Comments by Ken Johnson
November 20, 2007
Barry,
Maybe you are right about Agendas, otoh, if it looks like Duck droppings; and it smells like Duck droppings; and there is a Duck standing over it
Ken Johnson
November 19, 2007
Paul, You seem to confuse the Review with a real Newspaper when you wrote: "Review to think through their position and consider good journalistic ethics." Just because something is printed in newspaper format doesn't make it a newspaper. The Half Moon Bay Review is currently a public relations publication designed to present a single point of view. At one time, it reported on both sides of an issue, unfortunately, that is no longer true. Every once and a while there is a glimmer of "journalistic…
November 12, 2007
Leonard, President Bush and Vice President Gore? [or the other way around] AMENDMENT XII, Passed by Congress December 9, 1803. Ratified June 15, 1804. took care of that. I wasn't certain of the date either. Yes, I preferred the old ballots also. Do you think we are really that far removed from the ballots in Afghanistan, just as an example, with pictures for the political parties to tell you who you are voting for? I have always been annoyed with those 'slate cards' received in the mail, otoh, how…
November 12, 2007
Five votes now separate winning and loosing with a change in third (winning) and fourth (loosing) positions. HALF MOON BAY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT MEMBERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS [pre] DOUG MACKINTOSH 1,300 18.7% JOHN DRAPER 1,238 17.8% GREGG A. HOSFELDT 1,180 17.0% BERT SILVA 1,175 16.9% JERRY C. DONOVAN 1,159 16.7% RON TABORSKI 728 10.5% JOHN J. SZABO 162 2.3% [/pre] I was wrong; I presumed that JERRY DONOVAN was going to be in 1st place. Ken Johnson
November 11, 2007
The voting machines were designed for someone with the mobility of Stephen Hawkins and the vision of Mr. Magoo. I truly support the ADA objectives. My recollection thou is that the entrance to the polling place was not ADA friendly. It was our 'wise' decision makers who chose to offer only one system rather than one for ADA purposes and one for everyone else. The result will probably be even further depression of voter turn out - if that is possible - on a ballot with more than a couple of items.…
November 08, 2007
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" That is the role of the press, to make that sound heard! Events Timeline: Friday, 2Nov07 - 'Event' Occurred ? - Daily Journal story: "Racial slurs spark fury" Tuesday, 6Nov07 10:55 - HMB Review - Clay Lambert's Blog: "High school must deal with miscreants now" 16:30 - Coastsider - Front Page - " Stones, eggs, and slurs hurled at visitors to Friday’s HMB High game" Wednesday, 6Nov07 1629 - HMB Review - "Half…
November 07, 2007
Barry, When our own CUSD School Board is not held accountable for their behaviour, of ignoring the educational needs of our students, based solely upon those students Demographic Characteristics; are you surprised about "accusations of Cougar players using racial and homophobic slurs at Sequoia players"? Look at the CUSD web site for a press release! CUSD Board President Charlie Gardner found his way to Coastsider as recently as 05Nov07 at 2112, yet he doesn't believe that this is important enough…
November 06, 2007
Charlie,
Finally, one thing we agree on -- Please Vote!
Ken Johnson
November 05, 2007
"Lack of real results dictate we need change", wrote Charlie Gardner -- Batters up! MWSD board actually has a new well pumping new water! Pipes repaired. Installation of the storage tanks in progress. Now Charlie, did you think your criticism thoroughly through before hitting transmit? If that isn't progress for MWSD, just how is that New Middle School in North Wavecrest you promised three years ago coming along? Given that, is the "New" Cunha Middle School going to be ready for the start of school…
November 05, 2007
Darin, As of the 31Oct07 update, Farallone View Elementary: "PI Status: In PI - Year 1" according to California Department of Education. As "this video, shot on October 2nd at out local PTA meeting" is valuable; yet, IMHO it is not really "breaking news" and I didn't want to step on the election story leads and reader comments. I didn't want to comment, although I listened to your video a month ago on your site and noted a number of additional apparent discrepancies by your new Principal; I wanted…
November 05, 2007
Terry,
Try reading Leonard's first paragraph, again.
