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I really wish (as I do with a lot of things) I could feel more for the LOTR story and universe than I do. I can sit and watch them and completely see the achievement and the scale of them, and the sheer work involved in making them.
But I just can't get really hugely passionate about them. I have the extended editions on DVD but I've never been tempted to upgrade to Blu Ray. That's usually nowadays my 'tell' for how I feel about a film or a TV show.
I'm just not champing at the bit for The Hobbit, and I would like to be.
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Hmm... I know when I first heard about the movies being made, that was what finally motivated me to read the books. Everyone of my college friends had read them. I had gotten through most of Babylon 5 (and read Straczynski's online rantings) without reading them. But on hearing about the films, I finally realized I no longer wanted to not be in the know. And then SW The Phantom Menace turned out to be a huge disappointment, and all the talk was LOTR on the horizon. So I read them. And mostly enjoyed them. Even though some parts of the middle book stretched on and on.
The excitement of the movies made me wish I could have avoided reading the books, however there's no way to say what my reaction then would've been. As it was, each film was slightly disappointing compared to the film previous, because more and more details that seemed to make sense in the books no longer made sense. Like Arwen wasting away in mortal jeopardy because her fate was tied to the Ring or whatever. Or Samwise being tricked by Gollumn into leaving Frodo. Yeah, those things never happened kids.
I also firmly believe that the theatrical cuts are the 'truer' versions of those films, as Peter Jackson made clear when he was producing the Extended version of Fellowship. He said that he rejected the term 'director's cut' because it implies that the director-approved version isn't the one that you saw. Which in his case, isn't the case. The theatrical versions are the director's cuts; the Extended Editions are literally just that, extended editions (The terms do get confused by too many people; for example James Cameron labels his longer versions as Special Editions even though he seems to want you to regard them as director's cuts). There are advantages to the extended versions, such as being able to easily split each movie over two nights. And there are details that are conveniently missing from the theatrical versions that get referred back to with the expectation that you will have seen the extended versions (inspiring critics to gripe "we just saw these parts released on DVD a month ago"). But in general, you're watching a fan-obsessive version of each film rather than Jackson's preferred version.
Other than that I wouldn't know what to say. After last year I lost all interest in the Avengers until it actually came out and people were raving about it. And when the bloody Disney/Lucasfilm merger was announced I lost interest in ST (I think mostly because there just hadn't been any news on the ST front). A lot of critics have panned the LOTR films, and even sweeping the Academy Awards will not protect you from that. They may just not be everybody's thing.
To be honest, my normal rule is to prefer Extended versions/Director's Cut's/Special Editions over theatrical cuts because they get less burdened with what needs done to make the film work in a theatre setting. At home, I'm not limited by things like runtime and pacing so usually I like all that cut stuff going back in.
With very few exceptions anyway and none of them notable films probably.
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I loved the LotR movies, but only saw them on video. Good, emotionally charged stories....and the King's coronation in RotK tears me up everytime because of one little line, as a result of all the events that led to the utterance thereof.
But they did not interest me enough at the time to catch them on the big screen....admittedly, a mistake. I can truly see how much of a bang these would have had on the cinema screen.
But I have extended or directors' cuts of many of my fave films: Dune (1984), Dune (Sci-Fi miniseries), Crimson Tide, Independence Day, StarGate, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Tombstone, Gladiator, The Patriot, the Lethal Weapon movies, all of the first four ALIEN movies, The Exorcist, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Star Trek TMP, Star Trek II, Star Trek VI, RoboCop...and probably many more that don't come quickly to me 'ead.
Oh, dude. Don't even get me started on the extended (TV) cut of Dune. 'Yes,' it's a nice little companion piece to the theatrical cut. But there's a reason director David Lynch had his name removed from the credits.
It is a very nice, but EXTREMELY flawed companion piece. It's more of a curiosity for fans and aficianados who want to see just what was missing from the theatrical cut. I can agree with Lynch's decision to distance himself from it.
For one thing, the overuse of one particular FX shot (the Baron Harkonnen's dropship closing in on the city of Arrakeen) is a big turn off for me. Another shot that should not have been repeated, although it at least was cropped to try and suit the scene, was the Guild lander arriving outside the Emperor's palace on Kaitain. This shot was cropped and reused for the Harkonnen/Sardaukar joint strike on Arrakeen.
Also, the restored footage was clearly not post-produced for visual FX...as the Fremen's "Eyes of Ibaz" (the blue within blue eyes) were not rotoscoped in for these shots. These had apparently been cut out before post production.
Redubbing of some lines just made no sense.
In the Emperor's report to the Guild Navigator, his use of "House Atreides" is constantly redubbed with "Duke Atreides". Made no sense whatsoever, and one could hear the audio flaws, even without listening too intently.
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam's question to Paul about "The Water of Life" was also clipped to half a question....most inexplicably. I think the intent was to make it part of the previous sentence, but it missed entirely.
And Paul's "Someone started a thumper!" when it was originally (in the theatrical cut) "Someone started another thumper!" Again, the audio flaw is quite apparent.
