Comments by Brian

Coastsider endorses Measure S

June 06, 2006
All of the arguments back and forth do confuse the reader. I do find Measure S laudable in its general goals but greatly flawed in that it is: 1) not specific enough in exactly how the money will be spent, 2) not *nearly* specific enough how CUSD will be held to account for the expenditure of the money, 3) lacking in justification in light of recently restored state funds, 4) no progressive provisions for linking performance with compensation and funding levels, 5) no provision for busing -- which…

Coastsider endorses Measure S

June 05, 2006
Mr. Olson, "For me, this is a measure started by the community, pushed for by the community and so I honestly feel if you are not voting for S then you are not supporting our community." Equating questioning of Measure S with lack of support for the community feels an awful lot like equating questioning of the Patriot Act with lack of patriotism. I have one child in Farallone (and will have two next year) - and thus I have a personal and vested interest in the success of our schools and our community.…

Coastsider endorses Measure S

June 05, 2006
Ms. Ascher, To put all those who question the efficacy of the specifics of Measure S into a category of disingenuous "negative thinkers" is a bit unfair. There are of those like myself who want to support our teachers and the schools to be improved but don't want to throw money if the money is not being spent prudently or with accountability. I have a vested interest in our school system -- my two children are in it. The school board and other proponents of other Measure S have not done a good enough…

Coastsider endorses Measure S

June 05, 2006
Mr. Olson, Equating questioning of Measure S with lack of support of the community feels an awful lot like equating questioning the Patriot Act with lack of patriotism. In all honesty, I do not know yet how I will vote on Tuesday. I am very torn. I strongly believe that good teachers are *grossly* undervalued in our society. But I feel much about public funding such as this as I do about charity -- I don't like to do it unless I am sure it is going to a worthwhile cause and being spent in appropriate…

Coastsider endorses Measure S

June 02, 2006
Mr. Olson, I also take issue with your statement: "I’m sorry you feel this way about Measure S and I only wish that you could be more supportive of our community and our teachers." I have a child in Farallone and in the fall I will have two. I very much support our community and our teachers. However, I have found these arguments of fiscal mismanagement and the dismal API scores very persuasive. I am also very offput that it appears none of the Measure S money is earmarked for buses. And I'm surprised…

Coastside Community First revives Foothill Blvd project

May 05, 2006
I am not associated with CCF but after reading some of these comments I may be. These responses are the standard "just say no" nonsense I've heard for years now. The roads and other infrastructure coastside are horribly and embarrassingly inadequate. And it is attitudes like those above that have kept it so - stagnated in inertia. I have news for all of you naysayers - development and growth have occurred anyway. Refusing to expand infrastructure only hurts those already living here. Frankly, I support…

Letter: Comcast Cable TV quality problems?

May 08, 2006
Craig, Thanks for the feedback. So you are getting local HDTV broadcasts OTA and they are being recorded on your HR10-250 (the only HD-DVR DTV has that I'm aware of)? Are you getting all the major networks in HD: ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX? What about others like UPN, WB20, KQED, etc.? Any HD broadcasts you tried to get and could not? Where are you approximately? Did DTV do the install for you? Any particular antenna? More than one? Thanks, Brian Dantes El Granada P.S. I don't know how bad Comcast Cable…

Letter: Comcast Cable TV quality problems?

May 08, 2006
Ken, I was told HDTV OTA was impossible more than once by the good folks at Strawflower Electronics. They have given me lots of good and impartial input in the past - in this it sounds like they are just misinformed (which is still discouraging, of course). I never questioned what they said because it seemed logical given all the surrounding mountains. I am still not sure I understand how anything but an antenna on the top of the mountains could have LOS to Sutro Tower. Is there a repeater or something…

Letter: Comcast Cable TV quality problems?

May 07, 2006
Ken, Where are you located that you can HDTV OTA? I have been consistently told that getting HDTV OTA anywhere on the coastside is impossible. Thanks, Brian Dantes El Granada

Thank you, Coastsiders, for helping us cover the outage

April 24, 2006
Barry, Indeed -- thank you. Your site has proved invaluable twice now. The sources that should be disseminating information to the public have woefully failed to do so. Brian Dantes El Granada, CA

Landslide cuts communication to the Coastside

April 24, 2006
The location of the slide made me suspicious of the construction work as well -- and if they are at fault, I'm sure the lawsuits will flow. However, that's not the point. No single point of failure, no matter the cause, should take out all communications in one fell swoop. This is simply an embarrassingly horrible design. Brian Dantes El Granada, CA

Landslide cuts communication to the Coastside

April 23, 2006
First and foremost, I would like to express my gerat appreciation for the service Coastsider.com provides. They were the first source of timely information for both the Devil's Slide debacle and now this latest fiasco. Thank you! All services except Comcast Internet returned by about 4pm Sunday afternoon. It's 545pm now and I just spoke with Comcast - and they said they couldn't even talk to their technical crews until normal business hours Monday! I don't know why I continue to be surprised by the…

Landslide cuts communication to the Coastside

April 23, 2006
Verizon cell phone service just returned around 7am (thus my ability to post this response through their 1x data service - of course, it's been coming and going since 1130am this morning). Here are the questions I think all Coastsiders should be demanding answers to from the Half Moon Bay City Council and the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: 1) Why does a fiber optic connection going over the hill take out 911 to our own local emergency services? This in and of itself is outrageously unacceptable…

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