Ruth Moon
Member since Mar 15, 2014
Recent Comments
Re: “Transitional Housing Project Moves Forward, Grand Jury Report Underscores Need”
Not all homeless are drug addicts.
Re: “Passive Resistance”
The Guardian: Populist correctness: the new PC culture of Trump's America and Brexit Britain. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw39aBtjk
Re: “Passive Resistance”
Not sure how making a statement supporting human rights, respect, and decency is fluff or merely feel-good or how it detracts or prevents in any way from taking care of business of the city. Business is people. The city is people. We state that we support, protect, and help people. How is that a bad thing, exactly?
Re: “Eureka's Temporary Homeless Sleeping Areas Here to Stay”
At least the city is trying some things, and the things it's trying are based on some evidence, not just opinions.
It's not that helpful to constantly criticize other people's efforts and not offer any constructive suggestions or ideas or even help out. Got a better idea? Pitch in with it. Problems are rarely solved by punitive and judgmental attitudes.
I agree that it would be helpful to see an accounting for what was spent and by whom.
I'd like to see some way to make it easier for homeowners to add units, like MIL or extra bedrooms, to existing houses. I'd like to see support for developers who want to build infill housing, near the bus lines, services, stores, schools.
The poor will always be with us. Obnoxious people are just as frequently rich as they are poor, the poor don't have a monopoly on being irresponsible, disgusting, whatever negative human characteristic you can think of. They just have less ability to cover it up or hide it or pay people off or move to another town.
Re: “You and Me and the Keys”
"It's about all of us"
NO, it's not about all of us. It's about those of us who refuse to take responsibility for the risks they impose on themselves and on their loved ones and on complete strangers. Who, in this day and age, with all of the news and information, can continue to justify getting in their car and driving off after a "couple of glasses of chardonnay" or more? NOT ACCEPTABLE!
Who, in this day and age, with all of the news and information, can continue to justify or excuse allowing a friend, an acquaintance, or that stranger sitting next to you, to get into their car and drive off after a few? NOT ACCEPTABLE!
You have a responsibility to call the police and provide a license plate number and description of the vehicle and driver. You have the responsibility to ask the bar or restaurant or festival staff for help calling a taxi or sober friend. Oh, too hard? too complicated? too much effort? NOT ACCEPTABLE!
You have the responsibility to be prepared in advance if you are going to an event where drinks will be served and you plan to consume - some - any - oh, just one - well maybe two. Oh, just this once, I'll drive slowly. NOT ACCEPTABLE!
You all know, and we all know, that if you have been drinking alcohol or imbibing any kinds of mind altering substance, you should absolutely NOT DRIVE! No excuses, no exceptions. Seriously, who doesn't know that? Ironically, people who do drink and drive are often cogent enough to know that to run away is your best bet, at least, until the alcohol or other substance has worn off enough that you won't test the limit. NOT ACCEPTABLE!
If you know enough to run away to save your own sorry ass, you know enough to plan ahead for other transportation options.
Those of us who drink responsibly, who make plans in advance when partying hearty, are insulted by those who are irresponsible. People who drink and drive most likely do it fairly frequently. We all have a responsibility and an obligation to report this behavior and stop these people before the next innocent person gets killed or injured.
Re: “Mayor Jager Hears Realtors' Concerns, Vetoes Ordinance”
I stand with the Mayor on this one. I recently sold my home and was told by the city that it did not have a legal lateral at all and so I'd have to install one prior to sale. The realtor double checked the city's documents and found conflicting information. So the agent arranged for a plumber to do a dye test and run a camera up the line. That cost a few. Sure enough, there was a perfectly good line, probably put in at the same time as everyone else in the neighborhood, that the city failed to record. I then had to pay for an engineer to certify and draw up easement documents and get all that agreed to and paid for. That cut into my budget for buying a new home and moving. Fortunately, I could afford that expense.
However, prior to finding out about that, plumbers quoted me $7-12K depending on what they'd find underground, to have the line put in. That would have made it impossible for me to sell my home. I needed the proceeds to buy another home. I would have been stuck. It's not just real estate agents that would be impacted, it's all the people they represent, the home buyers and sellers who want and need to get on with their lives. And, I would not have felt it fair to sell my house "as-is" and transfer that burden on to the buyer.
I don't see this as "taking orders" from realtors, more like taking advice from professionals who know their business and know what they're doing and what their customers need and want.
I am also surprised to hear about this ordinance and agree that more public noticing and community hearings should be implemented. Passing something on the DL is, to me, more questionable than heeding advice from business leaders.
Re: “Newsom: State can begin gradual reopening Friday”
It makes sense to me to restrict close contact whether one-to-one or small groups like classrooms, gyms, salons, as well as large group settings like movie theaters, malls, concerts. It also make sense to me to restrict travel. With a two week or longer incubation, and with so many asymptomatic carriers, someone could easily infect a small community that had previously few or no cases. That person could then travel on to infect others. While many are frightened by the economic impact on their person lives, I personally would rather deal with that fear that with the fear of someone I know and care about suffering horribly and dying. Or, of that happening to myself. We are ALL going to suffer the economic impact, well, except the rich and powerful who always have a way out of anything.