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Anonymous   |May.14.2010 Here's an idea for dealing with the foreclosures in Vallejo... Follow Detroit: DETROIT TO DEMOLISH 10,000 ABANDONED PROPERTIES http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703950804575242433435338728?mod=rss_US_News

Someone Else   |May.14.2010 This week's Mythbuster's was filled in Vallejo! They built a duct tape bridge across one of the dry docks at Mare Island. It worked.

Vallejo Tip Of The Iceberg   |May.13.2010 Vallejo IS NOT the only "bankrupt" city in California or America. Vallejo got it good compared to this listing below...... 15 Mayors Who Must Shred The Budget To Save Their Bankrupt Cities http://www.businessinsider.com/americas-most-bankrupt-cities-2010-4 Here

I Love Vallejo   |May.13.2010 well i just voted YES on A and I made sure I did NOT vote for Michael Wilson as he has proven to be a weenie. also made sure I did NOT vote for Noreen Evans who also is ridiculous and has burned her bridges here in Vallejo. those were the three most important issues to me and although I did fill out the rest of the ballot I needed to hold my nose a few times.

Anonymous   |May.13.2010 why? Can't people think for themselves in Vallejo?

Anonymous   |May.13.2010 Just got the sample ballot today in the mail. Interesting what it says about Measure A and lists who officially supports and opposes Measure A...... Argument In Favor Of Measure A (Official) - Mayor Osby Davis - Vice-Mayor Stephanie Gomes - Councilmember Joanne Shivley Rebuttal To Argument In Favor Of Measure A (Official) - Jonathan Logan, Public Administrator - Michael Thomas Kollar, Retired Police Officer - Verna Mustico, Business Owner - Lloyd J. Stephens, Educator - Raymond Victor Mommsen, State PTA Vote NO on Measure A (Official) - Councilmember Michael Wilson Vote YES on Measure A (Official) - Mayor Osby Davis - Vice-Mayor Stephanie Gomes - Councilmember Joanne Shivley - Councilmember Marti Brown - Anthony J. Intiltoni Jr., Former Mayor

VCUSD Information   |May.13.2010 California's school rankings are online Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, May 13, 2010 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/13/BAMN1DE7JO.DTL Academic Performance Index (API) - Vallejo http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2009Base_Co.aspx?cYear=&cSelect=48,SOLANO Vallejo City Unified -10,426 2009 Base API - B 2009 Statewide Rank - 712 2009 Similar Schools Rank - B 2009 -10 Growth Target - B 2010 API Target - B

Anonymous   |May.13.2010 Taxafornia reaps what it sows: http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/tax-248514-california-taxes

Osby Springer Show   |May.12.2010 The Oz leaves in the middle of the meeting; claims he's not well but he doesnt appear sick?!

Someone Else   |May.12.2010 What is up with the Mayor?

Fact Based   |May.12.2010 Worel is not worth the ink you're giving him. OK, not ink. Never was, never will be. How many times has he lost elections? Someone dubbed him the new Sam. I think very fitting.

audience member   |May.12.2010 I wanna know burkys salary plus his retirement payout

Observer   |May.11.2010 Burky must have the hots for Gomes. That's the only thing that makes sense. What an utter waste of time. I'll add to the chorus, I don't like the mayor but I hope that he's OK. I don't wish him ill.

Anonymous   |May.11.2010 Bucky wastes the entire city's time every week. He tries to tell the council when they can go to the bathroom? Please. He's got and agenda, and we all know his obsession is out of control. Get over it, Bucky.

audience member   |May.11.2010 I wonder why burky is obsess with gomes salary Their cat dog fight during the meeting was a waste of time for everyone in the audience

Watcher   |May.11.2010 And Gomes will rock the rest of the meeting. I don't like Oz but hope he's OK.

Osby Springer Show   |May.11.2010 Osby Springer Show still going on after the Oz got sick and left during the middle of the meeting

Ozzy Springer   |May.11.2010 Ozzy Springer is really at 70 pm. (60 pm is closed session and 6:55 is simply a consent item for the Housing and ReDev Commission --but we know how consent items go!)

Osby Springer Show   |May.11.2010 Osby Springer Show tonight at 6!

