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
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Jim Righeimer will be sworn in.

Then there'll be some drama. Who will the Council select as the new Mayor and new Mayor Pro Tem?

Improvers like Eric Bever and Jim Righeimer for these two positions (in either order). 

They do not want to see Wendy Leece or Gary Monahan get either position.  You know why.

Leece is currently Mayor Pro Tem, and the person holding this title usually gets the nod for Mayor.  But, well, you remember what Leece did  recently. It's that broken promise thing about union contracts. And, you also remember that Monahan went along with Leece on the vote to approve the union contracts.

With the above in mind, please excuse us as we ping pong this a little: Since Bever has already been Mayor, perhaps that position should go to Righeimer, and Bever should become Mayor Pro Tem.  However, since Righeimer hasn't been on the Council before, maybe some will think he's too new.  But, Righeimer has been the chairman of the Planning Commission and has the moves down to lead the Council.

Also, if Costa Mesa were a city that directly elected a Mayor, then anyone who might be elected might not ever have been on the Council before--so, having been on the Council, may not be important at all. Thus, there should be no problem in Righeimer being named Mayor right out of the chute.

It pings and pongs some more, because it looks as though Foley will still be on the dais on Tuesday. We can probably count on her voting to have Leece named as Mayor.  Leece will probably second that motion. Then, if Monahan goes along with Leece again, she'll be Mayor. However, if Monahan does that, his pariah status may be increased to the point that no one but lefties will talk to him again.

So, the question may turn on whether Monahan will try to come in from the cold and vote against Leece,or whether he'll want to remain a pariah.

We'll just have to wait until Tuesday night to see how this goes.  And, Improvers will be watching and listening (and remembering each motion and each vote), because the die is often cast with these first moves made by the individual Council members.

Frankly, we'd like to see Righeimer hit the road running and not defer to anyone because he's the new guy.  To hell with misplaced protocol.  Let's get this city on the right track.  
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The other hot item on the agenda is a plan to put in senior housing next to the Mesa Verde Center (where the bowling alley and theater used to be). 

You may recall that the Segerstrom Company (which owns the land) originally wanted to put in a Kohl's Department store on that site, but had this turned down. 

When that happened, and despite some murmurs from Segerstrom officials about senior housing, some thought that Segerstrom might just land bank the property until some future date when a Council could be elected that might go along with a department store there. 

With this move next Tuesday (which should be approved 5-0), it looks as though much needed senior housing will move forward.
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NASA'S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT--BACTERIA THAT LIVES ON ARSENIC
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Not as big a deal as we had hoped.  This particular bacteria is a strain of a common bacteria: Gammaproteobacteria

So, what this means is that a common bacteria has mutated (they do it all the time) and can survive by substitution of arsenic for phosphorus in its body.

It also means that this bacteria carries our usual DNA. 

As we've written elsewhere, DNA is sort of like a combination cornucopia and perpetual motion "machine" that constantly tinkers with itself to bring forth life that can exist in every possible niche.

A really important announcement would have been one that said NASA had found organisms on another planet or on the moon that were created and sustained by something other than DNA or RNA.
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RNC REPORTEDLY HAS DEBT CRISIS
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The RNC needs a new chairman.
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EXPERT WITNESS SAYS POLYGAMOUS WIVES IN BOUNTIFUL HAVE HAPPY, HEALTHY LIVES
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