Comments for Community * Conversation * Information http://aboutcambria.com Cambria Pines by the Sea Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on California Coastal Commission Unanimously Denied Army Corps Desal Tests by Will Washburn http://aboutcambria.com/2011/12/11/california-coastal-commission-unanimously-denied-army-corps-desal-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-40215 Will Washburn Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:12:37 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=3451#comment-40215 Am I mistaken or are the first words above an incomplete sentence? It reads: On Friday, December 9, 2011 the California Coastal Commission held a hearing to determine whether the desalination-related testing the Army Corps of Engineers proposed to do on the beach at Shamel Park. How should this sentence be completed? Am I mistaken or are the first words above an incomplete sentence? It reads:

On Friday, December 9, 2011 the California Coastal Commission held a hearing to determine whether the desalination-related testing the Army Corps of Engineers proposed to do on the beach at Shamel Park.

How should this sentence be completed?

]]> Comment on There’s a New General Manager at Cambria Community Services District by Charles Briles http://aboutcambria.com/2011/04/29/theres-a-new-general-manager-at-cambria-community-services-district/comment-page-1/#comment-39037 Charles Briles Sun, 01 May 2011 02:45:27 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=3331#comment-39037 Perhaps the CCSD should be investagated for linking water hook-ups with a privite company such as Waste Management. When we put our house on the market to sell we notified Waste Management that the house would be empty and trash pick-up service was no longer needed. We were billed for the entire time taken for the house to be sold. We were told by Waste Management that EVERY house paid for trash removal as long a water meter hook-up was in place regardless that there was no trash. We left the water on for agents and possible buyers - there was no trash. The SLO DA's office told us that this "set-up" was illigal. We are going to ask the DA to look into the mater and take what ever action they think is necessary. As stated before, perhaps the board should investagate itself before the DA files charges. Perhaps the CCSD should be investagated for linking water hook-ups with a privite company such as Waste Management. When we put our house on the market to sell we notified Waste Management that the house would be empty and trash pick-up service was no longer needed.
We were billed for the entire time taken for the house to be sold. We were told by Waste Management that EVERY house paid for trash removal as long a water meter hook-up was in place regardless that there was no trash. We left the water on for agents and possible buyers – there was no trash.
The SLO DA’s office told us that this “set-up” was illigal. We are going to ask the DA to look into the mater and take what ever action they think is necessary. As stated before, perhaps the board should investagate itself before the DA files charges.

]]> Comment on The Upside of All the Delays in Desalination for Cambria by Rahim Bidgoli http://aboutcambria.com/2009/09/13/the-upside-of-all-the-delays-in-desalination-for-cambria/comment-page-1/#comment-38984 Rahim Bidgoli Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:20:11 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=2556#comment-38984 I owned a small land for almost 20 years, when I bought this land, I was told there is a water shortage and I should not expect to end soon, but lets get real for 20 years this problem has not been solved yet??????? unless there is a bureaucracy going on behind this?? I was going to spend there only a few weekend every year, how much of water do you think we are going to use??? If you travel to some of those Arabic country you will see in the middle of desert they are building high rises but we in the country of USA, right by the ocean complaining of water shortage, don't you think this is a joke?? specially nothing has changed for the last 20 years??????? I owned a small land for almost 20 years, when I bought this land, I was told there is a water shortage and I should not expect to end soon, but lets get real for 20 years this problem has not been solved yet??????? unless there is a bureaucracy going on behind this?? I was going to spend there only a few weekend every year, how much of water do you think we are going to use???
If you travel to some of those Arabic country you will see in the middle of desert they are building high rises but we in the country of USA, right by the ocean complaining of water shortage, don’t you think this is a joke?? specially nothing has changed for the last 20 years???????

]]> Comment on The Upside of All the Delays in Desalination for Cambria by Ben http://aboutcambria.com/2009/09/13/the-upside-of-all-the-delays-in-desalination-for-cambria/comment-page-1/#comment-38979 Ben Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:36:11 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=2556#comment-38979 I have owned a couple lots in the area and talking to people who own property there, they say they don't want to have new people building and they want to keep the place very private and just to themselves. This is not the American way. We have a land and we have the right to build on it. If we don't have enough water we will dig a well if that is against the environment we do what other cities are doing we import water. My dream was to have my kids enjoy a weekend away from the city once in a while, with out going to hotels or motels and sleeping in someone else's bed. How much water would a small family need. We predict we would spend about 10 weeks out of the year there, thee wouldn't be much of water need for plants, nor our property is large enough to build a pool. But I guess since the city people who own their houses over there don't want new people in their private "resort" paid by taxpayers like me!!!!!!! If they were really concerned about the environment, they wouldn't have built there in the first place. But now that they own and live in their houses, it is not good for environment for others to live there. This is democracy in action!!!!!! I want to hear your comments. I have owned a couple lots in the area and talking to people who own property there, they say they don’t want to have new people building and they want to keep the place very private and just to themselves. This is not the American way. We have a land and we have the right to build on it. If we don’t have enough water we will dig a well if that is against the environment we do what other cities are doing we import water.
My dream was to have my kids enjoy a weekend away from the city once in a while, with out going to hotels or motels and sleeping in someone else’s bed.
How much water would a small family need. We predict we would spend about 10 weeks out of the year there, thee wouldn’t be much of water need for plants, nor our property is large enough to build a pool.
But I guess since the city people who own their houses over there don’t want new people in their private “resort” paid by taxpayers like me!!!!!!!
If they were really concerned about the environment, they wouldn’t have built there in the first place. But now that they own and live in their houses, it is not good for environment for others to live there. This is democracy in action!!!!!!
I want to hear your comments.