Bring Trader Joes to Vallejo   |May.10.2010 There is a planning meeting to Bring Trader Joes to Vallejo, TONIGHT at 6:30 pm, at Panama Red , inside the Vallejo Ferry Building, 289 Mare Is Way.

Anonymous   |May.10.2010 City Council vs. PSUs vs. VIBers - Exhibit "A" For Psychophathic Behavior Vallejo Style: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/208242-The-Psychopath-A-New-Subspecies-of-Homo-Sapien

Anonymous   |May.10.2010 http://pensiontsunami.com/

Anonymous   |May.09.2010 Exactly the problem with the Weaselson endorsement. He hasn't done one thing to reign in spending or been fiscally responsible. On the contrary, he's a reckless spender. It's just insulting.

Anonymous   |May.09.2010 Fiscal Responsibility Is The Operative Word Right Now. Time To Reign In The Overspending Ways In Vallejo. From the Drudge Report... MAY 2010 A.D. - WORLD RACES TO AVERT CRISIS http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNvRfcFRIgsU

Anonymous   |May.09.2010 They couldn't have done any research. Seriously. It's so off base I had to check the name again to see who they were talking about. Vallejo is still in the middle of bankruptcy with these new contracts Mikey approved dragging the city down. And his solution? Raise taxes. Brilliant. Just what we need in Sacramento.

Dumbfounded   |May.09.2010 Laughable isn't the word I'd use to describe that editorial. The Press Democrat would be better served by not endorsing anybody. I wonder if they've done any actual research.

silasbarnabe   |May.09.2010 This has to be the most laughable thing I have read about Michael Wilson. Someone ANYONE needs to play the campaign interview about the three things Michael Wilson has done for Vallejo to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100507/OPINION/100509562/1043/opinion03?Title=PD-Editorial-A-new-face "We acknowledge our own part in recommending elected officials who have gone on to contribute to the dysfunction at the Capitol. But with another $20 billion budget crisis looming and no hope of the kind of wholesale constitutional change that once seemed promising, it's time for a change. Local voters have an opportunity to do that beginning with the race for the Democratic nomination in the 7th Assembly district. In this contest, we recommend Vallejo City Councilman Michael Wilson. For the past two-plus years, Wilson, the chief financial officer of an architectural firm in Benicia, has been part of a roll-up-the-sleeves campaign to confront Vallejo's financial challenges and dig it out of bankruptcy. The result is that Vallejo, once the poster child for all that can go wrong with municipal financing, may emerge as the model for what cities need to do going forward

John K   |May.09.2010 Anon, I think you will find compelling evidence that links BA to many budgetary problems. BA can be linked to excessive employee pay and benefits. BA is linked to problems with budgetary priorities, as in San Luis Obispo. The "ubiquitous economic downturn" has many contributing factors, but there is compelling evidence linking BA to Vallejo's bankruptcy.

Anonymous   |May.09.2010 Happy Mother's Day... not sure which VIBer gals are actually mothers.

Wild Wild West   |May.09.2010 Violent Crime is up accross the Bay Area, not Just Vallejo, the media became the mouth piece for the Vallejo Unions, Folks are figuring it out however, the media have backed off, it's not fun finding out you were a "tool" and being "played."

Money Machine   |May.09.2010 The reason most of the Binding Arbitration cities are in the Bay Area is that Alan Davis a lawyer made a profitable career helping unions in the Bay Area get Binding Arbitration. Vallejo has one of the worst types of Binding Arbitration called baseball arbitration. After final offers are made the Arbirator choses one of the offers. He/she does not have the power to make any compromises or changes. The Unions have learned to game the system by putting a large number of provisions on the table. Typically the Arbitrator will try to award half of the decsions to each side.This allows the Unions to get more rulings in their favor than typical arbitration . The Unions have also rated the Arbitrators which they use to help make their intial choices. Although an initial list of 3 Arbitrators is selected each side can throw out one of them. Typically the remaining Arbitrator is one that tends to be more sympathetic to the Unions. One potential solution is to have 3 arbitrators instead of just one. One is selected by each side and the 3rd person must be approved by both sides. Although Arbitrators are required to take ability to pay into consideration this has not always occured. In fact our current Bankruptcy was in part percipitated by the Arbitrators decision to keep minimum staffing (the City had to keep 28? firefighters on each shift). VOTE YES ON A

