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The new trend is for voters to approve more and more money for fewer and fewer students.
A five-year update to my original numbers: no change in trend, with overall CUSD enrollment at a new low since its 1997-98 peak. The trends were briefly reversed in 2009-10, perhaps as a result of the recession, but that reversal was itself reversed, and then some, the next year.
“The vultures and hawks circled the ceremonies, but decided no food was available.” It says something about the makeup of the invited crowd when it was distasteful to even carrion eaters.
There is a local posting community discussing this exact same topic on http://www.circlesavvy.com I am hoping to learn more and understand which way to vote. This is important stuff. Thank you
Is this going to be on TV? Live or delayed?
The CCWD—covering HMB and EG—now gets much of its domestic water from the abused Tuolumne River. For water users in the CCWD, this could be an eye-opener, exposing their responsibility for negative impacts on natural resources and the natural environment far from the coastside—and what can be...
The Midcoast Community Council is also trying to schedule a candidate forum for later this month—which would be better located for those of us in the midcoast communities with no compelling connection to HMB.
Hi Carl: DFW spokesman said that if State-hosted meeting, then State covers insurance for facility and the venue must meet ADA and other requirements. Pescadero has such a venue to meet those needs, but State thought only Native Son’s Hall was possible venue. Native Son’s's undergoing retrofits...
Why is the meeting in HMB rather than Pescadero? Pescadero has several locations with the capacity of the old train depot on Higgins in HMB.
Fire districts in California with a fraction the population of HMB or the midcoast communities have ongoing independent fire districts of many years duration, thus maintaining the local control that can fit services to a location. The numbers presented by the recall and anti-recall sides in public meetings so far...
so is this discussion on February 14 or March 14? we do need this recall election, Half MOON BAY cannot afford a ‘stand alone’ fire district neither do our neighbors to the north or south…
Here is the new proposed 2013- 17 (temp) route and time schedule, which isn’t really much different and will go into effect on 1/13/13. I’ll still experience 25 buses a day passing in front of our home; and some of you will too. http://www.samtrans.com/Assets/SamTrans/Timetables/temp...
Clarification; on 12/26/12 the operator was driving bus #2900. It is the same driver that is pictured above driving #2901 the next day - 12/27/12 passing by our home again.
Follow Up - New Physical Assault Case # 12-9046 On 12/26/12, at approximately 3:17pm, I was physically assaulted and injured by this Sam Trans / AV Transportation operator on Main Street nearest 6th Street and the Montara Post Office. The operator of bus 2901 struck me in the temple with my dslr, and then...
I’d like to know too? Should you ever find out please let me know. As many of my neighbors and I are being disturbed by these behemoths and reckless drivers they have on this line. While many have contacted the BOD, Sam Trans is quick to defend the...
Oh and by the way, Barry, Kensit Plumbing never did return our calls.
Thanks for the tip to Miramar Plumbing. They said up front they couldn’t handle our radiant floor heating work, but referred us to Simms Plumbing out of Pescadero 650 879 0739. Elias from Simms came out and diagnosed issue after issue from the previous plumber’s work within 30 minutes. He fixed a...
HERE IS A NEW LINK TO ROUTE 17 SAM TRANS VIDEO and OFFICIALS TO CONTACT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7f3KVUwWjo Description: Driver’s behaving noisily, speeding, running stop sign, etcetera, along route 17 in Montara. Sam Trans moves in and takes away public access, pollutes in more...
George Molina of Miramar Plumbing saved my ass on Christmas Day at the last minute. 726-5524 Terry Baldwin Mill Rose Inn
Tim Kensit was also recommended to us by another source. Sadly, he does not return phone calls. We have left him two messages over two weeks. I guess he doesn’t need any new business. Stay from Bay Area Plumbing and Heating run by Lance Eastman out of San Carlos....
Terrific coverage and footage. Thank you for your efforts. I was unable to attend, and am glad we had a good turn out; and the GGNRA’s ear too. Thanks again.
please join us in keeping the comedy alive on the coast! Tell a funny friend to audition!
Changing faces while continuing an impossible situation is not going to make it less impossible. Changing faces will not change this situation. The more you struggle in financial quicksand, the deeper you go. I do care about how bad we in our several coastside communities are getting screwed. Financially, because...
Executive summary of Carl’s argument: we’re getting screwed, so why should I care how bad the screwing is? I normally agree with Carl, but this fire district fiasco is the one exception. I certainly am a very strong believer in local control. The bigger the...
Who is this “Vince Williams”? Is this the guy who blew into Moss Beach a some years back and made friends with an appointed (not elected) director of the PMFPD who was dedicated to getting rid of the district for his own reasons (and no longer lives in our area)?...
