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Tuesday Letters to the Editor

Even though I thought the hotel tax had merit, Nelson made a common error in stating the increase of this tax as is common in any other tax increase thinking. He wrote the change in the rate of the tax as the increase in the tax itself - "by increasing the transient occupancy tax 2 percent". The rate charged was going to change from 10% to 12%, a 20% increase. Having said that though, the increase to the hotel user would have been only 1.8% to his total bill. The change going from $110 for every $100 room charge including the tax up to $112.  (1 hr ago | post #1)

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T-Mobile pole near Taper Elementary draws fire

If you are posting in response to me, I don't mind saying you are a useless "Pedro boy". I live in Point Fermin. My paternal grandmother graduated from Pedro High in 1917 (I mistakenly wrote in an earlier post 1915, but my paternal grandfather came to live in Pedro that year). If you read my post above about T-Mobile service prior to the new poll, you know I speak from experience. I also linked a full report on T-Mobile pole installations in San Carlos with very specific information about the factual concerns associated with T-Mobile pole installations. If you think you are a Pedro boy, you represent the worst of this community - mindless swinging of baseless emotions without knowledge or interest in the same.  (19 hrs ago | post #99)

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Friday's Letters to the Editor

Oh, you get too excited. Morocco and the U.S. go way back. http://www.morocca namericantrade.com /relations.cfm Ibn Khaldun, an Arab, wrote al Muqaddimah in 1377. The best argument against high taxes at the time, and probably since. It is thought that Art Laffer relied a lot on him for his creation of the Laffer Curve.  (19 hrs ago | post #16)

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Monday's Letters to the Editor

Yep, it's all those profiteering, exploiting, greedy big business globalizing conglomerates that are destroying our planet and our way of life which we have to tax and regulate so that they don't exist anymore. Then, we can get back to the land and work the fields from dawn until dusk while our leaders organize our production so that they are the reapers of all our labor surpluses. Gee, I think Chairman Mao already took the Chinese down that road. Thanks to Reaganomics they got a taste of the real action and they seem to prefer what you hate.  (21 hrs ago | post #13)

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T-Mobile pole near Taper Elementary draws fire

Voice of ignorance. You are ignorant to the fact that there was a gap in coverage here. You think they spent all that money to install the pole just for fun or practice?  (21 hrs ago | post #96)

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2 arrested in San Pedro killing

It is not a shame. It is a crime of the worst type. The two guys arrested, regardless of their ages, should never see the light of day, again.  (Yesterday | post #12)

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Climate is `in more trouble than we thought'

Oh, darn. More arable land.  (Yesterday | post #22)

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Monday's Letters to the Editor

Looks like the letter selection opportunities for the DB editors was a little thin today.  (Yesterday | post #1)

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San Pedro citizens panel gives Port of LA its plan for Knoll Hill

Knoll Hill is port property, excepting of course for the one remaining family. Because the expansion of the port has serious property limits, I am certain the port wouldn't ever release acquired property. Your point about the interpretation occurring only while she might sit on the commission is a valid one and not one I considered. But, what I consider and think doesn't amount to a hill of beans, which is why I use the name I use.  (Yesterday | post #9)

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Mayor calls hotel tax vote flawed

Tom, the point made is one of a procedural issue. You are rehashing the election debate. The contention is over opportunity to review arguments. If the issue were one where a voter, or voters, were disenfranchised. Or if the vote count was in error and the outcome couldn't be legally determined, a re-vote would be essential for democracy to work. But, the failure to make supplemental information available doesn't prove that those voters would have voted in a different proportion to the population of voters as a whole nor that they would have voted in a different proportion favorable to a different outcome. BTW, I would think residents would have voted in favor, if for no other reason than for Doug's point - the revenue is immune from the state taking those funds from the city to help cover the state's budget deficit. Incremental increases in tax rates always run the risk of reducing revenue because at some point there are disincentives. But, logically that point wasn't going to be reached at the rate increase in RPV, as it was only going to match the rates of surrounding cities where no such problem seems to be occurring. The smart city lets another agency stick its nose out first and then wait and watch to see the consequences. The RPV voters gave up that advantage, but the vote was sound and you should live with it before spending any more money on the issue.  (Yesterday | post #13)

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LAUSD chief tells unions to accept pay cuts, furloughs, or face...

Actually, if you meet the residency requirement, I am sure you are qualified. Getting elected is another thing. In the debate that I attended for this last board election, there were four candidates. Only two I took seriously, Vladovic and Kleiner. Vladovic's focus was on student achievement and he articulated his knowledge of the district in a way that made me think he has a good understanding of the administrative issues. Here is a brief recap of that election. http://www.smartvo ter.org/2007/03/06 /ca/la/race/69/ If you have your priorities right and the willingness to understand how the district works in other than purely political terms, I would think you could do very well in an election. Those are the important things and it shouldn't take a full career life to acquire them.  (Yesterday | post #87)

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San Pedro citizens panel gives Port of LA its plan for Knoll Hill

Eminent domain is an expensive legal process. Appropriate like the LAUSD has had to use it for a new school in Wilmington. To build baseball diamonds for private use is totally inappropriate. Am I being too serious here?  (Yesterday | post #6)

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Fatal bus, pedestrian accident snarls Torrance and Crenshaw int...

Your point about how the family shouldn't be viewing this forum is appropriate. People have public and private lives. Often times, the two "lives" can be very different. The family knew him one way and his public persona may be very different, as chronicled by the reporter. The dead man's behavior should be condemned, but not the man himself. Some posts here have been totally clueless and very cruel. But, the family and friends posting here have also been clueless. They used standard, thoughtless lines meaningless to those to whom they want to annoy in the same way they feel it.  (Sunday | post #103)

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San Pedro citizens panel gives Port of LA its plan for Knoll Hill

They'll be legal if Hahn gets elected lieutenant governor.  (Sunday | post #4)

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No end in sight to end-of-times predictions

That's a good one. I love it when I can't stop smiling. Thanks.  (Sunday | post #34)