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Denise Oleary May 18, 2013 at 11:37 am
If your house is too close to the fire ring, maybe you shouldn't have purchased it. I can't see why…Read More to ban them.
Dan Avery May 17, 2013 at 06:27 pm
'Cept, you know, Aunt Ida, cause she be cool and she be someone's aunt.
Libi Uremovic May 18, 2013 at 02:58 am
when the nixon tapes 1st came out the country was shocked to find out how much nixon cussed......
My Portfolio Guide (Matt Pixa) May 18, 2013 at 12:01 am
Funny stuff... You have to love (and sympathize) the picture for this article as well. Classic!
Alberto Barrera May 18, 2013 at 10:11 am
There's nothing like coming home smelling like a bonfire, it's part of the tradition, propane just…Read More doesn't sound like it could ever replace it.
Edgar May 17, 2013 at 07:01 pm
Muzzle the AQMD with a catalytic converter on their oral cavity, they spread more B.S. than all…Read More the cows and fire rings in California. Another ungoverned agency in our bureaucratic society that perpetuates its own self importance with imperceptive facts and fiction. They have driven more jobs out of California and we still have them spewing polluted air.
Gwynne Snee May 16, 2013 at 04:21 pm
Lets look out for our neighbors and community. Criminals won't have as much opportunity if the…Read More believe there are good neighbors watching.
CDC May 15, 2013 at 07:15 pm
It would be nice if Rossmoor could replace it's aging rusted out street lights with better ones that…Read More are programable and use less energy.
Or at least replace or add lights to the areas that are not well lighted and dangerous at night. These include around schools, parks, and the shopping center. The new modern solar street lights are energy free, but they are not cheap. http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00keTEBchthZrA/Solar-Road-Light.jpg
fact checker May 17, 2013 at 05:52 pm
I am not aware that CTA must approve any curriculum implemented in CA. Please cite your source.…Read More
As for attacking teachers, please read your posts on just this one thread. Here's just one direct quote:
"I don't see anything so radical in it that would require our already (presumed) expert teachers to need a billion dollars worth of training."
As has been pointed out the billion dollars is targeted for EVERY part of implementation, not just teacher training. You really have trouble seeing past your dislike for teachers to see what this article is really saying. This is often the case.
Capo mom May 17, 2013 at 05:40 pm
fact checker, as you are certainly aware, CTA must approve any curriculum that is implemented in the…Read More state of California. That being said, there is no requirement that this be done using categorical funds. This was done to direct money as CTA desired. It offers no benefit students in CUSD.
LaAna, please be accurate. I don't attack teachers.
LeAna Bui May 17, 2013 at 05:18 pm
It's true, I have little tolerance for Capo Mom's constant attacks on teacher.
CDC May 15, 2013 at 07:23 pm
They should make standards for the type of wood that can be burnt, don't ban the fire pits. Some…Read More woods smell and give of more smoke than other woods. The cities could even sell the wood that could be burned and make some money off it.
No plastic, trash, or painted/treated wood should be allowed to be burned. It is just that simple.
S.A.P. May 15, 2013 at 02:41 pm
Please join us on May 17th at 5pm at Huntington Beach City Hall's Council Chambers for a…Read More presentation and meeting held by the Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to discuss the beach bonfire rings and rule 444. This is your chance to let your voice be heard by speaking directly with the SCQAMD Board Members at this public meeting.
MFriedrich May 16, 2013 at 09:17 am
Well, the loans are there, they just aren't liar loans anymore. There's been a shift back to…Read More collateral-based lending and fundamental lending standards, e.g. the notion of a down payment requierement ("skin in the game") and "ability to pay rule" for borrowers. OMG What a novel concept! It's like Banking 101 for these jokers. I welcome it because I'm tired of using tax dollar to bail out HELOC abusers.
Realtors need to make commission-paying hay while the sun shines though in 2013. Prices are high now because of low supply. Fannie and Freddie are introducing new QRM rules (qualified residential mortage) in 2014.
Also coming our way in 2014:
1. Putting sacred cow on a diet - future reductions in Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction? $70 billion/yr. federal subsidy.
2. New Fed Chairman (Bernanke likely heading out the door).
CDC May 15, 2013 at 06:55 pm
The high home prices are in regional bubbles. Houses in Rossmoor are way up from 6-9 mouths ago.…Read More Average listing price now is 830,000 and 8 months ago it was 670,000. However, my friend's neighborhood home prices in Costa Mesa are dead flat and have gone up very little. A quick check of Zillow will show the real hot spots.
And it is still a buyers market since the economy is supposed to go weak in a few months killing sales and price growth. And not many homes are selling for over a million anymore. Everyone wants old stock homes they can knockdown. And everyone is using cash only, which means ONLY the rich are buying now. So it really does not matter about supply if you can't get a loan. Right Friedrich.
The Beast ! May 15, 2013 at 09:58 am
Most communities what simply say the Deputies were just doing there job, and that what they signed…Read More up to do.
Summum Bonum May 15, 2013 at 09:04 am
Great job to the deputies. I think the emphasis of the article should be what these deputies did…Read More that was "above and beyond" their normal call of duty. Did they work extra hours unpaid, did they employ some new innovative techniques to apprehend the assailant, or what?
LeAna Bui May 14, 2013 at 06:02 pm
Dawn:
From what I can see of what you post, you lay the root of all problems at the foot of CUSD's…Read More door. I do not. Short of spoon feeding this information to voters, how do you propose CUSD "educate" the public??
As Shelly noted, this has been an issued discussed in CUSD for YEARS. In my first one-on-one meeting Jim Fleming (in 1992! before kids!!), he pointed out this disparity then and referred me to the PTA people who were taking the lead then in case I was interested in lending my voice. In my PTA days, the representatives in Sacramento always commented the large and vocal contingent that visited Sacramento from 4th district. As parents and voters, we were trying and CUSD supported our efforts.
At some point, voters must take some responsibility for their lack of knowledge and insight and quit pointing at others.
shelly May 14, 2013 at 03:43 pm
Dawn,
This issue has been discussed in our district for years!!!!! I remember writing postcards to…Read More Sacramento about this issue when my oldest son was in 1st grade! The budget discussions are open to the public. The board meeting agendas are open to the public. Is it always someone else's fault?
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