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If you're an artist living anywhere near Portland, or want to pay Portland a visit, here's something to consider:The Artist's Job: Making a Life and a Living as an Artist … [Read more...]
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During the past half century, one American president after the other has allowed a small group of Cuban exiles to dictate policy toward that nation. A Democrat and a Republican have decided to introduce a bill to end the decades old ban on travel to Cuba and restore a semblance of reality to the world of Latin America and the United States. There are an estimated 118 other co-sponsors of the bill which now stands an excellent chance of being adopted. It is estimated about 75,000 Americans either legally or illegally visit Cuba despite efforts by former president Bush to enforce the ban.
Common sense would allow travel to Cuba given there is now legal travel to such communist dictatorships as China and Vietnam. Mel Martinez who represents hard-core Cubans opposing lifting the ban promises to fight against it. The old world is dying and it is now the 21st century. Let's shine some light of reality on Cuba.


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Manchester City are to send a strongly worded letter to Hampshire police to ask for an official explanation about its allegations that Joey Barton made offensive gestures to Portsmouth's supporters at Fratton Park last weekend.
City are so incensed by the accusations they are threatening to take the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission if they do not receive a swift and satisfactory response.
"An unnamed officer purported to have seen something that clearly did not happen," said the City spokesman, Paul Tyrrell. "We have written to the police asking for an explanation. We hope to get a swift response because we are sure they do not want to put any more time and effort into an investigation that, quite frankly, is going nowhere."
The police had claimed that an officer at Saturday's game witnessed an incident involving a player that was of "cause for concern" and that the details would be submitted to the Football Association for it to decide whether disciplinary action was necessary. Last night the police chose not to make any further comment.
City insist that Barton has become a victim of his reputation, with the manager, Stuart Pearce, talking earlier this week of a "witch-hunt". The club's hierarchy is so determined to clear Barton of any wrongdoing that it contacted the FA yesterday to request the governing body drop its inquiries into whether Barton should face disciplinary measures.
"We would like to think the FA will expedite this, so we can put the matter to bed," said Tyrrell. "We have spoken to the FA because there is clearly no evidence of Joey conducting himself in anything other than the right and professional way."
Barton had been accused of making a gesture to the crowd at the end of a match in which his challenge from behind on Pedro Mendes saw the Portuguese midfielder taken off on a stretcher. Harry Redknapp, who has been charged by the FA with misconduct for allegedly abusing the referee, Mike Dean, at half-time, later accused Barton of deliberately setting out to injure Mendes and said the 24-year-old should have received a red card.
Those remarks have gone down badly at City and the relationship between the two clubs has been sorely tested. However, there have been talks behind the scenes over the past 48 hours and a truce appears to have been called, albeit an uneasy one. City had complained to Portsmouth "because of the way their chief steward reported [to the media] an allegation as a matter of fact". Portsmouth are understood to have acknowledged it was handled badly and their apology has been accepted.
Emile Mpenza, the 28-year-old Belgium striker, has joined Manchester City after severing his contract with the Qatar club Al Rayyan.


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The Genuine Progress Indicator Picks Up Steam
- 07-05-2013
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The Vermont Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), developed by the Gund Institute, will be reported to the Vermont State Legislature in July. In the meantime coverage and information about alternative indicators to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is picking up steam in the local and national media.
The Burlington Free Press covered the upcoming release last week in Tim Johnson's piece "Better off?". Gund Fellows Jon Erickson and Eric Zency are quoted in the article, as is Senator Anthony Pollina who was the chief sponsor of Act 113 authorizing the use of GPI as a complement to Vermont's use of Gross State Product. Pollina's quote in the article sums up one of the key arguments for alternative indicators, ""I was having my breakfast, and I opened up the newspaper, and there was an article that said Vermont had one of the strongest gross domestic products or gross state products of any state in the country," he said. "So that seemed pretty good, that Vermont had such a strong economy. "Then I turned the page," he continued, "and it said hunger had increased by a third in the state over the last year. That got me thinking about the need for a different kind of indicator that would put us more in touch with reality.""
Vermont's GPI efforts were mentioned in the Times Argus' coverage of the Slow Living Summit in early June. Maryland's recent GPI meeting was covered by thinkprogress.org in a piece "How Maryland is Envisioning an Economic Future Beyond GDP". Finally, Forbes Magazine published an article, "Does High GDP Mean Economic Prosperity?" covering some of the key differences between GPI and GDP.
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This isn't the blockbuster deal you have become used to from the Toronto Blue Jays, but it's one that could have a serious impact down the road. Specialists out of the bullpen are not very highly regarded by the press or the fans but to a team in contention they are as valuable as anyone in the clubhouse. Tony Davis a left-handed reliever with the Quebec Capitales of the Independent Can-Am League was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays, according to the Globe and Mail this past Friday. Davis has spent four years in professional baseball, the majority of that with the Minnesota Twins organization. During that time he made it as high as AA and put up some impressive numbers along the way. In 112 games his ERA stands at 3.58 in 161 innings, struck out 139 and picked up 11 wins to go with seven losses. He does appears to have some control problems, giving up 5.1 walks per/9 but his time in Quebec saw that number nearly cut in half to 3.1 per/9 (thanks again to baseballreference.com for the statistics). Even when pitching in the Independent Leagues, when you put up numbers like a 1.06 ERA in 20 games and strikeout 16 in 17 innings someone is bound to take notice. At 24, Davis still has many years left to become that LOOGY every team needs and a 2.51 ERA in 44 appearances with the Twins AA teams prove it. The Indy Leagues are becoming a serious resource for MLB teams as evidenced by recent signings such as Kyle Mertins (previously reported by The GM's Perspective) and it definitely won't be the last. Let this be a reminder to those still living the dream. A release or a demotion isn't the worst thing in the world. Indy ball could be that new beginning you are looking for. Davis and Mertins are prime examples of that. Devon is the Founder and Executive Director of The GM's Perspective. He is a former professional baseball player with the River City Rascals & Gateway Grizzlies. Currently, Devon is a Manager at a financial institution in Northern Ontario Canada, and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can follow The GM's Perspective on Twitter and Facebook. His full bio can be seen here.
