Comments by Kevin Barron

Caltrans may end “free” right turns onto Hwy 92 for HMB commuters

>>Talk to anyone north of HMB and the issue is getting to 92, which usually takes in excess of an hour. Getting on to Route 1 in El Granada sometimes takes 45 minutes alone.

And it’s always some jamoke with his/her still unwarmed car who leaks on 1… and crawls at 25 MPH… or during stop&go;traffic doing their makeup, or getting dressed, or what have you. Everyone should take it upon themselves to put ontheir “A” game of driving… the leisure time you take in thusly creatin a casual gap of 60 feet between you and the car in front of you as you realize “oh it’s my turn” is inconsiderate for those behind you… and only compounds the problem… the right turn lane is actually one of the easier parts of the drive, but yes making it fair for both ppl on the South side and North side seems equitable to me.

Also, good to see the HMBPD nabbing ppl doing the ol’ cut into the turn lane onto 92 at the last minute. 

Un Dia Sin Immigrantes (A Day Without Immigrants)

There is some great rhetoric here, but much of what is highlighted is indicative of this “not being on the same page” I see across all mediums regarding the issue… or at least I THOUGHT I knew what the original issue is/was. I noticed the ‘reactionary’ posts are about ILLEGAL immigration, yet the counter posts are all about immigration in general. Huh?

Let’s re-focus that the issue is about illegal immigration. All these data points, some legit, and some from agencies with clear agendas and paybacks, are in support for immigration in general. Fine, but last I knew there wasn’t a significant outcry to SHUT the borders down altogether.

Once again, we see “A Day Without Immigrants”, odd… given what legislation is trying to push, it should of read “A Day Without Illegal Immigrants”. So let’s look at some myth/fact on that, to see if there is substantial issue around that. I’m not going to fill this thread with stats from the “Univ. of _______ study” on the $10B tax deficit illegals create, prison populations, crime rates and so forth.

Personally, I don’t think the government needs sweeping reform replete with congressional grandstanding of some Rep representing a border district with media-in-tow, with their chests puffing out belting out their either ‘for’ or ‘against’ reform position…

...how about just enforcing the LAW that is ALREADY in place? It pretty clear, just casually start funding and enforcing the law and supporting agencies thereof. Trying to sweep out millions of illegal citizens with one fell swoop of legislation and then the setting up some governement special agency to carry it out… is laughable at best. Just turn the heat up a bit on what we have in place now, and slowly, but deftly clean things up.

Caltrans expects Devil’s Slide design and timeline in about two weeks

I’m not sure CalTrans has to move any quicker. There is a huge difference between Northridge and our lil’ Coastside. For one, Northridge was a major event or the state/nation. Ours is a local/micro concern. Second, the number of citizens effected by freeway closures/limitations in Northridge were in the hundreds of thousands, if not over a million.... we’re less than 25,000. Ergo, the civilian population was effected, and moreover the economic impact to Northridge (or any SoCal freeway for that matter) was significant. Other than local ma/pa business and a very light level of industry… there’s little cost/benefit for CalTrans to divert $$$/resources to the Slide… with regard to the greater good to the OVERALL welfare of the State of California Besides, most of us on the coast have known a washout/slide could someday happen again, yet we stayed put, and for some worked on dragging out the tunnel as long as humanly possible.

Yes, two weeks may seem like a long time, but you’d want them to get it right, so as to set expecations and allows us all to make alternate plans.

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