tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777533858010228052024-03-12T23:05:09.552-07:00Wildomar Rap► thoughts on local happeningsJoseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comBlogger881125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-87405791077141744932024-02-16T11:00:00.000-08:002024-02-16T11:13:02.795-08:00• Community Meeting 20 Acre Park Near Anne Sullivan<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Brief recap of the recent community meeting regarding the recently acquired 20-acre parkland that is south and east of Anne Sullivan Preschool.</span></p><p><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE WILDOMAR CITY COUNCIL, THE BROWN ACT DEMANDS YOU CLICK OUT NOW. SORRY, IT'S THE LAW.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I don't know how to say this without sounding corny, so I'll just risk coming off as a cornball anyway. (lol)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Last night's meeting made me very proud to be a member of this community. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It had pertinent and thorough information from the presenters, important and compelling questions from the participants, <i>passion</i> and <i>compassion </i>from the attendees, along with good decorum overall... people let people speak, even without the aid of a microphone, and staff listened and took notes. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i>There was hardly any shushing at all</i></b> 😄</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To sum it up, I saw a lot of respect for the process and the individuals that make up our community of Wildomar.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaM9SEs_BD4HVVbtg3ZYarmdt9_Z4amtdEwaNTBy2gkFw9Jut4sW-5m_uGdDX8oMjFCm61VZQlByiaFXqhIK-00ZvS7hFLdPKMqkH8JaCD44p8D0TAks80xePC57McROShkdfl1N_DMfL08_kNjVdaVMSn_lWAujTK_qRUI1IvgdIez0sgk2E2wTAD3kX/s618/Marked-as-a-Win.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaM9SEs_BD4HVVbtg3ZYarmdt9_Z4amtdEwaNTBy2gkFw9Jut4sW-5m_uGdDX8oMjFCm61VZQlByiaFXqhIK-00ZvS7hFLdPKMqkH8JaCD44p8D0TAks80xePC57McROShkdfl1N_DMfL08_kNjVdaVMSn_lWAujTK_qRUI1IvgdIez0sgk2E2wTAD3kX/s16000/Marked-as-a-Win.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you to the lovely and gracious staff of Anne Sullivan Preschool for their kindness and hospitality in hosting this important and timely community meeting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I streamed the meeting online from my city council Facebook page. <span style="color: #999999;">(links below)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There was a hitch when I thought that it wasn't recording sound and I switched phones. That created a gap of about a minute between the two segments of video... which lasted for a total of two hours. It's amazing that my phone still had 24% at the end of it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>As the elected representative of this area, I had two key takeaways</b></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, the proposed park entrance off Gierson needs to begin where it's currently a dead end, not at the end of a new turnaround as was seen in the concept drawings. Meaning, that's where the gate needs to be located. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8roUgKAMtlHh7oY6zqDF4bg4zPjcTztHj0_0LKn7tKqoOe_Ar9ONdPXH_pKsGqvhyphenhyphenCYkyjViPqF9o9Ujm6KTwKJy0RWuYKzKE-6_E6XaKjmj2c7Ld9lwSbd7QXNNjE2IIoqtyiJoL-KtYI7gdfcfnEYpIyYo5rurNUWuC_Lk8XH3HiA2ViQcdZsqjuH8/s1066/Dead%20End%20at%20Gierson%20Wildomar.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1066" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8roUgKAMtlHh7oY6zqDF4bg4zPjcTztHj0_0LKn7tKqoOe_Ar9ONdPXH_pKsGqvhyphenhyphenCYkyjViPqF9o9Ujm6KTwKJy0RWuYKzKE-6_E6XaKjmj2c7Ld9lwSbd7QXNNjE2IIoqtyiJoL-KtYI7gdfcfnEYpIyYo5rurNUWuC_Lk8XH3HiA2ViQcdZsqjuH8/w640-h370/Dead%20End%20at%20Gierson%20Wildomar.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It would be a problem waiting to happen to push the end of Gierson without a gate that can be locked when the park is closed. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We can't create a beautiful new park and also create an after-hours hangout and the same time. This is an easy problem to nip in the bud. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Another concern that I heard was regarding the entrance(s).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>In case anyone was wondering, those who live on Gierson, that were in attendance, are PRO park, they're just passionate about doing it right the first time.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Their concerns are potentially having but <b>one entrance</b> for a park <i>that's sure to be popular in a city of 37,000</i>, not to mention those from other parts of the region that would like a mini-version of the Santa Rosa Plateau to enjoy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The most expedient way to open the park would be to start with the entrance off of Gierson, but, out of fairness for all<span style="color: #999999;"> (the nearby neighbors, and people from other parts of the city)</span>, both entrances need to come online at the same time.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>We can be creative if need be, I have confidence in our staff to figure this out.</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There were many good points made about issues regarding this and other future parks throughout the city. The thing we need to remember is that parks cost a lot of money to create. Even basic, passive parks, like the one we're speaking of here. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wildomar has had two completely-designed parks already approved that have been waiting for funding for many years now. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">One is a 27-acre park near Ronald Reagan Elementary, and the other is an 11-acre park near David A Brown Middle School. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwkh8FvUmxnfBJGuy11o09IN1rW9X5tJdUgQj5yHzOtlAeGatnWKds-CKoXg7-DmFgTNK9LfC5w29RoNaMMpDTtbDu37pVuLGZJiTv6qCjK7_OEGyTvTCzJxv8ALamn9whshguQTeO_2x2_Cxhup88Yh-LnuO7WYbsJR8URDh6Ek83ApMZqVlUSFFn7LC/s1000/11-acre-park-1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwkh8FvUmxnfBJGuy11o09IN1rW9X5tJdUgQj5yHzOtlAeGatnWKds-CKoXg7-DmFgTNK9LfC5w29RoNaMMpDTtbDu37pVuLGZJiTv6qCjK7_OEGyTvTCzJxv8ALamn9whshguQTeO_2x2_Cxhup88Yh-LnuO7WYbsJR8URDh6Ek83ApMZqVlUSFFn7LC/w640-h426/11-acre-park-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The vacant property to the south of DABMS</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgBNxG8IL1dY95wnoLzVAAtbZXavqN1jSTCS5NBqIskt1QJcNI0Z7RkR31-WmWeOrTxMfZ7ugowWOSQUjbcO1Tpai-N2yxOCgDOe2aFQw8r8EQc3rDO_vdFq-6cUfhqj26w-lMAac_apy2Ck1mIQehTs5ZUJ5TTLUHAAl2utnH8JgVXT3ab5dpZDb3JI0/s1000/11-acre-park-2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1000" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgBNxG8IL1dY95wnoLzVAAtbZXavqN1jSTCS5NBqIskt1QJcNI0Z7RkR31-WmWeOrTxMfZ7ugowWOSQUjbcO1Tpai-N2yxOCgDOe2aFQw8r8EQc3rDO_vdFq-6cUfhqj26w-lMAac_apy2Ck1mIQehTs5ZUJ5TTLUHAAl2utnH8JgVXT3ab5dpZDb3JI0/w640-h560/11-acre-park-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The vacant property to the south of DABMS</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">link to a page on the city website with further information about the 11-acre sportspark. </span><a href="https://www.cityofwildomar.org/413/11-Acre-Park---PlannedFuture" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">LINK</span></b></a></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQGcOutzuhj7IzncDMYBrk4QQl8wJZSBxCrTnOY4ITUgRE-g4Hu07oKwkeoLw2HR5GYv6YBwQ_MQ4KiRuUhb3H3o5ss2TaipEanuf9asECnyo0exlYiV0DIMK3_5KxJwXQIHfNs2XR_k3oRNHjR4b4Jbd7-RFG4n-91Z5mRrgXgLLA75aAZwxYeC6sEDJ/s1000/27-acre-park-1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1000" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQGcOutzuhj7IzncDMYBrk4QQl8wJZSBxCrTnOY4ITUgRE-g4Hu07oKwkeoLw2HR5GYv6YBwQ_MQ4KiRuUhb3H3o5ss2TaipEanuf9asECnyo0exlYiV0DIMK3_5KxJwXQIHfNs2XR_k3oRNHjR4b4Jbd7-RFG4n-91Z5mRrgXgLLA75aAZwxYeC6sEDJ/w640-h574/27-acre-park-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The vacant property that wraps around RRE</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">link to a page on the city website with further information about the 11-acre</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.cityofwildomar.org/414/27-Acre-Park---PlannedFuture" target="_blank">LINK</a> </span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Below are the links to the live stream videos. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I apologize if you don't have Facebook, but that was the only way I knew to be able to livestream the meeting.<br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJosephMorabito4Wildomar%2Fvideos%2F1173951540256866%2F&show_text=false&width=267&t=205" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="267"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJosephMorabito4Wildomar%2Fvideos%2F641662891367639%2F&show_text=false&width=267&t=0" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="267"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Last thing, how to pay for it? </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Toward the end of the meeting, it was suggested to review item 3.2 from the December 2023 city council meeting to see various ways to fund the parks, in whole or in part.