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Articles from
May 2008
Backpacks for Kids
Saturday, May 17, 2008 ::
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Dotty has been working hard on the Backpacks for Kids event. We have landed some great sponsors and continue on. Dotty has mailed out hundreds of sponsorship letters over the past week. Thank you to all the people that have responded.
The goal is to get 1,000 backpacks this year for local kids.
The website is rocking. My favorite pictures are Reisig and Pinmentel in the dunk tank. They signed up to come to the event last year, actually showed up, and then got in the tank. We need the Jim Smith picture to be there too. This year we will be at Gibson House and I will be in the tank -- as well as several others.
If you can help -- please do. Dotty and Dave Flory worked to set up a completely seperate non-profit this year for tax purposes. Now that we are in the second year of this event -- it should have a lasting presence in Woodland.
Below is the committee working on this. They are doing great work.
Dotty Huber
Dave Flory
De Bathe
Bill Bathe
 Leona Jull
Mimi Rose
Robb Wallace
Julliana Shon
Tonia Burns
Bob Huber
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Court on Monday
Saturday, May 17, 2008 ::
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The Historic Nelson Ranch, Brenda Cedarblade, and Ted Wilson continue their assault against Clark Pacific on Monday in Yolo County Superior Court. They are using the California Environmental Quality Act as their hammer to try and frustrate the efforts of Clark Pacific to some to Woodland.
So far Brenda and her husband have lost the public relations battle with the vast majority of people in this community supporting Clark Pacific and they have lost the battle in the elected bodies of area with unanimous votes by the Board of Supervisors and the Woodland City Council.
On Monday I hope this legal terrorism ends. This is nothing more than using CEQA as a tool to shake down the owners of Clark Pacific for personal benefit to Cedarblade and her husband. It has absolutely nothing to do with the critters.
Meanwhile, back at the Historic Nelson Ranch Scandal blogspot site -- Charles Shaw is back from vacation or whatever.
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Fall Mail
Friday, May 16, 2008 ::
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I almost forgot about a piece of mail I got yesterday from Judge Fall. It is very nice.
I am told an automated call from Dave Flory has gone out in support of Martie Dote yesterday.
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Sieferman IE
Thursday, May 15, 2008 ::
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Interesting time in the mailbox today.
I got a piece from the California Taxpayer Protection Committee did an Independent Expenditure in support of Frank Sieferman. The guy that runs this organization is California Republican Assembly President Mike Spence.
Politics makes strange bed fellows.
Right now this group has funding from the insurance industry. I will be checking the filings to try and see where the money is coming from.
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Sieferman in the mailbox
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 ::
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I got a flyer from Frank Sieferman today.
It is an 8.5x11 piece that has some of the photos from our Supervisor campaign.
It was addressed to the Rexroad Family and arrived today even though Jenn and I are both Permanent Absentee voters.
Some of the copy is interesting....
"Putting Woodland First" is the cover. That is interesting.
On the back it says "As your Supervisor, Frank's leadership preserved Woodland's farmland from development". That is an interesting one. I honestly have no idea what he did as a Supervisor to accomplish this.
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The Wilma Rule Award
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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This past weekend I was awarded the Wilma Rule Award by Californians for Electoral Reform.
I was not present at the ceremony in Davis but am honored they liked my blogging.
Here is the certificate.
Wilma Rule was an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University
of Nevada, Reno. She was the author or editor of at least four books:
Russian Women in Politics and Society, The U.S. House of
Representatives: Reform or Rebuild?, United States Electoral Systems:
Their Impact on Women and Minorities, and Electoral Systems in
Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities, as well
as numerous articles, both scholarly and popular.
She was one of the earliest members, active on our Board I believe from
the very beginning, and active with the organization as long as her
health allowed. She died on January 15, 2004.
