And we're back with another episode of American Gravy.

I'm Chef Andrew Gruhl.

And I'm Lauren Grohl.

And if you listen to the first episode, you know what the format of this show is.

But just so you know, we're going to be covering food topics, politics, family, freedom, everything in between.

This is really just good old husband and wife couple.

We're both chefs.

We like talking about food.

We got kids. We've got chefs. We like talking about food. We got kids.

We've got restaurants.

And here we are.

Here we are. We are back. I guess you could also say I'm a politician. I am a Huntington Beach City Councilman. He is. I'm so proud of him. She said that through gritted teeth. It is not even funny. The one thing that you learn when you're on like city council is you is that so in the public comment section of city council meetings, you have to sit there and take it for

three minutes. You are not allowed to respond to anybody. They could walk up to the mic and say

absolutely anything. Actually, there was a story that went viral from California last week where

the lady walked up to the mic and just started taking her clothes off. Did you see that? Yeah, it was in response to like, it was a, I mean, it was a trans issue. She was like trying to make a point about how, why were her clothes coming off? I don't know. She's like, if you can see naked people and rest bathrooms or something, I don't understand the full point. She was even a little loopy, but I thought it was pretty... She didn't even understand. I think it was emblematic of how crazy these city council meetings have gotten. We didn't plan on talking about this, but city council meetings have become, especially in the open comment section, have become like the old poetry slams, the open mic nights of the 80s and 90s. Oh, for sure. You should see some of the people that come to these

HB City Council meetings and what they say, half of it doesn't even, it's not even Huntington Beach

related. No, it makes absolutely no sense. And actually, I mean, this is a bipartisan thing. I think

people realize that they've got three minutes that they can get a clip and they can go viral.

And so they're using this. And you're having like actors and people come in and do funny things. Alex Stein really. Who's hilarious. He is hilarious. But Alex Stein, you know, he'd been working. He's a comedian and he'd been working on shows and all this stuff. And then suddenly COVID hits and he makes city council meetings, his platform. And it's... It worked. It is absolutely hilarious.

So in any case, if you want to watch some of our content, you can tune into Huntington Beach City Council meetings every, the first and third Tuesday of every single month. Just watch the public comments section. It's hilarious. So funny. And like I said, I learned things about myself.

I didn't even know.

I love when I sit up there and they're like, you're bought and paid for. I'm just waiting for the, where did I miss those? Where's the paycheck, Andrew? You know, the other day, there was after the city council meeting the next morning, there was a knock on the door and I opened the door and there was a white envelope on the mat. and I'm like, this is it.

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