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December 7, 2010 – Daily Brief
By Jeff— Jeff Wilson
Laurie Ender says Frank Ferry is the “strongest person she knows” and she hopes everyone will give the Ferry family “the love and support they need and the privacy they deserve.” SIGNAL, DAILY NEWS
OVOV discussion continues tonight before the City’s planning commission. Traffic and land use, two of the most controversial parts of OVOV, are on tap KHTS, SIGNAL
Cracks are forming, ctd: Even as more County residents visit and make use of libraries during the recession, the County library faces a $22 million deficit per year, aging buildings, and defections of Citys like Santa Clarita from its system LA TIMES
The City won $82,000 judgment against a “prolific tagger” named “B!” at juvenile court last week. B! has performed over 280 graffiti acts around town and now has a felony on his record CITY BRIEFS
What’s next? Peacock feathers? In the latest incident of semi trucks carrying interesting things crashing on our freeways, a semi truck carrying milk crashed on I-5 in the Newhall Pass during Sunday night’s rainstorm. “But no milk was spilled,” said the CHP. And thus there was no reason to cry. HAHA! SIGNAL
Help and money is pouring in for the family whose house burned down over Thanksgiving, says the SIGNAL
The Daily News says the plastic bag ban in unincorporated Los Angeles County will be confusing for residents in places like Santa Clarita, where shoppers can easily hop, skip, and jump from City to County territory without knowing it. Obviously, SCVTalk readers know precisely where they are at all times vis a vis The Border of City/County so this doesn’t apply to us DAILY NEWS
Supervisor Antonovich is now Mayor of Los Angeles County and will hold his first meeting as Mayor this morning KHTS
Temporary winter shelters aren’t just a fact of life in the SCV; the LA Times talks about one over the hill in Sylmar built out of an old military armory LA TIMES
Long and interesting profile of Buck McKeon in The Hill, a congressional newspaper. In it, McKeon reveals his favorite book, something called “The Key to Life’s Golden Secrets,” and says he often reads motivational books. He talks a bit about his time as an LDS missionary, a BYU student, and, of course, his approach to national security matters as he prepares to take the helm of the House Armed Services Committee THE HILL
Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, recently sworn in to his last term in the State Assembly, will continue as Republican chair of the Local Government committee. He and another Assemblyman have introduced a bill to dissolve the City of Vernon VECO STAR
69 years ago, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked US military bases and personnel in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Hear the original radio broadcast here, and view some incredible pictures here. Recently an old camera with never-before-seen photos of Pearl Harbor was found. You can see those pictures here. Only a few hundred survivors of the attack remain today.
Good “Democratic Voices” column in today’s Signal from John Zaring about the purpling of the SCV and 25th District, though you wouldn’t know it from last month’s election results. SIGNAL
Kevin Korenthal says that if you like the internet or technology, thank your nearest rich person and don’t raise his taxes SIGNAL
December 7, 2010 – Daily Brief
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mikeDecember 7, 2010 at 8:36 am
Kevin, Bill Gates invented the Internet? I can assure you that Mr. Gates had almost nothing to do with my ability to post this comment to SCVtalk without chopping down a tree. It so happens that Mr. Gates is a big proponent of a high estate tax on billionaires like himself. The “rich” guys that have made all these wonderful things happen in technology are more likely to share my political beliefs than yours.
Bill ReynoldsDecember 7, 2010 at 5:39 pm
What!? Everybody knows that Al Gore invented the Internet… I suggest that rich guys, or anyone else for that matter, send the IRS extra $$’s in order to aid Omama’s spending habits…
Jim FarleyDecember 7, 2010 at 9:06 am
Great news on the ‘B!’ tagger. This jerk was prolific in Northbridge from the end of 2009 until ealry 2010. His tags are what compelled me to join the cities ‘Paseo Patrol’. Nicolas Marineli runs the graffiti department. He will provide a backpack and supplies to anyone who wants to join. If you are a regular walker (and now cyclist) like my wife Patty and myself I would recommend you join up. It feels good to remove the tags as soon as possible. I used the kit to remove countless tags by this jerk. Thank you Nico Marineli & the City of Santa Calrita for your awsome graffiti program!
BrianDecember 8, 2010 at 12:00 am
I have the grafitti hotline on speed dial and up until the last year, needed to call it often for the Canyon Country area. All of a sudden it seemed to stop. Maybe someone got busted? Yay! Kudos to the citys grafitti control for an excellent, speedy job well done.
