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MAD Gets Irate
I appreciate the spell correction (typos are a fact of life and easily happen when multi-tasking), but that does nothing to clarify what is fact and what is fiction.— May 28, 2008 11:28 a.m.
MAD Gets Irate
Then shouldn't LookAway get the facts straight? "The Advisory Committee was elected in a taxpayer-funded election to oversee the very tax dollars paid over as fealty to the Corporation. For the election, members of the community worked hard to provide a slate of unbiased candidates. The Corporation worked hard to fill the elected seats with their candidates. The Corporation lost when there were community candidates running against their sycophants; the Corporation won only the uncontested slots (based on type of property owned) and thus *lost control of the committee majority*." To make an argument on the source of my data is a mute point. I don't believe I presented any in my last post, other than the publication you, SouthPark, advised me to review.— May 27, 2008 11:09 a.m.
MAD Gets Irate
SouthPark, thank you for the reference to the NY Times article and pointing me in the right direction. There is a lot to be said about the experiences we go through and the experiences from which we learn...or hopefully learn. I further went on to look into Shelley H. Carson's publication from June 2006, Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance in the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, whose work was cited in that article. It makes a good read, especially on the topic of the Mindfulness of Mistakes (p. 35):"...making mistakes is an indicator that one is willing to engage with the environment and try things even when the outcome is uncertain" and "[t]he mindful approach to past mistakes is to look at them from multiple perspectives and find the perspective that provides either new knowledge, motivation for change, and/or an opportunity to teach others a valuable lesson." This leads me to the following questions: now that the MAD has come to fruition - why does the goal exist to dissolve or petition against it by opponents of the MAD who always had the idea it was wrong (in other words, a mistake)? Why can’t I, as a Golden Hill community member (who happens to be keen on the neighborhood), or my neighbors with young children, simply see the benefits of a clean, green and safe community, for which an assessment district given a budget, has the objective to provide, regardless of the political ties and what not? If the community worked hard to provide a slate of unbiased candidates for the MAD who subsequently were voted onto the MAD, shouldn’t those "unbiased" individuals represent my voice, too? Why can’t the valuable lesson be that a MAD can work even if the belief exists that they do not?— May 26, 2008 3:38 p.m.
MAD Gets Irate
"Seedy bar and restaurant owners"? There are only a handful of people who would fit into the category of bar and restaurant owner and to call them seedy would seem like an unwarranted slap in the face for making the Golden Hill area a desired San Diego attraction. Honestly, I hate politics, but had to comment because I, as a property owner, had been given an opportunity to vote. In having that opportunity to vote, I chose to have the MAD formed. If there's proof in that someone had influence of the vote, by ushering in of the votes, then please present it otherwise you minimize the effort I made and others like me to vote. Are you certain, that the CDC board members are unelected? As a member of the community and present at a number of meetings held over at the Moose Lodge, there seemed to be a somewhat democratic process in the assignment of an individual to the board. The statements made above in regards to that seem to be deceptive. It's stated that the board is comprised of realtors, investors and developers. Can you state how many on the board fit those categories? It would help to know since they are being accused of being propaganders of their own interests. As a member of the community, I'm curious...was your name on the flyer that was placed in my mailbox, that in my opinion, seemed to riddled with scare tactics of what the MAD would be? - A concerned member of the Greater Golden Hill community— May 24, 2008 9:42 a.m.