tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post6281354203972529450..comments2023-10-28T03:14:44.519-07:00Comments on Calhouns Can(n)ons: NewsstandGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04099049885765768069noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-23066083761948264212007-05-03T18:53:00.000-07:002007-05-03T18:53:00.000-07:00Bull Shit! Richard did a damn good job as Directo...Bull Shit! <BR/><BR/>Richard did a damn good job as Director! You sound like a bitter SOB who couldn't get your way, so you like a bankrupt CSD. IDIOT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-37355224064584212502007-05-03T17:04:00.000-07:002007-05-03T17:04:00.000-07:00Thank you for the analysis, Richard. We understan...Thank you for the analysis, Richard. We understand that being recalled can make a person bitter. It's difficult to have a community, or a state, or whatever, organize and say look "you're gone." You were elected once but your performance was so pathetic that we had to get rid of you. Yes, please do stick to architecture. Leave a 21st century wastewater project to other professionals. BTW, if Richard (you) are so "busy" and the CSD is so "silly" why did he (you) spend so much time and energy trying to dissolve it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-47833130484224098362007-05-03T15:43:00.000-07:002007-05-03T15:43:00.000-07:00Silly Anon above,As a close personal friend of Ric...Silly Anon above,<BR/><BR/>As a close personal friend of Richard LeGros, I can say without hesitation that Richard is so very busy with his many architectural commissions that he no longer has the time (or patience) to deal with the silliness of the CSD board majority or an insolvent CSD.<BR/><BR/>Your assigning any other motives to his resignation means nothing other than you are mean spirted and a rumor monger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-59842235748340710212007-05-03T12:44:00.000-07:002007-05-03T12:44:00.000-07:00LeGros resigns from creditor's committee! Caught ...LeGros resigns from creditor's committee! Caught with his pants down. What a total loser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-87365349931954359142007-05-03T10:37:00.000-07:002007-05-03T10:37:00.000-07:00ANALYSIS OF COSTS OF RIPLEY-PACIFIC PROJECT• ...ANALYSIS OF COSTS OF RIPLEY-PACIFIC PROJECT<BR/>• ASSUME AB 2701 ENACTED SEPTEMBER, 2006 <BR/>• ASSUME NEW STATE SRF LOAN @ 2.7%, 20 YEAR TERM. NO FEDERAL OR STATE GRANTS OFFSETTING COSTS.<BR/>• ASSUME START OF CONSTRUCTION BY OCTOBER, 2013. CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED 2015<BR/>• ASSUME INFLATION RATE 0F 8% /YEAR (2006 to 2013), COUNTY AA-RATED BOND RATE OF 6%<BR/>• ASSUME LOCSD LIABILITIES TO CONTRACTORS (DUE TO STOPPING WORK ON OCTOBER 3, 2005) AND BOND ASSESSMENT PREPAYEES PAID THROUGH SEWER PROJECT MONTHLY FEES FOR FIRST 5 YEARS OF SEWER PLANT OPERATION (2015 TO 2020)<BR/><BR/>HARD COSTS <BR/>Beginning with the August, 2006 construction price estimate of $100,000,000 by Ripley-Pacific, add:<BR/><BR/>1. The costs (debt) to the property owners for abandoning the Tri-W project………………………………………… ……………………… $55,000,000<BR/>These costs include the 90 day suspension costs of the contractors ($3M), pay contractor work costs ($5M), <BR/>costs to re-negotiate contractors contracts ($1M), RWQCB fines ($6.5M), repay SRF ($6.5M), SLO County <BR/>costs ($2M), Mob-Demob costs ($4M), MWH fee ($1M), money spent by CSD since 10-05 on lawsuits, repaving,<BR/>alternate plan ($3M) contractors’ lawsuits and claims ($20M), repay assessment bond prepayees (3M) <BR/> 1a. COUNTY portion of debt = ($ 3,000,000)<BR/> 1b. LOCSD portion of debt = ($52,000,000)<BR/> <BR/>2. The costs of new project to acquire land and easements, project design and engineering, permit acquisition, lawsuits.……………. $ 20,000,000<BR/><BR/>3. 7 years of construction cost inflation @ 8% /year (of $100M base) until construction commencement....………………………………$ 56,000,000<BR/>4. Existing assessment bond costs to property owners….............................................................……………………………………….