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lbwhiner — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:18:33 -0000

I've no problem with the above, but it doesn't matter how many great ideas she has, if her personality limitation/deficit blocks implementation. You've got to combine the two: style it might be, but getting some doesn't mean you sacrifice substance in the process.

So let's buy Schipske some style, then she'll her substance will get closer to reality...who wants to chip in?

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Sam_Lowry — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:44:14 -0000

"Can you imagine her proposal not going to committee for discussion if presented by DeLong or one of the Lowenthals?"
...No, but then again, I can't imagine any of them having balls enough to put this on the agenda.

"If Schipske could grow a personality, she might get further... She ain’t got no political capital."
Style again wins out over substance. It's the sad story of Long Beach... so many are so used to the aggressive mediocrity that our council routinely negotiates amongst itself, that anyone who leads the charge for common sense change gets labeled an iconoclast.

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LBRez — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:13:31 -0000

Whiner I agree with you on that, she has a lot of very solid ideas, does a good job of communicating with her blog, but there seems to be something missing.... Can you imagine her proposal not going to committee for discussion if presented by DeLong or one of the Lowenthals? (p.s. anything to rumors she has been applying for city attorney jobs in the OC?)

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lbwhiner — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:19:32 -0000

see comments two articles ago. If Schipske could grow a personality, she might get further. It's as simple as that. She's the wrong person to hook your cause to, no matter how worthy the issue. A Schipske-led charge will end up where they take the drek the clean off the beaches. She ain't got no political capital.

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howardx — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:55:21 -0000

its always enlightening when you find out just how little a politician gets to sell us out.

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ryan s — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:34:13 -0000

ooooh....what happens next? *sizzle-pop!*

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Mike Kowal — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:07:44 -0000

Excelent article. Keep up the good reporting. Mike

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Chris Ziegler — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:51:49 -0000

great work dave