Comments for About Cambria http://aboutcambria.com Cambrians for a Better Community and CSD Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Desal for Cambria by Amanda Rice http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/#comment-16417 Amanda Rice Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:22:52 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=877#comment-16417 Lynda, This post was written and posted by Reginald Perkins (as it says at the end of the post). Please feel free to correct the incorrect information, but there's no need to attack the writer. I just post a short excerpt of the last CCSD meeting where Peter Chaldecott describes some of the water history of Cambria. I believe that to be accurate...at least that is what the CCSD knows. The whole point of this site is to get the truth out and extinguish the rumors and re-writing of history. It is also a venue for all. So when someone adds their version, if you know different, please, by all means, correct the record! Lynda,
This post was written and posted by Reginald Perkins (as it says at the end of the post). Please feel free to correct the incorrect information, but there’s no need to attack the writer. I just post a short excerpt of the last CCSD meeting where Peter Chaldecott describes some of the water history of Cambria. I believe that to be accurate…at least that is what the CCSD knows. The whole point of this site is to get the truth out and extinguish the rumors and re-writing of history. It is also a venue for all. So when someone adds their version, if you know different, please, by all means, correct the record!

]]> Comment on Desal for Cambria by LYNDA OLSEN ADELSON http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/#comment-16413 LYNDA OLSEN ADELSON Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:56:50 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=877#comment-16413 Shame on you, Cyndi, for publishing this "article" by Reggie Perkins as news. You clearly don't fact check your information. I have forwarded this to Kathe Tanner at The Cambrian/Tribune. Tell me why I should read, and/or believe and of your postings unless they have the word "opinion" or "analysis" rather than being presented as fact. Shame on you, Cyndi, for publishing this “article” by Reggie Perkins as news.
You clearly don’t fact check your information. I have forwarded this to Kathe Tanner at The Cambrian/Tribune.
Tell me why I should read, and/or believe and of your postings unless they have the word “opinion” or “analysis” rather than being presented as fact.

]]> Comment on Desal for Cambria by MoonstoneBob http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/#comment-16409 MoonstoneBob Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:48:09 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=877#comment-16409 The CCSD Board lawyers do not care what the people want and can afford they just love BIG Government spending projects, or at least planning for them as they can pass along tax money to their lawyer political supporters who kick back some of the tax money for their political campaigns. It's how it works at the local, State and National levels. We all need to be careful not to vote for the BIG Government control types this November at all levels including for the CCSD Board. The CCSD Board lawyers do not care what the people want and can afford they just love BIG Government spending projects, or at least planning for them as they can pass along tax money to their lawyer political supporters who kick back some of the tax money for their political campaigns. It’s how it works at the local, State and National levels.
We all need to be careful not to vote for the BIG Government control types this November at all levels including for the CCSD Board.

]]> Comment on Desal for Cambria by LYNDA OLSEN ADELSON http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/#comment-16408 LYNDA OLSEN ADELSON Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:36:24 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=877#comment-16408 I remember Mr. Reggie Perkins very well , because I ran in a recall election in 1993 on the issue of no development of CT Ranch. The board wanted to share the cost with a private developer who would have destroyed CT Ranch (now in open space) and planned a reservoir large enough for a buildout of 26,000 residents in Cambria! And Reggie Perkins was board president and the plan's biggest supporter. Despite the fact that the other two candidates (Vern Kalshan and Helen May) and I were narrowly defeated, the sitting CCSD Board, president was Reggie Perkins, backed out of their agreement with the Bumi-Putra Bank of Malaysia. The plans had called for a destination resort on CT Ranch with a reservoir that would be shared with Cambria, condos, a lake, a heliport, a golf course requiring the cutting of tens of thousands of Monterrey Pines, and on and on. It was later determined that the proposed reservoir would fill up with silt quickly and require intense maintenance. After this project went down, Perkins and the rest of the CCSD Board focused on desal, and the biggest cheerleader for desal and a buildout to 26,000 was Reggie Perkins! As stated above, we "No Growthers" later voted out Perkins and 2 board members, when it was found that with oil at $30, the cost of desal water would have been more than bottled water. I've lived here since 1980, and the CCSD and has not brought ONE DROP OF NEW WATER to Cambria. Now Reggie Perkins seems to have had a change of heart, which is great -- but his revisionist history leaves out his part in promoting buildout on a huge scale in the 1990's. I'm glad Reggie has finally joined our "NO GROWTH" group, but let's be accurate and realize that it was REGGIE PERKINS WHO WAS THE MAIN FORCE BEHIND WHAT HE NOW CALLS "this dastardly plan." If you think the CCSD board is rude to ratepayers now, you should have been here when Reggie Perkins was pres. and would not let ratepayers speak against the CT Ranch project or, later, desal. AboutCambria shou do some fact checking before running "revisionist history" articles like this again; they do not serve the community well. I remember Mr. Reggie Perkins very well , because I ran in a recall election in 1993 on the issue of no development of CT Ranch. The board wanted to share the cost with a private developer who would have destroyed CT Ranch (now in open space) and planned a reservoir large enough for a buildout of 26,000 residents in Cambria! And Reggie Perkins was board president and the plan’s biggest supporter.
Despite the fact that the other two candidates (Vern Kalshan and Helen May) and I were narrowly defeated, the sitting CCSD Board, president was Reggie Perkins, backed out of their agreement with the Bumi-Putra Bank of Malaysia. The plans had called for a destination resort on CT Ranch with a reservoir that would be shared with Cambria, condos, a lake, a heliport, a golf course requiring the cutting of tens of thousands of Monterrey Pines, and on and on. It was later determined that the proposed reservoir would fill up with silt quickly and require intense maintenance.
After this project went down, Perkins and the rest of the CCSD Board focused on desal, and the biggest cheerleader for desal and a buildout to 26,000 was Reggie Perkins! As stated above, we “No Growthers” later voted out Perkins and 2 board members, when it was found that with oil at $30, the cost of desal water would have been more than bottled water.
I’ve lived here since 1980, and the CCSD and has not brought ONE DROP OF NEW WATER to Cambria. Now Reggie Perkins seems to have had a change of heart, which is great — but his revisionist history leaves out his part in promoting buildout on a huge scale in the 1990’s.
I’m glad Reggie has finally joined our “NO GROWTH” group, but let’s be accurate and realize that it was REGGIE PERKINS WHO WAS THE MAIN FORCE BEHIND WHAT HE NOW CALLS “this dastardly plan.”
If you think the CCSD board is rude to ratepayers now, you should have been here when Reggie Perkins was pres. and would not let ratepayers speak against the CT Ranch project or, later, desal.
AboutCambria shou do some fact checking before running “revisionist history” articles like this again; they do not serve the community well.

