Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Town manager Mark Nuaimi was the guest speaker at the Republican Women meeting yesterday. The program was slated to address many burning questions like…what is going to move in the old Walmart building and will the town bring in a Trader Joes? Alas, Nuaimi was not at liberty to discuss the handful of parties interested in the old Walmart building and spelled out the criteria by Trader Joe’s to confirm they would not be coming to our area.
During his presentation, Nuaimi also confirmed the popular Summer Concert series and the swimming program for our children will definitely be cut out of the budget and there will be deeper cuts of programs to come. The ad-hoc committee members, Councilmen Rowe and Huntington, met with 3rd District Supervisor James Ramos in a last ditch effort to save these two programs. The County, also struggling with a money crunch, turned down their request explaining if they fund our two programs, they would have to fund other city requests.
Describing the situation as a “challenging budget cycle,”Nuaimi laid out a budget deficit with no investment in infrastructure ranging from $750,000 to $1 million dollars.” While the current gap for the 2013-2014 budget is a moving target of $380,000 to $750,000, Nuaimi is focused on securing the annual funding of a proposed donated sports park that will require over $250,000 to maintain.
Nuaimi repeated the need to fund maintenance and repairs for our roads as the most crushing crisis without mentioning the sewer problem as a priority. He did not see any immediate need to address the sewer crisis because any positive results are long term. When he spoke on the “White Elephant PFF” building and the In-and-Out status, he said the “White Elephant is in purgatory” and both properties are affected by the lack of sewer. Nuaimi pointed out the PFF Bank was purchased before he came on board.
Other topics included the $3 million dollar Replacement Animal Shelter broke ground and will be completed by late Fall, the Senior Housing Project is moving forward and stop lights in residential neighborhoods are part of the required infrastructure of Super Walmart looking ahead for 20 years.
Nuaimi did not discuss his recent salary raise to $293,000.00 per year and 3 year contract awarded to him by Council members Abel, Lombardo, Huntington and Rowe.
To voice your opinion on future cuts by the Town Council, please attend their meeting on April 2, 2013 and a Budget Workshop on Saturday April 6, 2013, from 9 am-11 am.
Please check this link for the agenda, dates and time: LINK
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Here we go again … more lies from Ms. Sturges:
“Nuaimi repeated the need to fund maintenance and repairs for our roads as the most crushing crisis without mentioning the sewer problem as a priority. He did not see any immediate need to address the sewer crisis because any positive results are long term.”
I specifically talked about the sewer project and the next steps in moving forward — that the project is making considerable progress according to HDWD, that the 30% design is being reviewed and we are expecting to see that released in the next several weeks, that the Town and HDWD will be reconvening the Ad-Hoc committees to meet to see where do we go from here as it pertains to revenue measure proposals that are being discussed.
I absolutely did indicate that sewer being delivered in 2016 is not a cure for financial challenges in 2013.
“Nuaimi also confirmed the popular Summer Concert series and the swimming program for our children will definitely be cut out of the budget and there will be deeper cuts of programs to come.”
The question was posed what would it take to reinstate these programs. I answered very directly that they are currently not in the budget and that it’s unfortunate these two programs became so much of the focus given the magnitude of the budget challenge. I also indicated that they could be added back, at a cost for those programs, and that cuts would need to be made somewhere else.
Regarding the recent contract, I was asked to update the club on Budget, Development, Projects, “What’s going into the old Walmart?” “What about In-N-Out?” I then answered ALL questions that were posed to me. If you wanted to address the issue, you should have asked the question. And please Margo, let’s not get back on the topic of “salary” vs “total compensation.” I’m sure it wasn’t intentional (cough, cough) to call it a salary increase since the salary remains frozen at the same level throughout the entire term of the contract.
Finally, stop with the quoting of figures. You’re butchering them. The baseline budget deficit is $388k (without infrastructure investment) and grows to $750k-$1 mill if you include the unfunded liabilities (including an estimated $150k-$200k to maintain Brehm Sports park). By the way, that estimate includes the costs of water — prior to the Town negotiating the water pre-purchase agreement that you opposed that will save us 50% on water costs.