The biggest let down for me was the narration. The guy narrating the piece talks to the audience as a teacher might to a fifth grade class, and his pronunciation of certain character names is way off. (Piter DeVries....it's Pie-Ter, you numbskull, not Pitter!) This had to be the original narrator before they decided (quite wisely) to go with Virginia Madsen's lovely voice in the theatrical cut. Apparently though, Madsen only recorded the narrative necessary for the theatrical cut, or else, I'm sure they would've went with her for the extended cut.
As an aside, with Lynch's distancing from the extended cut, the pseudonym "Alan Smithee" is used. It would seem that this is a common pseudonym used by directors who do not wish their name associated with abortive alternate cuts, or studio-dictated cuts of their films.
Yes, while I enjoy the extended cut, I can certainly sympathize with Lynch's removal of his name from it.
Heheh.....did I miss anything? (Probably did.)
I wasn't aware there were that many discrepancies, but yeah.
I find the editing in general to be very choppy. And the inserted footage to be of variable quality. Even on a bootleg imported VHS (with Japanese subtitles!) you could tell that the picture is much softer than for the rest of the film.
The wall mural was a neat idea, however its occasional re-use throughout the movie as a placeholder for special effects (establishing exterior shots of Giedi Prime, etc) received some criticism from people who thought they were viewing regular special effects from the movie.
What I find most annoying however is how the soundtrack was treated, with entire sequences of music often dialed out, replaced, reused (resulting in a lot of repetition), or even multiple cues clumsily laid down on top of each other. Not to mention the 'Prophecy Theme' (as it is titled on the album) being omitted entirely due to copyright.
Other annoyances:
Not really anybody's fault, but the movie basically exists in SD 4x3 video because of the 'mural' being shot at that resolution. The widescreen restoration on DVD shows these 'scenes' badly cropped.
Speaking of the DVD, the entire opening titles and prologue have bad audio synch by something like 5 seconds. I emailed Universal customer service about this, asking if they were aware of the problem. I expected a better response, because this was shortly after the whole Back to the Future DVD exchange program was instated due to widescreen framing issues (remember that?). They answered back that there were no known problems with the release. Apparently "Well you're being made aware of one now" wasn't good enough for them, as not enough other people had complained. I remember asking on message boards if anyone had noticed the problem, but it was clear they didn't (when the responses you get back say things like "It must be a problem with your TV" you know people aren't even stopping to listen). Guys. Come on. The narrator is introducing people after their faces have already disappeared off the screen. You don't find that fishy? At any rate, I never finished watching either version of the movie on my DVD because I was too disillusioned.
Seems to me there was already a Region 2 version of the movie with the extended version presented in its 4x3 TV broadcast ratio, however I never got around to picking it up. Maybe it's still in print. Or maybe I should forget the extended version and just upgrade to BluRay for the regular version.
Back to LOTR, I understand about people preferring the extended editions. Providing it's understood that they are just that. It is a little distressing how many viewers seem to regard the theatrical cuts as being some inferior 'abridged' version (for example when they were released to BluRay and instead everyone was wanting to know where the extended editions were), when that really is not the case. Even though it's really none of my business. I had a co-worker who was a total Harry Potter geek but hated the Rings films. Most boring twelve hrs of his life; couldn't see what the appeal was. He had marathoned all three films (in their extended editions) at a special theater screening event... an event specifically tailored to the very hardcore obsessive fans for whom the extended editions were created. If that was his introduction to the series, then I'm not surprised. It's none of my business if everyone can't have the same experience; I just happen to love these films.
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Well, certainly I saw the theatrical versions in cinemas on each film's original release but I had figured at home may as well wait because I think it was known that extended versions would follow on. I suppose 'inferior' version is a way of looking at it and I suppose I would have to say in all honesty that I would probably call some theatrical versions just that: inferior. Or more politely just 'different'. But if I was being impolite!
It depends on how significant a difference it may be though. Some of these versions are mostly extended sequences already in the film and might have relatively minor changes but sometimes it can give a scene a whole different feel and affect the character. Insofar as The Wrath of Khan it's not really material that Peter Preston was Scotty's nephew. When in the original version he is introduced and then his body brought up it has the impact intended. But when you see the version when you do know the relationship between the two it just gives it that extra little thing for the character of Scotty. And it's almost always character beats, sections that fill out plot and events that get culled for theatrical release to start with.
That's a pretty minor thing - there are much bigger films with much more substantial changes and additions in them along the way as well pretty obviously. I don't want to disparage theatrical cuts in a big way because there's nothing wrong with them. But normally once I've seen an extended etc version of a film I like then I never really go back to the theatrical version and that these changes usually do make a film feel more complete once I've seen it. That's just me perhaps.
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I think it has to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Peter Jackson's extended cuts are going to be a different animal from James Cameron's 'special editions' of his films, which are in turn a different animal from any director's cut of one of Ridley Scott's films. Not to mention Lucas' SW special editions are a different animal from all of the above. Not only do various terms for these things get tossed around, but different directors are going to have different ideas about what exactly these things do and what their objective is.
The most obvious example of this is with the Alien films, as each one of the alternate versions of these films has a different agenda.
The special edition of ALIENS was created first. James Cameron has gone on record saying it was his preferred version of the film (sounds like it may as well have been called a director's cut). For a time (1999-2003), it actually replaced the original as the only version available. There are arguments both for and against this version. In my own opinion an 'ideal' cut of the movie would probably fall somewhere between the two existing versions (which is how I feel about most of James Cameron's movies). But I'm not James Cameron. For The Abyss, I think one could definitely make a case for the theatrical version as being inferior. But again, I also think the special edition restores too much.
