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Posted on November 21 at 10:18 a.m.
If you want to talk about the evils of gerrymandering, better to start with the fact that Lois Capps has a district where she'll never lose no matter what she does. This competitive election between Strickland and Jackson is exactly what you're hoping to see if you want to end gerrymandering.
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Posted on November 18 at 3:55 p.m.
Do you really think you'll convince any Prop. 8 supporters to switch sides by calling them "losers"?
Posted on November 17 at 4:26 p.m.
Icebergs? Everything's fine, stop asking questions. This route has been worked out between White Star Lines officials and the Coast Guard. What could possibly go wrong?
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Posted on November 10 at 4:05 p.m.
EVIDENCE
Whatever your personal opinion might be, the scientific evidence is unequivocal.
- Barriers work. Barriers are the only proven means of preventing suicide by jumping. Construction of a barrier at one location DOES NOT result in an increased rate of jumping at other locations.
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This is a perfect example of the little shell game that barrier supporters are playing. Yes, barriers reduce suicides BY JUMPING. They don't reduce suicides overall. For some reason barrier supporters never mention that little point...
sevendolphins is right about one thing. Caltrans, the Sheriff, and SBCAG are determined to give the middle finger to the public and push this boondoggle through.
I for one look forward to the lawsuit, when we can finally get these people on the stand and make them explain to the public under oath just how they reached the decision to build this thing.
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Posted on November 9 at 11:23 a.m.
Forget it, AShaw. sevendolphins is completely beyond reason and logic at this point. He lost someone in his family to suicide recently, and he's been unable to gain any perspective on this issue since then. I think it's fair to say the barrier is now his obsession, and nothing you say will change his mind.
In fact, in my experience, nearly every barrier supporter is someone who lost a loved one to suicide, and is looking for a crusade to fill the hole in their life.
I believe our challenge is to be compassionate with people like sevendolphins, without allowing them to divert $3 million in highway safety money to an emotional band-aid.
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Posted on November 7 at 9:39 p.m.
sbsleuth99, please spare us the emotional blackmail. If you would actually listen to what other people say instead of jousting at straw men, you would see that the real debate here is over whether to spend millions of dollars originally meant for highway safety on a suicide barrier that isn't proven to work.
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Posted on November 7 at 2:05 p.m.
SIGN THE PETITION (and view the comments of the *hundreds* of supporters of the Cold Spring Bridge Barrier).
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I'll bet half of them are from sevendolphins.
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Posted on November 6 at 11:37 p.m.
please stop the crass callous comments about "relatives in the conracting business" until this poor man's body is at least cold. Shame on you, sir.
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My comment had nothing to do with the victim, so I fail to see what is "crass" or "callous" about it. Your accusation is typical of the emotional blackmail we're used to seeing from barrier supporters.
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Posted on November 6 at 9:04 p.m.
Wow, I'm surprised that the supporters of the barrier haven't taken over this blog yet.
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You mean supporter. It turns out many of the "different people" posting in favor of the barrier are all the same person. I caught him/her red-handed in the last thread on this topic, so maybe he/she is too embarrassed to show up again:
http://www.independent.com/news/2008/oct...
So add that to the list of cynical tricks barrier supporters have used to try to move their project along: one person with multiple accounts trying to create a false impression of widespread public support.
I would love to know which barrier supporters have a relative in the contracting business.
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Posted on December 1 at 3:53 p.m.
Where does one find the final tallies of campaign income - campaign outgo?
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Check the California Secretary of State website. They have complete campaign finance information for all candidates.
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