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It would have been prudent...
oskidoll, history will tell...as they say. When the total amount already spent on this property deal is calculated...the logic of rushing a vote to garner a 68k grant may not appear strong to many. I am in possession of 1,116 pages of invoices and related information on the district's property deals. Just to calculate the amount of money already spent will take days... Nothing mandates that the money in this Fund 40 be spent on facilities. Some of the money was redevelopment pass through funds, some is now coming from cell phone towers... this money could have been spent on student education.
— November 25, 2014 11:12 a.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
ps It was interesting that interim superintendent Tim Glover was meeting with John McCann and Kevin O'Neill happened in for dinner. Such a populated city Chula Vista is, such a small world.
— November 21, 2014 8:38 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
anniej The title of this NBC7 news piece says it all about candidate encounter between John McCann & Kevin O'Neill:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Petty-Polit…
— November 21, 2014 8:33 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
Regrettably, I could not be at the board meeting. This is an interesting tweet from the district. Dr. Ward thanks current board 4 double duty serving on 2 boards. Welcomes new board & asks them to consider Dr. Glover as permanent supt.
— November 20, 2014 8:23 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
oskidoll, there are certain factors that bring into question the surplus declaration for the Third Avenue Colony project. It is a strikingly curious, if not telling, fact that the city of Chula Vista voted on November 19 to accept the Colony proposal and change the zoning on Third avenue when the 7-11 committee did not even vote on making the property "surplus" until December. Then there is the 7-11 committee itself. One appointee never showed for either of the meetings. One appointee was David Malcolm. One appointee was Kevin O'Neill who owns property on the street right across from the project and who urged the city council to accept the project at the November 19 meeting. There is more to come about the committee. Then there is the fact that the consultants, E2ManageTech, who designed the Colony were bought out by the district. There is more to come on that as well. So, though many people would welcome an appropriate development on Third...I am wondering if a newly seated board might want to revisit the disposition of "surplus" property. Litigation, aside....
— November 20, 2014 4:41 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
For historical purposes, Bertha Lopez and Pearl Quinones voted against the consultant contracts for the property deals. As I recall, it was always a 3-2 vote.
— November 20, 2014 3:32 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
Visduh, I'm not good at telling jokes...or writing them. I have a lot of one liners in my head. Like, what did one fox in the henhouse say to the other.... Or, how many foxes can a henhouse hold... Or, what did the fox on the outside of the henhouse say to the fox on the inside Or, where did all the hens go.. Well, as you see I can't seem to make any progress, but maybe truth is a layered thing and article after article we actually do make progress...
— November 20, 2014 11:57 a.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
shirley, I agree with you...these property deals hurt the brain, it takes me days to recover from writing these stories... though in my own peculiar way I find them fascinating. dare I say, there is quite a bit more to come.
— November 20, 2014 11:48 a.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
oskidoll, you have an interesting point--was the initial deal in 2005 legal? I, personally, have begun to hate to write about these property deals because they have so many legal and ethical questions surrounding them and are difficult to explain fully. But property issues, in which I am including the purchase--or not--of a new district office on the east side. seem to be driving the district as much as student need. So we must pay attention to them. Plan Nine/California Trust maintains that one of the *benefits *of the 501(c)3 is that the status protects district properties from other local agencies acquiring them at a discounted price. The other *benefit* is there is flexibility in the disposal of surplus property. In other words, 7-11 committees are not necessary to declare property surplus. This can be countered with ethical and logical arguments. As you have observed, the initial deal doesn't seem to have been brought to the public. Then, is it ethical to say the district, using public resources, has purchased a piece of property but squirreled it away and is not going to ask the question--is this property surplus? And then there is the fact that the district did hold 7-11 meetings to consider whether or not the property was surplus. Putting aside the flawed nature of the meetings, this sends the message that the district saw as its duty and its choice to ask whether or not the property was surplus.
— November 20, 2014 11:44 a.m.
Dollars and nonsense in Chula Vista
oskidoll, you got me to thinking--here is an old article by SD Reader writer Dave Rice. It looks like questions have been raised about the efficacy of rapid bus transit systems. Also, The Cleveland Forest Foundation sued SANDAG about the 2050 plan.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2012/nov/07/ci…
— November 12, 2014 11:44 a.m.
