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RICH
IS BAAAACK (AND CONFUSED
AS EVER!)
I’ve been gone awhile, as some of you know. But I am back, and surprised to discover that, in a town where by everyone’s reckoning nothing has changed in over twenty years, there are fresh things afoot. To wit: New Words on the Street: And
on the lips of our City
Councilpersons, utterances
like “charette” and “form-based
code.” But
no one I know can tell
me what these words
mean. I judge by the
sound of it that a “charette” is
a small French hors
d’oeuvre,
basically a slice of
baguette topped with
goat cheese, pesto and
an anchovy, which is
then lightly grilled.
It is probably something
new being offered down
at Café Secret. As
for “form-based
code”,
it was widely discussed
at a Council Meeting
I observed recently,
but like Big-Foot no
one seemed to have ever
actually seen one and
there was only a vague
sense of what one might
look like. I could only
surmise that it was
a type of zoning ordinance
presented in cartoon
form for the reading
impaired. Well, why
not? Hieroglyphics served
the Egyptians for millennia,
writing with symbols
has never held back
the Japanese, and the
Mayans communicated
fine by carving glyphs
into granite. And of course Walt Disney managed very well in describing a mouse in the way he did. A
Garden Project!: I
have been informed that
our citizenry recently
approved an item called
the “Del
Mar Garden Project.” This
is corking good news
if, as I suspect, it
is patterned after similar
successful projects
in other cities. The
way it works is this:
a large piece of land
in the city is set aside
and individual families
are allowed to purchase
plots – rather
like they might purchase
condominiums! – upon
which they then raise
fruits and vegetables.
Of course some gardeners
might opt for herbs
with special medicinal
value, or exotic types
of flowers. The
location of the Del
Mar Garden Project could
not be better, of course – right
across the way from
the Farmer’s
Market! (No
one has yet mentioned
it, but I hope a part
of the property has
been set aside for something
badly needed by the
community – an
automobile service station.) The
TOT: This
also passed, I am pleased
to report. I am glad
for any measure that
helps small children. It’s good to be back.
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