tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.comments2023-06-08T06:10:12.414-07:00San Juan Hills High School Site and Risks (historical reference)Jim Reardonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08793045048729683235noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-43218176150638775392014-09-11T22:46:59.596-07:002014-09-11T22:46:59.596-07:00to bad those power lines havent had any power in t...to bad those power lines havent had any power in them for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-56659493449405327352009-11-09T10:10:17.843-08:002009-11-09T10:10:17.843-08:00I too have witnessed the more than shady dealings ...I too have witnessed the more than shady dealings of this man! A counter suit is more than appropriate. His lawsuit is as full of holes as that land!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-60055814083567537712009-10-01T20:58:00.413-07:002009-10-01T20:58:00.413-07:00You lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas, I ...You lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas, I tried to warn the district that doing business with those folks would cost them dearly. This was the old trustees.<br />No offence to dogs<br />LonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-39786232172703087352009-10-01T17:29:07.892-07:002009-10-01T17:29:07.892-07:00Maybe now that Dennis Gage and Whispering Hills LL...Maybe now that Dennis Gage and Whispering Hills LLC has filed a lawsuit about what he thinks CUSD owes him, CUSD can couter-sue for the $6 million that CUSD paid to landscape Dennis Gage's Whispering Hills property. That's not even including the cost of street improvements that Dennis Gage and WH LLC was obligated to pay for, but that was instead paid by CUSD. <br /><br />CUSD also paid to improve (stabilize) the slope owned by Gage/WH LLC, that CUSD wanted to use for their stadium bleachers. <br /><br />The list of CUSD-paid improvements to Gage's private property is well documented. I just hope the trustees approve a counter suit to finally bring this out into the open. It's about time that Gage was made to pay up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-36479348406248207132008-12-22T11:11:00.000-08:002008-12-22T11:11:00.000-08:00I agree. But that is only half of the problem.The ...I agree. But that is only half of the problem.<BR/><BR/>The other half involves having the assets of WH be moved to the new entity, leaving WH financially unable to keep its remaining obligations to the school district, the City, the County, and other public and private parties that have stakes in the project.<BR/><BR/>The only reason to have a new entity is to limit liability on the part of a new owner.Jim Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793045048729683235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-33572284143554773142008-12-16T07:07:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:07:00.000-08:00Unless the the assignee is financially sound (at l...Unless the the assignee is financially sound (at least as sound as the assignor), the proposed assignment could be a fraudulent conveyance. Withholding approval of such an assignment would not be unreasonable and it would be essential to protect the district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-8611376828035207252008-11-20T08:56:00.000-08:002008-11-20T08:56:00.000-08:00Jim, great analysis and insight. I suggest that yo...Jim, great analysis and insight. I suggest that you convey your analysis to the CUSD trustees if you have not yet done so. CUSD may want to initiate a claim and record a Notice of Lis Pendens in order to preserve any rights to a recovery against Dennis Gage/Whispering Hills, LLCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-24013895390366858642008-08-27T21:23:00.000-07:002008-08-27T21:23:00.000-07:00Dave,I hope it is clear that I personally disagree...Dave,<BR/><BR/>I hope it is clear that I personally disagree with the decision to approve the new pipeline risk assessment. The approval removes the motivation and context necessary to properly evaluate the assessment.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to imagine why the Superintendent would now turn to an outside expert for a review of the results. I simply can't form that picture in my head.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, the power line setback (or lack of setback) and EMF now move to the front for consideration. The setback issue is black and white, unlike the pipeline. The EMF at the site need only be measured.