Comments by Leonard Woren
November 21, 2005
I agree that Open Line is a big problem. Scott wrote "it provides a home for cowardly attacks." While that's true, I'd add that -- maybe more significantly -- it provides a home for baseless, unsupported, and unsupportable attacks. Thanks for posting the NYT link. It's a good article. I guess we won't see the Review adopting those policies... Somebody please explain to me what the difference is between the Review and the way that Voice of the Coast was characterized by some people? Both have a clear…
November 19, 2005
I think there are 2 reasonable setups: 1) Unmoderated, real name required, people are held responsible for what they post. Subscribers must be vetted (real name verified) before they're allowed to post. 2) Moderated, real name optional, moderator tosses back unacceptable anonymous posts. Moderator may still require that the real name be known to the moderator. Since I was old enough to read a newspaper I've never understood why (print) newspapers won't print anonymous letters. After all, they are…
November 05, 2005
This isn't the first time that CalTrans has tried this stupidity. A year or two ago when I was at a Coastal Commission meeting to videotape an item of local interest, a preceeding agenda item was regarding another location in Northern California where CalTrans was trying to replace a small bridge with a big ugly view-blocking bridge at a very scenic harbor. If I recall correctly, the CCC told them to take a hike. (If you follow the link in this story you can read about another location where CalTrans…
October 28, 2005
I just read Peggy's page on Smartvoter via the link in this story. I'm going to go take a Tylenol now.
October 31, 2005
HMB Ranger obviously wasn't a math major.
October 31, 2005
Apparently that is what he's suggesting. He's clearly a "houses everywhere, logic be damned" person. Kevin, thanks for providing the link, and quoting the fundamental conclusion. Note that this document was written by a firm whose business it is to analyze these things. In response to HMB's Rangers latest comment, yes, there's a "formal process", but the approvals are still discretionary. I'm not going to argue with HMB Ranger any more on this, since he thinks that his "facts" are supported and that…
October 30, 2005
(1) Somehow I don't think it's been zoned PUD forever. It was previously ag land. Notice that it used to be called Dykstra Ranch? (2) The rezoning to PUD was discretionary. (3) The law was violated at the time of the subdivision. That's long past. (4) But the damage has been done by the rezoning / subdivision, and it's very difficult legally to undo that. (5) That statement is so ridiculous that it's difficult to argue with. If a house brings in $3000/year in taxes but it costs $3700/year to provide…
October 30, 2005
(1) Ag land (2) approval of new subdivisions is generally discretionary (3) under State law, approval of new subdivisions requires making findings that probably weren't made for Pacific Ridge because I don't think they can be made anywhere on the Coastside (4) the Coastside already has an excess of residential, why create more (5) since houses are a net drain on a city's finances, new subdivisions end up costing existing residents and most importantly: (6) why SHOULD it have been approved? There…
October 28, 2005
Let me give a specific example to elaborate on Ric's comment about "solve problems, not create them." The Terrace Ave area people are upset with Mike and Jim, blaming them for the Pacific Ridge settlement which will bring traffic from maybe 60 homes through Terrace. But that was a solution, because Pacific Ridge was approved by Naomi to be hundreds of houses. Naomi created the problem by approving a subdivision that should not have been approved.
October 23, 2005
For some reason I have not seen anyone anywhere say this, so I guess I have to: After listening to George Muteff's blustering every time I see a City Council meeting on MCTV, it's clear to me that he is running for City Council for one reason and one reason only: He's upset about the development restrictions on his own property. I understand that the Terrace neighborhood people are unhappy with Ferreira and Grady due to the settlement with Pacific Ridge. They are mad at the wrong people -- wasn't…
August 24, 2005
Yeah, I too initially missed the "humor" tag, until I noticed that the "Review Editorial Corrections Editor" name was given as "Oliver DeNiles", which is quite funny all by itself. Those of us who have been interviewed by the Review know that they will mangle statements, and when we complain "that's not what I said" the Review's response is virtually always "we checked the reporter's notes and we stand by the story [as printed]." Of course, it's beyond the realm of their comprehension that maybe…
August 14, 2005
When I was 14 we moved into an old house in a small city in the L.A. area. I was used to 5 foot high block walls around every back yard, but this new neighborhood was quite interesting -- there were few side yard fences. (Nearly everyone had a back fence because there was an alley.) If was nice and friendly that we could walk halfway up the block in back yards. And I don't recall there ever being a problem. Then newer richer people moved in and fences went up. Significant charm was lost. I support…
July 28, 2005
In driver training in high school, I was taught that you NEVER turn the wheels until you will be able to start and complete the turn. Otherwise, you WILL be pushed into oncoming traffic if you're hit from behind. This applies to any left turn where you have to stop and wait for oncoming traffic to clear, even if you're in a relatively safe left-turn lane. I don't know why this isn't taught anymore. As to Barry's "I haven’t been able to verify this tip, but it makes sense.", I can't believe that…
July 22, 2005
I hope the design of the park can partly be an environmental teaching tool, letting visitors see and appreciate sensitive habitat. Maybe some interpretive signage at key locations? The sensitive habitat on the property should be considered an asset, not a defect as a number of the naysayers try to slant it in their attempts to tar the City Council.
July 22, 2005
Lack of oversight??? How about active malice? Check out the wording of staff's comments here:
http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/tm_bin/tmw_cmd.pl?tmw_cmd=StatusViewCase&shl_caseno=VIO2005-00135
March 03, 2006
Yes, airports should be named after the area they serve. Just because you can supply a laundry list of airports named after famous people doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. ("Two wrongs don't make a right.") I don't even know all of those names, and at least 2 in that list don't even deserve a dog kennel named after them. Naming public works after people is just too controversial, as the number of comments to this article proves. I'll settle for requiring a 2/3 vote of approval of all…
November 13, 2005
I've previously stated that I'm against renaming the airport because airports should be named after the area they serve. This time I'm commenting on the security remarks above. While I would never defend anything that the Shrub or his administration does, I will point out that HMB Airport is typical of most (85%?) municipal airports around the country: no control tower and basically unattended. HMB Airport has perimeter security, although it's the "locks keep honest people honest" type of security.…
October 07, 2005
Airports should be named after their location. Period. Other than the huge, really well-known airports, how is anyone supposed to know where an airport is when it's named in any way other than by its location? None of the followup posts here get anywhere close to making a compelling case for renaming Half Moon Bay Airport. At least people know where that is, even though it should really be called the Moss Beach - El Granada Airport. The controversy over what may or may not have happened is even more…
December 28, 2004
I totally agree with all of Eric's comments. (And why is our international airport called "San Francisco" when it's not even in S.F.?)
Unless they donated it, I don't believe in naming publicly owned property after people.
October 05, 2004
Now that looks like an accident waiting to happen -- the crane and the overhead wires.
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