Moving on, we have the director's cut of A L I E N. Again the term 'director's cut' here seems a little presumptuous, as it is my understanding that Scott mostly made this version for the 2003 Quadrilogy set because the studio was prepared to do it anyway. It got a limited theatrical release though, which seems to lend it some additional legitimacy. This version is actually shorter than the original, as Scott felt strongly about it being a different experience rather than just a longer cut of the film (the studio probably would have inserted all 12 minutes of deleted scenes, just as countless bootleggers had done off of the special edition laserdisc). For me, I think this version's biggest contribution was that it gave the studio an excuse to re-release the film to theaters. The original version seems to be preferred all around.
The ALIEN 3 'assembly cut' I dare say I think is more educational than anything else. I'm sure some fans might consider it a better version of the film, however I cannot. I wouldn't even consider it a complete version of the film, even after the missing dialogue was restored for the Anthology release. At the most, I think maybe it's on par with the TV broadcast version of Dune: you look at it, you see a fuller picture of what the director 'might' have been trying to do with it, and you see the material is there to create an alternate cut of the movie. However the longer version is like a text, blueprint or roadmap; it is not that alternate cut that could have been made, and it is a jumbled version in and of itself. David Fincher declined to participate, so the studio essentially took everything that was available and spliced it together (same thing Scott prevented from happening with his installment).
After buying the Quadrilogy in '04 and the Anthology last year, I still have never gotten around to viewing the alternate version of Resurrection. And it's probably been ten years since I've seen the original for that matter. However it sounds like this is one of those cases where an alternate version was put together simply because they were able to.
Ideally, I do believe that every version of a film should be available just for archival purposes. And I think Blade Runner is the textbook example of how to handle something like that. If I were in charge of the next SW BluRay release, I would not stop at restoring the original editions next to the final versions of those films, but I would also reassemble every version known to exist in between (and even some antiquated versions, like the 70mm print of Empire rumored to have featured a somewhat different edit of the film).
But while I realize it is arrogant of me to assume that people not that taken in with the Rings movies may have started with the wrong version of the films... I still believe that to have been the case with my co-worker.
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Just six ingredients are all I need to create an elegant appetizer perfect for entertaining. The tart cranberry compote pairs well with creamy Brie cheese. —Katherine Watson, Omaha, Nebraska
- 1 cup dried cranberries
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- 1/2 cup jellied cranberry sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
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- In a small saucepan, combine the cranberries, vinegar, cranberry sauce and sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened, about 12 minutes.
- Brush bottoms of bread with butter; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 1-2 minutes or until lightly toasted. Top bread with Brie. Bake for 4-6 minutes or until cheese is melted. Spoon cranberry mixture over cheese, about 1 tablespoon on each. Yield: about 2 dozen.
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A 15-year-old Lebanon boy is feared dead after jumping into the Cumberland River with friends Sunday evening.Officials said the teen, James Davis, Jr., used a rope tied to the Highway 231/Hunters Point Bridge to jump from a cliff into the river near where it flows into Old Hickory Lake, about 10 minutes north of Lebanon. Davis began to struggle as soon as he hit the water. His two friends tried to save him but also began to struggle.One of the boys was able to swim to safety. The other was pulled into a nearby canoe.The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Crews suspended their search once night fell Sunday. The search resumed Monday at 7 a.m.Eight boats and 30 personnel from five different agencies including the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Wilson County Sheriff's Office and emergency management agencies in Wilson, Sumner and Trousdale counties aided in the search.Wilson County EMA director John Jewell told Nashville's News 2 they planned to use sonar equipment but the water might be too murky.Officials also said none of the teens were wearing life jackets when they jumped."When you are 15 to 16-years-old, you think you are invincible,[but] you are not," Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan said.
He added, "Swimming in this type of water and swimming in a pool are two different things. People do not need to swim in there. Rivers are dangerous." Sheriff Bryan said the rope swing is dangerous and they have cut it down several times in the past."We keep cutting it down and [the kids] keep putting it back up," he said, shaking his head.Friends of Davis told Nashville's News 2 he was going to be a sophomore at Lebanon High School and used to play football.
He was also a member of Corona Baptist Church in Mt. Juliet."It just breaks my heart. [He was] going to church [and] saved last year, but when he jumped off, someone said he said, 'I can't swim,'" family friend Joe Ricketts said.
A family member added Davis always had a smile on his face.The boy's parents were on vacation at the time of his disappearance. His grandmother was in town and on the scene Sunday. His entire family was at the scene by midday Monday.
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BOSTON — There's one big difference for the Boston Bruins this year as they try to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in three seasons.
They'll have to do it without Tim Thomas, the Vezina and Conn Smythe Trophy-winning goaltender who was the star of their 2011 championship run. The enigmatic but frequently unbeatable goalie has decided to take a year off, choosing instead to relax with his family in Colorado.
That leaves the No. 1 goaltender job in the skates of Tuukka Rask, who performed ably in the top spot in 2010 but has never been the starter for an entire season.
