Comments (1)

Here is what I want to hear from the candidates seeking my vote this year.

Comments Off on Springfield’s Rental Inspection Pilot Program

[Updated Friday, March 20] The City of Springfield held two meetings to present its “Residential Rental License and Inspection Pilot Program” [PDF] in the West Central Neighborhood.

Comments Off on Unicorn Startups: The Rules Don’t Apply to Us

Read more »

Comments Off on Voting, November 2012

I was surprised at several things about voting this morning. First, since I’ve moved, I have a new polling place, at an elementary school. There was very little signage Read more »

Comments (10)

Read more »

Comments (3)

Count me among the Democrats in U.S. Representative Pete Stark’s district who believe he should retire, and that if he doesn’t, we should vote him out of office to avoid further embarrassment. Unfortunately, his current challengers don’t appear very attractive.

Read more »

Comments (2)

Today, I was astonished to read a blog post in which a parent, angry about her local school’s budget battle, wrote of her desire to smash teachers’ “expensive sedans” in a school parking lot on “back to school night.”

Marsia Mason, please note: if I find your car in a parking lot . . . Read more »

Comments (4)

Today, I took a long walk in Hayward, and I was outraged to see how many campaign signs are illegally posted on public property, and on vacant private lots.  Starting today, when I have time, I’m going to start pulling down signs that are obviously posted illegally.  Most of these will be signs for Nadia Lockyer, who is the most prolific campaign-sign lawbreaker I’ve noticed. Read more »

Comments (3)

I’m annoyed by “recycling poachers” who leave a mess when they raid our trash and recycling bins. But these poachers leave economic damage, too, as their profits represent losses for our communities. Read more »

Comments (2)

What are the options for “low-cost surveillance camera” setups? Read more »