Comments by Ray Olson
June 08, 2006
Brian D: You have been the only person making any sort of rational and logical comments regarding any sort of oppostion to measure S. I'm sure I am not alone in asking to see some positive outcomes of measure S not passing. Unfortunately there are none, but thank you for stating your case (and thanks for voting yes on S) My stance is this: If you have a problem with the board then there is a specific path to try and solve it, and that is through the election process of the board members. It is in…
June 08, 2006
Don: Local revenue in our school district is only $9 more per child than the state avg ($427 for CUSD vs 418 for the State). It is not as you say. However all of the other revenue components are lower for CUSD vs the state. Look at the data here: http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/Navigation/fsTwoPanel.asp?bottom=%2Fprofile%2Easp%3Flevel%3D04%26reportNumber%3D16 Carl: median family income numbers account for the lower end vs. higher end of the spectrum. The point I have made is that as a community we are…
June 07, 2006
I am willing to commit to what you say Brian. I still believe that the sentiment against the board is not a valid argument for doing away with S. It could mean that we need to reform the board, but it doesn't mean that we should not invest in our school system, especially when we are lacking in that area so much. Measure S has been around for 5 years, correct? Did Ken have an alternative after that first year? When did Ken's alternative start? And the big question.. Why am I only NOW hearing about…
June 07, 2006
Just so everyone is level-set on how poor we as a community are funding our schools: on average HMB is generating 79% more than the average family income of California. $104,559 HMB avg family income compare to $58,327 avg family income And yet.. Revenue per child in CUSD = $6,984 Revenue per child in the state = $7,658 The statewide avg dollars per student is 9.7% more than in CUSD even though we generate 79% more in family income than the state. This is a huge difference! And this is to Ken Johnson...…
June 07, 2006
That is pretty harsh Eric, but I can understand your feeling this way. I heard no valid arguments against S from the folks that were fighting to stop it. All I heard was complaints about the CUSD board. And to me they are not related. What has happened is that a few folks have raised their political agenda against the board at time when we need their support the most. I'm sure the folks against measure S feel like they have won a victory against the board, but it is not the Board that has lost, it…
June 07, 2006
Does anyone know what the typical percentage of absentee ballots is? I remember in the McClugh election last year that is was the absentee ballots that reversed the outcome?
It is indeed a huge loss for our children.
June 01, 2006
Totally in agreement with Brian D. comment above. I will definitely vote for Ms Chamberlain if she is in alignment with the badly needed infrastructure improvements. Though, I would have to say the redundant fiber-optic links is probably a lower priority improvement.
From reading Jonathan's comment above I take it you also see the dire need for improving our roadways to support the LCP update. Can we all just create a vision of this?
June 01, 2006
I Wholeheartedly agree with everything Brian has stated above. Who has ever discussed performing a huge buildout of roads?
Ray
July 05, 2006
The sad thing about no fireworks is that this year there was no fog. You could see the entire coastline on Tue night.
May 30, 2006
I think they should perform a test on the traffic light to see if it actually does anything at all. Based on the amount of cars that actually are coming for South 1 to 92 I believe it will NOT help out the North side at all. But, let's test just to see (and test before school is out). I think the solution to the north side congestion is to increase the green light time on the left turn into 92, and increase the amount of green light on the main street/92 light. The real solution of course is to increase…
June 01, 2006
I travelled back home today over 92 and am of the belief that it can be widened, though there are a few sections that would be tough. I am sure our predicament is not unique and that Caltrans deals with this problem of road expansion quite often. I would leave it up to their hands to figure it out. As to Leonard's question above... All very good questions, and I for one would not be able to quantify. I would leave that up to experts such as Caltrans. As to your question about moving to the coastside,…
June 01, 2006
Thanks for the definition Ken. And sorry if my comment was taken as an insult. I didn't mean it to come out that way. Oh, and there is no reason to call CCF cultists. Come on, we are all in this to try and make a better living environment for the whole community. This does not have to be about building up pavement as far as the eye can see. The issue at hand, which we all need to resolve, is the very fact that we have a certain number of folks that live in our community. Plus, we must plan for the…
May 31, 2006
Oh and what the heck does "cargo cult of the South Sea Islanders" mean, Ken?? I have no idea what you are referring to and can only guess that you might be prejudice? And, I did look at the map at what are you talking about? There is only 2 lights between the proposed road. It only makes sense that there would be some benefit. It would allow cars to not have to drive thru the 92/1 intersection, which would help out those folks that are NOT commuting over the hill. I'm sure the folks taking kids to…
May 31, 2006
I've read George's latest comment and really like what he is proposing. He seems be to correct in his statements on lack of road improvments on the coast. He also seems to be correct in his statements on "spinning" the argument if one can't argue the facts clearly. I would really like to see why the County/State cannot contribute to our road improvements in such a way they we wouldn't have to rely on any developer funding. Don't get me wrong: I don't mind having new developments (I'm not one to say…
May 30, 2006
Can I ask where the wetland is that would be filled in? and, where exactly is the buffer zone? What is this zone buffering? I'm sorry for asking these stupid questions but all I see in the above picture is farm land and housing tracts.
May 25, 2006
Of course we hear the same old assertions made by the no-growthers.. Any road improvements mean that more houses will be built. Building new developments and improving conditions for the current population are distinct issues that are handled through separate channels. If we do not want new housing tracks then we must work on that as a separate issue. But we NEED to increase the throughput of our roads, desperately. This will help not only the folks that live here, but the businesses that are trying…
May 15, 2006
Mr. Hoffman,
You are correct in saying that we have no common ground and that is actually because you do not live on the coast.
Also, your reasoning and your very existence is a contradiction, I would even say hypocritical.
And then one last thing. There is absolutely NO evidence to support the idea that improving highway 1 would jeopardize any species. And, there is hard evidence to support the fact that NOT improving highway 1 is jeopardizing human life.
Ray
May 13, 2006
You are not hearing my comments correctly. Human Life is way more important to me than any possibility of perhaps (with way more less certainty than the probablity of another death on devils slide) that some frog might have to move from its current habitat. Also note that your very existence right now (where you are living, and what you have done with your life) has caused some impact on some other species. My opinion has nothing to do with the current drive time impact. My opinion has been formed…
May 12, 2006
Everyone should be aware of the deception that is built by clinging to issues such as, possibly, maybe hurting some frogs' habitat. This is just a ploy by the few folks with their special interests of keeping the coastside for themselves, and trying to suppress growth. Folks should also be aware that people die on Devils Slide every year.
Ray
May 16, 2006
Carl, I think you have a surreal view of your community. Have you read the recent LCP? Do you know how many planned parcels there actually is, let alone any new development? Take a look at the growth rates of all of the cities in our county? What is most important to me is that there is some vision of improving our current infrastructure, for both the current population size of our communities as well as the planned growth (as the LCP has documented). I live in a track in Half Moon Bay that has several…
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