… $ 20,900,000<BR/> 4a. Pre-paid assessment bond money collected = ($ 3,000,000) refunded in #1 above<BR/> 4b. Bond Assessment on remainder = ($17,900,000)<BR/><BR/>5. Property owner costs to connect to sewer …..………………………………………………………………………................................... $ 20,000,000 <BR/> 5a. 2000 property owners pay out-of-pocket = ($ 8,000,000)<BR/>5b 3000 property owners pay via a loan= ($12,000,000) <BR/><BR/><BR/>TOTAL HARD COSTS <BR/>• TO THE COUNTY: ($100,000,000) + ($ 3,000,000) + ($20,000,000) + ($56,000,000) = $179,000,000<BR/>• TO THE LOCSD: ($ 52,000,000) + ($20,900,000) = $ 72,900,000<BR/>• TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS: $ 20,000,000<BR/><BR/>SUBTOTAL (HARD COST) $271,900,000<BR/>SOFT COSTS <BR/>Project soft costs consist of “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” costs as listed below;<BR/><BR/>“A” costs of #1a or #1b, and #2, which may not be funded through an SRF loan FINANCED BY COUNTY $ 23,000,000<BR/> FINANCED BY LOCSD $ 52,000,000<BR/>AND<BR/>“B” costs of estimated construction cost ($100M) + #3, which may be funded by an SRF loan FINANCED BY COUNTY $148,000,000<BR/>AND<BR/>“C” costs of existing assessment bond (#4b) FINANCED BY LOCSD $ 17,900,000<BR/> AND<BR/>“D” costs of #5b FINANCED BY OWNERS $ 12,000,000<BR/><BR/> “A” SOFT COSTS <BR/>• FINANCED BY COUNTY: $ 23,000,000 @ 06% over 30 years results in interest paid of $ 26,643,000<BR/>• FINANCED BY LOCSD: $ 52,000,000 @ 07% over 14 years results in interest paid of (paid in 05 years) $ 29,717,000<BR/><BR/>“B” SOFT COSTS <BR/>• FINANCED BY COUNTY: WITH STATE SRF LOAN:<BR/>$156,000,000 @ 02.7% over 20 years results in interest paid of $ 46,064,000<BR/>“C” SOFT COSTS <BR/>• FINANCED BY LOCSD: $ 17,900,000 @ 06.2% over 30 years results in interest paid of $ 21,675,000 <BR/><BR/> “D” SOFT COSTS (only applies to 3000 property owners that borrowed money to connect to sewer) <BR/>• FINANCED BY OWNERS $ 12,000,000 @ 06% over 30 years results in interest paid of $ 13,900,000<BR/><BR/><BR/>TOTAL SOFT COSTS <BR/>• TO THE COUNTY: $ 72,707,000<BR/>• TO THE LOCSD: $ 51,392,000<BR/>• TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS: $ 13,900,000<BR/><BR/>SUBTOTAL (SOFT COSTS) $137,999,000<BR/>TOTAL PROJECT COSTS <BR/>TOTAL PROJECT COSTS = [(HARD COSTS)] + [(SOFT COSTS)]<BR/><BR/>[($271,900,000) + ($137,999,000)] = SUM TOTAL (TOTAL COST OF PROJECT) $409,899,000<BR/><BR/><BR/>BOND NAME ($ PRINCIPAL) + ($ INTEREST) = TOTAL COST <BR/>• Bond “A” COUNTY: ($ 23,000,000) + ($ 26,643,000) = $ 49,643,000<BR/>• Payoff “A” LOCSD: ($ 52,000,000) + ($ 29,717,000) = $ 81,717,000<BR/>• Bond “B” COUNTY: ($156,000,000) + ($ 46,064,000) = $202,064,000<BR/>• Bond “C” LOCSD: ($ 17,900,000) + ($ 21,675,000) = $ 39,575,000<BR/>• Bond “D” OWNERS ($ 12,000,000) + ($ 13,900,000) = $ 25,900,000<BR/><BR/><BR/>MONTHLY COSTS PER PROPERTY OWNER <BR/><BR/>COST PER MONTH FOR OM&R AND BOND SERVICE <BR/>OM&R: Annual OM&R of $850,000 [($850,000 / year) / (12 months/year)] / (5000 prop. owners) = $ 14.00 /month<BR/><BR/>Bond “A” COUNTY [($ 49,643,000 / 30 years) / (12 months/year)] / (5000 prop. owners) = $ 27.58 /month <BR/><BR/>Debt Payoff “A” LOCSD [($ 81,717,000/ 05 years) / (12 months/year)] / (5000 prop. owners) = $272.40 /month<BR/><BR/>Bond “B” (with SRF Loan) [($202,064,000 / 20 years) / (12 months/year)] / (5000 prop. owners) = $168.39 /month<BR/><BR/>Bond “C” (existing assessment bond) [($ 39,575,000) / 30 years) / (12 months/year)] / (5000 prop. owners) = $ 21.98 /month<BR/><BR/>Bond “D” [($ 25,900,000 / 30 years) / (12 months/year)] / (3000 prop. owners) = $ 23.98 /month<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>FOR THOSE 2000 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT PAY CONNECTION COSTS TO SEWER OUT-OF-POCKET<BR/><BR/>RIPLEY-PACIFIC PROJECT<BR/>GIVEN the monthly payment for years 2015 to 2020 would be: OM&R + Bond “A” COUNTY + Payoff “A” LOCSD + Bond “B” + Bond “C” <BR/>GIVEN the monthly payment for years 2020 to 2035 would be: OM&R + Bond “A” COUNTY + Bond “B” + Bond “C” <BR/>GIVEN the monthly payment for years 2035 to 