Old memories… Carl May is only interested in one thing, the principle of local control. Nothing else matters. The State and County write the laws and regulations and the “locals” have no choice but to deal with them. That is the history. The days of a rural single...
Crisis politics, getting all lathered up over the momentary casts of opposing forces in what will be an ongoing scene, and throwing partial dollar figures around as if they define the entire situation and are the only relevant ones are part of what got us screwed into this consolidated, undemocratic...
Carl, I understand your thinking, but the fact is that we have an enormous amount to lose in safety, peace of mind, property values and everything else if this Board majority gets its way. With CAL FIRE, we have the best trained firefighters out there, in terms of both structure...
People in Montara and Moss Beach were already disenfranchised when we were not given the opportunity to vote on whether or not to consolidate away our local Point Montara Fire Protection District. Now we are stuck with being joined in a south-dominated fire protection/health emergency union with the larger...
This is the same model that our current Board majority in 2012 want to go back to, and The President, Doug Mackintosh keeps bringing up how it’s cheaper to have fewer employees and more overtime, than to have a fully staffed department. However, in San Carlos, whose salary and benefit...
This story and comments are more relevant now, July 2012, in retrospect, than it was then. Mackintosh, Alifano and Riddell have voted to start accruing even more unfund liabilities. Bthet did this on July 3, 2012! They do not care how much future debt they are obligating this community to…how...
I have successfully used dry ice to kill them. Be careful, you can hurt yourself. Buy someat Safeway, Linda Mar. Put a big chunk in the higher elevation tunnels. The co2 goes into the sleeping chamber and they drift off to a permanent ‘nap’. Does...
Great comments. More relevant now, 4 years later, than before: Alifano, Riddell, Mackintosh have set our fire district, in July 2012, on the path of returning to this old, expensive, discredited model. Sign the recall petition to put this issue on the ballot. Volunteers are at post offices, New Leaf...
Leonard nails it. It is not the number of lanes in Pacifica where the highway is slow going in the morning and evening commute, it is intersection management—especially at Vallemar and Fassler. Widen the highway as the county and Caltrans are trying to do, and you get three-lane backups...
Southern California has two things that we don’t have: 1. A heckofa lot more people. 2. It’s not in Caltrans District 4. 1 out every 3 people living in the State of California lives in L.A. County! More than 1/5 of the cities in California are in L.A. County!...
Well, it is so interesting that the Measure S Co-Chair has obviously not read the full text of the measure. In this “podcast” he mentions that the bond term is for 25 to 30 years.————————————————————————————————— THE MEASURE S BOND MEASURE ACTUALLY STATES: ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS No Administrator Salaries. Proceeds from the sale of...
As a midcoaster, I found I could not vote for any of the candidates for supervisor from any of the three districts. The two running unopposed in their districts have already made (or gone along with) too many decisions or sat on their hands on too many pressing matters (yes,...
Video trailer for HMB High School’s spring musical “Les Miserables”: http://coastsidevideo.com/sites/hmb-high-school/pages/hmb-high-school-les-miserables-2012-trailer-coastside-video.html Schedule for remaining shows: Friday 3/23 7:30 pm Saturday 3/24 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm Location: HMB High School auditorium. Tickets available at the door and on-line here: https://tix3.seatyourself.biz/webstore/webstore.html...
Thanks Cheri and Barry for posting this! I really am amazed at how professional the actors are. I am putting this production on my calendar.
Keep up the good work!
Kevin, I think that Jefferson was aware of eager many supposedly-religious people were for the government to adopt their religion’s tenets & symbols, and to apply them to everyone else (to the exclusion of themselves, in many cases!). Today, the leading vote-getter in the Republican primaries is Rick Santorum...
No, that’s not what I was suggesting at all. What I am talking about is letting the ranger know when a problem with another visitor is occurring. For example, I keep an eye on visitors that go past the cones on the beach near the park headquarters....
Craig, Are you suggesting that volunteers take up law enforcement duties at the FMR? As I’m sure you are already aware the Friends of the FMR are prohibited from enforcing the marine mammal act and marine reserve rules. FMR volunteers are not trained in law enforcement.
I completely agree that the county needs to provide more resources to the Reserve to better enable it to become a better host to visitors. The Reserve is a marine sanctuary but one that needs the support of the community in order to survive which is why visitors are...
Indeed, that would be very interesting, they would remind the youth of today that “separation of church and state” is NOWHERE stated in the Constitution and why it is permissible for your government itself to have religion within it (that is, they put it all over the currency, buildings, et...
How about this topic: Could the founders of the US constitution teach today’s leaders about separation of church and state?