Feel free to quote actual cost numbers when we finalize an agreement and bring it to the Town Council and community for consideration. Until then, your speculation continues to do a disservice to this community and continues to divide people unnecessarily.
@Mark,No lies reported. Get a new song. Did you even read what I wrote? It is the SAME thing in your comment, just worded differently.
Oh yes, your deficit of $380,000 SHOULD have been $388,000. You got me there!
Yes, you did speak about the sewers…after your brief bio:
(1) years married,
(2) names of family members and their ages
(3) Then you jumped into the “Challenging Budget Cycle.”
(4) Then you mentioned a $390,000 deficit,(I guess you rounded up from $388,000)
(5) Then you amended the deficit to $750,000 to $1 million by adding Brehm Park and roads.
(6) Then you mentioned you were talking about something for 18 months on _________fill in blank. (You didn’t take a breath, I zoned out on this one.)
(7) HERE IT IS! SEWERS!
(8) Then you spoke about “cannot cut deficit by consensus.”
(9) Then you spoke about the Replacement Animal Shelter @$3million
(10)Then you spoke about Senior Housing
(11)Then you spoke about the “Gap Analysis” Auto/Restaurant/Retail/Clothing
(12)Then you spoke about the 18 months lead time to bring in retail
(13)Then you spoke about reason for deficit: Increase 3-5% Sheriff,.07 drop in home values, no RDA
(14) Then you answered questions from attendees…1/4% tax for roads,HDWD 30% design, PFF, Bonds floated & recently allowed, Town delivering affordable housing, Swim program and concerts were immediate near term decisions, ad-hoc did not secure county funding for them,Super Walmart delivering infrastructure 20 years ahead to mitigate impact, bla-bla-bla…
Amazing..you are now TRYING to low ball the Brehm Park maintenance to ONLY $150,000-$200,000!? You are losing it,Fella. Do I have to re-post one of your power point slides AGAIN? Do you even keep track of all the numbers you toss out?
No lies from Margo. What would be the purpose? You should reflect on your notes of that presentation…they are exactly as I listed them in that order.
Yep. You are losing it, Fella. I stand on my story.
Congratulations Margo … your 14 point summary above is actually a fair representation of what actually happened at the meeting. The area that you zoned out was the discussion about the road and safety improvements associated with the PLHD, TCRP, and Safe Routes to Schools projects, delivering sidewalks from Town Hall to approx. Old Town.
But for anyone who reads this 14 point summary and compares it to the original “story”, hopefully they can see the change in nature of the reporting. I was invited to give an overall update of the Town, which I did. It was comprehensive, I answered every question that was posed, and I think people left the meeting with a better understanding of what we’re dealing with than when they arrived.
What they NEVER HEARD FROM ME was your headline that you intentionally selected to agitate the community — “No Summer Concerts-No Swimming Program for the Children, period!” In fact, as I reported at last night’s Town Council meeting, the council ad-hoc committee (Rowe & Huntington) were successful in securing support from Supervisor Ramos for the Summer Music Festival. Matching funds $1/$1 up to $10,000. Councilman Lombardo already began donations with a $500 contribution. $9,500 to go!
@ Mark- You are clever to mix up/blend/backdate the Concert/Swimming information. The information on Monday morning confirmed there would not be any concerts or swim program despite great efforts by ad-hoc committee.
An announcement at the Tuesday evening meeting proposed the matching funds changed up that situation on the Summer Concert program. You said Ramos “just” sent YOU that propossl without giving any credit to ad-hoc, as I remember.
You are becoming unraveled while getting twisted up in your own tangled spider web, fella.
Town manager, the town would be mighty appreciative if you could chip in $1000 to help keep summer concerts active this summer and the youth aquatics program.
It ought not to be much of a burden since you chipped in $1000 for measure U.