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So, today sees the self-appointed 'English Defence League' (EDL) decend on Cambridge, for a protest march which will last two hours. These marches are notoriously violent, disruptive and costly, with Cambridgeshire Police sending more than 670 officers to the march route. There have already been reports of broken bottles and beer cans being launched at the attending officers, as a sort of makeshift missile, and local residents are hugely dismayed that the march is allowed to go on.
Using the #EDL hashtag on Twitter, us BDT'ers have already seen such tweets as
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What is most terrifying though, is that many of these people don't even seem to know what they're even protesting against. Here's a video which was posted to YouTube of a TV interview with an EDL member, and if it wasn't so horrifying, it would almost be funny.
Given that the interviewee can barely speak English himself, does he really have an argument against immigrants? This level of ignorance and bigotry seems to be endemic in the UK, and since 9/11 it seems as though it's almost sanctioned, like it's okay to hate Muslims because of what Osama Bin Laden and his MINORITY have done.
Let me ask you this, EDL members, would it be okay to hate all Germans because of what Hitler did? Because let me tell you, the Holocaust was more hideous than your tiny minds can comprehend.
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On the Boulder campus, 120 Departmental Property Managers (DPMs) track and control over $285 million dollars' worth of capital equipment, defined as an item costing $5,000 or more, having a useful life greater than a year, and being a standalone item. CU-Boulder has close to 10,000 pieces of capital equipment being tracked and controlled by our DPMs.
To help them accomplish this task, Accounting and Business Support (ABS), the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) and Property Services have created an online centralized point of contact called Property Central. A single webpage, www.colorado.edu/property, Property Central has been designed with links to the people and forms necessary for the capital equipment process. In the past, a big frustration for property managers was figuring out which department or person to contact with questions. The Property Central webpage is designed to be more intuitive around tasks DPMs need to complete.
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With this edition, I close the books on Head Butler 2009, settle in by the fire with wife, child and a stack of books, and rediscover what life is like without a daily deadline. I hope this break is a splendid opportunity for you to do the same — catch up, refresh, trade the virtual for the real, think, heal.
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East Fork Baptist Church will be celebrating its 139th Homecoming services beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, with Kevin and Jennifer Steele as we worship in song.
We are blessed to have and welcome our new pastor Chan Chandler with his wife, Melody, and children Selah, Sam, Neva and Ridge, serving alongside the church congregation. We invite all members, former members, family and friends to share in this special day in the life of East Fork Baptist.
Rev. Charles Dean, a former pastor will be the 11 a.m. worship speaker. He served from 1961-63 in the church. He shared the first message in the current brick sanctuary in May of 1964, praising God for His blessing of a new and beautiful place of worship.
Our humble beginning was in 1874, when 13 members from the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church assembled to begin a church in the upper Cruso community, calling this new church East Fork Baptist. They met in a one-room log schoolhouse and the small group struggled to stay together, but with the help of God they started to grow. They drew up a covenant, articles of faith, rules of order and called the Rev. J.V. Reece as the first pastor.
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Everyone is welcome to attend the homecoming. The church is located in the Cruso Community at 13175 Cruso Road, Hwy 276 South of Waynesville across from the Cruso Community Center.


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I've asked black folks the same things as she was talking about. Ones that I respected, and they knew that. I'm curious how people interact with other people. If people know you are doing it to learn they are fine with it. I've asked the same type questions to Jehova's witnesses.
I didn't say that Dr. Laura called her an N-word. She called in and started explaining her problem and then Dr. Laura basically just said she needs to lighten up, then the caller says something like, "even if they use the n-word?" and she's like yeah, chill out. I find this to be terrible advice. I would find it unacceptable for someone in her husbands family or a friend to refer to her as an n-word. I suppose we can't be sure that this is the case, or if she just meant it as a what if question, but I just think that Dr. Laura didn't handle it in a good way.
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How to Differentiate and Select CPA Council Candidates
Original post made by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Sep 24, 2009
I will endorse people I know who are running for elective office and in my view are good choices locally, but I don't look to get sought out by candidates, nor do I want to be. I do support those who have asked me for an endorsement if I think it is the right thing for me to do.
But I am thinking about where I was as a dad, a guy with an SF job, a person who had no clue who were our elected officials and appointed Commissoiners less than 10 years ago. I had no clue who was in charge of our City or School District.
I chose to get involved. I worked on the language (Spanish) immersion effort in the mid-1990's, and then for reasons that are not worth explaining, I now am the longest serving member of the City of Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission.
And I get to blog about stuff in town.
I think most Palo Altans are like the way I describe myself before I chose to get involved. For parents of young and elementary schools aged children, the involvement is much more intense, but its half life goes quickly for many after that. Involvemt may continue with private organations, but schol involvemetn drops in a huge way when the kids get to middle schools. Having an understanding of how things work in the City of Palo Alto, as opposed to the PAUSD, is even less understood, from what I perceive.
And the role as a citizen/parent also changes, compared with being a parent/citizen.
The choices for those who sit on the dais at City Hall has limited correlation of understanding for many who are active in the schools and other activities that are independent of what the City of Palo Alto provides. Many things the City does are for members of our community that an individual voter knows nothing about and does not experience. That said, those things are important to the fabric of this community.
It is not clear to me that how people choose their City Council members is based on as informed an understanding of who they are choosing than is the case for the school board or various private and school site organziations.
