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If I paid $656 per year for 30 years, it would be $19,680 -- far less than the six figure positive effect of our awesome schools on everyone's property values in PV. (And both the tax, and property profit on sale, are deductible for many people, too.)
on Jan 17, 2013 at 4:15 pm
We can see the negative of not funding locally on property values simply by looking at some of our neighboring cities. The price variance is significant, BUT more importantly, the tools provided the kids over the past 8 years has set my children up for success in many ways. $656 is a BARGAIN. I know familes that pay 3 times that just for tutoring services in cities that are coping with unreliable funding. Sacramento is greedy and to count on adequate state funding for local schooling needs is just living with your head in the ground. CA ranks 47th in the country when adjusted for regional differences.......
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PVSD has plenty of money to run an excellent school. State finances and more importantly property values are at a turning point, but this is actually not even a serious factor in that per pupil spending in PV is at levels well above the CA and nationwide averages.
The real problem in PV is the disconnected and amateur micro-management of the bloated admin and activist board. They like to "play school" at the expense of student learning. More money will only make this worse! The teachers will take their slice and the admin will spend the rest on consultants, "specialists," and more parent employees seemingly hired for the sake of the parents seeking employment rather than for student benefit.
Have the board and admin make an objective plan for measuring effectiveness of even one of their many endeavors- and show the results of that data to prove the achievement of the clearly defined objective - before giving them another dime.


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Did anyone happen to see The Best Damn Sport's Show Period tonight on Fox sports??????? There sat Michael Irvin...no more talent, commentator for the Arena football league...calling out Randy Moss for the comments he made last year. They were discussing baseball and how a certain player made the comment about taking it easy to make sure he lasts all season. Drug addict, I play when I want to play, do what I want to do Irvin, brought up Moss's comments about taking plays off. He basically said that is bu!!sh*t. You play hard for your Qb. He isn't taking plays off. "your team is depending on you. It's your job. Do your job!"
Now while I agree that these guys get paid to do their job and they should be playing wholeheartedly every game and hopefully every down....isn't this the pot calling the kettle black? The guy who got AWAY with it is calling out Moss for saying it out loud. A bad boy pointing a finger at another bad boy following in his footsteps....hmmmmm I'm feelin' WWF. I would REALLY hate for football to turn into that ri-godamn-diculous soap opera! STOP sensationalizing stupid stuff and force these guys to play the back yard game they grew up loving!!! Only PAY for PLAY. Stop it now before we have Vince and Ventura coming on and commentating every damn game like the stupid XFL.The color is royal and the name means warrior....you do the math
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Led Zeppelin's odds and ends album Coda was released in November of 1982.
How this album came to be, let's set the stage shall we.
In 1980, Led Zeppelin were riding high on the success of In Through the Out Door which was on its way to selling 7 million copies in the US alone (not bad for Zep standards and outsold Led Zeppelin 3 and Presence). The band toured Europe and were selling out venues nightly but then tragedy struck, drummer John Bonham passed away on September 25, 1980 as the band was rehearsing for a US tour. Over two months later, the band broke up after the death of Bonham whose style was hard to replicate and deemed him irreplaceable.
Throughout 1981 and 1982, guitarist Jimmy Page worked on the soundtrack to Death Wish II and Robert Plant released his solo debut Pictures at Eleven (which hit #3 in the US) whilst bass player John Paul Jones went into soundtrack work. Also, Page went through the Zep vaults to cobble together a final Led Zeppelin album which would be called Coda.
The recordings were from between 1970 and 1978 with some fresh overdubs by Plant and Page where required as followed.
We open with the rocker "We're Gonna Groove" which is the same version as it would appear on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD and recorded at The Royal Albert Hall in January, 1970 (not Morgan Studios like the notes stated). It's the same version as on the DVD but Page overdubbed guitar solos in 1982 to fill out the song (the overdubs were removed on the DVD version) and Plant's voice went through a phaser (unlike the version on the Led Zeppelin DVD). Next is "Poor Tom" which is a great countryish outtake from Led Zeppelin III. The song has Page playing acoustic guitar over a classic Bonzo drum pattern with Jonesy filling out the bass and Plant singing and playing harmonica. Next is "I Can't Quit You Baby" which is the same song as on Led Zeppelin I, but on steroids. Harder drumming and more furious guitar and singing than on the original. It has a very raw feel to it. This track is also on the Zep DVD from Royal Albert Hall but shortened for vinyl constraints (and not a rehearsal like the liner notes state). The first half ends with the Houses of the Holy outtake "Walter's Walk". This rocker just rocks and would have appeared on Houses save time constraints and there were no lyrics so Plant recorded the vocals in 1981/82 with fresh lyrics.