Isn’t piggybacking roads again with a sewer projects sales tax increase another gamble, if not suicide for the tax.-
@Margo, wrong again. My specific comments regarding the funding from the County Supervisor’s discretionary funding highlighted the fact that it was in fact the request of the Ad-Hoc committee (Rowe / Huntington) to allocate those funds to the Town. I also said Ramos’ staff contacted me and I would have the formal letter tomorrow at the City/County conference. Once again I just shake my head wondering why you would want to intentionally mislead or misrepresent such a simple thing to verify.
@Mark- Try to focus.I’m not wrong Fella! Your “Ramos staff contacted you” comment belongs on the TUESDAY story. This post is regarding your presentation on a MONDAY morning. Too much Starbucks?
If you were on the proper story, your comment would make sense. You did NOT have this information at the Republican Women morning meeting……hmmmm, or did you?
I’m bored with you on this point. Bye, take care Fella.
“No Summer Concerts…Period!”
NOT PERIOD!
Ms. Sturges,
Do you think anyone really gives a hoot who, when, or where Supervisor Ramos told the town he would match funding for the concert’s when the only thing that matters is that it appears the concerts are back on track?
Does anyone care if Nuami did or did not say who secured the funding for the concerts?
Well, on second thought, maybe you do as this is no longer an issue you can use as a club to smack the town around.
By the way, I’ll stand alongside that “Lazy” guy (Your words) and donate $100 for the cause; care to match it?
Scot, try to read Mark’s comments before you chime in. The story was about his presentation on a M-O-N-D-A-Y morning. The Ramos proposal was announced at the T-U-E-S-D-A-Y meeting, a day and 1/2 later. There were NO lies, a mere time separation of the facts, as I see it. TWO separate events, yes?
Scot-You are commenting on the wrong story. This story is about the Republican Women Monday meeting. Try to find the Tuesday story about the Ramos matching fund….Here is my author link:
http://www.vote29.com/newmyblog/author/margo-sturges
(By the way, Mark can easily punch his speed dial to call his BFF Cole to match the $10,000 for the concerts. After all, he pinched that amount out of him to donate Yes Measure U.)
PS.What about the children’s swimming lessons? Can they come over to your pool?
@Scot… you are right to point out that this M-O-N-D-A-Y fabrication from Margo was meant to paint me in a bad light, implying that there was no way these two programs would be reinstated. I was asked the question and I answered that it was unfortunate that the timing of these programs required immediate decisions regarding hiring and training of staff (aquatics) and securing talent (concerts). I stated that the council had formed an ad-hoc committee to seek additional funding and that if these programs were reinstated, there would have to be other cuts to fund them unless we were successful in securing funding. I was very clear in sharing that our meetings with the county had yet to deliver funding. The next day the call was received.
This story is consistent with Margo’s continued assault on the Town, with particular attention to twisting, distorting, and fabricating information about me and the Town. And when she’s cornered with the facts, she attacks. So keep your guard up.
Mark, acting out emotions and old grudges and dislikes which is highly unprofessional and immature.
Margo is a voice in the community that needs to be heard. One side of the issue just doesn’t cut it any longer. If you would stop knocking the messenger, and cease being so defensive, it would be easier for people to understand your side of the issues.
Second query: Are you going to chip in for the aquatics and concert funds like Scott and Mr. Lumbardo? I’m guessing it would not be a burden since you ponied up a $1000 for Measure U.
@ Sturges,
I did read your, “M-O-N-D-A-Y”, pretend-reporter hit piece article and I read your responses as to what occurred on “T-U-E-S-D-A-Y.”
This issue is about the concerts with the pool a separate matter.
You accuse Nuami of “Mix up/Blend (ing) ” the two stories together while it is you who chooses to “Mix” the two issues as evidenced by your response that we have “Swimming lessons” in my “Pool” and ignoring the good news that the summer concert series is now a possibility.
Sorry, I have no pool. I can offer however that every now and then, H.D.W.D., “Purges” their tank that sits adjacent to my property which creates a fine little mud puddle (Your welcome to come splash in it anytime).
Now try to stay F-O-C-U-S-E-D here and not smoke screen the issue of the C-O-N-C-E-R-T-S: Will you or will you not put a couple dollars in YOUR hat and hand it over to the town’s concert fund which will be matched dollar-for -dollar by Ramos’ discretionary funds?
mr slant i like your style and especially mr nuami i appreciate your posting of factual numbers.
