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After the dethroning of Ross Taylor and Lance Armstrong, some comic reading relief was required for the holiday season.
Triggs to the rescue. Not being an ardent football fan, I had doubts about buying an autobiography written in the paw of former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane's golden labrador retriever, but the sincerity she channels down her snout on the front cover convinced me to part with £6.89 on Amazon, stretch out in the La-Z-Boy, and pray for a few giggles. Triggs (as woofed to her ghost-writer, the former Irish sports journalist of the year Paul Howard) briefly became this man's best friend. In canine parlance it was as if someone had left a pack of eye fillet open on the kitchen bench; I could not keep my nose out of it.
Triggs originally came to fame when paparazzied with Keane on long walks immediately after he was dismissed by Ireland manager Mick McCarthy at the 2002 World Cup. The legend grew - as does Triggs' ego - in Howard's abundant imagination: "Like anyone who discovers they have an extraordinary gift [for football analysis], the immediate question was, 'What was I going to do with it?"'
It's a brave gambit writing an "eye of dog" account but Howard manages it with aplomb. Triggs takes us on a willing leash through Keane winning the 1999 Champions League to falling out with McCarthy to his awkward days as Sunderland manager. I learned as much about football in these 392 pages - both strategically and psychologically thanks to Triggs' habit of basing tactics on those used in History Channel war documentaries - as I have anywhere.
Crucially, the book elicited howls of laughter. Triggs reserves some of her most perceptive (and scathing) observations for household name Premier League footballers. Take her description of David Beckham's personality: "I could read Beckham as easily as I could read, say, either of the two autobiographies Michael Owen had authored by the time he was 25."
Faithfully sardonic, Triggs addresses the dilemma of the modern footballer and warns what to expect in the future. "Money allowed them to remain adolescents forever. They played video games. I remember Roy entering a kind of trance every time he tried to get his head around that ... they checked their hair before they went out to play. They paused to consider their options in the deodorant aisle of the supermarket."
Keane's reluctance to accept Triggs' intuition frustrates our author initially: "My ability to read a football match as if it were no more complex than, say, the thoughts that pass through Ashley Cole's mind in a hotel room at one o'clock in the morning with a mobile phone in his hand, was something Roy struggled with at the beginning."
Triggs remains Keane's trusted sidekick throughout, even when describing her owner's various vendettas on fellow players: "I could go on listing [them] - except this is a memoir, not the UK White Pages."
A key truth about dogs emerges when Triggs describes Keane apologising to her after one stroppy incident. Seeking redemption, he tapes the following quote next to Triggs' basket: "Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the centre of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without doubt the best deal man ever made."
So it is with Triggs. She died last year but lives on in this charming tome. It banished thoughts of NZ Cricket and Armstrong.


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Angry old man yells at Paul Ryan for 90 minutes; Update: CNN insta-poll of undecideds shows tie; Update: Ryan wins CNN insta-poll overall, 48/44
posted at 10:54 pm on October 11, 2012 by Allahpundit
I expected "table-pounding atmospherics" from Biden but I didn't expect him to act like a total jackhole for fully 90 minutes. Give him credit for knowing his target audience, though: His task tonight was to get the left excited again after Obama fell into a semi-coma in Denver, and evincing utter disdain for Ryan — grimacing, shouting, laughing inappropriately, constantly interrupting, the total jackhole experience — is just what the doctor ordered. He might have irritated independents and undecideds, but probably not so much that it'll change people's votes. The Democrats needed someone to go out there and clown for liberals, and if there's one thing this guy knows, it's clowning.
Here's a taste of what I mean via Mediaite, centered around one of Ryan's more cutting lines of the evening. For what it's worth, the media lost patience with Biden's shtick too, but I doubt that'll cost him anything tomorrow. And yes, needless to say, Raddatz was also terrible. Exit quotation from Greg Gutfeld: "Biden is the drunk at the bar; Martha is the unhappy bartender, and Ryan is the unfortunate salesman caught in the middle."
Update: I'm waiting on the insta-polls, but in the meantime here's an early candidate for the media's consensus post-debate buzzword for Biden's boorish performance: "Passion."
Update: According to CNN, among the voters who really matter, it was a push:
#CNNUndecideds vote that the #VPdebate was a tie. One-third say Joe Biden won. One-third say Paul Ryan won. One-third are undecided.
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 12, 2012
CBS's insta-poll had it 50/31 for Biden, although both candidates gained ground among undecideds. A CNBC website poll, meanwhile, had Ryan winning 56/36.
Update: Like I said, the jackhole approach works like a charm with its target audience. For others, eh, not so much:
Update: Some good news after an irritating night. Within the margin of error, but we'll take it:
BREAKING: CNN-ORC post-debate poll of Registered Voters: 48% said Ryan won. 44% said Biden won. Sampling error: +-5%. #CNNDebate
— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 12, 2012
CNN/ORC POLL October 3 DEBATE WATCHERS Who Was More Likeable? Ryan 53% Biden 43%
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHambyCNN) October 12, 2012
CNN/ORC POLL October 3 DEBATE WATCHERS Who Was More In Touch With Problems of People Like You? Ryan 51%, Biden 44%
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHambyCNN) October 12, 2012
Update: That about sums it up:
Update: Via the Examiner, the setting and music reveal Joe Biden's true calling: He would have been amazing as a regular on "Match Game."
Update: Brand new from the RNC:
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If you preface his statement with "The way they are playing now....." he could say he think we'll lose out and he'd be right.
As a fan though, I personally believe the Giants will improve and still hold on to win the division.... doing it with a win against Philly.
Romo is also playing for a new contract so that will be something I watch closely when I see the Cowboys play. Combine that with Garrett's head being on the chopping block and they could potentially get their crap together or crumble from the pressure.
We can go 6-0 if we stop playing stupid football.
Mood: WOOF!
The Giants won the Super Bowl last year and they where 9-7. They came very close to not even making the playoffs. How many magical 4th quarter come backs did they have last year? This year Eli is in a slump, something he was not in last year. Their schedule is brutal and they need to fix the entire team. From the little bit I have seen of Dallas they seem to be a solid team that turns the ball over to much. They fix that and they are a good team.
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by Darth Tater, Sep 24, 2013.
How did he do in the other 105 years?
Is this league full now?
Eight is enough. Thanks.
Don't forget, the computer auto drafts according to the Yahoo default list at 6:00 eastern tommorrow evening. You can adjust those rankings before the draft if you like but nobody can attend the draft. It is usually complete within an hour or so. Your lineup must be set by the end of Sunday because once Monday rolls around that will be your lineup for the entire week. You cannot make changes to your lineup even if a guy gets hurt in a given week. The hockey season begins this Monday. Make sure you go over our league settings even if you did so before because I made a couple of minor adjustments during the week. If you have any questions please ask and thank you for joining. Good luck!!
For the record, I won the NCAA tournament pick'em twice! Well, actually, my daughter made my picks one of those years. Watch out for old men and women. :-) And Tater, I think we dropped the "game winning goal" category the last few years. Too hard to figure out who to pick, and too few likely players. A pure crap shoot - no intelligence required.
I always wondered how you won that title........