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here's a link to the item from the December 2023 meeting going over different options to fund the parks. If this issue is important to you, even if that means you're against it, please take the time to get the information firsthand by watching it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm still learning how to embed the new video format that the city has, so please follow the link... it's really easy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once you're on the page scroll to item </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>3.2 City of Wildomar New Parks Improvement Options</b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and click it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://cityofwildomar.granicus.com/player/clip/288?view_id=1&redirect=true" target="_blank">Link to city page with video of December 2023 meeting video</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">There will be a parks subcommittee meeting and a city council meeting where this will be discussed and further shaped. It's not too late for you to send in your views, either pro or con, to the city. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Use this email and ask that it also be forwarded to the subcommittee members. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">wildomarpw@cityofwildomar.org</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you'd like to chat about city matters, let's set something up. Email is the best way to begin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">jmorabito@cityofwildomar.org</span></p></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-65111654198181514092023-11-18T13:03:00.000-08:002023-11-18T13:10:10.065-08:00• New Butterfly Garden Planted<p><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">A great story that's worth sharing with the community. It involves volunteers (both local and regional), community spirit, and butterflies!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>I've been low on time recently, so I asked Bridgette Moore if she'd send over some photos and do a brief write-up so that the story can be shared with the community. </b></span></i><span style="color: #1d2228;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The idea came from when you and I met with the Butterfly ladies last year. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I kept that in the back of my mind. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Fast forward, Sandra Tordoff (she used to work at Wildomar Chamber) invited me to a Lunch and Learn at Pacific Mobile Structures on 8/23/23. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I spoke about the Wildomar Beautification Volunteers and the importance of volunteering and giving back.</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxo4Via_stAmDrsWMl8NaRUIlVJ5Ot-Qjh9Fni0wNTgoigf26MIs7J4cdgbl-tZguRXeneeMYMM5-px5y3G-MtYBk0Y2zV7CwXn18hyphenhypheneQDmDLt46b80ImGyBEiOwKb9v4iQW6sqqc3ZT-vmy92AM7KZB_rUkF3_-ELEONN4ZnnOcxcvvG0uZlV2TxOS_2/s1080/Elks-Lodge-Butterfly-Garden-11-23-B.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1080" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxo4Via_stAmDrsWMl8NaRUIlVJ5Ot-Qjh9Fni0wNTgoigf26MIs7J4cdgbl-tZguRXeneeMYMM5-px5y3G-MtYBk0Y2zV7CwXn18hyphenhypheneQDmDLt46b80ImGyBEiOwKb9v4iQW6sqqc3ZT-vmy92AM7KZB_rUkF3_-ELEONN4ZnnOcxcvvG0uZlV2TxOS_2/w640-h312/Elks-Lodge-Butterfly-Garden-11-23-B.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a look at the mid-point of the project.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On 9/28/23, Sandra contacted me and explained that Pacific Mobile Structures has a program where they pay their employees 8 hours a year to volunteer and their volunteer day was Tuesday, 11/7/23 and she asked if we had a project. </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I remember seeing a planter area in the Elks Lodge parking lot that only had weeds and WBV had cleaned it a few times already. </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So, I asked the Elks Lodge if we could we put a Monarch Butterfly Garden in that area and they agreed. We only have about 30 days to plan this project. </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I met Margaret Meyncke and Caren Hanson at the Elks Lodge and they got me in touch with Landscape Architect Laurie Levine. Laurie has previously done work with Wildomar. </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Laurie donated her time, designed a garden, and gave us a plant list. We contacted Curby’s Nursery and then Dan, Richard and I picked up the plants on 11/4/23. </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">WBV had work days prior to the 11/7 planting to prep the area.</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On 11/7, about 25 employees from Pacific Mobile Structures planted plants, laid irrigation lines, and placed mulch into the garden.</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The garden will take till about summer to grow and then it will attract caterpillars. </span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Laurie mentioned that the caterpillars will eat the leaves so don’t be alarmed if the plant looks dead.</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It will survive the hot summer months.</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASuNgdg6eXWj1czLmazK2oN5piMyD1dKY02852ZwOO3WQlTFACKP33S2Fo9dW4mvDHohBuzUKwEWpypPaa1TR8s3cQAyW6PGnlVx_IESxodhrwmc8zLq9s_eW-9rbwzCAkOgA95jsipmMufQIwANBU0PNK4jMqs6eD2m5Jh-kyMVHnR0lQ4lKxxO3uzc_/s562/Elks-Lodge-Butterfly-Garden-11-23.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="562" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASuNgdg6eXWj1czLmazK2oN5piMyD1dKY02852ZwOO3WQlTFACKP33S2Fo9dW4mvDHohBuzUKwEWpypPaa1TR8s3cQAyW6PGnlVx_IESxodhrwmc8zLq9s_eW-9rbwzCAkOgA95jsipmMufQIwANBU0PNK4jMqs6eD2m5Jh-kyMVHnR0lQ4lKxxO3uzc_/w640-h398/Elks-Lodge-Butterfly-Garden-11-23.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The plants are small compared to the smiles of the volunteers, but before we know it, this area will be alive with plants and butterflies. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a;">I look forward to seeing how this turns out. Which gets me to thinking... I have some yard areas that could use this type of attention. I don't need volunteers, but a plan to go get some local plants that can withstand our Summers even if I forget to water them for all of July. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">I found this link with ideas for our area.<br /><a href="https://www.finegardening.com/article/growing-a-butterfly-garden-in-southern-california">https://www.finegardening.com/article/growing-a-butterfly-garden-in-southern-california</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I can think of several other areas in town <span style="color: #999999;">(small areas at both Marna O'Brien Park and Windsong Park) </span>that these would make for a nice edition.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span><p></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><br /></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sponsors:</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pacific Mobile Structures Riverside</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Life Tree Service</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Lake Elsinore/Wildomar Elks Lodge #2591</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wildomar Beautification Volunteers</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sandra Tordoff</span></p><p class="yiv2095808278MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Laurie Levine</span></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-28121461143914802152023-09-19T18:44:00.007-07:002023-09-19T18:47:14.875-07:00• National Day of Cleanup 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On Saturday, September 16th, Wildomar saw 120 volunteers gather at the Elks Lodge to participate in this year's National Clean Up Day.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3anRItZY3KSgowEvzptdek9SgNffNReWhDU_h4H-9dlsCNptP7TNhJNarLT7DNvzGRuTz0XZRyxL7IHNjpfO-ArX75DZXGBdABinzO9M-IhmJhjD2dNfGzNkZhdKK7NO4OJfqNBf6TNJ8-mYciz7QwHWhaGhjFbFKkUvp7pRit4mFdNhqfNzuqdaWHBXQ/s1000/WBV-with-Gray-Trailer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="1000" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3anRItZY3KSgowEvzptdek9SgNffNReWhDU_h4H-9dlsCNptP7TNhJNarLT7DNvzGRuTz0XZRyxL7IHNjpfO-ArX75DZXGBdABinzO9M-IhmJhjD2dNfGzNkZhdKK7NO4OJfqNBf6TNJ8-mYciz7QwHWhaGhjFbFKkUvp7pRit4mFdNhqfNzuqdaWHBXQ/w640-h328/WBV-with-Gray-Trailer.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some of the happy faces.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then after some delicious Montague Brothers coffee, and Pam's Donuts, they went into the heart of City Council District 1, Represented by Carlos Marquez, and proceeded to pull out 110 bags of trash and debris, which filled up two donated roll-offs by CR&R, which weighed in at over 3.5 tons over about three hours time.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESC56dZ6k3mPraDb3wPELiNuWE1PaRRGeBxWL9khGR2IMAg9ItYUv3zzDboitDM62mMDiW0tg0-OHMXtDZbiX5iDXJIPghXFjBXHrCo1Kbfns2ayHrnVfLp23UeyfHSq7ruU31cxf6M7v3yctZJm9zdTF79sqd58DB7Ksd_mJo0IbUpucxTn4RbhhJl_Q/s1000/FIlling-the-dumpsters.png" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESC56dZ6k3mPraDb3wPELiNuWE1PaRRGeBxWL9khGR2IMAg9ItYUv3zzDboitDM62mMDiW0tg0-OHMXtDZbiX5iDXJIPghXFjBXHrCo1Kbfns2ayHrnVfLp23UeyfHSq7ruU31cxf6M7v3yctZJm9zdTF79sqd58DB7Ksd_mJo0IbUpucxTn4RbhhJl_Q/w640-h360/FIlling-the-dumpsters.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This group of eight volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints really put in a lot of work, for many hours. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-5ifK0NhHT0J_RCkNHfi5JYoTYmcjEPPtXwzslsd-jU57H_PG1uHzl5NA5IrBjj2Qhl54X9fAPNSY4QK-UJD9icy5UwFlcoUBkMX9PXoSd88DM3igk4fnrnSniGDSwaHae2B_y2gsbmrUtaG8Hg7CU-7N2csCWKWAKDEduFA5M2e2PaAR0jx35SnNMiy/s1000/Hidden-Sidewalk-on-Sedco-Blvd.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1000" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-5ifK0NhHT0J_RCkNHfi5JYoTYmcjEPPtXwzslsd-jU57H_PG1uHzl5NA5IrBjj2Qhl54X9fAPNSY4QK-UJD9icy5UwFlcoUBkMX9PXoSd88DM3igk4fnrnSniGDSwaHae2B_y2gsbmrUtaG8Hg7CU-7N2csCWKWAKDEduFA5M2e2PaAR0jx35SnNMiy/w640-h568/Hidden-Sidewalk-on-Sedco-Blvd.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Impressive before and after shots. This is the north side of Sedco Blvd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NsI0HSfvseDyDKxRq5U9WoS1M6wrOxjhCd9u6L_5rKbrj3_lve91zZFiFajWtaJecQuKAGuMX4SvXO9DwlOlK4fL4duaCZjKSrmRg4wJDppj-dCQeY6CQpHkhRZBn9-9JvjO9RLXfHQKKntmWV8_NwyXAoMYp2gQ0Il99b6E1v0lRlMvJVYe4CsJ02yR/s1125/Sedco-Blvd-before-and-after.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NsI0HSfvseDyDKxRq5U9WoS1M6wrOxjhCd9u6L_5rKbrj3_lve91zZFiFajWtaJecQuKAGuMX4SvXO9DwlOlK4fL4duaCZjKSrmRg4wJDppj-dCQeY6CQpHkhRZBn9-9JvjO9RLXfHQKKntmWV8_NwyXAoMYp2gQ0Il99b6E1v0lRlMvJVYe4CsJ02yR/w568-h640/Sedco-Blvd-before-and-after.png" width="568" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Before and after of the median on Sedco Blvd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd like to take a moment to give credit where credit is due. Wildomar's longest-standing champion, Bridgette Moore. The average resident doesn't know why our city has less trash in it, including graffiti and illegal signs, and though it's a team effort to be sure, without a bonafide leader none of this could be possible.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNsXwIe7W-JHDKCq5vKxDgqrWJvLSD-zO5TUqHASdVOn8zwCEWUrKGKO7rGRjcGvug7YXlaDsxpef7k73r0v1KxKtWAfJaGai8KcHkx107BaqCWFIRoHanqrwtmkdhN6RVMGSajfeZYF79LoFSJrz9x8JcPC0sw_YSCstFnNd9JDPChZxZyP_n7kckyqZ/s1000/Bridgette-Moore-at-the-mic-2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1000" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNsXwIe7W-JHDKCq5vKxDgqrWJvLSD-zO5TUqHASdVOn8zwCEWUrKGKO7rGRjcGvug7YXlaDsxpef7k73r0v1KxKtWAfJaGai8KcHkx107BaqCWFIRoHanqrwtmkdhN6RVMGSajfeZYF79LoFSJrz9x8JcPC0sw_YSCstFnNd9JDPChZxZyP_n7kckyqZ/w640-h370/Bridgette-Moore-at-the-mic-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bridgette Moore as she's addressing the volunteers. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">She has such amazing grit and determination about her, she is the very definition of what an old-school Wildomarian<span style="color: #999999;"> (Wildomartini in my dictionary) </span>is all about. Only when she decides to hang up her spurs will some in the community recognize the unfillable shoes she leaves for a rookie to try and fill.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoM0sPdlXjGiK5dLGCQGi3i6Y8NWGgHOeXsMX89l_QfjXxe3G4AnTYEocB2CbvUlKtm7aUJHiMn5ooMzqij0NcJdTTgB87jVPcusG4gLM6sklBRz4HIr1Fg5tN6QJQtJHnEQhIMtBS1AATlBGcS5vfMOUcBRkQAogpHfl82OCh-Z6wnzodrFdNUsMppuAu/s1000/Bridgette-Moore-working-the-event.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoM0sPdlXjGiK5dLGCQGi3i6Y8NWGgHOeXsMX89l_QfjXxe3G4AnTYEocB2CbvUlKtm7aUJHiMn5ooMzqij0NcJdTTgB87jVPcusG4gLM6sklBRz4HIr1Fg5tN6QJQtJHnEQhIMtBS1AATlBGcS5vfMOUcBRkQAogpHfl82OCh-Z6wnzodrFdNUsMppuAu/w640-h384/Bridgette-Moore-working-the-event.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This was about two hours into the clean-up event. She wasn't at the Elks Lodge looking over paperwork, she was out working, and it's never easy work. Whether it be litter pick up, or tackling tumbleweeds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok, enough gilding the lily, but seriously, Wildomar is such a different place than it would have been had she not seen a need and tackled it head-on more than twenty years ago. Thank you for all you've done, and all you continue to do!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are a few more photos to round out this blog.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLguRI6e0uImSw5WHvB3VxZOrmIH-95vVf1MA5Ds_GlT4MBN0wDB050UrkT14VU-H_Xx08rJ8Hp0-5Jgp1bb765_t2rTBFwSlWs7s_PRiYngJWZibcM-HviUSwyT3O0crTBqWW1uR-tVoCS-ar_hDUliNtavie_nH5IoA73HGuMaDDPmCcPtqrEpZRVqA/s1000/WBV-Orange-Trailer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="1000" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLguRI6e0uImSw5WHvB3VxZOrmIH-95vVf1MA5Ds_GlT4MBN0wDB050UrkT14VU-H_Xx08rJ8Hp0-5Jgp1bb765_t2rTBFwSlWs7s_PRiYngJWZibcM-HviUSwyT3O0crTBqWW1uR-tVoCS-ar_hDUliNtavie_nH5IoA73HGuMaDDPmCcPtqrEpZRVqA/w640-h296/WBV-Orange-Trailer.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gotta love the new paint for this trailer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5P06HMaWgUDsI-ifzaLPh7XV2IRf520jPevLv9TDTBRj1aTnAzpKawe3uc9Gboh9pvxu5Kd_NNSEqxArAwu0nXOWSwMeTF3gvW7WsbExyMVVIUZ6IuliwKCa9TSrrpMwMqwMbaW7zIG-iBGlXvJt_s3d717nqg7jdJ26o_-4pLTBtIqUUkd60jN8YEwMX/s1000/WBV-Orange-Trailer-with-old-furniture.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="1000" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5P06HMaWgUDsI-ifzaLPh7XV2IRf520jPevLv9TDTBRj1aTnAzpKawe3uc9Gboh9pvxu5Kd_NNSEqxArAwu0nXOWSwMeTF3gvW7WsbExyMVVIUZ6IuliwKCa9TSrrpMwMqwMbaW7zIG-iBGlXvJt_s3d717nqg7jdJ26o_-4pLTBtIqUUkd60jN8YEwMX/w640-h296/WBV-Orange-Trailer-with-old-furniture.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This trailer can carry anything.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2Vn7jMhRVJALzOs84_QJGVc_kdoxjF7ef3HUNTgT-bUnRNF8Dwprokvmm0wSqrfarnrgywbUm939CO1dI234Ud-uyQPHM3YMAaGon8rHpGAeXe6ufjoPiTTr0rDCRQtbuPfo7XEAw4SaX4jfylLU5_RuSs9mijXHQ54-HJJNEgAt-Ys0T6lhc-Th7pxE/s1000/Truck-Full-of-Junk.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2Vn7jMhRVJALzOs84_QJGVc_kdoxjF7ef3HUNTgT-bUnRNF8Dwprokvmm0wSqrfarnrgywbUm939CO1dI234Ud-uyQPHM3YMAaGon8rHpGAeXe6ufjoPiTTr0rDCRQtbuPfo7XEAw4SaX4jfylLU5_RuSs9mijXHQ54-HJJNEgAt-Ys0T6lhc-Th7pxE/w640-h480/Truck-Full-of-Junk.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The volunteers pulled a lot of large items off the streets.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ip4cJuluchY?si=qlj6gNNX4t-RyKpb" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-45585695331129180882023-07-26T17:45:00.008-07:002023-07-27T14:10:52.055-07:00• Measure AA Promises, Were They Promises and Were They Broken?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">We'll be filing this under: blogs that should never have be written.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Ok Morabito, so why are you spending precious time doing so? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Let's just jump right into it. I posted a video of me removing a handmade sign that said "Fire Morabito".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SoScPcU2tjk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Longsuffering Wildomar Resident </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Monty Goddard </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">(his trademarked handle)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, used the opportunity to throw shade my way that I've lost his "previously vigorous support."<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgEg663GDKy5nwT9ufr3s8tquERDKhso9SVwW4RYXl9Zp0EwyxKB6Y1LcNtVcowsBbDzM1NiPY58Z9UQjvedy3Zsu7SflJPSiaVZimTA7fUTKoIP4EbAdC8fx_r5eGqKWi0uu7KyR4sbhVq3lVxfQZVwB0aINjhIv061fVuoge9fGGhTjKhJbOuWi0YBl/s656/Not-My-Sign.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="656" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgEg663GDKy5nwT9ufr3s8tquERDKhso9SVwW4RYXl9Zp0EwyxKB6Y1LcNtVcowsBbDzM1NiPY58Z9UQjvedy3Zsu7SflJPSiaVZimTA7fUTKoIP4EbAdC8fx_r5eGqKWi0uu7KyR4sbhVq3lVxfQZVwB0aINjhIv061fVuoge9fGGhTjKhJbOuWi0YBl/w640-h510/Not-My-Sign.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Own this falsehood"?<br />"Honesty and accountability"?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>From his comment at the June 2023 city council meeting.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: lightgrey; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_aF2g6IzrMzExhTLcUfNdUlzw2bUVA5XibiLW4ZnmwwVTXLAsZ86Mpj7Hk9lxrGw250jpIswMcKWZh55ei0-wtre6J-1LbBHFFA2bL-vLMWq9jZA2b0NcHcJFfRCcJxC5Ooi62zniF79/h120/Month+Goddard+thumbnail.png" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: #fcc4c4; color: #05050a;"></span><div style="background-color: #fcc4c4; color: black; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="background-color: #fcc4c4; color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #05050a;">In [July] 2018 on social media, two of the people that are on the council today</span><span style="color: #999999;"> [Joseph Morabito and Bridgette Moore] </span><span style="color: #05050a;">were very, very clear in response to one of the respected members of the community </span><span style="color: #999999;">[Paula Willette]</span><span style="color: #05050a;"> when they asked this concern on social media that "No this would not happen. It, would, not, happen!" [...] I ask you to step up and acknowledge this backfilling and admit that it's a conflict with the,<i> not public comments</i>, but very public comments </span><span style="color: #999999;">(referring to the Facebook thread)</span><span style="color: #05050a;"> that were made to the community. </span></span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">— Monty Goddard, Long Suffering Wildomar Resident</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Why is he calling me a liar? </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999;">Isn't that what "<i>own this falsehood</i>" means?