So when it comes to selecting our next City Council members, just what is it that we are in need of and looking for? How does that decision get informed to the public at large?
The PAN folks, who represent the various Palo Alto neighborhood assocations, have another candidates forum this year, and that is great. What about the rest of folks who cannot make that?
Are the City Council candidates creating distinct positions and points of view? What are the key ones that you are in support of or will lead you to not voting for a candidate?
Please focus on the issues, not the candidates, whether you support a particular position or oppose it
I have my points of view, but that is not the point. It is for those who weigh in on PA Online to provide some thinking.
And it up to the candidates to decide if what those who weigh in on this blog are offering thought and perspective, or just want to provide invective and negativity. What is said may affect the thinking the candidates have, but please use care when you offer your thoughts. I tire quickly of polemics directed at me that are extreme or too ideoligical, one way or the other. Imagine how candiates for office feel about such comments.
And I suspect the current candidates are all terrific folks, so they need points of view on the issues, not their qualifications or character. Unless there is a point of view that the sort of background a candidate has does not fit with the imperatives we need from our next City Council.
5 positions are up for election. Think about your choices seriously.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 24, 2009 at 6:28 pm
We will not support candidates who seek endorsement from SEUI
1/SEIU does not serve the best interests of the Voters
2/SEIU would require some thing in exchange for endorsement which will not serve the best interests of PA voters
3/SEIUs relationships with ACORN, which are now under investigation, means that many politicians on the left are distancing themselves,
even Barney Frank
That leaves 2 candidates worthy of our potential support.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 24, 2009 at 6:51 pm
You are to be commended for not locking your blog. You, clearly, have the guts to stay in the kitchen and take the heat.
You have been active in youth sports, and you have promoted the playing fields solution. It is unfinished business, but there has been significant progress. Good for you, and some others.
"Please focus on the issues, not the candidates".
What are the "issues", Paul? Since you pitched the concept, I think it is up to you define those issues. Am I being unfair?
I will respond to your specific issues, and the positions that you take.
a resident of Palo Alto
on Sep 24, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Paul Losch is a registered user.
Thanks for the comments about some things in town in which I have been involved.
My intent with this blog is to hear from others in town about what they think the issues are. Sharon has provided one relating to current SEIU matters.
I am not running for City Council. Those that are will benefit from hearing points of view on Town Square around what the electorate in Palo Alto is seeking in the next election.
Going back and forth with the likes of me is not the point on issues. This blog is seeking points of view from others about what the most critical things are when we consider whom to choose for City Council.
I am sure we could have a fine conversation about my points of view over a Peet's Coffee, but not on this venue.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 24, 2009 at 7:53 pm
It seems to me that one of the most critical things in this City is the communication between City Council and PAUSD. There seems to be a huge disconnect as the City keeps on approving housing and the school district has no choice but to educate the kids that move here.
At some stage there has to be more communication on this issue. If the City is going to continue with its present housing agenda then it is also going to have to find some City owned land on which to school the children that undoubtedly will come. Even in ABAG housing designed for single or double occupancy, or senior housing, children will come and legitimately (or perhaps not so legitimately) reside in them.
For this reason, any candidate who advocates more communication between the two will be listened to by many of us with children going to school in PAUSD.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 25, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Douglas Moran is a registered user.
On differentiation on the issues: PAN (Palo Alto Neighborhoods)created a questionnaire for the Council candidates and the responses are now online at its website Web Link . You can read a candidate's positions on all of the issues or for an issue read all of the responses to that issue.
Endorsement (unsolicited) from Council member Sid Espinosa: "If you want to know what's important to Palo Altans today, read the PAN questionnaire. I have told council candidates that no other survey will better prepare them for the breadth of issues covered during the campaign or their council service. The PAN questionnaire hits nearly every hot issue facing the city today."
On the PAN Forum: We are _trying_ to get it recorded for replay on cable's Public Access and to make it into a streaming video for download from the web, possibly breaking it up into segments that can be posted to YouTube. Note that I said "trying"--at this time, we haven't been able to find people with interest, available time and skills to do this (most of the interested people are working on individual campaigns leaving very few to work on forums).
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 25, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Douglas Moran is a registered user.
On candidate qualities other than position on the issues, see my Palo Alto Weekly Guest Opinion from the 2005 election (in Nov 2 edition: Web Link).
PS on the PAN questionnaire: I intended to publish a backgrounder on the questions (relevant facts and histories, basic controversies,...) at the time that the responses were released, but that is pending.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 25, 2009 at 8:33 pm
PAN's image has been tarnished in recent days with revelation that they knew about the California avenue tree massacre and did nothing about it. Do we really care what they think about council candidates? How many residents do many of these self- appointed neighborhood leaders really represent? Do they not have an interest inelecting people that they can easily influence? Be wary of any PAN endorsements
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 25, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Who are the 2 candidates worthy of support? thanks!
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 26, 2009 at 12:47 am
Douglas Moran is a registered user.
RE: "Wary of PAN": When no one following up on the claim that PAN members were involved in tree massacre, even a newbie should have recognized that as a sign that the charge was a groundless and that the perpetrator has such a bad reputation that his claims don't merit rebuttals.
The perpetrator took participation in a meeting for public input for a grant proposal that wasn't funded--and hence that project never happened--and claimed it was for an entirely unrelated project (the tree massacre).
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 26, 2009 at 6:55 am
Doug-- if someone disagrees with you and/or critcizes PAN, he is labelled a"perpetrator"? What exactly did I " perpetrate"? I thought we lived in a world where questioning of organizations was welcome. I guess things are different in Moran-world
a resident of Palo Alto
on Sep 26, 2009 at 10:21 am
Paul Losch is a registered user.
