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Pursuit of Happy Hours
Hi Fred, I think you know who I am. How ironic we are talking about Happy Hour. I don't think we will be at odds on the blogs anymore. Let's just say I have seen the light. Drinking should be done in moderation. Being a moderate politically this makes sense to me. I have developed a certain disgust for those who do not drink moderately or show the immaturity to handle things with moderation. I think moderation is the key to happiness. It would be nice to hear from you. You may remember a certain friend of mine who shared your political persuasion. If you still have this persons phone number give him a call this person also shares our respect for moderation. Unlike someone who shall remain nameless who doesn't seem to have the ability to moderate anything. If you would like to contact me feel free to contact me on my myspace page. Have a Happy Happy hour.— May 13, 2009 11:37 a.m.
Water Survey Says...
Spliff I recently had the pleasure of talking with a rep from Surfrider regarding water desalination. Currently it is very cost prohibitive. It takes 5 units of energy to produce 1 unit of water to put it in laymans terms. It is also an evironmental nightmare unless the plant is offshore and the intake pipes are substrait instead of surface pipes. In short the plant they are tryng to force through up in Carlsbad would be a boondoggle. Water recycling for potable water uses seems like our most feasible manner for dealing with our water problems. Fred mentions all the various reasons for this in his posting.— April 29, 2009 12:24 p.m.
Water Survey Says...
Fred I happen to agree with you wholeheartedly on this subject. You know me and you may remember my name. We have recently gone head to head on another blog. You are more than a worthy adversary. I personally do not want you as an enemy but I am forced to look out for someone's interest other than my own. I am trying to rid my neighborhood of a foul machine that has controlled my neighborhood for years. I have no where near the experience in the arena that you do. When we met, you and I had some very common goals. My hope is that you begin to understand that I am doing what I believe is better for my neighborhood. I personally liked you then and respect you now. If we happen to bump heads again I hope you realize it is nothing personal. It's just me trying to change my neighborhood.— April 29, 2009 12:06 p.m.
Big Ben
Rumor has it that Ben Hueso is refusing to accept spending limits and has a huge war chest of special interest money. You know the same kind of special interest money that has been running this town for decades. I believe Mr Howard is determined to explore any and all possibilities of bringing a small donor, citizens government example to our community as either a city council member or assemblyman. Stephen tried to do this but got chewed up by the machine of slimy money that pervades our system. We must keep trying.— March 5, 2009 11:39 a.m.
Big Ben
Rumor has it that former staffer BD Howard has formed exploratory committees to look at running for public office. Mr Howard also ran Stephen Whitburn's grass roots campaign for city council. At this time it looks like Mr Howard would prefer to run for Ben's old seat in district 8.— March 4, 2009 4:41 p.m.
Home stretch
It's good to see that the people of this community are finding out the truth about Gloria's secret financiers. I think the news of this disgusting mailpiece will hit the union tribune soon. I think it's clear they want to avoid this story because the editors over at the trib are in bed with the same power brokers that have financed the Gloria campaign.But the more the truth comes out about the connections between the mailpiece, the developers and the republicans, the more likely it is that the trib will have to cover the story. I would only guess that since republicans will be losing all over the country next tuesday they decided they better try and buy off dems like Gloria so they don't lose complete control of the agenda.— October 30, 2008 11:25 a.m.
Home stretch
Typical republican slime machine at it again. Apparently they haven't learned their lesson yet. Whenever confronted with facts they call it "conspiracy". People in the district are finding out about the Manchester donations to Gloria and the news is spreading like wildfire. They even accused a volunteer at the Whitburn office of being a developer because he rents two units out of his San Diego home. I personally know a lot of people doing something very similar just to keep up with the rising cost of living in this area. I'm sure this homeowner would gladly trade his property for say the properties owned by the McMillen corporation. As for the mail piece the republicans sent out for Gloria attcking Whitburn I think Democratic voters will recognize the republican's slimy fingerprints all over it. Typical for the republicans to try this because San Diego is one of the last places in the country where they have any influence at all.— October 30, 2008 10:35 a.m.
Home stretch
Check the record for yourselves. Why would the republicans send out a disgusting hit piece against Whitburn at this late date unless they were scared that he might actually win? Why would Mayor Sanders endorse Gloria, a democrat if they were not sure he would play ball with his wealthy developer friends? Why would the republicans have a secret back door meeting with developers about sabotaging Whitburn if they didn't know ahead of time that Gloria was nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing? I think voters can figure this out.By the way the Manchester money being given to Gloria was given by a surrogate minion and is a matter of public record. No disinformation campaign or republican dirty trick can change that. Just follow the money and do your homework,then make up your own mind.— October 29, 2008 4:27 p.m.
Home stretch
When this race first started the establishment pretty much ignored it because they thought their boy Todd Gloria would have no trouble defeating the underdog Whitburn. But now Whitburn has come from behind and is surging. What was once a nice safe win for the developers has turned into a toss- up with Whitburn having all the momentum. Now the GOP is worried enough that they had a secret behind closed doors meeting with the developers to sabotage the Whitburn campaign. This was confirmed on their own blog Red County under the article ALL TIED UP IN DISTRICT 3. Now a disgusting republican hit piece is arriving at the homes of potential Whitburn voters.Why else would the republican party send out a hit piece on one democrat candidate unless they knew the other democrat in the race was bought and paid for by the developers?— October 29, 2008 2:44 p.m.