2045 would be: OM&R + Bond “A” COUNTY + Bond “C”<BR/><BR/>THEREFORE:<BR/>• Monthly payment years 2015 to 2020 = ($14.00) + ($27.58) + ($272.40) + ($168.39) + ($21.98) = $504.35 / month per property owner<BR/>• Monthly payment years 2020 to 2035 = ($14.00) + ($27.58) + ($168.39) + ($21.98) = $231.95 / month per property owner<BR/>• Monthly payment years 2035 to 2045 = ($14.00) + ($27.58) + (21.98) = $ 63.66 / month per property owner<BR/>• After year 2045, property owners pay OM&R costs only (adjust for inflation) = $ 14.00 / month per property owner<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>FOR THOSE 3000 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT BORROW CONNECTION COSTS TO SEWER <BR/><BR/>RIPLEY-PACIFIC PROJECT<BR/>GIVEN the monthly payment for years 2015 TO 2020 would be: OM&R + Bond “A” COUNTY + Payoff “A” LOCSD + Bond “B” + Bond “C” + Bond “D” <BR/>GIVEN the monthly payment for years 2020 TO 2035 would be: OM&R + Bond “A” COUNTY + Bond “B” + Bond “C” + Bond “D” <BR/>GIVEN the monthly payment for years 2035 TO 2045 would be: OM&R + Bond “A” COUNTY + Bond “C” + Bond “D”<BR/><BR/>THEREFORE:<BR/>• Monthly payment years 2015 to 2020 = ($14.00) + ($27.58) + ($264.47) + ($168.39) +($21.98) +(23.98) = $528.33 / month per property owner<BR/>• Monthly payment years 2020 to 2035 = ($14.00) + ($27.58) + ($168.39) + ($21.98) + (23.98) = $255.93 / month per property owner<BR/>• Monthly payment years 2035 to 2045 = ($14.00) + ($27.58) + (21.98) ) + (23.98) = $ 87.64 / month per property owner<BR/>• After year 2045, property owners pay OM&R costs only (adjust for inflation) = $ 14.00 / month per property ownerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-32685395637814345692007-05-02T22:26:00.000-07:002007-05-02T22:26:00.000-07:00Fair 'nuff.You don't trust Richard (in general, fo...Fair 'nuff.<BR/><BR/>You don't trust Richard (in general, for some unstated reason) so you don't trust his estimated costs for a future project.<BR/><BR/>That being so, I would suggest it should be easy for you to show where his cost projections would be in error. Go for it.Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-38071477150212376242007-05-02T19:53:00.000-07:002007-05-02T19:53:00.000-07:00Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't have "numbers." Look ...Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't have "numbers." Look at President Bush. If he brought out the numbers he would be freakin' assassinated. But of course he won't because he's too stupid to know anything beyond his pet goat. Ain't blogs great?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-45055406623330977672007-05-02T19:50:00.000-07:002007-05-02T19:50:00.000-07:00Because, when you don't trust someone, you don't t...Because, when you don't trust someone, you don't trust their numbers either. Duh. Follow politics and human behavior lately? We're sheep , man. Deal with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-9508341619223590122007-05-01T07:58:00.000-07:002007-05-01T07:58:00.000-07:00The point about LeGros is that he's put his number...The point about LeGros is that he's put his numbers on the table. He's explained exactly why he thinks the costs have gone up and will continue to rise.<BR/><BR/>If you don't trust him, fine.<BR/><BR/>It would be great, however, if you would explain to us where you think he might be in error. After all, if you have the hope that we'll end up paying less than $300/month, it would be great if you could pass that hope on to those of us who have looked over his analysis and found to be by-n-large, sound. Maybe we overlooked something.<BR/><BR/>So ... why do you doubt Richard's numbers (not Richard himself, but the analysis he presented)?