Wary and Doug (whom I know):
Within the exchange you have had on this thread is an issue around how the public is communicated with around significant changes in Palo Alto's infrastructure, the California Avenue tree issue being an example of how it should have been done differently and better.
What does that imply for what to look for in our next City Council members? That is the point of this thread
Take any further discussion about the merits or lack thereof of PAN to a new thread.
Thank you
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 26, 2009 at 2:30 pm
There are several HUGE issues facing Palo Alto:
• City Budget, e.g., business tax, utilities fund transfer to general fund, employee salaries & benefits
• "New Urbanism"/PC Zoning/Comprehensive Plan Amendment: What do you want your city to look like in the next 10+ years?
• High Speed Rail
Whatever your opinion of PAN, the web page Doug refers to provides lots of good information. This is a critical election.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 26, 2009 at 2:34 pm
"RE: "Wary of PAN": When no one following up on the claim that PAN members were involved in tree massacre, even a newbie should have recognized that as a sign that the charge was a groundless and that the perpetrator has such a bad reputation that his claims don't merit rebuttals."
Here you go, Doug (BTW, Doug, I never said PAN leaders were involved--I just said that they knew about it and did nothing):
Web Link
(scroll down to the Fred Balin post from sept. 20th)
3. Failure of Neighborhood Leaders to Sound the Alarm
On Friday, September 10, three days and four evenings before the start of the tree removal, Public Works sent out a project notification to Ronna Devincenzi, President of CAADA entitled "CALIFORNIA AVENUE STREET TREE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. She forwarded it on to the CAADA email list and to the leadership of Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN), which, in turn, forwarded it to its membership of neighborhood leaders. Now the endgame was clear and public.
a resident of University South
on Sep 27, 2009 at 10:22 am
stephen levy is a registered user.
For me there are two big issues I am interested in knowing where Council candidates stand.
One is the set of issues around growth including housing, Stanford, high speed rail and our role in the region.
Two is the set of issues around the city budget--what services do we want, how should they be paid for, what to do about the seemingly unsustainable path of retirement benefits that were promised as a result of contract negotiations.
On the first set of issues, I will look for candidates who expect Palo Alto to play an active and positive role in addressing regional growth issues. We have an active set of public policies about requiring reasonable steps to mitigate the impact of growth on the community and environment. But, within that, I would hope candidates respect the right of local businesses and Stanford to plan for their future.
On the second set of issues, I prefer to live in a community with a high level of services and am willing to pay for theses services. The recession has made always difficult budget decisions even more challenging, including the impact of promised retirement benefits for city employees. I will look for candidates that offer specific proposals where the arithmetic works and also for candidates who treat the retirement funding challenge with respect for city employees.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 27, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
I look, as yet unrewarded, for the candidate who will seek to redefine the permissible scope of City governance. I don't want to be led, taught, encouraged to be a better person or shown the new Jerusalem of Gaea, I just want the joint kept together, cheap utilities and the yahoos kept in check.
I ain't gonna get any of it. Pity.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 29, 2009 at 8:50 pm
We see that John Hackman is a candidate for CPA council.
His pitch is cutting cost, good, we believe he has also rejected ACORN/SEIU sponsorship, even better.
The sooner ACORN/SEIU influence is revealed and purged from the political process the better, even Barney Franks agrees.
SEIU/ACORN must be investigated and purged from the the political process when found guilty of corruption
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Oct 1, 2009 at 4:22 am
Boy, does this all sound familiar. You want issues? How about looking hard at Palo Alto's governance model, and how that model perpetuates not only itself, but many of the same problems (from a structural perspective) from election-to-election. As the world turns...
For instance:
1) does it really matter what any one Council candidate elaborates as a position, given that that Council candidate will need 4 more votes to move on that position, should s/he be elected. Sure, it matters to a degree, but how much does that degree *mean* in the large picture, when a 9-person dynamic becomes involved?
2) Where is the locus of power in Palo Alto? Does it reside with the Council? City Manager? Both? WHO (name one person) is accountable for not fulfilling a vision? The answer to that question doesn't exist, because the answer is "it depends". Does the City Manager's head roll if the streets aren't fixed, or capital intake slows down? Does the Mayor?
Why do I bring this up? Because Palo Alto, like so many municipalities in America has an outdated governance model. It's a model that worked great in times of no constraint - i.e. a large body of people with innumerable commissions and almost unlimited citizen input (on even the smallest decisions) that grind adaptation to a halt. Palo Alto cannot elaborate a vision, because no 9-person body of political representatives will every agree on a large vision. They may agree ona a smaller municipal project (like the library), but when the big picture comes into play, it's fireworks, and sub-optimal decision-making, borne of too many decision makers, and a governance model that eliminates ultimate responsibility and accountability. Power in Palo Alto is diffuse, and as a result, it's largely dysfunctional. That's why we keep having the sdame old problems popping up, over and over again.
How to fix this? Elect a Mayor, and shrink the Council to 5, or 7 members (preferably, 5) Give the Mayor just enough separation of power to hire and fire the City Manager. Pay the Mayor and Council members 1/3/ to 1/2 the median Palo Alto wage. That way, Palo Altans will get to hear a *diversity* of positions and visions from candidates, with a really good chance if we elect a Mayor, we'll also elect a few people who agree with him, among a smaller body of decisino makers. What does that enable? Forward direction - instead of relecting on a bi-annual basis a siginifcant portion of a 9-member Council that doesn't really have a leader with enough power to elaborate a vision.
If the Mayor fails to deliver, we elect a new Mayor. That way we risk only 4 years of bad decision making, rather than repeating the merry-go-round of process that a large body of collaborative process leads to.
