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ScottRAB May 21, 2013 at 10:17 am
Slow and go modern roundabout intersections means less delay than a stop light or stop sign,…Read More especially the other 20 hours a day people aren’t driving to or from work. Average daily delay at a signal is around 12 seconds per car. At a modern roundabout average delay is less than five seconds.
Rico May 20, 2013 at 06:25 pm
So, the traffic circles do impede traffic flow and slow motorists down. I do question why the City…Read More of M.V. decided to put a painted traffic circle at an isolated intersection like Cascade and Old Mill. There is not a high volume of traffic at that isolated intersection, and I haven't seen any reports of traffic accidents, injuries or deaths at that intersection. If people use common sense, it's real easy to figure out what to do at that intersection, even with no STOP signs. Perhaps the City of M.V. should remove the traffic circle, and do some more $tudie$. Maybe a STOP sign on Cascade Dr. would be a better solution.
Rico May 15, 2013 at 05:16 pm
I guess I can't hit the enter button because that submits the post so from now on (until they fix…Read More the problem), all of my posts will be one paragraph. What Angelina did was her choice, based on the multi-billion dollar per cancer industry, and by the people that like do unnecessary surgeries to line their pockets. Ask one of those male doctors if he is willing to have his testicles removed "just in case" he might get testicular cancer in the future. I'll bet that they would laugh at anyone who proposed that question. There are many ways that people can take care of their bodies to prevent cancer, like taking vitamin D, magnesium, selenium, turmeric and many more anti-inflammatory herbs. Also diet and environmental factors play a role in the pre-disposition to get cancer. In most cases, genes only play about a 5% role in a chance of inheriting or contracting cancer. But this big business of cancer research doesn't want hear about anything else besides expensive pharmaceutical drugs and surgery, anything else would threaten their business model. This post is a test of the new Patch commenting system.
Rico May 15, 2013 at 04:55 pm
Yes, and she also announced that she is considering having her ovaries removed also.
Rico May 15, 2013 at 11:04 am
Thanks Jim W. for your reply and explaining things to us.
I look forward to a new Patch where people…Read More are more considerate of other's opinions. I hope the new filters get rid of the hacker/trolls.
And by the way, if you don't port over the comments about the transgender shower sharing article that I glanced at last night, you will be doing all of us a favor !
Jim Welte (Editor) May 15, 2013 at 10:32 am
Thanks Rico. You make great points. We had a bit of a tech glitch in that some content from earlier…Read More this week did not migrate over yet to the new sites - but it'll all be there soon. And yes, we'll have more info on how to navigate the site. I'll direct you here with any specific questions for now:
https://patchsupport.zendesk.com/home
But if that doesn't cover it or if you'd prefer to ask me, feel free - happy to help. And that goes for anyone out there with a question about how to get around on the new site.
Andy Berman May 14, 2013 at 02:33 pm
Only with "part 2" - the general Q&A. It's a "two part" meeting and the…Read More general plan discussion (which has the Arts working group's work included) is from 6-7 PM, while the AC meeting runs 7-9. It's very hard to schedule these things to accommodate 20 schedules (5 on CC, 5 on PC, 10 department heads & staff), so we did the best we could and staggered things. Thank you so much for understanding. Andy
Charuz May 14, 2013 at 01:22 pm
Isn't the art commission meeting in a time conflict with the community meeting?
Andy Berman May 13, 2013 at 02:35 pm
I had that in . . . somehow it fell out when it was posted. Sorry about that. You know I support…Read More the arts!! Andy
Tina McMillan May 21, 2013 at 11:03 am
I suspect this meeting is going to address recent comments by Adams that the infill development in…Read More San Rafael's low lying areas will be under water according to global warming theory. This issue was dismissed by other council members but if you want planning to dovetail with SB375 then you certainly wouldn't build homes in areas that may be under water.
How sad that the county can focus on a plan that encourages putting the homes of the most vulnerable populations alongside the freeway and in noisy, lackluster downtown areas lacking trees and open space.
The negative assumptions attached to people living into green areas seem like something out of a Woody Allen movie. Of course it is healthier to live in places where you have more open space, more trees, more plants, more animals and so on.
If we want walkable neighborhoods we can encourage small shopping centers nearby residential development by issuing zoning permits for retail/commercial. People should live further away from the freeway to avoid noise and poor air quality. What we should study is just how far away you have to live to avoid the negative health consequences of high density, urbanized housing.
