Comments by Ken Johnson
July 29, 2006
Mary Ascher, A few Facts you missed: June 1996 Measure K won with 74.90%; November 1999 Measure C lost with 55.99%! Your letter, http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2006/06/28/news/letter_to_the_editor/story4.txt “They won't support the Cabrillo Unified School District because they don't like certain school board members.” [You never identify: “they’] School Board: Measure K: Ken Jones, Ruth Palmer, Marina Stariha, Ken Wilson, and Burt Jones. Measure C: Ken Jones, Ruth Palmer, Marina Stariha,…
July 28, 2006
Bonus Questions: What President established the EPA and NOAA? What President and Senior Senator - NCLB? Labels don’t tell all!
[Answer: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) formed at behest of President Nixon. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) – Senator Edward Kennedy and President Bush.]
July 06, 2006
Brian Ginna, You said: “The majority of voters would surely want someone who is clearly a “moderate.” [Jul 06, 06 | 9:21 am] Sounds reasonable, until you include George [I presume you mean Muteff ] in that definition from my limited knowledge of him. Maybe you will elaborate in detail how George Muteff meets your definition: “Moderates would compromise.” You mention Naomi positively and Mike negatively. I’ve known both Mike Ferreira and Naomi Patridge measured in decades. In both cases,…
July 06, 2006
Barry,
Excellent definition, I will try to remember to give you proper attribution when I use it.
Brian,
Ball is back in your court.
Ken Johnson
July 06, 2006
Mike Ferreira does seem to represent a logical choice. For those who don’t recall, winning and losing in the last election was determined by only a handful of questionable votes. His willingness to stand for the position would place the onus upon the current City Council majority to then demonstrate whether they wish to reach out or do they desire a divided community.
Ken Johnson
July 19, 2006
Ray,
Sketch out your plan for widening SR 92. Take it to the effected adjacent businesses property owners. Let us know what they had to say.
Ken Johnson
July 13, 2006
Mary Bordi, CCF home page has: "my name is Don Bacon … I’m speaking as a director of Coastside Community First”. So I believed, Don Bacon was a director of Coastside Community First. http://www.coastsidecommunityfirst.org/ Don Bacon's Speech to the Half Moon Bay City Council on May 2, 2006 http://www.coastsidecommunityfirst.org/documents/db_speech_05_02_2006.html You wrote [Jul 09, 06 | 9:28 am]: “Please check out the CCF website for a list of CCF directors.” http://www.coastsidecommunityfirst.org/contact.html…
July 10, 2006
Ray Olson, Fair question. The original approved and conditioned by CC and the City with the required changes to SR 92 and SR 1 effected a ‘no negative impact’ – no reason to oppose, no reason to support. It wasn’t going to improve traffic flow; it just wasn’t going to make it worse! No one would fund that. Why would they? The primary developer wasn’t going to take bullet either. Ergo, dead. I supported all the improvements currently waiting for funding. Key word – IMPROVEMENTS! Personally,…
July 10, 2006
Jim Larimer, CCWD hasn’t embraced the concept that new development would pay for its costs. That you are now claiming that development should go beyond and provide benefits for the community that it is impacting is encouraging. Of course I support that, I got David and the others at the then Neighbors Alliance to join us in our Homeowners Association to put forth Measure A with the economic goal of having development proposals compete for a scarce resource -- development allocations. Free market…
July 09, 2006
Ray Olson, Once again Ray, “go to City Hall and ask the Planning Department to read the stacks of relevant traffic studies and proposals.” While there, examine the plans for SR 92 at Main St and beyond. Now, draw your self a pretty picture of the intersections with all the lanes including turn lanes and lights. All the way back beyond Frenchman’s Creek. Do it to scale. Now, CCF claims that Foothill STREET as 1 mile long. DO you have any idea how far traffic going south on SR 1 backs up waiting…
July 09, 2006
Don Bacon, No difference between requiring “a four-lane arterial [etc.]” and a two lane residential street! Are you serious? “CCF did not see the need for four lanes” – just Who and How was that determined? If it wasn’t that a few misguided somehow take you seriously, I would simply laugh at that. Just what is CCFs track record – oh yeah, it has none! So everyone should just take CCFs “did not see the need” as reliable dependable evidence – you can’t be serious. “Pretty much…
