Colbert and national media miss the mark again
While the national news and late night talk shows are making fun of Temecula City Council again, and specifically Jessica Alexander, over a comment she made, I have to say how impressed I am with the council.After a nearly three-hour meeting where they handled a lot of issues as well as public comments, I was pleased with all the councilmembers as they passionately, yet smartly, debated the issues at hand. While Colbert and others mocked, it was a picture of what representative democracy is supposed to look like.After three hours, the issue was if and how they could go back to in person meetings. Masks were at the center of the debate, however, they weren’t debating the efficiency of masks, but rather the legality, or the mandate and their responsibility to follow Occupational Sa