Wild Wild West   |May.09.2010 Speaking of Hayward... The City of Hayward recently hired several Vallejo Police Officers, they had not done hiring for a few years as they had a budget crisis which they supposedly got a handle on. They hired quite a few officers from thoroughout the Bay Area, its a good thing too, because ever since they hired more police officers (beginning of this year) their homicide rate has sky-rocketed. They had 7 homicides for 2009. So far this year I believe they have have hit 14 homicides (they had a homicide 10 days ago, and two homicides yesterday.) I would say the media should be really focusing on what is going on in the City of Hayward, this sounds like their police department is completley over-whelmed, wait unitl this summer...

Anonymous   |May.09.2010 John, I like the way you think. Evidence IS the operative word here. I think it's important to have the facts regarding BA and not proceed on here say and emotion. There will be many more battles to come, between all groups, so it's important to pick the right battles to fight. I've seen no compelling evidence so far that links BA to the wider and now ubiquitous economic downturn.

YesOnA   |May.08.2010 ANON says: "...that gives the City Council final arbitration authority...I would consider that being State Governed, wouldn't you?" No, I would consider that representative Democracy. We the people elect councilmembers to make decisions in our best interests. By electing them, we give them the authority to negotiate the best deals for us. The buck should stop with them. We don't like their deals. We vote them out. BA gives that authority to an unelected arbitrator not accountable to we the people. Get rid of BA. Vote YES on A!

John K   |May.08.2010 Katy M aka ADQ... thanks for your excellent letter to the editor in this morning's Times Horrid: http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_15045247 It has stimulated a lively series of comments... http://www.topix.net/forum/source/vallejo-times-herald/TCC63DMPUAQEPRMI1

John K   |May.08.2010 Anon, from lack of evidence, Hayward may not offer any valid deductions at this time, but I have little doubt that when BA comes into play, it will have a negative impact on Hayward's budget priorities. Richmond without BA was able to balance its budget and avoid bankruptcy. Vallejo, with BA, was not. Not proof, of course, but that is an indication of negative influence of BA.

John K   |May.08.2010 ANON: San Luis Obispo lost a big BA ruling where the city offered 19% and the arbitrator awarded 28%. SLO had to divert funds from other programs in order to make up the difference, even though voters had approved a special tax to pay for those other programs. In the Good Old Days, it was an easy choice for voters when police or firefighters said something was good for the city. It was easy to believe that teachers knew a lot about what was good for the city, too. But that changed when these employees became unionized. They have become special interest groups, organized to get better salaries, benefits, and working conditions for the union members. Police and fire fighters no longer make recommendations solely for the good of the community. The union interests come first, trumping the needs of citizens and taxpayers. The simple fact that police, fire, and maintenance workers - all three employee unions - want to keep binding arbitration in the city charter is proof enough that BA is really good for employees and really bad for citizens and taxpayers. If you are a city employee or family member, you'll want to keep binding arbitration to give yourself an advantage over the majority of Vallejo's citizens. But if you don't work for the city, you'll get a much better deal by voting YES on Measure A to remove binding arbitration from the city charter. ANON: Tell me more about "if the State Assembly does not like the way a City is handling the negotiations, they can change their Bill." When has the State Assembly ever interfered with a city using the Meyer-Milias-Brown Act?

Anonymous   |May.08.2010 John, your comments do support the case you're trying to make. Looking at the example of Richmond and Hayward in order to determine the influence of BA, however, gives us a counter indication of the negative influence of BA.

ANONYMOUS   |May.08.2010 John K: Thank you for your explanation, it was very helpul...Were you also able to find out which of the Citis that are in financial difficulty, actually lost a BA ruling? Like Gilroy/San Luis Osbispo. Do you know how much they lost, vs what the ciy offerend? It would be interesting. Also, I think you are incorrect as to the State governing us. If I am not mistaken the Meyer-Milias-Brown Act, is a State Assembly Bill that gives the City Council final arbitration authority in case of impass for a one year increment and if the State Assembly does not like the way a City is handling the negotiations, they can change their Bill. I would consider that being State Governed, wouldn't you? Not to aruge, just to state a fact.

