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Articles from
September 2009
Bad blogger
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ::
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Not sure what the deal is..but I have not been a good blogger lately. I have just been busy with stuff.
I barely got prepared for the Board meeting on Tuesday. Usually, I read the packet over the weekend. This week I didn't read it until Monday night.
I only read my packet for the Housing Authority a few hours ago.
Still fighting to stay above water but it is getting easier.
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Calls about Brenda
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ::
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Look this is getting crazy. I don't care about Brenda Cedarblade.
I have a policy of returning all calls that come into me. I am now no longer returning calls from anyone that tells me they have some sort of scandal involving Brenda to tell me about.
It seems that every time an employee leaves, a customer is not happy, or something happens with a vendor they decide to call me. I don't care. I don't want to know. Keep it to yourself.
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Fascinating - shot called
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ::
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It appears that I may be right about what happens with the City Council issue involving compensation for the Police Chief.
It is all just going to go away.
Why would that be? How could that happen? Why would it be such a big deal one week and then nothing the next?
Inquiring minds should want to know.
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Knights Landing - Cemetery District
Thursday, September 24, 2009 ::
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I just read my LAFCO staff report for next week. Fascinating stuff.
My favorite is that the Knights Landing Cemetery District is considering the annexation of 1,600 acres of land in the 3rd Supervisor District in order to increase revenue. I consider this to be comical.
This is not an essential service for the people of Elkhorn. This is not something I will support.
This is the kind of thing that needs to be fee based. You want to use a cemetery -- then you pay the fee.
The people of this area may live close to Knights Landing as the crow flies but every resident of Woodland is closer in terms of miles to be driven to get there.
All this would do is encourage further annexation of land whenever they need more money.
No chance.
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Reality Check from Abbie
Thursday, September 24, 2009 ::
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Jenn is on a business trip for a couple days so I am finally in charge of the house. Party.
So this morning I get everything ready. We do the potty, make beds, get dressed, eat breakfast...the whole thing. We were actually ready to roll out the door about 45 minutes early. So the kids are playing and I am working downstairs.
Abbie comes walking downstairs with a stern look and says "You forgot my lunch."
Me -- "No I didn't. It is upstairs. We will get it before we leave."
Abbie "But Daddy, some of it is in the fridge and some of it is on the counter."
Me - "I know. I will put it all in your lunch box before we leave."
Abbie "Are you able to do that Daddy?" -- she said this with tears in her eyes.
I realize as I write this that it doesn't sound that bad but Abigail Jane Rexroad seriously doubted that her father was able to grab a few things from two different places and put them in a lunch box.
My child thinks I am pathetic. Shoot.
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Glenn Beck
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 ::
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I don't think I have ever watched the Glenn Beck show. I only know who he is from Jon Stewart.
This is what I don't get. This week I have been watching MSNBC to mix it up a little. They have brought up Glenn Beck at least 50 times. Why are they mentioning him so much?
Do they realize they are making the guy rich? The best way to drive up his numbers is to make him the focus of the left.
Some people are not thinking beyond the moment.
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Calling my shot now
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 ::
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I want to call my shot right now on the whole Police Chief compensation issue.
One of the following will happen....
1) It is allowed to happen without any further Council inquiry.
2) A vote is taken but only four members vote.
I do not think that all five members will vote on this issue. If that were to happen litigation costs to the city will dwarf the amount of the raise by more than ten times.
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PFC Casillas - do not miss this
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 ::
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Yolo County -- you need to watch this video. It appears that the information we were given in July about PFC Casillas was not accurate.
It will take you twenty minutes to watch this but it will tell you why Pfc Casillas has been nominated for a Silver Star and explains that he was not killed by a suicide car bomb.
Semper Fidelis.
Video Part 1
Video Part 2
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Basic Needs
Monday, September 21, 2009 ::
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Katie Villegas, Executive Director
September 21, 2009
(530) 757-5558 • katie.villegas@yolocounty.org
Step by Step Program Seeking Basic Necessities
The Yolo County Children’s Alliance’s (YCCA) Step by Step/Paso a Paso Healthy Families America Home Visiting Program, now in its second year, focuses on giving pregnant and new moms the support they need to raise successful, happy and healthy children. The program is seeking some basic necessities for the families they serve. All donated items will stay in the local community.
