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Paul Maguire

Shaver is right on with this one. Lets just add that Sadam was a brutal dictator, with crimes against humanity, torture, rape, chemical weapons against his own people, mass graves, etc- I support the USA going after any of these suppressive leaders, including N Korea- Afganistans main source of inco...

Paul Maguire

Great Idea!

Paul Maguire

I disagree with both you. When Canyon rock presented their study for the apartments, the traffic report showed significantly less "cars per day" with a residential use, in their case, 209 or so apartments. The site has major access issue, as they is no exit on highway 29, and no ingress or...

Paul Maguire

I think American Canyon should take the pit "bull" by the horns,and put together an ordinance regarding vicious breeds, of which pitbulls should be included. Perhaps there should be a few things regarding dogs: Ban Pitbulls and other known dangerous dogs within city limits A barking ordina...

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I have a new eyesore- corner of ringneck and goldeneye- It seems the new homeowner in waterton canyon decided to build a wall without a permit right next to the sidewalk- a stop work order was put on the job as I hear it, and now, well, it just sits there. Bricks laying all over, corner property, wi...

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According to the sales staff, Standard Pacific is purchasing or has purchased highway 29/ac road- plans to build townhomes, now in with the city. Probably the quickest way to get the corner developed, adds affordable units, home owners association should keep it looking good, least amount of traffic...

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Court: Homes can be seized for private development With this decision, I would expect a number of developers to go after prime pieces of real estate that prior to this decision they would have never dreamed of. This is a Supreme Court decision in favor of redevelopment. Now cities and counties can t...

Paul Maguire

Standard Pacific did a great thing by working with the city to deliver a new grammar school timely. If Standard Pacific wants to develop that parcel, the city should work with them. Standard Pacific has brought several important and much needed projects to our city, and they are: Canyon Oaks Grammar...

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It appears that Standard Pacific is looking to build townhomes at the corner of highway29/ac road, where there was suppose to be apartments. Currently being reviewed by planning, given what standard pacific has built so far, it is likely that the project they would build there would fit well with th...

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I agree with the guest that redevelopment was ahead of it's time. With regard to commercial development along 29- there have been a number of ideas floated around to bring in a retail tax revenue to the city, other than WALMART. No, I am not involved in any commercial projects, and my posts regardin...

Paul Maguire

With regard to an afterschool program, I am working on a program with Applied Scholastics that I planned to introduce later this year. Briefly, Applied Scholastics is about learning "how to " learn for school age children. It includes courses such as how to use a dictionary, communication ...

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The fact is that redevelopment is the fastest and most direct way to institute change with direction quickly. There is not ever going to be the consistancy and fluency in planning and development without it at this point in the game. Although it was killed and some got into office over it, redevelop...

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And one last thing guests; Your comment of "no more told you so's "that just shows the council doesn't find your opinion valid or with merit". I disagree. I think it shows that some of the council members have little or no development experience while they making decisions on multimil...

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guest of ac- What specifically have I taken from someone else and put on the web site and not credited the individual. This is a false accusation and is untrue. Which is typical around this town. What specifically have I " swaggered " back and forth on ? I haven't, again another false accu...

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Mr or MRs Wow- aka guest "city cannot tell people what the build on their land" Oh ya, since when? They do it all the time. Go ask Standard Pacific Homes why they have the same yellow and white color scheme that they had in 2000 on the Ryder Home development in Montevino. Go find out why t...

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Now matter how excited we all get about the city cleaning itself up, I don't see it happening as the city manager has not made it a priority. The attitude seems to be live and let live. Whether it is junk cars in driveways, boats, trailers, farm animals in the back yard, unkept yards there is no big...

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Video taping neighbors in their hot tub while hiding behind your shade is uncool. Period. This "water" drama where in Scott Hankins made these claims in the paper is unsupported by the Public Works director, who has NO REPORT on it at all, says the 17 hours of overtime reported is not true...

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Now for the next one. The 35 unit subdivision on Theresa lane which was approved by the council in March is the next topic. This project has 3500 sq foot lots, which are very small. This group of developers brought forth this project with pre fabricated homes. These are essentially homes built off s...

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About 1 year ago, I sat in a city council meeting where a group of developers presented a great visual show of past projects, to get approval of the Canyon Rock Apartment Complex on the corner of Am Can Rd and 29 on the NE edge. In order to get this approval, the city re-zoned the property from comm...

Paul Maguire

The council is limited to a 3% increase per year, which they did not take for years and years until about 2 years ago. The city council cannot just raise their pay. But, they should look at retroactively raising hte pay based on the 3% per year for each year, then come up with a number for today. Ri...

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Joan Bennett's recent opinion on city council spending uses the prior 12 months re imbursement totals to support her opinion. Unfortunately, they don't support her opinion. Rather, they obviously point out that council is not taking expenses due them on a regular basis. That is unfair, and for the m...

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"Whatthehey" posts that she/he has heard rumors that Walmart paid off the city manager and other city officials. I think that is a bit over the top. Rumor spreading individuals are whats wrong with society and this community. That is a very vicious rumor, which is in fact saying essentiall...

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The tax dollars generated by Walmart are not worth the aggrevation that a supercenter will bring to our city. Walmart will not be a clean center as some claim. It will bring excessive traffic, blowing trash, criminals, and blight. The big box will overwhelm the look of the city, and not blend in. It...