Wilma Rule was a longtime champion of women's representation. Her
research challenged conventional notions about the reasons for women's
lack of political representation in the United States, much lower than
in other countries. Many advocates for women's representation hold
the view that if more women simply ran for office, or if women
candidates had more campaign financing, then far more women would be
elected. But Professor Rule's research of electoral methods and women's
representation around the world demonstrates the deficiency of that
viewpoint. Her research and that of others showed unequivocally that
if you want more women elected to your legislatures, the single most
important change is to get rid of our 18th-century winner-take-all
electoral system in favor of more modern "full representation"
electoral methods.
As a strong believer in proportional representation, Wilma was
concerned that our growing interest in IRV would distract us from our
primary mission of PR. We owe it to her to not let that happen, and in
her memory we have created the Wilma Rule Memorial Award, awarded to
that person or persons who have done the most to advance the cause of
proportional representation in California during the preceding CfER
year.
--Steve Chessin
President, Californians for Electoral Reform
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Yolo County 101 -- maxed out.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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If everyone shows up for Yolo County 101 tomorrow that signed up -- we are maxed out.
Great response. Thank you to the Daily Democrat for publishing information on it.
Unfortunately, I am not even going to be there tomorrow night. Sharon Jensen and Dotty will be doing the introductions.
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Predictions Three Weeks Out
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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Woodland City Council
Art, Jeff, Sieferman (Martie a close fourth), Fred Lopez, Bobby Harris
Yolo County Supervisor
Chamberlain gets 70%
Assembly
Cabaldon 55%
Prop 98/99
Both fail (under 45%)
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Ballot Statements for City Council
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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I took a look at the ballot statements last night for the first time. It was interesting to me that Bobby Harris, Jeff Monroe, and Art Pimentel all put theirs in English and Spanish. Martie Dote put hers in English only.
Sieferman and Lopez did not have statements at all. Lopez filed at the last minute. Sieferman had a pathetic ballot statement in our primary race but then had a well written one in the general. He knows how it works.
Oh well.
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The Bee Clearly Didn't Know
Monday, May 12, 2008 ::
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The Sacramento Bee today endorsed Don Saylor, Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald, and Sue Greenwald for City Council.
They clearly did not know about my candidacy. Otherwise it would have perfectly matched my recommendations here with Don, Cecilia, and Matt.
Read it here.
The Davis Firefighters probably would have liked me too.
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Wow -- I made Politiclast again
Sunday, May 11, 2008 ::
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My posts here continue to provide lots of material for others blogs. Ok.
This one on Politiclast.com is probably my favorite. It is titled "Rexroad goes Homophobe"
So I don't believe in gay marriage so I must be a closet homosexual. Right. Actually, I am willing to bet that most of Woodland feels the same way I do on this issue.
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Patrick Yolo
Sunday, May 11, 2008 ::
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Look at this. Patrick Yolo enters the blog world. Good for him/her/it.
The link is right here.
This whole thing is just fascinating. The reality is that Patrick Yolo probably doesn't exist and neither does Charles Shaw. They are both trying to play a big role in Woodland. Patrick Yolo even is posting the personal addresses of Charles Shaw.
Joy.
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Who does the water belong to?
Saturday, May 10, 2008 ::
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One of the big questions that I struggle with is the ownership of natural resources. I (or the bank) certainly own my home and lot at 711 College. I would think it is safe to say that I own down a few feet below the surface of the ground.
At what point does the dirt, water, minerals....whatever stop being mine and start becoming public property?
Part of the problem the farmers of Yolo County have with this proposed water ordinance is that they believe they own the stuff under their property all the way to the core of the earth.
As a natural resource, water is moving around in that aquifer and the water pumped out is coming from a supply the is under the ground of more than one property.
So tonight as I am reading the Draft Tribal EIR I came across a difficult analysis for me. What does the tribe own? I consider their trust land to be the equivalent of a sovereign nation. They have full control. So where under the earth does that nation end. Does that water under the Rumsey property belong to them? Belong to Yolo County? Belong to all people of the earth?
