Comments by Barry Parr

Coastal Commission alerts HMB to problems with Foothill Bypass

Ray says that " the community is sick and tired of things never improving". I don't think it has been demonstrated that the bypass would improve the community. A park would improve the community. A new library would improve the community. More stores and services for locals in downtown HMB, El Granada, Montara, Moss Beach would improve the community. More trails would improve the community. The new middle school at the Cunha site will improve the community. These are improvements that we can all…

Coastal Commission alerts HMB to problems with Foothill Bypass

Charlie: There's no question school traffic is big part of our morning commute. The school board has paid lip service to solving the problem by putting $12,500 into a study of transportation issues. But it has said clearly and consistently that it has no intention of resuming bus service. But, the following question is still nagging me: Why is anyone promoting a $40,000,000 bypass (which many smart people don't think will be legal or effective) as a solution to our traffic problems, when there are…

Video: How is business?

I can see both sides on this one. I live in Montara and know difficult the commute can be. But I also know that merchants downtown were struggling before the Slide went out. And with the new light schedules there have been days when the traffic has been backed up on Main from Highway 92 to Kelly St. As horrible as the commute has been, I know there are people whose livelihoods are at stake on Main Street. We should be pulling together in this crisis.

Measure S loses with 61% of the vote

I want respond to the following comment about liberals: "I don’t trust liberals anymore.  They are so emotional...and they have no data.  They just attack people personally." Speaking as a moderate who finds himself leaning left just to retain his sanity, I find this statement to be the opposite of my experience these days. The congressional debates on the definition of marriage and the "death tax" are two excellent examples in just the last 48 hours of how the right has abandoned reason for…

Measure S loses with 61% of the vote

Jonathan: Thanks for asking folks to be reasonable. I've been trying to get folks to tone their posts down behind the scenes without stifling the conversations. It would help a lot if everyone would keep this less personal.

Measure S loses with 61% of the vote

I agree with Jonathan that the Measure S folks didn't get out the vote. However, their campaign was both professional and heartfelt. They had the support of 100% of the public figures in the community, which is an astonishing consensus. What happened? Based on Ken's experience, which rings true for me, the responsibility for this failure has to be laid at the feet of the school board. It's clear that a significant portion community has been unable to forgive the board's failure to build a middle…

Albertsons closing in HMB

When I talked to Albertsons yesterday, I asked if they owned or leased the store. It's leased from the shopping center owner. The person I talked to didn't know who that was. I'm sure somebody reading this thread does, however.

Albertsons closing in HMB

The shopping center, even with its fresh coat of paint, is an eyesore. North Main Street isn't a lot better, especially since a lot of it consists of the back-end of that same shopping center. I'd love to see the city exercise some imagination on how to improve that triangle as one first things that visitors to Half Moon Bay see. Surrounded by highways, it's not a good location for a park or a wetland.

Big Wave project gets its first public hearing

It seems to me you're saying that because the project is for developmentally disabled adults (not children) that this project is above disparagement.

SamTrans hasn’t addressed Coastside concerns

Mark Simon of SamTrans, who used to write a column for the Chronicle.

Album:  Rebuilding Devil’s Slide, and a persistent question

If not for the duration, drilling the holes does seems to be a big part of the job. They're building the whalers (walls) now, and will begin drilling in a couple of weeks.

Letter: It’s time to conserve water and save money

Economic incentives aren't sufficient to get us to conserve water. There's plenty of evidence that without genuinely punishing price increases, the raising the cost of wasting water isn't enough to make a real difference. As a former resident of Phoenix, I know that in Scottsdale, AZ, desert landscaping used to the norm. Now, every property wants to look like a golf course. In a desert city that relies on ground water! Water resources don't increase in nice, smooth curves. They require huge investments.…

Coastsider endorses Leland Yee for state senate

Voters who are registered as independent can also request a Democratic ballot at the poll, by the way.

Coastsider endorses Leland Yee for state senate

Actually, I am surprised we haven't heard from any Democrats who support Nevin.

Coastsider endorses Leland Yee for state senate

I think it's the significant that the only comments against Leland Yee so far are from people who are registered as something other than Democrats. This is a party primary, so if non-Democrats don't like Leland Yee, that might be considered an endorsement of sorts.

Coastsider endorses Leland Yee for state senate

I, for one, do not believe that support for living wages and small business are mutually contradictory. Nor do I think it's necessary to roll over on worker's compensation when reforming the system. But then, I'm a moderate.

Coastsider endorses Leland Yee for state senate

That's pretty entertaining. As silly as that proposal seems to you, it would be a lot sillier to dismiss Yee because of it. First, as one story points out at the end, it was a resolution with no binding authority. So, any arguments about "taxpayer money" are off the mark. Second, the idea that government buildings should be designed to be pleasant for their occupants isn't silly at all. Feng shui is one way to get there. There are plenty of Western traditions that would do the job as well. A good…

Senate and Supervisor candidates will appear at Wednesday’s MCC meeting

Cindy Epps, Pro Measure S and Ken Johnson against.

Be civil

One more thing, readers should feel free to point out when they think commenters are being uncivil. This is a tricky business, by any community needs to set its own standards of civil discourse.

Opinion: Fear of Foothill

The argument that "if we built a wall around the Coastside there would still be growth" is a non sequitur. The question is where do we as a society want the growth to be. And how much growth (in houses, people and traffic) do Coastsiders want in the future. That's beyond the scope of this discussion. But I've heard you use this example in the planning commission interviews and it made no sense to me then, either. The Coastside is not a closed system. But that's not an argument for or against growth.

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