Beyond playing trombone for the gun ban and Cory also according to his mother spent his first paycheck on a keyboard piano. And Cory agreed that music training and jazz could be useful to help a leader think on his or her feet and the bureaucratic version of improvisation

I’ve now endorsed four candidates for next months Palo Alto council election. Plus, I qualified my name for the ballot by petition of 35 residents, but withdrew for the race when my mother Barbara Weiss died.

First I was TEA but an appeal by Mrs. Wohlbach about son Cory’s musicality led me to switch to ACE.

So I will roll a die (singular of dice, despite the misleading yet euphonious headline). Right there in ballot booth. Tuesday a week hence.

Also I won’t vote for him but had offered to walk Pat Boone around my neighborhood.

Edit to add: now is Alison Corey and either ACE or ACT depending on a coin flip.