“Especially in these times of economic crisis, many of our families are in need of basic necessities,” said Katie Villegas, YCCA Executive Director. “Not all of the items have to be new. We will gladly accept used items.”
Basic necessities for the Step by Step program include the following:
Baby blankets and/or quilts for newborns
Baby gates
Baby strollers
Blankets, towels, sheets
Books
Bouncers and baby swings
Canned food items/grocery gift certificates
Car seats/booster seats
Children’s clothing, i.e. shoes, jackets, pants, shirts, warm clothes, etc.
Cleaning products, i.e. brooms, vacuums, mops
Crib and crib sheets; baby basinet or cradle
Diapers and wipes
Formula and bottles
Household items, i.e. small appliances, lamps, pots & pans, bowls, silverware, dishes
School supplies
To donate, contact the YCCA office at (530) 757-5558. The Yolo County Children's Alliance and Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council is a children's collaborative working to improve the well being of children, youth and families in all the communities in Yolo County.
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Adam is a piece of work
Saturday, September 19, 2009 ::
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So Jenn and I have the kids at the state park a couple weeks ago. I am pushing the stroller. Abbie is walking. Jenn is out front. Adam is all over the place.
He has gone in and out of the stroller probably 15 times and Jenn was losing her patience with him.
Jenn (to Adam): That is it. Get in or out of the stroller. No more in and out. I am done with this.
Adam (to Jenn) : If we are going to In n Out I want milkshake.
Jenn (to Adam): You are not getting In-n-Out. This is about the stroller.
Adam (to me): Daddy, let's drop Mommy off at home and then we go get In-n-Out hamburgers.
Classic.
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Wyatt Building
Friday, September 18, 2009 ::
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When I read articles on this building being torn down I think it is a shame.
Here is a great article by Melody Stone from the Democrat today. Read here.
This is a building that should be saved. Now they are stuck.
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Tunes for Trees
Friday, September 18, 2009 ::
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Jenn and I can't go this year but went last year. This is a great event.
PRESS RELEASE
Tunes For Trees
Woodland Tree Foundation Concert at WOH
The second annual Tunes For Trees, a night of musical entertainment by local bands, will be presented by the Woodland Tree Foundation on Saturday October 3rd at 7:30 PM at the Woodland Opera House. The Woodland Tree Foundation is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization whose mission is to plant and care for trees in the greater Woodland area and to educate the general public about the benefits of trees. WTF volunteers have planted and cared for over 1,700 trees since it was founded in 2000.
The fundraiser concert will feature a diverse group of talented local musicians with broad appeal to all ages. The lineup includes the talented Woodland High School Jazz Band under the direction of John Abigana, The Dropped Roses, Funky Skunk Railroad, and Adam Hancock and his band, Family.
Music instructor and director John Abigana’s jazz bands play a high quality of modern jazz sure to please discerning jazz aficionados.
The Dropped Roses offers an eclectic mix of ballads, blues, folk, and Latin love songs. The band features lead singer Marianne Mendez performing beautiful harmonies with Judy Heberle and Laura Alexander, and an instrumental backing that includes Alexander’s flute interludes.
Funky Skunk Railroad is a new local band comprised of Owen Sandy, guitar and vocals; Nelson Perez, drums; and, bassist Wyatt Jimenez. Their music is a blend of reggae, ska, rock and alternative. Funky Skunk stays true to its late 1960's rock influences such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and Bob Marley.
Family is a group of award-winning musicians brought together by Woodland guitarist Adam Hancock to play their own brand of original Americana Roots Rock. Hancock’s versatile Telecaster playing with The Bottom Dwellers has gained appreciation from fans and critics alike, winning a Sammie Award for best Country/Bluegrass band of 2007. Among the players in Family are pedal steel guitarist, Dave Zirbel; pianist, Erik Metzger; Robbie Thayer, guitarist; Tom Proulx bassist; and drummer, Bart Van der Zeeuw.
Funds raised by the Tunes for Trees benefit concert will be used to fund urban shade, by planting trees in and around Woodland. The Foundation’s tree plantings provide beauty and help clean the air, which reduces Woodland's carbon footprint in the fight against global climate change.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for youth 18 and under, and may be purchased in advance or at the door at the Opera House box office at 530-666-9617.
