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April 6, 2010 – Daily Brief

By Jeff — Jeff Wilson

  • Sheriff’s Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a man in the Gorman area. The 47 year old man was found on the side of the road in the Hungry Valley State vehicular recreation area SIGNAL
  • Another day, another attempted mugging at the Den of Sin in Canyon Country. This time one of the perps pulled a gun on an individual and fired it in the air, but the victim escaped. Deputies caught them KHTS
  • Group of teens use baseball bats, knives in fight near Bouquet Junction. Were they reenacting West Side Story or something? SIGNAL
  • One week out! SCVMoms Blog is hosting a City Council candidate discussion this morning live! Check it out SCVMOMSBLOG.COM
  • Congressman McKeon is holding a joint town hall meeting in Antelope Valley with fellow Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy of Kern County tomorrow night MCKEON.HOUSE.GOV
  • The LA Times has a nice infographic on what you should have in your earthquake kit LA TIMES
  • And don’t forget to make a kit for your pet dog, cat, snake, lizard, bird, goldfish, rooster, Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig or other animal companions reminds KHTS
  • Speaking of animals, I guess it’s that time of the year again, time for the Canada geese and goslings of Bridgeport to inconsiderately cross SCV roads and slow commuters down. But this year might be different than years past; one Bridgeport resident says he’s become attached to a family of geese in his area, so much so that now he stops angry and impatient SCV commuters while the Canada geese cross the road, eh. Two years ago Bridgeport homeowners wanted to poison and shoot the geese SIGNAL
  • Just in time for opening day, The Signal’s Cary Osborne reviews SCV “products” in Major League Baseball. Hmmm. Not a whole lot of Valencia High School talent out there Myers SIGNAL
  • Not a Ferry Fan rehashes Mayo expansion drama/G&L candidate funding  in latest video YOUTUBE
  • By the way, I recently learned that a baby store is opening next to the Sprouts Market in the old Mervyn’s space. Apparently they’re going to split the building
  • Archbishop Jose Gomez, a Mexican-born Texas bishop, will take over the Los Angeles Archdiocese when Roger Cardinal Mahoney retires next year the Vatican says LA TIMES
  • Letter Writer pulls out the old “When I was a kid….” line of attack in arguing that SCV parents should forget about silly promotion ceremonies SIGNAL

Comments (43)

