Decision on new coastal commissioner postponed

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is asking for additional nominations for the Central Coast seat on the powerful California Coastal Commission.

[Belinda]

It's already been decided that it's Mark Stone. This talk of nominations is simply pretense.

[Recovering Liberal]

This all too comon far left Democrat loser is obviously waiting for the just the right liberal to fit into her radical agenda! Hell, she rails against the 1st. Amendment right to protest as she too follows the leftist rant against dissenting opinions!
Exhibit A:
Conservative talk radio hosts are terrorists.
So said the Speaker of California's Assembly in an interview published at the Los Angeles Times Saturday.
As amazing as it may seem, this was Karen Bass's (D-LA) response to the question, "How do you think conservative talk radio has affected the Legislature's work?" (h/t NBer Gary Hall):
The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: "You vote for revenue and your career is over." I don't know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it's about free speech, but it's extremely unfair.
Wow!

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Belinda wrote:

It's already been decided that it's Mark Stone. This talk of nominations is simply pretense.

How sad.
Dene Bustichi is LOCAL, is a expert in land use, sustainable building and is a working man NOT another politically climbing bureaucrat attorney, who by the way is taking the month off to go swimming.
Stone has voted with Susan Mauriello and Tom Burns' Rezoning cowboys-
He voted against POOR Claires but that was pretty rare, and a result of his ambistion to be a Coastal Commissioner, he is on their team.
The County Board of Supervisors, have been the WORST in terms of their land use policy, lack of true environmental concern and have thrown their power around like bullys, imposing their short sighted political will on the citizens of the County as well as local City Governments.
Stone and his Board have let hundreds of illegal and dangerous second unit go on due to the financial gain these properties create as a function of property tax revenue.
Their current policy is NOT to investigate- leaving tenants is substandard dangerous and environmentally unsound structures, and illegal land lords enjoying huge unreported rents.
They have created a multitude of laws and regulations that are enforced in an arbitrary, capricious and politically motivated way.
Stone SUPPORTED many environmental and financially unwise decisions only stepping away from his usual UNANIMOUS Baord vote for the occasional NAY.
Although Stone voted against the $1.6 Million in "REDEVELOPMENT" money to South County Housing NOT to build high density housing in an environmentally inappropriate and very sensitive area.
After no action from the County Planning Dept., I personally complained to Mr. Stone, his office and his staff, Ms. Benjamin, about many local properties that have either been illegally converted with over taxed septic systems- and they have done absolutely Nothing-
One of the most egregious violators is a the County Water Quality Chemist, once employed in the Planning Dept.,who has multiple, illegally converted duplexes and Stone has done NOTHING. I also understand they are friends.
I first met Mark Stone as a contractor working on his Scotts Valley home upon his moving to our area, he was an Apple corporate Attorney back then, and he and his wife were blown away by the restrictive nature of our local land and building policies and procedures, most vocally complaining about Scotts Valley permit process and the Tree Ordinance which was news at the time.
Stone has taking his political climb very seriously, expanding his influence over our area with his various Board Appointments in which he and the County Board of Supervisors have voted as a block of bullys forcing their narrow, short sighted political agenda upon all of us.
Please watch the last Regional Transportation Commission- see Dene Bustich stand up against and Stone and his gang who roll over staff recommendations for common sense, spending down the reserve to a inexcusable level due to their pet politically motivated projects, such as $100,000's for "bike signs" for Coonerty and friend's "People Power", bike helmets for South County residents, a pet project for Board Chairman Neal Coonerty, and even after being reminded by Scoots Valley's grown-up members of the Board, they vote against common good and common sense choosing short sighted political gain not fairness and the greater good.
The Fed Clean Water Act mandates we keep out rivers free of pollutants, Stone has done NOTHING except vote to raise fees on the residents of the County that are using old failing septic systems.
Santa Cruz County has more septic systems than any where in the State.
Continued...

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Continued...

...And Mark Stone voting out the ENTIRE professional County Building, Accessibility and Fire Code Appeals Board and installing themselves, at the first hint of daylight on their dysfunctional, political Planning, Building and Land use policy and procedures.