Craig, perhaps you are missing the distinction being made here between placing the blame on the shoulders of the ill-informed and unsupervised visitors as opposed to how the county, which is in a position to know better, chooses to promote the reserve and host those visitors. In other words, if...
It is really disappointing to read some of these comments and experience the overt hostility against visitors to the reserve. So why are some commenters ready to characterize these visitors as villains when they simultaneously propose them as the source of new revenue? In fact, some people seem...
FMR will never be closed entirely by a state or federal agency. A Marine Reserve is defined only as a “No Take” area, not a restricted access area. The entire coast of California is, by law, accessible to the public. Unless an area enjoys special federal protections,...
Annaliese writes “[...] let’s hear some solutions.” The solution is stated quite clearly in the FMR Master Plan and has been suggested at least twice in these comments. Just because you don’t like the solution doesn’t mean that a solution hasn’t been proposed. Limiting...
“Maybe you could help clarify?” I do not see the funding possibilities by the county in protection for Fitzgerald Marin Reserve. Please note that she did agree (above) that the county won’t provide money towards Fitzgerald. There is no “out-of-context personality conflict manifesting here,” there is only...
I just checked with Mezza Luna. They will mot be open Christmas.
It’s way simple. If the natural features of the marine reserve cannot be protected, it should be closed. I imagine it breaks the heart of Bob Breen and the other good county staff that has worked at Fitzgerald over the years to see ignorance among county politicians and bureaucrats...
Interesting dialog, and the old refrain I have frequently heard over the years re: FMR is how much more could be done to protect the marine wild life with more and better resources. Anneliese, I’m not sure I follow your perspective. On the one hand, you say: “The county...
@Anneliese— Thanks for the MidPen suggestion! I agree that the County is not going to spend money to increase staff at the FMR no matter how many <u>Dog’s on the Reef</u> videos are posted on YouTube. The County budget problems and Supervisor...
I don’t see the funding connection, but if you do then go get ‘em tiger.
SMC 2011/2012 budget info below. San Mateo County budget both gives and takes away: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/bay-area/2011/06/san-mateo-county-budget-both-gives-and-takes-away#ixzz1gwS8IuT5 Ups and downs $18 million: Amount restored from March budget proposal $129 million: Proposed cuts in 2011-12 budget $48 million: Amount proposed to take from reserves to balance budget 208: Number...
The county hasn’t money for coastside requests. Don’t demand that it “live up to its responsibilities.” Every California State Beach is un-(der)managed/funded, every National Recreation Area chases dollar opportunities, and most all of these cherished locations are overrun. But take a look at...
@Anneliese— The lack of County management at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is an ongoing discussion. Suggestions include a paid visitor parking lot, no visitor street parking, restricting access to various parts of the reserve to guided tours on weekends and enforcing a “by reservation only” policy for group visits....
Supervisors Horsley’s response to FMR letter: “I agree in principle but limiting visitors without a visitor center or adequate staff to monitor, it is not possible at this time.” —Supervisor Don Horsley, Dec. 13, 2011 QUESTION How would a grant funded FMR visitors center provide funding for more County staff/rangers...
You need to present a solution to the problem.
The FMR tide pools are within the jurisdiction of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and San Mateo County. The County is responsible for managing the park and reef. To-date, the County has not allocated the resources/staff necessary to manage the FMR. Years of neglect have...
Dear Supervisor Horsley, On a busy low tide weekend in November over 10,000 people visited the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve tide pools. The reef is growing more crowded every year. Last time I checked 4,854,787 people had watched the “Octopus Walks on Land at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve” video on YouTube:...
This effort to protect Fitz MR reminds me of the La Jollans’ efforts to protect the seals at Children’s Pool: http://lajollafriendsoftheseals.org/help.html http://youtu.be/FNtu4pWmyuU http://savesandiegoseals.com/ It’s a controversial effort: http://www.10news.com/video/28133319/index.html and tensions are intense:...
Overpopulation here may be self-correcting if families are encouraged to play more in the polluted creek.
The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is a Reserve and Not a beach. Kids with shovels and buckets need to go to beaches. People were blocking neighbor’s driveways. People were standing on top of sensitive habitats and carrying walking sticks. There were some dogs on the Reserve and some...
The crowd at the reserve that day was definitely the largest I’ve ever seen but it was not mayhem. On the reef, an octopus was spotted nearby and there was suddenly an enraptured crowd of young kids surrounding the docent. To me, that scene is emblematic of...
Having lived on Seal Cove in the early 70’s this looks like a scene from the “Walking Dead” the “New Stairs” were bad enough ,the Tidal Pools cannot stand this much impact for long.Ed (Doc) Ricketts, must be turning in his grave-Gray
David and Sabrina, you both raise some important points. In January, I plan on making some calls about this situation. It can’t and shouldn’t endure what is currently going on.