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681885807453482090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-57819601011737550172007-04-30T19:12:00.000-07:002007-04-30T19:12:00.000-07:00I trust LeGros about as much as I trust Al Barrow....I trust LeGros about as much as I trust Al Barrow. But whatever. We need to come together and support the county and see that the process is as open as possible. One thing I dislike about the LOCSD, past and present, is that they seem to always have their own "agenda." Maybe the county will give us the more balanced approach we have been needing for so long. I suggested that the recall might have been unsuccessful had the old board not started digging because I know several people who decided to vote for the recall because they were so upset about it. These were people who hadn't decided how to vote. And it was a thin margin! We tend to base our opinions on our own observations although I do know that is not scientific. I don't think it will cost us $300. I might be a moron but that is what I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-27273715833891732622007-04-30T17:04:00.000-07:002007-04-30T17:04:00.000-07:00Hi Anon above,The process to build the Tri-W proje...Hi Anon above,<BR/><BR/>The process to build the Tri-W project had been ongoing since 2000...and the CSD was at the END of that process (26 million dollars having been spent). It is by STOPPING THE PROCESS by the new CSD that the "mess" was created.<BR/><BR/>There are no facts supporting the concept that IF the old CSD had not started the project that;<BR/> (a) we would not be in the current "mess", or that<BR/> (b) the old board would not have been recalled.<BR/><BR/>As for the $300/month cost, it is an estimate bases upon educated assumptions. I suggest you look at the cost estimate sheets compiled by ex-director LeGros on this subject.....they have been posted in the past on this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-25460311474910252082007-04-30T16:18:00.000-07:002007-04-30T16:18:00.000-07:00Well, let's just say that now that the county has ...Well, let's just say that now that the county has it, we will have some choices and I do think that will go a long way in healing the community. I am proud of changing the direction of the project. I am pleased that everyone will be heard as opposed to what happened to the community in the past. I'm not "proud of stopping the sewer." Obviously that has been a major mess. But, couldn't it have been avoided if the old CSD would have chilled out for a few weeks? If they had they wouldn't have been recalled. And we'd have a sewer being built. We all can play the blame game. P.S. how do you know the sewer will be $300?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-35228977893323320532007-04-30T12:38:00.000-07:002007-04-30T12:38:00.000-07:00Hi Anon above,I never wrote that Ron gets "all the...Hi Anon above,<BR/><BR/>I never wrote that Ron gets "all the credit" for stopping the sewer.<BR/>The credit belongs to Julia, Lisa, Chuch, John and Steve; all now shown to be liars.<BR/><BR/>But Ron has been a "cheerleader" supporting stopping the sewer; and has done so without regard to the damage being caused to Los Osos.<BR/><BR/>Or are you proud of supporting stoppping the sewer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-35796007786365481892007-04-30T11:18:00.000-07:002007-04-30T11:18:00.000-07:00Oh man here we go again...giving Ron all the credi...Oh man here we go again...giving Ron all the credit for stopping the sewer. If you guys think he's responsible you are seriously out of it. We did it to ouselves and that's a fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-8332988890552257952007-04-30T09:43:00.000-07:002007-04-30T09:43:00.000-07:00Ron,Let's see a show of hands of Los Ososians who ...Ron,<BR/><BR/>Let's see a show of hands of Los Ososians who are happy that they get to spend so much more per month ($300+) because Ron Crawford does not like the location of a park at Tri-W.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I do not hate you...I just find you to be an uncaring egomaniac blinded by booze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-92128182254832726512007-04-30T09:10:00.000-07:002007-04-30T09:10:00.000-07:00Anon worte:"Ron, YOU're a stupid drunken moron"See...Anon worte:<BR/><BR/><I>"Ron, YOU're a stupid drunken moron"</I><BR/><BR/>See? Much better.