Your Two Cents’ Worth

Marquez Manners
A very sweet, young woman found my small backpack, containing my iPhone, which I had left on an outside table at Ronny’s on Marquez. She not only called me right away, but waited there until I showed up for it, as well! Millie absolutely deserves the “Thoughtful Award” for January!

Village Manners
At 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, a soccer mom in a dark Audi SUV made a U-turn at the intersection outside Palisades Garden Café, causing myself and others behind me to stop abruptly. I shrugged and held my hands up, and then, slightly shaken, ducked into a random parking structure. She followed me into the garage, pulling up beside me blocking more traffic and shouting that she had the right to make that U-turn. When I disagreed, she said, “You don’t belong here anyway.” I am born and raised on the Westside. My only comfort is that is that racist slur cost her a parking fee.

Summer, Please
I am a local resident and have been following the Caruso project closely, and as a fashion lover and foodie, I wanted to submit my 2 cents: As someone who appreciates quality options, I could not be more pleased with the current tenant lineup so far. I will be able to do my grocery shopping, pop in for a coffee or pastry somewhere, get things for my dogs, buy my husband a gift just because, or simply just take a walk through and enjoy the new beauty. Summer can’t come soon enough!

Fronds Indeed
Your correspondent who was rude about Palisadian palms saying they are thirsty and ugly should know they are part of our history, rooted in the Palisades since the days of our Founding Father. The town would not be the same without them, we might not plant them today, as the fashion is for natives, but that does not mean letting them die of wood rot and beetle. They deserve some love too, even if the citizens and city seem embarrassed by them.

Ben Allen
It’s admirable that State Senator Ben Allen will be looking to protect California taxpayers, including those of us about to be hammered by our own party’s tax reform. At the same time, he and his party might look to clean up their own backyard of the most onerous income, sales, and business taxes in the nation for services and a public education system, which are no better than most states. Makes you wonder where the money goes, though it would appear that at least in the past the majority of Californians didn’t care. Maybe now?

Black Dress Protest
I saw the most stunning, gorgeous, glamorous, classy, black dresses while watching the Golden Globes. However, I also saw several actresses in black “dresses” that left very little to the imagination. How are skimpy, sheer black dresses a protest? I am daring to say that parading on national television in a see-through, “cut to there” black dress is its own form of sexual misconduct.