DO YOU WANT TO TRUST THE FUTURE OF THE FRAGILE COAST TO AN ENTRENCHED CLIMBING BUREAUCRAT Beholding to Susan Mauriello, Neal Coonerty and their team?

If not Dene has shown a lifetime of PUBLIC SERVICE and hard work for his family, business and community organizations.

A true caring civic leader, with land use expertise, without political ambition beside serving his community and he works year round.

I for one would LOVE to watch Bustichi and Stone debate Land Use, Building and Planning issues that are the work of the powerful Coastal Commission.

Citizens for Planning Reform
http://C4PR.com

Please take a look any see if the kind, handsome, polished Mr.Stone is still your pick.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Oh ya-

.....and The Capitola "Mayor" Kirby Nichol SUPPORTS Stone.

[SV Dad]

I can't believe that Build, Build, Build at any cost Builder Bustichi would be considered for the Costal Commission. It would not be unlike putting the fox in charge of the chickens. Good bye California coast.

[Sierra Club]

Bustichi refused even to participate in the Sierra Club candidate interviews before the last SV City Council elections. Needless to say the Sierra Club didn't endorse him. Bustichi would be a disaster for the Coastal Commission selection.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Next Candidates Please-
Sounds like none of these will work

I am all about the Sierra Club- Thanks to them, but let us not get caught up the whole ENDORSEMENT deal- Please.

Stone has allowed, perpetuated and been involved in more "build at any costs" development than the builder Busthichi ever could.

Builder Bustichi is required to follow the rules and does.

Supervisor Stone, Tom Burns, Susan Mauriello, South County Housing, Jennifer Hutchinson and crew do not and have not.

Ever heard of Attkinson Lane? NO ask Gary Patton?

Lots Lots more, just keeping it simple.

...and Scotts Valley's Supervisor Stone's Aide Beth Benjamin was one of the biggest advocates of the "senior" SUBSIDIZED housing gift to the very profitable non profit South County Housing in environmentally sensitive, high ground water, traffic ridden fragile and crowed Sunny Felton.

Even spoke to her Bosses at the Board of Supervisor's Meeting, and all as a Private Citizen of Coarse.

How many "build at any cost" Mad for Development Contractors, build a LEED Certified quite sustainable Office Building looking at the long term benefits to the environment and his employees rather that the short sighted temporary "solutions".

The County Board of Supervisors, of which Scotts Valley's Stone is a continual kind voice in the Bureaucratically based, Environmentally destructive decisions made by Susan Muariello's well orchestrated chorus of unanimous AYES.

How is Scotts Valley's Stone different than his County Supervisor Colleagues?

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[Vincent John LoFranco]

These lovers of the environment and protectors of all that is fair and true:

Scotts Valley's Stone (swimmer/attorney),

Tom Burns (BS Earth Science UCSC),

Neal Coonerty (Owner of Deadly Bookstore),

Ellen Pirie (attorney and Seacliff Needs a Park Builder),

Tony Campos(Realtor and Tony) and

SEIU's political activist and Pennsylvania's "community" activist John Leopold.

All of them fine examples of kind hearted folks who sure GIVE and GET Great Endorsement
- but in term of the actual sound environmental, land use and building policy- Not so much.

If Stone was not such a political opurtunist he would have voted for rezoning at Poor Claires TOOO!

Far more environmental disaster by looking the other way even AFTER the County Code changes made after BEGGING by the Sierra club to enforce the EXISTING ordinances NOT being enforced, by Scotts Valley Stone's Staff.

Wish he would do a better job "Supervising" HIS Planning Dept and Code Enforcement Staff
-He is THEIR Supervisor!

Now the NEW CODE worked so hard for by the Sierra Club is AGAIN, as Always NOT being enforced!

Again- ALL Give and GET GREAT Endorsement, but when it come to actually following through and making competent, responsible, long term, environmentally based Land Use Decisions and, NOT Bureaucratically based power grabs. again-
Not so much.