The album's second half consists of the outtakes from In Through the Out Door except as noted. The rocker "Ozone Baby" is from the ITtOD sessions and was one of the rock radio hits from the album. "Darlene" is next and is one of the album's best tracks and the biggest rock radio hit from the album. Another ITtOD outtake which just rocks. Next is "Bonzo's Montreux" which is a John Bonham drum workout that was recorded in Montreux in 1976. It just features Bonham and Page messing around in the studio one day and Page later added some electronic stuff to it. The closing "Wearing and Tearing" is Zeppelin's answer to the punk music movement that was popular in Europe at the time (it didn't get big in the US until years later) and is from the ITtOD sessions. It has a very fast-paced beat and is a killer rocker.
Coda, when released, quickly stormed to #4 on the Billboard album chart and went Platinum quick but by then Men at Work, Michael Jackson, A Flock of Seagulls and later Duran Duran were all dominating the US music scene.
In 1993, this album was re-issued on The Complete Studio Recordings box set (see review) with the four bonus tracks that appeared on Led Zeppelin's 1990 and 1993 box sets.
If you are an unbiased Zep fan (like myself), pick this up, if not your loss.
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UK remastered reissue of 1982 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP gatefold sleeve. 8 tracks. Warner. 2003.Coda, released in 1982 after the breakup of the band, was the result of a trawl through the studio archives in search of leftover material. In fact, they had already used up almost all of the good stuff; this was Led Zeppelin's only disappointing album. Nevertheless, even relatively poor material by Led Zeppelin is decent and some tracks here are classic, notably "Poor Tom," "Ozone Baby," and "Wearing and Tearing." The latter, one of three outtakes from the In Through the Out Door sessions, features a particularly high-octane blend of stripped-down, grungy rock & roll and is considered their response to the then-burgeoning punk movement. With so little studio material available, live versions of "I Can't Quit You Babe" and "We're Gonna Groove" from 1970 flesh out the set; the former features some blistering playing. –James Swift
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Led Zeppelin's odds and ends album Coda was released in November of 1982.
and indeed everything did go…sort of. though later it would be realized that at least one more track hadn't been used ("baby come on home", included on the second zep box set in 93), this album does an admirable job of sating fans thirst for zeppelin one last time. i personally think they could have made the album better by including "hey hey what can i do" and "travelling riverside blues" on it, but that's not for me to decide. at least those tracks were made available later. anyway, on to the matter at hand. this album lacks the cohesiveness of a zep album proper, but given that the songs were collected from a 12 year span, this is to be expected. "ozone baby" is the standout here, to me anyway. jonesy's bass really anchors this song. plant's vocals are a thing of beauty here, and page's guitar rocks out fifties style only better. "wearing and tearing" must've been their attempt to sound punk. it doesn't sound punk, but that's okay with me. "we're gonna groove" cooks, "poor tom" would've been better on "III" than "hats off to (roy) harper", and "walter's walk" is pretty decent. i never cared for "darlene" too much, or for "i can't quit you baby." and the drum solo "bonzo's montreux" is good for at least a couple of listens, but the lack of accompaniment makes it get old after that. a good lp to round out the collection but you don't want to start here.
First off, it's interesting to notice the years that each of these eight songs were released — spanning from 1969 to 1978. Like all past Led Zeppelin albums, "Coda" contains its share of varied styles and highly memorable jam sessions by each talented musician. It opens with the fun and highly energetic "We're Gonna Groove," done originally by Ben E. King and James Bethea. "Coda" boasts plenty of energy, and the songs are nowhere near as lame as many have claimed they are over the years. The Page/Plant team did a wonderful job on "Poor Tom," a folksy, high-energy ditty with great background drumming, some notable harmonica, a cool bass line and a nice bridge where Plant gently sings and the guitars gently chime.
Though Led Zeppelin influenced every hard rock band under the sun, they themselves also blatantly played their own influences on record, and one such song is the popular Willie Dixon blues track, "I Can't Quit You Baby," a song also heard on Zeppelin's debut album, Led Zeppelin 1, where it expertly melds blues and rock together. Though it was written in 1972, "Walter's Walk" sounds vaguely like an 1980s-era Plant song, with its sharp sound and raring-to-go vocals. Likewise, "Ozone Baby" is a fairly rocking, almost danceable track that displays a band still very much in top form when they recorded it in 1978. In fact, it's unfortunate that some of these late 70s "Coda" songs didn't find their way on Zeppelin's last studio album, In Through the Out Door.
Clicking on all cyclinders throughout "Coda" was the legendary drummer John Bonham. His own song, which truly pays homage to his unbelievable talent, "Bonzo's Montreux," in some ways steals the album. Bonham is a one-man orchestra on the all-drum song, and you simply have to hear it to believe it. "Darlene" feautures great instrumentation by John Paul Jones, who plays a rollicking piano. Finally, the closing song, "Wearing and Tearing," is appropriately titled. The rocking song shows a great band on its way out with a fast riff to speed the song along and wild-fire vocals. Interestingly, it's the sort of style Zeppelin didn't always attempt during their massive heyday, preferring instead a slower pace and long solos by Page.
In my opinion, every song in the Zeppelin catalog is to be treasured, and the songs on "Coda" are no exception. Those that say this record is nearly a complete throwaway are mistaken. Zep were cool because they never over-produced themselves, and they played like a bar band and stadium rockers all at once. Zeppelin always sounded natural together, and that's one of the reasons I like "Coda" so much.