One thing I like about being a County Supervisor is the cool legal issues that come up. One of the things I don't like is the tricky issues that come up with no real analysis in place.
Ok...back to reading this huge pile of paper. Looking for an answer to random questions.
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the maeslant storm surge barrier
Saturday, May 10, 2008 ::
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I am investing some time in trying to understand more about the California Delta. It is fascinating.
One of the things that I am learning is that the people that take flood control seriously are the Dutch. They are not messing around.
Check out site with some information on the maeslant surge barrier. It is the largets moving structure in the world.
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It is done - I voted
Saturday, May 10, 2008 ::
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I just voted.
Chose Doug Pharr for Congress in the GOP Primary. It is a Marine thing.
Greg Aghazarian is clearly my choice for State Senate.
Manuel Cosme - Didn't really have a choice.
Art Pimentel and Martie Dote were the easy choices for City Council. I also decided to vote for business owner Alfredo S. Lopez. I have been hearing good things about Fred lately. Besides -- I like a business owner being on the Council.
Prop 98 and Prop 99 were a challenge for me. I think they are both going to fail. I voted yes on 98 and no on 99 mostly because I want 98 to fail by les votes than 99. Maybe then the local government types will take this seriously and write a solid measure that deals with this issue appropriately.
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The Rexroad Mailbox
Saturday, May 10, 2008 ::
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My mailbox has had quite a bit of activity. The guy in our granny flat gets all the Cabaldon/Yamada stuff.
A couple days ago we got a tri-fold from Jeff Monroe. It was nicely designed. It was addresses to Jenn and me. We are both permanent absentee voters.
I got a Judge Tim Fall piece that was addresses to Jenn and me. It has Rosenberg in it. I know the guy running the campaign but I think Rosenberg is deeply involved.
We got a piece from Art Pimentel. It has the picture from when he was 14 years old and wandering around in a field.
I also got a piece from the Yolo County Farm Bureau. It is a call to arms on the proposed water ordinance.
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Response to my Response
Saturday, May 10, 2008 ::
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Thank you for all the nice text messages and e-mails. That was unexpected.
Funny how all the people in Woodland are sending me messages supporting this blog and my stance on this issue.
I appreciate the kind words. It is interesting how many people don't want to comment here because they fear Brenda Cedarblade due to her past actions in this community.
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Response to THE LETTER
Friday, May 09, 2008 ::
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I got the letter from Shawn Smallwood and his friends this afternoon. I read it. Thought about it. Read it again and thought some more. I posted it a while ago to see what sort of e-mails I got from people.
Normally I would not post this here. However, he sent it to the local newspapers and that tells me this is really a political issue more than a policy issue.
Dear Shawn and friends:
1) The implied charge in the letter to me is that I am controlling Charles Shaw. I don't think Charles Shaw even exists. Further, the reason the site is listed on my blog "right at the top" is because it is the most recent post. That is the way blogs work. The most recent comments are "right at the top".
2) You describe the comments on this blog as slanderous. That is kind of funny to me. First, please indicate what comments on that site meet the definition of slander. If you can show that they are false, then I am happy to give you space here on this blog to show that they meet the legal standard of slander. You would have to show they are not true.
You may be referring to the comment section of the blog. The comments may in fact be slanderous. Here is what is funny about that: Ms. Cedarblade took a comment from a previous version of rexroad.com -- not a post but a comment when we allowed open comments -- and distributed to every household in Woodland saying that it appeared on Matt Rexroad's own blog. This comment was not posted by me. It was a comment that discussed the appearance of Ms. Cedarblade, and the comment was deleted as soon as it was discovered.
Comments on a blog are one thing. The posts are very different.
The offer once again -- show something that is slanderous and I will give you free time right here on my blog to make your point. I also want to prevent someone from being the victim of slander.
3) You should not be writing a letter to the Board of Supervisors of Yolo County. Not at all. The Sheriff and District Attorney would surely be willing to look at this case if Brenda has the information to file a complaint. Sheriff Prieto and District Attorney Reisig are first class legal professionals who will surely act appropriately with the facts presented. I am confident that both of them will act ethically and according to the law.
