Comments by Steve Terry
November 08, 2009
Jack, beneath your thin veil of sarcasm, you express the all-too-common, self-contradicting, conservative mindset that one should be able to do whatever they want with their own property, even if that means imposing on someone else’s property. And you justify this, in part, by saying the farm was there first? So, when the farm property was acquired, it also came with rights to the use of adjacent properties because those properties were sparsely occupied at the time? And was HMB still an “old,…
November 07, 2009
From your description, it sounds like it could be one of Giusti's properties. For just the reason you mention, I looked at pesticide releases in that area a few years back when CUSD was contemplating a middle school across the highway. I found Giusti to be a chemical "freak," so whined a bit about the wisdom of using that area for a school, given the tendency of pesticides to drift (as you are experiencing). Certainly, agribusiness is incompatible near or within urban settings, and shouldn't be allowed,…
September 18, 2006
Don, I appreciate your effort to put this together. You are clearly well-versed in the subject and have put a lot of ideas to work to present a straw-man for local development vis a vis "Smart Growth." I especially like your ideas #2 & #3 ("plan for future development" and "work where you live"), however, in the latter case, I don't regard redevelopment (#3) or rezoning (#5) as the implicit or imperative means to that end as your language seems to convey. I suspect there are other, potentially more…
July 02, 2006
Thank you, Mary, for encouraging people to educate themselves about Smart Growth and your plea that we must first understand what this means before we can pass judgment on it. These concerns are addressed rather completely in the report's Executive Summary (quoted below): >>>>>>>>>>>> The region can accommodate growth while making its cities and towns a better place to live. This approach is called smart growth. It requires directing new growth into already-urbanized…
July 02, 2006
Follow-up (2) to the article I posted: As quoted in the article, the report states, "[San Mateo County's] weak growth management and conservation policies leave other greenbelt areas, especially creeks and hillsides throughout the county, poorly protected from inappropriate development." To be sure, such development has been a continual point of contention on the Coastside, despite the special protections provided by the California Coastal Act. CA Coastal Act: http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/permitting/cca.html…
July 02, 2006
Follow-up (1) to the article I posted: In analyzing the San Mateo County Times' coverage of this report, it was striking that the specifics relating to San Mateo County, though glaring (both positively and negatively), were not even mentioned. Furthermore, reporter Douglas Fischer's article appears (on the web) across the range of the eight Bay Area papers run by ANG Newspapers with virtually the same text, but with a varying set of headlines and sub-headlines. http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_3988677…
February 23, 2006
I didn't follow this story until watching the MCTV broadcast last night. There seemed to be some sort of confusion about what exactly was agreed to in previous meetings vs what was actually exercised. Could someone please clarify. Also, the methodology used for establishing the "appointments" -- (kind of a misnomer in itself) -- was remarkable for its complete lack of democratic intent. That is, the process was constructed so that the majority had veto power over any minority appointment while maintaining…
June 29, 2005
WRT the Review's editorial comment that "the state's Attorney General has suggested five minutes [per speaker]," and Barry's comment asking about the basis for this, the California First Amendment Coalition notes in a faq: http://www.cfac.org/Law/BrownAct/Q&A/brown_act_faqs_4.html Q: How long must a speaker be allowed to address the body? Do citizens have any minimum rights, such as three minutes? A: The body's chief control over the scope of public comment is the use of time limits. The law does…
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