tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post2386276758067682937..comments2024-01-19T22:01:50.746-05:00Comments on Three Wicked Writers Plus Two: Heads Would Roll!!!!Cari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-8707884975361581192010-08-25T21:25:23.133-04:002010-08-25T21:25:23.133-04:00The Trump suit was only $9 million. That methane s...The Trump suit was only $9 million. That methane suit was $33 million. And it was $15 million to preserve that Coconut Grove Lounge wall and a few other things. <br /><br />No way can he blame this on Trump. Like I said in the blog--Trump should have won. He's have brought the building in a lot cheaper. He's no fool---well, maybe when it comes to women and his hair. LOLTess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-1498828597403265972010-08-25T21:23:38.658-04:002010-08-25T21:23:38.658-04:00One of the big wheels over this renovation was on ...One of the big wheels over this renovation was on the news this morning. Trying to justify it. Can you believe that? He blamed Donald Trump for most of the expense since he sued over wanting this property. I don't buy it. That place was a freakin' showplace. Stained glass windows? WOW.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-6014406828008328812010-08-25T21:11:45.923-04:002010-08-25T21:11:45.923-04:00Yes, Anne, I do believe "insane" is an a...Yes, Anne, I do believe "insane" is an appropriate word for this mess. Somebody has got to be fired over this. Just have to be.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-45948953471274036102010-08-24T17:03:38.087-04:002010-08-24T17:03:38.087-04:00OMG! Insane!!
Great blog! :)OMG! Insane!! <br /><br />Great blog! :)Anne Raineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06110446131001665977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-79031414554596937832010-08-24T05:57:10.347-04:002010-08-24T05:57:10.347-04:00Laura,
That school is very lucky you didn't c...Laura,<br /><br />That school is very lucky you didn't call in PTA National. In the first place, no way is a school employee ever allowed to be able to sign a check for PTA funds. It's against the by-laws. But I feel your pain. <br /><br />When I first became an officer in PTA, I was dealing with a group that had never really paid no attention to PTA rules and regulations. The principal Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-19234301035473840242010-08-24T03:29:33.331-04:002010-08-24T03:29:33.331-04:00Anonymous Laura...now THAT teacher lunch is disgus...Anonymous Laura...now THAT teacher lunch is disgusting. I think of what that money could have bought to improve the kids' education, and it makes me want to cry at the waste of opportunity those children missed.Natalie Daehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369259206273465746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-81111008670888315312010-08-23T20:05:13.513-04:002010-08-23T20:05:13.513-04:00I'm IN California and unfortunately...doesn...I'm IN California and unfortunately...doesn't even raise my eyebrows that this crap goes on. It's just burning money, pure stupidity, and they are teaching our kids. Years ago I used to be a part of the PTA at one of my children's schools. We did a fundraiser... got $15,000 together to buy computers for the classrooms... and the school informed us that we HAD to buy them from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-58932101526331330922010-08-23T15:19:27.016-04:002010-08-23T15:19:27.016-04:00Hiya, Faith...Yep, I know of your woes. I pray for...Hiya, Faith...Yep, I know of your woes. I pray for people to get good sense. lol <br /><br />There is too much red tape, too many rules that sometimes just bring learning to a grinding halt. Something YOU ran into. <br /><br />The idea that all that money went for a building--a building so students could have a pretty place to look at--when in reality it was more about pointing to something by Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-67070104613916968152010-08-23T15:16:58.324-04:002010-08-23T15:16:58.324-04:00Not sure I can agree with you Abigail. I can't...Not sure I can agree with you Abigail. I can't see one school giving their children all kinds of perks and other schools going without. Where is the equality in the education there? <br /><br />It may have been nice for you and those who were fortunate enough to attend that school, but what about those he couldn't attend that school?<br /><br />Everyone should have a right to an equal Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-13464441623525507402010-08-23T15:04:37.817-04:002010-08-23T15:04:37.817-04:00I'm with you, Shiela. Idiotic. Not a better wo...I'm with you, Shiela. Idiotic. Not a better word for it either. <br /><br />In our school system kids can't even whisper the word beer. Can't wear any T shirts that might have a beer on it or something like that. And I have no problem with it. But in this school in Cali, there is going to be a wall glorifying a lounge. <br /><br />Sure it's history...but history that belongs in a Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-44839234848874914972010-08-23T15:02:28.467-04:002010-08-23T15:02:28.467-04:00You're so right, Madison. Teachers leave the s...You're so right, Madison. Teachers leave the system in droves. Too much headache and not enough money to be worth it. Teachers constantly move on to better pay and better working conditions. <br /><br />To keep good teachers we need more money to entice them.