Palo Alto's governance model is essentially a bad habit. We've cone to think of the way we govern as "inclusive", and "collaborative" etc. etc., but it's really not. It's mostly slow and ponderous, and wastefull of opportunity that could generate a new spirit of growth and sustainability in Palo Alto.
So, go on with your issues; go to the PAN meetings and hear the same old, same old - often organized by the same neighborhood representatives (all good, well-meaning people) that have been operating these things forever (and are comfortable with our present governance model, because they get to play in it, like a sandbox). Even bad habits can feel comfortable.
Can you imagine what it would be like if we had a really accoutable Executive in Palo Alto? Someone who had the power to drive over to Mountain View or Menlo Park and ask about sharing public safety infrastructure, or road maintenance? or someone who could go out and really solicit large capital opportunities, instead of ribbon ncutting visits to foreign capitals and other places (with due respect to the fine people who sit on Council, who are also caught in a metaphorical trap, re: their perception of what governance should be, rather than what it has to become - in order to adapt to serious constraints).
Can you imagine the wonderful political ferment that would occur if we had someone in Palo Alto who's desk is where the buck really stopped - instead of passing the buck around 10 musical chairs (yes, the City Manager is the 10th Council member - don't kid yourselves).
I expect that what I'm pushing for won't happen, because we're not at crisis stage, nor will we probably ever be. We're close to one of the greatest universities in the world; you really have to muck things up to go down the tubes in a sitation like that, but it does lead to a kind of stagnation that is mind-numbing, leaving those of us who have seen the power of what an elected Executive can do.(and sometimes it's not all good - far from it, but at least you can throw the bum out - here, we get to elect a lot of decision makers, but we can't throw the governance process out).
And so, the world turns...
a resident of Professorville
on Oct 4, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Way up above Sharon said..
"We will not support candidates who seek endorsement from SEUI
1/SEIU does not serve the best interests of the Voters
2/SEIU would require some thing in exchange for endorsement which will not serve the best interests of PA voters
3/SEIUs relationships with ACORN, which are now under investigation, means that many politicians on the left are distancing themselves,
even Barney Frank
That leaves 2 candidates worthy of our potential support."
"We"? Does Sharon presume to speak for all of Palo Alto? Who is the "we"?
SEIU is not supposed to serve the best interest of the voters. SEIU is a labor union and is supposed to serve the best interests of the people it represents, who pay the dues. That is like saying "Green Waste" does not serve the best interest of the voters. A long time ago the city workers voted to belong to a union. It is their right to do so. And they did.
As regards the whole SEIU endorsement brouhaha.. I would direct readers to this link..by LaDoris Cordell.
Web Link
"Therefore for these candidates to single out only SEIU's endorsement is naive at best and hypocritical at worst.
Tensions are high as the city management and union leaders negotiate SEIU's new contract. Talk of a pending strike has escalated. This is not the time for council candidates to engage in union bashing, which, sadly, is exactly what those who have singled out the union in this fashion are encouraging."
As regards SEIU and ACORN...or rather as regards trying to use the current right wing assault on ACORN as ammo against SEIU...
I would direct readers to...
Web Link
Web Link
And for some specifics as to how the next target for the fringe right is SEIU, see this link.
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It is my hope that a fair settlement can be reached soon as regards the city workers and management. I do not hope for a strike.
However should one occur, or loom ever more likely on the horizon.
I would encourage citizens to first look at the ideological Godfather of the current intransigent stance taken by management....
Web Link
(It's San Mateo Co., but is the kickoff of the current mindset). I view this Grand Rigged Jury as an abuse of the Grand Jury process----using a grand jury in order to facilitate a group price fixing consensus. If the various managers had met and agreed to all hold a certain line as regards negotiations this would have probably been a prosecutable crime.
But in any event....getting to the meat of the matter.
While there is a recession and I can see the need for some belt tightening.....
It seems fools have rushed in and we may all be the victims of a right wing spin job. If a strike does come to pass, I ask readers to look at the above links, see the vitriolic right wing posts here opposed to SEIU (and playing the ACORN card) and ask if you wish the city management to be played by these people and to these ends? Do you want your tax dollars spent as part of a right wing national campaign against SEIU?
They targeted ACORN to get at Obama (ACORN was very successful in registering millions of people to vote and was targeted by Karl Rove back in the Bush era). SEIU was the first major labor union to endorse Obama over Hilary Clinton and is the next target.
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a resident of another community
on Oct 5, 2009 at 6:06 am
Sharon continues to try to blacken the name of hard-working members of SEIU, by trying to tie them to ACORN--an organization she despises because they register minorities to vote and work as community activists (remember how Obama's work as a community activist was denigrated by the republicnas last year). Sharon does not realize that her stratagey will backfire--PA residents treat minorities like real people, unlike Sharon who wants to keep them in ":theri place". She still does not elbaorate on who is this "we" that she constantly refers to.
a resident of Professorville
on Oct 5, 2009 at 7:04 am
Sharon (not Moran, but sounds like it)..
You keep invoking the spectre of ACORN as regards SEIU. It is you, and others of your far right political persuasion, who keep tying the acronyms of ACORN and SEIU together. You, with no doubt fundamental fervor if political wishful thinking, think that it's some slam dunk that the assault on ACORN has all the final chapters written.
I am not privy to the internal dealings as regards the city workers represented by SEIU and the city management. But it seems that long ago an area wide agenda/agreement was devised such that the agenda is union busting. The evidence for this is that, despite the city workers clearly indicating a williness to assist with expenditure reduction, there has been no willingness to meaningfully negotiate on the management side. They have offered a deal they know is unpalatable to the city workers and seem to be driving the bus, if not over the cliff, dangerously close to the precipice.
