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Okay Baxter, so Keller got the medical marijuana thing right. She also went along with the crowd on the Jefferson Commons monstrosity and the Amerige Court disaster/public giveaway. Sorry. No sale. I'm still waiting for a Fullerton liberal to act substantially different from a Chamber of Commerce Republican.

David: You're being harsh on the Observer, as astute as your other North County observations are, although you won't find a complaint from me on the Giasone dig...

I'll let the Kennedys defend themselves. Won't be with Lou, but only 'cause I gotta do something with the gal...

Baxter: Good point. Strange about the closed comments...

Tony, my wife and I used to live in one of those roof top apartments and before downtown got so crazy we loved that place. Those must be the coolest pads in town. You and your brother were great landlords and took great care of us. We have even had drinks at Miki's together with Pete Schindler many years ago. You gave us 100% of our deposit back, even offered to lower our rent when we gave notice, I guess you liked us. You may be the best landlord i ever had, a class act and I respect you for that ... but please, don't pretend that there was any chance of David Zenger letting the opportunity of slamming the Observer, or Jones "slip through the cracks". You and David are like the OC political blog tag team. Any chance you guys get to trash the Observer, or any number of people you deem to be political enemies is taken. One year it was Chaffee, the next Jones. & Florentine ... I'm sure I am forgetting dozen of others. Crossing you guys is like fucking with the mob, the shit storm you dish out is relentless. Whatever, that's your thing, I'm just happy we have always been cool, BUT don't pretend that there is no agenda at play. You have not exactly been subtly, so don't pretend, it's insulting. Own it.

I think the Observer is about the best thing about this town. Without the Observer most of us would have no idea what idiots people like Dick Jones are. I do wish Sharon would stop sanitizing my letters to make them soccer mom friendly. I end up sounding like a whinny bitch by the time they get done, but regardless, I look forward to every issue. They called you out on your chicken shit robo calls, and you are understandably pissed off ... that why you hate the Observer. If you thought of them as a an ally you'd be buying 1/2 page adds.

BTW - a friend of mine who lives in one of the SOCO lofts made "SUCK MY DICK ... JONES" shirts. I may wear mine to the next council meeting.

I think we may have met. Aren't you the dude with the porn mustache?

"Do you admire them for endorsing "an idiot"?" The Observer endorsements are based on core subscribers feedback. A month or so before the election I received a questioner, I assume many others did as well. The Observer endorsements were not editorial in nature they were based on the responses they got from their readership."Your friend" must have failed to tell you that. I do agree, it's a shame that a folksy rambling tool like Jones continues to win. I certainly did not endorse him.

"Sorry you had to move out of the coolest pad in town when things "got crazy". Things did get crazy. In the course of about two months I broke up fight on the street, my car was stolen and we caught kids doing blow on our patio at one in the morning. It was time to go, but I can't blame PK, we moved out and bought our house long before she ran for office. But thanks for the condolences, it was a great flat before all that.

"I'm also sorry the Observer sanitizes your letters. Fortunately this blog doesn't. And so now instead of sounding like a "whinny bitch" you come off like a whinny, foul-mouthed bitch." If given the choice I'll take the latter, again thanks for your empathy.

You are, however, mistaken, I think your mission is to be a pedantic twat, trashing the Observer is just a side gig.

David and Baxter: It's "whiny bitch". HA!

Steve
Unfortunately, no one knew of Pam's personal story with the soldier family. This was spelled out by her in great hand wringing, hankie producing detail in the comments on my blog. However, had you seen the day and the number of veterans who were waiting to say something to the families, the appearance of having to wait for the photo ops was off-putting. Many left. My suggestion is in the future, the American Legion put stanchions around the memorial while the families are placing wreaths so they can have some privacy.

And yes, while she might be credited with bringing up their names, it's less likely think of it as vast right-wing conspiracy than it would be to call it a gross oversight that was finally righted. I'm glad she did. No doubt, there will be more names to add in the future as we continue our military presence throughout the world and over the years.

It's reasonable to expect our public officials to use a bit of decorum. They not only have to avoid impropriety, they must do all they can to prevent the appearance of impropriety as well.

It's not reasonable to think that just because you agree with 99% of what someone does, that this makes you immune from pointing out that 1%. I think "friends" who don't do this aren't friends at all.

The comments are closed because I am in Texas for a short while. I don't like spending a lot of time on the internet whilst I'm away, hence, my comments are closed on my blog for the duration.

David --
Well, I would have favored a simple, "I knew the family, and am sorry if it came off looking the wrong way," but then different people have different boundaries.

As far as The Observer goes, I figure anything pisses off so many people must have some nutritional value.

Hooah from Texas!

Hey David! Or do you prefer Porn Moustache (you both spelled it incorrectly, idiot). Just an objective observer, but do you really want to throw grammar stones when you live in such a fragile house? Please re-read your posts, you moron. If you need an example you are more stupid than you sound.

why did you leave out a comma? You are more stupid than you sound (like what?)