Next year you can be the Commissioner and choose whatever categories you think are best. But for now, just be appreciative that I started a league this year. Until then, put a lid on it. If I want advice I will ask for it.
I see you asked for questions, not advice. My mistake! You can rest assured that during the season what I give you will not fit under the heading of either questions or advice.
That is fine woody. I said several times that I started this league because of a promise to you. I never asked, needed, or received thanks. But we don't need distractions. I've learned a lot these past couple weeks and I'm trying to avoid past mistakes. Let's just please leave it at that and enjoy!!! Let's play some fantasy hockey!!!!
Hey PF.comers, I've been away for a few days. What did I miss? I'd just like to say that, despite Tatertot's skepticism, I most definitely had many previous Yahoo trophies in my collection. I've been playing fantasy sports on Yahoo since Woody was first put in diapers (for the 2nd time) and now they're all GONE! I worked hard for all those 6th, 7th & 8th place beauties! I'd just also like to add that I think it's hilarious that it's still referred to as "Tatering"! At any rate, as the true sportsman that I am, I thought it only fair to warn you not to expect me to go easy on you this time. I have a trophy case to refill!
You've been missed JM. Welcome back.
Yeah, Jammer. I hope you can find the time to hang out a bit. I've been insulting Laimbeer instead of you but he doesn't present much of a challenge. At least you used to put up a half way decent fight before I squashed you into the ground. Funny thing. Remember when we first became friends? We got along great but I thought you were to polite to mess with. Besides, back then Slippy and Linwood were running around with big targets on their backs. Then one day you posted or sent me a private message asking how come I didn't mess with you too. Oh well, be careful what you wish for... Well, I will never let you leave. I plan to continue sending you emails like always and dragging you back. So you may as well just hang around. Eh Cannuckian?
Thanks 'Scoe! Glad to be back. I'm sorry, do I know you?
Welcome back Jammer. By the way, I don't think you ever did answer my question: What is a (an) "Hab"? Is that a bad habit? Somthing you've got to "have"? Like a "Zit"? Just curious.
From Wikipedia............. The Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is officially known as le Club de hockey Canadien.[2] French nicknames for the team include Les Canadiens (or Le Canadien), Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, La Sainte-Flanelle,[3] Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux (or Nos Glorieux), Les Habitants, Le CH and Le Grand Club. In English, the team's main nickname is the Habs, an abbreviation of "Les Habitants".[note 1] The "H" in the logo which includes a C and H stands for "Habitants"
I see... They are the inhabitants of Montreal. How quaint. How original.
As a kid, I thought the stood for Canadian Hockey.............
Not the habitants of Montreal, but the habitants of the old forum. Montreal Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'm sure that Montreal Forum didn't stack up to the Pistons Forum.
I was just trying to pull Jammer's chain, not create a memorial.I know who they are, where they've been and some of their history. Like the Yankees, they probably take themselves a little too seriously. Maybe all Canadians are a little too sensitive. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the games! DROP THE PUCK!
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American novelist, dramatist, short story writer, essayist, and nonfiction writer.
The following entry presents an overview of White's career. For further information on his life and works, see CLC, Volume 27.
With his first novel, Forgetting Elena (1973), Edmund White established a reputation as a new novelist of great promise. His elegant, self-conscious prose has been compared with that of Marcel Proust and Oscar Wilde, as have his decidedly homosexual viewpoint and sensibility. Like the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, White's fiction frequently focuses on what he sees as the sad and shallow lives of the idle rich.
Biographical Information
White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents divorced when he was seven years old. His father remained in Cincinnati, and his mother began moving from city to city. White's mother was left in virtual poverty while his father remained relatively affluent. White had difficulty living between the two worlds of his parents, never really feeling a part of either of them. White attended Cranbrook, a boarding school outside of Detroit, Michigan, and then studied Chinese at the University of Michigan. Upon graduation, White moved to New York and worked for Time-Life books from 1962 through 1970. After leaving Time-Life he moved to Rome for a year, and in 1971 returned to New York and began working as a freelance writer and editor. He briefly worked for the Saturday Review and Horizon before he obtained a job teaching at Yale University. He later taught at Johns Hopkins and then Columbia University. In 1981 he became the executive director of the New York Institute for the Humanities. In 1983, White moved to Paris, using his Guggenheim Fellowship for support. He was a freelance writer for Vogue and other Condé-Nast publications while remaining in Paris. White returned to America and became a professor of English at Brown University in 1990. He returned to Paris in 1991, however, when his partner became sick with AIDS. His partner died of the disease in 1994. White himself is HIV positive and very conscious of his own mortality. He continues to live and work in Paris.
Major Works
White's first two novels, Forgetting Elena and Nocturnes for the King of Naples (1978) are entrenched in fantasy and poetic in tone. Forgetting Elena draws the picture of life on Fire Island, but it includes a fantastical prince and court. White's Nocturnes for the King of Naples lacks a conventional plot and character development. The novel contains several autobiographical elements, but many details of the protagonist's life differ from White's own, including having a rich playboy father. White's next novel, A Boy's Own Story (1982) is much more autobiographical than Nocturnes for the King of Naples and has a traditional form. The novel traces a young man's discovery of and acceptance of his homosexuality. With Caracole (1985) White returns to a more fantastic style as he portrays life in a high-powered city where greed and vanity rule. The story follows Gabriel as he is imprisoned by his father and then rescued by his uncle, Mateo. Mateo is a narcissist, but devotes himself to Gabriel's rehabilitation. The novel analyzes the relationship between sex and power, and focuses on heterosexual relationships. White tackles the same topic of sex and power in his The Beautiful Room is Empty (1988) but again turns to a more autobiographical style and centers on homosexual relationships. White's collection of short stories, Skinned Alive (1995) takes on a darker theme than his earlier work. The stories center on living with and dying from AIDS. In addition to his fiction, White has written several nonfiction works, including The Joy of Gay Sex (1977), and his journalistic States of Desire (1980), a reportorial account of his journey across the United States in which he spoke to gay men openly and plainly about their experiences in American society. White's The Burning Library (1994) contains a collection of his essays on political and literary topics spanning 25 years.
Critical Reception
Many reviewers have commented on White's vacillation between realism and artifice. Phyllis Rose stated, "All literature looks in two directions, toward the world and back toward itself. It portrays the world (or gives the illusion of doing so) and creates a world of its own. More than most American writers, White is divided between these two impulses, old-fashioned realism and modernist artifice." Many critics complained that White's language is too stylized, especially in Caracole. Adam Mars-Jones said of White's style in Caracole that, "At his feeblest, White goes in for elegant variation saying 'adipose cummerbund' for spare tyre or having a character eat raven instead of crow. The sheer density of invention attests a bottomless terror of saying the obvious." Many reviewers lauded White for appealing to a universal audience, and for emphasizing the similarities that exist between gay and straight men. Clark Blaise asserted that "Mr. White's success lies in establishing two contradictory truths: gay men are very much like straight men; and gay men and straight men are fundamentally different. He does so by the meticulous reconstruction of the very texture of his sexuality…." Critics have also praised White for his honest portrayal of desire and sexual relationships. Carter Wilson asserted, "Edmund White is to be envied not only for his productivity … but because he is a gifted writer who has staked himself a distinguished claim in the rocky territory called desire."