This album was released after LZ's breakup. It consists of the studio album outtakes that weren't used to fill the gaps on Physical Graffiti. Basically, its the eight worst tracks by the best rock band in the world. However, LZ (apparently) never wasted studio tape: all these tracks are worthwhile. I Can't Quit You is a 1970 rehearsal of a blues cover found on the first album. Ozone Baby, Darlene, and Wearing and Tearing were three punk-influenced tracks recorded with In Through The Out Door. Bonzo's Montreax is a drum solo in the spirit of Moby Dick. The others are tracks from 1970-2. Although the tracks are weaker than other Zep material, these songs are worth a listen from time to time. After the other 9 CD's, buy this.
In November 1982, "Coda" was released to an unsuspecting public, two years after the death of John Bonham. While there are no standout pieces, this collection of songs does succeed in chronicling Zeppelin's 12 year flight."We're Gonna Groove" opens the album and is taken from the recording sessions that yielded "Led Zeppelin II". This track was a one time show opener and it's easy to see why. Jimmy Page adds sub-octdivider effects on guitar while a young Robert Anthony Plant screams his head off. "Poor Tom" is an interesting piece left over from the "Led Zeppelin III" era. Bonham supplies a fine rhythm track under Page's stellar 12-string acoustic work and Plant's harp. "I Can't Quit You Baby" is taken from a soundcheck from the Royal Albert Hall in 1970. This take is far more explosive than the version found on "Led Zeppelin" (and better, too). "Walter's Walk" is from the 1972 "Houses Of The Holy" sessions and is easily one of the better songs on the album. Bonham's drum sound is massive, and Page stays in the pocket…until the final refrain when he goes postal. Plant's vocals *must* have been overdubed during the compiling of this collection because the quality of his voice is more consistant with the 1978 "In Through The Out Door" sessions, range-wise, whereas if you listen to a song from "Houses" ("Over The Hills And Far Away"), his voice is more powerful."Ozone Baby", "Darlene", and "Wearing and Tearing" are all outtakes from the "Out Door" sessions. "Ozone Baby" is a nice, uptempo rocker which obviously would not have belonged on "Out Door". "Darlene" is another highlight of the album. John Paul Jones' piano work is fantastic, while Jimmy Page slips into his Scotty Moore/Jimmy Burton persona to deliver some inspired lead work. Why this song was left off "In Through The Out Door" in favor of "Hot Dog" or "South Bound Saurez" I'll never understand. "Wearing and Tearing" is a two million mile-an-hour punk/thrash piece with acappella vocals ala "Black Dog". Plant does sound hoarse, though, and while the energy level is remarkable, Plant's Drano-induced yelling/screeching brings this track down a peg or two. That leaves "Bonzo's Montreux", a 1976 John Bonham drum instrumental with electronic effects added by Page. It's a nice tribute, but not something you will listen to over and over.So, that's "Coda". There is nothing timeless on this album, but there is nothing on here that diminishes the legacy of Led Zeppelin, either. It's an album that you take out every so often to hear some ideas that didn't see the light of day the first time around, and there are some good ideas to be heard. Buy "Coda" with the knowledge that it is a summary of a bygone era, nothing more, nothing less.


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(Aiken) May 17, 2005 - They say time heals, but as the days go by, the pain doesn't get any better for two Aiken parents. Donna Smith and Ray Grice have spent the last twenty years searching for their son.
Donna still can't believe her son has been gone so long, "I would have never believed that it would have lasted this long. I'm waiting for him to come home."
One morning in 1985, Smith awoke to find her son Jeremy missing from their Aiken County home, "It drives you crazy and you think about it everyday and you wonder, who or why or who took him, why they had taken him. I just don't know."
The morning Jeremy was discovered missing, it was cold and raining. A neighbor reported seeing the boy standing where a mailbox once stood next to Jeremy's house. The neighbor said the boy appeared to be barefoot and waiting for a bus. The odd thing is, Jeremy didn't have school that day. Ray believes the answers are in that neighborhood, "I feel somebody deliberately took him, whether it was that morning, the evening before, whatever, I don't feel that he wandered off."
Captain Wallace Owens of the Aiken County Sheriff's Department says hundreds of volunteers searched the woods and lakes around the area, but found no sign of the little boy, "We know he did not just vanish into thin air." Owens is the lead investigator in the case. He says they're short on clues and there's never been a crime scene or a suspect, "I think you'd be naïve if you didn't think some type of foul play wasn't involved in it, because he would be old enough now to move around on his own." Jeremy would have turned 24 this month. His mother still pictures him as a four-year-old, "He loved to ride his four wheeler and he'd put on his football helmet and ride it. That was one of my fondest memories of him."
Now she can see her son as a young man in an age-progressed photo, "I hope through this and by his picture, maybe he'll remember himself and remember us, remember his family and we still love him and we're looking for him and we always will, till we find him."