I don't know if this agenda was devised in tandem with internal political mindsets akin to the ACORN bashers, birthers, folks who clapped when Chicago didn't get to host the Olympics. My guess is that area-wide there is some influence at ordinate levels and some hope to ride the political wave ala Reagans and the Air Traffic Controllers (some on this board have bought that up as a celebratory event). But should this go to a strike the political synapses and allances will be made.
I find it hard to believe that a negotiated settlement can't be reached that the City of Palo Alto can live with. The city workers have had a lot of people retire recently, have opted to forgo COLA raises, have offered to take furlough days, etc.
The city workers I've talked to admit that their healthcare coverage is perhaps better than the average. But years ago they all opted to work here for less money than other cities pay because of the better benefits. The elephant in the room is also that we need a sane national healthcare policy, which would address the true cause of the skyrocketing labor costs. Hiring people unionized and without benefits (if the right wingers were to get their wish on this) does not fix any problem. It just lets the rich get richer and the poor poorer---their agenda all along.
What is a bit surprising to me is that no one has offered to find a meditative third party. ? Open all the books, look at the funds squirreled away (or truly separate as the city claims), look at ways to save money which both work and are palatable to the city workers.
But a different agenda is afoot. Does the City of Palo Alto really want to open Pandora's Box on this?
At first people's knee jerk reaction may be a bit against the city workers. Yes even in liberal Palo Alto. That is just the unavory side of human nature, like liberals who say they aren't racist until an African American family moves in next door. But if this goes to a strike and the real underlying issues, history, not-so-hidden agendas of some like Sharon get a full airing......a different political landscape may be in play (notice I avoid making pronouncements from on high--think I've developed an allergy to such, cept it is fun to try at home on the wife and kids).
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I voted for the School Board members (Dana Tom, Barbara Klausner) based upon their Stanford educations, figuring they would have critical thinking skills. I was disappointed when they had no common sense and voted for Everyday Math. Maybe they've gotten so used to pleasing their superiors (parents, professors) that they could not dissent from the math adoption committee or Superintendent.
Look at personalities when voting. Are they pleasers or do they have the guts to speak up against others who disagree?


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Peer-to-Peer Lending
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Peer-to-peer savings firms like Zopa, Funding Circle and Ratesetter can let you earn a big 7.2% on your cash.
While it can work well if you're able and willing to lock cash away, it's important you understand the risks of this hybrid form of saving and investing before parting with your cash.
This is a full guide to the best peer-to-peer lenders, running through how it works, how it's regulated, what the risks are, and how the different players stack up.
You should've been able to hold peer-to-peer investments in ISAs from 6 April 2016. But only a handful of firms have so far won approval – and major players are STILL waiting. Sign up to our weekly email for alerts.
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What is peer-to-peer lending?
Also known as crowd-lending, these websites are industrial-scale online financial matchmakers; money-cupids matching individual borrowers or companies with savers willing to put money aside for longer, hunting for a good return.
As the banking middle-man is cut out, borrowers often get slightly lower rates, while savers get far improved headline rates, with the sites themselves profiting via a fee.
Peer-to-peer looks like saving, tastes like saving, but as there's no savings safety guarantee, it smells like an investment.
Lending isn't willy-nilly though; borrowers are cherry-picked by
If it appeals to you, you're debt-free, willing to up the risk and put money away for a longer term, then the best way is to start by dipping your toe in the water. Put a small amount of cash in until you're used to it, remembering that each site works slightly differently.
|Savings interest vs peer-to-peer predicted returns
(best rates at May 2017)
|Easy access
|5-year fix
|Normal savings
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|2.7% (1)
|3.9% (2)
|(1) via Ratesetter (2) via Ratesetter
You're covered by the new Personal Savings Allowance
In the past for every Ł100 interest earned, basic-rate taxpayers lost Ł20 in tax, higher rate Ł40. Yet now the personal savings allowance (PSA) means every basic-rate taxpayer can earn Ł1,000 interest without paying tax on it (higher rate Ł500).
The interest you earn is from peer-to peer lending is covered by this although it's worth remembering you do have just one personal savings allowance per tax year. Any interest you earn that exceeds the allowance will be subject to tax.
Additionally, the new 'innovative finance ISA' will allow peer-to-peer savers to lend out up to the annual allowance within an ISA wrapper, so interest on that portion of savings will be tax-free. These were due to launch on 6 April 2016 but so far only a handful of firms have been awarded approval to offer these and none of the big three lenders that we feature below.
We'll update the guide when these ISAs are available, but for more information, see peer-to-peer savings to be included in ISAs.
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You MUST know the risks – peer-to-peer lending isn't for everyone
While for many, it's worked well, returns (and indeed your capital) aren't guaranteed. The primary risk is, of course, not being repaid.
Each peer-to-peer site has its own way to mitigate this risk, most work well, so that's a crucial factor to consider when choosing a site.
Yet that isn't the only thing to consider...
Peer-to-peer is now regulated
Consumers using peer-to-peer sites are now better protected after the industry became regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority from 1 April 2014.
The new rules state that peer-to-peer firms must present information clearly, be honest about risks and have plans ready in case things go wrong. All peer-to-peer firms must meet these rules or face sanctions, which can include large fines.
By April 2017 firms will have to have at least Ł50,000 worth of capital (or more for bigger firms), in reserves to act as a buffer to ensure they can withstand financial shocks or difficulty.
Your cash may not be lent straight away
No interest is paid while your cash is waiting to be lent out. A few thousand pounds should be lent quickly. But if you're lucky enough to have big cash, say, Ł50,000 to put in, it can take a number of weeks, so drip-feed it in. There are ways to speed up lending, but it usually involves getting a lower rate.
There's no savings safety guarantee
With normal UK savings, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme promises it'd pay the first Ł85,000 per person, per financial institution if the institution goes kaput. Peer-to-peer lenders don't have this, even now they're regulated.