Principal Works
Blue Boy in Black (play) 1963
When Zeppelins Flew [with Peter Wood] (nonfiction) 1969
The First Men [Dale Browne] (nonfiction) 1973
Forgetting Elena (novel) 1973
The Joy of Gay Sex: An Intimate Guide for Gay Men to the Pleasures of Gay Lifestyle [with Charles Silverstein] (nonfiction) 1977
Nocturnes for the King of Naples (novel) 1978
States of Desire: Travels in Gay America (nonfiction) 1980
A Boy's Own Story (novel) 1982
Caracole (novel) 1985
The Darker Proof: Stories from a Crisis [with Adam Mars-Jones] (short stories) 1987
The Beautiful Room is Empty (novel) 1988
Genet: A...
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Paul Bailey (review date 5 September 1980)
SOURCE: "Gay, Straight and Grim," in Times Literary Supplement, September 5, 1980, p. 964.
[In the following review, Bailey discusses White's States of Desire, and how the book deals with the issue of bigotry against homosexuals.]
I was living in America when Anita Bryant, a mediocre warbler of what are known in the music business as "inspirational" songs, began her campaign against male homosexuals in Dade County, Florida. In the spring of 1977, Bryant and her followers, united under the banner "Save Our Children", convinced the citizens of that clean, well-lighted place that they had several devils in their midst—in their schools, to be precise. As a result...
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Carter Wilson (review date 13 November 1982)
SOURCE: "Remembering Desire," in The Nation, Vol. 235, No. 16, November 13, 1982, p. 503-5.
[In the following review, Wilson asserts that "In White's growing-up novel, [A Boy's Own Story,] the tale of the child's peregrinations in the treacherous land of desire is, finally, secondary to the 'story' of the adult's struggle to bring all to mind, to integrate his various selves by coming to love them."]
Edmund White is to be envied not only for his productivity (A Boy's Own Story is his fifth book in nine years) but because he is a gifted writer who has staked himself a distinguished claim in the rocky territory called desire.
The nameless...
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Phyllis Rose (review date 16 November 1985)
SOURCE: "Moralists and Esthetes," in The Nation, Vol. 241, No. 16, November 16, 1985, pp. 526-28.
[In the following review, Rose discusses the verbal stylization and psychological realism of White's Caracole.]
Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier has been called the finest French novel written in English, but Caracole would be my nomination. Its epigraph from The Charterhouse of Parma suggests its literary ancestry. Like Fabrice del Dongo of Charterhouse, like Julien Sorel of The Red and the Black, Gabriel of Caracole is an innocent young man from the provinces who makes the move to the city that so fascinated nineteenth-century...
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Adam Mars-Jones (review date 14 March 1986)
SOURCE: "Passion, purity, innocence and (European) experience," in Times Literary Supplement, March 14, 1986, pp. 265-66.
[In the following review, Mars-Jones lauds White's Caracole and says, "This suavely alien world can give intense and almost continuous pleasure."]
Caracole is less a novel by the author of A Boy's Own Story, as the cover announces in justified eagerness to close a sale, than a novel by the author of Forgetting Elena. In that book, Edmund White described the experiences of a man who comes to consciousness in a sophisticated society, its physical details (shared houses, beaches, tea dances) suggesting an American resort,...
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Clark Blaise (review date 20 March 1988)
SOURCE: "Don't Give In to the Baggy Grown-Ups," in The New York Times Book Review, March 20, 1988, p. 7.
[In the following review, Blaise asserts that White's The Beautiful Room is Empty "is packaged as an autobiographical novel, yet as a novel its flaws reduce its value and interest considerably."]
The title of Edmund White's new novel, The Beautiful Room is Empty, derives from one of Kafka's nightmarish images of perfect symmetry. It seems to me part of a grand design, framed by an urgent and tragic necessity. Grand design because this book had its "prequel" in 1982 in A Boy's Own Story (set during the narrator's Midwestern childhood and...
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Brendan Lemon (review date 9 April 1988)
SOURCE: "An American Scrapbook," in The Nation, Vol. 246, No. 14, April 9, 1988, pp. 503-4.
[In the following review, Lemon praises White's The Beautiful Room is Empty, but complains that "the ending's exhilarations [are] a diminishment of the power and beauty of what had gone before."]
It was inevitable that the 1960s revival would produce a retrospective novel about gay life in New York City. Less fated, and more welcome, is that the task was assumed by an artist as gifted as Edmund White. The Beautiful Room Is Empty (the title comes from one of Franz Kafka's letters to Milena Jesenská) interweaves public and private events, and even more than its...
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Edmund White with Kay Bonetti (interview date 1990)
SOURCE: "An Interview with Edmund White," in The Missouri Review, 1990, pp. 89-110.
[In the following interview, White discusses the autobiographical nature of his work and what he thinks about literature.]
[Bonetti:] Mr. White, can you fill us in on some background about yourself? Do A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room Is Empty follow your own chronology?
[White:] The books fairly reflect where I was and what I was doing. I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. My parents got divorced when I was seven and my mother began to move from city to city while my father remained in Cincinnati. I was sent to a boarding school in Michigan,...
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Jonathan Dyson (review date 30 July 1993)
SOURCE: "Three times three," in Times Literary Supplement, July 30, 1993, p. 19.
[In the following review, Dyson complains that, "The problem with Trios is that it plays as if real dramatic skill in writing and direction has not been applied."]
Fresh from a biography of Jean Genet, Edmund White has presided over this revival of his 1990 three-hander, directed (as was that production) by Simon Usher and starring two of the original cast, Kelly Hunter and Robert Langdon Lloyd. But in fact the tone of this love triangle replayed in three different eras has much in common with the kind of sociological probing found in his life of the great provocateur....
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Neil Powell (review date 1 July 1994)
SOURCE: "From celebration to elegy," in Times Literary Supplement, July 1, 1994, p. 13.
[In the following review, Powell complains that, "As so often in the book, [The Burning Library] White's admirable capacity for sympathetic understanding not only inhibits his critical judgment but actually weakens the case being argued."]
"Like any agile debater," confesses the student narrator of Edmund White's second autobiographical novel, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, "I could defend either side of the question, but I was too immoral to wonder which side was right." Within limits it's an entertaining and an engaging quality which for White becomes the literary...
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Edmund White with Ryan Prout (interview date Fall 1994)
SOURCE: "From the Stonewall to The Burning Library," in The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Vol. I, No. 4, Fall, 1994, pp. 5-8.
[In the following interview, White discusses his career and his life as a gay writer.]
Cambridge University scholar Ryan Prout interviewed the renowned author while Edmund White was in England last May. White's The Burning Library, a collection of his major essays over a 25-year period, has just been published by Knopf. This even offered an occasion for Mr. White, who lives in Paris, to reflect on his work to date as well as his life as a gay writer and expatriate.
[Prout:] The most recent Cambridge...
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Morris Dickstein (review date 23 July 1995)
SOURCE: "Intimations of Mortality," in The New York Times Book Review, July 23, 1995, p. 6.
[In the following review, Dickstein discusses White's Skinned Alive and asserts that, "In writing about AIDS yet keeping it at bay, he has turned a mortal threat into a surprising source of literary strength."]
