Comments by Mary Bordi
June 21, 2006
Matt, Welcome to the coastside. I for one am glad to hear your observations! As a newbie on the coastside, you can give us a fresh perspective. Since you have jumped right in (brave lad!), I would say you have been initiated! You can now decide if you are a newcomer or a local. Or be both for a while. It's interesting to think that new folks in town (or even out-of-towners) reading coastsider.com get an introduction to local politics, business and social goings on from reading our comments. All the…
June 20, 2006
Matt Wrublewski writes:
[quote] there are about what 3-6 fruit and veg stands and almost all are in shambles Few proclaim the produce came out of the local fields.[/quote]
Do you know what crops are actually produced locally?
And actually, I don't see the stands as shambles. What sort of architecture would you suggest for them?
(My tone, if spoken, would be good natured here, not sniping!)
June 19, 2006
Occasionally I like to mention this short article by Dr. P. M. Forni, author of Choosing Civility. It's a pdf file titled The Etiquette of Political Conversation.
Although this topic may or may not be political, the article iis applicable to various types of discussion.
(I don't claim to be able to put into practice all that Dr. Forni suggests, but that's usually my aim...)
June 16, 2006
Speaking of the character of Half Moon Bay... Has anyone read 4th of July by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro? It takes place in part in Half Moon Bay, a city on the coast south of San Francisco. I mention the location because the locale portrayed in the novel only bears a humorous resemblance to the real Half Moon Bay. Starbucks on Main St. A home delilvered daily paper. A morgue in Moss Beach. The 4th of July festivities include youngsters bearing lighted sparklers. And much more. It gives one…
July 11, 2006
Matt, it's good to have someone asking questions that can lead to discussion. You wrote:[quote]now add 1% a year which I am guessing would be compounded I am not sure as I could not find data on this growth rate online. [/quote] Not sure if this is the type of thing you were looking for. Here's a PDF chart showing the buildout differences between HMB and Midcoast: http://www.c4pr.org/file_download/13 (Please no comments from the peanut gallery about property rights advocate. When folks point at me…
July 09, 2006
Ken Johnson wrote:
Don Bacon, as a CCF Director, you are...
Please check out the CCF website for a list of CCF directors.
http://www.coastsidecommunityfirst.org/contact.html
June 23, 2006
Two things: Leonard Woren wrote: [quote]The growth rate and the growth limit are two totally different, nearly unrelated concepts.[/quote] Some of us have not studied statistics. Many times I've heard that the nebulous "they" can make statistics say whatever "they" want. (Not calling anyone a "they" here!) Since we hear so much about the 1%, gowth or limit, good or bad, I was wondering if anyone could give us (or point us to) something like a "HMB Growth Rate/LImit for Dummys." Rather than argue…
June 22, 2006
Mike Ferreira says: [quote]Caltrans builds highways, not small cities.[/quote] Imagine if Caltrans did build cities! Seriously, addressing Mike's #2 above: (emphasis added by me) Wetlands Definition in Law As legal protection of and scientific attention to wetlands have increased, so have the number of wetland definitions contained in State and Federal law. Most of these definitions vary slightly but share common terms and concepts. Both State and Federal governments, as well as, wetlands advocates,…
June 18, 2006
Mr. King has excerpted from his reply to Mr. Gardener's invitation to write a "white paper" for CCF's website. As I respect his right to the privacy of the email that he sent, I will only quote what he has posted here. In his response to the invitation to write the paper for the website, Mr. King did mention something about the time factor and Foothill. I apologize if I misinterpreted your meaning, Mr. King. However, Mr. King was approached by CCF because CCF wanted to make available alternative…
June 18, 2006
Recently, Ken King was asked by CCF to submit a paper dealing with Foothill to be published on the Coastside Community First website.
Apparently he declined to do so because of the time it would take.
I suggest that Mr. King go through his comments here at coastsider.com, put them in some sort of logical order and submit them to CCF.
Since he has typed them out here, most of the work is already done!
