Comments by Brian Ginna
January 30, 2007
"I’m very concerned that this kind of isolated decision making, this reactive no recognition of consequences, is, sadly, the order of the day."
"...or someone is planning to stick the taxpayers with the bill."
Oddly reminiscent of October 2004 decision by the City Council to spend $3.2MM on "Community Park" land. How are we taxpayers going to pay that bill, Mr. Lynch?
January 19, 2007
"I guess if something is said over and over again by the press and by a handful of individuals it takes on the appearance of truth." The same can be said for Mr. King's and your statements, no? Why was the famous "Community Park" due diligence report so heavily redacted? Something about litigation strategy? Sounds like a City Council convincing a City Attorney that they were on shaky ground (literally). Who knows - happened behind closed doors. Hmmm... "It saddens me that land for recreational use…
January 18, 2007
"Oh well, Patridgee (sic) knows how to exercise power."
So do the folks who mortgaged the City's future by purchasing a $3.2MM piece of land the City clearly did not need and for which the City clearly overpaid. Was the City Council "inclusive" then? Silly stuff.
Clearly, just rhetoric to continue to try to make her look bad.
January 18, 2007
"We should have no doubt that our canny mayor already has someone in mind, else this would not have come up at this point in time." And potentially leave one of Mr. King's and Mr. Lansing's political friends on the outside, looking in? That is probably how it will go down. I figured there must be a reason for the sudden interest in non-HMB residents serving on HMB Commissions. How about we replace Mr. Lansing on the Planning Commission with non-resident. Can we nominate Jim Larimer? Would you guys…
January 16, 2007
Why is it that Mr. King feels that Half Moon Bay's city code should make it a "requirement" that a spot on a City commission be filled by a non-resident? Optional is not good enough? Clever wordsmithing though, using "assured" instead of required. Does Mr. King also feel that the Planning Commission should have spots that are required to be filled by non-residents? Highly doubtful. Why is he so suddenly concerned about the rights (?) of non-residents to serve on HMB City Commissions? Simply a chance…
December 07, 2006
"trample environmental laws"
Did they REALLY do this? When was it?
November 30, 2006
Why are YOU so fixated on our fixation? People are being nosy (and this is not news-y - it is NOT in the local newspaper), so why is the fact that some might be nosy a problem?
Are you standing beside YOUR soapbox or on it?
November 29, 2006
Mrs. Parr, 1. You have mistakenly assumed that I think intimidation, by any means is appropriate. I believe I am entitled to an apology for your inference that my actions or words would cause some sort of intimidation that leads to a desire for anonymity. I did say that I would wonder why someone would "stand by and just wave," not that they would resort to something threatening. 2. I did not label anyone a canary, others did. I quoted. 3. I have no animosity in this regard, nor towards any of my…
November 28, 2006
I could care less who the person is. Makes no difference to me. The point is - you cannot simply defend the position that publishing anonymous photos of private activities is not a serious breach of journalistic principles. You would not have the burden of trying to protect someone's anonymity if you simply took a higher road and decided to not use anonymous photographs. The burden is borne because you have decided that you think pretty pictures are more valuable than something else. I would vote…
November 28, 2006
"It doesn’t surprise me that some people feel intimidated." Does not surprise me either. If a person is doing something on their privately-owned land and another party is taking their picture without their approval, why would the person just stand by and wave? I fail to see why privacy (personal or ordinary property rights - remember "quiet enjoyment?") gets sidetracked here for the sake of "reporting." There is absolutely no overriding public need here (especially not for one that is doing farming).…
November 28, 2006
I find these statements odd: "I’ll always give credit to myself or anyone else who wants it." Not the "credit to myself" part. You deserve credit for the hard work. Any "news" source that is going to at least try to remain objective HAS to credit a photo or not run it. That is simply a journalistic principle and not one that is subject to any interpretation or "Interestingly, these photos came from two different sources who prefered to keep their privacy. I took some photos, but there weren’t…
November 06, 2006
"We might now guess why CCF placed Wilson’s name last: they want him to lose!" Readers should ask themselves why Mr. King insists on consistently mistating a fact he knows very well - the signs are the work of PCF, not CCF. They are different organzations (and I belong to neither). Why Mr. King brought it up in the first place is a mystery, but I find it funny that he once again resorts to his "let's twist the logic of the original argument to fit my funny retort" argument style. Hopefully after…
November 06, 2006
Mr. King is quick to "forget" the LCP's Blue/Red/White (so patriotic) Grady-Ferreira-Skinner signs, almost all of which had Skinner at the bottom, coincidentally where Mr. Skinner finished, taking valuable votes from Ferreira. Trying to grab three City Council seats but only winning one - now that is some fine campaign strategy! The two posts above mine seem awfully desparate. Makes me think the polling for Fisher is not going so well. Johnson gets short shift again from most. Dedication does mean…
November 04, 2006
Speaking of campaign contributions, did anyone notice that following "Riemer was fellow challenger Pamela Fisher whose total fund-raising hit $3,432." http://hmbreview.com/articles/2006/11/04/news/local_news/story10.txt No details were provided, but since I have a copy of her filings, here are some facts to match up against Mr. King's recitation of Mr. Reimer's funding The $3,432 included a $1,500 loan to her campaign from herself (no problem with that) as well as $500 from Leland Yee's campaign.…
October 31, 2006
Sorry, Barry, but I am merely pointing out that the arguments against the two are seriously flawed mainly because they are out of context.
Are you still leaning against having PACs on the Coastside?
Is former mayor Jim Grady seriously for "reform?" If so, how is Leland Yee a part of "grassroots" campaigns?
Granted, these questions reach well beyond the CUSD race, but they are all having an effect on it.
October 31, 2006
Again, more talk, and none of it about how great Ms. Fisher is. "...that provided them with cover until the election was over." Smells an awful lot like LCP spending $23K (mostly) on the HMB City Council elections and not having to file details until the following January. HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT? Half of the "articles" in the Voice of the Coast do not have "authors" names attached to them. How are there "letters to the editor" of a three (or four?) edition faux newspaper? My point is clearly that…
October 30, 2006
"A lot of people have been making a big deal over Pam Fischer’s involvement with litigation against the school district." Seems that most people who are "behind" Fisher spend an awful lot of time and words on why the other candidates are so bad. My 30 out of 500 something calculation was just that - not very much on how Ms. Fisher is "so great" but a lot of how the others are not. From the "Coastsider endorses Pam Fisher for CUSD board" comments: "Otherwise your posts risk looking like nothing…
October 27, 2006
"Brian, you seem to be saying that the lack of evidence support from the LCP is prima facie evidence of LCP support." Not at all. If they are not going to PUBLICLY endorse her, are they supporting her in private? Just a question. One of many. Did they give her funds? In-kind support? Time will tell. Did LCPers do lots of little things for her that collectively might constitute support but which might not be characterized the way most people would think they should? That's the tricky part. The latin…
October 27, 2006
"What kind of support do you think she’s getting from the LCP?" Do you want me to draft up a compliance checklist? To whom should I send the bill for my services? "I haven’t heard anything about her from them." Yes, and that alone is a little suspicious. In this case, silence is probably a better course of action rather than some kind of blanket denial. Lots of tedious little bits of evidence would probably work against the denial. That compliance and disclosure stuff is really tricky. Question…
October 26, 2006
"It would be refreshing to have at least one person on the board who is genuinely independent."
Is that truly true?
Is she getting any support from LCP?
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