“How much could be done to lessen the damage without limiting public access?” Why not limit public access? It is a marine reserve, after all. That means in this instance, marine life comes first. Ways to limit public access might include restricting access to various parts of the reserve to...
Last time I checked 4,397,873 people had watched the “Octopus Walks on Land at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve” video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/FjQr3lRACPI I support the Coastal Act and public access to California beaches. The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is designated as a protected reserve and that requires...
Mother Earth is constantly under attack, from bombs dropping to curious people picking up sensitive endangered species.
This was certainly the busiest weekend I can recall. We had to park close to Hwy 1.
They should occupy Martin’s Beach!
Sounds like a great place for “Occupy HMB” to occupy since the owner is a selfish .01%!
I wanted to follow up my earlier note to say that today the Scouts of Pack and Troop 255 and 263 (and a couple Girl Scout Troops, too!) collected almost 4000 lbs of food donated by our friends and neighbors of the Coastside. This is way, way up from last year’s collection...
April & Laura, thanks. I corrected the margin of victory and fixed the columns.
Looks like “Grand Total Votes” Column is missing.
Hi: By my calculations, Laura won by 104 votes, not 84. Thanks.
It’s now linked and I’ve confirmed that it’s now correct.
url is not a link and the url also doesn’t lead to the video as well. oops.
Congratulations! I think these individuals each bring tremendous energy, great ideas and a positive interaction of ideas. The MCC is a dynamic platform for Coastside residents to represent the needs of Coastsiders. Also, thank-you to all the candidates who ran. I admire your contributions to the Democratic process. Ginny
Thanks. I’ve corrected the story.
“XV. In summary, the Court finds that the Kehoe Ditch cleaning project of February, 2009, was a knowing and intentional violation of the Coastal Act, but that the impact on the environment was not substantial. Accordingly, minimal civil penalties of $1000 for each day that the violation persists will be imposed...
On page 11 of the decision the “civil penalties” stated as “minimum” not “maximum.” Very important distinction.
That’s really impressive! I’ve never heard of a write-in candidate winning office on the Coastside. Or anywhere in San Mateo County, for that matter. Maybe we should ask County Elections when, if ever, that’s happened before. Have to give a lot of credit to the candidate and...
Perhaps the new vote totals include the paper ballots, which were much more likely to include the write-in candidate.
Last Updated: November 10, 2011 Report <table> <tr><td>Candidate</td><td>Total Votes</td></tr> <tr><td>DAN HAGGERTY (30.35%)</td><td> 1,095</td></tr> <tr...
There will be updates on the results at https://www.shapethefuture.org/ tomorrow (Thurs.) at 4:30 PM and again next Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30 PM. Candidates or their representatives will probably be hanging out at the elections office to watch the counts being made. The rest of us can make our...
The coastside is an excellent place to live if you want proof positive that your 1 vote, does indeed count! Congrats to the winning slate, a team I know did a great deal of old fashioned hard work to get out the vote. It seemed that everywhere I went...
It is not necessary to ask for a write-in ballot. All ballots have a place to write-in candidate names. But it is necessary to make sure you do it right. It IS necessary that you first indicate that you want to make a write-in vote by selecting the write-in option,...
It is not necessary to ask for a write-in ballot. All ballots have a place to write-in candidate names. But it is necessary to make sure you do it right. It IS necessary that you first indicate that you want to make a write-in vote by selecting the write-in option,...
Not many folks at voting at Farallone View either. There’s still time to vote, and I agree with Carl that every vote counts in this election. Although we’ve had a couple of elections in recent years where it came down to a handful of votes. The folks at...
At 11:30 AM, only 12 people had voted at the polling place on Carlos in Moss Beach. Realizing a lot of people now vote by mail, that is still stunningly few. Very few votes can swing elections with low turnouts, and there are distinct differences among some of the candidates running for...
Some good issues for those willing to duke it out with Khosla: prescriptive rights (was control of the private road and required parking fee for all those years maintained by the property owner and sufficient and continuous enough to negate the rights for the commonly used route), the right of...
With all the chip seal and asphalt paving on the midcoast recently, there are obviously opportunities for projects that would tap this grant money.
Jose - I’m not following the current conversation on Arata’s so I’ll save that debate for those with firsthand knowledge, but I have, on many occasions, served as an adult chaperone (referee?) for Farallone view’s trips to Arata’s and may I say “thank you”. ...
Somebody please correct the typo in the headline….. please….
Sohpomoric “editorial opinion”... reminds me of an MCCer who would cry, throw a temper tantrum, slam the table,... run home and audit her trust fund.