If a peer-to-peer site goes bust, who'd collect the loans?
Technically the loans are between you and the recipient, so if the peer-to-peer site goes bust, you'll still be owed. All trade body members are required to have insurance to pay for a third party collection agency, though if it did happen, things aren't likely to run anywhere near as smoothly.
The unknown unknowns
There have been no big horror stories or glaring problems so far in the UK. Yet there have been a few in other countries and as this is a new, innovative industry, factor in the unknown unknowns, which could potentially blight your cash in an unpredictable way.
If you've tried peer-to-peer lending, please let us know if it worked out well for you, and anything extra you think needs adding to the guide .
Best buys: Which peer-to-peer lender should I use?
The market's developing fast, with lots of new sites popping up. However, there's currently a clear top three that make up the majority of the market and give the best returns.
We've listed them below in order of ease of use, not necessarily returns. The most important difference between the sites is how they mitigate your risks as a lender.
Each site works slightly differently. As with a lot of things in life, the greater the risk, the higher the return.
Made to look and feel like normal savings for beginners
Current rates: 2.7% (easy access) 2.5% (1yr) 3.9% (5yr) after fees and bad debts
Fee: Ł0
Unlent cash kept in: Barclays
Min/max lend amount: Ł10/unlimited
Money lent so far: Ł1.87bn
Lenders active: 53,600
Feels most like 'normal' savings.
Ratesetter* is the Rory Bremner of crowd-lending – it's always done a good impression of normal savings accounts. You choose your account and put cash in.
Now Zopa's moved closer to its system, it's easier to compare the two on rates – though Zopa's not currently accepting new investors. Ratesetter also allows you to instantly reinvest the interest, so you can benefit from compounding.
One advantage Ratesetter has over Zopa is it's more customisable over rate. For example, if it suggests a market rate of 5% to you – if you wanted your money to be lent out quicker you could go for 4.8%, or if you were willing to wait you could see if it'd be matched at 5.2%.
Risk mitigation. With Ratesetter's Provision Fund (similar to Zopa's Safeguard), you get a set rate at the time you put money in. You should receive this, unless there are major problems. So far, it's paid out as promised and the Provision Fund has Ł22 million in it.
How quickly can you withdraw money? Its Sell-Out function allows you to exit contracts immediately. But there's a fee to do so, which is on average 1.73%.
For over three years MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has been using all three big peer-to-peer lenders. Here's his experience of Ratesetter – though of course there are no guarantees...
Find out how Martin fared using Ratesetter
My average has been a high 5.1%, as I put more money away for five years at 6% than the 4.9% for three years and 3.8% for one. However, the rates have dropped in recent times, so you won't get these now.
You lend to companies – generally pays top rates
Funding Circle*
Quoted expected return: 7.2% after fees and bad debt
Fee: 1% annual fee + 0.25% if you sell a loan on
Unlent cash kept in: Barclays
Money lent so far: Ł2.2bn
Min/max lend amount: Ł20/unlimited
Lenders active: 61,200
Highest rates – but biggest risk of bad debt
Funding Circle* is the purest peer-to-peer system and lends to businesses. The advertised rates are higher, but so are the bad debt provisions, so it's riskiest. The Government's started using it, with Ł80m put there to fund small businesses.
Risk mitigation. Here, you get a choice. Either:
Bespoke lending: You get each loan proposal and can personally assess each business and whether you want to lend to it. For example, a successful new-build construction firm might want cash to buy equipment so it can expand.
Spread the risk: If you've less time, or no clue how to decide, its Autobid system simply spreads your money over a wide range of borrowers. So if one fails to repay, it won't hit you too badly. You choose your target interest rate – a higher rate means there's likely to be a bigger risk of some failing to repay.
Funding Circle suggest you spread the risk across at least 100 businesses – even if you pick the firms yourself.
How quickly can you withdraw money? As the loans are repaid, you receive a proportion back every month plus interest. If you want to access your money early, for a 0.25% fee, you can trade the debt with other investors on the secondary market. Access depends on having a buyer for your debt, and how quickly you can get your money back will depend on how much you sell it for. If you sell it on par for what you bought it, then Funding Circle says the average time to sell is just under eight hours. There are no guarantees however with how fast you might get your money back.
Quick question
What checks have been done on borrowers?
Funding Circle splits companies into A+ to E risks. This comes after it's checked company directors for fraud through the CIFAS database, assessed the company's Experian credit report, confirmed it's traded for more than two years and has no county court judgments of Ł200+ against it. Loans of Ł100,000+ must be backed by assets.
For over three years, MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has been using all three big peer-to-peer lenders. Here's his experience of Funding Circle – though of course, there are no guarantees...
Find out how Martin fared using Funding Circle
Since I started drip-feeding cash in, my return after all bad debt and fees has been 6.2%. I didn't pick individual borrowers, just used its Autobid. I opted for a riskier spread – my gamble has paid off, but it doesn't mean it always will.
Not accepting new applicants. Longest-running site, now more similar to savings
Update Tue 21 Mar: Zopa has frozen applications to new lenders due to high demand from existing lenders. You can sign up to its waiting list to hear when applications reopen.
Current rates: Up to 6.1% after fees and bad debts
Fee: 0% or 1% depending on loan choice
Unlent cash kept in: RBS
Min/max lend amount: Ł10/unlimited
Money lent so far: Ł1.81bn
Lenders active: 63,000
The longest-running site, with good rates and risk spreading
The UK's peer-to-peer grandpa, Zopa was set up in 2005. In 2013 it shifted how it works, so it feels just like putting your money in normal fixed-rate savings. You choose how much cash and how long you want to lock it away for, and you'll get a fixed rate.
