OWN VOICE ARTICLE. Trotsky** is looking lonely. He’s my American Lab, a human trapped in black fur, and he likes meeting and greeting people. Of late, however,people have stopped petting my dog! Which is a mixed blessing. For me, it helps because while dogs can’t catch CV-19, it could be passed on via their fur. […]
InPerspective: Sustainability – Enough Already?
OWN VOICE ARTICLE by Gregg Dieguez. “We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.”* Perhaps it shouldn’t take the Coronavirus to make us think about the sustainability of our civilization and our species, but people are slow to consider that there are limits to our population expansion, and that there […]
InPerspective: Driving In Circles?
OWN VOICE ARTICLE. I wish Gilda Radner were still alive, because I’d love to hear Rosanne Rosannadanna’s take on the five (5) roundabouts proposed in the new Coastside Transportation Management Plan (aka: the CTMP), which I dubbed “Dis-Connect The Coastside”. I can hear her now: “What’s all this I hear about ROUNDABOUTS?!? Don’t you […]
InPerspective: Pacifica Puts Profits Over People @ Pedro Point Field
OWN VOICE ARTICLE. VIDEO ~ Cherie Chan (Pacifica) & Gregg Dieguez (Montara) Pacifica Puts Profits Over People (Well, Except For One Land Owner) In another stunning victory for parasitic profiteering and climate denial, the Pacifica City Council ignored the pleas of its citizens and voted 4-1 Monday night to approve a Local Coastal Plan (LCLUP) which […]
InPerspective: The Cost of Connect The Coastside
OWN VOICE ARTICLE. I didn’t agree with Ronald Reagan on many things, but he had a great line: “I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.” … and that line – and the fear it inspires – is relevant again today. San Mateo County has proposed a $150 million Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan (CTMP) […]
InPerspective: The Dirty Truth About Sewer Finances
ARTICLE from Gregg Dieguez. Readers in Montara are about to see major increases in all of their water, sewer, and garbage rates. Half Moon Bay has already done major increases. More are likely. San Mateo has a $1 billion Clean Water Program to upgrade a wastewater treatment plant for less than 25% of the county’s […]
InPerspective Editorial ~ Cypress Point (MidPen) Craziness
EDITORIAL. By coastal local Gregg Dieguez. A couple of hundred people showed up at the HMB Library on Jan. 22nd to register opinions on the proposed LCP amendment which would grease the skids for the Mid-Pen Cypress Point Affordable Housing Project. It was not a pleasant gathering. Here’s a summary of what I heard […]