  1. navigatorApril 6, 2010 at 7:59 am
    Jeff, I believe that Bridgeport residents wanted to rid the area of mudhens not the geese. Big difference. My mallards haven’t been around for a few days so Mrs Mallard is probably visiting friends in Bridgeport and watching over her eggs.
  2. Timothy MyersApril 6, 2010 at 10:55 am
    Are coots the same as mudhens? I think their poop is nastier than the geese, though having been on the farm with geese that smelled plenty bad!
  3. navigatorApril 6, 2010 at 11:14 am
    same thing
  4. Spineflower2April 6, 2010 at 8:22 am
    Mrs. Mallard is probably at the mall shopping.
  5. ReaderMamaApril 6, 2010 at 8:35 am
    Nah, she’s in my neighborhood, hanging out with the guys, and crossing the road without checking for cars first!
  6. navigatorApril 6, 2010 at 8:35 am
    Considering the amount she eats at our house I imagine she could use a new spring wardrobe.
  7. Timothy MyersApril 6, 2010 at 8:40 am
    Brian Richards is my man on graduations! The cynical are numerous and obviously literate.
  8. Timothy MyersApril 6, 2010 at 10:59 am
    Did Johnny Pride show up at the SCVMom’s event? That was the rumor.
  9. AnnetteApril 6, 2010 at 11:04 am
    Yes, he spoke!
  10. Timothy MyersApril 6, 2010 at 11:14 am
    YIKES!!!!! Anything good?
  11. Timothy MyersApril 6, 2010 at 12:34 pm
    I don’t know if I can look at it! I’m afraid my eyes might fall out!
  12. DamageincApril 6, 2010 at 11:50 am
    I still can’t stand the way TBB talks… never trust someone that pronunciates their words.
  13. Alan FerdmanApril 6, 2010 at 1:03 pm
    Tim Not to worry. It is an audio only presentation. All you will have to do is cover your ears.
  14. Timothy MyersApril 6, 2010 at 4:10 pm
    You mean JP did not get to blast his abs!!!
  15. NavigatorApril 6, 2010 at 6:49 pm
    I’m jealous. I want abs like JP!
  16. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 5:47 am
    Here is a great story about SCV liberals http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/06/91696/health-care-overhaul-spawns-mass.html
  17. Spineflower2April 7, 2010 at 6:51 am
    From that article: “ That widespread misconception may have originated in part from distorted rhetoric about the legislation bubbling up from the hyper-partisan debate about it in Washington and some media outlets, such as when opponents denounced it as socialism. Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/06/91696/health-care-overhaul-spawns-mass.html#ixzz0kQTnAYG0 ” Maybe if the ‘Pubs had spent their breath talking about what the bill ACTUALLY does, instead of using LIES like “death squads” the public might have gotten a truer picture of the changes. You reap what you sow!
  18. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 7:24 am
    Well maybe if popular BLOGS stopped spreading the lie of government “PROVIDING HEALTHCARE” people like you would stop believing it? Or have you finally came to your senses and realized that was just a line of BS?
  19. DamageIncApril 7, 2010 at 9:14 am
    John Adams = Guy screaming at cars in the parklot after he lost the big game.
  20. cashApril 7, 2010 at 9:48 am
    Since you brought up lies, here is another lie for you to ponder. Full disclosure: I copied and pasted this. A License Required for your HOUSE? A License will be required for your house…no longer just for cars and mobile homes….Thinking about selling your house? Take a look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable! Home owners take note and tell your friends and relatives who are home owners! Beginning one year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won’t be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this “Cap & Trade” bill, passed by the House of Representatives. If it is also passed by the Senate, it will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced. The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure that these voters will get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else.. But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won’t be able to sell your house without some bureaucrat’s OK. Yes, you read that right. The caveat (there always is a caveat) is that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes (“mobile homes”) are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator. To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be required to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act, to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements. Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a “label” in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don’t get a high enough rating, you can’t sell. And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009″) and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he/she alone determines to be in the government’s best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress. Then the Administrator can set new standards every year. The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 – Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America . Beginning one year after enactment of the Act, you won’t be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with its energy and water efficiency standards. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (expen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody! The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as “can’t have an income of more than $50K per year”, “home selling price can’t be more than $125K”, or anything else to target the upper middle class (that includes YOU?) and prevent you from qualifying for the grants. Most of us won’t get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more “change you can believe in.” Sect. 204 – Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for “at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.” This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help the EPA. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year… Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often – maybe every year. But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California ? It would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate. Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 – Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that one year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.
