tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post8740194598365266892..comments2023-10-28T03:14:44.519-07:00Comments on Calhouns Can(n)ons: NewsstandGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04099049885765768069noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-48869830759990130782007-09-06T08:22:00.000-07:002007-09-06T08:22:00.000-07:00Crap sez: Of course, many will be looking at how Y...Crap sez: Of course, many will be looking at how YOU vote, since you have been an outspoken anti-sewer activist."<BR/><BR/>Wrong again. I have never been anti-sewer. You've blinded yourself by your language. Not good, Crap. But you have self-identified as a FRAUD. Thanks. I'll need to keep reminding folks of that. <BR/><BR/>Crap, the FRAUD, sez:"and perhaps file a complaint for MAIL FRAUD. In addition there has to be a law somewhere to stop this kind of voting FRAUD from going on."<BR/><BR/>If I'm not mistaken, mail fraud involves selling phony stuff and using the U.S. mails to do it. This is an opinion/campaign flyer. Whoever wrote it is not selling something for, I think, five bucks or more, that they know to be worthless, and using the U.S. mails, so to my knowledge it's not mail fraud. Doesn't your "male friend," you know the one show's great pals with the Supreme Court, have a clearer definiton as to what constitutes mail fraud? I thought you implied he was some kind of legal expert who was going to hold people responsible for their opinions and other ridiculous "threats," from a person now self-identied as a FRAUD. Hmmmmm, again, not good Crap.Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362538114791652208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-91967252626579107992007-09-05T22:03:00.000-07:002007-09-05T22:03:00.000-07:00I think CB is like Al Barrow. If it took 2 cents t...I think CB is like Al Barrow. If it took 2 cents to go around the world, he probably could only go fifty feet.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-201176582611689122007-09-05T21:28:00.000-07:002007-09-05T21:28:00.000-07:00Hey CB, I'll give you $300K right now!!!30 day esc...Hey CB, <BR/><BR/>I'll give you $300K right now!!!<BR/><BR/>30 day escrow! You won't have to wory about the continual decline in prices, just pack and go, no more worries...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093426896476666691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-16201164965535779412007-09-05T20:18:00.000-07:002007-09-05T20:18:00.000-07:00cb, are you a realtor? Do you work in an escrow co...cb, are you a realtor? Do you work in an escrow company?Sewertoons AKA Lynette Tornatzkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501351678541088868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-45845900904748138452007-09-05T19:50:00.000-07:002007-09-05T19:50:00.000-07:00CrapKiller:Keep Dreamin'You wait, in one year the ...CrapKiller:<BR/><BR/>Keep Dreamin'<BR/><BR/>You wait, in one year the house prices will drop further. People will really be able to get some real deals here. Houses are selling now for in the $300,000 - $400,000 range. Wow, these same homes would have sold for $500,000 - $600,000 a few years ago. Some up for sale are real nice. People with cash that can wait for a year or two are going to get a tremendous deal in Los Osos (while thousands have to leave their homes.)<BR/><BR/>That's what your blind vote/blank check vote is going to cost you.<BR/><BR/>Let's see, you'll loose $200,000. right off the bat.<BR/><BR/>Another two years, more lowering of the house prices.<BR/><BR/>You fool.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Are you Gordon?Conspiracy Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707953964491297635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-77723198738117573882007-09-05T10:01:00.000-07:002007-09-05T10:01:00.000-07:00Ann: You are absolutely correct! Since I an anonym...Ann: You are absolutely correct! Since I an anonymous, it may be ASSUMED that I am a fraud. You make lots of ASSUMPTIONS but you are not a fraud: Just biased to a fault. Or: "don't want to pay, just delay", maybe?<BR/><BR/>My writing has always stood on it's own merits. It just does not have the same weight as your writing. After all, this is your blog, and it is proven you own two pieces of property in the PZ!<BR/><BR/>DING DING DONG DAMMIT! FRAUD ALERT!<BR/><BR/>Your accepted argument goes two ways: The yellow flyer I received came from a totally unidentified "Committee for Los Osos Property Owners". Besides the content, it must be ASSUMED fraudulent! We will be going down to the SLO post office to find out who owns Permit #7 (Federal Public Record) and perhaps file a complaint for MAIL FRAUD. In addition there has to be a law somewhere to stop this kind of voting FRAUD from going on.<BR/><BR/>Another point: If you believe without documentation the pronouncements of Murphy and Low, then it is all the more reason to vote YES on the assessment. We will need the county to bring this to fruition and get the CCRWQCB to allow this. No SPOILING HERE!<BR/><BR/>In any case the ballot for one of my properties came yesterday. $35K plus assessment. I await the other one. Probably today. Bargain! Since I bought my property, the equity has increased eight fold in ten years (800%). Soon as we get a sewer, it will go up even more, and easily pay for the assessment and interest. Vote YES! When you do be sure to make copies of your signed ballot for evidence or other action if the YES vote fails.<BR/>You may need it to mitigate a $900 a month discharge permit.<BR/><BR/>Of course, many will be looking at how YOU vote, since you have been an outspoken anti-sewer activist.<BR/><BR/>Time comes when you have to put your money where your mouth or script falls. My money goes with a YES! YES!<BR/><BR/>You might look at you own property. Sort of ridiculous to be "penny wise and pound foolish".