Your Web GuruDecember 7, 2010 at 9:15 am
The Internet, as established, was originally developed by the military, and taken over by various corporations in the late 60s who helped to establish today’s protocol. The WWW however, was introduced by the CERN Institute after Tim Berners-Lee developed HMTL in 1989. The CERN institute decided in 1991 to make the WWW available to everyone without taking a cent for their development. While the Internet existed previously under control of private enterprise, it took a huge donation of humanity to transform the way we all do business and live our lives. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t the rich who originally developed much of the technology we take for granted today, but a small group of poor rag-tag geeks (Such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs) who eventually made their fortunes. Many other companies and individuals went broke or never made a dime from their contributions. Korenthal’s argument is weak at best, and full of historical inaccuracies at worst.
Gang FangDecember 7, 2010 at 10:56 am
“B” was awful, nothing he tagged was of any artistic merit. Simple name tagging is as boring as decaf. Still waiting for some classy graffiti to show up in the SCV, besides on the occasional passing train.
Jim FarleyDecember 7, 2010 at 11:54 am
So you feel if graffiti has artistic merit that makes it o-k? Incredible. Any unauthorized marking of anothers property is vandalism, and a blight on the city, period. I travel througout So Cal. Very few other cities are as graffiti free as the SCV. God bless our city, its employees, and citizen volunteers for that.
cashDecember 7, 2010 at 3:04 pm
There should be an open season on taggers.
Berta González-HarperDecember 7, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Amen!!!
Whiskey Tango FoxtrotDecember 7, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Except when they’re decorating Gang Fang’s walls. I’m all in for that. Hopefully it’ll be classy.
Gang FangDecember 7, 2010 at 9:01 pm
As I stated, true graffiti artists KNOW and STAY AWAY from people’s homes. Your suburban enclave is safe, as is mine. Beige shall remain. If I has a business out here you bet your sweet cheeks I would invite some of my friends to do their work on the side of my building. And it would be classy, much more so than a “FEAR GOD” billboard or yet another ad for cellular service.
Gang FangDecember 7, 2010 at 8:57 pm
As I said, this character “B” was FAR from a graffiti artist. He was a simple tagger, and a lowly suburban one at that. That type of spray paint abuse is abhorrent to me, and lacks any value whatsoever. But I have seen absolutely beautiful works of art on the sides of trains and in back alleys throughout the country. Am I of the opinion that the marking of anothers property in any way is vandalism? No. Do I think that a tastefully done mural spray painted on the side of someones house is acceptable? No. If the area used is something off the beaten path, industrial, an old ugly cartage train, and not covering existing signage or important information – and the art is tasty – then have at it! Absolutely. It comes down to wether or not you think that some of the graffiti is indeed a thing of beauty. Lumping in ugly wall tags with some of the things I have seen is ridiculous and obscene. It may not be your fair (Thomas Kinkade doesn’t spray), but I have seen folks who spend weekends eradicating taggers efforts gasp at some of the art on walls and trains out there. Open season on taggers? I agree. On true artists who make an otherwise dead canvas come alive? Think again. The SCV will surely never be a place where anyone really sees the good stuff, as it’s far from a desirable and appreciative audience. It has nothing to do with anyone’s efforts to stop taggers. Apples & oranges, folks. And thems some GORGEOUS apples!
mikeDecember 8, 2010 at 9:19 am
Agreed. When I was kid, I grew up in the city (Philly) at the height of the graffiti boom. Now it sucks to hit up a school, but those were some gorgeous apples.
Gang FangDecember 8, 2010 at 9:26 am
That rant was typed up while cotton headed on Theraflu, glad it got my point across. Philly had (has) the goods.
Petz2December 7, 2010 at 11:42 am
People forget that many conspiracy theories were spun out of the Pearl Harbor, such as Roosevelt having advance knowledge of the pending attack. Thanks to Wikileaks, we know know that WMD was found in Iraq and the spin about Bush lying about their existence is false. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-iraq-with-surprising-results/
MoneyDecember 7, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Did you actually read the article? “The WMD diehards will likely find some comfort in these newly-WikiLeaked documents. Skeptics will note that these relatively small WMD stockpiles were hardly the kind of grave danger that the Bush administration presented in the run-up to the war.”
Bill ReynoldsDecember 7, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Gosh, I wonder why Bubba Clinton thought a regime change in Iraq was necessary and why did HillBillery vote in favor of the Iraq War… and why did our Congress vote for War and why did our allies believe Saddam had WMD – Huh??? Get over it…
MoneyDecember 8, 2010 at 8:21 am
The only question the Bush administration was trying to answer about pre-war Iraq was, “How did our oil get under their sand?”
SCV SageDecember 7, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Those supposed Brownie camera pics recently found showing Pearl Harbor is a well known Internet hoax that has been around for many years. Those photos are actually from Navy Archives and were taken by various folks at a variety of times and places, some which are not actually within the Pearl Harbor area — but at adjacent airfields such as Wheeler, Hickam, etc. Jeff — you should correct this entry to reflect this, but the link to these pics is a good one.
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