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good comments

ksings — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:00:26 GMT

Most of your questions are answered in the full text of the bill, which was vetted by several public policy experts at universities and other organizations around California. I'll just say upfront that I could not disagree with you more about your last comment.

www.cmedact.org if you want to read the full initiative, which I suggest you do to answer most of your questions.

Also, Left Foot, the numbers are based on percentages of two billion dollars, which is the estimate for how much revenue this would bring in. But if California taps into Monterey shale, for example, the amount of revenue that this tax would bring in would explode. It could potentially fully fund free tuition for all students in California in addition to providing far more than "a drop in the bucket" for services. This campaign does not take sides in the fracking debate, but it must be noted that this is a possibility.

Why not pubic buildings that cannot pass the costs on to customers? Because we can't do everything all at once! Though part of the 300 million for infrastructure could certainly be used by cities like San Diego to install solar panels on public buildings. When we designed the $400 million for small businesses, we wanted to promote job growth by providing subsidies these businesses need to save big on energy. It's good policy and politics.

Everything else you ask is answered in the full text, which again, can be found here: www.cmedact.org

Thank you for your comment!

Congratulations !!

frisco — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:09:27 GMT

More power to you !!
The opposition to the internment of Japanese-Americans is very impressive

My oldest daughter will get her teaching credential in a couple of months
Christine was inspired by her Middle school math teacher
She is going to be a middle school math teacher

I worry about the future of education in California
The biggest problem is the Parents not doing enough to encourage their children to get an education
That, and private schools stealing all the funding of public education

Good Luck, CTA !!

Actually

frisco — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:09:23 GMT

I think the issue was that Bolts WEREN'T supposed TO BE USED on large structures
Bolts were considered unsafe by the latest industry standards
CalTrans apparently never got the word

I just wonder if we could contract with Oregon or Washington to have their transportation departments oversee CalTrans designs and safety inspections

C'mon Jerry, get something done

As I understand it

VBobier — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:12:15 GMT

This was a contractor that supplied faulty bolts, this wasn't Caltrans fault in the least... But of course Caltrans will use the same contractor, instead of looking at another bidder to see if better quality bolts can be made...

Save the Postal Service-Save American Jobs

VBobier — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:08:20 GMT

Then there's the petition to save the USPS right Here(Save the Postal Service-Save American Jobs). It needs about 80,855 more signatures on or before May 24th 2013, it has so far amassed 19,145 signatures so far, the goal is 100,000 signatures. Yes I signed it...

CalTrans

frisco — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:54:56 GMT

Does this tell us something about CalTrans ?
There were foundation inspections that were supposed to be done
They never happened

Now, bolts that were unfit for heavy construction were used in this bridge
Apparently, the CalTrans staff was 'too busy' to keep up with the latest in transportation safety

Who's in charge here ?
Maybe we need an outside inspector to look over CalTrans shoulder on all their projects

Presumably, there are no consequences for CalTrans staff for gross negligence and incompetence

This is a great time to look into CalTrans and try to make corrections to it.
Let's see what other states do
And how they do it

We need to rethink our fossil fuel usage

wes — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:48 GMT

Brian, I have not commented here for a long time. I could not agree more with the statement. It is key to the understanding of what we need to do. Time and again it has been shown that the money spent on climate mitigation.... or in plain English the effort to avoid catastrophe, is far less than what we will have to spend on adaptation.

To begin with, the pursuit of the peripheral tunnel approach for "securing our water supply" could be considered climate adaptation except that it would be money thrown away. The end of the tunnels would be at the Tracy Pumps and those will eventually be under water due to sea level rise. Without a solution to the sea level rise problem, there will be no delta and no need for any tunnels.

Brown say the right words to keep some environmentalists voting for him, but he does not really understand basic ecology and how we are all in this together. Just consider that his position on fracking.... loves it for Monterey Shale.... is absolutely going to increase the amount of money Californians will have to spend for adaptation. But what does he care, he and I will both be long gone before anyone acts.