John K   |May.08.2010 Anon... BA can be definitely a factor in determining "financial health" of a city. When Richmond was near bankruptcy, its unions made concessions that allowed Richmond to draft a balanced budget. But without BA, Richmond would have simply laid off enough employees to control staffing and avoid bankruptcy. Vallejo was not allowed to control staffing in 2007, and the BA decision cost $4 million, resulted in burning off the reserves, and eventually going bankrupt. Union concession offers were too little, and too late. BA appears to be a factor in determining budget spending priorities, but total financial health may have other contributing factors. Due to vibrant economies and good planning, some cities have a lot more in reserves. Vallejo Police and Fire would never allow Vallejo's reserves to be held back during BA proceedings. Henke said if we tried to exclude the reserves, it would "gut the binding arbitration process." So Vallejo always had to put its reserve funds on the line when the unions were looking to see what the city could afford to pay.

Anonymous   |May.08.2010 So if Richmond is NOT a BA city and it experienced a near bankruptcy a few years ago and Hayward IS a BA city and they have a $20 million dollar reserve this year, should we conclude that BA is not a determining factor in a cities financial health?

John K   |May.08.2010 ANONYMOUS: I think the majority of those 22 are having problems because of BA. We know that Gilroy and San Luis Obispo have had a lot of their revenue hijacked by BA. Other cities cannot control their budgets because employee costs are decided by BA and city leaders cannot touch them. And there's no incentive for the union members to make concessions because an arbitrator would maintain the status quo, or add to the mess like the mind-boggling 28% raise given to San Luis Obispo Police by an arbitrator. The State Legislature does not "govern" the other 95% of cities. For labor relations they use the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act.

Anonymous   |May.08.2010 Thanks for the list BAcities, very helpful!

ANONYMOUS   |May.08.2010 BAcities, Wild West: aren't you putting a confusing spin on your BA list. The majority of thoses Cities listed are of a pretty good quality. The ones that are having problems, are the results of a terrible economy and bad leadership. The Cities without BA (those famous 400+, referred to as General Law Cities) are governed by the State Legislature???? That is the last body I want making decisions for me...You talk about liberal??? Anyway nice try, but you defeat your argument...

Anonymous   |May.08.2010 Except for Anaheim, ALL of those 20-plus cities mentioned here are in the greater San Francisco Bay Area region. Why is that? Isn't the San Francisco Bay Area the MOST LIBERAL part of the MOST LIBERAL State in the United States? Isn't the San Francisco Bay Area heavily controlled by the Unions AND the Democratic Party? NOTHING is going to change until the Unions and the Democratic Party are broken up.

BA Cities   |May.08.2010 Hi Wild West! Yes its funny the cities in really bad shape all have BA. Napa, Santa Rosa, SF, Oakland. Here are the 22 cities that do have binding arbitration: Alameda Anaheim Gilroy Hayward Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Oroville Palo Alto Petaluma Redwood City Sacramento Salinas San Francisco San Jose San Leandro San Luis Obispo Santa Cruz Santa Rosa Stockton Vallejo Watsonville

WILD WILD WEST   |May.08.2010 Thanks Disco Queen for your letter to the Editor in the TH today regarding Binding Arbitration. There are 25 cities in California that have BA, does anyone know what cities have BA in their charter? I know Napa, Santa Rosa, Oakland and San Francisco all have BA? Santa Rosa is in a real hurt right now (yes their major proudly said in a council meeting a few years ago "we will never be like Vallejo, you know what they say "pride goeth before a fall." Napa is 10 million in the red and free-falling. Oakland is in the toilet and wants a tax increase, ha! San Francisco is in ruins, ruled by Newsom the "queen/king of denile." Gotta love the affects of Binding Arbitration. YES ON A!!!!!!!!