4) I'm not going to disown the blog you mention any more than I am going to disown Woodland Journal because I disagree sometimes with Dino Gay; Roughstock Journal because Yolo Cowboy went crazy in New Jersey; The People's Vanguard of Davis because Greenwald has lost the other half of his marbles attending Davis City Council meetings, or Floating Foam because Krause likes video games or hangs out with a nut case that dances on film in local clothing stores (Super K).
I'm not responsible for the blog posts of another. If you don't like what Charles Shaw writes -- take it up with him. You could also start your own blog. I will link to it right here. Just like the others. You can even rip me on it.
I will continue to make the readers of my blog aware of information that impacts Woodland and Yolo County -- even blogs that make fun of me. I have linked to blogs all over.
5) Show some proof of harassment. What is it? You have assumed she has been harassed. This is a woman who has blamed everything that goes wrong at her store on the local homeless shelter, things that go wrong during elections on her opponents, things that go wrong in the last few months against Clark Pacific or their friends, things that go wrong a few years ago on Tom Stallard. You have provided no more evidence that she is being harassed than you have provided that aliens are going to come take us all away.
If you know she has truly been harassed then go to the Sheriff. Go to the Attorney General. The law is being broken. The Board of Supervisors sets policy for the county. If what you describe (or imply but don't describe at all) is true, then the current laws of the State of California provide you with a remedy. Go seek it.
The group of people signing this letter are well intentioned I am sure. However, you are not seeing the whole picture here. You are being used by someone that seeks your help now for her own personal goals.
Matt Rexroad
P.S. Thank you for reading.
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Here it is.....the letter
Friday, May 09, 2008 ::
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Matt Rexroad, Supervisor, District 3
Yolo county Board of Supervisors
625 Court Street, Room 204
Woodland, CA 95695
9 May 2008
Dear Supervisor Rexroad,
We are writing to express our deep concern about how Brenda Cedarblade and Ted Wilson have been treated since they acted on their right under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to challenge the Yolo County Board of Supervisors’ decision to certify the Negative Declaration on Clark-Pacific’s proposal to build and operate a pre-cast cement factory on land that is zoned agricultural. It has come to our attention that the County is preparing to inspect the Historic Nelson Ranch and to possibly revoke conditional use permits related to the operation of Brenda and Ted’s horse boarding business on the site. This action, if true, appears to be retaliation for Brenda and Ted’s CEQA challenge. Retaliation by the government sets a precedent that could seriously threaten the use of CEQA as a tool to protect the environment by Californians.
We are concerned about the personal attacks and harassment being directed toward Brenda and Ted. Charles Shaw has been using a blog to attack Brenda’s character, calling her a “Horse’s Ass,” and making numerous outrageous, slanderous allegations about her and Ted. The link to this blog is the following: http://www.historicnelsonranchscandal.blogspot.com/.
However, you already have the link to this blog, and it is posted on your personal web site, right at the top. Your comments that accompany the link support Shaw’s tactics, and mock Brenda and Ted, who are your constituents. Your explanation for your conduct in this matter is unsatisfactory. This sort of behavior is beneath the standards of conduct we expect of elected public officials.
We hope you will change course on this issue. Disavowing Shaw’s blog would be a fruitful start. We also ask that you and your colleagues investigate who is behind the harassment directed toward Ted and Brenda. Is it Clark-Pacific? Is it the labor union that was noted in Shaw’s blog? Have any County Departments or County staff colluded in this harassment? We request that you intervene on plans by County staff to use CUP revocation as a means to retaliate against Ted and Brenda for their CEQA action. We ask that you do what you can to protect our ability to use CEQA as it was intended, and that you provide adequate protection of the civil liberties of the residents of Yolo County.
