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- that was apparent last night on pine avenue. i congratulated about 7 officers for their lawsuits against the city. anyone who was not on pine and shoreline last night and saw what my family and i...
- The closer you study that deal, the more like it looks like a Buddy Bailout combined with a dose of political capital for a re-election or two. The rumor is that during the last closed session, the...
- Bishop. Your are right on re LBPD. They are only here to Protect and Self Serve. They have no regard for the rest of the City and its fiscal problems. Their greed disgusts all tax payers.
- Well RIGHt on brutha.....our music must not die...not classic rock, pop roack, ACID rock, hard rock soft rock can go.......nor Glen Miller's catalog.....or Joe Passe's cool guitar...
- And you don't name call. Yeah, right.
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His study is really interesting and his personal observations and recommendations are sound and intelligent. The only catch is, his study doesn't follow US Army Corps of Engineers' standards or methodology--things required to move the project forward. He's right when he says that more studies will always be required, even though they may not be necessary, but that's the downside to federal operations.
I'm sure Johnson's study will be used by Moffatt & Nichol in the coming months for its great information, but since the breakwater is federally owned and maintained, there is no short cut that can be taken by the city to circumvent the USACE's bureaucracy--which includes more studies, going through the process of receiving federal funding and approval for the recon, feasibility and pre-construction phases of its operations.
I really wish that political will existed, enough to drive Bud's initiatives into action, but I've never seen that kind of action taken until there's been a major disaster. For example, hurricane Katrina finally provoked the Corps to fix Louisianan levees. A few earthquakes and a major bridge collapse instigated better building codes, etc...
And, just for the record, the term "reconfiguration" refers to every kind of modification to that hard structure--be it a full leveling of the breakwater, an 1800-ft section removal just below sea level like Johnson's proposing, or anything in between. Moffatt & Nichol will likely look all combination of alternatives for the breakwater and test them with the mathematical model simulator they are famous for.
Both of those stories are great though, because they're getting the message out that this recon study will not result in absolute ignorant doom for the coast and coastal properties. And, they have people--who've been against the project from the beginning-- talking about it. The more smart discussion and communication lines open, the better. Great job guys!
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Does anyone know if a pollution lawsuit brought by, say, the Natural Resources Defense Council would help or hurt the (very) slow progression of this movement?
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is no question it is a sound and solid report.There are few in this City-if any-that know more about matters Marine than but.
Equally solid however would be the opposition for any major reconfiguration by the members of the House and Senate-most of who are painfully aware of the
power of an unchecked rivers or seas.
One has to but pick up the paper and the see the type of damage that would
be visited upon a,not so small portion of our tax base.There is ample opportunity
to surf at Seal,Huntington,Newport Beaches.Look at the Press Telegram's pictures last week of the storm surf damage and flooding of pre breakwater days.
Will those that want to risk the tax base put up a bond to cover any damage?
Would not that be fair?
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