Sept 21 to Sept 27, 2016 THIS WEEK! The official guide to Gay Palm Springs for 22 years.

THE LAST WORD by Greg Pettis
Well, you know the campaign locally
has begun when the candidates begin
to walk door-to-door. Can you imagine
walking when it’s still 107 degrees!
Well, with only 50+ days left, we have no
choice.
Several forums and candidate interviews
as well, including the Desert Sun – will
be interesting how they report/endorse.
Speaking of forums, it appears that the
Desert Daily Guide will be hosting a
candidate forum at CCBC Resort the
evening of October 10th. Stay tuned for
more information.
The Presidential race continues to tighten.
Did anyone really think it was going
to be a rout? Wishful thinking. The
debates will tell all. Of course Trump
has such low expectations compared to
Clinton he just has to not slobber on
himself and the media will say he did
fine.
I’m headed off to Chicago to attend a
board meeting for Democratic Municipal
Officials. I’ll be interested to get
everyone’s take on what is happening in
their states.
My colleague, John Aguilar and I, had a
meeting this week about an affordable
housing project in Cathedral City for
seniors and the elderly and learned that
many in the development had HIV/
AIDS. I had no idea. I remember when
HIV housing was transitional, I never
thought that people would live into their
70’s and 80’s. Wow. Now time for a cure.
Cannabis continues to be big news in
the west valley. DHS and Cathedral City
are issuing licenses. Palm Springs keeps
flirting with expansion. Who is next?
La Quinta? Palm Desert? Indio? I guess
most people are waiting to see if legalization
comes to California in the November
election. That would certainly be a
game-changer in the country. How are
you voting?
Over the next couple weeks, I’ll address
the ballot propositions and then mid-October
I’ll share how I am voting on all the
races that we will see here in the desert.
I would like your thoughts. Email me at
greg@gregpettis.com.
That’s it for this week. Stay tuned! More
fun on the way, I’m sure.
Greg Pettis is a 22 year city councilman in Cathedral
City. He has made his name in governmental circles
as an expert in transportation issues and is very active
in working on bringing passenger rail service to the
COACHELLA Valley. Greg was the first openly gay
elected city council members In Riverside County. He
has served on the boards of the National League of
Cities and the League of California Cities and as President
of the Southern CA Association of Governments.
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