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Posted on November 20 at 4:25 p.m.
I bet Hitler also believed 2 + 2 = 4. Bummer.
Posted on November 20 at 11:47 a.m.
Hank did a great job explaining the BMX move in a previous post and totally convinced me that that, alone, would not be a problem. Frisbee golf course, dedicated dog area, ditto. And if neighbors have to bear with noise for a few big events (not 12) every year, so be it. They live next to a big park, after all. We all have to live with Fiesta music booming on long after our kids' bedtimes--for a few days. But outside amplified music for private weddings?!? Wow, if I lived over there, I'd storm the friggin wedding party with pepper spray. Ok, I have a bone to pick with that sort of event, having cut my teeth catering weddings and spending summers navigating crowds of rude drunk people with big trays of food. No love lost there. But, Elings is in a residential neighborhood! We're not allowed amplified music outside. I live near the Natural History museum, which hosts myriad weddings with no amplified music outside and no neighbor problem. No wonder Elings wants their new mega-building! There's big money in weddings in this town. I'd guess some other facility operators may be exerting behind-the-scenes pressure, only too happy to have light and specious fire evacuation objections as cover. I mean really, if it's lights out at 8 pm, where's the beef? I'm an astronomer, and I don't object. The real problem is wasteful invasive "security" lights on all night that do nothing but create deep dark shadows for prowlers to hide in and destroy the night sky for everyone else. Elings clearly needs to deal with its neighbors' noise problems before trying for even larger impacts. Rant complete.
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Posted on October 30 at 10:40 a.m.
“Too many people living on the street have a real sense of entitlement.”
Right, Dale, that's Santa Barbara's big problem: homeless people with a sense of entitlement.
Them, and those janitors in the SEIU. "Infrastructure" is important to Francisco, but people who maintain it (and empty bedpans, and all those other glamorous jobs) should apparently work for food.
Could the guy be any more of a caricature?
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Posted on October 26 at 11:59 a.m.
Hello there! He hasn't gotten away with anything. He was "cited for reckless driving." He got a ticket. No one was hurt.
I know him and he's a very nice man.
Posted on October 23 at 2:26 p.m.
From what I have read, murder of a pregnant woman by the putative father is one of the most common motives for murder across the board, has been ages--for all kinds of reasons ranging from avoidance of child support to not wanting the wife or family to find out about an affair, etc etc. This is not what "society has come to," this has been around for a long time. It was common when fathers were not required by law to provide child support. However my knowledge of these statistics is about two decades old so things may have gotten worse lately.
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Posted on October 21 at 11:22 a.m.
Kratatoa, Do you not get that these shingles are not "garbage"? Just because they are no longer useful to their owner, they are not suddenly transformed into waste. Perhaps the cost of shipping them equals the cost of new in Mexico (though I doubt it), but how does that solve the problems of moving the tiles off the Miramar site or keeping them out of the landfill? But I guess you don't have a problem with filling landfills, judging from your penchant for turning perfectly good materials into garbage.
And trucking? You have a bone to pick with trucking? Short of train transport, nothing uses fossil fuels more efficiently to move enormous quantities of necessary goods from site of origin to site of consumption. Baja California is not very far away; would you grump equally if the tiles were shipped to San Francisco?
Egad, at first I thought you were joking or trolling, but it appears you actually resent charity to Mexico. A lot. Smug elitism? Brown people? Dude, you're gross.
Posted on October 21 at 3:21 a.m.
Ray, delicious coffee on the trail is light and easy.
I use the Melitta single cup coffee filter cone, and pack a baggie containing pre-ground coffee. I've trimmed the diameter of the cone that I use for backpacking so that it takes up less space, and it weighs a few grams at most.
The resultant coffee is fantastic. I remember taking the Jamaican Blue Mountain that I scored at Vices and Spices with me on the Appalachian Trail a few years ago, and that was coffee heaven. The Melitta is about four bucks, and they sell them at Vices & Spices and the Home Improvement Center. Please give it a try.
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Posted on August 7 at 9 a.m.
nonni, the SBBG has worked with the community for years on this and altered the plans many times. I'm a garden neighbor, not a very close one, and years ago I got a questionnaire soliciting my input, and I've been contacted repeatedly with updates. And I am not at all active, not even a member, just a neighbor. Maybe I'm wrong and I'm the only one on their mailing list, but I doubt it.
I'm with chaparral, I think the plan that I've seen is not overdone and will open up the Garden to more people, which is good, which should be the point!
This is not to say that I support everything about the garden at present, only that their Mission Plan seems less of a problem than the issues of staffing and vision that the volunteers have raised. The top-heavy "vice-president" roster and the nefarious board president --a character straight out of the soap opera "Santa Barbara"-- make it appear that our Garden has been taken over by the same "non-profiteers" who dominate so much of our local economy and carry on legal tax evasion for rich folks. As the Garden relegates services to volunteers and focuses compensation on vice-presidents, these extremely misplaced priorities destroy its local reputation and damage its credibility in the world of museums and educational institutions.
nonni, where did you get the info about them planting non-natives and hybrids? That's a serious concern.
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Posted on July 24 at 10:01 a.m.
I believe there is NO WAY to make a bridge jump-proof. That's the nature of a bridge.
My daughter's K-6 school is losing its full-time librarian due to lack of funds, while SBCAG finds $1.5 million tax dollars for a suicide barrier... so her school life can be that much less educational and her adult life can be that much less beautiful. That's got to be at least 10 years worth of librarian. Where are the priorities?
If the bridge is so inherently dangerous, let's remove it and direct traffic once again past Cold Springs Tavern and down to Paradise Road by the old land route. It's a beautiful drive, and the increased danger of illegal passes and cars over the edge on the windy road are a small price to pay for knowing that no one intent on self-destruction is going to manage it by that particular method today.
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Posted on November 20 at 5:55 p.m.
Kratatoa, are you suggesting that everyone inspired to post for the first time by this article is a "spammer"? Did you not have a first post, some time back before the flood, or did you emerge full grown from the thigh of Zeus?
Board member Robinson makes the same disastrous mistake in the article that others are making here in the comments, confusing support for/hostility to Schnieder, Symington and the Board, with support for/hostility to the VMP. Robinson justifies ignoring all criticism of the Board as mere hostility to the Plan. He's not paying attention. That way lies antagonism and failure.
I support the VMP as a plan, but I've withdrawn my active support since exposure of the Board's non-adherence to 501(c)3 transparency and their justification of excessive compensation as "in line with other non-profits." The Botanic Garden isn't just any old high-society non-profit, so many of which exist as tax dodges for wealthy individuals. The point isn't to do what they do, pass a lot of tax-free money around via big salaries and perks and have nice cocktail parties while occasionally giving a handout to some hardworking organization staffed by low-paid professionals and volunteers. The point is to respect and build the reputation and practice of a great horticultural institution. The VMP will contribute to this, along with the work of the garden's volunteers and staff. Having a highly-paid ED is NOT Vital to the Mission, and right now, it's slowing down fundraising at a critical time. What to do, what to do? I know! Show you care about the Garden more than the Man! It's time for a big shake-up on the Board. Let's wait and see.
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