July 08, 2006
Ray Olson, You almost got it. You were close. Let me try one more time. You wrote: “current morning commute where HMB has blocked off entry/exit to Main St. This was done to increase traffic flow, and it has helped.” Now, if it were reopened, it would hurt – right! Turns from a roadway, SLOWS thru traffic flow. Entry to a roadway SLOWS thru traffic flow. OK. Now, if in the mourning [spelling intentional] Foothill exists with traffic turning into it from South bound SR 1 – thru traffic will…
July 08, 2006
Jim Larimer, You are advocating abrogating the agreement with Ailanto to settle in favour with the “owners of the Beechwood property”? That does seem to answer part of an original question of mine, thank you. Would you like to identify any other previously undisclosed beneficiaries? I find it also interesting that you seem to be suggesting a steep ‘progressive’ taxation plan. And the use of class warfare terms like “high-end houses” and “McMansions” is sort of new. I had always thought…
July 08, 2006
Don Bacon,
as a CCF Director, you are now advocating Foothill to the standards defined by CC and City’s Circulation Element, etc.? That is significantly different from the “two-lane route about one mile long” and rough alignment in the CCF original proposal!
Please confirm this major change!
Ken Johnson
July 06, 2006
Jim Larimer, I pictured you in the old cartoon of the guy who started to paint a floor by starting at the doorway and working backward to a closed corner, when I read: “These are engineering issues that would be solved as the new roads are constructed.” It does serve to explain the rate increases at CCWD, the new middle school at Wavecrest decade long saga, and now Foothill STREET. “Increasing access to roadways improves traffic flows.” – Really?! I have noted that those who have been subjected…
July 06, 2006
CCF folks, I have a few questions for the CCF folks that they have declined to answer. Road width? How many stop signs [at least 1 at Lewis Foster Drive and Foothill STREET]? Where is a cross section of roadway showing driving lane width, shoulder width, bike path, sidewalk and curb and gutter? Where are the ‘holding lanes’, ‘holding lanes’ length and what are their length on SR 92 and SR 1? How many driveways would enter/exit directly on the roadway. Is the shoulder width…
June 14, 2006
Mr. Ginna, Did you mean to say: "explain to me why he (Mr. Chris Kern) should not answer questions from the community". As I read the letter, it is signed by Mr. Charles M. Gardner, President of CCf. I, for one, am not willing to concede that the signatory of the letter represents the "community" nor stipulate that CCF represents the "community" in this matter! I have dealt with the California Coastal Commission since its inception on a number of matters representing significantly more people. I…
June 19, 2006
Dean Skelton, I used a precise direct copy of a full and entire paragraph from your post, a link to your post and your name and date and time of the post. Standard English usage dictates: ‘a’ is one, ‘a couple’ is two and “some board members” indicates three or more board members. Since you chose at the time, and coincidentally still choose not to identify the board members you lobbied, I made the decision to include your entire paragraph and the ability to go to your full post for context.…
June 18, 2006
Mr. Gardner, School “Board is committed to address [school bussing].” [Jun 15, 06 | 2:35 pm] OH, really! While on the School Board, you had the following options: 1) Option 1: Measure S with School Bussing – Charlie Rejected it! “Personally, I think including busing in the measure would have made the difference. Before the measure was drafted, I pleaded with some board members to include busing, and recommended a $195 annual parcel tax to include it. That was rebuffed.” [posted by Dean…
June 14, 2006
Mary, If CCF is REALLY of an educational nature, why doesn't it lay out the five approved projects that are still waiting for funding - projects designed to improve traffic flow? You just jump to an unsupported conclusion. “If we can agree that the current 92/Main effort won’t solve it for the future”; then jump to an unsupported conclusion that Foothill (I won’t refer to it as a bypass) will be more effective than the proposed changes! An educational organization would lay out BOTH; then…
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