A few posts back, I talked about how a group of people protesting the higher Water, Wastewater and Garbage rates insisted that the City hold a meeting in the Portuguese Hall (the one that holds up to 800 people). The date finally agreed upon was November 4th (dependent upon the availability of the Hall That Holds UP TO 800 People. I also wrote about how the Portuguese Hall (the one that holds up to 800 people) turned out to be unavailable on that date and although the protest group distributed “invitations” to a meeting on the 4th, it could not be a City Council Meeting (Brown Act-remember?)
I also wrote about how the City went ahead and booked the Big Hall for November 17th.And as for the “Council Meeting” that wasn’t really a Council Meeting-I heard about only 200 or so showed up. Plus 2 Council Persons. {How fortunate for those 2 there that there were only 2 there-(Brown Act-remember?)}The following is English and Spanish version of the Official Notice for the November 17th City Council Meeting and Public Information and Comment on Water, Wastewater, and Garbage Rates (If I had a Font for Punjabi-I’d have included it as well-but since I don’t-I can’t)
But First…a few words about declining home values in Livingston by Michael Mcguire of the San Francisco Examiner.
“Once a balloon bursts, can it be pieced back together?
This represents one of the chief economic worries of residents of Livingston, Calif., who saw the value of the average home at $297,100 in early 2006 fall to $81,900 near the end of 2009.
The statistics, compiled by Zillow Real Estate Market Reports, show the average value of a Livingston home is at about where it was 10 years ago.”
Read More by Michael McGuire
City Council Meeting
November 17, 2009
Public Information and Comment on Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste Rates
The Livingston City Council will hold a public information and comment meeting on the water,
wastewater and solid waste rates on November 17, 2009, at the Livingston Pentecost Hall
(Portuguese Hall), 1237 Main Street, Livingston, California. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m.
and all residents are welcome to attend.
Junta del Consejo de la Ciudad
17 de Noviembre del 2009
Información Publica y Comentarios acerca de las tarifas de Agua, Drenaje y
Desperdicios Sólidos
El Consejo de la Ciudad de Livingston tendrá una junta publica y tendrán la oportunidad de
obtener información y podrán hacer comentarios acerca de las tarifas de agua, drenaje y
desperdicios sólidos. La junta se llevara acabo el 17 de Noviembre del 2009, en la Ciudad de
Livingston en el Salón Pentecost, (Salón de los Portugueses) 1237 Main Street, Livingston,
California. La junta se llevara acabo a las 6:00 p.m. Todos los residentes están bienvenidos.
Merced County Road Closures / Delays for the week of November 8 – 14, 2009
ROAD CLOSURES:
October 29 – November 30, 2009
Childs Ave. between Coffee St. and Kibby Rd. will be closed from October 29, 2009 to November 30, 2009. Traffic will be detoured from Childs Ave. to Gerard Rd. and Highway 140.
ROAD DELAYS:
There are no road delays to report for next week.
If you have any questions, please call Curt Royer at (209) 385-7601.
Winners and Losers in water deal
Follow California’s water as it falls first as snow in the Sierra, melts and flows down rivers, through the Delta and out the Golden Gate, and you get a pretty good idea of where the “no” votes came from in one of the most important water policy shifts in decades.
Northern California lawmakers by and large voted against the main provisions of a water policy reform package last week while lawmakers from farther south mostly voted for it.
Read More from the Contra Costa Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at The Fresno Bee
VFW Ladies Aux. Quilt Raffle
The Livingston VFW is raffling off a hand made quilt. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.00. For more information contact Denis or Sue Wells at 394-2059.
Special Needs Bingo Day
November 14, 2009
Elk’s Lodge, 1910 M Street, Merced CA 95340
Hours to be determined
Please register in advance for this event. Space is limited, so if you don’t register you might not be able to attend.
Contact Bryan Behn, Recreation Superintendent (209) 385-7426
The Women In Military Service for America Memorial Needs Your , Support!