]]> Comment on No Water Moratorium for CCSD Attorney by Ann Parrack http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/03/no-water-moratorium-for-ccsd-attorney/#comment-16340 Ann Parrack Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:41:54 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=864#comment-16340 Lynn, I cannot find exactly what I asked....BUT I think a "servants heart" is one that puts the needs of their "master" absolutely first. I elected our CCSD board to take care of business, which included hiring a attorney to handle Cambria CSD legal affairs. So, I guess we each spent money in order for the CCSD to do different things......because I am happy with Mr. Montandon and his work. The CCSD is serving all of us, not just YOUR wishes. Lynn,
I cannot find exactly what I asked….BUT I think a “servants heart” is one that puts the needs of their “master” absolutely first. I elected our CCSD board to take care of business, which included hiring a attorney to handle Cambria CSD legal affairs. So, I guess we each spent money in order for the CCSD to do different things……because I am happy with Mr. Montandon and his work. The CCSD is serving all of us, not just YOUR wishes.

]]> Comment on Desal for Cambria by Ann Parrack http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/#comment-16338 Ann Parrack Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:24:01 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=877#comment-16338 Thanks Mr. Perkins for that reminder. This election is very important, and it is also vital to chose carefully who you vote for after learning where they stand on the desal issue. Water is life. Thanks Mr. Perkins for that reminder. This election is very important, and it is also vital to chose carefully who you vote for after learning where they stand on the desal issue. Water is life.

]]> Comment on Desal for Cambria by Amanda Rice http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/04/desal-for-cambria/#comment-16336 Amanda Rice Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:31:47 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=877#comment-16336 Thank you for reminding those of us who were here in the 1990's and teaching those of us who weren't. The issue is a contentious one and all Cambrians have the obligation to get informed and vote in November. You can register to vote all the way up until October 20 for this year's election. Thank you for reminding those of us who were here in the 1990’s and teaching those of us who weren’t. The issue is a contentious one and all Cambrians have the obligation to get informed and vote in November. You can register to vote all the way up until October 20 for this year’s election.

]]> Comment on No Water Moratorium for CCSD Attorney by Lynn Bjorklund http://aboutcambria.com/2008/09/03/no-water-moratorium-for-ccsd-attorney/#comment-16270 Lynn Bjorklund Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:02:02 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/?p=864#comment-16270 Dear Ann P: If its not about money why is the District's counsel getting such a sweetheart deal? When I said elected officials should have a servant's heart I did indeed have money in mind. It was my money and how it is spent by those officials. Its not their money to spend - its my money I elected them to spend on my behalf to do only the things I elected them to do. Dear Ann P:

If its not about money why is the District’s counsel getting such a sweetheart deal? When I said elected officials should have a servant’s heart I did indeed have money in mind. It was my money and how it is spent by those officials. Its not their money to spend - its my money I elected them to spend on my behalf to do only the things I elected them to do.

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