Among gay writers of his generation. Edmund White has emerged as the most versatile man of letters. A cosmopolitan writer with a deep sense of tradition, he has bridged the gap between gay subcultures and a broader literary audience. Besides five elegant novels, he has written a sex manual, a travel book about gay America, an award-winning biography of Jean Genet,...
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James Wood (review date 24 August 1995)
SOURCE: "Apologising," in London Review of Books, August 24, 1995, pp. 12-13.
[In the following review, Wood discusses White's The Burning Library and Skinned Alive.]
Edmund White has always struggled between appeasing the gods of his art and paying off the princelings of politics. Endearingly, and sometimes infuriatingly, he insists on doing both, and the result often leaves his pockets rather empty. Thus in his book of selected journalism, The Burning Library, he can move from a sublime celebration of Nabokov's 'greatness' to a demand that 'even the hierarchy inherent in the concept of a canon must be jettisoned.' It is how he is able, in a piece about...
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Further Reading
Gerra, Michael. Review of Our Paris: Sketches From Memory. The New York Times Book Review (3 December 1995): 7, 49-50.
States that "Our Paris isn't really a travel book—it's a valentine to a city most of us can only visit."
Gluck, Robert. "A Boy's Own Story." Review of Contemporary Fiction 16, No. 3 (Fall 1996): 56-60.
Discusses White's A Boy's Own Story and how it was different than anything that had been published previously.
Johnson, Diane. "The Midwesterner as Artist." Review of Contemporary...
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Department's Monthly TV Program to Examine Stimulus Package's Impact on Education
March 16, 2009
Contact: Jim Bradshaw
(202) 401-2310
The U.S. Department of Education will devote a special edition of its monthly TV show, "Education News Parents Can Use," to examining how the recently enacted stimulus package can help save or create jobs and promote education reform.
The program will be carried from 8 to 9 p.m. ET Tuesday on the Dish Network, dozens of PBS stations and numerous cable outlets. Other broadcast, cable and satellite channels will air the show on a tape-delayed basis. A complete listing of viewing options is available at www.ed.gov/edtv. In addition, the program will be webcast live and archived at www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.
Leading educators, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and California State University Chancellor Charles Reed, will be among those explaining how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will help all Americans. Among the topics:
- What are the key educational components of the ARRA?
- How will the act avert teacher and administrator layoffs and generate jobs?
- How will it spur innovation and reform and make us more competitive in the global economy?
- How will it help more students afford, attend and ultimately succeed in college?
- Where can parents and educators find out more about the act and monitor how the funds are being spent on the federal, state and local level?
WHO: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (taped). Charles Reed, chancellor of the California State University system (taped). Anne Bryant, executive director of the National School Boards Association. Susan Castillo, superintendent, Oregon State Department of Education. Amy Wilkins, vice president of the Education Trust, Washington, D.C. William Hite, interim superintendent, Prince George's County Public Schools, Md. Kenneth Cox, superintendent, Vernonia School District, Ore.
WHAT: Broadcast of the Education Department's monthly TV program, "Education News Parents Can Use."
WHEN: 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET
WEB SITE: http://www.ed.gov/edtv/
Education News Parents Can Use is the U.S. Department of Education's monthly television series focusing on schools, learning and student success. It airs live via satellite the third Tuesday of each month during the school year, offering parents and others vital information about getting involved in children's learning. For more on the program and access to archived shows, please visit www.ed.gov/edtv.
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No problem, just wanted to be sure.
I know there was an issue with the first batch but it was minor and he offered to send the part to people that wanted to fix it themselves, for the non-mechanical types he offered to do the fix for them.
Yeah, my bad. I was talking MD drums. Sorry about that.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
No problem, just wanted to be sure.
I know there was an issue with the first batch but it was minor and he offered to send the part to people that wanted to fix it themselves, for the non-mechanical types he offered to do the fix for them.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
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I wish my saiga 12 would feed right to try my MD arms drum out
Sorry to hear your Saiga 12 does not feed correctly.
This is difficult to comprehend, but, I'd persist and get this
action loosened up. It should all be in place and operable.
The MD drum would ordinarily fit and function like a top.
Follow the install instructions and I am confident you can
get there.
Charter member-Busted Box Club est. 2006
"I will adhere to the Patriot Act, the one signed in 1776"
- Marc Anderson
Personally I don't like the drums. Makes the gun unwieldy and difficult to wrap your arms around when shooting.
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Good info Zoo
Mods & Admins the info for Cadiz should be stickied in the Saiga shotgun General area so it can be found easily.
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Town Square
Why is Narum Taking Developer's Money?
Original post made by rick-native, Pleasanton Valley, on Apr 5, 2013
I went to the city's website to look at the city council candidate's financial statements and was shocked at who Kathy Narum has taken money from. I couldn't believe the list of contractors, developers, land speculators/investors, land lawyers, consultans and others having a vested interest in doing business with the city of Pleasanton.
Here's the link to the city's portal where you can view all the candidates financials...check for yourself:
Web Link
Now on to the Whos-Who list of people financing Narum:
James Tong - President, Charter Properties. Dublin high density housing developer. Narum took the money, is she planning to Dublinize Pleasanton?
Anthony Macchiano - Co-Owner, Pleasanton Garbage Service who own 7.5ac property that will be re-zoned by by East Side Specific Task force that Narum co-chairs. Does PGS expect Narum to give them the best re-zoning deal?
Robert Molinaro - Co-Owner, Pleasanton Garbage Service who own 7.5ac property that will be re-zoned by East Side Specific Task force that Narum co-chairs. PGS really wants Narum to win.
Patrick Costanzo - Kiewit Infrastructure Company Representative on East Side Specific Task Force which Narum is Co-chair. Kiewit owns 50 acres under consideration for re-zoning. Looks like Kiewit wants to keep the task force Chairman happy. Patrick is also associated with Regent Properties' Dublin development Phase II of Sorrento East at Dublin Ranch announced in February 2010. They will be building 581 homes in six communities.
Bridget Metz - Is a project manager for Legacy Partner Group. She works with Steve Dunn from Legacy Partner Group who represents Lionstone Group who owns 304 Acres under consideration for re-zoning. Steve Dunn also represents Legacy Partners Group on the East Side Specific Task Force which Narum is Co-chair. Legacy Partners owns 16 acres under consideration for re-zoning. Seems Legacy and Lionstone don't want to be left out in the cold when the task force gets around to rezoning and mega-increases their property values.
John Wyland - Is SVP BRE. We all know BRE. They are developing the high density housing project in the Hacienda Business Park of nearly 500 apartments and retail space on two parcels situated on the south side of the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station. Also, BRE Properties will construct 18 three- and four-story structures on an 8.4-acre site at the end of Willow Road and Owens Drive and an 8.1-acre site at the northern corner of Gibraltar and Hacienda drives. Narum is on the planning commission that approved this project.
Ronald Capilla - CEO Can Am Plumbing. Plumbing contractor specializing in residential projects encompass national, regional, and local builders and range from large 800+ home development projects to smaller, 10- to 15-home projects. Can Am needs more development to fuel its business. Narum is their pick.
