[lex24]

My wife just saw what Newsom did, and her first reaction was "can you believe it?  He's going to go down for this."

BC

I understand her comment.  But this will have no impact upon him. He gets his two terms as Gov. This is a one-party State.  And then, unless Harris gets in his way he runs for President.

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French Laundry!  Nov 6.  With a bunch of different folks from different households involved. Bet it was fantastic.  Now all of you make sure you don’t have anyone over for Thanksgiving.

A stupid mistake, but he is owning up to it.  Attending was a very bad example; admitting the error was a good example; not acknowledging the error until it was published is also a bad example.   It apparently was a birthday party for a close, long-time friend.  Surely it MUST have crossed his mind that he shouldn't go and that he'd get called out for it.  Surely, whoever put this together knew this would be a problem.

Although he apologized, I'm sure his doing this will be cited tens of thousands of times across California as people decide whether to get together with someone.  "What would Newsom do?"

Having this come out the day of California's travel advisory is his poor timing.

By the way, the 10 Bay Area Public Health Officers put out this press release regarding the holidays, travel, and potential get-togethers.  Nothing detailed and nothing unexpected

I really like the little bullet point suggestions. I always look to county officials to figure out what to do. Maybe they should have added:

Eat a can of tuna with your cat.
Watch  TV 24/7
Sleep as much as possible



FWIW-  I think the vast majority of Californians tuned out to these a long time ago. And these suggestions are in my opinion insulting. We have brains we can figure out what we’re going to do if we aren’t getting together without having these people give us “suggestions.” It just reeks of overreach.

I think there is a hell of a lot of mental exhaustion out there. I will admit to,it. County officials little “tips” on how to make this less miserable doesn’t, imo, help. Choking down turkey while in a Zoom session is pretty flipping depressing. No matter how good the gravy is.

The holidays are always tough mentally for a lot of people. This year will be excruciating.

[lex24]

My wife just saw what Newsom did, and her first reaction was "can you believe it?  He's going to go down for this."

BC

I understand her comment.  But this will have no impact upon him. He gets his two terms as Gov. This is a one-party State.  And then, unless Harris gets in his way he runs for President.

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French Laundry!  Nov 6.  With a bunch of different folks from different households involved. Bet it was fantastic.  Now all of you make sure you don’t have anyone over for Thanksgiving.

A stupid mistake, but he is owning up to it.  Attending was a very bad example; admitting the error was a good example; not acknowledging the error until it was published is also a bad example.   It apparently was a birthday party for a close, long-time friend.  Surely it MUST have crossed his mind that he shouldn't go and that he'd get called out for it.  Surely, whoever put this together knew this would be a problem.

Although he apologized, I'm sure his doing this will be cited tens of thousands of times across California as people decide whether to get together with someone.  "What would Newsom do?"

Having this come out the day of California's travel advisory is his poor timing.

By the way, the 10 Bay Area Public Health Officers put out this press release regarding the holidays, travel, and potential get-togethers.  Nothing detailed and nothing unexpected

I really like the little bullet point suggestions. I always look to county officials to figure out what to do. Maybe they should have added:

Eat a can of tuna with your cat.
Watch  TV 24/7
Sleep as much as possible



FWIW-  I think the vast majority of Californians tuned out to these a long time ago. And these suggestions are in my opinion insulting. We have brains we can figure out what we’re going to do if we aren’t getting together without having these people give us “suggestions.” It just reeks of overreach.

I think there is a hell of a lot of mental exhaustion out there. I will admit to,it. County officials little “tips” on how to make this less miserable doesn’t, imo, help. Choking down turkey while in a Zoom session is pretty flipping depressing. No matter how good the gravy is.

The holidays are always tough mentally for a lot of people. This year will be excruciating.