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Woodland School Board Trustee Frank Glover
Thursday, September 17, 2009 ::
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I am proud to have earned the endorsement of Woodland Joint Unified School District Trustee Frank Glover.
We are still sitting on a couple of good things that have happened on the campaign front.
At this point I do not have an opponent but am preparing for a wild ride. Prepare for the worst is the way to go.
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Health Care Saving Ideas
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 ::
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Dear Mr. President:
Not that you asked for it, but I was encouraged to give you my ideas to reduce health care costs. I have several for you to consider. This is not my specialty but I am confident that some of these would save billions if not trillions of dollars.
1) We have to be willing to let some people die. We spend an amazing amount of money on allowing people to live for an extra two or three months with a diminished quality of life at a cost that is not justified. If those people want to spend their own money on this care -- fine. When you start taxing others for this -- I am not good with that.
2) Those people that engage is risky behavior must accept the risk associated with that behavior. If you are a smoker and develop cancer from that behavior that is something you must calculate into your decision to buy those things. I am willing to let you fall through the cracks.
3) We have to have some out of pockets costs for health care. When people have no possible costs associated with a doctors visit then they are probably going to over utilize the medical services. Why not get an x-ray it does not cost me anything? Health savings accounts work well for this.
4) If a consumer is going to have health care coverage that is provided by the taxpayers then some things must be required and other banned. Those things that are required include annual check ups, innoculations, and no smoking. The things that must be banned are denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. This would be by not setting rates based on the health of employees or the size of the business. It would all be based on the number of bodies insured.
5) Force companies to go to a paperless system of medical records by making reimbursement dependent on progress on this front. You brought this up during the campaign and I think you are right.
6) Set a MICRA cap nationwide like California. I am not sure this would lead to a huge savings but it is some. Require that states adopt a plan like this or cut off their funding. You mentioned this on 60 Minutes the other night -- go for it. Think big.
7) Stop raising expectations. You have said over an over again that overall costs will drop under your proposal yet their is no evidence to support that claim. People then think that we can't afford not to do this. The reality is that our economy can't even come close to affording to do this. I encourage you to read the CBO estimate of the costs of your plan. You seem to be ignoring this report.
8) Get rid of the federal requirement that hospital emergency rooms treat everyone that walks in the door. If individual government entities want to engage in that risk then they can make the decision. However, you should not force this level of service on private parties.
9) We have to have a means and assets test for public health care. If you have assets at home totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars why should you be able to take the money I was going to put in Abbie and Adam's college funds? People should be forced to sell assets they have over a certain amount.
I could go on Mr. President. However I disagree with you that health care is a basic human right. If it were then you would not be claiming that your plan would cover 97% of the people. The only requirement under your plan would be that you are human and it would be 100%. Don't claim that this is a basic human right and then exclude people that are undocumented. That is inconsistent.
Good luck Mr. President. You have selected an issue for your Presidency that is a wild one. I respect you for attempting to solve it but so far have not been impressed with your proposals.
Fight On!
Matt Rexroad
Woodland, CA
P.S. I am always available if you ever need a new Secretary of the Navy. That is the best job in the world. It is even better than Mayor of Davis.
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Brotherhood
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 ::
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Watch this video about a soldier with a RPG in him.
This is the sort of thing that I miss about the military.
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Gibson House --- New Building
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 ::
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Beth Gabor, Public Information Officer
September 15, 2009
(530) 666-8042 [w] ▪ (530) 219-8464 [c]
Support Facility for Gibson House Historical Museum Complete
(Woodland, CA) – Thanks to funding and a joint partnership between Yolo County and the Woodland Sunrise, Noon and Luna Vista Rotary clubs, construction of a much needed support building for the Gibson House Historical Museum, located at 512 Gibson Road in Woodland, is complete. The new facility includes four permanent toilets, one with handicap access, a modern kitchen to support food service for events, and dressing rooms for brides and grooms.
“The new facility will bridge a significant gap up until now at the Gibson House by providing amenities to support community events, weddings and festivals,” said Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad. “For example, the recent Backpacks for Kids event required bringing in portable toilets. This won’t be necessary in the future. The new kitchen will also make it easier to provide food at future events.”
