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U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
Seymour,not Seymore. My bad.— August 26, 2011 10:20 a.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
Like I said, I have voted for him in every election since we moved into the district, so you get no disagreement from me. But as I also said I do have a couple of issue with things he has done and at some point those could cause me to change my vote.— August 26, 2011 10:15 a.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
Actually, that's what I was referring to. A couple of yrs ago the FDIC gave CBRE a pretty big contract to sell foreclosures. According to a WT article I read, the contract calls for CBRE to be paid anywhere from 8 to 30 percent commission, plus incentives, plus fees plus monthly maintenance of the properties. We know several people in RE and they have basically said that's thge sweetest deal they have ever heard of. Apparently shortly after that, his wife introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to the FDIC I don't know how much of the company he owns, but he's been on the BoD for at least 10 yrs or so. And right around the time CBRE was to be awarded the govt contract he bought another 10 million or so shares of CBRE Someone we know who works in the corp office has said that he is just as rude and arrogant as his wife. I remember finding the article very "enlightening" I might try and find it later on today. If I do, I will post a link. You might find it interesting reading.— August 26, 2011 10:08 a.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
I'm not so sure about that. It might be easy to think that if you were on the outside. But to many people who were there, that might not be the case. Many, if not most of us, believed in non-violent protesting. Sure, disrupting the "establishment" supporting the war was our stategy, but I can say with 100% assurance that for myself and the people I was involved with that violence was neither a goal or a tactic and we never resorted to it except in self defense. Unfortunately, all too often that was not the case, from both sides. And I just don't think that same fire as you put it would accomplish anything. On more than one occassion, I was beaten, gassed and hauled off only to be released many hours later without so much as having been talked to let alone charged with anything. I know with 100% certainty that many of us were targeted simply because of our looks. There were many occasions when the cops would harrass students simply because the guys had long hair or the girls, or chicks as we called them back in the day, dressed like "hippies". On one particular occasion, a few of us were walking back to campus after getting something to eat and a couple of cop cars passed by and then stopped. The cops got out and started harrassing just because they didn't like the way we looked. After a couple of minutes I said something like Why are you guys hassling us man. We were just out getting some food. The response I got was for one of them to say F**k you, hippy, and slam his club across my arm and then they got in their cars and drove off. A few days later when my arm was black and blue from by elbow to my shoulder and hurt like hell, I went to health services. They sent me to get xrays and they showed my left arm was broken about halfway between my elbow and shoulder. The Dr. asked me what happened and if I had gone to the cops. When I told him it was a cop who hit me with his night club, he didn't say a word. No I really don't think much of what went on at Berkeley would be all that productive for the country at this point.— August 26, 2011 9:31 a.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
You are partially correct. It was John Seymore that Wilson appointed to fill his vacancy on an interim basis under the provisions afforded by the 17th amendment. But it was a special election, not an open election that Feinstein won to take his seat. Wilson's term didn't expire untiluntil 1994, but his seat was added as special election on the 1992 election for the other seat. Remember, senate seats are voted on in alternating elections. Fienstein won by something like 55% to 35% and because she was elected to fill a term that hadn't expired, she was sworn in as soon as the results were verified, not in January when the rest of the Senators were sworn in. She then had to run again when the original term expired in 1994.— August 26, 2011 9:01 a.m.
Major Solar Project Approved East of San Diego County
OK well, I still don't think you answered the question as asked. Sustainability and environmental impact are 2 disticly different issues. The environmental imact of a solar farm has nothing to do with the projects sustainability. And LEED ratings wouldn't even apply. LEED ratings, put simply, are a certification of the measurement on how well or more accurately, how efficiently a building built to LEED standards uses resources, both in construction and consumption, when compared to a building that is simply built to "code". LEED recognizes sustainability in design and construction, but not in usage or function To me, sustainablity means something else completely. Sustainability is really just how to use a resource for it's intended purpose without depleting that resource and thereby preseving it for the future. In the case of a solar farm, by definition it is sustainable because it has no affect on the source, in this case the sun, at all. The sun shines whether or not a solar collector is present. Calling it sustainable is akin to calling rainwater collection sustainable. The rain falls irregardless of whether a collection system is present or not. It's not "waste,energy and resource diversion/reduction/reuse" that makes a builing sustainable; those things are a product of efficiency in planning and construction , or maybe more accurately factors of efficiency. It's whether or not the products and materials used in building the house come from sustainable resources. FSC certified lumber, OSB manufactured from waste lumber using environmentally friendly glues, roofing made from recycled, recycleable and long life materials, using concrete with recycled aggregate and fly ash, etc, etc, etc. Those things are what adds to a sustainably built structure. not it's "efficiency" rating— August 26, 2011 12:22 a.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
As I recall, a while back you said you requested a copy of your FBI file. Did you ever recieve it? Rest assured that whether you see it or not, that request is present in your file.— August 25, 2011 11:31 p.m.
Bonnie Dumanis Subpoenaed in Michael Pines Case
"It is also very common to be selectively prosecuted based on ideology or association." Or persecuted. Trust me when I say I know from personal experience that very fact.— August 25, 2011 11:28 p.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
The Irony of Diane Feinstein is that the only reason she was elected Senator is because she lost the Gubernatorial election to Pete Wilson. She won the special election to fill the seat Wilson had held. I thinkk it's disgracefull the way she used her position as a Senator to help obtain federal funding roouted to a gov't agency that had just awarded a hefty contract to company run by her husband. The sad part is that with her financial backing, even though her approval ratings are under 50%, it's highly doubtful a qualified candidate from any party will mount a serious challenge. I mean Carly Fiorina or Issa in her place. Really? Come on, give me a break.— August 25, 2011 11:25 p.m.
U-T Wouldn't Print Issa Piece, Draws Criticism
Yes, I agree. BTW the previous chairman of the committee was, wait for it, Henry Waxman.— August 25, 2011 11:02 p.m.