....hey "sierra club" please do not ever make the mistake of distraction while losing Glen Canyon
Lets SAVE them ALL!

"Glen Canyon died, and I was partly responsible for its needless death,"

Wrote in The Place No One Knew, a Sierra Club book published in 1963.

"Neither you nor I, nor anyone else, knew it well enough to insist that at all costs it should endure.
When we began to find out it was too late."
--by David R. Brower

Please keep fighting and it sounds like None of the Above is the Best Answer-

Two OUT OF THREE FROM THE Legendary Beach TOWN of Scotts Valley may not be the best in terms of "VARIETY".

Fine with me,
Their are plenty of Concerned Environmental, Building and Land Use Professionals,
NOT Professional Bureaucrats, Ready Willing and Able to SERVE, the Environment, their neighbors, their conscious and OUR Fragile Coast

Guess this is "all pretense" anyway- sounds like Scotts Valley's County Supervisor Stone is IN!

-Please do not falsely believe that Scotts Valley's Stone is somehow more Environmentally Correct that Scotts Valley's Bustichi

[Vincent John LoFranco]

SV Dad wrote:

I can't believe that Build, Build, Build at any cost Builder Bustichi would be considered for the Costal Commission. It would not be unlike putting the fox in charge of the chickens. Good bye California coast.

WOW Sounds Serious, Serious, Serious at any cost
Serious SV Dad, some thoughtful insights and cleaver analogies.

And you are right-
Most likely the end of the Coast as we know it, unless the Chickens can somehow save themselves from the Dangerous Scary Fox.

So SV Dad-
Are you Sure, Sure, Sure WE would be better off with Swim, Swim, Swim at any cost Swimmer
SV Stone?

...or Do you think that would be like putting the Sharks in charge of the Fishes?

[SV Dad]

Dear Vincent or is it now Michael Jackson,
Maybe you should reread my post. Where did I say that I thought Stone would be a good candidate for the position. I agree with the Speaker of the California Assembly in that we need more candidates. Neither Stone nor Bustichi would be appropriate for the position. Bustichi seems to favor any and all development here in Scotts Valley regardless of it's impact on the community. He is hardly the type of person that should be protecting our coast. Stone and his position on the recently failed Felton housing project should be more than enough justification to eliminate him as well. You would be hard pressed to find may people in Felton who would find Stone acceptable. Both candidates support building projects with little regard to the environment or to the impact on the community. Let's hope that the Speaker is successful in attracting people who actually care about the environment. And yes I do hope that groups like the Sierra Club speaks out regarding this important selection.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

SV Dad wrote:

Dear Vincent or is it now Michael Jackson,
Maybe you should reread my post. Where did I say that I thought Stone would be a good candidate for the position. I agree with the Speaker of the California Assembly in that we need more candidates. Neither Stone nor Bustichi would be appropriate for the position. Bustichi seems to favor any and all development here in Scotts Valley regardless of it's impact on the community. He is hardly the type of person that should be protecting our coast. Stone and his position on the recently failed Felton housing project should be more than enough justification to eliminate him as well. You would be hard pressed to find may people in Felton who would find Stone acceptable. Both candidates support building projects with little regard to the environment or to the impact on the community. Let's hope that the Speaker is successful in attracting people who actually care about the environment. And yes I do hope that groups like the Sierra Club speaks out regarding this important selection.

I guess it is still Vincent-
but I do love to dance.

In regard to your previous comments I read it

In regard to your current comments I agree with you

Well Said.