It's already been a long and fruitless search. Over the years, hundreds of leads on the case have come in, but none have panned out. A psychic said in 1995 that dive teams would find the boy's remains in a pond. The search turned up nothing.
Owens says a decade later, investigators aren't any closer to solving the case, "I think it's gonna be real hard and the reason I say that, just being realistic, is that so much time has went by in this case." Ray says through all the discouraging days, months and years, the grieving family continues to look to the future, "I believe he's alive somewhere. He may not even be in the country, but I believe he's alive somewhere." Donna remains convinced her son will come home one day, "It's gonna be a glorious day. It's gonna be really wonderful. It's gonna be a miracle. God is gonna show us a miracle when he comes home."
The whole family came together when News 10 met for the interview in Aiken. Jeremy's sister, his Nana, his aunts and uncles were all there. The parents are just hoping that maybe by telling their story, even 20 years later, someone will remember something and come forward to help find their son.
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McSorleys.tv Mashes Twitter, TwitPic, Brightkite and Ale
Each St Patrick's Day, a select group of eager drinkers make a pre-dawn pilgrimage to McSorley's Old Ale House in New York. This year, we posted our their antics to McSorleys.tv with a decent amount of fanfare.
"It's a genius Twitter/Brightkite/Flickr mashup that documents the debauchery in real time."
- Eater.com
"I don't totally get it, but it seems to be a hybrid of Twitter and Brightkite, in which you can read a stream of drunken Twitters and look at fuzzy pictures of pints." (Close enough)
- Village Voice
"Should you decide to join them tonight, you may want to consider avoiding the more obvious destinations like McSorley's (where the mob lined up to start drinking at dawn)"
- Gothamist
"It's not actually video, just images and tweets from McSorley's in the East Village. Still looks like more fun than I am currently having."
- Amanda Dobbins via BuzzFeed
"mcsorleys.tv kicks the crap out of skittles.com . Way to do it with class"
- Christopher Lehault via twitter
- Lush Life via Twitter
Some people got it, some didn't. We had fun and, though we Tweeted in years prior, it shows how Twitter is growing more main stream every day. Next year we'll hopefully have more participation and stay tuned for similar experiments throughout the year.


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---- — The North Decatur football team fell to visiting Edinburgh 42-20 in a game that saw the Chargers trail by just one touchdown before the Lancers piled on the points.
North sophomore Donovan Meyer scored all three North touchdowns on quarterback keepers, but the Chargers were unable to contribute. Meyer scored on runs of one, two and three yards.
Meyer passed 5-for-15 for 91 yards. Senior Clay Bedel caught five catches for 91 yards.
Sophomore Derek Hocker rushed 15 times for 70 yards. Senior Kevin Nielsen carried six times for 48 yards, and Donovan Meyer rushed 13 times for 24 yards.
Senior Grant Ricke scored both two-point conversions.
North, playing with less than half of its roster dressed for half the season, finishes at 2-8 after winning its first two games. Injuries mounted for head coach Garry Sauley's team, making a challenging season an uphill climb. Edinburgh improves to 5-5.
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Let the Christmas season officially begin as McHenry hosts a weekend of giving, tasting, caroling and trolley riding.
The Downtown McHenry Christmas Walk & Winter Taste-Fest takes place 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 16 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 17.
Complimentary trolley rides will take visitors downtown, where they can shop and explore all the businesses have to offer, said Suszan Worzala, an insurance agent with Letizia Financial Group and member of the Downtown McHenry Area Business Association, which hosts the event.
Trolley riders will hear a narrative of the history of McHenry and its downtown businesses, she said.
From 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 16, businesses will offer "A Bite Size Taste" of their cuisine, serving up $1 to $2 samples of various foods. About 20 restaurants are participating.
"My goal is to go to every single one of them, spend $20 and just eat all day long," Worzala said. "It's a way to experience all of McHenry's restaurants."
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Once coinciding with the McHenry Toys for Tots Parade, the festival was moved to its own weekend this year, Worzala said.
The parade will take place Nov. 24, leaving the McHenry Harley-Davidson, 2103 Route 120, at 12:40 p.m. and traveling through downtown McHenry.
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There are plenty of places in Southwest Minneapolis to pick out this year's Christmas tree, including:
Klier's Nursery Center
Where: 5901 Nicollet Avenue
Hours: Mon.—Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sat. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sun. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where: 6010 Lyndale Ave S
Hours: Mon.—Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sun. 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunnyside Gardens
Where: 3723 W 44th St
Hours: Mon.—Sat. 9am - 8pm, Sun. 9am - 6pm
44th St. Nursery And Flower Shop
Where: 4355 Nicollet Ave
Hours: Mon.—Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Wagner's Greenhouse
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With so many options, picking out a Christmas tree can sometimes make you feel like you're in " A Charlie Brown Christmas." Any given tree can either be too short, too tall, too bald, too bushy or have a myriad of other problems.
