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Michael McGrorty
Seal Beach, California
Retired Policy Wonk, Technical Writer
Interests: Reading, writing, exercise, people, and government as a problem-solver
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This is the precinct. We’re covered about 1,250...
Posted Sep 1, 2022 at Michael McGrorty for SB City Council 2022
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Campaign Issues, One
Council Campaign Issues: Rezoning Leisure World The Seal Beach Housing Element for 2021-2029 indicates that Leisure World is a likely candidate for rezoning to allow for the addition of 150 housing units, using the argument that current uses of the LW property are given to “surface parking or low value... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2022 at Michael McGrorty for SB City Council 2022
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Campaign Literature, One
Dear Neighbor, This is Michael McGrorty, over in Mutual Four. I’m running for city council. The election is in November, but mail ballots will be sent in October, and I’ve got a lot to do! Please consider me when you make your choice. If you have questions or requests, contact... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2022 at Michael McGrorty for SB City Council 2022
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Signing up for Service
Today I visited the Seal Beach City Clerk and obtained the paperwork to run for City Council in District Five, which comprises the half of Leisure World above the channel. To qualify, I have to obtain twenty signatures of voters registered in the District. I'll be out and around gathering... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2022 at Michael McGrorty for SB City Council 2022
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Mere Percentages
Let's begin by confirming something you probably suspected: that wage cheating occurs because the employer can make more money that way. Having said that, we need to see how much money this entails. The answer is, usually not much, but then, it doesn't have to be. You see, most wage... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2017 at The Time Clock
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A Preface to the Work
One of the commonest questions I get asked about wage work is "Why is there so much wage theft these days?" The answer to this is more complicated than most people could bear to hear so I usually reply, "Hey, how about them Dodgers?" or something similar. Very few humans... Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2017 at The Time Clock
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Starting Out and Finishing Up
If things go as planned and nobody offers me a job in the next few months I will have accomplished a feat that took me the greater part of my life: I will have retired. I have tried to be retired before but failed miserably: three times I tried to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2017 at The Time Clock
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Our Oaks
Posted Jul 2, 2014 at Brigden Road Journal
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Walking Onions
If you are in the way of liking onions I have a few of the Egyptian Walking variety available to give away. These are so called because they produce onions both at their base and at the tips of the plant, where seed would normally be produced. Because of this... Continue reading
Posted Jul 2, 2014 at Brigden Road Journal
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Peafowl, Befouling
Posted Jul 1, 2014 at Brigden Road Journal
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Between Allen and Altadena
As I write this, night is falling on a pleasant June evening: the shade of the oaks here at 2242 has lengthened until the shadows met and disappeared in purple dusk. The squirrels have gone to bed but the hummingbirds continue their battles around the nectar feeder. This is a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2014 at Brigden Road Journal
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Story: The Rocker
The Rocker Michael McGrorty The streetcar slowed to a halt at Hollywood and La Brea and its only passenger stepped out into the dry heat of an August evening. It was too hot to be wearing dress whites, but then, it was too hot to be wearing practically anything. He... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2013 at Library Dust
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Dance, Sing, Cry
I first met Dorey Claire on the Mascot lot—before they got merged with Republic. They were shooting a bunch of shorts with a band-in-the-park theme and were using lots of kid actors. Even then they held school every day. I taught grammar, history and civics; this other lady did the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2013 at Library Dust
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Library Ruining Two
How to Ruin Your Library (2) Imitate the chain bookstore model. Sure, that's what people want these days: a place to read nice new books while sipping chai as cool jazz plays in the background. Pass me a biscotti, will you? Put in a coffee shop near the reference desk.... Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2013 at Library Dust
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How to Ruin Your Library
How to ruin your library: Being an ongoing series of instruction Modernize your facility to the point of discomfort. When the big thinkers in city hall decide they want to build a new library so as to have a place for a bronze plaque with their names you are already... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2013 at Library Dust
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Potting Plants
This post is intended as a response to a question from a friend. I should say at first that plants should not be put in pots unless there is some reason they cannot be planted in the ground. Nature never put a plant in a pot. This means that containers... Continue reading
Posted Aug 15, 2013 at Library Dust
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Working toward clarity
Posted Aug 6, 2013 at Library Dust
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Yet More Answers
More Google answers When you type in these words you get these answers: Obama: Should be impeached. Should resign. Should die. Should be impeached over Benghazi. Democrats should: Not own guns. Vote for Ron Paul. Be shot. Dump Obama. The NRA is: Evil. Going down. Crazy. A terrorist organization. George... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2013 at Library Dust
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Now you know
The Internet solves it all for you There follows the first results that come up when the following search queries are typed in on Google. How to: Tie a tie. Take a screenshot on a Mac. Get rid of acne. Make French toast. What if: God was one of us.... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2013 at Library Dust
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Down this Road
A few weeks ago I obtained a sort of new-in-box antique: a 1996 Honda Nighthawk with only 1,200 miles on the odometer. That production year differed from the others before and after in the bike was painted taxicab yellow, a distinctive if not particularly subtle advertisement for the breed. Which... Continue reading
Posted Jul 11, 2013 at Library Dust
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Morning, Awake
He awoke in the shower, becoming conscious of standing in a sweet ceaseless downpour of hot water. He had neither memory nor desire to remember leaving bed or making the short trek to the bathroom, but then, there would be no utility in such remembering. It was the same journey... Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2013 at Library Dust
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Family Fun
I have in hand a book, Family Fun and Games, published in 1958, author Jack Tedford, from the Franklin Watts Company. The book is a compilation of various amusements intended to divert folks of an evening or weekend day. One of them is this quiz. See how many you get... Continue reading
Posted May 29, 2013 at Library Dust
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Correspondence, 2002
Posted May 27, 2013 at Library Dust
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Motorcycle Riding
Tonight I took the new motorcycle for a spin in the neighborhood. She's a 1996 with only 1,200 miles on the ticker, and her carbs had been cleaned along with a few other sundry works of mechanical art. All I had to do was brush and wipe off the accumulation... Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2013 at Library Dust
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New Baby
Posted May 8, 2013 at Library Dust
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