hayward has a reputation as being unfriendly to business and merchants. i’ll go further than that. hayward is unfriendly to local developers, it’s own residents, it’s own youth, and UC students.

i blame the incumbents.

Kurhi has possession of thwe color coded map I sent him for your benefit.

That map shades the zip code areas for each zip in the county….. color shading indicates approximate density,Place of residence) of parollees and probationers existent as of mid year 2010
It gives strong indication of the treason why ABAG sued Pleasanton for failing to meet goals for low income housing distributionj….. and why as a result of Pleasanton’s failure to ‘go along’, their loss of ADA money due to truancy is quite minimal.

One would thoink that the teachers union, with it’s problems over salaries in Hayward, would bring pressure upon their state organuization for a better method of distributing ADA money….. as between Hayward or Oakland against Pleasanton.

Frankly, I believe the best way to effect change in the disparity of distribution of ADA money aas between Pleasanton and Hayward/Oakland is to excercise the ‘cure’ available in SB 1317 ! If that is controversial then the resultant uproar would effect the needed change!

Your idea does nothing for changing the system. It would further remove citizens from having to use their critical thinking to discriminate between those with integrity and those who are good with propaganda. We could lose the ability to know the difference.

Look at how people are letting themselves be manipulated into believing stupid stuff about national candidates! As long as that happens, we cannot trust our fellow citizens to be the citizens that are required to have a democracy.

John – yours is an interesting story. That’s what we were talking about when we said you needed to get that down for the historical record! Someone should just copy and paste the stories you’ve put on this blog for posterity.

Times have changed a lot since those days. I had an uncle who was in the merchant Marines and he had great stories I enjoyed even as a child.

The rate of residivism at end of first year of release is generally accepted as being 40% and AT end of 5th year use the number 50% … some studies suggest that 65% TO 70% EVENTUALLY REPEAT A CRIME WHICH PUTS ‘EM BACK IN THE CLINK.

aS A 17 YEAR OLD i FOUND A BETTER SUMMER JOB WHICH PAID BETTER MONEY AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT ROOM BOARD AND LAUNDRY SERVICE WAS INCLUDED…. IT ALSO ASSURED THAT i EARNED OVER TIME PAY AT RATE OF 1.5 X HORLY RATE AND SIMNJCE IT WAS ON A SHIP P-LYING BACK AND FORTH BWETWEEN cALIFORNIA AND hONOLULU, THT sATURDAYS AND Sundays at Sea were at ti,me and a half while work perforkmed while at California port was double time. That work was abord the KMJatson Liner ‘Lurline’ and I was 6taken into protection from homosexuals by the black crew members who aqlso worked in the food pantries and galley…. living among the Black guys was an experience workedwhich I enjoyed since they protected me from the,many homosexuals working on the ‘queerline’ as the ship was known along the waterf5r4ont…. hell I was just 17 AND NOT TOO ‘STREET SMART’ BUT THE BLACK GUYS EDUCATED ME TO THE REAL WORLD CONDITYIONS WHILE PROVIDING PROTECTION …. i WAS THE ONLY WHITE GUY IN THE SELF SEGREGATED BLACK SLEEPING QUARTERS…. AND IT WAS AN EDUCATONAL EXPERIENCE THAT STOOD ME WELL IN A JESUIT SCHOOL ELECUTION CLASSES WHERE ABOUT TWO OR THREE PER REPORT CARD PERIOD…. i CHOSE TO RELATE SOME OF THE STORIES I HAD HEARD, ABOUT HOW bLACK FOLKS CONTENDED WITH HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS WHICH about when they first arrived in the Bay area.mY GRADES IMPROVED IN THAT SITUATION… AND MY ATTIUDE SERVED ME WELL WHEN DRAFTED INTO THE Army later in life.

Yes it is derogatory! In that experience it was seen (heard) used to put down another….more often in a humorous way!

I think Bill Quirk is a smart guy. He is not my first choice as a candidate and he has spent a great deal of time currying the favor and cash of his supporters. Is Bill corrupt. He is getting there. He is supported by CalPers organizations. He has not bucked them yet and for real change to happen he will have to. My guess is he will not. He is not an incumbent yet. He could offer some service. I personally would rather start with newbies that are not yet corrupted. Let them try to make change. And then work with a new one. Quirk is the best candidate for the office he is running for. After this present term he should leave or be voted out.

Throwing out the “good old guys” does not seem to work. I think it may be because when the newly elected settle in they are overtaken by the same mentality that was there befor the election…then we essentially have a new set of “good old guys”.

I didn’t get your “uppity” remark either, John.

There’s a new book out – Going Solo. The author found that the trend is going toward living alone – more than 1 in 7 people! Do we have enough housing for them? Do we relegate them to some other corner too?

Also, maybe the paroles are in 94541 but so is the police department! Also, in my neighborhood in 94541, crime is committed by young people, who are lowest on the low income scale if you compare by age groups. Does anyone know what the crime rate is among paroles?

I do agree with John Kyle about Michael’s solution being too draconian. I don’t want to pay for the time it takes to bring new people up to speed and hope they will be different than their predicessors. Let candidates be educated on their own time.

Further, I think the problem is that democracy requires citizen’s taking responsibility and participating. That is how we get good people in office.

I disagree….to satisfy a fee charge you let ‘em build a low income project in lieu of building low income needs at another location (or another project….??? ) In effect you compound the fee load
at a seconde site……..the construction lender would have some questions about that !

At # 49 above, your advice is draconian!!

Too severe! Wipe ‘em out?

Then replace them with others who have no undserstanding of the functions of governement at differing levels from City To County and then National offices?

Come on! Get real!

I have lived all my life with people from all backgrounds, yes even parolees…their parenting skills fall into the same range as those of most children. Some parents, yes even wealthy educated parents, simply do not provide the best of role modeling nor the best guidance for the lives of their children.