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Elaine Cooperstein June 19, 2013 at 03:16 pm
Can't remember what night this was, but recently we were startled by noises and decided it must have…Read More been fireworks at the coliseum.
Richard Eisenman June 14, 2013 at 11:17 am
I'm not a very regular viewer. Could you be a bit more specific about what changed recently (pluses…Read More and minuses)? Thanks.
Michael Moore June 2, 2013 at 06:02 pm
Leah, do you have the authorization from Disney for the use of the copyrighted Dumbo character you…Read More use for your blog? I thought that the policy of Patch was to deny access to non-authorized materials such as this.
anthony May 17, 2013 at 01:01 pm
go nuts, or one of each... for later of course. would go scone myself, old habits die hard.
Craig Williams April 20, 2013 at 04:03 pm
Not to be too self serving but Corbett unlike Stark needs a good ground game. She almost has too…Read More many good issues that she's worked on over the years, a long history and a strong history on education, jobs, the environment , health care etc. If the people in his district know about her herstory , it should be a hell of a race.
Marga Lacabe April 20, 2013 at 10:12 pm
You clicked and read the article (as did Craig below), thus confirming that people from San Leandro…Read More do care :)
As Colbert reminded us a couple of years ago when he interviewed John Garamendi (hillarious clip, see it at http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/388964/june-08-2011/better-know-a-district---california-s-10th---john-garamendi), a member of congress does not actually have to live in the district they represent. That said, I think Ellen has officially moved to Hayward.
CD 15 is definitely more conservative than Stark's old district, but it's still fairly liberal, which is why Swalwell has been playing it progressive until now. Trouble is that this is a bill that only big corporations like. It doesn't really give Swalwell much in the way of points with conservatives, but it does make it clear to progressives he's not the real deal.
Camaro on Cinderblocks May 8, 2013 at 10:31 pm
Voting for CISPA is a one way ticket out of politics.
Rob Rich April 27, 2013 at 12:38 pm
If you accept the premise that API scores are poorly correlated with real estate vualues, then is it…Read More coincidental that the top school districts are in areas with high real estate values? http://www.greatschools.org/find-a-school/7046-ten-california-school-districts-highest-test-scores-2012.gs. In the old days, 10 for 10 was considered pretty good correlation.
David April 27, 2013 at 03:09 pm
Oh come on, Rob. You talk about me cherry picking stuff?
10/10? Sure. And as I've shown you can…Read More pull out Maxwell Park, North Oakland, parts of SF (Glen Park, for example), parts of El Cerrito and other locations to show that API scores aren't well-correlated with property values.
Again, why do homes sell for the same $/sq foot in Maxwell Park as Estudillo Estates? San Lorenzo's API is about the same or better than most of SLUSD. Property values there are lower.
The clearest example of what effect API scores have on property values was mentioned below, about a 10% difference depending on which side of the tracks, er, 580 you live on in Castro Valley. 10%? whoopdedo, that kind of variation is washed out when you factor in commute times, crime, amenities, etc.
In fact, API scores are likely to continue to shrink as a factor in RE values as more and more parents flee the public schools, no matter what the API (witness SLUSD, the 30% drop in OUSD enrollment in just the past decade, etc).
In another generation, we'll be accused by our children of child abuse by having sent them to public schools.
Sarah Nash May 10, 2013 at 02:18 pm
Just had a chance to read this story. Loved it! While I believe that conscientious students would…Read More try their best at the test, as I did when I took state aptitude tests in school, I can hardly imagine staying up nights worrying about it! There is nothing at stake except perhaps personal satisfaction so the test itself shouldn't impose stress. A high-strung parent, on the other hand, might.
Margaret Tong May 1, 2013 at 11:30 am
the posties have to carry all this stuff as well as their postbags? An in aa o 21 eers, it disna…Read More seem that hunger is been stampit oot
Roger April 30, 2013 at 08:44 pm
Eric. Look at the contract your self if you like. Section b #7 and 8.2 As I read it there is…Read More only a 10 day notice required with no termination penalty of any kind.
Link to Fremont page. Scroll down to find 2010 contract....
-roger rlouisj@aol.com
http://www.highwayrobbery.net/redlightcamsdocsFremontMain.html
Norm Allen May 10, 2013 at 12:42 am
Having been a recent recipient of a red light violation I was wondering if there is any info on how…Read More many people never receive the original citation in the mail?
I never received the original, I received the delinquency notice three weeks after the hearing date with only a couple days to decide what to do. In the end, I can't afford to fight it because it's cheaper to just pay the fine and take traffic school.
Nice scam the city of Fremont has going on.
Hope it shows the residents of Fremont the type of politicos you vote in.
Roger May 10, 2013 at 01:27 am
Norm. You can easily get a 30 day extension on line. Google "pay your ticket alameda county…Read More superior court."
If you want a chance to avoid paying $500 - perhaps a trial by written declaration would work. Or obtain an attorney. Many options depending on the factors surrounding your ticket. Let me know if questions: rlouisj@aol.com
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Carl Petersen III
5 hours ago
Robert Livesay
2 minutes ago
'ou folks that voted for Liberals need…Read More some lessons in economics.'