<BR/><BR/>Figure it out. The demand for clean air coastal property will always continue to climb after the glut is cleared. Where else is building allowed on the coast? Where else can one live without high air conditioning and heating bills? And where else is such a central location on the coast within easy reach of SF, LA, Bakes, and Frisbee? Great schools! One of the finest universities in the nation!<BR/><BR/>Already, SLO county is considered one of the finest places in the US to live.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-6721699770453383922007-09-05T09:40:00.000-07:002007-09-05T09:40:00.000-07:00Um ... Ann ...Weight should be given to all opinio...Um ... Ann ...<BR/><BR/>Weight should be given to all opinions presented here. The weight given to the opinions should be in some way related to the quality of those opinions, the reasonability of the poster and what we know about the biases of the poster. If we know that someone is a property owners, for example, we know that the individual will be ... for sure ... be affected differently by the very real consequences than if we know the individual is a renter.<BR/><BR/>That we don't know FOR SURE that Crapkiller owns property doesn't make her opinion worthless as you suggest ... just something that should be taken with perhaps a bit more salt than if we knew her real name. Even then, I would suggest that we don't even know that the author of this blog, churadogs is the REAL Ann Calhoun who owns those properties in Los Osos.Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-79527370483120563822007-09-05T07:40:00.000-07:002007-09-05T07:40:00.000-07:00SPOILER ALERT: Crap sez:" agree totally with area...SPOILER ALERT: Crap sez:" agree totally with area51 and tcg. "Due diligence" from all of us is required. Ann, our leader, has hammered this home. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts! If this is just another "headless brown trout" it will be seen as such, otherwise it will be seen as what it is.<BR/>Thank you both for your comments. <BR/><BR/>12:10 PM, September 04, 2007"<BR/> <BR/>DING! DING! DING! FRAUD ALERT HERE <BR/>In previous postings, Crap made a clear pronouncement regarding property ownership vis a vis stating opinions. She/he even went to far as to access property records to see if I was a property owner. The reason given by CRAP was as followers (10:02 a.m. Sept 04,07) "Opinions and pronouncments are backed up by a stake in an issue. The weight of these are determined by the size of the stake. Get it?" and a previous entry of 1:13 p.m. August 31, 1007," This [property ownership] gives a GREAT AMOUNT of weight to your opinions. It also shows that YOU are not operating as a FRAUD in property owner matters." <BR/><BR/>The problem here for Crap? Crap is an anonymous poster pretending to be a property owner. Because she/she is anonymous there is no way to check his/her status as a property owner via the county records. Therefore, a FRAUD ALERT to all who read Crap's "opinions." Until she/he identifies herself/himself so her property owning status can be verified, we shouild all heed her/his own words that she/he may well be a FRAUD and so no weight can be given to his/her opinions.Churadogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362538114791652208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-79832822879402814522007-09-04T21:33:00.000-07:002007-09-04T21:33:00.000-07:00To Sharky:I got the same big yellow flyer and it c...To Sharky:<BR/><BR/>I got the same big yellow flyer and it came standard presorted mail. This is a very impressive flyer for the uninformed. I wonder who paid for it? Who is the committee?<BR/><BR/>The first thing I did was to go to GE Capital. There is no way Orenco/Ripley is going to get a loan at 5.5% interest from GE Capital. GE Capital loans money to make money. Like a bank, they borrow money, and then loan it out at a profit. Currently Aaa Corporate Bonds are returning very close to 6% to large investors. GE would be paying about the same for money. They would have to be loaning money at at least 2 1/2 percentage points higher to very well capitalized companies. While it is true that GE loans money at cost, it is only done to it's own insurance company, and it is short term. Thus this is the first blatantly obvious piece of misinformation. GE does not publish its rates in the story of it's recent deals.<BR/><BR/>I cannot understand how GE Capital would allow it's name to be used, unless GE stands for Gerald Edwards. I am also surprised that Ripley would allow it's name to be used when so many costs are uncertain. Then there is the CCRWQCB that made Ripley reconsider its figures originally to handle nitrate reduction.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime this is the best collection of truths with half truths and outright BS I have ever seen. Absolutely beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Maybe I should put out a flyer that says vote YES because there are Senators and Representatives in The US Congress that will make sure we only pay $10 a month.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-49361209374178172922007-09-04T18:09:00.000-07:002007-09-04T18:09:00.000-07:00Just another pea in the "Let's-all-delay-any-sewer...Just another pea in the "Let's-all-delay-any-sewer" shell game!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093426896476666691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-51155333324497417122007-09-04T16:39:00.000-07:002007-09-04T16:39:00.000-07:00Speaking of flying cargo, I got in the mail today ...Speaking of flying cargo, I got in the mail today a huge flyer chock-full-o-questionable-info. So, who the heck is the "Committee for Los Osos Property Owners"? Just like Ann, they raise good questions and then they give answers which I think are entirely unfounded and then they suggest the conclusion that voting no on the 218 is a good way to get a far lower costing project that will be completed far sooner.