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Because he continues to misread a comment from a July of 2018 Facebook post, refuses to see what I actually said, and in the same thread, Bridgette Moore also stated that she wouldn't vote to divert money from one budget to another.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's look at them again.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwkIHNgwYTfduTKx8-xwAuxYCFzsBKUSSpG2SvgL7uuussLE15P6-TIR_R57D57gVn9RjPA_WOc6OY46VhMm8I709MIHO3Kvg1WKatw8RwJxMLepM2bEqpIsMZIW5nZ2Vfufr0SaB2vkww-iiECOj9KU6B6ZLfZnE1ypBTE3Ktu9z0a7IK_KDLXxqOFDY/s1013/2018-FB-thread.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="923" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwkIHNgwYTfduTKx8-xwAuxYCFzsBKUSSpG2SvgL7uuussLE15P6-TIR_R57D57gVn9RjPA_WOc6OY46VhMm8I709MIHO3Kvg1WKatw8RwJxMLepM2bEqpIsMZIW5nZ2Vfufr0SaB2vkww-iiECOj9KU6B6ZLfZnE1ypBTE3Ktu9z0a7IK_KDLXxqOFDY/w583-h640/2018-FB-thread.png" width="583" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The promise to not "vote for that" was always upheld.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOeZVnal-LOj9l2ts06NCHZQSU4yN4mfbWslBgvRaLMhrpyzzvVMawhgPbOAFLw2tzTknoVWNpz7GHG1UMLp7lEcyktlTgz5Dw6EEmDX1tUrcOM0IvCjCqzUA6GsDh18B5QSbavZCdCx06beEYlZ7-cC9JXFHGyiioW0nMyS_kzr2rfLwZUNfH5Erotb4/s756/Never-Proposed-and-Never-Allowed.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="756" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOeZVnal-LOj9l2ts06NCHZQSU4yN4mfbWslBgvRaLMhrpyzzvVMawhgPbOAFLw2tzTknoVWNpz7GHG1UMLp7lEcyktlTgz5Dw6EEmDX1tUrcOM0IvCjCqzUA6GsDh18B5QSbavZCdCx06beEYlZ7-cC9JXFHGyiioW0nMyS_kzr2rfLwZUNfH5Erotb4/w640-h420/Never-Proposed-and-Never-Allowed.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Falsely promised"?<br />Check out the highlighted keywords, and ponder them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="background-color: white;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a;">Words mean things. I clearly stated that I would make sure that no budget trickery be <i>proposed</i> or <i>allowed</i>. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">That means, <i><b>IF proposed</b></i>, they wouldn't be allowed </span><span style="color: #999999;">(I'd vote against)</span><span style="color: #05050a;">. Such a thing was never proposed nor voted on, and the graph below was the first time we learned of it. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKAJA9t5aHzo7TmiIFjN4NndtDn12QjAk2KwnsBueMRB0o1fDnBhxCWy7JukNGjiwhg4riqBeBW1hEPu-g-ps2PmmLwEhyFqs0PYtHz8Qy46sPbX04jRqA2cDAfD_YqnbNLfrzvLArdAjx2M9ACTKwYeyphjWSf3hGgaoeG0O8iCqIyEKnt69ETHlA-SK/s1204/Public-Safety-graphthrough-2023.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1204" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKAJA9t5aHzo7TmiIFjN4NndtDn12QjAk2KwnsBueMRB0o1fDnBhxCWy7JukNGjiwhg4riqBeBW1hEPu-g-ps2PmmLwEhyFqs0PYtHz8Qy46sPbX04jRqA2cDAfD_YqnbNLfrzvLArdAjx2M9ACTKwYeyphjWSf3hGgaoeG0O8iCqIyEKnt69ETHlA-SK/w640-h398/Public-Safety-graphthrough-2023.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">I apologize for the substandard graphic. It's a screenshot of the video and for some reason, it was transparent and still showed the live feed behind it. </td></tr></tbody></table>The blue bars are general funds and the red bars are from Measure AA. You will see that there was a dip between 2020 and 2021 in GF public safety and an increase in Measure AA funds. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">As we learned at the June 14th meeting</span><span style="color: #999999;"> (link to video below)</span><span style="color: #05050a;"> what we all were concerned about appears to have happened during one budget cycle.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">City Manager, Dan York gives a lengthy explanation for that </span><span style="color: #999999;">(judge for yourselves if it passes muster or not)</span><span style="color: #05050a;">, but I'm willing to throw out a bare-bones reason why this has become a topic in a blog.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><i><b>Those years were controlled by another City Manager. </b></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">I guarantee that even in the non-Covid years I was kept at an arm's length distance. That's one of the reasons why the entire Tres Lagos issue stayed buried until I blew the lid off of it in late 2019, I was kept out of it until Supervisor Jeffries told me more about it.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">Back to this issue of whether I'm a liar or not, there was never a proposal at a city council meeting to move money from one budget to another. If there had been, it would have been caught by many including Monty, and as I've become famous for </span><span style="color: #999999;">(or infamous for)</span><span style="color: #05050a;"> I would have typed up a five-minute diatribe about why I wouldn't have supported such a thing. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">Though I endorsed the measure, I also labeled the official city mailer as "happy talk" and nowhere did I take any pledge that the council took. I'm very verbose, had that been my position, it would have been published at least a dozen times in 2018. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b>You can decide if my uncharacteristically laconic statement under a Facebook post was a campaign promise or not, and if I abandoned it or not. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Here is a link to my official position on the matter as it was happening. Not something lifted from Facebook then misread ad nauseum.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2018/09/measure-aa-wildomar-public-safety-and.html" target="_blank">LINK TO WHAT MY POSITION ACTUALLY WAS</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">In the Facebook quote bandied about by Monty, I was clearly referring to things that I would have control over, namely my actions, which max out at <i>votes</i> and <i>on-the-record opinions</i>. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">I wasn't suggesting that I'd be the gatekeeper of things seen and unseen. </span><span style="color: #05050a;">I never said that I could control other people's actions, much less when they weren't right there to be easily seen and witnessed.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">I'm sick of the Covid blanket excuse for things, but you'll see that the one hiccup in the graph above came when we were all staying home and the meetings were through Zoom, not in person. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a;">I'm not making any judgments on how things transpired, I don't have any information that wasn't already presented at the June 2023 meeting. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>For those that haven't jumped ship yet, you're all saying, <i>"Joseph, who cares what Monty thinks, why are you wasting time writing a blog about this topic?"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It gets old being called a liar by my yearly supplier of oro blanco grapefruit, plus some ruby red too. Seriously, it gets old, longsuffering notwithstanding.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Another reason I've put in the time to explain this is that it's part of my mental makeup. It can be both a blessing and a curse. I often joke that <i>I have a problem with the truth, I don't know when to stop telling it.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I have nothing to lie about and nothing to hide. I tell you what I know of a situation, and often it's not what any of us want to hear.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY7I4sTzicd18EhGIPR2xLORfxPz21Mcf5PbsvX1e_kgv4-d6q4teJmzdAI6lOXedwlgDFszaFPS-egzhUt1Ft2oA1mfdkIb5rMiApr4FExkHAsu0ErfR4uHJcqXpUWeU1JEArt5KWS1Iu-b6LsiJpaIt7wYCoyo56us11TeIDynHvCufNPRcn52KfsJy/s643/aspie-chart-April-2012.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY7I4sTzicd18EhGIPR2xLORfxPz21Mcf5PbsvX1e_kgv4-d6q4teJmzdAI6lOXedwlgDFszaFPS-egzhUt1Ft2oA1mfdkIb5rMiApr4FExkHAsu0ErfR4uHJcqXpUWeU1JEArt5KWS1Iu-b6LsiJpaIt7wYCoyo56us11TeIDynHvCufNPRcn52KfsJy/w638-h640/aspie-chart-April-2012.png" width="638" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not sure how much value there is in such tests, but it had me at "you are very likely an Aspie." It's been many years now that they've removed that category from use, it's been replaced by the overly-broad autism spectrum these days. One of the ways that it presents itself in me is that I can get overly focused on items other people don't look twice at. Hence, my usually long-winded blogs. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As for Monty's material concerns regarding first responders and the coverage we all wish we had, <i>which will always be hamstrung by our budget restraints,</i> I'm more pragmatic than he is and he's more dogmatic than I am. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>He and I use different metrics</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Go back to my 2018 blogs when I was running for city council and I clearly make a big issue about code enforcement needing to be beefed up. I count our robust code enforcement team of today as part of how I judge the palpable improvement of public safety. He doesn't.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">It didn't hurt to have a new Sheriff take office at the same time Measure AA went into effect. Sheriff Bianco's presence has made for better law enforcement before any other changes are factored in.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Monty's focus is on sworn law enforcement officers with the power to arrest and carry a firearm when it comes to measuring "improvements". I accept that there are different methods of keeping the peace that the RSO uses today, and am fine with it. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also, there has been a vast improvement when it comes to homeless issues, something I factor into the equation, which doesn't include additional sworn deputies.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">That's as far as I'm going. The purpose of the blog wasn't to say everything is blissfully peaceful in The W, but that to call me a liar, over and over again, when it's clearly not the case it flat-out bullshit.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do excellent work and am not looking to curry favor with anyone. I'm not interested in passing anyone's purity tests. 2026 is a very long way off. If that's the last year I serve the residents of Wildomar, it'll have been a great run. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">[Engage sarcasm brackets]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bottom line, hopefully, the rest of you are not now on the FIRE MORABITO bandwagon, but who could blame you. No one wants an elected representative that actually puts this much effort into it, right? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The voters don't want someone that will actually engage on the issues, they want someone that is slow to return emails or phone calls and Joseph Morabito is way too plugged in for his own good. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Time to look for someone more laid back and aloof. That way, a statement from five years ago can't be intentionally misread over and over again, <b>because they wouldn't have posted in the first place!</b> Smart politicians know how to work the system, whereas rubes like Morabito never learn.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">[disengage sarcasm brackets]</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're so inclined I invite you to see the city manager's twenty-minute special presentation to an audience of one individual, and then Monty's follow-up comment from the June 2018 city council meeting, jump to the 55-minute mark in the video below.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" id="ls_embed_1690398283" scrolling="no" src="https://livestream.com/accounts/26084177/events/8401482/videos/236557935/player?width=560&height=315&enableInfo=false&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=false&mute=false" width="560"> </iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now, the case is closed. Just waiting for Wapner to issue his ruling... or should we go with a more modern reference like Judge Judy? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> <span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;">• • •</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; font-size: medium; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: "open sans"; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABerVAdnkiWi-rbDcKnoGD0j3hn6RCyR8uyDKXW5p3grKF2kNgFdpsI9DBAbzL99B-NUEDAvBNTpTW5gs484UWHvUsX6DSpQ0tC3gwHQJ0VStxXcarYftXoJPWwniQ3w5kAJUaxfSr77C/h120/iris-apfel.jpg" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><b>I don't expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Iris Apfel</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>prefers to step on the accelerator of a bug whenever given the option.</span></span><u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></u></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links). </span><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2023/07/measure-aa-promises-were-they-promises.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Link to proper forma</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">t.</span></a><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-45344370174484515772023-07-01T17:11:00.012-07:002023-07-21T10:15:22.259-07:00• Community Profile: Chateau Couveau<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I always love being able to share a hidden treasure with the rest of Wildomar. If you use Palomar you may have seen this sign before. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSc_eo-zVCAUTz-bo_7_8JhYuMXDlsLcnSDmcM9TDCFcMg5KP0EHlqK7VGDqvHI8lqg2qQNHI6XqwQEE2T_A4MZ8L5V_73LNIwG36PvJ7LqBBP6dgWZDGWpeP8xlvqFm86ObKKnIkiR20UIxT5iWxCu2T3qinZPDI9CS4ew_XwFznUSLEDrhfpVp0f_3e/s1275/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSc_eo-zVCAUTz-bo_7_8JhYuMXDlsLcnSDmcM9TDCFcMg5KP0EHlqK7VGDqvHI8lqg2qQNHI6XqwQEE2T_A4MZ8L5V_73LNIwG36PvJ7LqBBP6dgWZDGWpeP8xlvqFm86ObKKnIkiR20UIxT5iWxCu2T3qinZPDI9CS4ew_XwFznUSLEDrhfpVp0f_3e/w502-h640/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-1.png" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Very inviting sign as seen from Palomar.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Wondering what was beyond the sign I stopped and chatted with owner Cynthia Couveau. I asked her about the idea of having a field full of lavender.</span><p></p><div><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #eac7f9; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 3px solid rgb(144, 0, 206); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">"The idea is that it brings peace, it's beautiful, it smells wonderful, and you can do lots of things with it too; essential oils, <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/hydrosol" target="_blank">hydrosols</a>. You can pick it and use it in your homes for culinary, and baking goods, dry it, and use it in sachets, in baths, or in drawers. There are a lot of things."</span></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnW2QGC0BxdpHa-oC2IytyaRJzKaYP3Vrq3FTBY-yUx05sEOacTRFidBLlhmiEoZ8f3UecORfD46YF4PoTFgwCAc8kOxi-_2pC_WjvBijbybKSRe_7llkteBsytGPsvGqQAMRARggIdTK_YXNXreL-EiaAGTiJkq5EdsPt4qoXX_OfDtTtrizylTGEUsr6/s1000/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnW2QGC0BxdpHa-oC2IytyaRJzKaYP3Vrq3FTBY-yUx05sEOacTRFidBLlhmiEoZ8f3UecORfD46YF4PoTFgwCAc8kOxi-_2pC_WjvBijbybKSRe_7llkteBsytGPsvGqQAMRARggIdTK_YXNXreL-EiaAGTiJkq5EdsPt4qoXX_OfDtTtrizylTGEUsr6/w640-h472/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-4.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A good price and a fun activity rolled into one.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The idea came during the Covid lockdowns. The first plantings were done about two years ago, at the end of Spring 2021. They're in the middle of their second bloom which is generally between June and July.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmUaCKTHM4F0vW8ZGbW3liAgdYPSlmbuf6ffLkGeQXKfqnfp_4gli2zESnlbwS-XFuxpV3cakSAgj-ZlJErBHcl20lvno4g9VyFPiwysIUPE6BC-MhgoxRON3e8j6kYSvvtn6kg5Dp8wFVOk69ljxcCewOkoujc5PBCKVQOJmq_FEBbepi6n022D-X8PI/s1000/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1000" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmUaCKTHM4F0vW8ZGbW3liAgdYPSlmbuf6ffLkGeQXKfqnfp_4gli2zESnlbwS-XFuxpV3cakSAgj-ZlJErBHcl20lvno4g9VyFPiwysIUPE6BC-MhgoxRON3e8j6kYSvvtn6kg5Dp8wFVOk69ljxcCewOkoujc5PBCKVQOJmq_FEBbepi6n022D-X8PI/w640-h466/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This sign is visible even when lavender picking season is over.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />I was trying to guestimate the size of the field <i>and if this had been The Price Is Right I would have lost by overbidding by quite a bit</i>. I had guessed between two and three acres, and all that beauty is confined to a little over half an acre. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVDvVbHqiY8chCLrMMCoP9-CL_onOVep6JNqZTM8f4OXOKNXLuX2Hn0LF-X9FmisZGVUta26i8ciaxDA-1wip3eMNLo_MgCeYGH1ydL29dXTm17l61ru30RgcPjjw9jmKP12gzF13dEh4bFggB4Ew3wgiZ36Vwf2M1nXS7jhA_pqb9o2nxEPfVRCEGaJJ/s1000/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-6.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1000" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVDvVbHqiY8chCLrMMCoP9-CL_onOVep6JNqZTM8f4OXOKNXLuX2Hn0LF-X9FmisZGVUta26i8ciaxDA-1wip3eMNLo_MgCeYGH1ydL29dXTm17l61ru30RgcPjjw9jmKP12gzF13dEh4bFggB4Ew3wgiZ36Vwf2M1nXS7jhA_pqb9o2nxEPfVRCEGaJJ/w640-h472/Wildomar-Lavender-sign-6.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a bee haven. The sound of buzzing is everywhere, but they are too busy to bother with you, at least they were too busy to bother with me and I got right up in their space trying to get a picture of them in action for this blog.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />They have about 840 plants. They started with about 900 plants, but as Cynthia was pointing out, there's always a little bit of loss in planting. Everything is natural, they don't use pesticides or erbacides.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They hand hoed, hand mowed and hand-cut... except they do have some additional help, but you have to go to the bottom of the blog to see what it is. 😊</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Below is a super-short video of a bee doing its pollinating dance among the stalks of lavender.</span></b><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='665' height='374' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVmvHosWQG4SGuFDsnzhyG6uDJWxFNoxekDSGFyz_4LG1Be7MMcU2b-LiPHYfS73VvBUyi_PI5NTEUM-BSSA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />It's the perfect hobby compared to the rigors of a traditional business. She puts her sign out around her schedule. It can be from around 10am to 5pm, other times from 2pm to 5pm. On her Instagram page, she'll let people know what the hours are that day. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp371H2lstF-9laOHfYYuxuF4xXM4YWOAHOIEUHOdqDk-g0EaK29h3wlu6Dgupbn2mMdgy9Ft8WE5Td349S9i6JWHu8NBozF-4raANIK0kVnuieBBkinslcQhMPAzJ-AM13NrEi_RVtWRX2xKnLO8bqqvs0gNUcXoLZoN9QaT8YCCyVpxoOBgY5OG8T-EL/s1199/Wildomar-Lavender-cart.