Juror #6, reporting for duty
A status update.
Greetings, readers! I hope everyone enjoyed Ojai Day as much as I did. I want to recognize Craig Walker for helping revive the Ojai Day tradition back in 1991 and River Sauvageau for beginning (and maintaining!) the annual mandala. These community members — and countless others — have created something really special. They remind us of the impact one person can have on the whole community.
Anyway, I know I’ve been absent from your inboxes, and wanted to offer a status update.
On Monday morning, I gathered with a random cross-section of Ventura County voters. This was not an event attended willingly: we were all prospective jurors for the Ventura County Superior Court (and, I imagine, all hoping to be swiftly dismissed). Together, our diversity was striking — old and young, retired and not, Black, white, and brown. Some of us wore business suits. Others wore pajama pants. And none of that matters!
It’s a novel experience, because where else do we have the opportunity to gather with a ran…