Thank you,
Shawn Smallwood
Pam Nieberg
Catherine Portman
Susan Pelican
Carolyn Hinshaw
Rodney Robinson
Howard Beeman
Sally Parker
Holly Bishop
Alan Pryor
Fraser Shilling
Cole Hawkins
Nancy Price
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You have got to be kidding
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 ::
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So Susan Pelican and Shawn Smallwood are circulating some kind of a letter for signatures. The letter has something to do with this blog.
They think that I have something to do with the blog and some harassment of Brenda.
Let me comment directly on this.
First, I have pointed out every blog that I am aware of in Yolo County. Even those that rip me. I do not regret telling my readers about Historic Nelson Ranch Scandal at all. It impacts Woodland and Yolo County.
Second, I am not involved in writing, researching, coordinating, or funding the site. Do I root Charles Shaw on sometimes? Oh yes. I do. I admit it. I have no idea if the stuff on the site is true or not but I have to say that Charles Shaw is backing his stuff up with some good documentation.
Third, I understand that Brenda believes that she is being harassed somehow. I am clearly not involved in this at all. If Brenda thinks I am involved then come on out and offer some evidence of that. I don't even drive on 18C. I avoid Brenda if at all possible.
Brenda finally has gotten someone upset enough to fight back and not run from her -- and it appears to be effective. This is the same sort of thing she has done to people in Woodland for several years now.
Mr. Smallwood and Ms. Pelican -- I am happy to read your letter and consider it but you are not seeing the whole picture here.
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Ok. Monroe is right but he is still wrong.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 ::
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Jeff Monroe is right. He did not turn Art Pimentel directly into the District Attorney. He sent the e-mail below accusing Art of taking a $10,000 bribe that ended up in a DA investigation.
The investigation showed nothing of the sort occurred.
You can read the e-mails here for you yourself.
Jeff has never apologized to Art for this action.
Email.pdf | Affadavit_e-mail.pdf | Affadavit.pdf
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Charles Shaw is back at work
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 ::
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Charles Shaw is back posting.
I have gotten a few nasty grams and a couple phone calls from people that think I have an obligation to try and protect Brenda Cedarblade from Charles Shaw. I don't think so.
First of all, Charles Shaw probably doesn't exist. I am fairly certain that I have never met anyone named Charles Shaw.
Second, I'm not coordinating this effort. In fact, I am learning something each time I read something new on the site. Some of it is probably nonsense. Some of it is true. The real truth probably is somewhere in between.
Third, I am sure Brenda is feeling pressure right now. This is a tough situation for her to be in with her business/home. How do you think the family of Gary Sandy felt when he was attacked in his own home by a nut case that was prompted to action by information moved forward by Brenda? What do you think about Martie Dote getting her time on the Council blistered by the same publication?
What about that lady with the horse place on Highway 113? Her ability to make a living was limited thanks to the efforts of Brenda.
I don't lose sleep over any of this stuff. As soon as I saw the work of Charles Shaw I knew I was going to be blamed. That is fine. I can take it. Better me than some of the other people Brenda has harmed over the years.
I am not responsible for Charles Shaw and couldn't negotiate for him/her anyway.
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Morley Swim School
Monday, May 05, 2008 ::
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I didn't appreciate it a few years ago -- but today is a big day in Woodland for the parents of young kids.
Today at 0800 swim lesson reservations started at Morley's Swim Center. Jenn was right there on the phone at 0800 signing up Abbie and Adam. All of her friends that are in the Mommy Mafia were doing the same.
If you didn't sign your kids up -- now is the time.
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Mel Smith -- Private Property Rights?
Monday, May 05, 2008 ::
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Mel Smith is the guy running against Duane Chamberlain for Supervisor.
If you drive down Road 98 you will see some signs for Mel. Funny thing is that those signs are on the property of some of Duane's biggest supporters.
Those signs will either be torn down or torched in the next 48 hours.
What could Mel be thinking?
I stand by my prediction that Duane beats this guy. It will be a lot of votes to a little votes.
