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….IT’S TIME FOR A NEW VOICE TO BE HEARD !!
Zak was rummaging through old boxes of documents last weekend when he found a large stack of old issues of the Elsinore Sun-Valley Tribune. Within the pages of the paper, he found old columns written by Gil Rasmussen when Gil was first making his way into the hearts and minds of readers. Zak was so impressed by Gil’s writing skills, his deft satirical humor and all, that he immediately made up his mind to offer Gil a place in Wildomar Magazine.
When contacted by Zak, Gil was at first reluctant to return to his old haunts and stir up his old style. However, Zak’s pressure, especially the part about rising above the level of vulgarity and vileness being spawned by WM-wannabees, won the day and Gil will be regularly taking his place in the columns of Wildomar Magazine.
One of the reasons that Gil decided to return to a column format is that edgy satire and parody, though effective in stirring up emotions and reactions, often does not bring the reader to a logical conclusion; rather, it tends to push the reader into feelings that were unintended and, ultimately, useless to the reader.
As an example of future column material, read on.
Wildomar, as a new city, needs to develop fresh, new leaders and leadership skills from within the larger community. As is the usual pattern, the small cabal of activists that worked to bring about cityhood do not always have the leadership skills to make the city function properly.
I lived in Murrieta when it became a city and the most powerful political entity at that time was the fire department auxilary. As a result, Jerry Allen, Murrieta’s Fire Chief, was elected to the city council and became it’s first mayor. I can’t tell you if he was the best mayor for Murrieta but he was mayor, in fact, due solely to his fire department political base.
In Wildomar, activists from the Wildomar Incorporation Now (“WIN”) and Wildomar Community Council (“WCC”) are the current occupants of the city council seats.
The rest of the WIN and WCC activists that were not elected to the council are currently skulking around the city, looking for places to land in order to retrieve their lost sense of empowerment. Some are even trying to take over the Wildomar Cemetary District and to get themselves appointed as trustees to the District.
Suggestions for the re-formation of the Parks District seems to be a self-serving effort to put cronies back into positions of “power.” Of course, now that there is a city, the only parks that will be built will come from Quimby fees, parks paid for by those developers bringing new homes to Wildomar. It will be a long time before enough homes are built in Wildomar to fund a new park. Wildomar does not need a Parks Formation Committee.
-Gil Rasmussen
As you can see, Gil’s columns will be more thoughtful and thought-provoking, occasionally funny and generally offering conclusions to his own premises. As always, said conclusions are then willingly proffered before a critical reading audience, for discussion and thought.
Or, if you can type, even rebuttal.
One of the other reasons for the change in format is the elevated ”threat” level created by the vulgar Anti-Zak website. Since the writers remain anonymous, Zak cannot know for certain that references to “beheadings” and “missing bodies” is mere literature or portents of violence. These sad authors cannot know Zak’s business background and cannot know what he would have to do in past situations where veiled threats of violence were common occurrences.
So, anonymous writers, understand that Zak takes written suggestions of “beheadings” seriously. You don’t write well enough for Zak to know if you’re trying to be funny. Or not.
In fact, Zak has had a recurring nightmare where hefty women in camouflage army gear awaken his dog, Dolly, in the middle of the night and are then observed by Zak as they are ”combat-crawling” across his front lawn, intending to do Zak harm.
For the present, if you wish to make comments for Gil to read, you can contact him through the editor, zakturango@excite.com. The staff of Wildomar Magazine always welcomes your comments.