June 18, 2006
Terry, I'm afaid that people closer to the coast have not been "neighbors" to MROSD long enough to realize why there is even a need for the Good Neighbor Policy. It's interesting to me, that living next to a State Park and almost next to a County Park, I don't even know if those agencies have Good Neighbor Policies. They have always just been good neighbors, responding to emergencies and just generally helpful without being intrusive (as we try to be in return). Longtime MROSD neighbors in the Skyline…
June 20, 2006
Ken King has provided us with a Coming Soon to a Cineplex Near You Starring Mel Gibson as Tercel's Voice screenplay. Unfortunately, in offering a choice of a moral he has given us only two possibilites. I've found most times in life that, while it's easy to paint things as either/or, good/bad, black/white, there's usually more involved than that. I choose as the moral (quoted from Mr. King's comment): [quote]he so intent on delivering his message that he failed to notice that they considered him…
June 19, 2006
Folks, are you curious about the types of comments others have made to coastsider.com? (I thought this would be appropriate for this topic because of the discussion above about someone with a great fund of knowledge who would be welcome to contribute more in the way of comments here.) At the top of the page, below and to the left of the Coastsider header is a link to "Member List". (I think you have to be a registered user who is logged in to access this.) Click the link and you'll be taken to an…
June 15, 2006
Since Ken King brought up the story about cowbirds--excuse me while I digress for a moment. Depending on ones point of view, the story was cute and funny, blatantly racist, shocking violent or as gripping as the Da Vinci Code. Wasn't it based on a cartoon I saw years ago between the double features movie theaters used have? End of digression. Anyway, since Ken King brought up the story about cowbirds I did a little bit of investigation. Here's an informative link to cowbirds: http://realindy.com/cowbird.htm.
June 14, 2006
Barry Parr asked whether the bypass is an improvement. I guess we have to first ask if everyone is happy with the current traffic flow through HMB. Is everybody happy? Or do we need improvement? How about the plans for future traffic in HMB? Everybody happy? Or do we need improvement? Readers who are happy might as well quit reading now. :) Actually, if there really is "a select few that are against any sort of improvements for selfish reasons" I suggest that they stick around and listen to the different…
June 13, 2006
I agree with Ray Olsen, that it would be interesting to take a poll. That in itself presents problems, though. I tend to use my own life experience to make personal decisions. A few years ago I knocked on doors in various neighborhoods on the coastside. From listening to comments I was able to get an idea of what many of the people behind those doors felt about a number of local issues. Those people--not some developer waving dollar bills--are what have caused a normally reclusive, peace-loving old…
June 12, 2006
Ken King suggests that I (Mary Bordi) "advocate usefully". He also said: I am open to supporting CCF when its positions accord with the community’s. Perhaps he meant to say "when its positions accord with Ken King's? :) I am commenting here as an individual. That said, I would like to mention that as a 501c3, CCF "may conduct educational meetings, prepare and distribute educational materials, or otherwise consider public policy issues in an educational manner." (source) In my opinion, sparking…
June 11, 2006
Mr. King urges CCF to lobby for needed funding on the coastside. From the CCF website: Coastside Community First (CCF), is founded as a 501c3 non-profit public benefit corporation with an emphasis on providing educational material to the community to inform you on the issues of which you may find interest. Wikipedia has this to say about 501c3 organizations: Organizations with this classification are prohibited from lobbying to influence to elections and legislation. I am glad that Mr. King realizes…
June 29, 2006
I realize the subject of Albertsons closing iis weeks old...
I have this suggestion...
Southcoasters who shop in Santa Cruz might be familiar with the New Leaf Community Markets in that area. I've shopped at several of them in the past (but it's too far for me to go on a regular basis).
I'd love to see one of those instead of a Trader Joes.
Check out their philosophy:
http://www.newleaf.com/retailer/store_templates/ret_about_us.asp?storeID=J3QSSEQX5CS92J2000AKHMCCQJA05T39
June 14, 2006
John Lynch said:
"I bet, if we geared up, we could get 5000 signatures within three weeks,"
Even if it took a little longer I am very certain that you could do it.
It's possible even if the opposition hired someone to run a "Decline to Sign" campaign!
Dunno if you'd be welcome to set up outside Safeway, though.
(All in good humor)
Mary Bordi
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