This community project has used salvaged wood from an old barn removed by the Sunrise Rotary Club in an effort to make the building fit into the Gibson House genre. The support building has a deep porch to provide sun and rain protection, as well as a food service window from the kitchen. The new facility will allow for many additional events not previously possible. The new dressing rooms are expected to encourage Yolo County residents to use the Gibson House facility for weddings, thus reducing travel time for large wedding parties.
“Without the support of the Woodland Sunrise, Noon and Luna Vista Rotary clubs, this building would not have been built,” said Yolo County General Services Director Ray Groom. “Their community support and spirit made this project a reality.”
“I have visited the site daily and I am excited the project is now complete. It is an excellent example of a successful private-public partnership,” said Supervisor Rexroad. “Along with our partners, I especially want to acknowledge Ray Groom who personally worked on his own time to plane the salvaged wood.”
The Gibson House Historical Museum, former home of William Byas Gibson is owned by Yolo County and managed by the Yolo County Historical Museum. The Museum houses collections of furnishings and artifacts depicting the various eras from the 1850s to the 1930s. In addition to being a house museum, there are changing exhibits on various subjects related to the history of Yolo County. The outbuildings contain displays of agriculture and everyday life of the same period. The museum and grounds are open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. pm. For more information visit: http://yolo.net/vme/ychm/.
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USC v. Ohio State
Sunday, September 13, 2009 ::
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About a year ago I noticed that USC played Ohio State in Columbus this weekend. I have a long time friend that grew up in Columbus so we agreed to head out to the game together.
Friday we flew out around noon. In the Houston airport for our transfer my buddy is wearing an Ohio State jersey people scream out "O-H". He yells back "I-O". What in the world? Yep -- they spell to each other. It takes two people in Ohio to team up to spell their state. This happened non-stop for 30 hours. Just right in the middle of walking down the street people would scream out "O-H" and dozens would respond "I-O". Very strange.
Got to Columbus at around 11pm. Headed out on the town -- but we were a long ways from the campus. Despite that -- lots of Ohio State gear rolling around. I was proudly wearing my USC gear but was not obnoxious about it.
So we get up Saturday morning at 0700 Pacific Time. It is 10am out there so we head out for "lunch". I am told we have to go to Skyline for chili. Not exactly my first choice but I will try anything.
The game starts at 8pm yet looking at Gameday on ESPN it was clear that Columbis had lots of drunk people ten hours before the game. This was going to be a long day.
So we are in Skyline and I order a "4-way with beans". See more here. This is pasta, covered with chili, then kidney beans, and a big pile of shredded cheese. It was actually pretty good. It stayed in my system until I got back to the hotel -- then it was rapidly out of my system. I will spare you the details.
So we then head down to the Ohio State campus area. The "shoe" as they call the stadium held 106,000 people last night. Twice as many people as live in Woodland. I would guess that probably 250,000 showed up to tailgate. People were everywhere -- eight hours prior to the game...and they were lubricated.
So we go to a tailgate party where I got to sit down and watch Fresno State blow a great chance to beat Wisconsin. Then we walk around the Ohio State campus. It is beautiful. Really beautiful this time of year. Not so sure what I would think about it in January but it was amazing.
So we go to the game. Our seats could not have been better. We are right behind the USC bench about 12 rows up on the 45 yard line. It just does not get any better.
So the game gets going and I am expecting a ton of noise. It was loud but not too loud. It was nothing like Nebraska two years ago.
So I am sitting there wearing my USC gear celebrating an early touchdown and feeling good. Then Ohio State has a big play. The guy behind me grabs me by the shoulders and starts shaking me screaming "How do you like that USC?". I was in shock. I turn around and ask what he is doing. he says he was being stupid and apologizes. He is probably 65 years old, wearing a sweater vest, weighs about 140 pounds and is smashed along with about four friends.
I figure we are done and that life is grand.
This guy continues to yell in my ear for the next five minutes about how I should not be sitting in the Ohio State section, Pete Carrol is an a-hole, and that Ohio State needs to break their F*** neck. This is despite the fact that two of the people with me are under the age of 16.
So Ohio State makes another good play and this same guy takes both hands and jabs me in the ribs and hits me on the neck with his program. I am now going to toss a 65 year old man down the 12 rows to the field -- and I realize that I will miss the rest of the game after they escort me out. When I turn around his friends start trying to stop him. My three friends try to get this group of older men to police themselves. After a couple choice words it is made very clear to sweater vest man that he has used all of his available lives for the evening.
