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Oceanside plans to sell schools to cut deficit – UPDATED
Apparently, in some districts, it is more important to have three full-time PR/communications people on district payroll even as you cut back on teachers and force kids and teachers to endure "combo" (two-grades-in-one) classes. The one bright spot here is that all the parents I spoke to say teacher quality is outstanding.
— October 26, 2021 2:57 p.m.
Oceanside plans to sell schools to cut deficit – UPDATED
Special thanks to Oceanside historian Kristi Hawthorne, whose data is always invaluable.
— October 26, 2021 12:38 p.m.
Remembering Louis Procaccino
What I did not put in the article is that in 1981, when Louie was the production manager for Marc Berman Concerts, I met with him and convinced him to add the band I managed, Incognito, as the opener for Oingo Boingo at the Little Bavaria in Del Mar. If you remember Little Bavaria, you truly are a local. Louie was the same age as Incognito lead singer Jack Tennison who was also from Oceanside. Louie graduated from OHS. Jack did not. Jack, as well as Ed Tate pictured above, are no longer with us.
— September 23, 2021 9:55 a.m.
Lawsuit threat did not scare off Jensen recallers
Hope Nelson - The sentence you brought attention to was amended. By the the way, when Cori abruptly resigned because she was coincidentally accepted to college, why did she not disclose which college gave her this out-of-the-blue acceptance. Of course she was harassed by those creeps who lied about where she lived among other things. That was unfortunate. But creepy people are a fact of life. The advice to start legal proceedings from lawyer Bryan Pease seems to have been a huge mistake and a very odd and unnatural stance from a pro-freedom of speech figure. Many people who respect what Cori stood for and what she was initially elected on, were wholly disappointed at her many mistakes and her ego-driven personality flaws. She let a lot of people down. Cori's downfall was completely unnecessary. One big unforced error. She did exactly what Matt Hall wanted. Thanks a bunch Cori!
— September 14, 2021 10:47 a.m.
Doug Applegate to run for Desmond seat on county board of supervisors
A asked Katie Taylor if it was true that she lived in Oceanside. She told me this morning via text that she did, but that she still had a business license in Carlsbad, that her children live in Carlsbad and that she has spent most of her life in Carlsbad. In Oceanside when you speak at meetings, they make you declare where you live. They also don't give you ten minutes instead of three just because you say you are representing a group. After Ms. Taylor spoke, someone else from her group spoke. How exactly does that work?
— July 16, 2021 1:30 p.m.
Doug Applegate to run for Desmond seat on county board of supervisors
I encourage everyone to watch Katie Taylor's speech. It begins in minute 18:00
https://carlsbadca.new.swagit.com/videos/128953
— July 15, 2021 7:57 p.m.
Oceanside gets even more serious about street people
Megan Crooks' written statement: "The preliminary approval of the $65,000 federal CDBG-CV grant was subject to the preparation and approval of a grant agreement. During the process of of verifying information in the application, the City discovered that application contained factual errors and omissions involving the location of program and and its funding sources. The fiscal sponsor for the application has asked the City to rescind the application." When I spoke her, Ms. Crooks specifically mentioned the Homeless Veterans of San Diego. I think I recounted her words correctly in the article. Vanessa Graziano disagrees. That's why I reached to her and had another person who regularly communicates with Vanessa to respond. She declined.
— June 23, 2021 10:55 a.m.
Oceanside gets even more serious about street people
Vanessa Graziano was contacted Sunday afternoon and did not get back to me before the article was posted on Tuesday afternoon. That's just under 48 hours. She disagrees with what the city of Oceanside told me. She absolutely has a right to be quoted and that's why I called her twice on Sunday and had Rodney McGough (he's in the article) reach out to her to tell her I wanted to speak with her to get a response and he said she told him "she wanted [Rodney] to stay out of it." She previously claimed on facebook that she was denied the grant because she was "posting on facebook too much." Today she claimed that the "founder" of San Diego Homeless Veterans, Kelly Luisi, is the person who gave the approval on behalf of the SDHV that that organization would be the fiscal sponsor of Oceanside Homeless Resource. I have reached out to the Homeless Veterans of San Diego to see if they in fact agreed to be the fiscal sponsor of Graziano's group as she stated on her application.
— June 23, 2021 9:55 a.m.
Kori Jensen cleared by D.A. on house in North Oceanside
Visduh, as those of us who follow oside politics know, Weiss and Keim came to the city council as appointees. Its almost like a nonstop, inbred, appointee gene pool
— June 11, 2021 9:35 a.m.
There goes the Oceanside beach
Based on similar posts, I assume LynnAJ is Lynn Abate-Johnson. I have never met you. Please explain further Ms. Abate Johnson what you mean by misinformation? Looking forward to hearing from you.
— March 12, 2021 3:47 p.m.
