Comments by Barry Parr
September 28, 2010
While, I can understand Caltrans's reluctance to invite the public to an underground construction site, I agree that they missed an opportunity to gain some goodwill from the community.
September 24, 2010
The event will be at 1pm.
September 23, 2010
The question is not whether he was arrested, but whether he's the guy responsible for all the tagging.
September 12, 2010
Fair point, David.
I've noticed this house while walking the dog and love it. It's a good example of how a modern house can be warm, and also appropriate to Montara.
At a recent Design Review Committee hearing, I witnessed an architect accusing opponents of his (cold, industrial) design of "not liking modern architecture." That wasn't the problem by a long shot.
This shames both ersatz traditional spec houses and lazy modernesque "machines for living".
September 12, 2010
I don't live in HMB, but I shop there whenever I can. The only exception is that, as has been discussed here numerous times, Linda Mar Safeway is a lot closer and better-stocked than the one in HMB.
I can't imagine the proposed sales tax would change my behavior.
September 11, 2010
Other than dissolution, can someone offer a better solution?
Um...Appeal the Beachwood decision? Draft a relief bill less mind-bogglingly stupid than AB1991 and not spend a million dollars in a vain attempt to get it passed? Dissolve the city before issuing bonds to pay off Chop Keenan?
It would appear that the only alternatives I can think of involve the use of a time machine.
September 11, 2010
Yeah, it's kind of like this heartbreaking, dishonest ad from Nissan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNeEVkhTutY
I guess it's better than buying an Escalade, but you can't buy enough cars to save the polar bears.
September 11, 2010
Bob, if you don't support the sales tax, what's your solution?
Dissolution of the city? That's certainly not preferable to a sales tax increase.
Austerity? Eliminate parks & rec, outsource the cops, sell Beachwood and maybe City Hall in the middle of a real estate collapse?
Maybe I'm just another socialist Muslim, but neither of those alternatives seems preferable to paying an extra quarter on a bag of groceries or squeezing James Ford's margins on F250's.
September 09, 2010
I received the following comment from Chris Manchester in El Granada I am writing to inform folks of the ownership of the Cat in the most recent photos following this thread. "Jack" is a Safari Cat, he is half South American Geoffrey Cat and half domestic Bengal house cat. He is an F1 meaning 50% Wild 50% Domestic making him legally domestic. He is a very rare breed and tends to have the attitude of a lab at times around his immediate family. Jack is three years old is de-clawed in the front…
September 05, 2010
Corrected. Thanks.
September 04, 2010
I received letter and some photos of what may be the same cat. I've posted them in a separate letter on Coastsider:
https://coastsider.com/index.php/site/news/followup_savannah_cat_in_montara/100904/
August 31, 2010
Sales taxes in San Mateo County communities: 9.25% Atherton 9.25% Belmont 9.25% Brisbane 9.25% Burlingame 9.25% Colma 9.25% Daly City 9.25% East Palo Alto 9.25% El Granada 9.25% Emerald Hills (Redwood City) 9.25% Foster City 9.25% Half Moon Bay 9.25% Hillsborough 9.50% Hillsdale (San Mateo) 9.25% La Honda 9.25% Ladera 9.25% Loma Mar 9.25% Marsh Manor 9.25% Menlo Park 9.25% Millbrae 9.25% Montara 9.25% Moss Beach 9.25% Pacifica 9.25% Pescadero 9.25% Portola Valley 9.25% Redwood City 9.25% San Bruno…
August 31, 2010
How far would you drive to save $1.00 on a $100 grocery bill, or $.03 on a latte?
August 31, 2010
This is always a great sale and I strongly recommend getting there early before the folks who know what's what have had their way with the inventory.
August 16, 2010
Thanks for posting this. We've been giving a lot of (justified) attention to the plans to pave the trail at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, but it's just as important to understand the modifications to the beach entry and overlook.
August 13, 2010
George Durgerian, Park Ranger, GGNRA: Ocean District. says, "The Marin burn was delayed at least a week pending better weather. After that, we'll move forward with plans for the Milagra burn."
August 13, 2010
San Carlos projects 30% savings from outsourcing to the Sheriff. Here's an interview with the SC mayor on KQED:
http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/R201006291730
The arguments for outsourcing are pretty sound. I don't see how the HMB city council cannot see this as an opportunity to at least consider it.
August 09, 2010
Julia Scott wrote a good story on this a couple of weeks ago for the County Times. It would appear that the status of the buildings is, um, up in the air. Owner misses deadline for plan to save Pacifica cliff apartments http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15563669 Cliffside apartment building owner Millard Tong failed to meet a deadline to submit a timeline for repairs to the cliff behind his evacuated building Monday, but building officials said they don't plan to enforce it. When the city emptied 320…
August 06, 2010
Carl, thanks for pointing that out. Louie Castoria's article can be found here: http://hmbreview.com/articles/2010/08/04/community/quip_tide/doc4c59a9b1e7c5c021612343.txt From the article: It’s thus a bit ironic that during that same week people on the Coastside were disagreeing about whether Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, one of the coast’s most beautiful and unspoiled areas, should be made accessible to people with mobility disabilities by resurfacing some of the existing dirt paths with asphalt,…
July 24, 2010
Peculiar admission.
Most of what he'd learn in that class can be found here:
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/cat/public-records
I spent two years trying to get Clay interested in the governance and intellectual property issues surrounding MCTV and he couldn't be bothered.
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