11/19/2022
Midterm Elections force Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi to step down from her leadership post. A bit of Sat morning political trivia for you…Elected to Congress in 1987, my father was her opponent in the special election following current Congresswoman Sala Burton’s death, who herself was elected during a special election following her husband Congressman Phil Burton’s passing. (Incidentally, my first Nintendo was a Christmas present given to me by Phil when I was 11 accompanied by 10 different games of which Pitfall would become my fave, oh happy days). On another note, Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver, who had helped me raise $15,000 for my School of the Arts high school vocal jazz ensemble to be able to compete in LA’s The Young Americans, ridiculed front-runner Nancy Pelosi's Washington connections by paraphrasing Shakespeare. She said that Pelosi boasts, “I can call the creatures from the deep." But Silver wanted to know, “Yes Nanci, but will they come”? I had always laughed at that back then, but looking back, I think we all know the answer to that question. Indeed they came, why, they arrived before she ever even made the announcement to run lol. Oh how I miss that beautiful city…