Comments by Barry Parr

Let’s buy the Review a clue

A Pattern Language is one of the best books ever written about anything.

I never understood how houses and communities worked until I read that book.  It literally changed the way I saw the world around me.

Let’s buy the Review a clue

Another reader has suggested “Politics and the English Language”, an essay in which George Orwell worked out a lot of his ideas about language, propanganda, and thought control that would later appear in 1984.

I’ve added an Orwell collection to the Review’s wish list. No journalist can go wrong with a little Orwell, after all. But you can also get this essay from lots of places on the Web, such as this one:

http://eserver.org/langs/politics-english-language.txt

Let’s buy the Review a clue

I’ve added it to the wish list, but, to be fair, the Review’s problems have less to do with grammar than with style.

I’m learning to appreciate County politics. God help me.

Everything you said supports the statement that we have a huge stake in the county government. And nothing refutes the statement that we have next to no influence.

I didn’t say that we’re not getting our share of county tax revenues. We may not be, but I didn’t say it here. I’ve generally agreed with Will Rogers: I’m glad we don’t get all the government we pay for.

“Montara: A Pictorial History” helps you see the town through new eyes

I agree that the book could have benefitted from more attention to detail in copying the photos and that many are noticeably skewed because they were photographed at an angle.  I think part of the problem stemmed from the fact the author was limited in his access to the photos at the historical society and by his lack of experience in graphic arts. I also wish it had an index.

I was willing to overlook that because there is a lot of good stuff in the book that isn’t available anywhere else. It’s also clear that he didn’t skimp on the printing.

Lt. Steve Shively, Coastside’s new top deputy profiled

It looks like the link has changed. The County Times moves their stories into a paid archive after they’ve been online for two weeks.

If you do a search on the site, there will be a form at the bottom of the page to search the paid archives.  One article is $2.95

Comcast goes for third price increase in two years

Of course, on the Coastside, Comcast doesn’t even have to compete with broadcast.

MROSD splits the coastside between two wards

Your point about the the relative coastside population of the two wards is a good one. Of course, by splitting off the southern part of the coast, they’ve isolated the troublemakers.

But 30% is a pretty big chunk if coastsiders could be expected to take more interest in MROSD than the rest of the ward.

The Review apologizes and promises reveal the identity of anonymous advertiser

I haven’t seen any evidence that the Review collaborated in this.  However, they did manage to delay exposing the plot until after the election.

The Review apologizes and promises reveal the identity of anonymous advertiser

The Review did reveal their identities. I suspect this question is a setup because one of them is up for reelection this year. You can see it here:

http://hmbreview.com/articles/2004/11/10/news/local_news/story05.txt

From the Review:

The ad was purchased by CCWD Director Chris Mickelsen. He said last week that fellow water board director Jim Larimer and another man, whose name he couldn’t remember, were responsible for the ad.

“Cabrillo board President Jolanda Schreurs said the third man is Kirk Riemer. Riemer’s name appears on a list of Coastsiders who endorsed Lundell’s opponent, Charles Gardner. Riemer did not return a telephone call seeking comment.”

City turns down the Review’s information request

Oops. I could have sworn I checked that link.  It’s now working.

The Half Moon Bay Review falsely claims they “broke” the Wavecrest frog story

The Midcoast mailing list is indispensible if you want to understand what’s happening on the coast. To subscribe, send a message to

CUSD candidates’ forum: Charles Gardner

Both at the candidates forum at the high school and on the midcoast mailing list you said that a second middle school in El Granada would increase the traffic on Hwy 1.

I don’t see how that is possible.

Can you point to an analysis that demonstrates a second school in EG would generate more traffic on Hwy 1 than “one middle school to rule them all” located in HMB?

CUSD candidates’ forum: Charles Gardner

It’s not surprising the big backpacks are a health risk.  As in all things educational, there’s research to prove it:

Hickey conducted a research study on the physically damaging affects of heavy backpacks after witnessing her own children strain under the weight of their schoolbooks. About 70 percent of the middle school students in her experiment were lugging around a backpack that was harmful to their growing bodies. While small kids hauling around 25-pound backpacks is a common sight in elementary, middle and high school hallways, according to Hickey’s computation, only a 200-pound person can safely carry a bag of this size.

My question for all the candidates:  Shouldn’t there be lockers at Cunha?  Will you support lockers at the new middle school?

CUSD candidates’ forum: Charles Gardner

I’m going to ask this question of all three candidates:

1. What experience do you have managing a budget? 

2. What has your pre-election review of the CUSD budget told you about the school district?

CUSD candidates’ forum: Jonathan Lundell

It’s not surprising the big backpacks are a health risk.  As in all things educational, there’s research to prove it:

Hickey conducted a research study on the physically damaging affects of heavy backpacks after witnessing her own children strain under the weight of their schoolbooks. About 70 percent of the middle school students in her experiment were lugging around a backpack that was harmful to their growing bodies. While small kids hauling around 25-pound backpacks is a common sight in elementary, middle and high school hallways, according to Hickey’s computation, only a 200-pound person can safely carry a bag of this size.

My question for all the candidates:  Shouldn’t there be lockers at Cunha?  Will you support lockers at the new middle school?

CUSD candidates’ forum: Jonathan Lundell

I’m going to ask this question of all three candidates:

1. What experience do you have managing a budget? 

2. What has your pre-election review of the CUSD budget told you about the school district?

CUSD candidates’ forum: John Moseley

In the candidates’ forum and in your campaign materials you say that the new middle school should be a “jewel”.  While I can’t argue with that sentiment, I’d like you to be more specific about what you mean.

What is it about the design for the new middle school that makes it a jewel in your opinion, and why isn’t it possible for Cunha, an historic site next to our historic and genuinely jewel-like downtown that keeps it from being the jewel you speak of?

I’d also like you to tell me how many students live within walking distance (say, a 20-minute walk) of the wavecrest middle school site, and how many live within walking distance of Cunha.

CUSD candidates’ forum: John Moseley

It’s not surprising the big backpacks are a health risk.  As in all things educational, there’s research to prove it:

Hickey conducted a research study on the physically damaging affects of heavy backpacks after witnessing her own children strain under the weight of their schoolbooks. About 70 percent of the middle school students in her experiment were lugging around a backpack that was harmful to their growing bodies. While small kids hauling around 25-pound backpacks is a common sight in elementary, middle and high school hallways, according to Hickey’s computation, only a 200-pound person can safely carry a bag of this size.

My question for all the candidates:  Shouldn’t there be lockers at Cunha?  Will you support lockers at the new middle school?

CUSD candidates’ forum: John Moseley

I’m going to ask this question of all three candidates:

1. What experience do you have managing a budget? 

2. What has your pre-election review of the CUSD budget told you about the school district?

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