<BR/><BR/>I just don't get it. Why all the hate towards people like me and Ann, or anyone else, for that matter, that had a hand in stopping the highly embarrassing Tri-W mess? If everything goes as it should from here on out (read: sans monkeywrenching), Los Osos will end up with a modern, out-of-town, energy efficient sewer plant that will cost some $50 - $100 million less than the Tri-W mess (which was never going to work anyway), according to just about every official that's reviewed the current situation. <BR/><BR/>So, why the hate? I just don't get it.<BR/><BR/>Here's my suggestion to the haters: Come up with a contingency plan. Because, without one, you're going to look pretty silly hating on all the people that had the brilliant foresight to stick a fork in the Tri-W lemon, thereby saving you all kinds of money, and moving an unpopular sewer plant, or, more precisely, an very expensive ATTEMPT at a sewer plant, from the middle of your beautiful coastal town, especially since there was no reason whatsoever to build it there in the first place.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea what that contingency should be, but I just have this image in my mind of someone counting all the cash they're saving because Tri-W's in the dumpster, and while they're counting all that cash, they just keep mumbling, "Stupid, drunken, move-the-sewer morons."<BR/><BR/>Yep. You guys need a contingency plan, fast. That hate will make no sense soon.<BR/><BR/>From "The Dream" letter:<BR/><BR/><I>"... dream of a beautifully landscaped nine acre park for our community..."</I><BR/><BR/>Really? That's a dream of Los Osos? If so, then why did Measures E-97 and D-97 fail? Or is that ridiculous $10 million park in the Tri-W project (that was to be funded by the SRF loan -- what a freaking joke) someone else's dream? Is that a "community value" or is that a specific person's value?<BR/><BR/>Quick show of hands -- All Los Osoans that have a dream of a multi-million dollar park in their sewer plant, and then have that park dictate an expensive, mid-town location, raise your hand.<BR/><BR/>Yea... that's what I thought.<BR/><BR/>So, whose "dream" is that?Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156410299483542733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-70214976861737860642007-04-30T02:43:00.000-07:002007-04-30T02:43:00.000-07:00Black folks make this country great! Most work har...Black folks make this country great! Most work hard, are more than competent, and are a fabulous benefit to all of us.<BR/><BR/>This country would be far poorer without black folks. They make all people laugh at themselves, sing and dance. They work hard. They pay taxes, and are heads of industry. They are family people. God fearing people!<BR/><BR/>Consider what this country would be without black folks! <BR/><BR/>They bring joy to all! But not the liberal pale skinned blacks with their hand out. <BR/><BR/>Shaun Powell and Dr. Cosby are correct! <BR/><BR/>I respect, AND ADMIRE, hard working black folks. God bless them! And may the scumbag white liberal politicians who exploit them be defeated in all elections.<BR/><BR/>I wish wealth, happiness, and good health to all with African decent.<BR/><BR/>You will never understand what really black is until you go to Africa. Black is truely beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-59542337643429882972007-04-29T19:36:00.000-07:002007-04-29T19:36:00.000-07:00+++++++++++ Notice that the columnist is an Africa...+++++++++++ Notice that the columnist is an African American.++++++++++<BR/> <BR/>Subject: IMUS gave the opportunity<BR/> <BR/> Shaun Powell <BR/>SPORTS COLUMNIST <BR/><BR/> <BR/>IT'S MORE THAN JUST IMUS<BR/>In retrospect, outraged people shouldn't have united and screamed "blank you" to Don Imus the last few days. No, instead, we should've stuck out our hand and said, "Thank you."<BR/><BR/>We should feel indebted to a shriveled, unfunny, insensitive frog for being so ignorant that he actually did us all a favor. He woke society the hell up. He grabbed it by the throat, shook hard and ordered us to take a long, critical look at ourselves and the mess we've made and ignored for much too long. He made us examine the culture and the characters we've created for ourselves, our impressionable young people and our future.