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It would have been prudent...
oskidoll, history will tell...as they say. When the total amount already spent on this property deal is calculated...the logic of rushing a vote to garner a 68k grant may not appear strong to many. I am in possession of 1,116 pages of invoices and related information on the district's property deals. Just to calculate the amount of money already spent will take days... Nothing mandates that the money in this Fund 40 be spent on facilities. Some of the money was redevelopment pass through funds, some is now coming from cell phone towers... this money could have been spent on student education.— November 25, 2014 11:12 a.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
ps It was interesting that interim superintendent Tim Glover was meeting with John McCann and Kevin O'Neill happened in for dinner. Such a populated city Chula Vista is, such a small world.— November 21, 2014 8:38 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
anniej The title of this NBC7 news piece says it all about candidate encounter between John McCann & Kevin O'Neill: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Petty-Polit…— November 21, 2014 8:33 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
Regrettably, I could not be at the board meeting. This is an interesting tweet from the district. Dr. Ward thanks current board 4 double duty serving on 2 boards. Welcomes new board & asks them to consider Dr. Glover as permanent supt.— November 20, 2014 8:23 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
oskidoll, there are certain factors that bring into question the surplus declaration for the Third Avenue Colony project. It is a strikingly curious, if not telling, fact that the city of Chula Vista voted on November 19 to accept the Colony proposal and change the zoning on Third avenue when the 7-11 committee did not even vote on making the property "surplus" until December. Then there is the 7-11 committee itself. One appointee never showed for either of the meetings. One appointee was David Malcolm. One appointee was Kevin O'Neill who owns property on the street right across from the project and who urged the city council to accept the project at the November 19 meeting. There is more to come about the committee. Then there is the fact that the consultants, E2ManageTech, who designed the Colony were bought out by the district. There is more to come on that as well. So, though many people would welcome an appropriate development on Third...I am wondering if a newly seated board might want to revisit the disposition of "surplus" property. Litigation, aside....— November 20, 2014 4:41 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
For historical purposes, Bertha Lopez and Pearl Quinones voted against the consultant contracts for the property deals. As I recall, it was always a 3-2 vote.— November 20, 2014 3:32 p.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
Visduh, I'm not good at telling jokes...or writing them. I have a lot of one liners in my head. Like, what did one fox in the henhouse say to the other.... Or, how many foxes can a henhouse hold... Or, what did the fox on the outside of the henhouse say to the fox on the inside Or, where did all the hens go.. Well, as you see I can't seem to make any progress, but maybe truth is a layered thing and article after article we actually do make progress...— November 20, 2014 11:57 a.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
shirley, I agree with you...these property deals hurt the brain, it takes me days to recover from writing these stories... though in my own peculiar way I find them fascinating. dare I say, there is quite a bit more to come.— November 20, 2014 11:48 a.m.
Ed's gone, but this Sweetwater shenanigan isn't
oskidoll, you have an interesting point--was the initial deal in 2005 legal? I, personally, have begun to hate to write about these property deals because they have so many legal and ethical questions surrounding them and are difficult to explain fully. But property issues, in which I am including the purchase--or not--of a new district office on the east side. seem to be driving the district as much as student need. So we must pay attention to them. Plan Nine/California Trust maintains that one of the *benefits *of the 501(c)3 is that the status protects district properties from other local agencies acquiring them at a discounted price. The other *benefit* is there is flexibility in the disposal of surplus property. In other words, 7-11 committees are not necessary to declare property surplus. This can be countered with ethical and logical arguments. As you have observed, the initial deal doesn't seem to have been brought to the public. Then, is it ethical to say the district, using public resources, has purchased a piece of property but squirreled it away and is not going to ask the question--is this property surplus? And then there is the fact that the district did hold 7-11 meetings to consider whether or not the property was surplus. Putting aside the flawed nature of the meetings, this sends the message that the district saw as its duty and its choice to ask whether or not the property was surplus.— November 20, 2014 11:44 a.m.
Dollars and nonsense in Chula Vista
oskidoll, you got me to thinking--here is an old article by SD Reader writer Dave Rice. It looks like questions have been raised about the efficacy of rapid bus transit systems. Also, The Cleveland Forest Foundation sued SANDAG about the 2050 plan. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2012/nov/07/ci…— November 12, 2014 11:44 a.m.