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Sweetwater district’s mellow ruse
Missionaccomplished - guilty, as charged.— August 12, 2014 8:23 p.m.
Sweetwater district’s mellow ruse
Is there no end to the MADNESS? We were looking for hero(S) when the County Board of Ed arrived, unfortunately they failed to listen to the warnings and CHOSE instead to listen to Ed Brand and Tom Calhoun. ONCE AGAIN, WE THE TAXPAYING COMMUNITY WERE RIGHT, but that brings us little satisfaction; and, we are left STILL LOOKING FOR HEROS. According to Ed Brand the CFD's would be needed for the new east side school the District plans on building - so why are we spending them(CFD's) on a new District Office and the build out that will be needed. When Tom Calhoun spoke of the new District office initially, for some strange reason he failed to share that CFD monies would be used. All of this money spent on entitlements, and THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. A search on Board Docs will reveal we have paid for the entitlement process SEVERAL times, and so it will be again. Students at Eastlake are in need of books, they are in need of a proper chair to sit in - IPADS for the 9th graders barely being used as the teachers have not been trained - but hey we need to get our priorities straight Tom Calhoun will have a brand new office with a brand new chair to sit in and E2ManageTech will, in my opinion, undoubtedly walk away with 33% of the profits from the property sales. It is all about priorities, and, WE the taxpaying public nor our STUDENTS are their priority. Allow me to ask - WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH???????— August 12, 2014 7:05 p.m.
Democracy costs, even in Chula Vista
The voters have spoken!— August 12, 2014 5:37 p.m.
Democracy costs, even in Chula Vista
BBQ - as always, to the point - and appreciated— August 12, 2014 5:36 p.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
Mr. Tino Martinez: Hope to see you at monthly Board meetings. I would also encourage all candidates to attend the Bond Oversight Committee meetings which are also held monthly.— August 6, 2014 7:19 p.m.
Pleasure additive
Today's lunch, on my way in my Mitsibishi!— August 6, 2014 7:19 a.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
EXTRA, EXTRA - Looking for a candidate in the Castle Park area to run for the Board. ''''''''YOUR''''''' community needs you.— August 4, 2014 7:37 a.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
Bvavev - the South Bay is being represented POORLY for the most part. I have an additional 'group' to add to your list THE TAXPAYERS - when we fail to show up and speak up we are sending the message 'it really doesn't matter' When Eastlake folks showed up to last months Board Meeting regarding the bus issue - the Board listened and caved. As soon as that agenda item had been moved OUTSIDE and evidently resolved the parents LEFT. APATHY, not only amongst our elected bodies, but we the taxpayers as well, and we are just as guilty Here is another controversial topic - where have all of these candidates been? With the exception of Kevin O'Neill, Frank Tarantino, Paula Hall and recently Chris Shilling I have not seen the candidates at the Board meetings. So, I guess my question is why are they running? What is their motivation? What are their concerns, if any. Do they know the issues? There are a couple of names I am seeing that when I compare them to the areas they live in, well, they are not running in that area. Have they sold their Eastlake residences? Have they rented an apartment, and if so for how long? One received a FPPC letter when they ran for a previous office. My point, WE NEED TO VET THOSE WE VOTE FOR!— August 3, 2014 10:06 p.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
JMBrickley: Thank You for posting this. I was there that evening - hearing it, upset me as much today as it did that night. A few comments of Ms. Russo's pop out at me 1- they, them - Plan Nine Partners is Marc Lichtman - uno, one solitary person. So,,,, does Ms. Russo know of another 'person/persons' that was part of the deal that we, the taxpaying public were not made aware of. 2- Russo's very last words - listen carefully 'paying them for nothing' So I guess now is as good a time as any to remind you all of something I found - Mr. Lichman ADVANCED himself a pretty hefty sum. You see, we, those of us that pay the bills, were paying his health insurance premiums, that was also part of the deal. Well, the payments were stopped and when he found out he simply dipped Into the till and advanced himself the money to pay the back premiums. UNLEASH THE LAWYERS - oh, that is right lawyers are only used to send cease and desist letters to community members and news organizations that happen to offend a certain Board member.— August 3, 2014 2:48 p.m.
33% of the profit? No problem — hey!
Just want to be sure we all understand the 'Brownsfield' entity we are talking about - THAT IS Chuck Diamond, Daryl Hernandez and the others. What DinDinMagee brings to our attention is akin to adding nitro to a freakin' time bomb. Thinking out loud here - it appears we have been TAKEN, BIG TIME! Perhaps 'another' avenue to be considered would be an attempt to get our monies back out of Ed Brands personal back pocket as well as ANY Board member or District employee who is/was involved. Go back to the previous story that has a copy of the Participation Agreement - look at it, I mean really look at it - does it in ANY way, shape or form look like ANY legal document you have ever seen on a multimillion dollar deal for a entity that is State or Federally funded, let alone one of the largest school Districts in the nation? To add insult to injury - we tried to tell the new Board didn't we? We stood up there and did all but get down on our knees and begged them to NOT authorize ANY large expenditures ESPECIALLY ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY - so, and. I am still thinking out loud here, DO THEY KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T?— August 2, 2014 8:46 a.m.