Comments by terry gossett
November 02, 2007
It is interesting to compare this thread with some from hmbreview.com, at the address
http://talkabout.hmbreview.com/topic.php?c=4&d=m&o;=&t=831#comment_form
I think interaction between the two forum might be instructive and helpful to the voters.
There are two sides to every story.
terry gossett
moss beach
June 21, 2007
Geez-- Sofia, kinda much (High Priestness of Distortion) don't you think? Jack, thanks for the comments on collecting signatures..door to door is an American honor, or sitting at Safeway...been there, done that... I agree that John Lynch is a good man, and he is 80, but other good men and women can disagree, even if not yet 80, or that may never get beyond 76, huh? I Really liked Debra's article on the park. I think she nailed it. I repeat...Debra nailed the issue on the park. She tried to reconcile…
December 06, 2006
Barry-- Of the 50K acres MROSD bought over 2000 acres of land was in AG, and now that is less than 100 acres, according to Craig Britton in 2004. In discussions with several farmers, POST, and related agencies, have impacted the ability of farmers to work their land, and they quit. So the answer to your question is YES--both POST and MROSD have taken ag land out of production.. ps, we could do this property by property, like for Corral de Tierra, but coastsider is hardly the forum for this .
December 06, 2006
Darin, Is it time to meet for some coffee? Do you want to deed your land to the county or GOV or to a Cause, in perpetuity, to "save it", so other developers won't prosper when you leave? So, if NOT, why do you offer that to Concar? What is wrong with the concept of shared stewardship between private and public sectors? That is the concept I ascribe to. The RCD is attempting to do just that, by helping private owners take better care of their land. What is wrong with just following the applicable…
December 06, 2006
Leonard-- IF you have any data to support your assertion, I am all ears. In over 20 years I can only find 2 times POST has sold land to a farmer...How many times can you cite, given your statement "Has POST ever refused to sell to a farmer? " Typically POST is the only buyer of SMC coastal properties (they set the price) and then they sell to MROSD, which is not an AG friendly agency. PS--Did you note the salary of Audrey Rust in a prior posting? go to guidestar.org I voted for MROSD in 1972 and…
December 06, 2006
Barry, POST has acquired over 55,000 acres of land and I only know of two cases where they sold any land at all back to a farmer...(if you know otherwise please advise).....so I would say a private owner is a better option for a farmer over POST. MROSD in a report to LAFCO in 2004 indicated only 98 acres in AG out of over 50,000 acres, so they don't get my vote either as a friend of the farmer...and they refused to hire an Ag professional as requested by Grand Jury..
December 05, 2006
I think Mary Bordi had the most incisive comment regarding farming on this thread and our coastal history, So she comes under attack, and now nobody seems to understand what Mary is talking about... N words, H words.. Maybe we ALL need to go back to the start of this thread on FARMING, read it all, take a deep breath, and decide...Do we want to work together on issues of farming OR shall we just flame each other and rationalize our individual points of view, while gaining no new insights or understanding…
November 30, 2006
Mr Parr
I think I understand your position.
Trust you to do the right thing... However, you basically distrust others to do the right thing.
So, is no one trustworthy but you, and your designees?