Al Dugan May 13, 2013 at 08:32 pm
That is a very difficult time for folks that work for a living to make. Why doesn't this meeting…Read More happen after 5:30 pm so people can attend after work? This is an important supervisor meeting and the citizens of Marin deserve to hear the discussion and decisions on this issue.
Tina McMillan May 13, 2013 at 05:07 pm
No Jimmy. While southern Marin has Basic Aid Districts, Novato is a Low Wealth District. Our taxes…Read More don't begin to cover our education costs and never have. In the meantime with 34% of our students being socioeconomically disadvantaged we have test score in the elementary schools showing that we are not making sufficient progress specifically in English Language Arts. These schools and the district are in Program Improvement. The Title I funds that are being received through the Federal government have some schools getting five times the funding but still not raising test scores enough to satisfy NCLB requirements. In a few years NCLB will expire and the attention to the struggles of poor students in schools will no longer be on the front page. That doesn't mean that anything will be resolved or made different. Your cries of NIMBY are bigotry at its worst because you don't even know the specific issues of each community.
Having lived in Novato for 30+ years I can tell you that as a community Novato has given every possible advantage to affordable housing developers including 100% of the tax increment generated by the Redevelopment Agencies. This strategy has created a structural deficit as Novato has not been able to maintain a secure property tax base or a secure sales tax base. Our RHNA was reduced when our city council asked ABAG and backed their request with numbers to show what had been done.
Jimmy Fishbob Geraghty May 13, 2013 at 04:37 pm
Tina, it is hard to reply to every thing you mention, but let's look at water and over consumption…Read More of resources in Marin. I agree with you we need to deal with water conservation and stop thinking we can just turn on the facet and let it run, we are dealing with finite resources and we pretend we have a never-ending supply. So, I'll work with you on curbing excess water waste, which means behavioral changes in how we live.
As far as schools, the schools being looked at are Basic Aid Districts which means they have more money from property taxes than the state would give them. That is a good thing, they are better off than other districts that get funding from the state.
I think there are a few things we agree on and can work to imporve.
Eleanor Sluis May 13, 2013 at 04:21 pm
Increasing the number of cars is the reality, which the Sierra Club, Green Alliance, Economic…Read More Organizations, and business groups do not address in their fervor to build tacky, tall, 4-5 stories, segregated units on the highway, near the railroads, and at small shopping malls.
Smart Train voters said no the first time and yes to the propaganda the second time, which left out the connection to high density and more traffic leading to more not less green house gases.
Thanks, Tina and others who are adept at explaining the issues with the master plan for the Bay Area. Thanks to Pat Eklund, who is making a stand to limit traffic in Novato.
There is a need for new jobs to create better cars using lower gas emissions. Federal and state funds used for educating students in science and technology, engineering and biosciences help in solving the CO2 emissions.
Creating a university for these efforts is a better plan for the future than segregating minority populations. Integrating the minority within the towns with their cars for service use means that a balance is achieved.
The point is that each town decides what their budget may handle, and each town decides how to educate its population.
Rebecca Chapman May 3, 2013 at 06:06 pm
dear dominic, thanks for sympathizing with my plight. it's been crazy out here! and the weirdest…Read More part for me, quite honestly, is how much the 'homed' people of mill valley can get away with. if you have the right car, house, job, spouse, kids & dog, some pretty bad behaviors are ridiculously easy to engage in & even easier to cover up. as i told the city manager recently, next time i get homeless, i'm buying a pencil skirt, some sexy heels & a fashionable purse to traipse (sp.?) around town in...
Karen Pavone May 7, 2013 at 02:13 pm
Nope. Nothing of the sort. I do not write or do my reviews with any bias in mind and I do not…Read More receive any compensation. It's a great product that stands on its own and I would still recommend it, friendship or no friendship. Thanks for reading.
Bubbasixpack May 5, 2013 at 10:54 am
Do you get a cut of the sale? You should get something for turning your blog into a sales pitch for…Read More your friend.
Karen Pavone May 3, 2013 at 01:42 pm
No question there are less expensive ways to make raised beds, Rico. I like the M braces because…Read More they are a quick solution, save time, and are recyclable. For me the ininitial investment will pay off over time. Thanks for reading!
Richard Hall May 20, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Actually, just like SMART, the plan is more likely to increase congestion and CO2 emissions by…Read More diverting money away from highways into transit. Attempts so far in the Bay Area to subsidize transit have had this effect (they have failed):
1982 - 530m transit trips
2011 - 461m
Looking at transit %share of trips this also declined:
1980 - 11.6% used transit
2010 - 10.6% used transit
This despite the area's population growing.