"We've always kind of had a plan, a succession plan ... for handing the reins over to him when it's time," general manager Peter Chiarelli said this week as the Bruins opened their abbreviated training camp after the lockout was settled. "Maybe it's a year early from my perspective, but it's close enough that we're happy where he is in his development."
Rask had a 2.05 goals-against average in 25 games as Thomas' backup last season, a year after posting a 2.67 mark in 29 games in the 2010-11 regular season; Thomas played every second of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoff run. In 2010, when Thomas was struggling with a hip injury, Rask had a 1.97 goals-against average in a career-high 45 games before the Bruins' collapse in the second round of the playoffs against Philadelphia.
"I think he acquitted himself quite well" that year, Chiarelli said. "I think he got fatigued a little toward the end, due to the workload, due to the pressure; maybe more so due to the mental pressure of being No. 1. So that's a challenge that he's going to have, but he's gone through all the steps of development, and he's passed them all with flying colors. He should be ready for the challenge."


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The New Orleans Saints will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this weekend at Raymond James Stadium in a match-up of NFC South teams. It would be easy to guess that this week's NFL picks and predictions would favor the Saints after watching the Bucs implode in their game against the San Francisco 49ers last week, but let's take a look around the web regardless.
The good folks at CBS Sports were unanimous in their picks of eight of the Week 6 games, but the Saints-Bucs tilt was not one of them. Pete Prisco, currently 49-28 with his picks thus far this season, was the lone dissenting member of their five-man panel. ESPN was in the same boat as Seth Wickersham was their only expert to go against the grain and pick the home team in this week's match-up.
Sports Illustrated's Peter King predicts that the Saints will win, but not by a lot, while citing his "Weird Stat of the Weekend."
While the Bucs have split their last four with the Saints, the oddity is that those two wins have come at the Superdome. Drew Brees must like the great outdoors. In Tampa, the Saints have won 38-7 and 31-6 in the last two years. Two reasons this one should be closer for the Bucs: Embarrassment (after losing by 45 last week in San Francisco) and a better defensive line. It won't be enough to hold down Brees.
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The families of three students are planning to sue the Sarasota County School Board for negligence after their deaths.
Back in 2011, Wesley McKinley, Brittany Palumbo and Marcus Freeman all died. McKinley and Palumbo committed suicide while Freeman was in a car accident.
Their families blame the principal, Dr. George Kenney.
It was common knowledge Principal Kenney was hypnotizing students in school. Originally it started as a demonstration in psychology class. But Dr. Kenney said he then began helping students individually to better test scores or perform in athletics.
Wesley McKinley was hypnotized on April 7, 2011. On April 8, he committed suicide.
Brittany Palumbo was hypnotized in October 2010. On May 4, 2011, Brittany committed suicide.
During the 2010-2011 school year, Marcus Freeman was hypnotized to control pain associated with being a football player. The school's investigation found Dr. Kenney also taught him self-hypnosis to deal with pain.
On March 15, 2011, Freeman went to a dentist appointment. His girlfriend said when he came out he was pale and spoke very slowly. While driving home, she said Marcus appeared to be in a trance. He suddenly became quiet, his arms straightened, his eyes froze and rolled back in his head. The vehicle veered off the road and crashed, killing Freeman.
The lawsuit says each death can be attributed to Principal Kenney's hypnosis. It goes on to say the Sarasota County School Board knew Dr. Kenney was hypnotizing the students and took no action to supervise, monitor, inquire, or ensure that Dr. Kenney was limited to the demonstration as he had been instructed.
Dr. Kenney is no longer with the district. He retired in 2011 and pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor of practicing therapeutic hypnosis without a license.
He was sentenced to one year of probation but was granted early termination of that probation after completing the terms.
He no longer lives in Florida.
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I use codeigniter. I already have an permissions access levels `php` and `mysql` using sessions.
I want to limit the pages that can be viewed by a registered admin depending on his access level. I have in database for each admin (each `id_relation` is for a admin) as image:
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Each of this number in above database table is a page for example: (values subpages and service columns are `json`)
in mainpage: `1` is `page 1` , `3` is `page 3`, `5` is `page 5` and ...
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It is also for the rest of the rows.
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on Jul 11, 2014 at 8:18 am
The tax money seems to benefit Livermore and Rubyhills and not Pleasanton. Why Pleasanton should pay the bill through higher taxes?
on Jul 11, 2014 at 8:36 am
When it comes to taxes, the sun never sets, there's always an excuse to extend the law.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 8:37 am
Politicians have no shame! They apparently think that there is no limit to how they can raise taxes. If it isn't a new tax, it is a new "fee". They won't be happy until they have all of our money.
Do they really think that adding a 30 year "sunset clause" is going to make this palatable? I hope not.
It would be nice if the reporter writing this would have included what percent tax they were asking for.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 8:45 am
I would like to see which project would come first, ie. BART EXTENSION TO LIVERMORE, HWY 84 improvements or what. They talk about local contractors and workers to work but wasn't the BART to Dublin/Pleasanton Line Contractor a Canadian Contractor? These 5 Supervisors need Term Limits. 15-20 years in office is too much just saying.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 8:57 am
This story is slanted the wrong way.
Pleasanton does not have enough water to support its current population; is it wise to promote "growth"?
The traffic noise from the Isabel Avenue (Highway 84) project is already having an adverse effect on the nearby homes in Ruby Hill, and probably on the Livermore communities adjacent to Isabel as well.