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In my view of expense re imbursement, the article today proves the point. When you look at what council members claimed in expenses, it is rather obvious that they way underclaimed costs and expenses. Here is what they claimed according to the paper Luporini 1434.00 Anderson 215.00 Shaver 45.00 Garc...

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Todays Eagle has in the letters to the editor my response to last weeks article. It is similar to what I said here. Several people have told me that article last week reflected poorly on the committee, and will make fundraising more difficult than it already is. That is unfortunate, because I do bel...

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Police work appears to be a thankless job these days. Communication and action is severally controlled by administrative bodies, so much so, that an officer has to be so careful in what they say and do nowadays. Everything is scrutinized, and lawyers have a field day with officers in court trying to...

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Track for 60 or 90 days, it will be at least 400.00 a month- it might be 600.00 a month- thus, whatever it turns out to be, average it out, and there you have it. We would be better off to just provide $100.00 per work for expenses- that is one heck of alot cheaper than paying someone to keep track ...

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A recent approval by the city council for re-imbursement of 300.00 plus dollars per month, is probably too low. Few realize all the running around council members actually do to represent the city and it's interests. $100.00 per week would be a closer number, and even that is conservative. Internet ...

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In todays article, Cori, the committee chair, says " I haven't seen a check yet. Show me the money". The check is already at the city, and was given to the finance director yesterday early afternoon, prior to the paper coming out. I find her comment to be offensive and somewhat hostile. It...

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You are very welcome.

Paul Maguire

Thank you for your questions, although your tone is a bit antagonistic. It sounds like you read something and got a bit worked up. I understand, and let me clarify the Current events. I share your concerns with the card room sponsoring a stage event at the fourth of July festival which is a family e...

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It appears that Quiznos in closed. It was not opened yesterday or today.

Sorry to see that. Not good for the community to lose new brand name businesses like that.

Anyone have an information? Perhaps it is a temporary condition?

Paul Maguire

LLD- I am SOOO RELAXED..I am RETIRED. LOL Thanks for your support in the last election- even though I "never" took a position on any issue, but as you say, offered a praise /criticism approach- well, I guess that worked for you, as you voted for me in the last election and supported me- yo...

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THere is a 24hour down in Vallejo, but honestly, it is disgustingly filthy. There is also a golds, which is marginal but better.

As I understand it, Hess has a tenant in tow for his new project that wants to put in a gym- but that is probably a year or more out.

Paul Maguire

I was making a turn on Oriale Court this past Sunday and as I came around the corner, there is this young kid right in front of me in the middle of the street with a basketball in his hand- he looked about 5 or 6, little guy- it was mid day, but there he was, and I thought, this is exactly what I am...

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If you argue the issues, you get somewhere- if you get personally and attack, its a waste of time- and I notice that "guest" seems to be the main way that is done- hum too bad

Paul Maguire

THe more rooftops we have, the more businesses that will have interest here as there is a base of support. Several of us who have had businesses here have seen growth with the new residents- and thats a good thing!

Paul Maguire

This building is in the center of town, and is ripe for a face lift. Frankly, I cant hold the owners accountable on this eyesore, because they have been trying to close a deal on it for months, and the new owners were suppose to be renovating it. The former owner and proprietor passed last year- sho...

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Change is inevitable, and our current planning director is retiring. I like Ed Hayworth, our current planning director, and think that he has done a great job with the projects on his watch. Specifically, looking at the new school and the development at Vintage Ranch- the lighting, the addition of s...

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That is the bathroom. And it is an amusement park, for adults.

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Come on people, whats happening that IS good NEWS!

Paul Maguire

The trailers on Oat Hill look pretty bad, on the west side of the highway. Fortunately, with the development of Oat Hill coming to AC soon, these should be removed.

It hard to imagine development looking any worse than those trailers up there.

Paul Maguire

I have seen cities put in landscaping on major intersections of the false stone as you see on the homes around here, with a sign, landscaping, and in some cases, low volt lighting. Basically, its a 2-3 foot high block brick wall with decorative rock on it and metal letters- Each area had its own Ie ...

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It appears the city will be re aligning Broadway with a light, sidewalk, etc by the end of the year. For those of us who use it all the time, this is REALLY good news. I was rammed once already by a guy coming down AC road driving off the road to make a right turn while I made a left off broadway on...

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I agree with the last guests comments. Perhaps we will see something acted upon at the city level soon. Paul

Paul Maguire

Well, opinions may vary, but I think the "Ranch Del Mar" sign could use a face lift.

It is looking tired.

Paul Maguire

The new grammar school is just about done, and if you have not seen it lately, it is coming alive. The landscaping is looking great, and the park next door has had the cement walks poured- it is all staked out to complete. By the end of this summer, it should all be done, and looking great. This is ...

Paul Maguire

Your post is an example of taking a personal shot at me, rather than discussing the issue. This is a waste of time, and I would suggest to you, unproductive. Lets talk about the issues-pro and con, and avoid criticism or personal shots which don't do much but cause discord and division. I brought t...

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Here I am in LA, and I got good news about AC- Whats the good news- first a comment, then the good news- It would seem that there are some in our small little town who are gossipy, and overly critical of others- If you think I am talking about you, I am- give us all a break, and find something good ...

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Note todays chronicle,front page- real estate values up up and up all over the bay area- great price appreciation- good news for homeowners!

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