November 30, 2006
Hey Leonard...IF I had moved here from LA I might also be paranoid, but I came from Los Altos Hills where neither I, nor my neighbors, ever had ONE incident of anonymous canaries in 30 years..yet here on this lovely coast it is a weekly occurence. WHY is that? ...and more importantly, WHY are some people defending anonymous canaries so vociferously? This is hardly the forum for dialog of this sort-- so, I offer you what I offered Mr Ptacek and many others...Would you like to meet me for coffee or…
November 30, 2006
Could it possibly be that I know, and you know who took the pictures? And that the person(s) have good reasons for not being identified? Barry as you state "And even then, anonymous sources are not uncommon in the press." Are you suggesting articles published on your website follow that same approach? If so, why do you require real names? Alternatively, IF, as you require, one must identify oneself to post on your website, then with your rules regarding photos, that same person can attach a photo…
November 30, 2006
OK, I was not the first to use the term "Anonymous canary" but first heard it while interacting with the SMC Building and Planning Dept when I applied to add on to my home in 1999. "He", cant recall his name, said that on the SMC coast many folk called authorities at the drop of a hat, for whatever reasons, and the "county" called them "canaries" and that many were anonymous. Sorry for not fully acknowledging that attribution during my earlier "rant".... In the article I posted on Anonymous canaries…
October 18, 2006
"The Beach: A River of Sand" is an excellent summary of beach dynamics and applies to the whole of California beaches... thanks for the ref...Kevin Also Steven Hyman makes some excellent points regarding rip-rap, "If everyone had rip rap or whatever, then who would be harmed?" The current policy of CCC to allow one person to have rip rap and then Deny the next lot north, and then Allow the next lot north to have rip rap is, in my opinion, probably the worst imaginable policy...and that appears to…
October 06, 2006
Oh, I nearly forgot, the topic of this thread is, Is Coastsider Orwellian?… Have we digressed, or have we not adhered to the wikipedia definition? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian After reading all these postings, and comparing them with the definitions, I notice that certain factions are trying to create an Orwellian-like community here on the SMC coast, and that Coastsider.com is sympathetically reporting, endorsing, and supporting those factions. But instead of being either the state…
October 05, 2006
Hi Barry, If I see something going �wrong� I stay in prescribed channels first, (maybe it is because of 35 years working with the government), and then go up the chain of command, documenting as I go. If you were to check my positions and issues over past years nearly all are for government to follow the law, as us citizens do. I trust our government and citizens to follow the law, but feel as Reagan said, �Trust, but verify�. As one example, I requested the HMB CC to implement…
October 04, 2006
Hey Barry, I think we are starting to agree. You stated... "It’s the job of the county or city to enforce the codes, not the citizens. What you’re asking is for us not to enforce the law." So, why are these pictures from canaries going to a Staffer on a state agency, the Coastal Commission? IF someone has a local issue, why not start with a local solution? or a local authority? As you say it's the job of the county or city to enforce the codes... I am all for law enforcement (for individuals…
October 04, 2006
Hey Leonard, First, thanks for that admission...that is a great start. Why provide pictures to staffers at the Coastal Commission? Why not some local folk instead of a staffer at a State agency? Why not talk with the property owner? I know one or two possible folk that may have been your target property owner from your story, and it might be good to have them post their side of the story...and then set up a meeting with you so neighbors can work this out at the local level...OK? My lead candidate…
October 04, 2006
Hi Barry.. Somehow that crucial difference escapes me. Thought "crimes" are manifested by actions and deeds. Along the SMC coast those “crimes” seem to include painting, trimming, mowing, cleaning out culverts and ditches, harvesting, and disking. Compare that with when I lived in Los Altos Hills the fire marshall came by every year to require me to disk and or mow my field within a short time span or face consequences, yet here disking, according to this website, is a “crime”. ALSO...If…
October 04, 2006
Hey Darin...neighbor, First, I was not even thinking about you with the term anonymous canary...when have you ever been anonymous?, and as far as being a canary...when have you filed appeals or called gov authorities without discussing the issues with an "offender"? Your pix and vid add value to the community understanding of recurring issues and events...devil's slide, hmb cc meetings, etc. Thank you for that....as I did for the excellent near real time coverage of hmb cc. I sense that it would…
October 03, 2006
Remember the first line of the Orwell novel, 1984…”It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Odd, is the theme, and it gets even more curiouser. A most often repeated line of the Orwellian plot.. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . Today in HMB, or the SMC coastline, try to plow a field, try to paint a house, try to clean a ditch, try to trim a tree or a bush, try…anything ..and you might be confronted with a camera by an anonymous canary, OR an appeal by someone…
September 25, 2006
Barry and Darin--
Lots better than hard, plastic chairs on an old body...
So, what's next? can we email you our oral comments?
OR...how about a data base (GIS would be excellent?) on local topics of interests to augment the gov data..? say, sub std lots, antiquated lots, non-conforming lots, designated storm drain systems, identified and validated wetlands, wetlands by assertion only...etc
Keep up the good work for our community.
terry
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