[Sierra Club puppets]

Big surprise that Paul Bach (SV Dad) is praising the Sierra Club because he made big donations to them in return for them rubberstamping the Bach slate of council candidates in 2008 led by Fran Z. Kertai who got spanked by the hated Bustichi 3 to 1. The Sierra club refused to open up their interview process to the public or to answer any questions about their own organization's overnight interest in Scotts Valley (which happened thanks to Bachs bribes) or why their interview questions were taken verbatim from the Bach/Kertai line of smears. Bach lives in his multimillion dollar mansion protected by the iron gates of Monte Fiore that seal him and his portly poodle Kertai from the riffraff and rails against any development in the hope that it will stop the Target coming next door that will spoil his pretty views. Can't wait for Target and hope SV Dad Bach leaves town in disgust when it comes that will stop the sewage he spews into Scotts Valley politics and his brutal treatment of city workers who are just doing their job.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Sierra Club puppets wrote:

Big surprise that Paul Bach (SV Dad) is praising the Sierra Club because he made big donations to them in return for them rubberstamping the Bach slate of council candidates in 2008 led by Fran Z. Kertai who got spanked by the hated Bustichi 3 to 1. The Sierra club refused to open up their interview process to the public or to answer any questions about their own organization's overnight interest in Scotts Valley (which happened thanks to Bachs bribes) or why their interview questions were taken verbatim from the Bach/Kertai line of smears. Bach lives in his multimillion dollar mansion protected by the iron gates of Monte Fiore that seal him and his portly poodle Kertai from the riffraff and rails against any development in the hope that it will stop the Target coming next door that will spoil his pretty views. Can't wait for Target and hope SV Dad Bach leaves town in disgust when it comes that will stop the sewage he spews into Scotts Valley politics and his brutal treatment of city workers who are just doing their job.

Super great inside info!

If the Sierra Club are Bureaucratic lackeys too, what to do?

Help me Sensei.

Somehow the words "Monte Fiore" and Sierra Club just are about as opposite as they can be to me.

I used to hike there as a kid, I doubt now I could even get in.

What a slice of pathetic inclusive bland white bread, not that there is anything wrong with that, just NOT my thing.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

SV Dad wrote:

Dear Vincent or is it now Michael Jackson,
Maybe you should reread my post. Where did I say that I thought Stone would be a good candidate for the position. I agree with the Speaker of the California Assembly in that we need more candidates. Neither Stone nor Bustichi would be appropriate for the position. Bustichi seems to favor any and all development here in Scotts Valley regardless of it's impact on the community. He is hardly the type of person that should be protecting our coast. Stone and his position on the recently failed Felton housing project should be more than enough justification to eliminate him as well. You would be hard pressed to find may people in Felton who would find Stone acceptable. Both candidates support building projects with little regard to the environment or to the impact on the community. Let's hope that the Speaker is successful in attracting people who actually care about the environment. And yes I do hope that groups like the Sierra Club speaks out regarding this important selection.

OK I did not read so well...

I DO think Bustichi would do a good honest job on the Coastal Commission or any other job he takes on. He is a hard worker.

I DO NOT beilieve your silly broad claim:

"Bustichi seems to favor any and all development here in Scotts Valley regardless of it's impact on the community."

I do NOT agree with this is a total "richard" type of kiddy attack.

"He is hardly the type of person that should be protecting our coast."

What "type" of person are you?

I don't NOT agree with:

"Both candidates support building projects with little regard to the environment or to the impact on the community."

MORE Silliness...

.....do you make your Monte Fiorite Kids listen to your self important drivel?

That, may just be the cause of the exssive drinking giing on via the local fancy and well stocked Monte Fiore liquor cabinets.

Do you make them want to DRINK?

ESPECIALLY IF my new Sensei is right about who you are Monte Fiore Dad...

Sorry for my initial agreement to this rude, petty, and Fake Environmentally correct Monte Fiorist

I started my weekend early and am off my game...

It will NOT happen again.

Dene Bustuchi is a caring, hard working, volunteering, public servant and a hard working, ethical, environmentally sensitive and honest business man.

Mark Stone is NO Dene Bustichi

....and if this IS Monte Fiore Dad he is not even a Mark Stone.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Please this is NOT our Monte Fiore Dad too...IS it?
http://www.topix.com/forum/source/santa-cruz-...
" SV Dad wrote:
Location is the same, my children were harassed by rough groups of kids at the same location.

As for you, perhaps you should research effects of " lack of education!".