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
OTOH, to me, the poem echoes my sentiment for Jim Larimer
"and never more was he to be
the monster of the water board "
Coastside County Water District
* Mario Vazquez
Midcoast Community Council
* Bob Ptacek
* Leonard Woren
Ken Johnson
November 05, 2007
Terry Gossett,
You wrote: "I am not a member of [u] Put Community First (PCF)[/u]" yet on
[u] Coastside Community First (CCF) [/u] there is your picture as a Director!
It is possibly a legal distinction - without a distinction in reality!
Ken Johnson
November 04, 2007
Following Barry's link to Richard Bulan’s info, found this: Bulan wrote: "I have collected hundreds of pages of financial documents and have spend (sic) hours with financial experts who have backgrounds in water districts. " He is talking about Jim [u]'Big Hat, No Cattle' [/u] Larimer! Just what we need, Larimer screwing up another district! Montara Water and Sanitary District * Scott Boyd * Kathryn Slater-Carter Coastside County Water District * Mario Vazquez Ken Johnson
November 04, 2007
Data in my immediately prior post provided by Quantcast Corporation, a San Francisco, CA company.
Barry Parr, et al, should be proud of their accomplishment and the public’s recognition of a web model that respects the publics' 'sensibility'.
Ken Johnson
November 04, 2007
CCWD users will be on extreme Mandatory Water Rationing next year, if there is a repeat of last year’s snow pack! In violation of the first HMB LCP, written nearly a quarter century ago, (I know, I participated in the writing) requiring use of water reclamation; CCWD is still stalling, just ‘studying’ implementation of water reclamation! As far as I know, there are still wells in Pillarcitos Creek shipping otherwise potable water to the golf courses. CCWD is also supplying potable…
November 04, 2007
Ken King,
People lie on the internet? Gol-ly-Gee! Do you think maybe those shares in the Main Street Bridge might be a bad investment?
OK, as to reader reputability of:
Coastsider.com vs hmbreview.com
[pre]
Monthly Unique Visits
Coastsider.com hmbreview.com
Global 6,068
U.S. 5,535 4,827
[/pre]
Ken Johnson
November 04, 2007
Ken endorses candidates: Coastside County Water District * Mario Vazquez Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District * Doug Mackintosh * Bert Silva Midcoast Community Council * Bob Ptacek * Leonard Woren Montara Water and Sanitary District * Scott Boyd * Kathryn Slater-Carter Each of the above candidates is intelligent, honest, independent and will work for the public good. I hope you will seriously consider voting for them. Each and every vote counts. Regards, Ken Johnson
November 02, 2007
AMEN! This is a no brainer - sort of like the Review's endorsement. Scott Boyd and Kathryn Slater-Carter made a savvy decision not to attend our local shopper's session "to take questions from independent arbiters in the press" [LOL] Give me a break! You just have to wonder what level of contempt the Review's publisher has for the intelligence level of her readers! Richard Bulan has shown he can't manage a single accountant to know for years he hadn't paid his real-estate bills - yet the unbiased…
October 30, 2007
Darin, Thanks for making my point that CUSD is failing, not because of lack of money nor demographic challenge. You show five school districts that receive less money than CUSD, yet they all do better than CUSD! Looks like CUSD has a much easier task; but fails: [pre] English-Language Arts Minimum Target 24.4 % White Disadvantaged Proficient Cabrillo Unified 49% 39% 23.4 -- FAILING! Jefferson Elementary 06% 51% 37.6% South San Francisco Unified 14.5% 41% 33.3% San Bruno Park Elementary 34% 37% 36.2%…
September 04, 2007
Thanks Kevin, finding any reference to Mickelsen's illiterate Unabomber style hate mail in the Review without your link on 08/30 at 12:34 PM is nearly impossible. The search words "anonymous" and "Mickelsen" only turns up the attacks in 2004 and 2001! The Review is such a sad excuse for even a weekly 'shopper' - not even close to being a news paper!
I hope a police report was filled.
Did he attend CUSD? To what grade?
More later,
Ken Johnson
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