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Re: SLO Politics: Guilty By Association

FOGSWAMP — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:30:22 -0000

Yep, America is the land of promises especially during election year and fault-finding is like window washing, all the dirt seems to be on the other side of the glass.

Los Osos is a perfect example of what happens when self-serving politics trumps science. So what's with all this "scientific integrity" stuff we hear about today. When the rubber meets the road on crucial issues, science isn't really driving the decision making.

Where there is a will, there will always be a squabble.

Re: SLO Politics: Guilty By Association

2012DUGGAN — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:39:23 -0000

I don't think there is a friend of Los Osos on the BOS past or present on either or all sides of the issues. The questions still needed to be answered are why has it taken so long and why have the cost gone through the roof? The promise was that this process was to be short and cost effective. Not one group or individual has slowed or stopped this process except the County itself. Five plus years on a supposed shovel ready project dumbfounds even the stanches supporters of the County's process. Even I had predicted a facility start up date of 2012 and I was being facetious. Now the irony of my sarcastic prediction has become apparent. This cash cow is still giving milk and it's soon to be giving the life blood of the community as a whole. Los Osos is going to become a economic ghost town. There will be zero disposable income, undeveloped lots, empty homes and empty businesses. That's my newest prediction and I'm batting one for one already. Just remember you heard it here first, unfiltered, unsanitized and raw.

Re: Charter Sends a Bad Signal to Customers

2012DUGGAN — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:57:39 -0000

Mm... So The Truth v. Adam Hill is closed to comments. Let me know if it opens up.

Re: Los Osos: Wild in the Streets

2012Duggan — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:33:59 -0000

This conversation reminds me of a movie (My Name Is Nobody) with Henry Fonda as (Jack Beauregard) and Terence Hill as (Nobody). It was a spaghetti western about an aging gunfighter trying to retire and a young gun trying to get him to go out in a "blaze of glory." It also reminds me of Homer's The Odyssey, in which Odysseus engages the Cyclops in supposed friendly banter and answers, " I am No Body," when the Cyclops asked Odysseus' name. The point being that no one is ever nobody even if they choose to be so.

Re: Los Osos: Wild in the Streets

SLOBeatPoet — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:04:58 -0000

This is sooooo true. I don't always agree with the sewer critics, but hey, they're not "nothing." Nobody is "nothing." Even if someone is misguided, misinformed or misleading to an extent, they're still not "nothing." Pathetic Tribune hackery.

Re: Los Osos: Wild in the Streets

2012DUGGAN — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:34:04 -0000

The real issue is affordability. As it stands thousands of Prohibition Zone residents will not be able to afford this project. It's a fait accompli which is what some in Los Osos have been wanting from the beginning. A way of turning the properties so more profits can be made. If that means turning the poor, elderly and already economically compromised out of their home so be it. The sharks have been circling for years and they have been chomping at the bit to begin the feeding frenzy as the bills start coming in. But all that feeding will come with it's own price. IMHO I believe a new economic nose dive will take place in this county due to revenue loses and this area will be seen as economically depressed and new money will shy away. Just a thought.

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

Janie — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:27:14 -0000

Simply put, a very fair column. Very good!

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

Furthermore — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:25:35 -0000

The Razor keeps getting sharper. Keep slicing the hypocrites no matter who they are or what their politics. CCN will turn their cult of hacks and liars loose on you, but that's what happens when you tell it like it is. The guilty always squeal the loudest. Great reporting!

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

Shirley Montague-Devine — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:12:17 -0000

For once, I sincerely agree with your article. Well covered. Peace.

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

Razor Online — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:55:11 -0000

Who told you that?

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

Cynthia — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:53:17 -0000

The Razor is a joke. He tried to get involved with CCN and was rejected, so now he attacks them instead.

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

SLO Kenny — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:46:19 -0000

Aaron, reading this has made me so happy. What Karen Veile did to my family was a travesty. Thank you for accurately portraying her as a megalomaniac.

