"Editor:
Once
again I agree with a portion of Elaine Larsen's column. I'm glad she
is going to investigate the matter of our closed store fronts and why
the high rent is driving them out. The City Council is comprised of only
five people, so maybe between the Chamber of Commerce and the Tribune
along with citizen complaints might make a difference.
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| No business sign header, no business here |
In my last
letter, I mentioned a penalty after six months. Why isn't it legal when
we provide the same services such as the police and fire departments?
Empty buildings are potential invitations to crime such as vandalism,
etc. It deters from potential developers from coming in. Let's face it,
the City Council has the last word and can instruct the city attorney to
revised implement any ordinance, instead of Sue Digre suggesting one
for the creeks, when we have the Regional Water Board etc already in
place.
If our creeks are polluted, I'd suggest we clean them up or we
are subjecting ourselves to future fines. God only knows how we are ever
going to pay those millions of dollars in fines in 20 years if we don't
have major development come in.
How about Office Depot? Can't even buy a
computer cartridge in this town
. So how does our environment become our
economy when I have to spend gas going over the hill? Am I not using
more gas? And then we are worried about climate change. Give me a break.
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| Citizen oversight commission? Yikes |
While we are on the subject of ordinances, I'd like to have one
implemented where a citizens task force or commission is established
regarding disciplinary action for all employees and so-called public
servants. They did away with the Personnel Commission and replaced it
with three people running this city who are all employees themselves. I
call that a conflict of interest. Just like the City Council receiving
benefits when they are supposed to be public servants as they were
elected, not hired. Besides, to be a part-time employee you must spend
20 hours a week. How can they justify that when they all work 40 hours
at their regular jobs? So I say to the city council, if you don't care
to attend meetings, whether it's the TA, CCAG, etc., step down and let
someone in that can do the job.
I also wrote about spending
$20,000 on a consultant regarding our possibly outsourcing the police
department. The police chief addressed this at a previous meeting and no
one listened. What little faith we have in our employees.
Now
after spending the $20,000 and failing to put it on either the June or
November ballot, suddenly we have all this money? Please explain this
and the continued violations of the Brown Act when one of their goals
was transparency. We need a state audit. Send all your complaints
regarding violations to the ACLU."
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Related -
City of Pacifica, June , 2011, pdf, commercial/retail properties for lease or sale.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
13 comments:
Thersa, switch from gas to hot air, you've got plenty. How's that recall going for 'ya?
the recall got Jimmy and Pete to quit. I'd say it was a huge success.
I'd say Therese's recall effort, pretty much accomplished what was needed. And, now only Sue Digre left on city to say NO. Besides, Therese has some productive ideas, whereas you 125 not so much.
The recall effort accomplished nothing apart from making its supporters look like petulant children.
so true
probably warming up the next one
"Therese has some productive ideas." Name one.
"Therese has some productive ideas." Name one.”
Axing Vreeland, Dejarnett and Digre (that's 3)
Anonymous said...
"Thersa, switch from gas to hot air, you've got plenty. How's that recall going for 'ya?"
You're very brave little man hiding behind your screen. I doubt you have the beans to say that to Therese's face.
So until you can crawl out from your rock and use your real name when you're insulting and attacking an 80 year old woman who actually fights for this town I'd ask you to please stfu.
Ah, revisionist history and kindness to the elderly. Is this a great blog or what?
There is no such word as disfunctional. Look it up.
Well spelling dysfunctional with an "i", rather than a "y", seems to have total upset your "functional" day. Nevertheless, thanks for the correction.
And for dysfunctional anonymous people who can't cut through the article, and are irritated that an 80 year old woman has more energy than you do, here's a summary:
Therese is concerned about empty store fronts and seeks some form of remedy FBO the city. She suggests we take care of and clean up our environment (streams, ocean), so that the city isn't fined. She suggests there be better city commercial/retail services. She would like to see a citizen commission to oversee city employees, and issues of city policy. She wants to know where the consultant report for "outsourcing of police" is. She is concerned about city Brown Act violations.
So, Therese has the capacity to think about complex ideas and issues, which include legal and economic implications. Most of this is similar to current articles and long standing discussions we have here.
Thus, hidden detractor anonymous cavemen comments with "hot air" clubs and unrelated cries of "revisionist history", by comparison sound both primitive and "dysfunctional".
"attacking an 80 year old woman"
You mean the sweet lady who writes letters to the editor calling city employees "deadbeats"?
Although they may experience moments of acute public discomfort, Council and staff make use of people like Terese Dyer and Tod Schlesinger. Both are comically ineffective, but their antics serve to distract residents from focusing on the real issues and this council's appalling failures and transgressions. Sort of like what happens here...
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