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp371H2lstF-9laOHfYYuxuF4xXM4YWOAHOIEUHOdqDk-g0EaK29h3wlu6Dgupbn2mMdgy9Ft8WE5Td349S9i6JWHu8NBozF-4raANIK0kVnuieBBkinslcQhMPAzJ-AM13NrEi_RVtWRX2xKnLO8bqqvs0gNUcXoLZoN9QaT8YCCyVpxoOBgY5OG8T-EL/w534-h640/Wildomar-Lavender-cart.png" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A look at Cynthia's vendor cart. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's located on Palomar, on the dirt portion of Wesely. Pull to the side of Wesely and use the bell that's near their gate if you don't see her out and about. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Less than 100 yards from the road is a delightful sight of row after row of lavender in bloom. This view is from the bottom of their slope looking towards the west.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp30ViKRwMsUsnIcQwO57VuvpvqFTXljYDDjQPK3Far8LZf-Xz1JPEjLjq1DIjtWeg5Y6XifPXy_0QzxwbEDNkWpKhKh7taojptZJAm2-2j0CRzNHzJ6WvRQOPU1vjiQEuD55OL4WgcRLH64WwNbHGHHIr7tRKCg4utxBPsi-M6M-jfI4OU7TJyA4urJBa/s1000/Wildomar-Lavender-view-1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp30ViKRwMsUsnIcQwO57VuvpvqFTXljYDDjQPK3Far8LZf-Xz1JPEjLjq1DIjtWeg5Y6XifPXy_0QzxwbEDNkWpKhKh7taojptZJAm2-2j0CRzNHzJ6WvRQOPU1vjiQEuD55OL4WgcRLH64WwNbHGHHIr7tRKCg4utxBPsi-M6M-jfI4OU7TJyA4urJBa/w640-h360/Wildomar-Lavender-view-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Such a great view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I asked about picking and she let me know that it's $12 to pick a bundle. That goes for either variety, but I don't know if you can mix the bundles as you're picking them. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">She also sells pre-picked dry bundles for $12. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the future, they're looking to propagate some of the lavender and offer plants for sale... but that's not this year.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFj4NlwUUtjPbbSlVJSrn8RhPjUmZ3_RJVHflthWnxRAd4zqVLxwlYJww49S_j8kkXQSrafmtVPYSL970wCM0EikgEibBbZIWERGpjOpByLNx0xg8YXt75kvgz6zQImC0zoH78H1hEQHONGV4C-ZAEnBWVcxqEfM9gM0-NrpVRfJ_FP_hjBVoXMtB90Zg/s1000/Wildomar-Lavender-view-2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFj4NlwUUtjPbbSlVJSrn8RhPjUmZ3_RJVHflthWnxRAd4zqVLxwlYJww49S_j8kkXQSrafmtVPYSL970wCM0EikgEibBbZIWERGpjOpByLNx0xg8YXt75kvgz6zQImC0zoH78H1hEQHONGV4C-ZAEnBWVcxqEfM9gM0-NrpVRfJ_FP_hjBVoXMtB90Zg/w640-h360/Wildomar-Lavender-view-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From this angle too.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Cynthia and her husband <span>Josh</span> have been in the community for twenty-six years. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's always nice to meet fellow Wildomartinis, <span style="color: #999999;">(Wildomartians or Wildotuckians works too)</span>. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Friendly people, we'd all love to have as neighbors, that are the backbone of Wildomar.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DeOhu75DwJzDlWrEPor0lgK7xFX6-dZhCMr_CiWxnGLWH4RIHW8AvSt1asGJCwCdyHi4vZ2-AIfgIRT30pvy_ecONoKGxFKg_abGMkcvOy89vK_Ug2U7z7rmI32487CspIOZYv58Nuvy7K-dV96Y0a2zhoO8qFzhF56DpoHLB9ZrwUgWYq-2iMCl8YIH/s1000/Wildomar-Lavender-lambs.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1000" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DeOhu75DwJzDlWrEPor0lgK7xFX6-dZhCMr_CiWxnGLWH4RIHW8AvSt1asGJCwCdyHi4vZ2-AIfgIRT30pvy_ecONoKGxFKg_abGMkcvOy89vK_Ug2U7z7rmI32487CspIOZYv58Nuvy7K-dV96Y0a2zhoO8qFzhF56DpoHLB9ZrwUgWYq-2iMCl8YIH/w640-h518/Wildomar-Lavender-lambs.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The resident weed eaters, two Olde English Southdown Babydoll sheep. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Be sure to look them up on Instagram. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chateau.couveau.lavender/" target="_blank">Use this link</a>. </span><p></p></div></div><div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">• • •</span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPNFm0fbY9fXX-CY0KzuRpOnzAShVk2OVcpD3dJRqG6C8jg6oDvXM8sNguXbVTxPsoouQyR8OSqYkcCg4js-dsEVY2C8odi9lpCiGF1gYNgsmu_T8ywxDNxFPpIEWCJur8Hp1Tm5bDFeS/h120/Norman-Vincent-Peale.png" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="color: #05050a; font-size: x-large;">The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.</b><br /><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;">– Norman Vincent Peale</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> would add lavender and <i>NOT reading comments on social media</i> to the list if you're pursuing inner peace. </span></span></span><u style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /></span></span></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""><span face=""><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2023/07/community-profile-chateau-couveau.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma</a><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2023/07/community-profile-chateau-couveau.html" target="_blank">t</a>.</span></span></span></span></div></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0Wildomar, CA, USA33.5989126 -117.28003725.288678763821153 -152.43628719999998 61.909146436178844 -82.1237872tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-62469862791008361032023-05-31T18:45:00.013-07:002023-05-31T19:19:18.329-07:00• Hmmm Vent Cleaning You Say?<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I saw this very interesting YouTube video on vent cleaning the other day from a channel with over a million subscribers called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PleasantGreen" target="_blank">Pleasant Green</a>. It mentioned how that local Facebook groups are inundated with these types of ads. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you're a Facebook user, I bet you've seen more than a hundred just this year alone.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J_FMXc7F_bM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then I happened to be in the Windsong Valley facebook group wanting to share a flyer regarding a park event and saw this ad.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8uqWEjY1xYVdk2ngq6aI5Wi-ncckDd0oUuaLrHwAGR1Ks7rtYMnBATfF8uzIY0qglE50-wRjkKic_-qaTTau-9s7fnbO7x2WW3GSFwY9n68KjLYFQqgMYh9iiMiedjjksu7mX3D-dP1w2FvJiMkhpuQUJi0CeN3uG22E7JfSIh4fVj4kuohQepd3Sg/s759/scam%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="759" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8uqWEjY1xYVdk2ngq6aI5Wi-ncckDd0oUuaLrHwAGR1Ks7rtYMnBATfF8uzIY0qglE50-wRjkKic_-qaTTau-9s7fnbO7x2WW3GSFwY9n68KjLYFQqgMYh9iiMiedjjksu7mX3D-dP1w2FvJiMkhpuQUJi0CeN3uG22E7JfSIh4fVj4kuohQepd3Sg/w640-h636/scam%201.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Just a hardworking local that's new to the area putting in an honest day's work... right?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then I thought about putting the phone number into the search engine <span style="color: #999999;">(like in the video)</span> and low and behold it came up as being part of two other Facebook ads for vent cleaning.</span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVsX_kobSTtZqHyc-ruwc63XVltoKnXqIP9uQc8p7qtJdMys9PUG6_YGu2MTOo1fRvaKN3UUHJo0dO7vrd1rbA_xS_rkloVLE3xIofK2ZpEmRZFTI20YiG71gjMS_LunMfL6HshHlaBqnTso80WwezMPQuEn5-KEZJWGHKYXlTm7vRCwBKTePB7yCCQ/s959/scam%203.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="959" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVsX_kobSTtZqHyc-ruwc63XVltoKnXqIP9uQc8p7qtJdMys9PUG6_YGu2MTOo1fRvaKN3UUHJo0dO7vrd1rbA_xS_rkloVLE3xIofK2ZpEmRZFTI20YiG71gjMS_LunMfL6HshHlaBqnTso80WwezMPQuEn5-KEZJWGHKYXlTm7vRCwBKTePB7yCCQ/w640-h422/scam%203.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For some reason, our hero Chris wasn't listed in my search results. What are the odds that the same phone number would be used for other duct-cleaning businesses on the other side of the country... <i><b>but wait, don't answer yet. </b></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> One in East Haven, Connecticut, and the other in a place called North Stonington... also in Connecticut. Pretty cool coincidence, right? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">North Stonington was a closed group, but look what I found in the East Haven Facebook group. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3btfVGz0X9WjauTQKmoJPU67KyygqcX2sAL7n6PkwliEgMa_CXdtYr8rOz55faVSCOcROmnP_dEOE2KWX0AC4yOo7N8-gVfZbsSwcjLbcr6C6K5V2zuulivBOEpXF5PChV9Y3S7GV0ic9H0VdWH8PNC5y8QOrQO6OE-eIZfaVOVsFzI2Ha7xE9QolLg/s759/scam%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="759" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3btfVGz0X9WjauTQKmoJPU67KyygqcX2sAL7n6PkwliEgMa_CXdtYr8rOz55faVSCOcROmnP_dEOE2KWX0AC4yOo7N8-gVfZbsSwcjLbcr6C6K5V2zuulivBOEpXF5PChV9Y3S7GV0ic9H0VdWH8PNC5y8QOrQO6OE-eIZfaVOVsFzI2Ha7xE9QolLg/w640-h572/scam%202.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Read the ad, it's verbatim the ad I found in Windsong Valley. That's luckier than being hit by three bolts of lighting in my book. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />I'm sure this is 100% legit and all that, but time for some serious caveat emptor/buyer beware. If you want your ducts cleaned and you're ready to part with $300, you might want to see if the people are who they say they are. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is when you need a real recommendation <i><b>by a neighbor you actually know</b></i> or the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Like it was said in the video, some of these operators may actually be giving a great service, through an overseas call center <span style="color: #999999;">(watch the video, it's well done)</span>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>But why the pretense and the carbon copy wording about new to the area if you're above board, and licensed and insured? </b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As can happen all too frequently, there tend to be people who want to go straight to the <b><i>but what if</i></b> card and start defending guys like this <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i>hard-working, ad-plagiarizing, doting father of two</i>...</b></span> go click on our friend Chris Brendo's Facebook page and there is no info on it. Other than he likes four things, all based in India. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I searched "Suresh Lal" which happens to be the actual name of "Chris's" Facebook address... and none appeared to look related to the people in the profile photo.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here's the link. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/suresh.lal.395669">https://www.facebook.com/suresh.lal.395669</a></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkN8l4aFGlm3xHdESVJCdzB3wvRBnH_APRqMxLu6FsXfc_iReZZt_Do5d2NQn2rAzQ0kM5F7fW9wSE9veZVolJICi8MHGgLWBsoAYbcAm0_Cfrs_N4BRCouE7nPOmmurj7SVq-Z3Of6W4LwMlC6VoQ_L_R7PCtZq4ySh33ITCUyS946SRsRSAP0M4nQ/s1067/Chris%20Brendo%20facebook%20likes.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1067" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkN8l4aFGlm3xHdESVJCdzB3wvRBnH_APRqMxLu6FsXfc_iReZZt_Do5d2NQn2rAzQ0kM5F7fW9wSE9veZVolJICi8MHGgLWBsoAYbcAm0_Cfrs_N4BRCouE7nPOmmurj7SVq-Z3Of6W4LwMlC6VoQ_L_R7PCtZq4ySh33ITCUyS946SRsRSAP0M4nQ/w640-h492/Chris%20Brendo%20facebook%20likes.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Take it from The Patch's own <i>Rookie of the Year</i> in 2013, Rae Anne Resident... when going undercover with an online persona, be clever, but don't be too clever. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LgieN2xMRtFkH7S6qHCGrVDv_iZSgjN9LwvQFXb8wZaMgy3pYZSTxOYXX8Pslh_jLmqRNYsewnksCglAo3xY3V-KKStYDpDznMCVknpr46cBfIwxsFqJ92muH7oHFogQf5NuffSgPyRlhEgfHfCVhnbbwRlcbD1M35Mqm7Jf4i_Czt2Fy6FdLF5_1Q/s791/Renee%20and%20Rae%20Anne.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="791" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LgieN2xMRtFkH7S6qHCGrVDv_iZSgjN9LwvQFXb8wZaMgy3pYZSTxOYXX8Pslh_jLmqRNYsewnksCglAo3xY3V-KKStYDpDznMCVknpr46cBfIwxsFqJ92muH7oHFogQf5NuffSgPyRlhEgfHfCVhnbbwRlcbD1M35Mqm7Jf4i_Czt2Fy6FdLF5_1Q/w640-h436/Renee%20and%20Rae%20Anne.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The good times were rolling like there was going to be no tomorrow.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMm5o1Hb4z6A1yVD1oI9gKwf6unHR734fswhLgGLUu99edNNkyJJahQpxgiBkTtFNY9ZRPvzda3w_XzG0pHpz2uLQ1ty2AfVlUn4HrUN0UHj9dEZNe2kjbFsBXnH4BoAGx9aGij0LhcjDzX4jQyFzAVixoHds7JcdyUB1rx2EK6rpjJGUV7agZ6J2bQ/s815/Rae%20Anne%20statement.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="815" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMm5o1Hb4z6A1yVD1oI9gKwf6unHR734fswhLgGLUu99edNNkyJJahQpxgiBkTtFNY9ZRPvzda3w_XzG0pHpz2uLQ1ty2AfVlUn4HrUN0UHj9dEZNe2kjbFsBXnH4BoAGx9aGij0LhcjDzX4jQyFzAVixoHds7JcdyUB1rx2EK6rpjJGUV7agZ6J2bQ/w640-h280/Rae%20Anne%20statement.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rae Anne, along with about ten other characters, ruled The Patch for at least two months. Then my flooded house was finally repaired and I was allowed back out into civilized society. Not sure what ever happened to Cliff and his friends.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-13513092517482479192023-05-29T16:51:00.016-07:002023-05-30T17:40:49.723-07:00• Memorial Day 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An unseasonably overcast day, that had the temps hovering in the 60s, was a great backdrop for Wildomar's 2023 Memorial Day Observance at the cemetery on Palomar. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It began with a welcome from the Mayor, then a parade of motorcycles with riders from the American Legion and VFW.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We had a beautiful version of The National Anthem sung by Valerie Geason, music by the Valley Winds, along with Memorial Day-themed messages and prayers.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEPhD2hGWlACPOP2y46YObeGN3TbROuNnyNhGpnlhRPn_QFDXXKC4r5fM4uHf1oAIyawppoluHN9uAeJAb9mEuQ9fUp6jMWT1tpGYjuYBFJmtaDVZg8qn7pbVvfvcmy6LFL8eMene40XIJUNimwInkEr9LAAFxLHLvduJoEuBPbUK6QGUNrxVzyanhw/s1200/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Rev-Fred-Rodriguez.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1200" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEPhD2hGWlACPOP2y46YObeGN3TbROuNnyNhGpnlhRPn_QFDXXKC4r5fM4uHf1oAIyawppoluHN9uAeJAb9mEuQ9fUp6jMWT1tpGYjuYBFJmtaDVZg8qn7pbVvfvcmy6LFL8eMene40XIJUNimwInkEr9LAAFxLHLvduJoEuBPbUK6QGUNrxVzyanhw/w640-h296/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Rev-Fred-Rodriguez.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pastor Fred Rodriguez from Elsinore First Assembly delivered an inspiring keynote address.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The program was about honoring those that have served our nation and did not return home since the founding of the Union. There are five that are buried at Wildomar Cemetery that are among that number.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We, as Americans, live an incredibly cushy life, even if some of us lose sight of that at times, and it's all owed to courageous men and women that are/were willing to die for the ideals set forth by our founding fathers. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A heartfelt thank you, though we can never repay them. </span><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59HyWvGIFpu2aafzuJ4hgr82vqJa8uZzujVSPiDBnpQJKPduP1yre-x_ubDTasqa0PPD4DmXsp6D4ff9Tfjkg7Jc_tvvNm9i1_j-L6dcCQwLbteb0o0qZnKMFfwYIXunfuG9Zz-VnCZFA6_KPX17hsCyOEEhyiUIMfYdBCGRVubrvbtgn99ErRecckQ/s1547/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-The-Fallen.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59HyWvGIFpu2aafzuJ4hgr82vqJa8uZzujVSPiDBnpQJKPduP1yre-x_ubDTasqa0PPD4DmXsp6D4ff9Tfjkg7Jc_tvvNm9i1_j-L6dcCQwLbteb0o0qZnKMFfwYIXunfuG9Zz-VnCZFA6_KPX17hsCyOEEhyiUIMfYdBCGRVubrvbtgn99ErRecckQ/w414-h640/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-The-Fallen.png" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Though there are well over 100 veterans that are buried at Wildomar Cemetery, only one of them was killed in the line of duty, Justin T. Hunt. The other four on the list above are buried elsewhere but with strong ties to Wildomar.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpr8iqPffrOTPE3_tGi2E-tbvTTDazMXv95Je_8tl45u1W9UD0MQ1TliP80EvIFjdVcAefKI9i-0W3qTnqIeIHCa8ZYJ5-9m1FSw8-aA-jcpq1xU795DgwBbR_VkPDRV3qT2-81JXrAmQlIr16XNN2Xse73cWCfgNlosxMfjhXmPI8maluMGIqX_deg/s2000/Speaker-Collage-Memorial-Day-2023.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="2000" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpr8iqPffrOTPE3_tGi2E-tbvTTDazMXv95Je_8tl45u1W9UD0MQ1TliP80EvIFjdVcAefKI9i-0W3qTnqIeIHCa8ZYJ5-9m1FSw8-aA-jcpq1xU795DgwBbR_VkPDRV3qT2-81JXrAmQlIr16XNN2Xse73cWCfgNlosxMfjhXmPI8maluMGIqX_deg/w640-h194/Speaker-Collage-Memorial-Day-2023.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Collage of those that were at the podium from Councilwoman Ashlee DePhillippo's photos. Stever George, National Anthem singer Valerie Geason, VFW Chaplain Adam Smith, Cornerstone Pastor Navon Aikens, Mayor Joseph Morabito, Pastor Fred Rodriguez and VFW Post Commander Charles Golden.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1xLGN63BxTupqkgZ9RcK75Bp3vgmVU6z9aycQjbKqCW8FRGHclwHPT6yZ7IlvSe21xwqkHl00XseRcBldWd9ibE3f-G-FgLp8ix1QQNceA3UB-UPGDjq348TT1S-msoIApz0Wdxck8y4uF6_zK4cDHEyA8JVhTpLGWXSEWUVLVx9qkoZ3S_IzADzyw/s1000/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-VFW-1508-Commander-Charles-Golden-Chaplain-Adam-Smith.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1xLGN63BxTupqkgZ9RcK75Bp3vgmVU6z9aycQjbKqCW8FRGHclwHPT6yZ7IlvSe21xwqkHl00XseRcBldWd9ibE3f-G-FgLp8ix1QQNceA3UB-UPGDjq348TT1S-msoIApz0Wdxck8y4uF6_zK4cDHEyA8JVhTpLGWXSEWUVLVx9qkoZ3S_IzADzyw/w640-h430/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-VFW-1508-Commander-Charles-Golden-Chaplain-Adam-Smith.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">VFW Post 1508 Post Commander Charles Golden speaks to those in attendance as Post 1508 Chaplain Adam Smith takes a snapshot. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A short story of how today's event came to be</b></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Last year I met a resident that is also a member of the American Legion. He asked if we could get a meeting to discuss the possible inclusion of the American Legion riders into the city's Memorial Day observance.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not long afterward a meeting was set up at Montegue Brothers Coffee along with Bridgette Moore. That was late in 2022 and the next meeting wasn't until the end of March 2023.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Even with that short window of time to prepare, with the outstanding leadership of Wildomar's Daniel Torres and Elsinore First Assembly's Pastor Fred Rodriguez (not to mention many others) we were able to produce this very worthy program.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7s0Nq6hv_4rZsEKOMvFjXCxcmRPdgygfkUaHzgedNINozZZRISfvVPg1Bfj38dSyN03GsRLlaCLtzi3lkqBg-OhksEHEM8LYwqmtCiHw2veuCWRf_YQ8e4jHcemvFHXGYQMU7r3IQWzpWA0H2ryw5oOsSij7hkyYOOWPIVqVVAwuqnZn0GIxbTO6FNA/s1068/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Color-Guard.