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Oceanside plans to sell schools to cut deficit – UPDATED
Apparently, in some districts, it is more important to have three full-time PR/communications people on district payroll even as you cut back on teachers and force kids and teachers to endure "combo" (two-grades-in-one) classes. The one bright spot here is that all the parents I spoke to say teacher quality is outstanding.— October 26, 2021 2:57 p.m.
Oceanside plans to sell schools to cut deficit – UPDATED
Special thanks to Oceanside historian Kristi Hawthorne, whose data is always invaluable.— October 26, 2021 12:38 p.m.
Remembering Louis Procaccino
What I did not put in the article is that in 1981, when Louie was the production manager for Marc Berman Concerts, I met with him and convinced him to add the band I managed, Incognito, as the opener for Oingo Boingo at the Little Bavaria in Del Mar. If you remember Little Bavaria, you truly are a local. Louie was the same age as Incognito lead singer Jack Tennison who was also from Oceanside. Louie graduated from OHS. Jack did not. Jack, as well as Ed Tate pictured above, are no longer with us.— September 23, 2021 9:55 a.m.
Lawsuit threat did not scare off Jensen recallers
Hope Nelson - The sentence you brought attention to was amended. By the the way, when Cori abruptly resigned because she was coincidentally accepted to college, why did she not disclose which college gave her this out-of-the-blue acceptance. Of course she was harassed by those creeps who lied about where she lived among other things. That was unfortunate. But creepy people are a fact of life. The advice to start legal proceedings from lawyer Bryan Pease seems to have been a huge mistake and a very odd and unnatural stance from a pro-freedom of speech figure. Many people who respect what Cori stood for and what she was initially elected on, were wholly disappointed at her many mistakes and her ego-driven personality flaws. She let a lot of people down. Cori's downfall was completely unnecessary. One big unforced error. She did exactly what Matt Hall wanted. Thanks a bunch Cori!— September 14, 2021 10:47 a.m.
Doug Applegate to run for Desmond seat on county board of supervisors
A asked Katie Taylor if it was true that she lived in Oceanside. She told me this morning via text that she did, but that she still had a business license in Carlsbad, that her children live in Carlsbad and that she has spent most of her life in Carlsbad. In Oceanside when you speak at meetings, they make you declare where you live. They also don't give you ten minutes instead of three just because you say you are representing a group. After Ms. Taylor spoke, someone else from her group spoke. How exactly does that work?— July 16, 2021 1:30 p.m.
Doug Applegate to run for Desmond seat on county board of supervisors
I encourage everyone to watch Katie Taylor's speech. It begins in minute 18:00 https://carlsbadca.new.swagit.com/videos/128953— July 15, 2021 7:57 p.m.
Oceanside gets even more serious about street people
Megan Crooks' written statement: "The preliminary approval of the $65,000 federal CDBG-CV grant was subject to the preparation and approval of a grant agreement. During the process of of verifying information in the application, the City discovered that application contained factual errors and omissions involving the location of program and and its funding sources. The fiscal sponsor for the application has asked the City to rescind the application." When I spoke her, Ms. Crooks specifically mentioned the Homeless Veterans of San Diego. I think I recounted her words correctly in the article. Vanessa Graziano disagrees. That's why I reached to her and had another person who regularly communicates with Vanessa to respond. She declined.— June 23, 2021 10:55 a.m.
Oceanside gets even more serious about street people
Vanessa Graziano was contacted Sunday afternoon and did not get back to me before the article was posted on Tuesday afternoon. That's just under 48 hours. She disagrees with what the city of Oceanside told me. She absolutely has a right to be quoted and that's why I called her twice on Sunday and had Rodney McGough (he's in the article) reach out to her to tell her I wanted to speak with her to get a response and he said she told him "she wanted [Rodney] to stay out of it." She previously claimed on facebook that she was denied the grant because she was "posting on facebook too much." Today she claimed that the "founder" of San Diego Homeless Veterans, Kelly Luisi, is the person who gave the approval on behalf of the SDHV that that organization would be the fiscal sponsor of Oceanside Homeless Resource. I have reached out to the Homeless Veterans of San Diego to see if they in fact agreed to be the fiscal sponsor of Graziano's group as she stated on her application.— June 23, 2021 9:55 a.m.
Kori Jensen cleared by D.A. on house in North Oceanside
Visduh, as those of us who follow oside politics know, Weiss and Keim came to the city council as appointees. Its almost like a nonstop, inbred, appointee gene pool— June 11, 2021 9:35 a.m.
There goes the Oceanside beach
Based on similar posts, I assume LynnAJ is Lynn Abate-Johnson. I have never met you. Please explain further Ms. Abate Johnson what you mean by misinformation? Looking forward to hearing from you.— March 12, 2021 3:47 p.m.