CM PRESS # 640

FATHER OF FOUR STEVE JOBS DIED TODAY

In addition to his most important job of being a father, Mr. Jobs was interested in computers.
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IRISH BIRTHS AT HIGHEST RATE SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT

The Irish understand survival.
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SPLC'S MISDIRECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

The CM PRESS saw and reported on some misdirection within the CMPD in the recent past.

Some of  the officers who were involved are still with the department. 

Whether these officers were misdirected by some so-called "anti-hate" organizations or not, we don't know, but we did see one officer give a presentation to high school students that used material from one such organization.

And then there was the report to the city council about gangs in Costa Mesa that the CM PRESS reported on in the past and most recently in CM PRESS # 559 (fourth article down--"About Costa Mesa's Misguided....").

As you will see in CM PRESS # 559 the CMPD just couldn't bring itself to tell the plain truth that all of the criminal street gangs in Costa Mesa are Latino and that they have a link to the high illegal alien population in the city and especially on the Westside.

Instead, the report said there are no White gangs in the city, but then it went on to talk about White gangs. Huh?
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MONEY DON'T GROW ON TREES,
I got bills to pay,
I got mouths to feed,
There ain't nothin' in this world for free.
[by Cage The Elephant]

The Costa Mesa City Council voted last night to investigate having a private company run some things at Tewinkle Park like a business so that instead of all taxpayers supporting the activities of a few, the venue might actually make money for the tax payers, or at least may break even.

As usual, the haters and bigots are doing the chicken little dance about this being the end of the world. [HERE] Ho Hum.

We think this is a good move on the part of the City Council.  And, it's not really that big a deal.  This sort of thing is done all the time.  Go to your local beach and you'll usually find the concession stands--owned by the beach city--run by private companies who pay the city for the privilege of running the stands.

We'd like to see the City now get other "freebies" that we're all paying for put on a user pays basis. 

How about those community gardens?  They're really tiny farms and they're used by very few people, but we're all paying so they can grow a few organic carrots for themselves.  It'd be cheaper if we just bought them already grown carrots and gave them to them.

But, we understand the real motivation for many tiny farmers is often the tending of the tiny farms and they do it for the activity more than for the final results. 

In fact, the tending of the tiny farms is a hobby for the tiny farmers just as golf is a hobby for others.

Say, haters and and bigots, do we pay to let people play golf? Of course we don't. Those who play, pay.  The same principle should apply to the tiny farms and many other things that we're all now paying for.

So...

Get ready for some green comments... 

How about organizing a private Co-op of the tiny farmers and let them sell some of what they grow to pay the rent on the tiny farms?

At the same time (and this is critical), start a Co-op vermiculture business run by the tiny farmers and local students that will take restaurant and other usable wastes, including all the grass mowings from our parks, to feed to the worms who will work 24-hours-a-day to produce worm castings that can be used on the tiny farms and which can also be sold to homeowners and others so the whole thing pays for itself.

The board of directors of Costa Mesa, Inc. (you know the board as the City Council) is simply making the firm profitable for the share holders (the taxpaying citizens of Costa Mesa).
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