Comments by Mary Bordi

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

December 06, 2006
Barry, thank you for giving me the perfect segue into this quote, which I encountered the other day: [quote]"With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power." Henry A. Wallace[/quote] Since there may be others besides Mr. Sutton and Mr.Lansing who "don't get it" I must stress that I am not addressing this use of the F word at you or Coastsider, Barry. [size=1](I…

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

December 04, 2006
Jack Sutton wrote: [quote]"Perhaps I missed the point here..."[/quote] I most certainly agree that you did!

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

December 02, 2006
May I take this opportunity to invoke Godwin's Law? (Read what Wikipedia has to say about Godwin's Law.) And how does Godwin's Law apply to this coastside issue and Jack Sutton's story? Check out this article from Harper's Magazine. (Trust me, many of you will love it!) So am I guilty of invoking the codicil to Godwin's Law (from the above referenced Wikipedia article)? Only I know my motives but I'll give you a hint: It has something to do with protecting the anonyminity of the Phalaris arundinacea…

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

December 01, 2006
Darin Boville--did you actually read what I wrote about farming? You statement about our farming being like farming in the area where you grew up or lived may be true (I have only lived and been involved with it in San Mateo County) but I still wonder if you are judging farming by the way you percieve it to be (there or here), not the way it is lived by those doing it. Did I say that the absentee owners, now or in the past, were the ones out there farming? I said that it is well known that farming…

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

December 01, 2006
Darin Boville mentions "holiday disking" and "holiday pay rates for farm workers" so he is obviously unfamiliar with the history and economics of our local agriculture. I do not know the particulars of the operation in question but here are a few of my observations of farming on the coastside from a personal vantage point of nearly six decades and a family history of six generations of farming. Dryland farming was once practiced on a large scale here. (Oats, barley, oat hay, flax. And straw, a by…

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

November 30, 2006
Thank you Bob Ptacek! I think (my opinion only, of course) that we have finally gotten on track here! Mr. Ptacek said: [quote] "Why are some of you so fixated on having to have a name for who took the photos...There are about 25,000 residence on the coast. Could you please explain why it is so vital to know which of those 25,000 took the picture?" [/quote] For myself, I don't care who exactly took the pictures. I probably don't even know them, wouldn't recognize their face because I don't know all…

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

November 29, 2006
Hey folks, I don't think the question is: Does someone have the right to take a photo... The discourse started with: Why did the photographers feel the necessity of being anonymous? Fear of intimidation is a nice cop out. (Golly, there are so many big strong guys who respond negatively to my posts in this forum that I'm afraid to go outside my house, let alone shop in HMB...) [size=1]feeble attempt at humor disclaimer for the impaired[/size] Also, the reference that Barry made above to my statement…

VIDEO: HMB City Council considers Terrace Ave plan, no-light alternative

November 26, 2006
dana kimsey wrote:[quote]"Does everyone remember the book Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, aka Alice in Wonderland?" I don't want to sound picky (though I guess I am being just that...) but Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865 and Through the Looking Glass in 1875. * They are not the same story, though there may be instances where they were published in the same volume. I beleive the Mad Hatter, a character in Wonderland, did have a bit part in Looking Glass as well. In our Coastside…

Wavecrest resumes farming on Thanksgiving

November 26, 2006
The weather was beautiful, wasn't it? Barry, since you didn't give a credit for the pictures, did you take them or did Mr. Canary? I'm assuming that you took them, but a clarification would be useful for some curious folk.

County is getting warning system, but tsunami warning system still has “bugs”

November 18, 2006
I was doing some research about something else and came upon the Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program. Their about page states that two of their goals are to: Respond to natural hazards like storm surge and coastal erosion events Increase the precision in weather and climate forecasts In 2004, through the Coastal Conservancy and Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program, San Francisco State was awarded $10,200,000 for "Implementation of coastal ocean currents monitoring program." This link gives…

Caltrans to open Devils Slide bids Tuesday

November 17, 2006
Barb Mauz says, "...they plan to run this Coastside’s schools year around..." Since year around schools have been used in the past by the school district, I've started a topic in Townhall about year around schools. Perhaps some locals with direct experience can chime in over there.

