Written by Mick Rose | editor@claremont-courier.com
Fortunately, Election Day has come and gone. Good extermination.
Isn’t everyone relieved that the election campaign is over? It was a painful cycle for everyone.
Last week, my kids and I were talking about the upcoming election, and my 18-year-old son brought up a famous quote by John McCain. During the 2008 presidential campaign, he defended then-Senator Barack Obama after a rally attendee said he thought Obama was an “Arab.” The kids were giggling and I could see why. All they know is the disgraceful slash-and-burn politics of the last few election cycles. Mr. McCain’s honesty and civility shocked their establishment.
What a shame!
I fear my children will never know any other way. Their fate lies in living with vile personal attacks and insults, weaponized misinformation and disinformation, and fire-and-brimstone declarations that (insert candidate here) will end this country as we know it. Let’s go!
The current American political model is unsustainable. And it made our well-being worse.
“Modern politics – the daily controversies, rudeness and incivility – regularly takes a psychological toll on Americans,” said Dr. Matthew Feinberg, professor of organizational behavior at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. . He authored a recent study on the effects of following daily political news published by the American Psychological Association.
The effects of our extremely hot atmosphere on real life are becoming increasingly dangerous to life and health. And climate change is also quite scary.
But you can’t put the genie back in the bottle. John McCain has passed away. Add our brutal and broken politics to the long list of shameful remnants our children will have to deal with after we join him. I’d like to think there’s a better world out there, where the old white people (like me) running the two-party system would call for a timeout and clean up their mess, but honestly… , that’s not happening.
This, my friends, is where we are now, almost 250 years after this event. Maybe you can find out something. This is Kevlar and a fire extinguisher. Save the dough for a good therapist. It’s over now.
What a shame!
Mr. Remmel, are you home?
After several years of “no news is good news” from the powers that be at the Claremont 5 Laemmle Theatre, it appears the spigot has been completely turned off.
The beloved but underserved arthouse theater at 450 W. Second St. will be auctioned off at noon on Monday, Dec. 2. Listed by May Realty Advisors, bidding starts at $1 million on various online portals including bizbuysell.com. and loopnet.com.
Of course, there’s no word yet on what new business will occupy the space, assuming there is a successful bidder in the auction. “This space offers the opportunity to be repurposed for hotel and retail operations, in perfect harmony with the center’s synergies,” the auction description reads.
This is the latest in a long series of attempts by the Laemmle Company to free up its underperforming Claremont location. It has been on the market in some form or another intermittently since July 2020. The 18,743-square-foot property was previously listed on loopnet.com for $4.7 million.
This five-screen theater opened in 2007. It closed in March 2020 during the first wave of coronavirus-related closures and reopened in April 2021. Afterwards, the movie-loving community attempted to rally support for the theater, with mixed results. I’ve been writing this story for over four years now, and this is exactly what I feared might happen if we didn’t try harder to show our gratitude to the Laemmuri people . This isn’t me pointing fingers. Admittedly, I could have patronized Lemur more often.
Laemmle has been the jewel in the city’s crown for almost two decades. Unless another theater chain steps in, like Landmark did with the old Laemmle building in Pasadena, the days of us seeing movies on the big screen in Claremont may be numbered.
Isn’t it a shame? nevada city
My wife and I attended a wedding at the gorgeous Grass Valley this past weekend. Both the event and the city were wonderful. On Sunday, we drove down Highway 49 to visit Nevada City, another old (by American standards) gold rush town. And we were blown away. autumn colors. Historic buildings and jewel-like streets. With a population of 3,224 people and nestled in the lush Western Sierra Mountains, circa-1856 Nevada City is a gem that Lisa and I decided to put on our short list of retirement destinations right away.
If you’re ever in Sacramento, why not take the hour-long drive northeast? It’s the other side of Los Angeles’ dirt, crime, and concrete. If you wait long enough, you might just find us wandering down Broad Street.
