Comments by Barry Parr
October 22, 2008
Here's a bit of inside baseball for all you CUSD fans. Ken Jones, the millionaire who has funded most of the members of Wavecrest-loving school boards is a big donor to something called the Heartland Values PAC. It appears to be designed to re-elect Republicans to the Senate:
Recipients:
Jones also donated to Romney, McCain, and Obama -- in that order. The man knows how to read a poll.
October 22, 2008
As far as I know, no one has demonstrated Charlie knew anything about the ad, although both he and John Moseley were the intended beneficiaries.
I'm on the record as saying the ad was reprehensible and it was sufficient to disqualify Jolanda and Kirk Riemer (who were on the hit team that created and placed the ad anonymously in the Review) for membership on the board, in the editorial I linked from 2006:
October 19, 2008
I'm curious whether the county's fund seemed like a poor investment compared to the state fund before Lehman collapsed.
Were there any red flags?
October 19, 2008
Charlie, you can have the last word on this simply by backing up your repeated assertion about “the intensive lobbying for extentions of buffer zones which delayed the approval process” of Wavecrest.
Why do you think you can repeatedly make assertions you can't back up with facts?
October 18, 2008
Charlie, you're changing the subject: And Barry, I expect better from you. First you say you are willing to leave the past behind, but then immediately go into , “having said that…” you go right back to the past discussions. Which is it? I didn't raise Wavecrest. You took it upon yourself to claim twice that "obstructionists" delayed Wavecrest. I asked you to substantiate your claim by telling us exactly who did it, what they did, when they did it, and what the practical effect was. That's…
October 16, 2008
I'm happy to keep things on topic here, and I'm a strong proponent of leaving the past behind on this matter. I don't believe that Wavecrest is an issue in this election. Having said that, it's a bad idea to let either side in this dispute to rewrite history, lest we learn the wrong lessons. You're the one who *twice* asserted that "obstructionists" were responsible for delays that caused Wavecrest's failure. You've been asked twice to back up your assertion with facts. I would appreciate an answer…
October 16, 2008
In a separate matter, Clay's column linked by Kevin above is definitely worth reading. He points to a conflict of interest between Charlie's fiduciary duty as a member of the school board and lobbying as a director of another organization for the development of properties surrounding, and potentially including, school property.
October 16, 2008
Charlie, I'm still looking for answer to my question about what you called "the intensive lobbying for extentions of buffer zones which delayed the approval process" of Wavecrest.
My question: When did this happen, what was the appeal, and what was the nature of the delay?
October 13, 2008
Charlie, twice now you've brought up delays due to lobbying for buffer zones. Here: I’m reffering to the intensive lobbying for extentions of buffer zones which delayed the approval process. and here: It is when the obstructionist minority lobbys to delay approval that the “law” is thwarted when an equitable solution can be found for (most) all parties (i.e. adequate buffer zones that would satisfy Corps of Engineers, Dept. Fish and Wildlife, and permitting agencies.) I confess I'm unfamiliar…
October 08, 2008
Thanks for the reminder. I was at the meeting where no decision was made. Here's the link, with photos: School board decides not to decide Charles Gardner started by saying that “Cunha is a no-brainer”. But he then continued that there’s a word in the construction business for a project with insufficient funding: “Not a project”. Gardner would stick to this theme for the discussion that followed: He couldn’t commit money to a project if they didn’t have enough money to actually do it.…
October 06, 2008
Just to be absolutely clear, the project failed because the US Fish & Wildlife Service found red-legged frog habitat on the property. Not frogs, habitat. it was not found by some "obstructionist", but by scientists, one of whom was in the employ of George W. Bush:
I've moved on, and I'm glad the current school board reversed itself and decided to go ahead build a middle school after all. But it's wrong to blame "obstructionists" for the fact that it took ten years.
October 06, 2008
The stuff you cite was either incidental or ineffective. That's why you have to use the word "attempt" to describe them.
Also, what are you suggesting by putting the word "find" in quotes?
October 06, 2008
Charlie, what specifically are you referring to here: > *Since you and your obstructionist > minority continued to delay this > important project, it became > neccessary to go to the alternatives > so as not to waste money. The $7.4 > million dollars is your fault, and > could have been used for our childrens > education.* I don't recall anything done by what you call the "obstructionist minority" that delayed Wavecrest. As far as I can tell, the district's development partners simply failed to get…
September 29, 2008
This is a great guide and clearly represents a lot of work, as well as a lifetime of study, by Toni.
We're really lucky to have access to this guide.
September 28, 2008
This is another one of my absolute favorite events on the Coastside.
September 26, 2008
This looks like a great program. I'm planning to be there.
September 26, 2008
I link to her stories frequently from Coastsider, and I've always found her work to be thoughtful, fair, thorough, and informative. We've very lucky to have Julia Scott covering the Coastside.
September 21, 2008
Yeah, like all that deregulation Wall Street kept wishing for.
September 17, 2008
I agree that sidewalks are not always an improvement, but they are an improvement next to a highway, if the alternative is walking in the aforementioned ditch. The are too many recently-built or recently-"improved" communities, where no thought has been given to pedestrians. I remember a night in the DC suburbs, when I tried to take a walk outside my hotel on a major thoroughfare. Apparently that was not something that was envisioned by the planners in that community. No sidewalks. There are places…
September 16, 2008
Great question. I'm looking into it.
I'm going to be writing more about signage this year. It's getting out of hand and I'm concerned about long-term trends and setting precedents and "property rights" if we don't have a clear set of rules.
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