  21. DamageincApril 7, 2010 at 9:53 am
    Cash is unable to write his own comments.
  22. cashApril 7, 2010 at 12:14 pm
    Really. Here’s a comment. Obama is distroying this country as we know it. I guess it will take the 15 to 20% value added tax before some people feel the impact. Besides my copy and paste approach allows you to dispute facts presented by others. Yet you still attack me. Save your money.
  23. Spineflower2April 7, 2010 at 12:32 pm
    Cash, if you are gong to cut/paste, please include a link to the site you used. Their words are nice, but often the identification of the person or publisher doing the speaking has a great impact on whether we believe the claims or not. Without a citation, there is nowhere to go for more info, background, sources, or context.
  24. cashApril 7, 2010 at 12:37 pm
    Volcker: Taxes likely to rise eventually to tame deficit NEW YORK Tue Apr 6, 2010 7:57pm EDTNEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States should consider raising taxes to help bring deficits under control and may need to consider a European-style value-added tax, White House adviser Paul Volcker said on Tuesday. Volcker, answering a question from the audience at a New York Historical Society event, said the value-added tax “was not as toxic an idea” as it has been in the past and also said a carbon or other energy-related tax may become necessary. Though he acknowledged that both were still unpopular ideas, he said getting entitlement costs and the U.S. budget deficit under control may require such moves. “If at the end of the day we need to raise taxes, we should raise taxes,” he said. (Reporting by Steven C. Johnson and Leah Schnurr; editing by Carol Bishopric)
  25. cashApril 7, 2010 at 12:49 pm
    http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2454
  26. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 12:18 pm
    Lets not forget those evil rich who got tax breaks! Now only 50% of the people in this country pay federal income tax. But hey, lets focus on the unfair cuts to the people that actually do pay federal income tax.(you know the ones that are going to be paying for most of the healthcare costs)
  27. blazing monkApril 7, 2010 at 12:40 pm
    citations? Crazy lib! Cash cut and pastes what he thinks and John Adams just makes up what he thinks
  28. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 12:44 pm
    Just for a laugh, please point out what I made up This is where we get the classic BM side step and stupid reply (please everyone look for his answer and point it out)
  29. blazing monkApril 7, 2010 at 12:47 pm
    Sidestep? Please Hahaha coming from all the all time worst scvtalk hijacker… What’s the matter limbaugh and beck over?
  30. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 12:51 pm
    A reply! But no answer? You really are a 1 trick pony. Once again for everyone…WHAT DID I MAKE UP? Should be simple for a jammer like mind like yours.
  31. blazing monkApril 7, 2010 at 1:03 pm
    Haha you are king of the pissing contest.
  32. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 1:11 pm
    So everyone got to see BM at his best. He comes on calls people names and makes an attack. Then when asked to prove what he has claimed he hides like a scared pomeranian. Sure he has his fans. But they are all watching the cast of Glee on Oprah right now. I am just glad everyone else got to see it.
  33. Blazing MonkApril 7, 2010 at 1:19 pm
    I know, I know I fed the troll. Sorry everyone
  34. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 2:51 pm
    LOL! Usually when I see someone that causes themselves to look this foolish I am watching reruns of Cops Oh and we are pins and needles waiting for that item I “Made up” LOL
  35. blazing monkApril 7, 2010 at 3:03 pm
    Somewhere in Santa Clarita a bridge is without its troll.
  36. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 3:15 pm
    damageinc says: April 2, 2010 at 11:04 am Somewhere there is a bridge without a troll under it. Plagiarist or the same person? 3 to 5 it is the same person
  37. Blazing MonkApril 7, 2010 at 3:23 pm
    HAHA is it that clever of saying there Troll Boy?
  38. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 3:32 pm
    Call me any name you want! The people on here have come to expect no more from you Hell we are all just waiting for whatever it was you claimed I made up?(and as usual we got no response) Wasn’t it Lincoln that said “better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and prove it”? You should write that down
  39. Blazing MonkApril 7, 2010 at 3:36 pm
    LOL second time you have spoken for “OTHERS” or “WE”… I was a fool to almost be sucked down your rabbit hole.
  40. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 3:47 pm
    No you were a fool to claim I made something up!(Then not having the balls to admit your mistake cause it would have been over right then and there) Otherwise I would have never posted on this thread again Hopefuly you have learned your lesson (I will bet against that) Like shooting fish in a barrel!!
  41. Blazing MonkApril 7, 2010 at 3:51 pm
    Ok moving on… You going to hang out with your teabagger buddies on 15th?
  42. John AdamsApril 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm
    I don’t hang out with the tea-baggers anymore. To many liberals! Last I heard they were close to 40% I prefer a more cerebral group
  43. Blazing MonkApril 7, 2010 at 4:19 pm
    That is Rich.

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