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 Budget Blah Blah Blah
Quotes From the Budget Study Session
(Echoes of the Impending Disaster)
2/14/08
" THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK" --Erin Hannigan
" THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK"--Hermie Sunga
Yes folks...Erin and Hermie had nothing to say about the budget. Not one damn peep. Guess they either know it all or they've been told to "zip it" by you know who.
And now, on to Quotes from People Who Actually Entered Into the Discourse
"There is no money." Craig Whittom, Assistant City Manager
"The Citizens Deserve to Know." Councilmember Schivley--re: her request for a public presentation from bankruptcy attorneys
"Bankruptcy is not a panacea." Mayor Davis
"The public should have the benefit of the information we have." Councilmember Gomes re: the inadequate information given the public
"You've cut every community program." Deanna Lang re: the anihilation of funding for community based organizations
"The employees who are eligible to retire have been encouraged to retire." Councilmember Schivley re: the ongoing mass exodus of Vallejo city employees
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 The Daily Scream is Now Live!!!
We at VIB love to see people exchanging ideas. Some of us even find intelligent discourse sexy!! So, it is with great and ecstatic pride that I am announcing... The Daily Scream is now a live feature.
The standard set so far on The Daily Scream is a high one. I can count the remarks that we have had to eliminate on one hand and still have fingers left over. Let's keep that gold standard.
Just remember, if things devolve and slip into that nasty and unproductive realm we have seen on other blogs...we can flip the switch in about five minutes.
Enjoy the satisfaction of a live experience, but remember we are still monitoring comments.
Keep the great thoughts, ideas and information coming!!
Marc Garman--editor
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 Democracy at Work in Pinole
What happened? Check the link to find out:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_8180990
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YCCR - January 29, 2008
Article Launched:01/30/2008
Big Fishes in a Small Pond, Redux
A few fishes shrunk a little…but some grew!
This is definitely a redux; Triad’s downtown development plan—continued from the January 8th meeting and continued yet again to another meeting. Since staff requested it be continued and the council agreed, they took public comment and that was it. But some public comment was bizarre…
There were no presentations
Consent Calendar:
First the public comment (We all missed John Osborne, I hope he is feeling OK, or better yet, I hope he took some time off)…
Item 6.B: Mustafa Abdul Ghanee indicated that Bethel students from the Country Club Crest are taking short cuts under the Hwy 37 tunnel. Ghanee asked if this issue be included in item 6.B, approval of the “Safe Streets to School” Program. Mayor Davis asked that the resolution be changed to include language about the getting a solution to the Bethel/Country Club Crest students’ short cuts.
6.A was moved to 6.1: This was a “waiver of claims and indemnification” agreement between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the City of Vallejo, due to Vallejo’s participation in a regional study. Councilmember Schivley asked this be pulled from the consent calendar because she wanted to make sure complaints by citizens about signal timing are addressed. Public Works Director Gary Leach indicated that they would, and this was one of the purposes of the study.
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 Election Challenge Update
Posted January 29, 2007
By Marc Garman
Gary Cloutier's election challenge fund raiser/ Q&A session on Sunday January 27 was well attended.
Rick Mariani's cavernous photo studio on Tennessee Street (used
for the event) was filled with Cloutier supporters--the press, both
print and television--Cloutier detractors, and other notables such as
county supervisor Barbara Kondylis and councilmember Joanne Schivley.
"People need to be assured that their vote is counted." said
Cloutier, speaking about his reasons for pursuing what is likely to be
a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome.
Supervisor Kondylis also addressed the audience. "The county screwed up."--"We don't know if Gary won or Osby won."
Kondylis went on to emphasize the need for citizen oversight of
the election process...an idea that has not been greeted with much
warmth in Fairfield.
Citizen oversight groups have been successful in other
communities. Jennifer Kidder of the Voting Rights Task Force and Dan
Ashby of the Election Defense Alliance were on hand to speak, and
answer questions about election oversight. (See the contact info at
the bottom of the page if you have questions or want to get involved.)
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Something to consider We have an Engine Company and a Truck company sitting in the same station....
Erik, stop debating folks and go back to reading playboy.
There is only the Service charge based on meter size which I discussed below and a water usage or...
Do you have a leak? A toilet that runs? That's too high.
Like I said before my bill is $150 every two months not my water usage....what is wrong with this...