John K   |May.08.2010 Billion Dollar Cops "...Thanks to the arbitration process that the state forces upon counties, Suffolk already has one of the highest-paid police forces in the world. And that same process guarantees that the costs will keep growing -- even though the recession has most taxpayers having to cut back. State law gives union leaders practically no incentive to provide givebacks, even when the public can't afford current pay and benefits. They tell us we can simply raise taxes. And arbitrators don't focus on what taxpayers can afford; they look to neighboring counties as a barometer for the award they give. They basically one-up the neighboring county's increase -- producing a leapfrog effect so that, over time, employees in both counties (and across the state) benefit over and over again. The reality is a little more complicated, but that's really the cycle -- and it has produced salaries and benefits that are mind-boggling to an average, private worker." http://tinyurl.com/yaazxdf

Jimmy Sarmiento   |May.07.2010 On a lighter note, for many years my family has enjoyed one of Vallejo's best kept secrets, Ms. Dee's Homemade Bar-B-Q Sauce. She's been away from the Farmer's Market scene for a long time, but I talked to Delores (Ms Dee) today when I bought a couple of quarts of her killer stuff. She'll soon make a big batch for the coming BBQ season, it'd be nice for VIB to do video coverage while she does her thing. Hey Marc, contact me if you're interested. Here's her website: http://www.msdeesbbq.com/, 707-642-2491. Locals, you don't need to pay shipping, just arrange your pickup at Target Center.

FOLC   |May.07.2010 Miss, There is nothing of concern to do with our drinking water, its not "drinking water" untill it goes through treatment facilities, untill then its still Lake water, Most Lakes will always be subject to recreation with motorized craft(s). In the case of Berryessa the volume of water is quite large. http://www.ci.vallejo.ca.us/uploads/568/VallejoWaterReportforWeb-2008.pdf This link comes from our City Website, Water Division. It defines Water Treatment, its worth reading. Having not seen the Berryessa redevelopment plans, i would only say that water contact sports are a highly recognized "beneficial use" of that Lake. A battle based on drinking water wont go far, they can treat the water, it is as simple as that. Now if you had data showing the the added negative impact on fish, turtles, birds, algae, macroinvertibrates, red legged frogs, yellow salamanders, cash crops, native plant species, etc, thats a different ball game, even then its not a winning ticket. I dont know much about Moths, other than they dont stay on the hook very well. Your talking about an attempt to temporarily erradicate an invasive and destructive species, it wont get done organicly. Its no different than death being an acceptable casualty of war (in the eyes of the government) If they were your crops you would want them protected, wouldnt you? The EPA, SWQCB and Dept. of Agriculture will allow controlled efforts for the purpose of erradication of said species and protection of crops. In this case, a little more contamination in an already contaminated Bay is the lesser of 2 evils, as terrible as that sounds it is inevitable.

Firebug   |May.07.2010 Maybe Vallejo could learn from Chip Johnson. Sound familiar Vallejoan's? "Betting Oakland's financial stability on an unwritten tax initiative that needs two-thirds voter approval in the worst national economy in 80 years is not only bad public policy, it's irresponsible. But that's what Oakland's city officials want to do." Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/07/BA7J1DAO69.DTL#ixzz0nGuCcYwb

anon   |May.07.2010 http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/swptoday.cfm more clarity

anon   |May.07.2010 Lake Oroville is the official start of the State water Project

anon   |May.07.2010 I don't think the water is pumped out of the delta. The SWP

Firebug   |May.07.2010 Just for clarification, even before I moved to Vallejo 11 years ago, we would travel to Lake Berryessa, and since the early 80's as far as I can remember they had boats, water skiers, and fishing. Isn't this also done in the Delta which supplies central California and Los Angeles, its drinking water?

Missmarvelous   |May.07.2010 Sorry folks, I was making a plea to Doug Darling to answer some "water quality" questions I had, that was not "Doug Darling" having a dialogue.

Anonymous   |May.07.2010 Thanks, Doug. I've been very worried that your concern for Lake Chabot was some evil plot by the 3rd cousin twice removed of the Curtolas to steal the lake from us!

Doug Darling   |May.07.2010 Doug Darling is not related to the Curtolas or the Musticos, just wanted to point that out... Doug Darling, Do you know anything about our source of water from Lake Barryessa? Can Vallejo protest the re-development to turn Lake Barryessa into a playground of motor boats and water craft that will polute our good source of drinking water? I believe the operators have been sued in the past for allowing raw sewage to run into the lake. Napa Co most likely doesnt care, as they are unable to draw water from the lake, as they did not help pay for the Monticello Dam when it was built in the 1950's. Napa is suffering, as they did not plan long term for water, the locals have a funny saying "dont drink the water." Ah well, "let them drink wine." Folks in Vallejo and other cities should be very concerned what is going on at Lake Barryessa. We should also be very concerned at what Napa Co. is using to kill the two different types of moths that are attacking the vineyards as all the chemicals end up in their silty run-off that flows to the Napa river and then into the Carquinez Strait. Doug Darling, what say you?

