Comments by Frank Long

Stones, eggs, and slurs hurled at visitors to Friday’s HMB High game

November 07, 2007
Well, the scary part, Barry, ..... is that these people are also allowed to vote. It's like giving the car keys to a six year old. The San Mateo Daily Journal (I think it was) also mentioned reports of rocks being thrown at the buses. What is this? Are we living in Appalachia? Fear not, though, I'm sure someone will figure a way to put a positive spin on the situation so as to perpetuate the ongoing Mayberry illusion. We wouldn't want to scare away the tourists or turn away prospective home buyers.…

City and Chamber welcome Peet’s with official ribbon-cutting

October 31, 2007
Carl, there's nothing futile about it. These people ARE successfully achieving their goals; well, in their minds, anyway. And in their minds, that's all that counts. The problem is that their inflated egos have far outpaced the capabilities of our regional and national economies. It may seem trivial to them that there are actually people living in this area who, out of necessity, have to walk to work or, God forbid, frequent a laundromat. They might choose to call Half Moon Bay their "bedroom community",…

City and Chamber welcome Peet’s with official ribbon-cutting

October 30, 2007
Carl, hey, slow down, I was being facetious. You're probably right about the political bobble-heads always seeming to show up for a smiley-faced photo-op. I think Raman's having become a sacrificial lamb was just a bit too coincidental with New Leaf's concern with that shopping center's decades long reputation for being an energetic 'black hole'. I agree with you. Losing two businesses like that, one of which (Raman's) was a major trademark for Half Moon Bay's uniqueness, and the other, a much needed…

City and Chamber welcome Peet’s with official ribbon-cutting

October 29, 2007
All that was missing was the marching band with the drum majorette. And why shouldn't we celebrate? We now have at least 12 places to buy coffee, (at least where one might normally expect to go to get a cup), and that isn't even including the non-breakfast oriented restaurants and the gas stations that also serve it. Count 'em all up and there's gotta be at least 30.

POST is buying Wavecrest

August 27, 2007
I applaud Barry for having enough sense to require people to actually use their names before they blast someone anonymously with someblind verbal epithet, as is current practice on Talkabout. Lively debate is hardly what I would call those sessions where people stab each other in the back as they hide behind their keyboards. I commend Mary for at least being open in that regard, on both lists, but as well versed in the topics as she appears to be, I just don't agree with her viewpoint about the two…

POST is buying Wavecrest

August 16, 2007
Mike, I had asked that only because, beside myself, a couple of long term residents I had spoken with were also confused about whether this effort would have paved the way for the development of more ballfields there. Thanks for the clarification.

POST is buying Wavecrest

August 16, 2007
I guess I'm missing something here. How does a parcel go from being a federally protected wildlife habitat to even entertaining a ball field? These two uses are mutually exclusive. Are there parts of Wavecrest that are not under protection, that are under consideration for those more urbane recreational purposes?

Letter: Filbert St. crosswalk in the crosshairs

July 30, 2007
Sam, I guess one question to ask is, who is the culpable party when a pedestrian walkway is not fully designed for pedestrian safety and an incident occurs? Years ago, it was illegal for more than two vehicles to occupy the same position within a lane. Motorcycles somehow squeaked through the net of acceptability, but even that has become a nightmare as the tolerance of "white-lining" increases. Back to Filbert, I think a warning light would be nice, but when the lights are flashing, will it do any…

Letter: Filbert St. crosswalk in the crosshairs

July 29, 2007
That's a good question for Paul. You'd think they (CalTrans) would have input into that issue.

Letter: Filbert St. crosswalk in the crosshairs

July 29, 2007
Well, here it is, the 29th. I wonder if Mr. Nagangast can consider this online dialogue as legitimate entries against its removal. If not, get your letters in. The deadline approaches.

