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Tijuana offers safe transportation for women
Apparently, David, because no men are allowed -- at least no young, able-bodied men, plus the buses will likely be less crowded and thus more comfortable. Does this help (from a longer story published today in El Mexicano)? -- El alcalde, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, expresó que la creación de la línea rosa fue una sugerencia que hicieron a los transportistas, luego de un viaje a la Ciudad de México, en donde cuentan con esta modalidad. “Propusimos un transporte que sea más seguro y más tranquilo para las mujeres”, comentó, “vemos aquí también muchas veces que algunos varones molestan a las mujeres en el transporte público, más cuando va lleno y éstos son (camiones) para las mujeres y los niños”. Dijo que las personas de la tercera edad también recibirán este servicio especial, mientras que los fines de semana las familias podrán abordar las unidades rosas. Agradeció la sensibilidad de los transportistas que atendieron la recomendación, “siempre les hemos dicho que piensen en el usuario y esta es la mejor manera de pensar en ellas”.
— July 24, 2013 10:10 p.m.
Tijuana’s binational airport soon ready for construction
Also worth looking is this:
http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticia…
and this:
http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticia…
— July 23, 2013 11:34 p.m.
Tijuana’s binational airport soon ready for construction
In addition to Mayor Bustamante, there is still some serious opposition to the so-called "bi-national airport," which in reality isn't a binational airport at all -- just an easy walkway for people bound to the US from Tijuana to avoid Otay Mesa, with all the shops and accommodations on the US side. By chance have you seen this:
http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetijuana/notas/n30198…
— July 23, 2013 11:24 p.m.
A Sunday without
The Californian
newspaper in Temecula
A sad turn of events for North County residents. I can remember when there was a glut of newspapers in the region -- with dailies and weeklies in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, San Marcos, Del Mar, Fallbrook, etc. There was even a paper called the Mobilehome Courier, and a separate organization for professional journalists -- the North County Press Club. It was a robust environment with a lot of competition, which served the public well.
— June 5, 2013 7:21 p.m.
Robbery suspect caught for Tijuana police
Thanks for the clarification. Gun laws in Mexico are so restrictive as to make legal ownership of a handgun almost impossible. Perhaps I should have written, "Private gun ownership or possession is *virtually illegal* in Mexico..."
— May 19, 2013 10:14 a.m.
Escondido: The ruling white minority
Anyone ever try single-shot voting? It was used in the South to get over a similar situation that kept blacks out of government. It worked this way: In a crowded field of candidates -- like a city council race in which you get to vote for more than one person -- identify a candidate for your cause and vote only for him or her; don't vote for anyone else. That way you concentrate your voting power and don't add votes to to the total of any other candidate. In such a situation, a typical winning candidate only needed about 30% of the total vote to win a seat -- sometimes even less. Seemed to work in the South when I was growing up, even if it meant only a single black got elected to the city council. Better than zero. (The only way this method failed was when a candidate had to receive 50% + 1 to win. Southern segregationists tried to defeat the single-shot voting technique by going to runoffs that required a majority to win. Doubt that would be the case in Escondido just because it's too expensive to have so many elections.)
— April 9, 2013 1:42 p.m.
Border Patrol schedules closure of Friendship Park
I have long thought this area would make an excellent -- and well-used -- pedestrian access between the US and Mexico. There is plenty of parking on the US side, and existing roadway for shuttle buses to run to a connecting MTS bus or trolley route, with additional parking at one of the South Bay trolley stations. Imagine how that would help the economy. Might even pay for itself -- ease border pedestrian traffic and generate revenue to keep the park open as well. As it is, even with Friends of Friendship Park's admirable work, the park is way under-used and has been for decades. Has this idea ever been studied?
— March 23, 2013 7:38 p.m.
Mother kills two young daughters, then self, in Rosarito
Thanks for pointing me to your work on the vanishing women of Baja -- very sobering material indeed. Have you noticed that over the last several days, something like four women have been killed in Tijuana? Don't know if it's coincidence or a trend.
— March 22, 2013 10:30 a.m.
Mother kills two young daughters, then self, in Rosarito
There is a lot more to this story, based on media accounts in Tijuana and a police press release. Suspicious notes supposedly left by the dead children and the mother who allegedly committed suicide suggest the mother did it because she no longer had the resources to support her family. However, the dead woman was apparently married to (or the girlfriend of) a gringo who visited her about every two weeks. Also, the dead woman's brother committed suicide a couple of years ago in a house nearby. Lots of confusion in the details, leading some commenters on the websites of El Mexicano and Frontera to question the facts surrounding the gruesome event. Some have suggested it was a triple murder disguised to look like a double-murder/suicide. Whatever the reason, still a tragic and heartbreaking story -- especially for the innocent little girls.
— March 21, 2013 1:27 p.m.
Golf ranks high on Hueso's special interest gift list
Wish I could find someone to buy my blankets for me.
— March 4, 2013 11:13 a.m.