How sad that you and you children are uneducated.
Its very ignorant to think that because children are not automans participating in a group sports of a rough nature, that they are not excercising.
try hiking, moutain biking ,sailing and surfing as we do, with your kids on the weekend, as well as opening a book, it will do you all some good. Kids do not benifit from group sports, they learn and grow from quality time with intelligent parents that participate in family sports with their friends involved as well. I suggest you buy a boat as we did, and take your kids friends out every weekend, as we do, they will respect you for finally participating in their lives, instaed of being uneducated and dropping them off at a group sport."

All Sports Advocate SAYS:

"This guy is sure full of himself, not someone many would want to hang out with so no wonder group sports doesn't work for him and he hangs out with kids all the time...bummer for his kids that he can force them to hang out with him that often. Talk about someone uneducated after what sounds like a wasted formal education...

I really agree, and I read it well THIS time!

Did Monte Fiore Dad really tell people to just go by a boat?

HIS POOR KIDS! Hope they don't turn out to be future Menendez Children-

What is Leslie Abramson up to anyway, still defending poor innocent rich kids?

Hey Mr. SV Dad are you really who they say you are?

...and who would not let you play as a kid?
Sorry it was so hard on you.. Really I am.

[Vincent]

You need professional help.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Vincent wrote:

You need professional help.

Thanks for your concern Monte Fiore's Captain Bach and for the professional help suggestions, I guess I have a lot of participation in team sports to get over.

Maybe you can just take me for a boat ride....No, No, that might just make it worse.

[Vince or now Mayor Barry]

You got the wrong SV Dad guess there are a dads in this town. Please keep up the posts supporting Dene Bustichi for Coastal commission, with supporters like you, someone else is a shoe in. And do seek professional help for your problem your scaring most of us with your ramblings.

[Vincent John LoFranco]

Vince or now Mayor Barry wrote:

You got the wrong SV Dad guess there are a dads in this town. Please keep up the posts supporting Dene Bustichi for Coastal commission, with supporters like you, someone else is a shoe in. And do seek professional help for your problem your scaring most of us with your ramblings.

It is Mr. Mayor Berry to you Paul.

SUUUUUURRRRRRRREEEEE Paul.
No problem, you say it- it is true.

You and your imaginary "friends"- all so very concerned, and your frightened, non- sport playing children attacked by the rolling bands of ruffians at the Roller Rink-

Ya Paul, MY ramblings...

Please, You know my name, you know me, you insult me and my children, my lifelong community, my friends, OUR community leaders, who are you really if you are NOT Paul Bach?

I know of a person who has fun posting anonymous venomous, silly, petty attacks while spreading self serving MIS-Information- defending the indefensible and all under a variety of Nome de' Plumes(it means pen names Big Brained Paul)
Click and see...
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/santa-cruz-ca...
http://www.topix.net/forum/source/santa-cruz-...

He sounds a lot like you NOT Paul Bach,
...and he is NOT the "Mayor" of Capitola Kirby Nichol.

Sooooo, why don't have a sit down and talk?
You and all the concerned Dad's in Scotts Valley who are NOT Paul Bach. Lets work this out.

My "ramblings" may hurt Mr. Bustichi, but I know my neighbors are smart enough to make up their own minds, given the facts.

I don't think you and I agree here.
You sure seem to be quite a bit smarter and such a better parent than any one else could ever be, so you are better making the decisions for everyone, Thanks.... but NO thanks- Go for a boat ride.

.....And you should have seen the fight to get your little slice of heaven developed....The neighbors fought hard, they were sickened with the prospect and are still in disbelief with the result... and they were just worried about the houses and traffic---- they never expected one like you was on the way!

Why are you so afraid to take responsibility for of your ideas, why are you so ashamed of your thoughts to wrap them in silly fake names,
-and then claiming broad support from the chiming chorus?

Sound like a person holding LOTS inside, let it out Paul, you are OK, we like you, Scotts Valley likes you and if you want we can play catch and you can call me Daddy.

I really think that will help