Letter: Filbert St. crosswalk in the crosshairs

July 28, 2007
People are more in a hurry these days; they're increasing self-absorbed with their own "stuff", while they should be paying attention to the road, ...... and they all want the crosswalks in someone else's neighborhood. Pedestrians are sometimes just as self-absorbed. Instead of expeditiously crossing the street with a degree of courtesy for the drivers on the road, one can often see them lollygagging across the streets in town without a clue that there's a line of vehicles that they are tying up…

The Review’s publisher is confused about park financing, democracy

June 21, 2007
Barry wrote, "..... any reasonable analysis of the options will show that building a park on Pilarcitos Creek is the best decision." And what might those other options be? Condos? Light industry? Whatever we do with the site from a "park" perspective will most likely involve less traffic, require less highway upgrading, and will probably be less of a headache for Stone Pine residents. The only reason I can see for a lot of sour grapes over the site's use as a park is that there wouldn't be any chance…

The Review’s publisher is confused about park financing, democracy

June 17, 2007
Vince, you hit the nail square on the head. It's probably no surprise, then, that the only reason many people read the paper, if at all, is for Louie Castoria's column or the classifieds. Barry is doing a superb job here, but let's face it, if the Review spent more time taking care of what it was supposed to, we wouldn't be here having to comment on it.

Coastside fights global warming with a Montara beach party

May 17, 2007
Bill you might want to review the following, http://tinyurl.com/yu7lp8 particularly the 30 year average. Also note that the 10 year average is higher than the 30 year average ALONG THE ENTIRE CURVE. The data here from NOAA suggests that in order arrive at a 30 year average being that low, that the previous decades have had to see much lower tornado occurance, at least nationally. After roughly June 1st, the 30 year average is significantly the lowest data curve listed on the chart. I was merely stating…

Coastside fights global warming with a Montara beach party

May 09, 2007
Kevin wrote: "No… it’s because there’s dollars and cents involved. They’ll worry less about whether it’s true, vs… how much $$$ they can reap from the global warming craze, whilst looking ethically moral. Especially in light of getting sued on a regular basis these days (at least in the case of Citibank)." ....... And, the plot thickens when one takes into consideration that the automobile and petroleum industries are intentionally dragging their feet of innovation so that they can get…

Coastside fights global warming with a Montara beach party

April 24, 2007
Another thing I wish to point out is that when I lived in Oklahoma in the '70s, the brunt of the tornado season was typically a floating couple of weeks that occured somewhere between the last two weeks of May and the first two weeks of June. During that timeframe, the CD sirens were blaring almost every night, and it was just a regular thing to have a funnel pop down on a trailer park (never could figure out the affinity for trailer parks). Here it is in April and we've already had a couple weeks…

Coastside fights global warming with a Montara beach party

April 22, 2007
"Anything that smacks of criticism of Bush will not be tolerated," says Chris Preble of the Cato Institute. I'd hardly reference that outfit to objectively state any case, let alone one that shows that the adminstration it supported was part of the problem.

Video:  Design Review Committee rejects two houses on Birch Street in Montara

April 22, 2007
Where I was from in a small coastal town back East, we had the same thing happen. In my case, a tract of land behind me was all wooded and the zoning had been changed a few years back toward larger lot sizing so as to take some of the burden off the developmental congestion that was creeping in elsewhere in town. We attended our equivalent of your Design Review Committee meeting only to find that the developer had now become "three best friends" who, to quote them, had always wanted to live in our…

Coastside fights global warming with a Montara beach party

April 22, 2007
It seems that the University of Oregon has been paying my former roommate a rather healthy salary for the last several decades to collect data around global warming. As a civilian Senior Research Advisor he's been under the North Polar Ice Cap in USN nuclear submarines and spent numerous trips throughout the Antarctic building and placing deep water data collection systems. So, are we trying to say here that his and other similar scientists careers have been based on some kind of gross misunderstanding?…

What’s wrong with downtown Half Moon Bay?

March 24, 2007
Unfortunately, once that fragile confidence of the residents is broken, and those residents develop alternate purchasing patterns, it takes a lot of time, effort, and heart-ache for some, as that locale struggles to dig itself out of the dysfunctional hole it is in. Rather than continue to "blame" the current state of Downtown's economy on the the fact that the locals don't shop there as they had in the past, our local business moguls, who seem to still be admiring their handywork, should take a…

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