Carlson, Barbee & Gibson - Civil engineering firm on Pleasanton projects: Kaiser Technology Center, Pleasanton Post Office, Pleasanton Ridge, Vineyard Corridor, Garms Ranch, Sycamore Lane PUD. All high density development needs civil engineering services and the civil engineers need their projects go smooth through planning staff, planning commission and city council. Are they securing their piece of the pie?
Wow why so much contractor money?
Ronald Cote - SVP Barry Swenson Builders. This company specializes in design-build projects; from commercial, industrial, high density residential, senior housing and historical restoration projects to hospitality and the build-out of intricate tenant improvements.
Dublin Active Investors, LP - Approximately 1,200 acres of the Doolan Canyon area is owned by a panopoly of longtime Tri-Valley real estate investors known as Dublin Active Investors, L.P. Another investor that wants to Dublinize Pleasanton.
Art Dunkley - Owner of Castlewood Properties. Founded in 1978, Castlewood Properties, Inc. is a private real estate investment company concentrating on domestic and foreign-based investment property acquisition, entitlement processing and management. Real estate investors love Narum too.
John Ferreri - Owner ACACIA Partners I. Real Estate investors. Another real estate investor.
Brad Hirst - Equity Enterprises. Property Developer Another property developer giving money to Narum.
Jerry Hodnefield - Owner of Hodnefield Properities. Commercial property management.
Oh my...my fingers are getting cramped from all this typing...I wonder if she has any average citizens sending her money?
Peter MacDonald - Property Attorney. Currently representing BRE. BRE is developing 500 high density apartments in Hacienda Business Park, with 15% subsidized low-income units. With Kathy's help, BRE's high density projects would in Hacienda would probably go smoother.
MacKay & Somps Civil Engineers/Planners/Surveyors Dublin High Density Experts - The Terraces, Dublin; Positano, Dublin; Sorrento, Dublin. A new Narum friend.
Pleasanton Gateway LLC - Developers at Bernal/Valley (new Safeway area) She was on planning commission that approved this development. Gave Narum money. Thanks for appoving our project!
Ponderosa Homes II - Developer of the Villages at Ironwood. A property adjacent the East Side Specific Plan currently under consideration maybe Narum can help.
Thomas Fehr, Jr. - Salesman Cornesh & Carey. Property management services.
Paul Sheehan - Broker, Cornesh & Carey. Property management services. C&C writes a second check.
Mark Sweeney - Broker, Cornesh & Carey. Property management services. C&C writes a third check.
Jim Peterson - VP, Cornesh & Carey. Property management services. The C&C VP ponys up 4th check...they must really want Narum.
Ruggeri-Jensen-Azar and Associates - Provide Civil Engineering/ Infrastructure and Urban Design and Land Planning. Narum takes money from another civil engineering company specializing in Urban Design.
Mike Serpa - Real Estate Developer / MAS Real Estate. Narum takes yet more developer money.
Varni, Fraser, Hartwell & Rodgers - Land use Lawyers. Experts in land use, condemnation, and governmental matters. If you are going to construct high density housing, you have to condemn someone's property. Narum likes their money too.
William Hezmalhalch Architects Inc. - Provide Architecture, Planning, Community Design, Urban Design, and Global Planning Design. I think Narum's friends are planning to screw us.
Charles Wiser - CenterPoint Properties, owned by CalPERS is focused on the development, acquisition and management of industrial property. A state owned development company funding Narum.
After looking at all the developers, consultants and contractors that want Narum on the city council, I don't.
Comments (51)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:08 am
Follow the money--I would like to see how many of these same developers also financed the campaigns of the rest of the City Council? We do not need another puppet of the developers on the city council.
a resident of Parkside
on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:18 am
Narum is in the tank and not looking out for us and our best interests. VOTE DAVID MILLER!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:37 am
Isn't this what Republicans do? Take money from the rich and enact policies that cut against the interests of the middle class? Show us where Miller has declined offers from any of the above. He'd crawl over broken glass to get half those endorsements. So, we have a typical Republican who's in the tank for big money, and a raving mad Tea Party zealot. Are there any candidates with integrity AND smarts?
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 5, 2013 at 11:20 am
To Tom:
Instead of slinging mud, why don't you look into what David Miller actually stands for. Check David Miller's donors, and you will find plain old citizens. No developers. No unions. David Miller will represent YOU if you let him.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Apr 5, 2013 at 11:22 am
I want to keep Pleasanton's 'small town' characteristics. Look at all these developers, of which many would be more than happy in aiding with the State of California's efforts to force HIGH DENSITY housing onto Pleasanton. I don't want these people influencing our city's elections and elected officials. Save Pleasanton, before it's too late...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 11:31 am
Spin, Spin and Spin. I researched all of the candidate's campaign money flow. Nasty comments only show a weakness. Talk is cheap, so show us the facts to back up all of the untruths and pettiness, put out by the opposition.. DAVID MILLER is a Leader with Courage and Deep Integrity; who will stand up and be a saving voice for the Citizens of Pleasanton. No high rises or forced stackable housing for Pleasanton. Vote David Miller.
a resident of another community
on Apr 5, 2013 at 11:39 am
Your comments are so disappointing. Mudslinging achieves nothing. We are looking for solutions. We need thoughtful discourse if we are going to protect our freedoms and our property rights. We have fought a war against England, Hitler and other tryannies to maintain local control by citizens. David Miller is concerned about preserving individual rights and freedoms. I assume you have an open mind. Perhaps you could have a meeting with David Miller to hear his platform.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 11:50 am
I see James Tong is at it again, helping finance Narum's campaign. He keeps loosing lawsuits against the city to try to force us to allow his developments. Since he keeps loosing in the courts, he is left to financing campaign candidates who will support his projects. Frankly I am surprised that Narum accepted this donation. She should have returned it. Somebody who constantly sues the city is not a friend of the city.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 5, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Some people are missing the point here. This isn't about anyone but Kathy Narum. Her "Civic Experience" seems to have allowed her to get a little too close to contractors, developers and others as Planning Commissioner. Of course these people support Narum. Their future profits may ride on her future votes. Her actions make her a poor choice for Pleasanton City Council.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Let's be clear about something. No matter how many different names a single poster uses on these posts to say he/she is voting for Miller, we all know that Miller is a goof who won't get 10% of the vote.
The question is whether there is a candidate, with liberal-democratic values -- i.e., interests in fairness, justice, rights -- who will not be beholden to big interests (Narum) or big myths (Miller).
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 2:17 pm
I would say there is something we can be clear about. No matter how many different names an commenter calls a candidate in these posts, it is unproductive. It reduces the character of this town.
Why can't folks like 'Tom' state their support for a candidate without name calling and mud slinging?
a resident of another community
on Apr 5, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Tom. There you go again. Now you are accusing the 9 commentors as being 1 person. I do not live in Pleasanton but I have become extremely concerned after attending several MTC/ABAG visioning sessions. I realize that it is going to take independent city council people in communities all the the Bay Area to protect our property rights. We want city council members who are only beholden to the citizens.
MTC/ABAG has just released their draft Plan Bay Area in which they tell each community how they will develop. If a city refuses, they will lose return to source tax dollars. Hopefully, you can attend some of the MTC/ABAG meetings as well as interview David Miller since you are interestred in fairness, justice and rights, We are on the same page.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Tom asks " Are there any candidates with integrity AND smarts?"