@Scotty Slanty, I choose the focus of my posts. I write what the readers are most concerned about especially when there are 24 issues discussed at a MONDAY presentation that you did not attend. I am not going to post a 900 word missive. I post my stories for the “Read Count,” while others look for “Story Comments.”
An example of 11,762 reads is my post:http://www.vote29.com/newmyblog/archives/44222
If you wish to post your “feel good” story about the TUESDAY story of matching funds for the concert series, then go right ahead. I’m sure your 12 readers will appreciate your efforts.
In the meantime,the TUESDAY story of the Ramos proposal took a backseat to Councilman Bob Leone being sworn in last TUESDAY to a packed room, just as I reported…just as Z107.7 reported AND just as the Hi-Desert Star reported. The HDS reported that Leone won in ALL 11 registered voting districts…every single one.
You appear to be the self-appointed PR guy for Nuaimi’s poor image and distrust of our community as he continues to over spend to mismanage our town. It was a problem when Nuaimi was in Colton, they actually considered hiring a professional Public Relations firm to work on the Nuaimi Arrogant Attitude syndrome. He called citizens “Urban Idiots” and Parrish used “Chamber Monkeys” in their email exchange to each other.
I wonder what “affectionate nickname” Nuaimi has for Scot McKone? Hmmm, “The Parrot?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mkruqc1G2g
Wow Margo wrote something that has some truth to it, ” I post my stories for the read count” She does not care if they have truth to them, but that they get a big read count. She very well may destroy the community, but She got a good read count. Congratulations, Margo you wrote something that has some truth in it.
@Tim-All my stories expose the TRUTH. You can’t handle the truth. Your limited mental capacity is unable to process and retain the information. Your memory is not reliable coupled with ADD and this makes you a very angry person as you struggle with constant confusion as YOUR reality.
Tim, if you do not seek help with your anger issues, which may be exacerbated by your alcohol consumption, you may throw a clot as your blood pressure spikes out of control. You are too young to gamble with your health and become confined to a wheel chair due to a stroke.
An eight-year study of 8000 men at Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands found men with high testosterone levels are less likely to suffer strokes. Something you appear to be lacking at your age.
Please heed my warning.
Thank you very much for your comments.
Why don’t the residents form their own “Citizen’s Committee” to review the budget to see where cuts should/could be made and make its own recommendation to the Council?
@Linda G — we have budget workshops scheduled for April 2nd and April 6th. The public is more than welcome to come and recommend cuts or request service enhancements. It is always appreciated to have another set of eyes looking at the myriad of expenditures. We also post the budget as it gets closer to adoption to allow for anyone to look at it and make recommendations. I have also offered to meet with anyone in the community who has taken the time to review our budget to go over their thoughts and suggestions and explain the rationale behind the costs that are currently in there.
Thanks for the invitation, Mark. My friends and I have been talking about making a trip up there [all the way from La Quinta, lol], and spending a few of our bucks in your neighborhood. And, we just had a discussion re forming a “Citizens Cyber-Committee”in La Quinta to review our budget and make recommendations so we are not blind-sided like we were recently when they cut our Code Enforcement staff.
I’ve never seen a $300,000 performance in such a small town. Should be interesting.
Linda, i have never saw a city more open with sit down sessions and internet and mail invites in my many years on this planet. i dont go to many but complainers cant say that their voice is not heard. even if margie does not agree you cant say that the council of elected officials does not know her input or anyone else that cares.
We welcome all those Elected, appointed and at will from all towns and cities and many use this site to communicate. The only Agency I have trouble getting press releases from is the town of Yucca Valley. This website can’t seem to get on the mailing list for PIO press releases….
I assume it is an oversight on someones part…. Who knows
I would guess that it is because this is not a reputable news site, it is a blog site with many opinions some true and some ridiculous. it seems like they are the more responsible agency by not participating. except for the city manager who comments often. so why complain you have the attention of the manager.