<BR/>Had Imus not called a bunch of proud and innocent young women "nappy-headed hos," would we be as ashamed of what we see as we are today?<BR/><BR/>Or, to quote Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer: "Have we really lost our moral fiber?"<BR/><BR/>And our minds as well?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if the last few days will serve as a watershed moment for this MTV, middle-finger, screw-you generation. Probably not, according to my hunch. A short time from now, the hysteria will turn to vapor, folks will settle back into their routines, somebody will pump up the volume on the latest poison produced by hip-hop while Al Sharpton and the other racial ambulance chasers will find other guilt-ridden white folks to shake for fame and cash. In five minutes, the entire episode of Imus and his strange idea of humor will be older than his hairstyle. Lessons learned will be lessons forgotten.<BR/><BR/>I wish I were wrong about that last part. But I doubt it, because any minute now, black people will resume calling themselves bitches and hos and the N-word and in the ultimate sign of hypocrisy, neither Rutgers nor anyone else will call a news conference about that.<BR/><BR/>Because when we really get to the root of the problem, this isn't about Imus. This is about a culture we -- meaning black folks -- created and condoned and packaged for white power brokers to sell and shock jocks like Imus to exploit. Can we talk?<BR/><BR/>Tell me: Where did an old white guy like Imus learn the word "ho"?<BR/><BR/>Was that always part of his vocabulary? Or did he borrow it from Jay-Z and Dave Chappelle and Snoop Dogg?<BR/><BR/>What really disappointed me about that exhausting Rutgers news conference, which was slyly used as a recruiting pitch by Stringer, was the absence of the truth and the lack of backbone and courage. Black women had the perfect opportunity to lash out at their most dangerous oppressors -- black men -- and yet they kept the focus on a white guy.<BR/><BR/>It was a tremendous letdown for me, personally and professionally. I wanted Stringer, and especially her players, many of whom listen to rap and hip-hop, to take Nelly to task. Or BET. Or MTV. Or the gangsta culture that is suffocating our kids. They had the ear and eye of the nation trained upon them, and yet these women didn't get to the point and the root of the matter. They danced around it, and I guess I should've known better, because black people still refuse to lash out against those black people who are doing harm to us all.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I wasn't holding my breath for Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, a pair of phony and self-appointed leaders, because they have their agendas and financial stakes. I was hoping 10 young women, who have nothing on the line, who are members of a young culture, would train their attention to within the race, name names and say enough is enough. But they didn't, and I was crushed.<BR/><BR/>You should walk around the playground and the elementary and high schools today and listen to how young black people speak to each other, treat each other and tease each other. You'd be ashamed. Next, sample some of their CDs and look at the video games they're playing. And while you're at it, blame yourself for funding this garbage, for allowing your kids to support these companies and for not taking a stand against it or the so-called artists making it happen.<BR/><BR/>Black folks, for whatever reason, can be their own worst enemy. The last several days, the media had us believe it was Don Imus. But deep down, we know better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-71567740533028866782007-04-29T19:22:00.000-07:002007-04-29T19:22:00.000-07:00You are confusing obstruction with 21st century gr...You are confusing obstruction with 21st century green technology. Don't lump us all together or you may miss the chance to do-do it right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-31218767658053748812007-04-29T19:20:00.000-07:002007-04-29T19:20:00.000-07:00Gag me with a gravity collection system!Gag me with a gravity collection system!