But, I suppose if property values drop because of overdevelopment of a road never intended to be a 4-lane highway, we'll make up for the lost taxes with higher sales taxes, eh?
Not all development is wise.
Note that most of the traffic that will be added to Highway 84 is not destined for either Livermore or Pleasanton, but will be heavy-vehicle thru traffic from other parts of the Bay Area, outbound beyond Livermore, that is simply bypassing the 580/680 interchange.
Also note that gasoline consumption and vehicle miles in the U.S. have not been increasing for many years now, largely due to high fuel prices. The supply of energy for transportation isn't increasing much. Do we really need more roads?
I also agree with those who have observed that a "30 year" sunset provision is a joke. 30 years is at least 5 eternities in politics. We should be choosing more flexible policies.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 9:07 am
NO MORE TAXES!! Can you here us now!!?
on Jul 11, 2014 at 9:07 am
Never vote for more taxes, it is almost always squandered, embezzled, used for political favors or lines the pockets of greedy politicians.
We pay way more than enough taxes already....way more.
How about this idea, Politicians, trim the budget of waste and fraud and take a cut in YOUR pay before you ask us Americans to dig into out pockets yet again....?
on Jul 11, 2014 at 9:14 am
Voting for higher taxes is like asking an armed robber to take more of your money. If you are foolish enough to do that, you deserve to loose your money.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 9:39 am
Thank you for listening, Julia Pardini from Alamo.
PS...I know that I am not from your specific area. But if they can control you they are like cancer...they will spread their greedy claws to our area.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 9:41 am
only the foolish votes to raise their own taxes.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 10:47 am
The extension of BART further into the area means even more crime guys --- it's my understanding home break-ins is UP 70% over the last year, & BART is a big part of that dynamic. Yet another tax, what's left to eat on?! We have every kind of insurance & cost to be in business, to support ourselves in our private life, health insurance is off the charts along with more politicians increasing fees,REGULATIONS,FINES, restrictions, fuel costs... HOW ABOUT?! HOLD STILL!! REVIEW & ASSESS WHAT IS PRIORITY, UNFINISHED, NEEDS REVISITING & LEAVE THE PEOPLE THE HECK ALONE FOR A DARN YEAR!? BACK OFF, BUTT OUT, STOP COPYING WASHINGTON DC! ALSO... how is it Jerry Brown can be ON THE BALLOT FOR A FOURTH TERM??! I came home to CA 2 years ago & am totally in horror at the takeover, & ruination here!
on Jul 11, 2014 at 10:48 am
How much is the proposed sales tax?
on Jul 11, 2014 at 10:59 am
Still nope.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 11:10 am
@Kate Kincade :"he extension of BART further into the area means even more crime guys --- it's my understanding home break-ins is UP 70% over the last year, & BART is a big part of that dynamic. "
Where did you get that 70% statistic? I've looked at the Pleasanton Police annual report and I haven't seem any link between the openings of the BART stations and crime here. Also find it hard to believe that home break-in robbers would choose BART as their means of escape.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 11:23 am
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P. J. O'Rourke
The supervisors had one chance for a sales tax increase and they blew it on the last election with their so called 'health care tax' for the uninsured, right after Obamacare was implemented and there should be no reason for uninsured people anymore.
How do we go about dividing Alameda county into two counties? Our representatives only care about the voters in the west county (higher density equals more voters per square mile). The needs of those in the east county are not the same as in west county. But the west county people, and politicians, are just trying to redistribute the money from those in the east side to the west side.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 12:49 pm
Water rate had gone up. Sewer rate had gone up. Garbage collection rate had gone up.
I'm not voting for this tax.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 2:12 pm
Just remember to vote.
We can all cry about it till we are blue in the face, but we need to use the only political power we have.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 2:47 pm
2nd highest sales tax in the state. Vote yes if you thing you are getting your money's worth.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 3:06 pm
Formerly Dan from BC is a registered user.
"Oh...yes please...I'd like to pay MORE taxes!"
Said nobody with a thinking brain.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 6:26 pm
Good thinking...so now we go to Costco and Target and whatever else and spend our money in Contra Costa County. Its easy...same driving distance.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 10:41 pm
30 years?? I will be dead in 30 years, so how does that help me? It's just amazing that people in California keep voting for politicians that love to give our hard working money to people who don't want to work, the useless train to no where and anything they think of take our money. When will the citizens vote these useless spending politicians out.
on Jul 11, 2014 at 11:15 pm
I'll probably vote for the tax. I wish the county managed money more efficiently, but I think the money will, for the most part be put to good use.
on Jul 12, 2014 at 5:58 am
I'll probably vote for it, too. It does appear that the transportation tax funds will be put to good use.
on Jul 12, 2014 at 8:02 am
Its really getting discouraging of our future especially citizens who are retired and still drive just keep on taxing. your like squeezing blood out of a turnip. The problem is you got keep misspending gas taxes that already suppose to be used for roads and expansions. Its getting to costly to live here in the bay area.
on Jul 12, 2014 at 8:18 am
I'd happily pay the added tax, and do so even more happily if an additional penalty taxes were imposed upon single posters, with no command of English grammar, using multiple names to say the same thing. Bwah, bwah, bwah. The poor whiner is no fooling anybody.
on Jul 12, 2014 at 8:52 am
I might have to include myself in this:
'if additional' ... not 'if an additional'
'not fooling anyone' ... not 'no fooling anyone'
on Jul 12, 2014 at 9:01 am
Who is this Chinaman and why does he want to tax us more??
on Jul 12, 2014 at 9:20 am
Hotslide is a registered user.