For what it is worth, this site is on the official media lists of:
The County of San Bernardino,
Both the San Bernardino and Riverside Sheriffs Departments,
the City of Twentynine Palms,
all three chambers of Commerce,
both the Republican and Democratic Party’s County and State central committees,
The State Assembly Republican Caucus
All of the local Theater Groups,
Most of the Art Guilds,
Rotary International,
the American Legion,
The MBTA,
the Morongo Basin Horseman’s Association
even the CHP when it suits their needs.
the list goes on..
Sometimes these press notes make the filler of the site are those pleasant little stories telling the reader of important events… We seldom if ever find out an event in Yucca until it is over and passed. It would be nice to have those Press Releases… But hey you are right…. They have that choice.
Let’s be frank Frank, Established 12 going on 13 years ago, this site successfully supports citizen journalism and actually IS changing the political environment of not only the Morongo Basin but Tri-County Area. At the rate of better than 5 to 10 thousand actual page reads a day it makes for a pretty impressive resume.
An Example on March 20th, we received 115,846 server requests and 7,373 actual page reads. This is day in and day out. We have core group of 10,896 distinct Hosts that read our site on a regular basis. I can guarantee you that is more than subscribe to both local weekly papers and total listeners to all local radio stations combined. Pretty impressive hey?
Do some of our writers hit the ball foul high and to either the right or left? Sure but that is what makes people read. That is what makes it so compelling.
Nothing pisses of, lets say a Tim or a Scot than a good barn burner from Margo’s keyboard. We all go bonkers when Ben writes a real ditty. But come on, that is what make the site great. Intermingled in all the back and forth, between all the name calling we occasionally find pearls of wisdom. There are some smart stories and equally smart replies out there.
I often think of myself as modern cat rancher, attempting to drive the herd to market….. Most times it does not go well.
You can not force a cat to take a swim without getting your arms clawed up. Well you can but it requires a gunnysack and a baseball bat, I don’t think I could get many people to respond positively to me if I was to do that. So I will attempt to drive the cats forward, they will mark their own territory along the way.
DanO! Great comment! Great YouTube!…YeeYaw!
Speaking of “when Ben writes a real ditty”, I have been thinking a lot lately about something I wrote and defended. I wish I had not wrote it because I have changed my mind on something.
I recant my statement that I would support a small tax on sugary soda beverages. Why tax the people when it is not necessary; they are being taxed to death in this economy without jobs.
Sure the money would have likely gone to promoting better choices, but then like most everything else — after time that money would have been usurped and diverted to other uses.
The problem with those type of do-gooder taxes is that they never seem to do any good. Do you know anybody who has been helped to quit smoking with that extra cigarette tax money that was voted in? I called their 800# to ask about help for my son to quit smoking, and they sent a 3-page How to Quit Smoking Ideas booklet…third class mail.
Not to burst anyone’s bubble here but…. Many companies (especially government controlled) often search for anything regarding their name. This tends to lead to higher “read counts” than actually exist.
http://news.yahoo.com/non-humans-account-51-interent-traffic-225025233.html
By one study’s measure, slightly more than half of all the Internet’s traffic comes from computers not being used by fleshy humans that might actually purchase
That’s according to study released today by Incapsula, an Internet security firm, begging the question: What exactly does Internet traffic from a “non-human” look like? Incapsula is here to explain: “hackers, spambots, scrapers and spies of sorts collecting proprietary business information and customer data from unsuspecting websites.” “Hackers” (5 percent) refers to hacking software that visits site to swipe credit-card information or crash sites (think of the ubiquitous DDoS attacks). “Scrapers” (another 5 percent) refer to bots that copy content from other sites and post it on their own, to get search-engine traffic. Altogether, the robotic ne’er-do-wells cited above constitutes 31 percent of all web traffic. The other 20 percent is the search engines themselves, the Googles and Bings of the Interwebbed world, whose servers work ’round-the-clock to index the Internet for our browsing pleasure.
Hence in my comment I gave first the often touted Hit count at 115,846 and then the more modest actual reads of a real page by a real identifiable user as 7,373. The later number is the one that I trust as an indicator of website usage.