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-80505907074629198332007-04-29T18:45:00.000-07:002007-04-29T18:45:00.000-07:00Gag, Choke, PukeFiction is stranger than reality!C...Gag, Choke, Puke<BR/><BR/>Fiction is stranger than reality!<BR/><BR/>Could some one, maybe even Swanson, explain just where that abundance of clean water is going to come from? We won't even ask just how it would be funded, but it would be nice to have seen a plan, any plan, back in January, actually back in January 2005 or any time since. Well after a little bump in the road, a little nuisance called bankruptcy, any real plan was sort of taken away, but here we are with Julie still shooting her mouth off and dreaming of building a mythical sewer somewhere closer to Fresno.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope the property owners of Los Osos understand the rape of our community by those MTS Dreamers! How much longer will we have to put up with the obstructionism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-84521074912391301582007-04-29T18:20:00.000-07:002007-04-29T18:20:00.000-07:00To Anon 6:01 above,Geez......what to know what the...To Anon 6:01 above,<BR/><BR/>Geez......what to know what the Dreamers are REALLY all about? Read this copy of of past letter to the editor printed in the Tribune (2005);<BR/><BR/>THE DREAM<BR/>Responding to Keith Swanson’s venomous “pipe dream” letter of January 15; in which Swanson fails to comprehend that in Los Osos the “dream” is much more than just the sewer.<BR/><BR/> The “Dreamers” dream of ending a vicious thirty year conflict in Los Osos; dream of stopping the gross pollution of our beautiful environment and reversing the damage caused; dream of clean water and a pristine Morro Bay; dream of keeping Los Osos a small town surrounded by open space and farms; dream of freeing Los Ososans to add bedrooms or bathrooms to their homes; dream of welcoming our future neighbors to realize their dreams on their vacant lots; dream of a beautifully landscaped nine acre park for our community; dream of a vibrant downtown with growing locally-owned businesses; dream that through grants and hard work that we can assist our less-fortunate neighbors so that none need leave town; and dream much more!<BR/><BR/> The “Dreamers” know that the quickest and least expensive way to see these “dreams” come true is by enthusiastically supporting the LOCSD Wastewater Project. Make it your dream too."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-33840315597381926692007-04-29T18:01:00.000-07:002007-04-29T18:01:00.000-07:00Oh Geez. The above post to Ron explains alot. Th...Oh Geez. The above post to Ron explains alot. The Dreamers are on meth! I never was quite sure about that name "dreamers" but now it makes sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-78189687371158040102007-04-29T13:39:00.000-07:002007-04-29T13:39:00.000-07:004 more ****4 more ****Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-27062418870437589652007-04-29T13:23:00.000-07:002007-04-29T13:23:00.000-07:00Ron quoted me: "I've thought about doing my own bl...Ron quoted me: <I>"I've thought about doing my own blog but then I would have to come up with original content which I don't have the time to do."</I><BR/><BR/>Then added <I>"Yet you have the time to out-word Ann and I combined. Hmmm...."</I><BR/><BR/>Yes ... it takes far too much of my time to combat the misconceptions the two of you promote to leave me any time to come up with my own original contributions.<BR/><BR/>If the two of you promise to just be factually based and to show far less bias I would have some more free time. If you really want me to make my own original contributions, just stop spewing so much nonsense ... I would be quite happy to oblige.Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.com