Another prediction -- Duane beats this guy in Dunnigan. That is the home town of Mel.
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Charles Shaw
Sunday, May 04, 2008 ::
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Charles Shaw has been a little slow lately. What I really find interesting is the comments.
Seems these people have something going on here that is not clear to me. Oregon? Arizona? Aunt Mildred or whatever? Who are these people?
Read the blog here.
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Without my vote
Saturday, May 03, 2008 ::
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Tomorrow is the Sunday before the absentee ballots are sent out. I expect that I will open my newspaper tomorrow to find that the Daily Democrat endorses Jeff Monroe, Art Pimentel, and one other candidate. If I had to guess right now I would say Martie Dote but we will see.
I have told you all why I support Art and Martie.
I have a few good things to say about Jeff. I don't think he is corrupt. I don't think he is dishonest.
The two meetings that he was most valuable to the City of Woodland was first when we had a 2x2 with the county on KMart. It was Vic Singh, Sieferman, and Pollock. I objected and Jeff stuck right with us. The second time was when he held strong when the county sued us over Gateway. Those two things are to his credit.
Let me tell you some of the many reasons I can't possibly support Jeff Monroe, even though I am sure he will win.
First of all, when the Democrat endorsed Monroe four years ago it mentioned that he had made "tough decisions". He had not made tough decisions four years ago, and he has not since. Jeff avoids tough decisions as much as possible. He takes the path of least resistance at all times. That is not real leadership.
The firefighters endorsed Jeff because he advocated for higher salaries for them. I understand that view. Here is the problem -- Jeff did not get two other council members to go along with him, and he never said what he would cut in order to make it happen. He just supports more pay for the firefighters but not the costs associated with it -- cutting other programs or raising taxes.
The PBID provides another example of failed leadership. Jeff voted for all the studies. Jeff voted for all the preliminary stuff leading right up until the end -- then people like Brenda Cedarblade speak against it and Jeff runs to the hills. If he wanted the city not to vote and felt so strongly about it -- he could have set something up to deal with that.
The urban limit Line is another example. Jeff was all for it. He argued for it. Then argued against it. He argued all over the place. He thought it should be bigger. Then it should be smaller. All of the reasons were valid but in the end he voted to study it. Voted to spend money on it. In the end he never tried to create compromise -- he just voted no.
Many of my neighbors on College Street are supporting him because he spoke out against the busses going down our street. Did he offer another route? Not a chance. He just opposed it being here to make some people happy.
The Wayfarer Center debate we had was truly memorable to me. Jeff was arguing to make the facility smaller or to put it at another location. This is after he had voted numerous times to dedicate money toward the plan to build phase 2 right where it is now. During the debate Jeff said that his number one goal was to build it to serve as many people as possible that needed the service. The very next words out of his mouth were that he wanted to make the building smaller.
I believe that Jeff Monroe is not a mean person or corrupt in any way. I just don't think he brings a thought process to the table that allows him to be consistent. The only belief he holds firmly is that he wants to be as popular as possible. We might as well just elect a pollster to the council that will look at exactly how the community feels at that one particular moment and he could cast his vote that way.
Then we have the Major Project Financing Plan. We had all the information in front of us. We had the fee schedule and all the things that would be built with the money. Jeff makes a passionate plea to lower fees for new home buyers. Clearly it is important to him. The fees are calculated by the cost of stuff built divided by the number of units. After he finished talking, I asked him what he wanted to take off the list of things we were going to do with the money. He said he didn't want to take anything off the list. He had been on the Council for about six years and did not have a grasp of this simple concept.
My final comment on this is to ask one simple question: What has Jeff Monroe accomplished during his eight years on the City Council? He has been there for eight years and is still running as an outsider. That is because he does not get things done. He will not take ownership of what happens because he doesn't accomplish anything.
The reasons above are all policy reasons.
Then we have one thing that locked my view of Jeff Monroe in stone. When he turned Art Pimentel in to the District Attorney--that did it for me. Why anyone would want to serve with Jeff is beyond me.