Yes! Olivia Sanwong! She is smart, educated, pragmatic, a good listener, and adds a new perspective to the council. My fear is that she is being drowned out by the bombast and money of a Tea Party zealot and another candidate who is a shill for the Chamber of Commerce and developers. She is superior candidate to these two characters in almost every respect. Hope people notice before it is too late.
BTW, I bet "Janet Martin" is yet another one of Miller's out of town Tea Party buddies.
a resident of Southeast Pleasanton
on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:32 pm
This is ridiculous. David Miller put out an email from the East Bay Tea Party immediately after this posting to let people know how outraged he was. That's B.S. and Miller should be ashamed of himself. That's petty politics at its worst!
a resident of Pleasanton Village
on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:34 pm
What's wrong with people? Many of the people on this list are long time Pleasanton homeowners and families. They represent this valley as pillars of great community service - they have raised their families here, they give back and they are involved. Some may be developers but so what! Narum appears to have a lot of great experience and my feeling is that she has the backing of business and community leaders because she does a good job.
a resident of Las Positas
on Apr 5, 2013 at 4:46 pm
Hey Tom,
Why bring party politics and name-calling into the city council race when it is supposed to be a non-partisan race. Instead of trying to deflect the conversation from the actual issues why don't you do a little research beyond the biased articles in the Pleasanton Weekly. Look at the donor list of each candidate. Check out their websites. You might actually become an informed voter! I have done my own research and Narem's donor list looks like the "who's who" of big developers. David Miller's donors are jjust average residents... middle class people that you claim to be so concerned about.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 5, 2013 at 5:26 pm
This is ridiculous. Miller had more out of town donors than Narum. In fact over 50% of his donors were out of town. These donors include tea partiers from other towns. What's their motivation for donating to a local election? Most of the names listed above are Pleasanton residents--home owners. Of course they're interested in the local election. When are we going to talk about real issues and not all this negative mud slinging campaigning that the tea party seems to want to engage in?
a resident of Heritage Valley
on Apr 5, 2013 at 5:29 pm
What does David Miller's experience bring to the table? Other than being someone who stirs the pot? What relationships can he call on? How much time will it take for him to learn the intricacies of civic government? Too many times over the last couple years the Tea Party folks have put up candidates who are unattractive to voters. People who are not ready for 'prime time'. How will having a contrarian outsider make things easier for decision making on city council? Since David Miller is willing to attack a fellow Republican, will he caucus with a Democrat?
a resident of Amador Estates
on Apr 5, 2013 at 6:55 pm
People of Pleasanton:
Huh and Tom regularly spew their progressive/liberal agenda on other towns' posting sites. Name-calling is at the top of their toy box lightly shrouded in false intellectualism.
Methinks they would like Agenda 21 of the UN. Vote for Mr. Miller IF you want some chance of salvaging Pleasanton's TOWN atmosphere. I suggest voters NOT get caught up in "experience"--unless you consider the opponent's experience in coddling developers as a good thing for your future.
a resident of Country Fair
on Apr 6, 2013 at 11:07 am
I am a 4th year college student. The Stunning Revelations concerning Narum's Campaign Contributions is so sad. Makes me glad that I am not a part of their scheme. I do not want to be a part of a system (campaign) like this; where paying off officials is how things get done. Decisions should be made, by what is best for the overall Community. Re-zoning should not be based on who contributed money to so and so's campaign.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 6, 2013 at 11:25 am
It's sad that a self-professed 4th year college student -- they're typically called seniors, Randi -- know so little about how politics works in American society.
But forget about having to read a book or two. Let me pose this question for you, Randi. Let's say you want a candidate who will fight for what you believe are the three most important issues facing our society today. Only one candidate does this, but alas, this candidate has taken money from others to run his/her campaign. Do you then not vote for that candidate? Put that way, you're really sounding a bit naïve, don't you think? 4th year college student, indeed. Did you not say senior because you've been at it 4 years now and still haven't passed from frosh to soph?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 6, 2013 at 2:52 pm
Well I looked at Narum's website and she never claims she is against growth, she just wants it to be "responsible." I guess that means she wants it paid for by her "responsible" friends.
I guess the Planning Commission gave her more than experience, it gave her a chance to meet all of these developers and hit them up for big donations.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Apr 6, 2013 at 4:50 pm
I just saw Ron's most recent comment. If Ron's comments are a barometer of our times, then our society is definitely going downhill fast. Can you image anyone talking like this to their mother or grandmother? What ever happened to civility? I hope shining a light on this type of behavior has a disinfecting affect...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 6, 2013 at 7:23 pm
Gary, you meant Tom not Ron, but you're right, civility for lefties like him does not exist. It's not his fault, it's a result of poor upbringing in whatever city he claims to live in. He also doesn't understand that 4 years in college doesn't mean you are done with your education. Once he starts his, he may figure it out.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 6, 2013 at 9:49 pm
Developers don't stay developers long unless they are smart and meet high standards set by the city. Every body will vote for somebody. Most of the long time residents, and most of all the kinds of business folk, developers, Hacienda Nat'l Corps, will all be voting, and they'll be voting for Narum...that's the 'smart voters' choice. The ones who truly care about all of Pleasanton....NOT selfish folk focused only on their own neighborhoods.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 6, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Someone with a good argument or refutation of an argument doesn't dwell on the "civility"/"incivility" of his/her opponent. To do so is the mark of a feeble mind.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2013 at 6:53 am
I'm already sick of the narrow Miller crowd, chanting me, me, me. That is not how Pleasanton became great. It's about open minded folk, willing to look at the 'big picture' for the good of 'Pleasanton' period. Single-issue, personally selfish folk are thorns and roadblocks. Anybody who doesn't vow to put all of "Pleasanton' first is not worth a vote. Anybody who doesn't put Pleasanton first, could buy some lovely acerage outside of town and make your own little isolated patch the way you want it....if the rigors of life in Pleasanton are just too much for you.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:14 am
This Special Election is the worst since about 1992. Narum's money trail is the most revealing. Many, of those defending the donations from ALL of those Developers and Contractors, are on Narum's Co-Chaired Rezoning Task Force. They all have something to gain; especially now, with all of the future development, that will take place through-out Pleasanton. I have NEVER seen it this bad. Will not vote for her.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2013 at 12:31 pm
There really is NO other realistic ! ! ! Most smart people from all walks, and long-timers want the best. The other 3 are not ready for the job.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2013 at 7:31 pm
There is a CLEAR choice and it is not Narum. Unfortunately, the final filing period for this Special Election will not be revealed to the public, until after the election.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 7, 2013 at 8:39 pm
VOTER, are you that ill informed. It's not her, it's Jerry Brown.
