Maybe they're arrogant, they're so convinced that they're at the center of the universe that they forget that they preside over a town of 100k in a world where billions of people are coming out of poverty and wanting increased standards of life. Above everything they're so arrogant that they failed as politicians: they misjudged how much clout they have in their own town of 100k.
I always feel sad for the stars that gave their lives as supernovae in order to power our clean energy future, only to be ignored for the "hot new thing" (Sun) in the galactic neighborhood.
You found one of the two good nukes! Smoke detectors and radioluminescent watches.
Exclusions. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the following:
4. Uses of radioactive material for smoke detectors, light emitting watches and clocks, and other applications not related to the development of nuclear weapons. (Ord. 5784-NS § 4, 1986)
Perhaps so, but again, both elected officials that preside over the state of California, and elected official that preside over the country of USA have repeatedly failed to act. And the climate emergency keeps getting more and more desperate.
This is the only power they have, and apparently the court has ruled they don’t even hold that power. You call it arrogance. I call a weak attempt while the system at large fails everybody, in other words, desperate is still my leading theory.