The rest of the game we just have to listen to him being drunk as he yells out things about Ohio State. In the end the scoreboard said it all. USC won the game on a last minute drive. The people in that stadium were seriously down.
As I am starting to walking out of the stadium sweater vest man apologizes to me. They don't sell beer in the stadium so he had spent four hours sobering up. He apologized to me for his behavior and tried to tell me his excuse was that he had served in the Marines in Vietnam. Whatever. I accepted his apology and then headed toward the car.
The folks in Columbus were really upset about the loss....but most everyone was cool. Despite most everyone being cool -- the people on Nebraska are the hospitality standard as far as what I have experienced.
We then stayed up all night to catch a 6:30am flight. Long trip back.
Great experience. Fight On!
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Is anyone home?
Thursday, September 10, 2009 ::
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So I heard all about the nut jobs forming their own investigation panel yesterday at the Capitol. Good for them.
Then just now I look over at the Daily Democrat website and it all became clear that these people are not qualified to investigate anything. Check out the picture with the article.
They are at a press conference with a guy that got tossed off the State Supreme County by the voters of California. They are forming their own panel to investigate -- and what do they bring to hold up? Signs that say "Federal Investigation Now".
So they have their independent investigation with the State AG. Then they get the federal investigation with the FBI. So then they form their own group to investigate and then show up with sings from the second round of demands. Rocket scientists -- all of them.
Let them investigate. They might discover the world is round.
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Dear Mr. President
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 ::
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Mr. President:
I enjoyed listening to your televised address to Congress tonight. It allowed me to better understand your position on health care.
It is unfortunate that people can't be more civil in the way they voice support or concerns to ideas.
Here is what I don't understand. You claim health care is a basic human right. I get that and understand your view. Where I do not understand this point is when you say that illegal immigrants would not be covered by your plan.
Either one of two things then must be the case by not including a class of humans. First, you could have concluded that health care is not really a human right. Second, you don't believe that illegal immigrants are human or don't have the same rights as others. Either of these things is fascinating to me in this debate and your fundamental view. I guess the other option is that this is a politically expedient way to handle the situation.
I also keep hearing from people that we are already paying for all of these costs. Ok -- great. Then promise me that the combination or my enormous tax bill and health care premiums will not go up at all under this plan. If I am already paying for the uninsured -- then simply reallocate the resources that I put into the system.
It is not that I don't want people to have health care. That would be great. I am just not willing to pay any more for it.
Matt Rexroad
Taxpayer
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It was not good enough...what a bunch of nonsense
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 ::
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It was not good enough. The Attorney General and the FBI are not good enough so they created their own panel.
I would encourage Yolo County to work only with government agencies in reviewing the actions of our officers. This is just stupid.
In fact, I am thinking about setting up a review panel of this review panel to find out what is going on.
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This is not going to be good enough
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 ::
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I am calling it right now... this will not be good enough.
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig has finished his investigation of the shooting on the Gum Avenue overpass. He has turned it over to the State AG and the feds. That is fine. Not sure what his motivation was to turn it over to them ..but whatever it is it will not be good enough.
Reisig has done his job yet these people will demand more. They are on a witch hunt for someone to blame for the shooting. If they can't blame the cops they will blame Reisig.
This sort of behavior is why it does not do any good to negotiate with the folks here. They will never be happy. You watch....this won't be good enough.
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The madness continues
Monday, September 07, 2009 ::
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I am laughing really hard right now.
Take a look at the blog entry over on the Vanguard about some rodents in a field. Read the comments. It really does show the difference between Woodland and Davis.
Read here.
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Gibson House Plant Sale
Monday, September 07, 2009 ::
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The Gibson House Annual Stroll through History Plant sale is scheduled for Sat. Sept. 12 at the Gibson House 512 Gibson Road, Woodland from 11 am to 4pm. This is one of the few times you have to purchase the many different kinds of plants for the Gibson House Gardeners. Prices start at $1.50 when they are gone they are gone. The Gibson House Gardeners donate their time to cultivate cuttings for sale to the public this sale takes place only once or twice a year.
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The Health Care Debate
Monday, September 07, 2009 ::
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I am very entertained by this debate on health care. It is a very complicated issue that has devolved into a silly shouting match.