Our BIG state Brother is in charge of Pleasanton housing, and that brother decided what kind of and how much. You're a fool or a dreamer, to think that Miller can do anything about it. Get a grip on reality.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 9:28 am
My household of 13 voters wasn't sure how to vote until we read the above posts. I can now tell you that all 13 of us will be casting our votes for Miller. It's Miller Time baby, and we're going to celebrate his victory. Don't Tread on Me!!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 10:09 am
Voter, cook-kallio and Sullivan chaired the rezoning task force for don't let the facts get in the way. One of things i find interesting is that miller is making such an issue of the housing but he did NOT attend a single task force meeting, public workshop, or planning commission meeting. Oh that's right, he was too busy leading the charge against the $98 a year school parcel tax.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 11:39 am
Don't you mean the NEW parcel tax that would be added onto the over $800.00 extra tax we already pay for PUSD? You know, the about $860.00 extra per household? The tax that the School District refinanced without voter approval and spent with NO accountability? THAT PARCEL TAX? You opened up another can of worms. No wonder we tax payers rejected the extra parcel tax; when they couldn't even responsibly spend the current one wisely.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Wrong, we are currently paying on a school district bond based on the value of your home. My tax bill shows a payment of $600.00.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Wrong again! I believe you are confused and probably don't know how to read your tax form or Assessments. I am not talking about your County portion, but the parcel tax voted by the citizens of Pleasanton a ways back. When did you come to town? Never the less, with Narum on board with all of her donations received from all of those Developers; we could be headed for more taxes in order to help support all of the new development coming to Pleasanton.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 7:29 pm
To the person who keeps changing his name (i.e." Wrong Factchecker", and "Wrong Factchecker").
Pleasanton has never passed a school parcel tax. Not long ago, or ever. There is a bond measure that passed, as "???" correctly pointed out, and it is not $860. It is based on the value of the house. The money can only be used for school facilities, like building improvements. Money from a parcel tax can be used for things like class size reduction and reading specialists. Pleasanton has never passed a school parcel tax.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 8:54 pm
John, if "There is a bond measure that passed, as "???" correctly pointed out, and it is not $860. It is based on the value of the house.", then how do you know it isn't $860.00? I'm just curious.
John, you go on to say that "the Bond Debt can only be used for school facilities, like building improvements." I can assure that your assertion isn't true. Even traditional Bond Funds, not the Capital Appreciations Bonds that have been abused by the PUSD, are subject to many drains on the principal. If you think for one second that Bond Funding dollars for school districts ALL make it toward their intended purpose ... you should view the Bond dollar as Salmon running up stream.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 10:19 pm
"Money from a parcel tax can be used for things like class size reduction and reading specialists."
If they guaranteed the parcel tax money would have been used for CSR and reading specialists, it would have passed. They refused. They made vague promises instead.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 pm
"then how do you know it isn't $860.00? I'm just curious."
Because of the tax bills I've been getting for years and there is no $860 assessment on my bill? It isn't a fixed amount, like a parcel tax. It is based on the value of your house. Are you perhaps a youngster who hasn't yet paid taxes? Do you see now that Pleasanton has never passed a school parcel tax?
" I can assure that your assertion isn't true..."
It is certainly true that those bond funds can't be used to hire reading specialists or reduce class sizes. Only parcel tax funds can be used for those purposes.
And please, quit using multiple names. What's the point in doing that, unless you're just trying to confuse everyone?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 10:26 pm
To "nope" (or perhaps the same person who keeps changing is name),
Do you understand the difference between "can be" and "shall be"? Do you understand the difference between "can be" and "cannot be"? Parcel tax funds can be used for those purposes, as I said. Bond funds cannot be.
Some person, who keeps using different names (perhaps a child -- I don't know), claimed that Pleasanton already had a parcel tax. It does not.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2013 at 11:51 pm
"then how do you know it isn't $860.00? I'm just curious."
""Because of the tax bills I've been getting for years and there is no $860 assessment on my bill? It isn't a fixed amount, like a parcel tax. It is based on the value of your house.""
If it isn't a fixed amount, and it is based on the value of a home, how do you know someone else with a home of greater, or lesser, value isn't paying more or less than you do. You really don't make sense.
a resident of Ironwood
on Apr 9, 2013 at 7:19 am
Have you considered another thing these supporters of Kathy's have in common? A history in Pleasanton, a concern for its past and its future. Families who they have raised in Pleasanton. Civic organizations they have served. A passion for the City and what it has provided for their families, their businesses, their churches, their non-profits. I see a list of people like Kathy who have worked tirelessly for the betterment of this City. People who have brought you many of the things that were the reason you likely came to town in the first place. Maybe even built the home you live in?
And to insinuate Kathy wields some sort of undue influence over the East Side Task Force is laughable. If you have ever attended one of these meetings you see a committee of 18 diverse individuals who represent competing interests (business owners, past mayors and council people, land owners, city commissioners, neighborhood representatives, Zone 7 people, etc.) As a Planning Commissioners, Kathy and Jen Pearce jointly "run" the meetings which only means trying to keep us on task and following an agenda. They have no more "influence" over the committee than anyone else.
Pleasanton is not a political party-affiliation kind of town. People who get elected tend to have a history here - a history of serving on committees, participating in service activities, giving generously of their time as they raise their families and strive to maintain the charm of our City.
For all of these reasons, I believe Kathy Narum is the only candidate qualified to participate on the City Council.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 9, 2013 at 7:54 am
To the person posting as "to john",
You said "how do you know someone else with a home of greater, or lesser, value isn't paying more or less than you do." I never claimed that someone wouldn't. When you or someone else were posting as "Wrong Factchecker", you or someone else said "You know, the about $860.00 extra per household?" That says "per household". It was you or "Wrong Factchecker" who was making the "per household" claim, not I. Do you get it now? It is not $860 "per household". It depends on the value of the house (and is a bond, not a parcel tax).
a resident of Kottinger Ranch
on Apr 9, 2013 at 8:42 am
I was thinking of supporting Kathy until I learned that she took money from the Tong/Lin Family Dynasty. They sued us and our friends all so they could rob Pleasanton of scenic ridges to put mega mansions where the beautiful oak trees are now.
If she is beholden to the Lin Family, I say RUN away from her FAST!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 9, 2013 at 9:02 am
Most of these up-standing citizens (as you call them) on Narum's List, have BIG egos. Believe me, most of them have received more then they have given. While placing their names out there for recognition, they are making the bucks. They have been making the bucks for years. Most want to know what is in it for them. Don't kid yourself. I have watched these egos perform for over 40 yrs.. Some have never done anything for this Community. Don't get me wrong, there have been the few, who acted out of the goodness of their hearts.
a resident of Deer Oaks/Twelve Oaks
on Apr 9, 2013 at 4:52 pm
David Miller, Are you wondering why the business community is not supporting you? On top of everything else now you and your Tea Party supporters have personally insulted the construction Industry, development community, real estate industry and the business community in general. I thought you said you were pro-business candidate and you wanted to encourage business to grow in Pleasanton. Can you explain how you intend to do that without a development, construction, or real estate industry? If you are so anti-business, why did you appear before the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and ask for their endorsement?
Here is why I'm not supporting you: You have been in Pleasanton less than four years. You don't have a business in town, nor do you work in town. You don't sit on or have you ever volunteered for any city commissions or boards, you don't belong to any local service clubs or organizations. I understand you joined the Pleasanton Chamber the week before the candidate's interviews. Are you going to drop out now that you didn't get their endorsement?