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hopeful optimism such as is seen in this flyer is what brought us the original CSD and then the recall. Both times we were told something like "better, faster, cheaper" and now yet another group is promising the same snake oil.<BR/><BR/>Is it just hopeful optimism or is it something else ... a deliberate attempt to manipulate the situation to stall the sewer yet again for some unstated purpose.Shark Inlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308339749797881391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-16142290679395699742007-09-04T15:12:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:12:00.000-07:00Sort of troubling. Why is there no information tra...Sort of troubling. Why is there no information trail on this? Maybe I have been not looking for the right thing or in the right place. I await additional information as I am sure the engineers on the staff of the BOS await. Maybe their 53 page document will bring forth information. Hope we can get our eyes on it soon.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-45678114106809830032007-09-04T14:24:00.000-07:002007-09-04T14:24:00.000-07:00If they have not installed one - or better - thous...If they have not installed one - or better - thousands of these in "Reclamators" in California, I sure don't want Los Osos to be the canary in the mine that "tests" the Water Board. They have no website that I can find. No reference to the product "Reclamator" except on this start-up site. A little short of 10 years nitrogen reduction perhaps?<BR/><BR/>http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Annette-Dundas2.aspx?Keywords=reclamator&page=1&PageSize=10&SortBy=6&SearchType=FS&ReturnURL=%2fsearch%2fstartups%2fall.aspx%3fKeywords%3dreclamatorSewertoons AKA Lynette Tornatzkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501351678541088868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-85922606812273166632007-09-04T12:10:00.000-07:002007-09-04T12:10:00.000-07:00I agree totally with area51 and tcg. "Due diligenc...I agree totally with area51 and tcg. "Due diligence" from all of us is required. Ann, our leader, has hammered this home. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts! If this is just another "headless brown trout" it will be seen as such, otherwise it will be seen as what it is.<BR/>Thank you both for your comments.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-6491700425366624852007-09-04T11:38:00.000-07:002007-09-04T11:38:00.000-07:00I agree that, in no way, should this concept impai...I agree that, in no way, should this concept impair the 218 vote. Without a successful vote, the County can not fully investigate ideas such as this one, or the decentralized plan of a few months ago.<BR/><BR/>The staff stated very clearly at their recent Prop 218 hearing that the amount of the assessments being voted on is the maximum that can be assessed on the properties. If the actual cost is less, they must assess less. <BR/><BR/>So, this appears to me to be just one more idea that is probably too good to be true, but will get it's full review through the County process if the people support A PROJECT by voting yes.TCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150320339569740612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-74321776460742337042007-09-04T11:24:00.000-07:002007-09-04T11:24:00.000-07:00"This is not a reason to vote NO on the 218 vote. ..."This is not a reason to vote NO on the 218 vote. If this device actually works, only the county will have the legal resources to change the course of thinking of the CCRWQCB, and they will need our assessment money to persue this change." <BR/><BR/>Well put Crap, but I am more than cynical enough to believe that is EXACTLY why the cargo is gonna start flying right now: to attempt to persuade people to vote against the 218. Timing is everything, and the closer we get to the vote, the more cargo will fly. Just another "better, cheaper, faster," or "$100.00 per month, we're ready to go" claim. The sewer saga is replete with attempts by those who who oppose paying for ANY sewer to confuse, obfiscate, misdirect, pray for cargo, lie, cajole, threaten, manipulate, and promise the moon if it means avoiding a project. Ask Al Barrow, the master of manipulation, he of the "I can delay a sewer for eternity" fame. Can't help but think his hands are all over this one....again.<BR/><BR/>But than again, like I said, maybe I'm just a cynic. Don't know how THAT happened.Billy Dunnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740796201749942334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-59145022809333646572007-09-04T11:11:00.000-07:002007-09-04T11:11:00.000-07:00Another comment:A google search showed nothing abo...Another comment:<BR/><BR/>A google search showed nothing about BESTEP-10 or BESTEP UF-900.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-78401494109080801382007-09-04T10:58:00.000-07:002007-09-04T10:58:00.000-07:00Another comment:AB2701 REQUIRES the county to perf...Another comment:<BR/><BR/>AB2701 REQUIRES the county to perform "due diligence". They would be in violation of the law if they did not completely investigate this system.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13758431.post-15495160973151723722007-09-04T10:49:00.000-07:002007-09-04T10:49:00.000-07:00Ann: Good work and thank you. We await full detail...Ann: Good work and thank you. We await full details of the system and hopefully it is not experimental, and has been proven to work in numerous places. Nobody get your hopes up yet until full facts and data is available.<BR/><BR/>This is not a reason to vote NO on the 218 vote. If this device actually works, only the county will have the legal resources to change the course of thinking of the CCRWQCB, and they will need our assessment money to persue this change.4crapkillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106205459391355518noreply@blogger.com