Comments on: Salwan, Yelp and the Fremont City Council

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:00:54 +0000

#40 – A rather stilted and broad generalization (again) Marty, and one with which I do not agree . . ..

specifically “..aligning ourselves with whoever is “expedient to our causes”. That’s human nature..”

You are correct, but only for a specific class of character . . one which subordinates causes and pride and reputation to expediency – to name a few – I suppose.

By: Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Khan — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:56:12 +0000

West,
“the good old boys clubs in Fremont ” have stifle the development of Fremont at the expense of thier personal gains.

By: west

west — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:19:47 +0000

This is why “Open Primaries” passed by the voters takes away the power of the Political Parties and puts it into the hands of the voters.
This will help eliminate, the good old boy network, that has a strangle hold on Fremont politics.

By: Chinmoy Roy

Chinmoy Roy — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:10:51 +0000

Marty, I am restraining from stating Raj Salwan’s reaction to what he said when he first heard that Dom and Judy decided to throw their hat in the ring. And what is shocking is that the UDC continued to support him even after that. And they did so just because they wanted to satisfy their egos to be the centers of power.

After all, they need to explain why it would take 10 of them “fix a leaky roof in their UDC office” when it takes just one of them to call a roofer to fix it and the 9 others could have been out there promoting the ideals of the Democratic party. Tri(sha) City Dweller and Raj Salwan and the UDC brass know what I am talking about when I cite “the leaky roof”. These folks are devious and need to give way to Democrats like Dom and Judy who decided to throw their hats in to rescue the party.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:11:15 +0000

Jim_Fremont is a genius and has already flagged problems with Yelp before it was an issue. Note that Marty happily agrees.
http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/07/27/fremont-news-of-the-day-37/#comment-13327
http://www.ibabuzz.com/tricitybeat/2010/07/27/fremont-news-of-the-day-37/#comment-13362
The sources cited are credible and diverse, putting to rest that Yelp is not credible and is a corrupt complaint board. For an “extortion fee” they will police your reviews, otherwise good luck getting anyone.
Folks get used to it This is our future– soon you will be reviewing your co-workers, bosses, neighbors politicians, teachers, judges, and hopefully, news reporters and editors of newspapers like the argus.
As for loving/hating candidates Bush & Obama would also be considered to be loved by half and hated by the other half.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:22:04 +0000

Marty you’ve already acknowledged on a previous thread several months ago that Yelp is corrupt and not to be trusted. Don’t make me dig that up and make a liar out of you. Oh Robert, no need to go looking for that Yelp comment -- here it is. If you had more between the ears, you'd realize that my quip is with another hypocritical left wing windbag, "Eyesbright" saying that someone should be sued because of something they posted on the internet, which by the way sounds all to similar to Raj Salwan's tactic. Is this what they teach you good Democrats at the TCDF meetings? So, Robert. I wouldn't consider myself a liar by any stretch. If anything I am being completely consistent in my core beliefs, while you, Salwan and just about every other Demo-card-carying ideological zombie at the TCDF, readily sell out everything you claim to believe in for personal and political gain.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:05:47 +0000

Robert, you misunderstood my point. Raj Salwan's aggressive actions in suppressing the opinions of those who disagree with him are a serious character flaw contrary to the Democratic principals Salwan claims to associate himself with. I think his actions are much more severe than just mailing a cease and desist letter as Mr Box tried to correlate. Raj Salwan - some people love him, some people hate him. Not too many in the middle. That strategy didn't work out too well for the last guy.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:53:51 +0000

Box, I’m just playing with your emotions. What kind of editor would finish post 37 without a question mark? A former sports editor perhaps, but not a real one.

But, I meant standing together in aligning ourselves with whoever is “expedient to our causes”. That’s human nature my friend.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:15:21 +0000

#37 – that’s WAAAY too easy, Marty -
*I* do – for reasons too numerous to list here.

Let’s pretend that in “real” life you were Artz’ editor, the most extreme example of you and I “standing together” on this topic – - – - I can’t know that, and frankly, I don’t care, and that would be little more than cutsie nonesense on your part;

I can only speak to that persona we all know and love as “Marty” – and based on *that* persona, if on this topic (or any other for that matter), you happen to have identified some peculiar alignment of our respecgtive thinking to have a momentary convergence of thought – it is either rare serendipity; political convenience,; or, a lapse in sanity by one of the two of us .

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:19:26 +0000

Marty, give me a break. Cease & Desist letters don’t mean anything. It’s not a threat to sue, they are just meant to put people on notice.
Here’s facebook & twitter:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Animal-Care-Center/40548497065

http://twitter.com/AmericanAnimal

Show me any small business with this many likes or followers of over 2,000.
Marty you’ve already acknowledged on a previous thread several months ago that Yelp is corrupt and not to be trusted. Don’t make me dig that up and make a liar out of you.