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!

November 08, 2006
Steve Katz writes: [quote]"At our location, we were offered a choice of electronic or paper. Glad that I had a choice, I asked for a paper ballot. I also briefly stated my reasons for taking a paper ballot and got a snicker from one poll worker and an eye rolling from another."[/quote] I'm going to have to speak up for the poll workers here, since Mr. Katz may have inadvertantly given the reader the idea that poll workers are uncaring or silly. What time did you vote? If you voted late in the day,…

School Board candidates square off Monday, Oct 30

November 04, 2006
Barry said: [quote]"Don forgot to mention that Coastsider had the only camera at the AAUW/LWV event..."[/quote] C'mon Barry! Don wasn't writing about the LWV event. But thank you for reminding folks where they can see the video and thanks for providing it. Hmm...they say one picture is worth a thousand words...so how many thousands must video footage be worth? :)

School Board candidates square off Monday, Oct 30

November 04, 2006
Barry Parr wrote: [quote]This might be a good moment to return to our discussion of the school board election. Did anyone else see the incumbents’ ad in Wednesday’s Review—the one where they said we should vote for them because they decided to build the middle school at Cunha?[/quote] It is good to get back on topic again! Speaking of ads... Did anyone see Fisher's ad in Wednesday's Review--the (half page) one that lists "Key Endorsements"? Right here on Coastsider, one of those endorsements…

School Board candidates square off Monday, Oct 30

November 02, 2006
Barry Parr wrote: [quote] ...Mary may be registered elsewhere.[/quote] It would be strange indeed if my registration turned up in the CUSD. I've been staying out of this discussion since I live and vote (only once per election) in the LHPUSD. (By the way, I support Measure I in the La Honda/Pescadero disctict. Not that it has anything to do with this discussion.) Talk about diverse! I have been a registered member of three different parties in my lifetime (not at the same time!). I am now registered…

School Board candidates square off Monday, Oct 30

November 02, 2006
Barry Parr stated: [quote]The people may be diverse, but their political viewpoint is not.[/quote] I believe a little more investigation is in order, Barry, before forming this opinion. As you stated, you have attended one CCF event. It seems that you have a preconceived notion about who is part of CCF. I betcha most CCF/PCF members don't even know the political affiliation of many of the other members. I know it runs the gamut because once in a while state and national issues pop into the conversation.…

Photo: Surfing at Kelp Cove

October 21, 2006
Unfortunately, the printed word can't convey the inflection in Carl May's voice. Perhaps if we could hear him say the following lines in person, they might not sound the way that I (and perhaps Ray Olsen) interpreted them: To quote Carl May in this thread (you can find them all in the posts above): [quote]The lack of an awareness of even basic geology for our area always amazes me. Please, folks, just learn the geologic basics of sandy beaches. There’s a world of easy understanding out there to…

Photo: Surfing at Kelp Cove

October 20, 2006
Just a suggestion, although maybe this topic has already played itself out... Since this discussion does not seem to be about the surfing picture and I can see no rip rap in that picture, why not move the discussion to a topic on Townhall? In order to save Barry any worry, if someone does move the discussion over there (don't look at me!) all concerned might promise not to use inflamatory or condescending language. Okay, that's my bit of humor for the day!

Freakishly large pumpkin lumbers to victory in Half Moon Bay

October 09, 2006
I thought I'd just tag onto the giant pumpkin article with a mention of one of the prize winning scarecrows from the scarecrow contest held in HMB on Sunday, October 8. Heather Claitor of Loma Mar constructed this wonderful cowgirl scarecrow. Maybe she can ride herd on all these stampeding giant pumpkins. (Larger image here)

$2 million grant to help Pescadero investigate new sewer system

October 09, 2006
Leonard Woren says: [quote]1. Water 2. Sewer 3. Roads I don’t think that 3 is a problem in Pescadero.  Yet.[/quote] -- The flooding of Pescadero Road at the bridge looks to me like something to do with roads. And not buildout, either. When the road is closed, the present residents have an access problem. Is the fear that improving the situation will encourage growth why nothing has been done on that except studies? I wish someone from Pescadero would enter the discussion. I live in the Pescadero…

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