For years the page reads hovered at a thousand to fifteen hundred reads a day, Year by year I became a better system operator and learned to take advantage of the plug ins, technical upgrades and quality of content that build readership.
Most web sites use the larger number as their hit count…
These counts have over the last 12 years, have slowly grown at a conservatively modest curve. Through working with our SEO plug ins, key words, website taxonomy, and tailoring headlines and snippets to generate search engine interest to put our content on or near the top of the search page. I spend as much as 10 hours a week on average arraigning and rearranging the content to make it more search engine friendly and more interesting to the user.
While I agree that much of the web traffic out there is G.I.G.O, I think my tally numbers are both conservative and accurate.
Scot and Mark should place aluminum foil hats on their heads and practice their fencing skills with their Starbucks straws. So they can “keep their guard up”….EN GARDE!
Say! Scotty could set up a fundraiser at the local pub with a “The Best Tin Hat” contest!
Instead of arm wrestling, pairs set up round-robins of fencing with cocktail toothpicks versus mini umbrellas, stir sticks versus mini-straws and the grand finale of straws versus car keys….where ALL keys are confiscated at this point and someone calls the Cab Co.
Go Scot Go!
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Squawk! Nuami’s, Parrot Scotty Slanty here!
This question was directed to Ms. Sturges and still needs to be answered: Will she donate to the concert fund, yes or no?
The cuckoo clock is waiting for an answer…tic, toc, tic, toc, tic…
Squawk! Mr. Nuami, can Scotty have a cracker now???
Now that’s impressive: Ms. Sturges claims that an opinion she wrote had over 11,000 readers while Parrot Slant had a measly 12.
The Parrot is crushed.
11,000 readers! Now being a curious Parrot as most Parrots are, the Parrot clicked on the link Ms. Sturges provided for her story, and SQUAWK!, the Parrot found that of 11,000 readers only one found Ms. Sturges’ story worthwhile enough to comment on — Ms. Sturges herself!
Double squawk!!!
Well, the Parrot is glad that Ms.Sturges pointed out the importance of how important it was to keep track of the number of readers who read the scratch that the Parrot writes as the thought never occurred to him.
So the Parrot remebered back to the time he had a couple opinions published in the L.A. Times, and with a circulation of about 1 million, it is safe to assume maybe 200,000 humans read those opinions — opinions written by a lowly bird-brained Parrot from Yucca Valley!
Squawk squawk squawk!
Before the Parrot heads off for his morning cracker and coffee, he still needs to know the answer to this unanswered question: Yes or no, will Ms. Sturges donate to the concert fund?
If the answer is no, could Ms. Sturges pledge to collect at least $1.00 each from her legion of 11,000 faithful readers she claims to have?
The parrot is waiting — tic, toc, squawk, tic, toc, squawk, tic, toc, squa….
Margie has changed, i dont know why she is dancing around this subject without a commitmnt to donate. i will donate 20 dollars. my father would be apalled.
Parrot-Please take yer cowboy hat to Starbucks for donations. As for your OPINION piece in the LA Times…whoopee hot dog fer you! Did you frame that section of newsprint or is it still lying at the bottom of yer cage? Looks like yer best bet is to ask for $1.00….no, $.50 cents from YER 200,000 faithful readers you guessed read your op-ed piece in the LA Times. Now yer crowing like a rooster? Caw…Caw!
Parrot Rooster-I give you a poor grade for your fundraising skills. You need to demand of those like you that make their living of charging 20% interest loans. Like the tax collectors and coin changers of Roman times, they must have had their “Starbucks” hang out back then too. You cannot bully someone to donate if money is tight. You are out of touch with the real Yucca Valley with yer elitist attitude.
Rooster-I never made ANY claim of 11,000 faithful readers but thank you very much for YER compliment. BTW, the count is now 11,794..thanks for the extra reads.
I do not write for comments because of all the sillies, trolls, fake old man personalities, sociopaths, and parrots that go OFF TOPIC instead of staying on point. A truly boring and annoying trait from the Yucca Valley TROLLS that is a turnoff to the other readers from Twentynine Palms and surrounding areas.