Let's see. To fund that wish list we must be talking about a 10% increase in the sales tax. Remember these are self-serving politicians speaking, not people passionately trying to increase YOUR quality of life here. With these people administering the checkbook, you can count on an 80% loss of revenue applied to the tasks. And as stated before, the need for higher taxes never ends, and the talk of a 30 year sunset provision as a "dealmaker" is laughable. Can't we just remain a "sleepy" bedroom community ? (verified by that sleepy old Sunol grade).
on Jul 12, 2014 at 9:52 am
Jubel, Damon, John,
Nothing is stopping you from giving extra money to the city, school district, county, state, or feds. Time to put your money where your mouths are.
on Jul 12, 2014 at 10:15 am
@"Go Ahead"
The idea of people just voluntarily paying taxes for causes that they care about has been brought up before. Perhaps allowing pacifists to opt-out of paying taxes for military spending? Allowing childless couples and retirees to opt-out of paying taxes going to schools? Or, in this case, perhaps allowing people like yourself to opt-out of paying taxes going to improvements in the transportation system? Of course, in that case you shouldn't be allowed to benefit from improvements to the transportation system either. Maybe only people displaying a certain badge indicating that they paid transportation taxes should be allowed to ride and BART extension to Livermore, or be allowed to use new freeway lanes? Is that what you want? Or do you just want to free-load off of people who do pay the taxes?
on Jul 12, 2014 at 10:41 am
To "Go Ahead",
I do pay more than I am required to pay. We give to the school district, to medical and scientific research foundations, and to cultural institutions, among other things.
on Jul 12, 2014 at 2:46 pm
The politicians are allowing their financiers (i.e., campaign contributors) get away with added development without paying the proper mitigation fees, and now want the residents to pay for the impact of the added development. Either the new development is not paying to mitigate their impact on transportation, or they are and the politicians are spending it on their own pet projects.
Anyway, we do not need this tax. The new Bullet Train of Gov. Brown will solve all of our transportation problems...
on Jul 12, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Damon, in other words you expect someone else to pay but you're not willing to. That's what I figured. I appreciate your clichéd scenario; so you're also saying that the 45-50% of people who don't pay taxes can't use public services, transportation, highways, etc...that are paid for with tax dollars?
John, nice try but you're picking and choosing where to give your extra dollars. If you're in favor of more funds for transportation why don't you put the money into the General Fund, or a specific transportation fund if one even exists. You "wish the county managed money more efficiently, but I think the money will, for the most part be put to good use." You don't find that attitude a little troubling?
on Jul 12, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Formerly Dan from BC is a registered user.
Damon (or WYNIT) says:
"...Or do you just want to free-load off of people who do pay the taxes?"
So you say that those who don't pay taxes are free-loaders?
That's exactly what we conservatives have been saying about welfare/SSI/immigration...etc fraud for years now.
Good to know you agree.
WYNIT to walk back his response in 3-2-1...
The irony burns...!
on Jul 12, 2014 at 8:41 pm
@ "Go Ahead" : "Damon, in other words you expect someone else to pay but you're not willing to."
Where did I say that I'm not willing to? Do you think that I have a secret plan to evade the very taxes I would be voting for?
@ "Formerly Dan" : "So you say that those who don't pay taxes are free-loaders? That's exactly what we conservatives have been saying about welfare/SSI/immigration...etc fraud for years now."
You know, you could save yourself the long-winded post and just say that you agree with me.
Have a good night everyone!
on Jul 13, 2014 at 12:13 am
Formerly Dan from BC is a registered user.
We don't agree on this particular tax.
I'm just shocked at your take-no-prisoners approach to those who legally pay no taxes. It's not everyday someone will say that the low-income individual who pays no effective income tax does not deserve the full breadth of services that the rest us provide through our tax dollars.
I didn't figure you being that nasty to others.
Go figure.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 6:34 am
@"Formerly Dan" : "We don't agree on this particular tax. "
That wasn't the question. The question posed was should people who (hypothetically) opt-out of paying additional transportation sales taxes be allowed to avail themselves of the enhanced or extended transportation services paid for by those additional sales taxes? It would appear that your answer is "yes", and that while you denounce as "free-loaders" people on welfare or SSI you've got a blind spot when it comes to your own free-loading tendencies. Thank you for providing yet another example of conservative hypocrisy. The correct answer which would have been true to the conservative principles that you and other conservatives apply to everyone except yourselves is "If I don't pay the taxes for something, then I shouldn't be allowed to avail myself of those services".
on Jul 13, 2014 at 6:54 am
No more taxes. Our taxes are already too high. There never is an end to more and more taxes. Additional taxes only reinforce politicians coming up with more taxes. Pretty soon there will be discrete or "fees" for street lighting, street surveillance, individual libraries, raccoon abatement, terrorist abatement, etc. The taxpayers should not be regarded as an infinite source for more taxes. Politicians and elected,officials cannot be trusted to use money wisely despite calls for oversight. Why, for example, does the City of Pleasanton, spend a large sum of money each year for a self-congratulatory party like the one last year at the aquatic center. Instead they could send out nice thank you notes and use the money spent to feed and entertain over a hundred guests on a 4 year scholarship for a civic minded youth needing help going to college.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 7:15 am
Formerly Dan from BC is a registered user.