]]> Comment on Vacation Rental Ordinance on NCAC Agenda July 21st. by MoonstoneBob http://aboutcambria.com/2010/07/18/vacation-rental-ordinance-on-ncac-agenda-july-21st/comment-page-1/#comment-38973 MoonstoneBob Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:35:39 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=3178#comment-38973 Thank you for all you do for the Cambrian community. Thank you for all you do for the Cambrian community.

]]> Comment on Earmark for Desalination on WashingtonWatch.com by lukeblogger http://aboutcambria.com/2010/04/04/earmark-for-desalination-on-washingtonwatch-com/comment-page-1/#comment-38967 lukeblogger Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:15:47 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=3086#comment-38967 Don't you already have an advocate in washington d.c. called a Senator and Member of Congress? Don’t you already have an advocate in washington d.c. called a Senator and Member of Congress?

]]> Comment on Earmark for Desalination on WashingtonWatch.com by MoonstoneBob http://aboutcambria.com/2010/04/04/earmark-for-desalination-on-washingtonwatch-com/comment-page-1/#comment-38966 MoonstoneBob Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:48:00 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=3086#comment-38966 This Desalination Plant will never be built, again. Remember a decade ago when CCSD had the Building Permit? The entire process is a huge waste of tax payer money, again. When will we ever learn? This Desalination Plant will never be built, again. Remember a decade ago when CCSD had the Building Permit? The entire process is a huge waste of tax payer money, again. When will we ever learn?

]]> Comment on Letter in Cambrian, Feb.11, 2010 desal costs by Deryl Robinson http://aboutcambria.com/2010/02/12/letter-in-cambrian-feb-11-2010-desal-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-36459 Deryl Robinson Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:33:30 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/2010/02/12/letter-in-cambrian-feb-11-2010-desal-costs/#comment-36459 Cambria residents who refuse to allow their fellow owners of Cambria property to have water under any circumstances are the greedy ones. Greed can be defined as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves. As it sits today, existing residents possess all the benefits of our property, enjoying it as their own open space. They refuse to allow the municipal water supply to be expanded so that we can have water meters, even though we offer to pay the whole local share. They angrily vote down a rate increase that would have them pay only a tiny fraction of the cost of expanding and maintaining the water supply, and buying back lots they don't want homes on. They refuse to allow lot owners to bring our own outside water at our own expense. They refuse to compensate us for loss of property that we have paid fair market value for, and instead insist that we be required to maintain and pay taxes on property that they and only they can get any enjoyment of. I can't even get a permit to camp out on my property that I own and pay taxes on. This is about one thing and one thing only, and it is totally obvious that it is about the greedy desire to continue enjoying our property without having to pay for it. Keeping the water supply down is the means to that end. Ms Bentz, please run your math again and count the value of our property that cannot be used. Don't even talk to me about greed. I have repeatedly offered for years to pay far more than my share to rectify the challenges facing Cambria. It is you who is possessed by greed, and the fear of change. You want to keep Cambria like you think it is, and you want to balance the cost of it on our backs. You think Cambria is a forest, but it is also a dense subdivision, and was so long before you ever went there or bought any property. You have no right to expect anything other than the full buildout of your neighborhood. If you don't like Cambria as a dense subdivision, then you have the ability to change it by buying it back. If you want my lot and right to build a home on it eliminated, step up and buy it. Otherwise I am not interested in your opinions. Cambria residents who refuse to allow their fellow owners of Cambria property to have water under any circumstances are the greedy ones. Greed can be defined as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves. As it sits today, existing residents possess all the benefits of our property, enjoying it as their own open space. They refuse to allow the municipal water supply to be expanded so that we can have water meters, even though we offer to pay the whole local share. They angrily vote down a rate increase that would have them pay only a tiny fraction of the cost of expanding and maintaining the water supply, and buying back lots they don’t want homes on. They refuse to allow lot owners to bring our own outside water at our own expense. They refuse to compensate us for loss of property that we have paid fair market value for, and instead insist that we be required to maintain and pay taxes on property that they and only they can get any enjoyment of. I can’t even get a permit to camp out on my property that I own and pay taxes on.
This is about one thing and one thing only, and it is totally obvious that it is about the greedy desire to continue enjoying our property without having to pay for it. Keeping the water supply down is the means to that end.
Ms Bentz, please run your math again and count the value of our property that cannot be used.
Don’t even talk to me about greed. I have repeatedly offered for years to pay far more than my share to rectify the challenges facing Cambria. It is you who is possessed by greed, and the fear of change. You want to keep Cambria like you think it is, and you want to balance the cost of it on our backs. You think Cambria is a forest, but it is also a dense subdivision, and was so long before you ever went there or bought any property. You have no right to expect anything other than the full buildout of your neighborhood. If you don’t like Cambria as a dense subdivision, then you have the ability to change it by buying it back.
If you want my lot and right to build a home on it eliminated, step up and buy it. Otherwise I am not interested in your opinions.

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