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The China effect on San Diego's recycling
You can always take your recycling to the Miramar Landfill recycling center.— September 1, 2019 12:48 p.m.
Appellate court turns back Hosking's fake cattle ranch
I'd like someone to buy all of this land and do what the guy in northern California did. He brought the land back through natural plantings of native grasses, etc. In the end the aquifer was replenished and even some springs came back. Trees followed and eventually wildlife too. No development. No grazing. Just open space land healing and then providing habitat. most importantly, water. We need to keep plenty of our open space open and healthy to try to protect nature's balance. You just can't pave everything and build houses and expect to live in a healthy environment. Perhaps Genesee Properties should give up trying over and over to develop this land and simply sell it to someone who is more interested in preserving our open space than exploiting it.— September 1, 2019 12:43 p.m.
San Diego rat tales
I've heard that rats love LaJolla because of their landscaping. They love to live in all that ivy. Mankind has been battling rats since there have been rats and humans. Nothing is going to change that. However you can make your abode inhospitable to rats, mice and other rodents. Like don't make food accessible. My parents have a rat that is getting into their "pantry." The pantry being the closet in the guest room. Well, duh. Do they clear out all of that tempting larder? No, they just put out traps. They don't even place them properly or bait them correctly. Then they wonder why they aren't catching the rat. They won't use bait because they don't want it dying in the walls and smelling. But I guess they are OK with a Mommy rat raising a litter of babies so they can all feast in the closet, er, pantry. Rats and mice have awful eyesight. They use their whiskers to rub against the wall for navigation. So you position the traps along the walls of their routes, not in the middle of the room or hallway. Rodents eat a variety of things so you'll need to figure out what yours prefers. Could be bread or fruit or even meat. Sometimes pepperoni works. What doesn't is cheese so don't bother. Forget some of the new fangled trap designs too. There is a reason there are classic trap designs. They work. Rats do have common predators. Coyotes, Bobcats, probably our red-tailed hawks. Perhaps we should look at making our open spaces hospitable to them so they can take care of the rat population. You may not like Coyotes being around but they are worth their weight in dead (and eaten) rats for you to keep your cat or Yorkie in the house (where they belong.) I had a dog that hated anything in his territory. He would kill pigeons if he caught them in his food dish and would regularly kill mice. My previous dog was the same. After he died some feral cats moved and I didn't care for them but they did totally eliminate any mice or rats in the yard. When I got my current dog the feral cats moved out but rodents aren't back yet. She's still a puppy, a big black 84lb puppy, but I haven't seen anything come back, neither rodent or cat. So there are ways to discourage habitation. Eliminate their food sources. They can eat through a cardboard cereal box easily. Also Tupperware. But they have a hard time with a glass jar with a metal lid. So look at how you are storing things. There's plenty you don't need to store. Instead of buying in bulk or food hoarding shop more often. At least until you have eliminated the problem. Eliminate entrance and residency. Take a look at your yard and do some clean up. If they don't have a place to live they are less likely to take up abode. If they are they type to take up residence you may need a professional to evict them. If you can find their means of entry eliminate it but good luck. I have no idea if a black light would help to determine an entrance point and territory but they're cheap and it wouldn't hurt.— September 1, 2019 12:26 p.m.
Trash-can salvage 101
It's a city scam. We pay our taxes. These bins belong to the city. They say right on them property of the city. But when the trash trucks CRUSH them, and they do, WE have to pay to replace them. The city won't do anything if they are stolen either. Why are they stolen? Because other people's cans get destroyed by the trash trucks and they can't afford $95 to replace them. So they steal other people's cans. If the cans belong to the city, then the city should replace them. Especially since it is the city's trash truck drivers that are crushing them. The grand jury said the city should replace the cans. The city refuses. I say we need to replace all of our city administration. Vote them all out, from the "strong mayor" on down.— September 1, 2019 11:49 a.m.
Moores and minions grab no-bid Aztec Stadium deal
This is why I voted against it. I knew it was going to happen. I said it was going t happen. I was poo-poo'd and pish-toshed and told I was paranoid. Well...TOLD YOU SO!— June 10, 2019 9 p.m.
City lowers the bar
If it's not enforced, it's not a law. It's a suggestion or a wish.— June 10, 2019 8:32 p.m.
City lowers the bar
Dogs bark. It's what they do. They should be low priority. What you can't fight is the city. A neighbor got a permit to take two parking spaces from the street and do a curb cut which moved those spaces to his own front yard, which he paved. He has a concrete slab in front if his little house. It is over the legal limit but not by much so the city let him keep it. The curb cut? It's illegal too as there is less than a car's length between it and the next curb cut, but he went down seven, that's SEVEN times to the permit office until they finally granted his permit. No wonder City Heights is a parking lot. The garage has been illegally converted into an apartment three times, taking away yet another required parking space. The first two times the owners were caught and had to remove the work and restore it to a garage. This third time I think they're going to get away with it. I'm sure each time the property is sold the new owner is told, sure you can convert the garage and add another unit to your income property. More density and less parking. The city doesn't care. At least dogs don't drive cars. (Or blast Ranchero music at 6am.)— June 10, 2019 8:29 p.m.