Notice that you go straight to accusations instead of specifically answering ANY question I posed?
Typical. So VERY typical.
I'm not being hypocritical genius. If you had read a little more carefully I did insert the word FRAUD in my first example. I do understand the concept of working poor.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 8:48 am
Damon, I wonder why you continue to change the subject. My post suggested that you go ahead and pay additional taxes. It seems from your responses that you do not and will not. My suggestion is that if you feel the government should be given more money to do more things for you, and society in general, then go ahead and give them more than your required "donation" of tax dollars. You've ignored that so I will assume you don't do it; instead you propose your opt-out scheme with the implication that I don't want to pay taxes. I never suggested that. You and I differ significantly on our views of government's role; I demand accountability and efficiency and expect that my tax dollars not be wasted. You seem to be willing to keep handing over more money because, in spite of all the money that has already been put in the hands of government, we still haven't received satisfactory results.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 9:16 am
@"Formerly Dan" : "Notice that you go straight to accusations instead of specifically answering ANY question I posed?"
Yes, Dan, I did notice your attempts to divert the discussion by throwing out shiny baubles.
Well, let's see where we are: We both understand the plight of the working poor. We are both against welfare and SSI fraud. We both agree that it's hypocritical for certain people to think that they should be entitled to use extended or enhanced transportation services paid for by taxes on other people but not themselves. Sounds like we are in agreement on a lot of things.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 9:22 am
Jerry Thorne now supports the tax despite running for mayor opposing it.
He said regarding the 30 year sunset clause they inserted.
"is probably in perpetuity for many of us," but it's the principle that counts.
Really Jerry?
In 30 years you don't think they are going to have another measure to extend or even raise the tax? Have fun in fantasy land Jerry.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 9:30 am
@"Go ahead" : "Damon, I wonder why you continue to change the subject. My post suggested that you go ahead and pay additional taxes. It seems from your responses that you do not and will not. "
OK, I'm going to try one more time to get the point across to you before I give up. I'm not opposed to the principle of "pro-transportation tax" people (like myself, for example) paying additional transportation taxes while "anti-transportation tax" people like yourself opt-out of paying taxes. But then there's the problem of implementation. How can you and other "anti-transportation tax" people guarantee me and other "pro-transportation" tax people that you will not use the extended and enhanced transportation services supported by those of us who did pay the additional tax?
on Jul 13, 2014 at 10:51 am
We would have enough money for transportation if that was their spending priority. Instead they take most of our tax money and spend it on other things; mostly social services. The county knows we would not raise our taxes for their other projects so they siphon the tax money from transportation to their other projects and tell us they need money for transportation to fix the congestion problem, knowing we would rather pay more taxes for tix the traffic congestion than pay for their other projects.
The government officials will never have enough money to please them. They are always looking at more ways to raise money (taxes, fees, etc.) instead of prioritizing the projects that we really need and finding a way to make them work.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 12:23 pm
These conversations are pretty ridiculous. I don't know how we got from talking about a sales tax increase to talking about people who pay no income tax.
And "Go Ahead", to answer your question, I do frequently over pay my state and federal taxes. I often don't take deductions to which I'm entitled.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 1:54 pm
Sucker bet for Pleasanton
Based on US Census estimated population for 2013 (Web Link) Pleasanton makes up 4.7% of the county's population. Oakland makes up 25.7% of the county's population. From the same web source Pleasanton generates 9.3% of the county's sales tax. Oakland generates 15.6% of the sales tax. So one would think that we would receive somewhere close to 9% of the Measure B funds. Nope.
Of the Measure B funds for FY13/14 (Web Link) Pleasanton receives 1.6% of the disbursements. Oakland gets 17.9% of the disbursements.
That's not good, but to make matters even worse AC Transit gets 38.0% of all Measure B disbursements. How much sales tax does AC Transit generate? Zero. Combine AC Transit and Oakland's shares they receive 55.9% of all the disbursements.
So Pleasanton gets a lousy return on its investment.
Finally, I'm perfectly happy paying taxes for transportation improvements, but Measure B only disburses 38.9% for ALL street and road improvements. All of Measure B should be used for capital improvements to roads, highways and public transit with the unused portion expended on streets and roads. Until that happens and the distribution is fair to Pleasanton, I will be voting no.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Thanks Dave for those distribution stats...makes it pretty clear. However, are senior shuttles included in the 'pleasanton' number? I don't know what is included and which are city vs country programs.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 6:26 pm
@ Damon: "OK, I'm going to try one more time to get the point across to you before I give up. I'm not opposed to the principle of "pro-transportation tax" people (like myself, for example) paying additional transportation taxes while "anti-transportation tax" people like yourself opt-out of paying taxes. But then there's the problem of implementation. How can you and other "anti-transportation tax" people guarantee me and other "pro-transportation" tax people that you will not use the extended and enhanced transportation services supported by those of us who did pay the additional tax?"