So how can you tell which tree is the right one for you? To help select your favorite tree, the characteristics of the more popular species are listed below.
Douglas-fir: This tree is generally available as a sheared tree and is the most common species found on tree lots.
It has a nice fragrance and a medium-to-good shelf life. Because of the thick, bushy crowns, they do not lend themselves to large or heavy decorations.
This species is the easiest to grow because it is relatively problem-free. It requires seven to eight years to mature as a Christmas tree.
Noble fir: This species is considered the "Cadillac" of Christmas trees. It grows in a more open pattern, has stout branches, luxurious green needles, a long shelf life and a nice fragrance. It is popular with families that have large or heavy ornaments.
It is the most expensive tree because it takes eight to ten years to mature and is the most difficult species to grow.
Grand fir: This sheared tree is the most fragrant of the native species. It has an attractive needle that makes it a popular choice as a flocked tree.
Grand fir trees require eight to nine years to grow and have a medium shelf life.
Fraser fir: This North Carolina native has strong branches that will hold heavier ornaments. The needles have a pleasant fragrance and a long shelf life comparable to a noble fir.
Fraser fir trees are difficult to grow because of the many pests that threaten them. They require eight to 10 years before they are ready for harvest.
Norway and blue spruce trees: These are generally available only at choose-and-cut farms. They will hold heavy decorations. Some consumers think they are child- and pet-proof because of the stiff, prickly needles.
Spruces require eight to nine years to mature as Christmas trees and have a medium shelf life.
Tips for caring for your tree:
Once you make it home with your tree, cut one-quarter inch off the butt and place the tree in a water stand. The stand should be large enough to hold at least one gallon of water after the tree is placed in it. Check the water level daily. A typical six-foot tall tree can drink one gallon of water each day and remain fresh for two to three weeks.


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Gorgeous...looks like a circle or representation is being formed and breaking away from the home as it were. The 1st circle begins to break away, the second hangs on by 2 'threads' and the 3rd is on its own...thanks Chris...paula c.n
Process of Acension? The resulting Dimensions? The possibilities are exciting!
There are three other faint circles beside it
: Also reported July 21st, 2012 - The Wrekin (2), Shropshire, UK.
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Are you saying they are this year's then OM?
It wouldn't surprise me if the 3 'fainter circles' are from last year or before but, of course, there could be a link Jennie. Think you've summed it up well Paula. Thanks for posting Chris.
Does anyone study the meanings of the crop circles? Is there a research the meaning sites or something that could help one understand the what the symbols could represent
I'm sure an eighty year old female Russian scientist and her team have decoded them. I think it's on OV somewhere but if not try Google.
Here's a link to the information but there's more online if you look. The lady is a former Russian Cosmonaut and she has the backing of 50 other scientists. Bearing in mind the Russians are streets ahead of us in this sort of science (see David Wilcock's book 'The Source Field') they may be on to something but it's not nice!
If you are on facebook there is a crop circle page where they discuss them, can be interesting.
Wow--very interesting--thank you, Chris, L&L, D
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At a press conference on affordable housing today, the Guardian asked Mayor Ed Lee about San Francisco's favorite pinata: tech buses. The monstrous private shuttles, which daily whisk tech workers away to Silicon Valley, currently use Muni bus stops without paying fines, like most private autos do.
In Guardian News Editor Rebecca Bowe's article in the print edition of the Bay Guardian this week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency spokesperson Paul Rose tells her that although there is a proposal in the works to regulate them, the SFMTA won't profit a single dime from the plan.
"We are developing these policies to better utilize the boarding zones for these shuttle providers," Rose said. "What we're trying to do is provide a more efficient transportation network."
But everyone in San Francisco who has ever ridden Muni knows that it struggles to run on time, and chronic underfunding is a perennial Muni problem. It even hurts the city's bottom line, depressing our economy by over $50 million a year, according a report from the city earlier this May.
The report also highlights the cost to overhaul Muni between now and the year 2020: over $167 million would be needed to overhaul the system.
So why not make a few bucks from tech companies using Muni stops, who, according to the city, cause Muni delays?
We asked Mayor Ed Lee that very question at a press conference today. You can listen to his answer in the audio embedded below, or read the transcript for yourself.
San Francisco Bay Guardian: "Housing is one aspect of this, but transportation is another. The MTA's plan to deal with tech buses is cost neutral. Is that a missed opportunity to get additional funding for Muni?"
Mayor Ed Lee: "Not a missed opportunity. That's the essence of that 2030 task force, transportation task force, that we put together where they send a report to me, I'm in a process of reviewing all aspects of that.
Muni officials themselves were directly involved in producing that very comprehensive review along with our Planning Department and many in fact all of the departments here had implemented them.
Transportation is not just about Muni, it's about all the modes of how people get around the city. You can't forget that, because that's a really big part of the task force's work.
How to get people walking. How to get them bicycling safer and more. How to get cars less, and the cars that do, get them through where they have to go without stalling and congesting.