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-61305900482145476602010-08-23T15:02:00.820-04:002010-08-23T15:02:00.820-04:00Hi Tess. Well, you've known about my school wo...Hi Tess. Well, you've known about my school woes and all the battles I've had with the old school my kids attended and the battles I've had with the State of Ohio Board of Education. One thing that will get me on a roll faster than anything is government control and the stupidity and waste in the school system.Faith Bicknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978240749619858463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-49332151027798796622010-08-23T15:01:32.383-04:002010-08-23T15:01:32.383-04:00Oh Moonsanity...you and me both! We've got pri...Oh Moonsanity...you and me both! We've got principals making triple and quadruple what the average teacher makes. Sure, they have the responsibility of making sure that everything runs smoothly. I don't think a principal's job is easy at all. But I do think they make way too much in comparison with what we pay our teachers. <br /><br />I heard the argument within our own system that Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-50982555863487436452010-08-23T14:59:16.484-04:002010-08-23T14:59:16.484-04:00Yep, Laura, fire the lot of them. Off with their h...Yep, Laura, fire the lot of them. Off with their heads. <br /><br />I read that article again and the lawsuit with the methane issues cost 33 million bucks. WOW. <br /><br />Someone really had their head in the sand with this one.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-55051384649604498822010-08-23T14:58:11.030-04:002010-08-23T14:58:11.030-04:00You are so right, Nanny. I can't help but wond...You are so right, Nanny. I can't help but wonder where was the voting public when all of this was planned. Where are all the watchdog groups in sunny Cali?Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-9654779893675567592010-08-23T14:57:25.010-04:002010-08-23T14:57:25.010-04:00CZ, I do agree with you that the site SHOULD have ...CZ, I do agree with you that the site SHOULD have been preserved. The Ambassador speaks to a bygone era. The RFK history alone begs to be told. And in the right hands--private hands or in the hands of a government/private group in which costs could have been held down and not so many extravagances added, such a project could have been a major coup to the area in general. The history of Bobby Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-7070449938824447292010-08-23T14:53:38.415-04:002010-08-23T14:53:38.415-04:00Hiya Anny,
Cali does have its share of WTFs doesn...Hiya Anny,<br /><br />Cali does have its share of WTFs doesn't it? lolTess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-66483459020986719462010-08-23T14:53:04.086-04:002010-08-23T14:53:04.086-04:00Yep, Starfox. I have to agree. The cost was ridicu...Yep, Starfox. I have to agree. The cost was ridiculous. Upgrades to existing schools, more teachers, better pay for teachers. There are so many things that supersede the a fancy building to glorify those who brought it about.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-56427366016935722912010-08-23T14:51:40.399-04:002010-08-23T14:51:40.399-04:00Makes absolutely no sense, Regina. You're righ...Makes absolutely no sense, Regina. You're right. There are so many abandoned buildings that could be put to good use and yet our world keeps putting up new and improved monuments. Monuments to what? The Almight Bucks Spent?Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-83208411634701342862010-08-23T14:50:24.189-04:002010-08-23T14:50:24.189-04:00Yep, Nat...it's pretty bad.Yep, Nat...it's pretty bad.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-34712440776237154152010-08-23T14:50:11.214-04:002010-08-23T14:50:11.214-04:00Hi Serenity,
I don't get it either. Even thou...Hi Serenity,<br /><br />I don't get it either. Even though it was clear that this project was started twenty years ago, it makes no sense. Not now, not then. I see it as incredibly wasteful. More teachers, smaller classroom sizes would have been a much better way to go. Revamping existing schools, improving their structure.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-30144084096417921522010-08-23T14:48:57.225-04:002010-08-23T14:48:57.225-04:00One in the same, Hales. I'm having a really ha...One in the same, Hales. I'm having a really hard time with this too. Not my school, not my district, not my state. But the waste just boggles the mind. <br /><br />The lack of equality in how money is spent in the systems nationwide is appalling to say the least. We have the same issues here in my own system that you speak of, Hales.Tess MacKallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066240659271231596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-62427629750049889882010-08-23T13:55:16.630-04:002010-08-23T13:55:16.630-04:00I really think that having your child in a fancier...I really think that having your child in a fancier school matters in some states. I live in a state that is still under consent decrees from the Dept of Justice so the school you attend and how great it is depends on your district. Parents buy their homes in districts with schools like this. No we don’t have one with this price tag but we do have one that is almost as fancy and caters to Abigail-Madison Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387615810760802067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-82812654589520866252010-08-23T13:54:52.507-04:002010-08-23T13:54:52.507-04:00This is absolutely idiotic! I can't believe th...This is absolutely idiotic! I can't believe they are allowed to do this. I just don't get people some times.Shiela Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089908007387015219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-64910401322321170382010-08-23T13:42:50.230-04:002010-08-23T13:42:50.230-04:00We can't even afford to keep our teachers half...We can't even afford to keep our teachers half the time. How can we afford this school?Madison Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866919030956287067noreply@blogger.com