Now with zero experience, you want to be on the Pleasanton City council. Why? Because you are against everything and for some reason you are mad at everyone. Do you think we are all involved in some vast left wing conspiracy?
David, why don't you take some time and learn about our City. It's a great place once you get to know it. Get involved, join in, and take some time to learn about this wonderful place we call home. Why don't you take the time to meet some of the business people that are supporting your opponents? Most of them have been participating in Pleasanton politics since you were in grammar school. Try being a little nicer David. You might be a better candidate next time.
My family and I have been in the community since before stop lights. I started my business here in 1972. If you would like to get together some time and talk about Pleasanton, I'll be happy to buy you a cup of coffee. I'm very easy to get a hold of.
Frank Capilla
a resident of Del Prado
on Apr 9, 2013 at 5:02 pm
I understand in talking to Kathy that she returned the $100 donation from James Tong. Mr Tong attended a fundraising breakfast others organized for Kathy where the suggested donation was $100 for attending. He gave the minimum. Kathy was not comfortable with accepting this donation from Mr Tong. This was not yet captured on the last donations report but will be reflectd on the next one.
a resident of Avignon
on Apr 9, 2013 at 5:17 pm
David Miller says he wants to fight the RHNA housing allocation and regain local control.
Where was David Miller when all the meetings on this topic came up. We attended nearly every meeting on the Housing Element work and never saw him at one metting and never heard him speak. Can't see any record of this from meeting notes either - I encourage others to check out minutes and see for your self.
Also Miller does not seem to understand history of this issue and why slower growth members of the team like Matt Sullivan and Cindy McGovern joined the rest of the council in a 5-0 vote to settle the law suit. The city had already lost over $3M fighting this losing battle and was risking losing even more if we did not settle. Worst case if we kept fighting a losing battle was to be told that developers could "build by right" which meant that the city would have zero control over what the planned building would look like.
Fortunately, we stopped before we lost 100% of control.
Bottom line though I am tired of hearing how David Miller says he is only person who will stand up and fight when in fact the former Council fought for 3 years and state law prevailed. I don't want to throw away millions more on losing battles. We need to move forward and make Pleasanton the best it can be.
We need candidates who can walk their talk and have not seen that from Miller. Have just seen him try to slam everyone else without saying how he will make things better.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 9, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Note how all these anti-Miller trolls can't quote a single line from our Constitution? Shills. Every single one of them.
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Only guy I'd think about signing through FA would be Michael Bennett if we can get him. Marty has already said he'd like to try and convince him to come to our team.
Spend significant amount of the draft on the O-line.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
Signing Grimes will cost more than keeping Webster, even after a major injury. And Webster is not getting paid 9million. He gets paid his base. The cap hit just includes the signing bonuses he was paid earlier in the restructure. People need to let it go as if he's getting paid a probowl corner's salary. He's getting paid the median for a starter in the current market. That high number is due to some sloppy restructuring on behalf of the FO, not Webster.
The Giants value cornerbacks, even bad ones, too much for them to let Webster go. And he's not a free agent, and they're not cutting him. There was obviously something going on with him this year, you don't go from a virtual shutdown corner to what he was this year for no reason. I don't think it would be a real bad bet to think that Webster comes back looking a whole lot better than he did this year. If Webster regains his form, and Prince stays healthy you've got a pretty good pair of corners right there.
I think Kenny Phillips is in far more jeopardy of going elsewhere. First off he's a FA, so he can leave of his own accord; second, with his injury situation the Giants may not be willing to spend big money on him while some other teams might take a chance; and third, I think there's going to have to be a choice made between Brown and Phillips, since they're going to have to pay Brown more next year too. I see Phillips as the guy that might leave because of Brown's INT numbers this year, and Brown will still probably be the lower priced of the two. I really can't see them signing both of them with their salary cap situation. Also, Rolle is back, Will Hill is probably the most athletic safety we've got and he looks ready for prime time, and if they sign Brown, I just don't see Phillips being back.
Also, Tuck stays and collects the cash for the final year of his contract, no question. Reese won't cut him, and he doesn't appear to be retiring.
Diehl is a mystery. I really thought he'd announce his retirement by now. If he forces the issue and comes back, then somebody has to make a decision, and I think that decision is that Diehl gets cut. Either way, I dont see him being on the opening day roster.
Bennett is a guy I'm sure they'd like to keep, and he said he's willing to work out a favorable contract to stay, so I'm hoping he's a Giant for the next four or five years.
Osi, I dont see coming back, unless the market falls flat for him. That could happen since his value as a full-time DE is zero. I'm not sure how many teams are willing to pay for a pass rushing specialist who didn't get that many sacks this year. If he comes back it won't be a very big salary, and I hope they alternate him with a run stopping DE, someone in the Curtis McGriff mold.
Boothe comes back, I'm pretty sure of that one, and Beatty is a no brainer.
Barden and HIxon are very low priorities. I like Barden and I'd almost like to see him go somewhere that he would have a real chance of playing. I think that even if the Giants try to keep him, getting real playing time is going to be a big part of his decision. I see Barden looking for the playing time, and leaving.
Cruz is another no brainer; but he needs to be realistic in his expectations. The Giants simply can't afford to break the bank on one player. They have another batch of big time free agents next year.
Baas hasn't been worth his contract in my book; but the coaches like him, so I think he stays and plays. The only thing that might hurt him is the salary cap situation. If they slide Boothe to center (which hasn't worked all that well in the past) they might consider cutting Baas to get rid of his contract; but I dont think that's very realistic.
Who's coming: I don't see any marquee free agents being signed, it just hasn't worked out all that well in the past. I hope we see at least one top tier OL and DL early in the draft. I'd love to see a big run stopping DE and a massive run blocking RT drafted. We need to get back to the nasty, immovable DL, and the straight ahead, pancake blocking RT. Tuck might be better served by sliding down to DT. I think they need a good MLB early on too.
That's a lot to ask for from where we're drafting, and BPA isn't going to plug the holes in this team. Reese might have to pass on a highly ranked skill guy to take an almost as highly ranked beast lineman. But, I think that's what's needed this year. We need two or three nasty SOB's to come in and shake these units up upfront. I don't want dirty players; but I want some guys who don't take no for an answer and play at full steam all the time. We need to get some attitude back on both sides of the ball.
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Cruz's situation is going to end up like Steve Smith's. I do not think the Giants will have enough space to give him a contract, and Reese believes that Randle, Barden, and Jernigan can develop for a cheap price. If Cruz gets the contract, do no expect Nicks to be a giant for long and do not expect to sign any big time free agents. Webster is not going to be cut and his contract is to big to restructure because it will keep us from locking up our young guys in the future. Osi and Benard will be gone. Beatty will get a solid contract and Boothe may be gone, I think Boothe will test the market.
Reese needs to lock up Cruz long term and let his free agent busts play out there contracts until its a reasonable price to cut them. For a team that builds though the draft, its kind of silly that we are this tight against the cap, that shows that the GM does not know a thing about managing the cap. Its not like we make big free agent splashes, we paid to much for average guys in free agency and did to much restructuring that hurt us in the long run.
" In Reese to Sign a Bust"
looks like the team will shopping at WalMart this year for help due to the salary cap mess..