The cost of congestion according to the Texas Transportation Institute consequently increased eight-fold between 1982 and 2007 - with the congestion causing untold CO2 emissions as cars are stuck in traffic (not to say inconvenience).
This essentially boils down to:
- Jimmy says we should all take transit, but he himself is driven in luxury cars to events that he attends
- Planners say we should all take transit, and make disproportionate investments in transit (that have been proven not to work)
Just like Jimmy many planners live in this Utopian ideal, pushing for transit use when people are time-focused and many trips aren't practical using transit so like Jimmy they end up using cars. Hence the title of this blog "planning for reality".
We are an innovative area that needs to recognize these realities instead of dwelling on sustainability dogma. To be truly sustainable we need to acknowledge these realities, only then can we build a truly effective plan.
Jimmy Fishbob Geraghty May 17, 2013 at 05:04 pm
Agenda 21 and Randal O'Tooles hogwash about chaining cars together, which is then just mass transit…Read More on a conveyer belt, which again is way more expensive than real mass transit like BART.
Richard, you have still not explained away the impact of your "No Plan". All the data shows increased congestion, increased GHG and continued sprawl. Just what the Birchers, Tea Party and Cato institute are calling for, and why... they can sell more oil... they don't want sustainable communities, mass transit and walkable communities.
I'm all ears, how will "No Plan" screw up the Bay Area?
Derek Sanders May 9, 2013 at 10:38 pm
MCE is a firehose of filth. There's nothing clean about them. Thanks for your work, Jim
Jim Phelps May 7, 2013 at 04:31 pm
Shell Oil and Marin Clean Energy recently extended their contract another 1-1/2 years.
John Parulis May 7, 2013 at 02:18 pm
Thanks Jim. MCE's customers should lobby their parent, Shell Oil, to stop despoiling the marine…Read More environment in Alaska. This is an environmental crime, unseen by supporters of "Marin Clean Energy".
Andy Berman May 7, 2013 at 03:16 pm
Oh my - I am so embarrassed. I know both you and Roberta, distinctly, and so apologize for the name…Read More mix up. That's just typing too much, too quickly, with poor proofreading afterwards. Lessons learned - even at 54! Again, my sincere apologies, but above all else: thank you for all you do for Mill Valley and your valuable participation on Saturday. xo Andy
Roberta Keller May 7, 2013 at 01:37 pm
Hi Andy,
Yes, Jeff is pretty cute! But, have you looked in the mirror lately?
You spelled my name…Read More wrong. I've been mixed up with Roberta Keiler for many years! Great to see you and all of the rest of Mill Valley's finest on Saturday.
Roberta Keller
Susan May 12, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You left out the word communist, and you also neglected to blame President Obama.
Michael May 15, 2013 at 09:21 am
isn't it strange how we live in a culture where many still view burnt skin (nicely called a tan) as…Read More some kind of an attractive look? It's damaged skin we are looking at, not beauty. But young people believe they are invincible and it is only later in life when they need to go check those brown spots on their skin out. Start young and keep your skin healthy.
Jimmy Fishbob Geraghty May 17, 2013 at 05:14 pm
Richard, your Cato Institute Fellow is a sprawler, Novato Community Alliance has articles by Joel…Read More Kotkin, another pro-sprawler, and savemarinwood.org and 94903community.org both promote sprawling ideologies. So, I guess the people who label you are right on the money.
And yes, NIMBYISM does include racists as one of the many reasons people oppose anything in their neighborhoods, that much we've already proven.
What we still need to prove why NO PLAN is a better choice if all the metrics get worse and why you support "No Plan" knowing this.
I think it leads right back to nimbyism and classism and all the other isms exposed by code-words used by the NIMBY Coalition, CITIZEN Marin.
Jimmy Fishbob Geraghty May 5, 2013 at 05:54 pm
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I always try to help Richard understand local Marin Issues. I hope he comes down to…Read More CMCM.tv and becomes a local producer himself, he'd find some like minded people there. There might even be a free orientation this Tuesday. I do hope he comes and participates, if only to prevent his mis-understanding of how the center works.
Robbie T May 5, 2013 at 05:46 pm
There's no point in responding. You're talking to people who think building any kind of mass…Read More transit is the same as "taking away your cars", and allowing the option to live in smaller houses closer to where they work will "force us into stack and pack housing".
Overflowing public trash cans in Mill Valley
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