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Reneging on refunds
I am 85 years old, a retired Orthopedic surgeon. I went to St. louis University, a Jesuit Catholic university and I am not a Catholic. I graduated #1 in my class of 42 students. I am very alert. In my day, crooked politicians were part of "machines". Example and the worse was the Daley machine in Illinois. The Boss Hague machine in New Jersey. The Pendergast machine in Missouri. Well, it looks like they no longer refer to themselves as machines, but these politicians are still crooks. If an individual did what they did to us in the MADD, they woud be heavily fined and put in Jail. (good idea). Then they would think twice about swindeling the taxpayers. I got nothing for what they charged me, like the other people who lived in the Golden Hills. Now they are making it difficult for us to get restitution. The courts have ruled that what they did was illegal. Give us back our money,— December 4, 2012 1:37 p.m.
City Issues Partial Refunds To Residents in Greater Golden Hill
In 2004, I started building an apartment on C street between23rd and 22nd streets. The city made me put grass between the sidewalk and the curb. Also, they made me put palm trees in the same area. Now these require water. The water department sited me for wasting water and contaminating the ocean. Do they not know that fish and sea animals urinate and defecate in the ocean. The water I used you could drink. Then they sited me for wasting water. Do they not know that grass and palm trees require water. I am a retired physician. A synapse is a connection between two nerve cells. If they had one more nerve cell in their brains, they would have a synapse, and then they might just be able to think Then 22nd street is very dark. There are no street lights. The streets are also very dark. I put lights on my building to shine on the sidewalks. I furnish the electricity and I have a timer to turn them on and off. This does not benefit my buildiing; they are on the outside of my building. I did not kow about the GGHMAD. I just thought that my taxes went up. Politicians like to raise taxes. (many times, just for the hell of it.) That might have been something the GGHMAD could have done; put some street lights no 22nd street. I like to site Ball California, a small city. The city manager was paid over $200,000.00 a year. He was not satisfied with that, so he stole money from the city. I understand he did prison time. I am a retired orthopedist. I was up many a night fixing broken bones. I never made amything near $200,000.00 a year. I know I should have been a politician..— August 1, 2012 1:43 a.m.
Marco Li Mandri wants to get around Prop 13
I have said over and over, do not let the government do things for you. Do it privately. It is cheaper and if you do not like the work, you can fire them easily. The GG MAD found that out the hard way. I am a good business man and family wealthy. Remember the city manager of Ball California got a salary of $800,000.00 plus benefits and pension and whatever he could steal. He was too greedy and got caught stealing. My son, who is a doctor told me of the director of a hospital north of San Diego whose salary is over $1,000,000.00 a year plus benefits and pension. I know what they do, they sit on their butt in an office and sign papers mostly. We cannot continue to print paper money. The Weimar Republic of Germany tried it and went broke and was over thrown. We are one step behind Greece and Europe. George Meany head of the AF of L CIO in the early1900s and FDR, a very liberal Democrat president said that government workers should not be allowed to unionize with collective bargaining rights. Well they did and all of the city, county, state and the Federal governments are bankrupt. We are one step behind Greece and all of Europe. I am a eight year graduate of a tough Catholic Jesuit University. I am not a Catholic. Those Jesuits are tough. I am a physician . I quit medicine on my 58th birthday. I could do better in business and not be called out at night. We are headed for a depression worse than the one in the 1930s Believe it.— April 26, 2012 3:11 p.m.
City Council Expected to Dissolve Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District
I have two properties in Golden Hill. I did not pay attention to the charges on my tax bill. I knew they were high, but I felt nothing could be done. They riped me off for around $3,000.00 a year. I got absolutely nothing in return. That is theft and they had to have some idea that it was. They should be tried for theft and at least get probation or some short time in Jail. Then they will think twice before they try something like that again. Just because they work for the city or county does not give them the right to steal (and that is what they did--back room politics). If they did not know what they were doing, they should have gotten some legal opinions. Let them pay some legal fees and sweat it out. I was born in 1927 and boss politics was too common. The Daley machine in Illinois (last Daley is through [thank God]). The boss Hague Machine in New Jersey. Pendergrass machine in Missouri. Illinois is still a problem. Ripping people off by the city or county is theft.— April 8, 2012 10:38 p.m.
Will Golden Hill Residents Have to Pay for Their Now-Defunct Maintenance Assessment District?
I have a saying--If you want something done,do it yourself, but don't ask the government to do it. I was not aware of the GH MADD. When I got my property tax bilL, I just paid it. When I was aware of it, I looked and I was billed $1,700.00 a year. I have a private trash company pick up the trash (Allied Waste). I hire a tree company to trim my trees. I pay some one to remove graffiti. There are no street lights on 22nd street, so I put up lights on my building to shine on the street and sidewalk, and I pay the electric bill. I have a gardener for the gardening and he sweeps the gutters. The city was ripping me off. I do not expect to get anything back, but I will be happy if I am not billed the $1,700.00 any more, for nothing. My thanks to Barbara and the people that told me about this and did something about it. dchand— March 17, 2012 6:14 p.m.