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Tijuana offers safe transportation for women
Apparently, David, because no men are allowed -- at least no young, able-bodied men, plus the buses will likely be less crowded and thus more comfortable. Does this help (from a longer story published today in El Mexicano)? -- El alcalde, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, expresó que la creación de la línea rosa fue una sugerencia que hicieron a los transportistas, luego de un viaje a la Ciudad de México, en donde cuentan con esta modalidad. “Propusimos un transporte que sea más seguro y más tranquilo para las mujeres”, comentó, “vemos aquí también muchas veces que algunos varones molestan a las mujeres en el transporte público, más cuando va lleno y éstos son (camiones) para las mujeres y los niños”. Dijo que las personas de la tercera edad también recibirán este servicio especial, mientras que los fines de semana las familias podrán abordar las unidades rosas. Agradeció la sensibilidad de los transportistas que atendieron la recomendación, “siempre les hemos dicho que piensen en el usuario y esta es la mejor manera de pensar en ellas”.— July 24, 2013 10:10 p.m.
Tijuana’s binational airport soon ready for construction
Also worth looking is this: http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticia… and this: http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticia…— July 23, 2013 11:34 p.m.
Tijuana’s binational airport soon ready for construction
In addition to Mayor Bustamante, there is still some serious opposition to the so-called "bi-national airport," which in reality isn't a binational airport at all -- just an easy walkway for people bound to the US from Tijuana to avoid Otay Mesa, with all the shops and accommodations on the US side. By chance have you seen this: http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetijuana/notas/n30198…— July 23, 2013 11:24 p.m.
A Sunday without The Californian newspaper in Temecula
A sad turn of events for North County residents. I can remember when there was a glut of newspapers in the region -- with dailies and weeklies in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, Escondido, San Marcos, Del Mar, Fallbrook, etc. There was even a paper called the Mobilehome Courier, and a separate organization for professional journalists -- the North County Press Club. It was a robust environment with a lot of competition, which served the public well.— June 5, 2013 7:21 p.m.
Robbery suspect caught for Tijuana police
Thanks for the clarification. Gun laws in Mexico are so restrictive as to make legal ownership of a handgun almost impossible. Perhaps I should have written, "Private gun ownership or possession is *virtually illegal* in Mexico..."— May 19, 2013 10:14 a.m.
Escondido: The ruling white minority
Anyone ever try single-shot voting? It was used in the South to get over a similar situation that kept blacks out of government. It worked this way: In a crowded field of candidates -- like a city council race in which you get to vote for more than one person -- identify a candidate for your cause and vote only for him or her; don't vote for anyone else. That way you concentrate your voting power and don't add votes to to the total of any other candidate. In such a situation, a typical winning candidate only needed about 30% of the total vote to win a seat -- sometimes even less. Seemed to work in the South when I was growing up, even if it meant only a single black got elected to the city council. Better than zero. (The only way this method failed was when a candidate had to receive 50% + 1 to win. Southern segregationists tried to defeat the single-shot voting technique by going to runoffs that required a majority to win. Doubt that would be the case in Escondido just because it's too expensive to have so many elections.)— April 9, 2013 1:42 p.m.
Border Patrol schedules closure of Friendship Park
I have long thought this area would make an excellent -- and well-used -- pedestrian access between the US and Mexico. There is plenty of parking on the US side, and existing roadway for shuttle buses to run to a connecting MTS bus or trolley route, with additional parking at one of the South Bay trolley stations. Imagine how that would help the economy. Might even pay for itself -- ease border pedestrian traffic and generate revenue to keep the park open as well. As it is, even with Friends of Friendship Park's admirable work, the park is way under-used and has been for decades. Has this idea ever been studied?— March 23, 2013 7:38 p.m.
Mother kills two young daughters, then self, in Rosarito
Thanks for pointing me to your work on the vanishing women of Baja -- very sobering material indeed. Have you noticed that over the last several days, something like four women have been killed in Tijuana? Don't know if it's coincidence or a trend.— March 22, 2013 10:30 a.m.
Mother kills two young daughters, then self, in Rosarito
There is a lot more to this story, based on media accounts in Tijuana and a police press release. Suspicious notes supposedly left by the dead children and the mother who allegedly committed suicide suggest the mother did it because she no longer had the resources to support her family. However, the dead woman was apparently married to (or the girlfriend of) a gringo who visited her about every two weeks. Also, the dead woman's brother committed suicide a couple of years ago in a house nearby. Lots of confusion in the details, leading some commenters on the websites of El Mexicano and Frontera to question the facts surrounding the gruesome event. Some have suggested it was a triple murder disguised to look like a double-murder/suicide. Whatever the reason, still a tragic and heartbreaking story -- especially for the innocent little girls.— March 21, 2013 1:27 p.m.
Golf ranks high on Hueso's special interest gift list
Wish I could find someone to buy my blankets for me.— March 4, 2013 11:13 a.m.