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San Marcos in crosshairs of Growthzilla

The board voted YES on Newland Sierra (Jacob absent) Supervisor Bill Horn: "I think this is a good project." Horn said he hasn't added a lot of growth in his 24 years on the board. He also touched on his favorite argument of the site being zoned for mining. He made this same case in 2010. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/… Supervisor Kristin Gaspar: "We are working under some tricky conditions." The argument being that we have not built enough housing, "vicious cycle, always behind." She said every housing project is met with protest/litigation. "We need some relief." https://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/… Supervisor Greg Cox: "Whether this project is built or not, traffic is going to be a problem." He then asked about fire safety and was told by Tony Mecham Cal Fire Chief that because the project will have clustered houses it will take less resources to fight fires. "They have done as much as they can." https://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/… https://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/… Supervisor Ron Roberts: "We heard a lot of conflicting testimony." He said this project is different than when it was heard it before (Merriam Mountains). "We are lacking in housing period." He said we aren't building enough housing and taking thousands of units out of use because of Airbnb. "People who work here and are making decent incomes and they can't find housing." "Every time we talk about housing, we have this same battle." He touched on NIMBYISM without saying the word. He said many of the communities we have now weren't even a thought at one time. "We need housing . . . it overshadows everything." https://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2018/… ABSENT: Supervisor Dianne Jacob was out (her husband died over the weekend).
— September 26, 2018 4:45 p.m.

Trump supporter calls out Scott Marks

Why people are still cosigning Trump's delusions is beyond me. I keep having this image for a dark comedy play about Trump. After all, his entire presidency has been a dark comedy of sorts. I can't ignore how much Trump is like an exboss of mine. When I hear what it's like working for Trump, it's exactly like it was with my exboss. Eerily so. (We used to joke there were writers in the walls. Sometimes we wanted to give them a raise. Other times we wanted to fire him. My ex-boss did epic-nonsensical things that bordered on the criminal on a daily basis. Well, he crossed the border a lot. I wrote our whole HR manual sexual harassment section based on the opposite of what he did all the time). Back to the Trump play: I'm thinking, It's the eve of the special counsel releasing their findings. Trump has just had an "off with their heads" day where he fires his entire cabinet and strips security clearances for everyone on his enemies list. This makes dead U.S. Presidents roll over in their graves so hard they gather at the White House to put Trump on trial. Some of the dead presidents have to act as Trump's legal counsel. They choose up sides and who will be on the jury and who will preside as the judge and then they bring in the defendant. The charges are read and the trial begins. Trump is allowed to call character witnesses as long as they are dead. As a desperate measure, he fires his dead president defense team and brings in his dead mentor, Roy Cohn. The rub is that dead guys can't lie or defend lies. The dark comedy gold is Trump defending himself by throwing stones at U.S. history, albeit uninformed stones.
— September 19, 2018 11:10 a.m.

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