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A Chat About Lemon Grove Kid Dennis Hopper

I am from Lemon Grove and met and talked with Hopper's mother Marjorie many times in the 80's. Because of that I was a big Hopper fan and followed his career. His mom was a very nice lady. From her perspective, she seemed to portray that some of her son's tales of a troubled childhood were exaggerated. Apparently Dennis Hopper's dad was a postman, so i dont see how he was not around. Anyway, a great actor, a great art enthusiast, and great son of Lemon Grove.
— October 20, 2010 10:06 p.m.

I Don’t Work Here. Just Send Me Checks

Surfpuppy -I am outraged on several fronts: 1) Bejarano's self serving behavior 2)Chula Vista management seemingly going along and downplaying his rule breaking 3) the tainted selection process whereby a person with whom he had a financial relationship participated in selecting him 4)The arrogance or cluelessness of South Bay Community Services in deciding to give a boardmember a lucrative contract, then not report it to the IRS as required,and possibly ignore state law on such "self dealing" transactions 5) that the rest of this non-profit board went along with this action, rubber stamped it ??? what were they thinking ? Nobody's looking ? There seems to be a lot of wink, wink, nod, nod, going on, people thinking that they can get away with stuff within their little cliques- that's all fine and dandy EXCEPT when you are dealing with tax payer monies,or other peoples money in general - I hope there is some accoutability from some direction- because that will keep a chek upon continuing such behavior or worse behavior in public positions.
— July 5, 2010 8:44 a.m.

I Don’t Work Here. Just Send Me Checks

SO the City of Chula Vista allowed someone who had a financial interest with a police chief candidate to help select that chief- and that is the person chosen. Did Lembo disclose this relationship to the City Manager? SHould he have asked? Is the whole selection process tainted now? South Bay Community Services has a Board member with a $97K self dealing contract for services that couldnt be found elsewhere? and they just happened to tell the IRS that no such arrangment existed? and the nonprofit PR person just guesses at important info? Chula Vista city management just lets Bejarano flaunt his rule breaking in their face? so if i am a chula cop can i just break rules and not get punished like the boss man? do i even want to follow a dude chosen under such circumstances and who appears less than truthful? just a few questions...
— July 1, 2010 9:08 p.m.