Then he complained about how it was made public. Oh well.
I also think he and his wife were involved in the Flatlander publication four years ago that caused so much harm to the people of Woodland.
Jeff tried to get by on a smile and a "gosh golly" attitude. He actually does it quite well.
He will win on June 3rd but without my vote.
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Mail and Porch Today
Saturday, May 03, 2008 ::
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I got home from the office today to find a Jeff Monroe piece on my door step. It is the smaller version of the 4x8 I saw today.
In the mailbox is a piece supporting Cabaldon from the Realtors. It was addressed to the Democrats that live here.
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Monroe Signs
Saturday, May 03, 2008 ::
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This morning on my way to work I drove by the Petrovich property on Main Street and saw a Monroe 4x8. After I took care of some things by WCC I headed out Road 102 and got on I-5. There was another 4x8. I actually pulled over to read it. I pulled up right next to it.
It is a beautifully designed sign. It even has Denny Designs in the lower left corner.
It is four color (very expensive), with Monroe's picture taking up a third of the space, and a lawn sign that has Monroe's name. It even has a list of elected officials that are supporting him. It also has the firefighters endorsement across the top.
I will bet that the sign has more than 100 words on it. That is a ton of words when you are driving by at 45 MPH.
Those signs are probably $80-$100 a piece depending on the number ordered. Go Jeff.
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Here come the unions for Yamada
Saturday, May 03, 2008 ::
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If you look on the Secretary of State's website today you will see that the unions have gathered up $322,000 so far in an independent expenditure for Mariko Yamada.
They started with phone banks today.
$322,000 is a big chunk.
Ed Voice and the Realtors have more than that for Cabaldon. This is going to be an expensive race.
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PG&E Rate Increase
Friday, May 02, 2008 ::
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The Woodland City Council agenda has notice of two PG&E rate increases this week.
Great.
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Board Meeting on Tuesday -- May 6th
Friday, May 02, 2008 ::
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Got my Board agenda last night and read most of it. Seems pretty basic.
I am doing a resolution on Foster Care. That is a good one. I'm always willing to do that one.
The ag mitigation ordinance is on the consent calendar. I have voted against it yet somehow it still ends up on consent. So I will pull it off consent to vote no.
Phil Hogan will be giving an update on conservation efforts. I like him so that should be good to go.
We have a presentation on the Woodland-Davis bikeway so that is cool. Some of our staff have been burning brain cells on this. We will make this happen.
On the whole -- should be an easy day.
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Pimentel Event Tonight
Friday, May 02, 2008 ::
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It sounds like we will have a good turnout for the event for Art Pimentel tonight. Cirenio, Jesse, Flory, and I are hosting at La Finca tonight at 5:30pm.
I did not even make calls on this event yet talked to two people that are planning to come. I think all four of the sponsors sent out mailers to people and lots of calls were made.
Art needs to be the next Mayor.
He is the only one working hard right now.
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Davis Marine
Friday, May 02, 2008 ::
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The Dad of a Davis Marine sent me a link to some blog postings he is making on a San Diego website.
Check this out.
It is anonymous -- but his parents in Davis sure are proud.
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Catherine Portman is so right
Friday, May 02, 2008 ::
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I missed this letter to the editor in the Daily Democrat from Catherine Portman. What a letter.
This is good stuff. She does a better job making the point against the study than I did at the board meeting.
We have slightly different reasons but reach the exact same conclusion.
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Navy Corpsmen
Friday, May 02, 2008 ::
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My friend Justin White sent me this clip of a movie that is coming out.
Making fun of other services is something I really do enjoy.
Listen to the Marine talk about his Corpsman. The Marine Corps does not have medical personnel. The Navy provides Corpsman to the Marine Corps -- and they do an outstanding job.
Many times on Recon teams the Corpsman is really the toughest one of the bunch. God bless the Navy Corpsmen.
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