Visualize your teenage son coming home with a black eye, a broken nose and a fractured right elbow. “Son, what happened?” “Well, Dad, I was attacked by this girl named Christi. ” “Start at the beginning, son. Why did she do this to you?” “I walked up to her on the schoolyard and hit her in the mouth. And then, all of a sudden, I ended up looking like this. Dad, you have to help me get even.”
That’s how stupid and pathetic Richard Carrigan, Ozzie (Silna) and their gang of little rascals sound. Richard sued the city of Malibu and Lisa Pope, our city clerk, after the close of the nominating period, hoping they could steal the election with a sneak attack upon our city and its laws. The plan was to strike at a very small window, before Sharon Barovsky’s name could be print4ed on the ballot on Feb. 10. But not too soon, where the city attorney, Christi Hogin, would have time to prepare the case if she knew it was coming. Their timing was perfect. The only problem was their case was a loser.
This sneak attack upon our city and its laws was a major blunder. This lawsuit is a metaphor for everything this politically tone-deaf group does. They create their own problems and then, like whining teenagers, want to blame everyone but themselves. The consequence of this defeat is they now have to win at the ballot box with John Mazza. Their intention was to win this in the court knowing that John is a very hard sell to the voters. John Mazza has managed to alienate everyone who owns a home or has children. That leaves him with a base vote of renters without children.
Richard says this is not personal, that it’s about the process. For the sake of argument, let’s say we believe him. The problem is, even if he were telling the truth, no one would believe him because he’s too close to Ozzie. The main currency of politics is trust. Richard, if you want to be trusted, you’ve going to have to break from Ozzie.
Lloyd Ahern