How do you invest in Muni? In its assets, in its transportation, in all of its aspects. How do you work with taxis and all the other car-sharing and automobile sharing companies. It's not just about taxis, by the way. I hear from my taxi friends as I walk around City Hall, they don't want to be left behind so we want to bring them in to see the new exciting use of Uber carshare and Lyft… all of those modes have to be paid attention to at the highest level, including investing in the assets of Muni.
I want Muni to be the choice."
Earlier in the press conference Lee voiced his opposition to all of the hatred pointed at tech companies.
"People, stop blaming tech, tech companies," he said. "They want to work on a solution. I think it's unfortunate that some voices want to pit one economic sector they view as successful against the rest of our challenge. The reality is they're only eight percent of our economy."
We tried to ask a follow up question, but at the end of his answer on Muni, the mayor's spokesperson Christine Falvey told the Guardian "We're going to go on a tour now, this is off topic."
then anyone remaining who still complains about them will be seen for what really motivates them - envy.
I'm confident that SFMTA and Mayor Lee can reach an accord which makes this non-problem go away
The city needs tech more than tech needs the city, as we learned when Twitter called the city's bluff and the city capitulated. Ed Lee understands this and is managing this tempest in a teacup with typical adroit aplomb.
No surprise therefore that he has a 72% approval rating.
an agreement between the MTA and private employer shuttle providers if it is a bad deal, especially if it is made without public hearings and input.
A capitulation is not in the interests of most residents and public transportation users.
What has the Twitter giveaway provided to the typical resident? Nothing. The commercial district around Twitter is largely unchanged, all the way from 7th to Van Ness. The tax deal was just a huge subsidy to the real estate industry, most notably the Shorenstein Company.
Ed Lee is in the pocket of the tech and real estate moguls. He his lining their pockets while picking ours.
agenda is not in the interests of the majority of citizens.
What I get out of an overpaid, over staffed and under worked city government is a mystery.
for your terminal alcoholism and a pauper's grave when the time comes.
family. Services get cut to sustain their massive healthcare and pension benefits.
The city is always bemoaning the lack of money for the addicts we have wondering about.
You should start looking at the world around you and start paying attention.
That's an awful thing to say. Why be so cruel and immature?
That's the job of the mayor whom we elected.
The city has gained massively from the twitter incentive plan. Jobs, investment, tax revenues and the revitalization of mid-Market.
between 7th and Van Ness. None. The same businesses; if anything more vacancies.
The tax break has cost the general fund at least $50 million.
The plan has been a transfer of wealth from the public coffers to the pockets of the owners of the office buildings, the Shorenstein company and their ilk.
Public subsidy of private profit aka the "free market."
is as ludicrous as is the idea that tax subsidies should be given to corporations. Both are fallacies promoted by special interests who stand to benefit - in the case of the "public coffers" it's public employee unions and bidders for government contracts.
that they pay a little less tax than they otherwise would have done.
Twitter is subsidizing the city and not the other way about.
We need to reduce public spending.
It's not just envy. It's also fear - particularly amongst renters who don't believe they can compete with highly paid tech employees.
want and are envious of people who can afford what they cannot afford.
Those who move to Oakland because that is all they can afford envy those of us who can afford to live in SF.
is tiresome and wrong. Sounds like the bullshit the upper classes in England say about the commoners there.
You came here from there seeking your fortune, didn't you?
This envy meme is merely tacky class-ist propaganda. It's another lie from the techie cult and their hacks.
other people have (money to buy a nice SF home) that you do not have.
You love to talk about one mortal sin - greed - but never like to talk about another one - envy.
Envy has nothing to do with it. I don't care how much money other people make. I do fine. I'm certainly not envious of a person who sits in front of a computer for 12 hours a day surrounded by a bunch socially inept weirdos,. The issue is that these types are taking a once vibrant and interesting city and turning it into a giant Marina. And for what? A temporary bubble that will gut SF when it bursts? And I do live in Oakland now. By choice. I had a rent controlled apartment in Cole Valley. I left because of the demographic changes. It became a boring place full of people staring into their laptops with headphones on. I didn't get priced out. I could afford to move back if I wanted to. I don't. Have fun in your mom's basement when this all goes belly up. My job is recession proof. You envious?
do here now that you've run away?
classic textbook definition of envy.
" I'm certainly not envious of a person who sits in front of a computer for 12 hours a day surrounded by a bunch socially inept weirdos,. The issue is that these types are taking a once vibrant and interesting city and turning it into a giant Marina. And for what? A temporary bubble that will gut SF when it bursts?"
I couldn't agree more except for the "socially inept weirdos." I'm tempted to agree; but I'm not really sure what they're like, not knowing any personally. I'm also not at all sure I want to know. But I do think they're socially useless, also environmentally useless-harmful and also economically harmful. So far as I can tell, all they're doing on the job is dreaming up more unnecessary things that electronic devices can do to capitalize on our minds, play into cyber warfare, and/or designing more ways that electronic devices can communicate with each other. They do not, however, produce anything socially or economically useful to our organic sustenance and/or real well-being.
