Coming down from a very low political high

To my few, but valued, regular readers, I've been away.  Not actually traveling but sucked into the vortex of the political intrigue of my city.  I was appointed to be a member of the Traffic and Public Safety Commission, which was given expansive powers to fight crime and interact with the police and fire departments.  I even set up a new website,Focus on Encinitas- where I tried to locate my various, rants, exposes and critical analyses.   This essay is transitional, writing about that period as I am coming out of it, trying to re-enter the broader world and disengaging from the various conflicts focused on this city that had consumed me for the last half year.