Currently Zopa offers three products: Access (which has a projected annual return of 2.9% after fees and bad debts) and Classic (3.9% projected annual return but a 1% fee to withdraw funds) are both covered by its Safeguard risk fund (explained below).
Its final product Plus offers the highest rate of return (6.1% with a 1% withdrawal fee) but also comes with the highest risk as your funds aren't protected under Zopa's Safeguard fund.
Risk mitigation. In the past, its primary risk mitigation system spread your cash in Ł10 bites among many different borrowers. Now it's changed its system, so it's now more similar to smaller site Ratesetter.
Its fund, Safeguard, effectively spreads the impact of bad debts across all its savers. In the background, your money's spread across a mixed-risk basket of borrowers. Unless there's a catastrophe, you should get what's promised.
The rate offered has already had both Zopa's assumed bad debts (via a contribution to the Safeguard fund) and the fee deducted. If a borrower doesn't repay, the Safeguard pays lenders what they were due, including interest. The Safeguard fund is then owed the bad debt and uses a third party to try to recover it.
This does dampen the returns a little, as your contribution to Safeguard's deliberately over-estimated. It currently has Ł12.5m in it, with Ł1.4m as a buffer, but the estimated bad debts are Ł4.7m.
If there was an unprecedented number of bad debts, more than during the last financial crisis for example, so the Safeguard couldn't cover it, each lender would be directly affected by whether their own spread of borrowers repaid or not. Though the third party would still chase the debts for you.
How quickly can you withdraw money? You get monthly repayments. But if you need your capital back before your term ends, its not-that-rapid Rapid Return system takes three to five days to get you the cash. It'll cost you an additional 1% fee.
For over three years, MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has been using all three big peer-to-peer lenders. Here's his experience of Zopa – though of course there are no guarantees...
Find out how Martin fared using Zopa
I've been with Zopa the longest, including before it introduced the Safeguard system. Returns before then were just over 5%, and in the relatively short time since have been 4.6% – which is what was promised.
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Alternative sites
All the risks involved in peer-to-peer lending mean it's sensible to spread your money around different savings and providers, so you're less exposed to any unpredictable shocks.
Funding Circle, Ratesetter and Zopa aren't the only peer-to-peer sites, though they're the biggest. Along with ThinCats, MarketInvoice, Lending Works*, Lendinvest and Landbay*, they're the only members of the trade association the Peer to Peer Finance Association – and so they obey its rules on protection.
Other sites are springing up all the time, which aren't members of the P2PFA, like Assetz Capital* – it has a range of different types of loans you can make.
We would love your feedback on your experiences of using peer-to-peer lending sites.


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Sargent James Barnes sat comfortably at the kitchen table, wearing his army uniform while Reading the daily news paper. Sitting next to him was his best friend, Steve. The boys where currently at Bucky's apartment, enjoying Bucky's last day before he went into the military. Steve was currently looking through papers for the millionth time, running a hand through his bright blonde hair.
Steve sighed and threw his form to the side. He had tried signing up for the military. Again.
"I don't understand why you keep entering. Your breaking the law by faking your information, 'Steve from California.'" Bucky mused picking up the form. Steve huffed. "There men laying down their lives. I have no right to do anything less."
"Hey, Sargent Dorkus." Bucky turned his head, only for a pair of men's undergarments to go over his head. "Stop leaving your underwear in the bathroom sink. Especially your dirty pairs."
Steve laughed at Bucky's little sister. She was probably the only girl who actually liked hanging around Steve.
She had her brown hair pulled up in a pony tail. She had on a typical white blouse and black skirt with bare feet. She never wore make up, Which was odd in his opinion, because every girl Steve had ever seen wore tons of the stuff.
Bucky cursed and ripped the undergarments off his head, messing up his brown hair.
"Hey, Lucky." Steve said shaking her hand. No one out side their family, not even Steve, knew Lucky's real name. Even her old teachers called her Lucky.
Bucky scowled at her. "I don't leave them in the bathroom."
She rolled her crystal blue eyes "yeah, because I just totally stole them from your room. " She then turned the fridge.
The second her back was turned, Bucky jumbled up the undergarments and threw them at Lucky's head. At that moment she bent over to get something and Bucky's underwear went flying into the fridge.
Both Lucky and Steve laughed. "Nice aim, commando." she said closing the fridge without bothering to get the clothing.
"Make fun of me now." Bucky said as Lucky headed out. "You'll cry when I'm gone."
Lucky smirked. "I'm being shipped out too, smart ass." She stopped and looked sympathetically at Steve. She knew he wanted to go as well. But they all knew he had far to many physical disadvantages to go out to war.
"Right, well I'm going to be heading out." Steve said standing suddenly and putting on his coat. "See you later." Bucky said shaking his hand. "Bye." Lucky said as gave him a quick hug. Steve headed out the door quickly and headed down the street. Both Barnes children knew exactly why and where he was going.
"He's going to sign up again, isn't he?" Lucky asked taking a sip of milk. "Probably." Bucky said standing up. "Well I got to get ready. Got a double date tonight." Lucky raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess: you didn't tell Steve?" "Nope." He said getting his underwear out of the fridge. "It's my last night in town. He can't say no." "Good luck getting a girl to go with him." Lucky said heading upstairs. She respected Steve more than anyone, but when it came to girls. He wasn't a ladies man like Bucky.
"I'll tell them all the good things about him." He said fixing his hair in the hallway mirror. Lucky snorted. "Yeah, 'kind, great personality, no idea how to talk to women and just over 5 feet tall'. She'll be all over him."
Bucky winked and tossed his underwear to her. "Don't doubt my skills. I'll be back later." Lucky caught the undergarments and held them up with two fingers. "Good luck. You'll need it." Bucky smirked and headed out the door.
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