My proposal to change the debate is to figure out who we are willing to let fall through the cracks. That is the real question.
Jenn and I have been talking about this quite a bit. It is really nothing more than me playing devils advocate as she throws out different ideas. We could do this for hours. She has lots of good ideas and I can come up with some crazy reason what it won't work.
In the end I get down to --- "Ok Teacher Rexroad are you willing to let that kid walk around with a broken foot?" Most every time that answer is no.
So who should not have health care? In looking around in my life a I know several people that don't have health care. Many of them are making that choice. Several have college degrees. Several make quite a bit of money. They just don't want to work and/or don't want to pay for it.
So why should I pay for them?
Further, I think a means test is important. If you are willing to say that anyone should be denied health care then it must not be a right. A "right" should certainly cover every citizen. If it is a "human right" then it covers every one that is human. No exceptions.
I do not think health care is a right. I just don't. I am willing to deny some people health care which means I do not think it is a human right. Further, I don't think it is something that comes with being a citizens of the United States or California. It is not a right that comes with either of those classes of people either.
So who am I willing to cut off? Generally, people that choose to spend money on other things. I see lots of people out there that drive really nice cars, take terrrible care of themselves by smoking and eating poor food, and waste a ton of time. These are the people I am willing to cut off.
What is my test for this? I am not sure.
If you do have someone out there that is truly maximizing the options available to them would I be willing to use charity or maybe even the government to help them? Probably.
In the end, I am willing to deny people health care. It just is not a right.
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Blink - a book review
Friday, September 04, 2009 ::
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I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink. Earlier this year I had read the Tipping Point and now I am going to have to read Outliers.
This is a great book that wraps up some things for me that I had been thinking about in terms of recognition in my own life.
Over the last few months Jenn and I have read some of the books on marriage by John Gottman from the University of Washington. I have not posted reviews on these books but they have been well done. Gottman has a good writing style and some good information that Jenn and I have found useful.
Back to Gladwell -- Blink is about the kind of "thinking" we do in a fraction of a second. What do you do when someone is shooting at you? What do you read on a face when you think someone is a liar? What information gets processed and how do you process it?
I strongly recommend the book to you.
You can get more information about the author and his series of books here.
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Marijuana v. Alcohol
Friday, September 04, 2009 ::
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I have been in a running discussion over several weeks with a person that is totally opposed to the use of any kind of drugs because they are "bad for you" and "bad for society".
Here is my problem with this. That is not the reason that we should ban things or make them illegal.
Cheeseburgers are bad for you. Alcohol is probably bad for you. Speeding is not good for you.
If we are going to use the "it is bad for you" reason then we better shut down every KFC, make smoking illegal, and put regulators on cars so people can't go over 80 MPH.
It would be my preference that people would be free from regulation of these activities. With that freedom comes responsibility.
I know lots of people that smoke pot. I know lots of people that drink alcohol. Far, far, far more people have ruined their lives and the lives of others with alcohol.
It seems clear to me that if the test is we ban things because we find them bad for others ..then don't stop with pot. Keep going and get all the high fat foods, speeding, and everything else.
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Respect the Rank
Friday, September 04, 2009 ::
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I just do not understand the outrage over President Obama speaking to school children.
This man is President of the United States and Commander in Chief of our military. I did not vote for Obama. I voted for McCain. However, Obama is now the President and deserves the respect associated with the rank he has attained. This is true on a global scale.
So how does this work on my personal scale? Would I want President Obama to come and speak to Abigail's Kindergarten class? You bet. What a great opportunity to have her learn from a man that was able to go to Harvard Law School, accomplish some great things (like being elected as leader of the free world), and appears to be a good husband and father. If Abigail had this chance I would do my best to provide a good example to welcome the President with the respect he deserves.
The President of the United States should be speaking to school kids. Do I want him making re-election speeches? No. Do I think he should be discussing gun control or health care? Not really. Do think it is appropriate for him to encourage them to study hard and be good people? Absolutely. In fact, I think it is great that he shows them he cares enough to deliver that message.
For all of you that are bent out of shape on this -- chill out. He is the President of the United States and needs to do his job. He won the election and now needs to govern. If you don't like it you will have a chance to vote again soon.
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