Re: Cal Coast News Uncovered

No — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:47:25 -0000

I know there's a lead in this story somewhere. I didn't read far enough to find it.

Re: Adam Hill: Profile of a Tyrant

concernedhuman — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:08:51 -0000

Well said! He couldn't even come up with an insincere apology let alone act like a man for once and do the right thing. Adam Hill is stuck in his own world of right and wrong........it really comes down to "what works and what does not work". Love works and fear does not work. Adam, please take your fear to another place that will put up with "What Does Not Work"!

Re: Adam Hill: Profile of a Tyrant

Devon 'Papa G' Guerrero — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:44:24 -0000

Huh

Re: The Los Osos Sewer Wars: Fought in Cyberspace

FOGSWAMP — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:23:35 -0000

Sorry, I meant to write 'divisive', not "decisive".

That's a great cartoon.

Re: The Los Osos Sewer Wars: Fought in Cyberspace

FOGSWAMP — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:43:40 -0000

Impressive insight and a well-said description of how a group of passive-aggresive spiteful folk can destroy and even bankrupt a community.

Passive-aggression is a defense mechanism to protect ones ego and attempt to control a situation, and involves blaming others for their failures, striking back by transferring their negative emotions to another context against the source of their frustrations.

Blind faith in anything or anyone is a dangerous slippery slope that fundamentally stifles tolerance and respect for other opinions. It gives rise to a decisive environment where dialogue becomes difficult, and labeling anyone as an agent of someone or something else becomes the easiest and most common reply to opponents.

Re: The Los Osos Sewer Wars: Fought in Cyberspace

TheFacts — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:00:47 -0000

I'm really, really disgusted with the situation. I started this account a few months ago because I was made aware of what these people were doing. You wrote about this on your blog before. People shrug off the mud-slinging online, but in a sensitive political climate like Los Osos, you need to dig deep, and uproot the problems. My friend, Tom Salmon, had his house vandalized by people who disagreed with his stance. I heard that these people tried to get Schicker and Cesena fired from CalTrans, right? Can you look into that? I love Los Osos, but some of the people are just bad people, period.

Re: The Los Osos Sewer Wars: Fought in Cyberspace

David Duggan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:46:04 -0000

The blank check is the real story. Even those backing the County's process are going to feel the pain of the cost of this project. The County should have broken ground 2 years into this process but they themselves delayed the process and the community is going to pay, pay, pay. It's called a "Cash Cow" and the County and friends are going to milk it for all it's worth. And that's not counting the gentrification that is going to take place once the cost become overwhelming for thousands of home owners. Of course the economy is going to play havoc on the local housing market and only those who can buy and hold the properties will probable be the winners here. Watch the County's local tax revenues plummet while homes stay empty plus no new housing starts.

Re: Gibson Calls Saving Millions “Irrelevant”

FOGSWAMP — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:12:42 -0000

Over the Christmas holidays, Christchurch NZ is rocking again and for the fifth time in 2011 sewage and silt are driving people from their homes.

There are now areas larger than Baywood with the same high groundwater levels that are now "red-tagged" as uninhabitable, condemned as unlivable, all due to "liquefaction" and gravity collection pipes floating and dumping their load into the environment.Christchurch City Council figures show that previous sewage spills dumped about 5.6 billion liters of raw wastewater into their two rivers and as of September 22 they were still pumping 5.6 million liters a day from two sites into the Estuary. Presently the rivers and Estuary are reported to have "extremely high" levels of norovirus.But all this doesn't seem to bother totally disconnected Gibson the so-called scientist, nor the rest of our motley crew Political driven Supervisors.I guess that with that Bianchi/Blakeslee AB2701 do as you please and dump it on the community bill in place it's all sorta legal, but far from ethical.

Re: Gibson Calls Saving Millions “Irrelevant”

FOGSWAMP — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:09:45 -0000

Good rare straight-talk, love it.