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Is lesson one how the Conservative economic policy of the Bush administration crashed the economy?
Carl Petersen III April 21, 2013 at 11:34 pm
Robert Livesay
8 minutes ago
"Herr Carl Petrersen III I have some concerns about your…Read More postings."
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Sounds like someone is a little bit upset over getting proven wrong about his allegations about the cause of our economic crash.
Nicole Mooradian April 22, 2013 at 01:43 am
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James Nelson April 27, 2013 at 08:31 pm
Bryan,
Do you realize that the people behind NOMBY are also the same people who forcefully stormed…Read More other peoples Property in Oakland an elsewhere, essentially taking them over leading police to confront them?
Alameda County Against Drones is a Spin off from Occupy Oakland, the same idiots whom go out of their way to ruin everyone else day. As far as I'm concerned, they may have some Legitimate points, but they can't be trusted. It's similar to trusting the guy who just carjacked you at gunpoint and promises to not kill you if you be his chauffeur.
It would be in the best Interest of Occupy Oakland AND NOMBY if Alameda County Law Enforcement Agencies don't get Drones. Because if they did, those Drones would more than likely be used to keep tabs on Occupies every move.
These individuals think it's wrong for our Police to have Drones, yet they have no problem calling the police "Pigs", Protesting, wrecking havoc on neighborhoods and trespassing on another persons Property all in the name of Free Speech. You gotta see the irony!
Stephen Carbonaro May 1, 2013 at 09:52 pm
You wouldn't be thinking of giving it any "flack", would you?
Ken Briggs May 20, 2013 at 02:59 pm
so if you can not get the man power you need , you dom the next thing that you can .
Rich Buckley April 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm
The artist's picture is an exquisite example of processing positive energy of love, compassion and…Read More beauty into the community. Posting it here enhances the effect as an aspect of the "Meditation Effect."
The "Meditation Effect" by small group volunteers, seems to hold much promise in countering terrorism.
http://tinyurl.com/cqhspel
Now here's the wow-factor! "The Meditation Effect" means that 3 people in a community of 90,000, can produce a positive outcome in service-to-others though small group meditation on peace, love, compassion, and tolerance. Notice the process is only reported to work in one direction: the positive direction in service-to-others. Care to go for a trial run?
Population.........Min. Group Size
90,000 ...................... 3 My Town's Size
250,000 .................... 5
500,000 .................... 8
1,000,000................. 10
10,000,000............... 32
100,000,000........... 100
8,000,000,000........894 Earth's Population +-
Rich Buckley April 26, 2013 at 10:28 am
Right on schedule along the hyperbolic curve of increasing human enlightenment : …Read More
http://tinyurl.com/c38dh9h
Global awakening to false-flag terrorism, Copernican revolution
...." my Taurean body just couldn’t stomach such blatant Scorpionic nonsense, hiding secret after secret after secret, a never-ending rabbit-hole of lies our military/industrial government makes up, spouts, and repeats, ad nauseam, over and over, all in the name of “national security.”
"This is a welcome article. I hope Barrett is right, that “at this point, the false-flag meme is just starting to enter the mainstream media.” "....Exopermaculture
Rich Buckley April 27, 2013 at 10:21 pm
I agree with Judge Napolitano that the FBI's Fake Terror Plot History is not the way we should be…Read More using our law enforcement assets, it is leading us down the most dangerous of roads.
When these operations "go live" people die, sometimes by the thousands.
As evidence continues to mount that the Boston Bombers suspects were being "handled by the FBI" the United States government should be investigated for the role it is suspected in playing in the Boston Bombings.
Rich Buckley April 29, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Is It Possible to Predict the Next False ?
How many "Bizarre Coincidences" can our…Read More government fabricate before even the most steadfast stalwarts of big government righteousness realizes there is a secret group in our midst running, planning, directing, and then at vital junctures executing "go Live" terrorism? The answer is 22. That's how many we've participated in at the cost of thousands of lives and Trillions of dollars. Now, when something horrible happens, the first obvious pattern to be seen by the majority of us is our government's own involvement. This suspicion of a rogue element inside the FBI, the CIA, NSA, NASA and our Armed Forces doesn't have to be large, but it does need to be senior enough to have it's imprimatur of authority on the "go live" element of each operation. At some level of operation therefore the evidence can always be traced back to the "when" and the "where" this dark authority is exercised.
Predicting terrorism is making sense out of chaos, "Ordo Ab Chao" making order from chaos. At the very least, law enforcement needs to include in their research, occult symbolism, from numerology to birthdays and high celebration days of even the old WWII Nazi regimes....like Hitler's birthday. "Occult" does not mean evil. It means secret, hidden. There is good occult, referred to often as powers of the light, white magic, in service to others, and bad occult, referred to often as powers of the darkness, black magic, in service to self.
These projects are run by Bridge, just like SL's project
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