Comments on The Woodland Journal: Mighty wits clash in give-away

but if the truth hurts, oh well!

2008-05-14T13:33:00.000-07:00

but if the truth hurts, oh well!

AHHH, yet another strike against the unions.

2008-05-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

AHHH, yet another strike against the unions.

The Woodland school board is rejecting the big gif...

2008-05-13T21:46:00.000-07:00

The Woodland school board is rejecting the big gift of lights for one reason and one reason only: unions. Unions get to build public schools at prevailing wages, much higher than the private sector. If WJUSD had let those private lights go up, their union buddies wouldn't have gotten paid and the district couldn't overpay on purchasing mundo-expensive new lights. Comprehende?

Sorry, but I was not at the last board meeting and...

2008-05-10T20:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry, but I was not at the last board meeting and YES the WJUSD (maintenace and operations) was well aware of the available programs of rebates and energy efficant lighting. The WJUSD buys millions of dollars of equipment a year, they know whats out there to buy, they just didn't want to mess with this whole donation thing.

Was the doantion from the City on the last agenda? I was going

Did you advise the School Board of your discovery ...

2008-05-10T19:16:00.000-07:00

Did you advise the School Board of your discovery of a rebate program?

I dont recall hearing anything about PG&E or rebate programs at the last board meeting

Anon 6:17 Glad you asked, because PG&E Was consult...

2008-05-10T18:56:00.000-07:00

Anon 6:17

Glad you asked, because PG&E Was consulted and they told us of a program were we could get rebates and even had vendor lists that were APPROVED BY THE STATE DEPT. OF EDUACTION....Hmmmmm I guess that was not good enough for Jimmy La Grande and Kelly Morgan of WJUSD. Let me remind everyone, this would have been cost free of the district to take this stuff. DOANTED LABOR,

The School District should inquire if PG&E has an...

2008-05-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

The School District should inquire if PG&E has an incentive or rebate program in place that would off set the cost the District would incur in updating the lights as required by the State. By doing so, the District might be pleasantly surprised by the response from PG&E .
In my opinion, the District should allow more public participation in the decision making process in matters such as

Mike,I don't know anything about installing the Du...

2008-05-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

Mike,

I don't know anything about installing the Dubach lights at the Little League fields (that are owned by the city).

I'm still waiting to hear what Little League is going to do with the $20,000 from MLB. I suggested using some of it to make Dustin Pedroia Field look like Fenway Park as a tribute to Dustin and his MLB team. Apparently that has fallen on deaf ears.

The little league should gift it to PHS...wouldn't...

2008-05-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

The little league should gift it to PHS...wouldn't that screw the board. Don't say "would you like this" say "here ya go and we won't have it any other way...it's yours, get it put in before anyone can say anything against it"

If the Little league did get it and keeps it....at least it's going to something for the kids of the town.

Hey Dino, The word is that the City of Woodland en...

2008-05-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hey Dino,
The word is that the City of Woodland ended up giving all the equipment from Dubach to the Woodland Little League. Any truth to that? What do you know?
If so, it really went right back to the city in a indirect way.

Mike

This is just another good reason to have the recal...

2008-05-10T08:54:00.000-07:00

This is just another good reason to have the recall.

Mike

Annie 446,I'm talking about the people that were 1...

2008-05-09T20:19:00.000-07:00

Annie 446,

I'm talking about the people that were 16,19,20 somethings in the Sixties, that are now School Administrators that pound the Recycle..recycle...recycle mantra. But then this opportunity comes up and they don't take advantage of it or follow their own advice. And not to come up with the 5K to finish the PHS lighting is ridiculous. Reminds me of the guy in New Mexico that built

Hey, "Class of '56", maybe you should have listene...

2008-05-09T07:42:00.000-07:00

Hey, "Class of '56", maybe you should have listened in school...

As much as I love Glover, Berg and Rogelio, they a...

2008-05-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

As much as I love Glover, Berg and Rogelio, they are powerless with the other four sheep on the board.

A recall is a unfortunate, but necessary step to righting this school district.

When the details of this new building lease are made public, the four members will be gone.

ticked off,Thank you for illuminating the subject ...

2008-05-08T23:10:00.000-07:00

ticked off,

Thank you for illuminating the subject (no pun intended). I still question the value of the equipment - I know what condition it's in. That, however, does not diminish the fact that the city made a generous offer.

Certainly something could have been worked out... it just needed a little effort. Even if it took a state representative to put pressure on the state

The Pioneer High School Soccer Boosters had severa...

2008-05-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

The Pioneer High School Soccer Boosters had several contractors lined up to take them down, transport them, buld new base foundations, install them and even had partial funding to begin buying NEW ENERGY efficiant lights...YES all of this was DONATED. However, the WJUSD still said NO.

They said it wouldn't pass state inspection, but yet they can NOT produce any engineer report to back

Looks like the price of tearing Dubach went up due...

2008-05-08T18:30:00.000-07:00

Looks like the price of tearing Dubach went up due to the salvage items being given away.I think Pioneer High School using the lights would have been a very acceptable give away.The High School would have put them to use. I fear instead the lights were given to "salvage" as opposed to being used.This happened before the bid walk thru. This makes the value of the salvageable items go down and the

yolocalvet,I'm not sure I get your point. Are you ...

2008-05-08T17:48:00.000-07:00

yolocalvet,

I'm not sure I get your point. Are you suggesting the school district purchase new light poles? Or are you suggesting the the city not recycle the light poles if the district doesn't want them?

The article was intended to point out that there was a need that could be met... somehow, it seems, but skewed minds will not let it happen.

I never realized that I am a snot nosed brat that ...

2008-05-08T16:46:00.000-07:00

I never realized that I am a snot nosed brat that spews recycle recycle. Thanks Cal for letting me know where I sit in the scheme of things. Um....wasn't your wife born in the 60s? Think before you speak dude.

Spending others peoples money to "influence and im...

2008-05-08T16:35:00.000-07:00

Spending others peoples money to "influence and impress" is the fudiciary responsibility of government wonks. The greatest generation made it through WWII only to produce the "snot nosed" brat baby boomer generation of the 60's that spew recycle..recycle..
recycle.. then do this. I am embarrassed and ashamed of my fellow boomers.

Class of '56

Yes just what we need a massive holding pond next ...

2008-05-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

Yes just what we need a massive holding pond next to a fetilizer plant. Sounds like another good idea to me.

I can't believe they turned down an opportunity to...

2008-05-08T15:29:00.000-07:00

I can't believe they turned down an opportunity to pay their consultants some money. They could spend $500k on just studying the possibility of moving those poles around.

By the way, I still haven't heard what the cost wi...

2008-05-08T15:09:00.000-07:00

By the way, I still haven't heard what the cost will be to convert Dubach Park into an operable holding pond for city storm water.