It seems that there is no problem so bad that Gibson cannot make worse solving a so-called problem by creating a much bigger, far-reaching environmentally dangerous problem, which is rarely a good idea.

The man speaks with a forked tongue. In Los Osos he sweeps the "liquefaction" issue deep under the rug and virtually shrugs it off as being "insignificant". Then with the other branch of his split tongue he accidentally spoke the truth recently, when he stated with regard to the Diablo Canyon science review issue these words;

"I think it's crucial that the upcoming seismic studies are planned to fully access the complex geology of this area" ........."Likewise, when the studies are complete, the public deserves to know that the conclusions drawn have been reviewed by independent experts."

But, he's just a Politician with a mission, at our peril.

This Political joke sums it all up.

Five surgeons were sitting around discussing who were the best patients to operate on when the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed, 'You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains, and no spine, and there are only two moving parts - the mouth and the arsehole - and they are interchangeable'.

Re: Gibson Calls Saving Millions “Irrelevant”

Digodfatta — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:37:19 -0000

As usual Aaron a great piece.   A sharp lawyer could sue the County, Gibson, Ogen, Waddell and each indiviual Supervisor of Deceit, inept, stupity and Curruption the way this project has been handled.
The way it should have been handled was to call all bidders, no matter what system they they represent, pick the cheapest project that would do the job and start digging.
Instead they only looked at the Gravity collection wasting valuable
time that has ruined our only drinking water which has caused increased cost to this project.
A sharp lawyer would show all the mistakes done on purpose by the above mentioned so called leaders. Los Osos prohibition zone residences have no representation in this county including our Senetor and Assemblyman.   Keep up the good work.

Re: Gibson Calls Saving Millions “Irrelevant”

gail lightfoot — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:03:14 -0000

County and Water Board Officials are the ones "in denial" regarding the unneccessary and unaffordable Los Osos sewer project. The only hope is that the bankrupt gov't agenices give up and allow homeowners to choose alternatives. Upgrading existing septic systems is much more affordable and might even spare low income residents entirely if everyone who can afford them installs either a septic sytem upgrade or incinerator toilets.

Re: Gibson Calls Saving Millions “Irrelevant”

David Duggan — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:40:25 -0000

P.Z. RESIDENT: Would it be more desirable that we make some slight provision for the low income and poor.

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: Are there loan agencies?

P.Z. RESIDENT: Plenty, but they can't get a loan because they don't qualify for a loan and they may lose their homes anyway.

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: Are there no homeless shelters?

P.Z. RESIDENT:There are, but they are full already.

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: Oh, from what you said at first I was afraid that something had happened to stop them in their useful course. I'm very glad to hear it.

P.Z. RESIDENT: I don't think you quite understand us. A few of us are endeavoring to help the low income and poor pay for this grossly expensive project.

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: Why?

P.Z. RESIDENT: Because it is a burden on the community and many can't afford it. Now what will you do for them?

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: Huh! Nothing!

P.Z. RESIDENT: You wish to do nothing?

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: [firmly, but calmly] I wish to be left alone. Since you ask me what I wish, that is my answer. I support the establishments I have named. Let the low income and poor use them.

P.Z. RESIDENT: Many can't and some might die if they lose their homes.

Bruce "bah humbug" Gibson: Then let them die and decrease the excess P.Z. population!

Re: Don’t Disparage the Mighty Eucalyptus

gail lightfoot — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:42:48 -0000

Someone, incuding Park Rangers giving up on rerouted creeks, streams, shifting sand, etc., said 'You can't fight Mother Nature'. Once established there has to be a damn [as my mother would say] good reason to attempt to circumvent nature. I don't like Eucalyptus personally, they cause my nasal passages to congest and I know people who cannnot go near them because of allergies, but once in place the time and effort to remove anything not truly a serious problem is wasting the taxpayer's money. People forget they have to pay for these projects. We do enough damage with our growth and development. No pint if doing even more damage to 'save' what is long gone.