Anonymous   |May.06.2010 ANON, get your facts straight. The Chamber's Curtola is former Mayor Curtola's brother. Not a cousin. And Pearsall's sister's husband's family is related to the Curtolas somehow. Wow, what a link.

ANONYMOUS   |May.06.2010 INFORMED; You are not too informed are you? The Curtola just hired by the Chamber is not the brother of the former Mayor, but a second cousin and yes younger and smarter. The Chamber Curtola is also a relative of former Councilman Pearsall who is marrying Councilwoman Gomes, so ???? you getting the picture?????? Now you can call yourself informed....

Yoda   |May.06.2010 Office politics are zip. Langes "passion" is checked at the door. She has more brains than brass balls. Kinda parallels the accusations leveled at the PS ....... looking out for the wallet. A confrontation with Verna would be a mistake. Verna is too professional (and certainly not as petty as VI to punish a hard working employee for their personal politics. Too bad VIB cannot follow that example.

Informed   |May.06.2010 You obviously don't know Verna Mustico or Diana Lang. Go ahead, sit in your armchair and imagine whatever (I visualize empty thoughts bubbles for you) but know you understand nothing if you think one issue makes or breaks any one relationship.

Anonymous   |May.06.2010 Verna Mustico (Mustico Reality) is NO on A camp. VIBer Diana Lang (Mustico Reality) is YES on A camp. Hmmmmmm.... wonder what the office politics is looking like over there right about now (like to be the fly on the wall there......)

Informed   |May.06.2010 You obviously don't know Verna Mustico. For whatever reason she is supporting No on Measure A (and I believe she is wrong), she is never 'irate' and does not walk lock-step with the Chamber. That being said, I see some very positive changes in the Chamber lately with them chosing Anita Hawkes as ED and Rich Curtola (the better, smarter and more community-minded Curtola brother). I might even join...well, maybe not.

Hell froze over   |May.06.2010 The Chamber just announced that it is supporting Measure A. Verna must be irate.

Missmarvleous   |May.06.2010 You mean our drinking water may be contaminated with gasoline, oils and other "stuff?" How can Napa Co. be allowed to use Lake Barryessa as a resort for boats if Vallejo and other cities use the water for drinking water? Do our local politicans know this? What type of chemicals are being used on the moths that are attacking the vineyards? Are they using organic means of removing the moths or are they using chemicals that will end up in the silt that runs into the Bay? How can we find out more?

Up Valley Arses   |May.05.2010 Oh and upvalley? They're all over the no on a flyer: Noreen Evans Pat Wiggins Geo Miller Noreen Evans is on the budget committee for the state. The state doesn't use binding arbitration. Ask Noreen if, as our rep, she thinks she's competent to manage our state taxes (she's say yes) Then ask her why she is dissing our local reps, if she supports no on A, she thinks our council is not competent to manage our budget. And does she support the insults the no people have on their new flyer? Or the other two? Call Noreen Evans at (916) 319-2007 Call Pat Wiggins at (916) 651-4002 Call Geo Miller at 202-225-2095 These are long distance numbers but you get a live person.

John K   |May.05.2010 Holy smoke, Firebug. Oakland seems to be in deep soup, and like Vallejo, only one or two elected officials seem to care enough to sound the alarm. The majority will attempt to swindle the citizens with higher taxes for unsustainable promises. This is part of the burden of the public safety early retirement at 50 with 90% and full medical for many years till Medicare kicks in. Next thing you know, these union supported politicians will be touting the wonderfulness of pension obligation bonds... http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2010/v2010-06.pdf

Firebug   |May.05.2010 Oakland's fate issuing bonds to pay for post retirement benefits might be something Vallejo will be facing. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/05/BARQ1D7JUI.DTL&tsp=1

Osby Springer Show   |May.05.2010 According to last night's council meeting, the Osby Springer Show lasted for a minute.

