By: Paul S. Marchand
Ron Meepos has left us, and I shall miss him.
Ron joined the city council in Rancho Mirage a few months before I joined the council in Cathedral City. Our acquaintanceship was one of representatives of rather different constituencies, but it was always a cordial one.
In our interactions with one another, I was always impressed by Ron’s unique combination of gravitas, humility, and humor. Working with him was a pleasure, and in the eight years I had the privilege of doing so, I cannot recall any of our conversations ever ending on a sour, discordant, or contentious note. In our dealings together, Ron never had a partisan or personal ax to grind. Morever, at a time when it has become fashionable in some quarters to scorn knowledge and wisdom, Ron sought to find both.
I was never one of Ron Meepos’s Rancho Mirage constituents, but I was privileged to call him a friend and a colleague.
May Adonai have Ron always in His keeping.