Unless you want to rationalize your envy for others.
Didn't anyone notice that Lee wasn't making any sense? What gibber!
It's 51% now. The more Ed Lee fiddles while the city burns, the more people wake up to what a corrupt and useless administration this is. Apparently the collapse in Ed's approval ratings is happening faster than even I imagined.
We were just talking at the dinner table about the tech backlash, and I mentioned that it's beginning to look like 2000-2001. My rather apolitical SO said "I think it's worse than 2001." That surprised me. I said, "I hope you're right." OTOH, the gentrification is worse. It's already done a lot of damage.
Still, I think David Campos may well be right when he says that the city is primed for a progressive resurgence. When he first started saying that a few months ago, I was thinking "from your lips to gods ears" but not quite believing it. Now I think that he may have caught on to a trend before everyone else.
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You again with the Move to Oakland! Holy smokes you are obsessed lol. I imagine you go about your day accidentally saying " move to Oakland!" to people you encounter in person- your corner store owner, people who get in your way at Bi-Rite, your cat... And smart, well adjusted people aren't envious of anyone. But infantile, narcissistic people often imagine people are envious of THEM.
stops?" That sounds suspiciously like capitalism - something the SFBG has long railed against as being at the root of our planet's problems. Are we witnessing a sea change in the Guardian's newsroom? Was the old crew (Caitlin, Tim etc...) shit-canned only to be replaced by secret fans of Goldman Sachs?
handing it over to the wealth-consuming sector.
Simplistic nonsense. there can be no public sector without a successful private sector, which is why Detroit is bankrupt.
I learned from this article that the Google buses "currently use Muni bus stops without paying fines, like most private autos do."
So most private autos who stop in a Muni bus stop pay a fine? Really? I didn't think that was the case, but if it is printed in the SFBG then it must be true.
driver is in the car, with the engine running, and in control.
The cops just move the driver on.
No reason why the shuttles should be any different, except of course that they are buses!
More bull shit from Mr Smug Ass. Just reading his newspeak drivel is too much for me.
Despite all those words, he said nothing of substance. All newspeak.
Quoting from the article with a change:
"We tried to ask a follow up question, but at the end of his answer on Muni, the mayor's spokesLIAR Christine Falvey told the Guardian "We're going to go on a tour now, this is off topic."
Go to fucking hell. These scum forget who they work for.
who are not rabid socialists.
And Lee works for the 72% who recently gave him an all-time high approval rating.
You know when I choose who I poll, it turns out I am the most wonderful human being in the universe.
What poll? Who was polled?
widely and cited here and elsewhere.
Previous polls have shown Lee's support at around 2/3 so this really isn't inconsistent with earlier findings.
But you know what? You just go on believing that.
Politicians aren't elected by polls. The only thing that matters is the next election. If SF wants a change it'll vote for one - Lee is the mayor right now and he'll be the mayor until he's either defeated or resigns. Get over it.
and leave this place to the big boys.
"and leave this place to the big boys."
So you'll be leaving?
Pssssst: Trolls are not "big boys." They're toddlers.
Why do some people get so bent, angry and feel the need to lie (yet again) when someone tells the truth about a politician (whom they apparently see as their messiah)? And who really only got around 30% of the total vote in the first round (of those who voted in that election) and it took ELEVEN ROUNDS for this piece to be declared mayor.
It will be so nice when we get back to honesty again instead of living in and with lies and deception.
"it took ELEVEN ROUNDS for this piece to be declared mayor."
If you understood how ranked choice voting worked you would know that the number of rounds depends mostly on the number of candidates running, since one candidate is eliminated each round. In Lee's case there were about 14 candidates so, yes, it took a lot of rounds to eliminate each one.
Final tally, Lee had very close to 60% of the vote, so I'm not sure what your point is. Several polls have subsequently put his approval rating from 60-73%.
Google "How ranked choice voting works" so that you can learn how RCV works.
San Francisco votes for ranked choice voting and THIS is what we get?
The rules must be manipulated until the desired outcome is achieved.
because they thought it gave them the advantage.
Lee would have won under any system, the next step for the goofy left around town is a Soviet style system.
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| | Peoples deputy Avalos
to 40. Moreover, without ranked choice, Avalos might not even have made the runoff.
Voters wanted a pro-jobs mayor and now give him a 72% approval rating.
In this example, you'll need to look to the company
that has probably the most reasonable fees.
Is the complete cost as it's, or maybe there is additional charges.
Also, ask around to friends and relatives for any advice on auto shipping services they could have used inside past.
If Lee were the "end all" and the messiah that the Lee-bots on this site like to pretend he is, he would have won unanimously in the FIRST ROUND, even if there had been 300 candidates in the race, and regardless of RCV because with RVC if a candidate secures more than half of the votes cast in the first round, that candidate wins (which Lee did not do), and which the Lee-bots conveniently fail to mention. You might find this helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_Choice_Voting.