This has to be the dumbest comment I've ever read. D.U.M.B. Get a brain Damon.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 7:57 pm
No more taxes! Why are we asked to support Ruby Hill and Livermore? How about making it quicker and safer to get on 680 in the mornings? Since the toll lane was built, the roads leading to onramps are ridiculous.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 9:18 pm
Pleasanton gets $1,014,697.25 for FY13/14. The breakdown is $717,856.98 for streets and roads, $203,021.23 for bikes and pedestrians, and $93,819.04 for paratransit. I don't know if senior transport is included in any of this. The transit spreadsheet doesn't give that detail. In addition, Pleasanton gets a benefit from the funding to LAVTA. They get $150,601.28 for paratransit and $803,095.31 for an unspecified purpose (my guess is operating costs). Livermore and Dublin don't seem to fare any better by the way. The Tri Valley generates 24.3% of the sales tax for Alameda County which 0.5% comes to $23.7 million. If the Tri Valley could opt out of the county tax and charge ourselves 0.25% sales tax for transportation, we would net $11.8 million which certainly seems like it could cover our streets and roads and allow us to float bonds to build some of the need freeway improvements. It seems unlikely that BART will get to Livermore (sorry Livermore) unless San Joaquin County decides to join the district, so voting for the new Measure B for a $400 million BART study seems like a waste of our tax dollars.
on Jul 13, 2014 at 9:36 pm
Formerly Dan from BC is a registered user.
Thanks for the informative posts Dave!
on Jul 14, 2014 at 8:20 am
I live in Livermore, but taxes concern us all. The real issue I have with taxes, is that once a tax is voted in, the level of spending also goes up. It's equivalent to people getting raises. Once the level of income goes up, so does the level of spending. I have yet to see politicians, school districts and the like live within their means, instead of spending the additional money. Everyone was all for the parcel tax in Livermore. I voted no, because I know the school district will not spend it wisely. Because there was already a parcel tax, their level of spending went up. With the parcel tax about to go away, the school district panicked. It's frustrating. So the same goes with our politicians. Taxes here and there, like the stupid garbage tax that I don't remember voting on, just keeps the coffers full while middle America slaves away. We need to say no to spending and have everyone living within budget at the county and state level.
on Jul 14, 2014 at 8:21 am
Need more money to pay for the "Sweetheart Contract" our elected leaders signed with the BART Unions. Because they reducing potential construction funds from other sources to pay for the increased operations cost cause by the new labor contract.
on Jul 14, 2014 at 9:23 am
@Brianna: "The real issue I have with taxes, is that once a tax is voted in, the level of spending also goes up."
I don't think that your objection makes a lot of sense. If people choose vote in a tax then of course the level of spending goes up. For administrators to do otherwise would be acting counter to the expressed wishes of the voters.
It sounds like your real beef is not with "politicians" or "school districts," but with your fellow citizens who voted for the taxes. Sorry, that's democracy for you.
on Jul 14, 2014 at 9:55 am
Let's keep the eight billion in our own pockets and slow down the runaway growth.
on Jul 14, 2014 at 10:17 am
I'd gladly pay you Wednesday, for a hamburger today!!
on Jul 14, 2014 at 10:19 am
Tax, tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax,tax, tax, tax....
We already have the highest taxes in the country and Calfornia is still going into the crapper.
We continually are asked to raise taxes for transportation because the State keeps stealing the transportation funds to pay for welfare, Medicaid, services to illegals,out-of-control compensation to State union employees, and legislators' theft.
The only way to control government is to starve it. VOTE NO! And, quit voting left wing loons into the Legislature.
on Jul 14, 2014 at 2:19 pm
"There is nothing so permanent as a temporary Government program."
-Ronald Reagan
on Jul 15, 2014 at 10:32 am
"There is no such thing as a good tax." Who said that?
on Jul 15, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Posted by 30 years is nearly "permanent", a resident of Livermore
on Jul 9, 2014 at 10:03 am
Traditional mortgages are for 30 years,
and the "mort" is the same as in mortality, it means Death.
Many voters could be paying even more taxes the rest of their lives.
Hopefully voters will chose again NOT to burden their children and grandchildren with a regressive tax nearly forever.
And much of the money might go for us to pay AGAIN for BARTD to finally finish installing the system we have already been paying taxes for, since it was promised over 40 years ago.
BARTD told us, and the Federal and State agencies who also helped fund it, that they needed the money to build the "whole" system to include Livermore, then they never built it, but kept the money.
They also promised a seat for every rider and free parking. They skimped on parking spaces at the Pleasanton station, claiming it was NOT the end of the line. Then they sold much of the parking lot to built apartments, who also lack enough parking.
Ever try to park there? Impossible.
We ALREADY pay BARTD high mandatory sales and property taxes, whether we have a station we can use or not.
Now some of the proposed additional tax on us would go to pay for a new station in Fremont, who never paid a nickel for the original system.
Why should every one who purchases anything here pay even more for something they may not even use?
Our sales taxes are already out of sight. Vote NO again on more taxes.
on Jul 15, 2014 at 2:24 pm
That way voters can see what actually happens, and decide whether to continue.
One form of "accountability."
on Jul 16, 2014 at 10:37 am
NO MORE TAXES....not one dime!
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