<BR/><BR/>No formal EMF survey has ever been performed at SJHHS by CUSD.Jim Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793045048729683235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-40989253120584023382008-08-27T02:17:00.000-07:002008-08-27T02:17:00.000-07:00In regard to the JetFuel Pipeline, the Trustees an...In regard to the JetFuel Pipeline, the Trustees and CUSD Admin are willing to move forward, "allowing the high school to be a high school". I disagree. We can not allow a interstate highway to be a highway, when the risk exceeds established risk. For example, we do not allow a "freeway to be a freeway" when the risk is excessive, traveling at 90 MPH instead of 60 MPH. By placing the school so close to the school property line, it is a mathmatical increase in risk for when the day an accident occurs. CUSD Trustees paid an expert to tell the public that 90 miles is just as safe as 60 miles per hour, so long that an accident does not occur. It is a grave mistake for Trustees to believe that we can place our kids in harms way, betting that a accident will not occur. This high school has 7 to 10 such environmental impacts just waiting to happen. Accidents will occur. It is their management experience, or lack of it, that will cost the taxpayers a few million dollars in lawsuits some day - in exchnage for good health or lives.<BR/><BR/>The campus EMF values and other daily impacts hurt students and faculty on a daily basis - like Beverly Hills High School and Kettler Elementary in Fountain Valley ... it just takes a long time to kill people, that is if you distrutst the EIR reports. by Dave Bartholomew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-63668025424690250552008-08-14T21:34:00.000-07:002008-08-14T21:34:00.000-07:00student,I have no personal knowledge of a relation...student,<BR/><BR/>I have no personal knowledge of a relationship between Mr. Yeager and Mr. Doomey. It appears to be true that Mr. Yeager was instrumental in approving the SJHHS site. His signature appears in several places on the site approval documents and other documents obtained through Public Records Act requests.<BR/><BR/>I have previously written about C.A.S.H. in these pages. This organization extensively lobbies the CDE, especially the Facilities division, and Mr. Yeager is the senior Deputy Director of that division.<BR/><BR/>At the time that all of the weirdness re SJHHS transpired, Dave Doomey was President of C.A.S.H.<BR/><BR/>Whether the "vested interest" is money or reputation, it is fair to say that the CDE Facilities division had an significant responsibility in oversight of the decisions regarding the school.<BR/><BR/>Given the present situation, one can only conclude that this oversight did not occur.Jim Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793045048729683235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-32952634083376334332008-08-14T10:43:00.000-07:002008-08-14T10:43:00.000-07:00Unless there are two Fred Yeagers near the top of ...Unless there are two Fred Yeagers near the top of the heap at CDE, then this would be the same Fred Yeager who is pals with Doomey and who approved the several unsafe/unhealthy/environmentally questionable conditions at SJHHS despite questions to the contrary. <BR/><BR/>...which is what bothers me most about this whole process. Carter, Bergman, Yeager and even their "hired gun" seem to be in the business of self-enrichment and protection of <I>their</I> business interests, rather than the job they are presumably paid to do, which is at least in part to insure the health and safety of students - not bureaucrats. <BR/><BR/>What is on display here is exactly the kind of "me first" mentality that is contributing to the decline in quality of public education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-17835285213875514542008-08-14T06:57:00.000-07:002008-08-14T06:57:00.000-07:00Is this the same Fred Yeager who was a pal of Dave...Is this the same Fred Yeager who was a pal of Dave Doomey? He is the guy at CDE who overrode the site selection administrator that didn't want to approve SJHHS as a site. Yeager's office is the focus of C.A.S.H.'s $500K+ a year lobbying efforts. Yeager liked the first analysis well enough. The district's legal adviser and pipeline expert are also C.A.S.H. members. You can bet they all have "a vested interest in working collaboratively"! <BR/><BR/>It is very troubling that with all the discussions of analysis, acceptance, liability and other bureaucratic jargon, there is no mention of safety for the students and staff. That seems to have been forgotten completely.studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03424570244168614695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-36595393110495517282008-08-13T23:49:00.000-07:002008-08-13T23:49:00.000-07:00See the next post.See the next post.Jim Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793045048729683235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-83378662374713612682008-08-13T21:22:00.000-07:002008-08-13T21:22:00.000-07:00Do you know if it's true that Carter went behind t...Do you know if it's true that Carter went behind the backs of the trustees by submitting the pipeline risk analysis to the CDE for approval after being directed by the Board to hold off until they had an opportunity to review the findings and either accept or reject them?