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DeMaio Blind to One Thing: Greed
If the City of San Diego will not handle things through a bankruptcy, then would there be some truth to rumors of a La Jolla split from San Diego? I understand that in Detroit, shrinking the city limits until services can be provided to what's left is a real option, an idea floated by its mayor...— November 5, 2010 8:49 p.m.
South Park's Granny Flats — City Says Yea, Some Citizens Say Nay
Yes, their investment in city-wide programs that will reduce our need for imported water is good... but cautious people may see a need to purify their own water as an emergency necessity, just as some of us living where the winds blow hot and dry are now aware that it's good to have alternate sources of electrical power, hopefully ones that won't kill the family budget by needing to fill up the generator.— November 5, 2010 1:40 p.m.
Proposition D Thumbed Down Overwhelmingly
RE #106: You're right about FEMA getting things done OR NOT. All I am interested in is getting more people here to have FEMA EMI certification, so WE can get things done and have the feds reimburse us locally for doing it under the always-active National Response Framework. FEMA projects that in the first three or so days after a truly catastrophic disaster, we are on our own... right at the time when post-disaster trauma is worst among surviving victims. In the case of New Orleans, it was more like weeks. As for city-managed volunteers taking care of more mundane city business because of big budge gaps, that too would be an emergency response, bt in this case it would be to the fiscal crisis of our civic leadership's making.— November 5, 2010 1:25 p.m.
Proposition D Thumbed Down Overwhelmingly
RE #109: Don Bauder is exempt from inculcated military discipline, but may be drafted as civilian commander in chief?— November 5, 2010 8:12 a.m.
Proposition D Thumbed Down Overwhelmingly
RE #105: That pretty much sums it up. Now that we know about it, perhaps we can use some of the tools provided to do something about it. Regarding all of the FEMA EMI exams for certification: the test are not supremely easy, but there WERE designed with county officials in mind and are all open-book, open-note tests. It's not about memorization -- it's about whether or not one can use job aids to get the job done. If not passing, then re-tests are free... and sometimes I find it useful to repeat a course even though I won't get credit for it, just as a refresher.— November 5, 2010 7:03 a.m.
SDG&E Serves Up a Shut Off
Thanks for this report. I've been tracking the SDG&E power shut off plan for a while, part of my concern over SDG&E billing us for its future uninsured wildfire legal expenses, adding insult to injury after the power shut offs in the first place... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/encanto-gas…— November 5, 2010 6:17 a.m.
South Park's Granny Flats — City Says Yea, Some Citizens Say Nay
Here is an alternative view. IF adding one more housing unit will lower all of our water and power utility rates, THEN let it be! On the other hand, we all know this isn't going to happen, as what has really been happening is that while we use less and less water and power, the rates go up because we did what we were told to do and conserved. This may have more to do with what happened to Proposition D than most high-level politicos ever thought. I admit there isn't a whole lot we can do about the water bill (especially since Lemon Grove started putting up asphalt diversion berms to restrict storm runoff flowing into Chollas Creek), but I'm going totally off-grid solar, and I hope to be generating enough on my own that I can just give it away to my ENCANTO GAS HOLDER VICTIMS V. SDG&E plaintiff neighbors, invoking the electrical cooperative sections of the California Public Utilities Code. If I can continue to add another solar panel from Harbor Freight every month or so, I'll be in the 1.5-3 kilowatt range in two years or so, right around the time all of the rest of you start seeing SDG&E "PeakShift at Home" rate hikes on your electric bills. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/encanto-gas… The other advantage is that when the grid goes down, my refrigerator will still work. Gotta have my ice cream sandwiches, or it's just not living in civilization.— November 5, 2010 12:13 a.m.
Walmart Woos; San Diego Plays Hard to Get
RE #5: The story is apparently still breaking that the Westfield Group would love to knock down the entire Robinsons-May (Planet Hollywood) building, turn it into a city park, and be forgiven of some $35 million in retail and parking fee cuts to CCDC between now and 2035. Essentially, you're right about it facing the US Grant. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/encanto-gas…— November 4, 2010 11:05 p.m.
Moores's Personal Attorney Named to High Justice Department Post
RE #3 & #7: It is unfortunate that there are not enough interested persons in San Diego to challenge for a showing of identity at the time foreign (meaning non-California) corporations and other artificial persons appear to bid on projects. It is unfortunate that redevelopment corporations, the Redevelopment Agency and the City Council fail to challenge for discovering the identities of parties hiding behind foreign corporate veils whenever bids come before those bodies in public consideration. Or maybe that's what all of those closed sessions are really all about, where non-disclosure is the accepted way of doing business with other people's money.— November 4, 2010 10:52 p.m.
Proposition D Thumbed Down Overwhelmingly
RE "There is no such thing as a 'Police Mold', born heros, destined to protect and serve, one of a kind people. The Police and Fire personnel who fought or died in 911 are the proven Heros, like those military who are in harms way, no one else. Making any comparison of PD/FD work to that is an insult": I'll argue that most people can be trained to have discipline (the military prefers the verb "can be inculcated" which apparently relates to trampling something into one's skull) with some significant number just washing out in the effort. Our problem is that not enough public safety employees have the sort of discipline it takes to develop personnel assets (beyond snitches and other low-level minions) in the neighborhoods they work in. Of other city employees who man the desks, answer the phones and meet the public everyday, there apparently is no such disciple. Maybe I'm wrong, but SEIU seems to have pretty much taken care to eliminate that already.— November 4, 2010 10:37 p.m.