VOICE OF DEMOCRACY CONTEST
PATRIOT’S PEN CONTEST
NATIONAL YOUNG AMERICAN CREATIVE PATRIOTIC ART CONTEST
MISS LIVINGSTON-DELHI VFW CONTEST
VETERANS DAY PARADE
Video Veterans Fight to Keep 75-yr. old Mojave Desert Memorial Cross
Video: Rep. Radanovich on Hannity — The Valley Hope Forgot
The Story Behind “The Star Spangled Banner”
Someone sent me this. (It is the cutest story and quite profound actually).
Once upon a time a little boy decided to go for a walk and look for God. So he packed a bag with some Twinkies and Root Beer…
Helicopter Halos-The Kopp/Etchells Effect (includes must see photos)
(A little science, some awesome photos, and a story that honors some of our troops.)
Honoring The Children of The Fallen “It’s Who We Are” Project.
(Brought to you by The American Legion)
Colton Read Benefit Fund
Veterans Land Grab
Free Our Health Care Petition Web Site
Blue Star Mothers of the Central Valley
Bouhammer’s Afghan Blog.
Beanies For Baghdad
Delta Bravo Sierra
(There’s Strange –and then There’s Army Strange)
From My Position On the Way(By another Military Dude: skip this one if you’re a particularly “thin skinned, easily offended wiener”)
Operation Write Home
Stars and Stripes
Thank You Soldier
The Kitchen Table Gang
Major’s Perspective
Military Times
Operation Iraqi Children
African American Conservatives
A Rocha Community Garden Project
The Christian Taekwondo Fellowship
Citizen Media Law Project
The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC)
The Castle Coalition
The Contra Costa Libertarian:
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICE CENTER, INC
The Drudge Report
Families Protecting the Valley
Hip Hop Republicans
Hot Air
Kelo v. City of New London
The National Kidney Foundation
Livingston “Topix”
Market Watch
The Onion News Network
Operation Gratitude
The Patriot Journal
The Planning and Conservation League
Race for Autism
Stanford University You-Tube Channel
The Tax Lawyer’s Blog
Valley Land Alliance
Don t kiss ass to those ignorant !!!!!!!!! you just talk to much you sell out !!!! but justice will prevail after we get done!!!!
Comment by el capo — November 10, 2009 @ 2:12 pm |
Re: Your comment regarding a recent post is really vague and needs elaboration
1) Just who exactly is the “sell out”?
2) What exactly did this person GET in exchange for “selling out”. Be specific. “Selling out” requires a “quid pro quo”. Give Details.
3) Define “justice”. By that, are you referring to violations of Campaign Law, The Brown Act, or other items which come under the jurisdiction of the Grand Jury or Political Fair Practices Commission or do you mean justice for trying to get the Police Chief to illegally impound vehicles?
Are you talking about the Traffic Circulation Plan which includes plans to someday “Emininent Domain” the entire East Side of Hammatt Ave. That was approved by the PRIOR council. Are you talking about justice for those homeowners who do NOT want to move and who are happy where they are?
Are you talking about PRIOR members of the Council who accused certain members of the community of seeing “conspiracy theories, flying saucers and men in silver suits”?
Are you talking about the “illegal 42 inch sewer pipe” and the stress visited upon local farmers during that mess.
Are you talking about council persons who allegedly had dealings with developers?
Are you talking about the financial crisis we are facing because certain members of City Council past clearly did not read/understand the implications of the stuff they voted to approve during the “building boom”.
Because of the aggressive growth in development approved by councils past, and the current “housing bust” home values in Livingston have PLUNGED to about where they were 10 YEARS AGO. What about “justice” for those homeowners who have been “robbed” of 10 years worth of eguity in their homes?
Just who exactly are you claiming will receive justice after you get done?
And by any chance, are YOU one of the ones responsible for the “injustices” I have listed above? Hmmmmmm? Or are you just one of their shills…..
Comment by thegardeningsnail — November 11, 2009 @ 2:27 pm |