<BR/><BR/>If so, I find it incredible that the man is still employed in CUSD...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-32303808613916189002008-08-06T10:33:00.000-07:002008-08-06T10:33:00.000-07:00Mr ReardonThis research is fantastic discovery. T...Mr Reardon<BR/>This research is fantastic discovery. Thank you. When the State spends (matching amount, roughly)$65,000,000. for a school, that should not cost more than $35,000,000., then any reasonable tax abiding citizen must ask the question, WHREE DID THE MISSING $115,000,000. disappear to???,???,???<BR/>Thanks again, Dave Bartholomew / lw3g'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-81799058216547591642008-08-01T23:53:00.000-07:002008-08-01T23:53:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment.I agree that it is easier a...Thanks for the comment.<BR/><BR/>I agree that it is easier and cheaper to install portables compared to permanent buildings. However, when you are building a new school consisting of permanent buildings, why plan to use portables? Why not plan for what you need in the permanent facility?<BR/><BR/>The trap here is that portables cost more to maintain and more to operate. They are less energy efficient compared to modern permanent buildings. Thus, they impose a long term burden on scarce general fund resources that could otherwise be used to educate kids.<BR/><BR/>SJHHS is not even a year old and it has only 9th and 10th grade enrollment, yet CUSD is installing portables. The permanent facilities are not yet finished!<BR/><BR/>It's interesting that there was money to build a permanent structure for the toilets and concession stand to serve the non-existent stadium. Over the hill at Ambuehl Elementary, CUSD has been operating a "permanent" toilet in a portable structure for years -- necessary to serve the regular capacity of that school.Jim Reardonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793045048729683235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-65731893272905731762008-08-01T16:42:00.000-07:002008-08-01T16:42:00.000-07:00You might want to check the EdCode that is about 5...You might want to check the EdCode that is about 5 feet high stacked and then you'll find out that relocatables are easier and cheaper to put in then fixed buildings with all the earthquake and other rules/stipulations/building codes, etc. <BR/>I think the two story portables are nice looking at several CUSD campuses and wish they'd tear down more of the ugly fixed buildings and put them in. Why we have these open college like campuses in the first place is beyond me. From a security standpoint and reality standpoint--duh it does rain in California and kids walking to/from class get poured on. Just imagine if they were in an enclosed building with hallways and indoor lockers and several easy to monitor entrances and exits how much safer and nicer our schools would be not to mention how much less valuable real estate they'd use up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-22144507368266273822008-07-30T14:37:00.000-07:002008-07-30T14:37:00.000-07:00Hi JimGreat work, in every way. The web site is o...Hi Jim<BR/>Great work, in every way. The web site is outstanding. It would be nice to have something like this at CUSD to post our '3 minute crit'.<BR/>Anyway, after the earthquake, 5.4 shake I thought of the pipeline. If the hills were saturated from a rain, I'll bet we would have seen an earth slide. Pipe included?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7303430413739220726.post-81303799451402377342008-07-28T23:44:00.000-07:002008-07-28T23:44:00.000-07:00Carter reminds me of that Fernando Lamas character...Carter reminds me of that Fernando Lamas character played by Billy Crystal in the old SNL episodes, the character who, in thickly accented English, would declare "After all, it isn't how you <I>feel</I> that's important, it's how you <I>look</I> - and <I>you look mahvelous</I>". It sounds like Carter is operating in true educrat mode, which is - nevermind whether it's safe, just make sure it looks good. <BR/><BR/>In other words, business as usual.<BR/><BR/>I hope the new trustees are able to force Carter and the staff to think about protecting the kids for once, rather than their own bloated bureaucracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com