Pay attention to upvalley shan   |May.05.2010 Hey local politicos, do you pay attention to your upvalley cousins? You should, they run over Vallejo every chance they get. Its not enough to be fighting every day in your own backyard, but remember what they said "ca-ca runs downstream." Pay attention, read the papers find out who has "lobbied who" in adjacent counties.

Pay attention to upvalley shan   |May.05.2010 Napa Co. has given a contract to developers to re-develop the Lake Barryessa area for lots of recreation. Lots of jet skis, motor boats, pleasure crafts and the like. Lake Barryessa is one of the main drinking water supplies for Vallejo, in fact Vallejo gave quite a lot of money in 1957 to support the Monticello Dam which helped form the resevoir that supplies our drinking water. Gasoline and oil leaking from motorized crafts will increase if the new developers increase the visiting population. Do we need chemicals in our water? Napa Co does not get to use Barryessa for drinking water as they opted out of financial backing in the 1950's of the Monticello Dam. Napa Co and cites are hurting for drinking water, they dont car about poluting Lake Barryessa since they dont use it for thier own drinking water. Also be aware of what is going on to distroy the "moth" that is attacking the vines in vineyards. Napa and Sonoma Co's are getting ready to fight the "brown moth." How are they going to fight it? Chemicals? Chemicals they use during the growing seasons of vines have already penetrated the silt which eventually flows downstream into the Carquinez Straits into the Bay. Shhh dont tell the folks down river, they are busy with bankruptcy and fighting for their lives trying to keep themselves alive. So what if we polute thier drinking water and our vineyards run off silt into their Bay, Shhh dont tell... Hey pass the vino!

John K   |May.05.2010 Is is possible that a couple of HF Martin operatives were recently seen working Sacs Dogs on Springs Road? http://tinyurl.com/2fhdla2

Anonymous   |May.05.2010 The Oz isn't as much smart as he is cunning. His huge ego cancels out any smartness he may have and makes him act stupid.

ANON 2   |May.04.2010 ANONYMOUS: why give the OZ credit for supporting Measure A ? He is the one that gave them all of the money to start with amd then blames it on BA. Hell he gave them the money without even forcing them to go to BA. If I had my way, I would keep BA and change the Charter to get rid of elected officials. They are the ones that bankrupted the City....Next the OZ will put on the ballot in November to change the Charter for a strong Mayor form of government, which will give him veto power. He is only supporting getting rid of BA, so he can use the same machine to change our government..Don't be duped by this smart attorney.....

Anonymous   |May.04.2010 He is supporting measure A. Maybe we can at least give him credit for that.

W.O.T.   |May.04.2010 W.O.T. is a Waste of Time Osby + Ego = useless meeting. Ten-to-1 odds that there will be no substantial changes. Wankfest!

Anonymous   |May.04.2010 Why is the Ozzie show at 60 tonight? He needs another hour to waste?

Osby Springer Show   |May.04.2010 Osby Springer Show tonight at 6

Inigo Montoya   |May.03.2010 Just wondering if the H. Martin Foundation will have a booth at the Global Center for Success job fair on Wednesday. According to its website, hmartinfoundation.org , they have employment opportunities in the fields of education, health programs, ecology and environment, research programs, etc. We sure need those jobs here. Is this the "Return of HMF" to Vallejo?

admin   |May.03.2010 Oops! I didn't get May kicked off very well did I. It's the 3rd of May please post in the May Scream!!!! Batman: "Better put 5 cents in the meter." Robin: "No policeman's going to give the Batmobile a ticket." Batman: "This money goes to building better roads. We all must do our part."

ANON 2   |May.01.2010 MARC: I think it is time that the IBVALLEJO crew (Katy, Mr. Schussel, you and whomever) organize a town meeting, so we all can meet and discuss the merits of Measure A. With the money the PSU'ers are spending from their fat paychecks, we are doomed. Maybe with your influence you could set up something, where the unfunded and concerned citizens can get together and really discuss the issue. Have people like Mr. McConnell and JD Miller there to answer the questions that concern most of us, give a little history of how we got in this trouble. Maybe Councilmembers Gomes and Schively can also share their experience. We need to do something fast and you are the key...Thanks

Anonymous   |May.01.2010 Just wanted to get the May scream going

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