Comments by Todd McGee

Photos:  Bobcat stalks and gets his gopher  on March 26, 2008

please send the bobcat over to my back yard when you’re done with him/her. we could use the help and would provide a lifetime supply of gophers

POST is buying Wavecrest  on August 16, 2007

I’m sure there will be people who feel that this is a bad thing and I won’t begin to think that I understand all the ways that this will affect the community. For my part, however, I say this is great. I’m very happy to think that there will still be big open views and room to wander around in the open fields above the beach. Thanks, POST!

And if I could ask for just one more thing, could you please be sure to sell the land to someone who will continue to let us walk and ride bikes and horses on the property and who will work with the City on continued access to (or outright purchase of) Smith fields so we still have a place to play ball? That’d be the icing on this nice big piece of cake.

Todd McGee

Coastsider endorses Pam Fisher for CUSD board  on November 07, 2006

Okay, I promised myself I would not respond to any more of this discussion but I can’t help myself.

“she has a large, menacing and incontinent poodle”

That is hilarious. 

Coastsider endorses Pam Fisher for CUSD board  on November 06, 2006

Who? Me? I’m not attacking anyone and I’ve never written Ms. Fisher’s name before today, certainly not in some other forum. I honestly thought I was asking reasonable questions that Ms. Fisher might want to address and could then lay this whole thing to rest. If her explanations are reasonable I’d still consider voting for her.

And for what it’s worth I don’t really like it when people park a bunch of cars in front of my house or trespass in the open lot near us so I can understand someone wanting to educate other people that their use of the neighborhood is not always appreciated.

Please, do not respond to my quesitons or any of my posts. I withdraw the questions and will decide how to vote based on the information I have available to me already. I’m sorry I irritated folks. 

Coastsider endorses Pam Fisher for CUSD board  on November 06, 2006

Barry,
I think the leafletting of parked cars with notices that say “no parking” is arguably quite different than putting a notice of an upcoming bake sale or other event. One is informational and the other seems intended to deliberately misinform. That’s the nature of my question. 

Coastsider endorses Pam Fisher for CUSD board  on November 06, 2006

I don’t have a firm opinion on this matter, I’m still trying to fill out my sample ballot before it’s time to go to the polls tomorrow morning. Since Pam Fisher has commented on one of the postings here maybe she’d be willing to address some of the other points that have been made, such as:

Has she been taking photographs of children entering the school grounds? If so, for what purpose?

Did she attempt to block access to the school grounds as was stated above? If so, were the actions conducted in a lawful manner?

Did she place “no parking” fliers on windshields in the neighborhood? If so is it her position that it is lawful for her to do so? I would have thought that it was not but I have to admit to not being up on finer points of traffic control.

A final point, and this is NOT directed at Pam Fisher or any other individual (candidate or not).
Can we PLEASE agree that the function of roads, water mains, schools, and parks are to serve the community?

A road is something that we drive on and it takes us from one place to another.

A water pipeline delivers water, playgrounds and parks are for playing games and enjoying time outside.

What these things are NOT is growth control devices. If you want more development, support measure that call for more development. If you don’t want more development, pass measures that limit development (didn’t we do that several times already?).

Please stop using public services as a growth control measure and please stop saying things such as “well, we can’t build/improve the school/road/water mains because that would lead to growth”. If we need a school, road, water pipeline or park built/improved let’s do that and continue to address growth in measures that address growth directly. 

MROSD board will appoint member to term ending in November 2008  on August 25, 2006

First, let me say that I am a HUGE supporter of MROSD and their preservation activities. That being said, however, this announcement is really disappointing.

It continues a pattern that the District has established in recent years. Every time a Board member decides to quit, they do so mid-term. This lets the rest of the Board choose a successor who fits their mold for a good Board member and then that successor gets to run as an incumbent in the next election, assuring themselves of a win. An incumbent who has sought re-election to the MROSD Board has never lost.

When a candidate for the successor is chosen, the Board applies certain litmus tests to make sure that the new Board member will maintain the status quo on the Board. Candidates who support mountain cycling or other non-hiking activities are routinely rejected out of hand, even when they are the well-qualified candidates.

It is practices such as this that have allowed the District to reclassify numerous preserves as off-limits to anyone on a horse or a bike. it is practices such as this that has allowed the MROSD Board to leave some preserves closed to public use for decades after they have been acquired.

Frankly, I think it’s time for some fresh ideas at MROSD and this decision is the best way to make sure that fresh ideas are never heard.

Accident on Hwy 92 muddies impact of HMB’s emergency traffic measures  on April 05, 2006

I left my house in Montara at 6:15 on Tuesday and arrived at work in Palo Alto at 7:15. Today, Wedsnesday, I left the house at 6:30 and arrived at work at 9:40. I didn’t reach HMB until 8:30ish. I guess tomorrow I wake up a half hour earlier. 

Who has the best cell phone coverage on the Coastside?  on January 23, 2006

Cingular has an antenna in Montara near 11th street so there’s great service right around “downtown” Montara. The signal dies out as you go north or south just a little bit, though, because the directional antenna is pointed directly into the ocean to serve the boat traffic (that’s what the customer service technician told me when I called to ask).

We can occassionally get signal with Cingular on Third Street but I’ve never been able to get service at Farralone View. 

Current phase of Devil’s Slide tunnel will last until next spring  on September 06, 2005

Has anyone heard details about the “wetlands expansion and restoration” that has begun just north of 2nd Street in Montara? They’ve begun rerouting some of the walking trails and have posted signage within the last few days. I have asked for details from CalTrans several times but have thus far not received a response.

I’m not sure what wetlands expansion and restoration means in terms of this project. but it sounds suspiciously similar to “creating a West Nile Virus breeding ground 200 yards directly upwind of the Elementary School”. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the tunnel and I’m all for wetlands but when our County resources are already strapped trying to deal with West Nile Virus it seems like a really bad idea to be expanding a wetlands are directly upwind from a school where children play outside.

Todd McGee
Third Street, Montara

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