Go collect yer $20 dollars from the Fake Floyd Brown before he kicks the bucket, whose age was set up as 112 and writes/misspells like a Hagman or Humperdink. Too funny! Obviously not an older man, but a fake personality trying to act/write like a senior….really missing the mark. (My ham-operator friends contacted me, hehehe.)
Ok Parrot, er..wannabe Rooster…take yer squawk and crowing down the road. Go back and get yer crackers from yer new BFF guru.
Subject of post: No summer concerts/No swimming lessons for children
“During his presentation, Nuaimi also confirmed the popular Summer Concert series and the swimming program for our children will definitely be cut out of the budget and there will be deeper cuts of programs to come. The ad-hoc committee members, Councilmen Rowe and Huntington, met with 3rd District Supervisor James Ramos in a last ditch effort to save these two programs. The County, also struggling with a money crunch, turned down their request explaining if they fund our two programs, they would have to fund other city requests.”
If you are not able to comment regarding the story I shall dismiss you. I ask everyone to “stand-down” on any further comments to this post.
Say, DanO…pull the plug on this nonsense or are we still getting more hits for Cactus Thorns? Web crawlers working overtime on this story?
Ms. Sturges finally stepped up and in an indirect way, declined to contribute to the concert fund with the reason that someone can’t be bullied to donate when money is tight; that’s fair enough and figures to be a reasonable excuse as it’s cheaper to sit behind a computer and bash our community leaders rather than donate a token sum to the community she pretends to be looking out for.
A final thought: It appears when Sturges gets frustrated with the comments on this blog, she calls for others to not post any further comments (She’s done it before) and whines for the “Cooler” to step in (O’Brien) and disable any further comments.
Not to worry, the Parrot will disable himself with no further comments on this subject; better get going now as he needs to clean the droppings off that L.A. Times article….SQUAWK!
Hey Scott, why not approach the town manager for donation. After all he donated $1000.00 to Measure U so why not ask him to donate to the defunct youth aquatics and summer concerts since he had the town council dumped them right after he got his new money deal.
I don’t live in your area (LaQuinta) but for me it would be an issue of principle. How can a Town afford to pay $300,000 to a Manager who cannot figure out how to provide some basic community services to its residents…which is the reason for the incorporation of these towns/citys in the first place. In LQ we were sold on the idea that as an inc’d city we would be able to provide community factilities, i.e. parks and recreation, that the County was not. So once you remove the parks and recreation aspect, why have a town at all? Shut down all these wasteful towns and cities and save us all the frustration and money they cause the taxpayers.
Scotty Parrot-Don’t get lost, ya hear? Posters lined up fer you!
One of the quickest ways of pissing me off is messing up my right hand margin…. lets make sure you have enough text before you ad an image file in your comments. Make sure you have at least 30 good sized words if you add a image or learn how to use HTML…
Yes, you’re right DanO. My YouTube post with 150 words really distorted the right hand margin compared to your “rounding up Cats” YouTube.
I note that you scaled the “Lost Parrot/Parrot BBQ” image to 375px X 525px that I inserted.
Believe it or not, I checked the image size dimensions before pasting the URL and it said 700 X 1054-Scaled to 261px X 393px. I look for the 300×300 pixels jpg. as you once explained to me.
OK. Now I’m hearing there have to be at least 30 words on a comment WITH image file inserted? OK. That’s 30 words, not including spaces and using 300 X 300 pixels image file…and NO dots/periods.
It’s not explained…”You can add images to your comment by clicking here.”
Glad you explained this because I would not be dealing with HTML at this time in my life. You are the computer expert, I will never be one.
Thanks for the public information, I hope others have a better understanding too.
One more “blonde” question, if I cannot locate an image file with 300 X 300 pixels and try to insert a thumbnail image 125 X 125px, out of desperation, would the 30 word requirement still apply?
BTW, nice clean margins all through this post. I never noticed that before. Now I’m curious about other posts too!
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