Also, If Lee were the "end all" and the messiah that the Lee-bots on this site like to pretend he is, the voters would have refused to vote for anyone on the ballot but their messiah Lee. Their campaign slogan would have been: "WE WANT NO ONE ELSE BUT OUR MESSIAH LEE AND WE REFUSE TO VOTE FOR ANYONE ELSE!" But that's not the way it worked despite the lies and distortions from the Lee-bots.
Exactly. My fellow guest is correct. Lee DID NOT win the election unanimously, but the Lee-bots continue to claim that he has popular support anyway.
They conveniently fail to mention that, in the latest poll, a full 27% OF THE PEOPLE DID NOT GIVE LEE A POSITIVE APPROVAL RATING. Only 73% did, a fact that the lying Lee-Bot shills will never bring up.
Fellow guest? You're the same person agreeing with yourself, lol. You can tell by the way you use caps in your posts.
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Well Lemmy & Co. strike back with another venom infected new release. This time Snake Bite Love/CMC InternationalRecords proves these guys still call the shots! This is Motorhead's 3rd release for CMC International Records and if thisCD does not get its fair share of radio airplay (in the U.S. especially) I give up. Sure the band still ROCKS harder thanany, but they're songwriting is stronger with each new album. This CD is filled with plenty of galvanized HARD ROCKnuggets to fill all the empty spaces in the heads of any who have yet to EMBRACE MOTORHEAD! The nuggets? Well,"Don't Lie To Me" shows the simple couple of chords good time R&R style while "Love For Sale" is a CLASSICMotorhead R&R ANTHEM. This song ROCKS! "Dead And Gone" is another Motorhead tune that again is unique…Acoustic guitars and then the heavy electric guitar bashing to let you know these guys got feelings and SOUL. This tune isone of the best tunes on the CD. Variety is the spice of life and Motorhead prove it once more.This CD should sting the sleepers out there and wake them up, while they infect their old time fans with new rich venom.Once again the Lemster & Co. prove they are not to be taken lightly. The CD booklet includes some cool pixs ofMotorhead hard at work and a GREAT pix disc of the cover art. A MUST!
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You have to give props to Motorhead's founding member, bassist, and acid-coated-gravel-voiced singer, Lemmy Kilmister. The man basically invented biker-trash heavy-metal way back in 1975 and he's been playing it (with various line-ups) ever since. Snake Bite of Love has the sort of Energizer Bunny appeal of later Ramones albums. This collection of grinding, thudding tunes about sex, booze, dirty women, and damnation has a tendency to be overly cartoonish and lyrically cheesy ("Dogs of War" sounds like it was created by Motorhead wannabes rather than Motorhead), so those just starting to rev their heads should probably choose a classic like Ace of Spades before tackling Snake Bite. Nonetheless, the album boasts some soon-to-be concert-classics, like the woeful but sinister doomed-soul tale, "Joy of Labor," the anti-politician sing-along "Take the Blame," and the gloomy "Dead and Gone." –Megan O. Steintrager
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Lemmy and Co. best album in over 15 years here. Snake Bite Love packs quite a bite and no filler. Every song on here is classic, vintage sounding Motorhead rock n' roll. It's does sound dated but fresh and sounds terrific, truly this line-ups best effort yet. Assasins, Love For Sale, title track and Dogs Of War are terrific, so is Don't Lie To Me. This is a must own for any and all Lemmyheads. Love this Snake.
I think this MAY be the first 'new' Motorhead I've heard in awhile now.I've recently listened to '1916′ and 'Snake…',I think is better.I know there are still several Motorhead CD's I have yet to check out.Of the eleven tracks here,it is said that some of these tunes are more 'radio friendly' than past Motorhead efforts.Turns out that I actually saw the band twice during their extended tour they did in support of this disc.The cuts that I thought deserved to include in the band's live set are the sizzling "Love For Sale",the title track "Snake Bite Love","Don't Lie To Me","Better Off Dead" and maybe if they'd consider it,the acoustically done "Dead And Gone".A decent catalog CD by Lemmy and crew.Much like AC/DC,The Cramps and Ted Nugent,this powerhouse trio simply REFUSES to change it's fomula.Like the old rule goes,if something works good,don't change it!
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Okay I feel like someone needs to shape up this album's dignity. First of all I'd like to say to all those people who say this album is boring because it sticks to the same formula… in that case DON'T LISTEN TO ANY MOTORHEAD ALBUMS!
Granted it's every Motorhead songs you've heard in you life that's why Snake is overlooked. If Motorhead hadn't made so many albums in the past this would have been the classic.
The title-track is not the only descent song here. What about "Love for sale"? "Better off Dead"? The "Sacrifice" revisiting "Assassin"? And one of my personal favorite Motorsong, "Take The Blame".
If you are new to Motorhead and would like to discover their classics, then I wouldn't recomend this but it's still worth a listen.


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.@andersoncooper .@cnn People keep tweeting me and asking me: "what are you guys going to do this year to top 2008 #hologram???"—
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They should probably set up the poll locations in front of amusement parks so at least you can go on a ride after you wait in line.—
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