THIS IS MY LAST CURIOUS CITY COLUMN
… of the year. OK, that was a cheap shot, to get your attention. I only hope there were a few “Awwwww”s to go along with all the cheering. For those for whom it was at the top of their Ask Santa list — well, there’s always next year. Be nice, starting now.
But having made it through 2020: three people’s slate candidates elected to City Council, incredible! — putting the brakes on runaway overdevelopment in their first full meeting; ridding ourselves of an ineffective (at best) Acting City Manager and a fatally flawed, unimaginative police chief, both resigned; the worst imaginable nightmare in orange about to be dragged from the Oval Office by his worst imaginable hair after four long years of chaos and destruction; to be replaced by a decent man who believes in democracy and has elevated the first woman, the first black American, the first Asian American, to the lofty position of Vice President… No, I’m not about to bail now. I’m just getting started.