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7s0Nq6hv_4rZsEKOMvFjXCxcmRPdgygfkUaHzgedNINozZZRISfvVPg1Bfj38dSyN03GsRLlaCLtzi3lkqBg-OhksEHEM8LYwqmtCiHw2veuCWRf_YQ8e4jHcemvFHXGYQMU7r3IQWzpWA0H2ryw5oOsSij7hkyYOOWPIVqVVAwuqnZn0GIxbTO6FNA/w600-h640/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Color-Guard.png" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Young Marines <i>at-the-ready</i> to present the colors.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though last year was the first chance to have an in-person event since 2019, I was a little crestfallen at seeing such a low turnout. Yes, part of 2022's Covid hangover, but still... </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">(EDITED, There was an in-person event in 2021)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The modest goal for 2023 was to <i><b>fill the seats</b></i>. Which we did! 200 chairs were set up, and most were filled. That's not counting people in their own chairs, the orchestra, the boy scouts, the Young Marines or the motorcycle riders that stayed near their bikes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I heard from several people, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">without asking them</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, that they felt this was the best Memorial Day observance they'd seen in Wildomar. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xeBCDehmEy4jEFZUh5QZBu0_ur0EJrScRvc03s6sQVeEx-CW9hiD1F5MvnMNKnpnLg-fzXU3ZZHbqEqcFaRNxy6sW0uCcTwrfBZ9i0j0TH9FQeggzkW4OcCUOJivZwSnIWFw3GOzv4oK1dStZ1lr-m77dPR3IYzsjM_Ghu-4_WYH69uFSGuRAdbxQQ/s1000/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1000" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xeBCDehmEy4jEFZUh5QZBu0_ur0EJrScRvc03s6sQVeEx-CW9hiD1F5MvnMNKnpnLg-fzXU3ZZHbqEqcFaRNxy6sW0uCcTwrfBZ9i0j0TH9FQeggzkW4OcCUOJivZwSnIWFw3GOzv4oK1dStZ1lr-m77dPR3IYzsjM_Ghu-4_WYH69uFSGuRAdbxQQ/w640-h534/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the many displays that gave the setting an<i> added-something-extra</i> feel. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the early meetings with Pastor Fred, I could see that little ol' Wildomar was stepping up beyond what we were used to.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I say that because he's been a key part of very large Memorial Day Observances in Lake Elsinore in the pre-Covid days. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>We're not looking to set any records in Wildomar, but I can easily see this doubling or tripling the number of attendees over the next couple of years. </b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There is plenty of room at the cemetery for well over 500 <span style="color: #999999;">(possibly a lot more, I'm not trained in estimating crowd sizes😅)</span> that would like to attend a well-crafted, stirring, and patriotic event that honors those that gave all so that we can live in a country filled with liberty.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Below are a few pictures to tell the rest of the story. If you'd like to volunteer to help be part of next year's Memorial Day event, it's not too soon to reach out.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You can contact Daniel Torres at dtorres@cityofwildomar.org and I'm sure that if you reached out to Pastor Fred at Elsinore First Assembly that would be a good path too.</span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGbEMb17_6OeRYZ1fdwWf9WQ8rSbC2ps_388ufhcqtpD_MPeX59lOVgvND9s9PGyF2xhidPZrFtbjF05Rxr7vnLFg2aaXXzg3huc6ili17kSc2yPHRSOUjDf_r-Ocoe4K3i_P_vXBkVnUgSt5kvCQNGZ9EdUrEY1ZsUTdTsXS4w7Jdl-KdH1RSmpEMQ/s1200/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Valerie-Geason.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1200" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGbEMb17_6OeRYZ1fdwWf9WQ8rSbC2ps_388ufhcqtpD_MPeX59lOVgvND9s9PGyF2xhidPZrFtbjF05Rxr7vnLFg2aaXXzg3huc6ili17kSc2yPHRSOUjDf_r-Ocoe4K3i_P_vXBkVnUgSt5kvCQNGZ9EdUrEY1ZsUTdTsXS4w7Jdl-KdH1RSmpEMQ/w640-h332/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Valerie-Geason.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A view of the crowd while Valerie Geason was singing God Bless the USA. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J0jChebSq-wcnDyeBPktTYqPAkUGHtncWDW2-ZK71uesathO4jlDYGcRNxDwSEOpqgbCyJ8Ao5X4LIBHUHfMktfjMNU02Ae8nMibt_WvmHechjE_m9KwYFkH57ry2DxgqAE7H-cpqunju58L2mvYLzLc-kFNv7IwCHbecv7Kc6iAjj2eGroqG971AA/s1000/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Valley-Winds.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1000" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J0jChebSq-wcnDyeBPktTYqPAkUGHtncWDW2-ZK71uesathO4jlDYGcRNxDwSEOpqgbCyJ8Ao5X4LIBHUHfMktfjMNU02Ae8nMibt_WvmHechjE_m9KwYFkH57ry2DxgqAE7H-cpqunju58L2mvYLzLc-kFNv7IwCHbecv7Kc6iAjj2eGroqG971AA/w640-h336/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Valley-Winds.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Valley Winds played several great tunes. Such a welcomed added dimension to this year's program.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoZNbSc1BFXpQg3-UEUIpxcOxQR1cti7vCHj0-xzy5pFmKFxScFgUVuhR_R0bt0cIkBvgJhpUpKL-LWEDH-jq4PGfCQth2FCBCprRfmt64sDI0Tn111ipFM2K7GjTJ0WwRpU8nBTCVDl2PwqyEzN2TWYO669l5syZAVNl0JN91Zy4Z5HbmrZExfxbPg/s1399/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Wreath.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyoZNbSc1BFXpQg3-UEUIpxcOxQR1cti7vCHj0-xzy5pFmKFxScFgUVuhR_R0bt0cIkBvgJhpUpKL-LWEDH-jq4PGfCQth2FCBCprRfmt64sDI0Tn111ipFM2K7GjTJ0WwRpU8nBTCVDl2PwqyEzN2TWYO669l5syZAVNl0JN91Zy4Z5HbmrZExfxbPg/w458-h640/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Wreath.png" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The wreath was supplied by the VFW Auxillary Post 1508.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbqkBIRYdJNuLHAobxC3Qzi4254iwYzWm2BeWU4BYpxmd8Km1Oxs3Ki1vvCv5aQGTwY4Dixbl_vcKwIxLPJg-n5ZhWnBdBcvyuCFh7dogwxuUn-tAwSvgWz34l6oQYMjZt7q1-pbBBb3UHPV8UX-9uTBSarvp_NK-SCGgP5JJfABJH5bMvY3qm1uOpw/s1200/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Young-Marines.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbqkBIRYdJNuLHAobxC3Qzi4254iwYzWm2BeWU4BYpxmd8Km1Oxs3Ki1vvCv5aQGTwY4Dixbl_vcKwIxLPJg-n5ZhWnBdBcvyuCFh7dogwxuUn-tAwSvgWz34l6oQYMjZt7q1-pbBBb3UHPV8UX-9uTBSarvp_NK-SCGgP5JJfABJH5bMvY3qm1uOpw/w640-h334/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Young-Marines.png" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Young Marines were standing in this position for the entire program once their part was finished.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzw6m2mCRNWt_bGrT2N-vGe_YhSi629ITNF64uEEmRITu-1DNCr25ACPHOeT18mHsnWXzi5AoQPWFZMY1xPccRF1KQV8FifUUuW-QVk3tNxuibNXXjN163J-kesP0mnPqFBY-ZYBCUC1vRFObHeok8e_7hCPLf4Bj4MlBUhyatwXH1HhkM6CwgnFx7g/s1703/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Crosses.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzw6m2mCRNWt_bGrT2N-vGe_YhSi629ITNF64uEEmRITu-1DNCr25ACPHOeT18mHsnWXzi5AoQPWFZMY1xPccRF1KQV8FifUUuW-QVk3tNxuibNXXjN163J-kesP0mnPqFBY-ZYBCUC1vRFObHeok8e_7hCPLf4Bj4MlBUhyatwXH1HhkM6CwgnFx7g/w376-h640/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Crosses.png" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A view of the many decorated graves of veterans that have since passed on.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLICVEnho_YRhLjsvFe_hrzPTXd5s9q2S6vCnlruMdWsaEH4aTi9bA0gdQ7-XwU6GJWvqIafIHLLeKvcYK-igQCNJds8IjGYhudkiA-PQAV_QUWCicqfoxHpKMwPeYzOgyJGEh0ajersY_BKG7YlAmh16t5Zi1ybipQBxyeBgU1xt1MldPbYrA7xS2Vw/s1280/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Bridgette-Moore-Joseph-Morabito-Ashlee-Dephillippo.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1280" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLICVEnho_YRhLjsvFe_hrzPTXd5s9q2S6vCnlruMdWsaEH4aTi9bA0gdQ7-XwU6GJWvqIafIHLLeKvcYK-igQCNJds8IjGYhudkiA-PQAV_QUWCicqfoxHpKMwPeYzOgyJGEh0ajersY_BKG7YlAmh16t5Zi1ybipQBxyeBgU1xt1MldPbYrA7xS2Vw/w640-h454/2023-Memorial-Day-Wildomar-Bridgette-Moore-Joseph-Morabito-Ashlee-Dephillippo.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wildomar City Council members in attendance. Mayor Pro-Tem Bridgette Moore, Mayor Joseph Morabito and Councilwoman Ashlee Dephillipo. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0Wildomar, CA, USA33.5989126 -117.28003725.063352030585051 -152.43628719999998 62.134473169414946 -82.12378720000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-51782760446060849282023-05-22T17:53:00.006-07:002023-05-22T18:09:05.739-07:00• California City News Run Amok: 001 Goleta Tackles Plastic<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm dialed into city-level news from all over the state, and sometimes the nation. I'm going to start a series of blogs where I share with you what other cities are doing and ask if you think that Wildomar should join in, or that you're glad we've resisted the temptation to overreach what we were elected to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As you can tell by the opening paragraph, most times I'll be sharing things that I can't imagine bringing to the Wildomar city council agenda... letting you know that W'mar dodged another headache. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm not a fan of the Nanny State, especially when pushed by a small city, but maybe you disagree and want an activist city council?</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbpRzBXMcyTB8EYhKd-6Rc04Gp5nq4GbWDhP0Xo5yMrqA1daE2c8rfa5gTg-UvrJVR3qLQ277iPi_-K5zXS931xncdab7ycLbmiexf8Ys4vLmibttF3vvXMMohrPb2M4QQZGZGXKFYa_XqyIe8WOChnKO0hizPjvvXAxj0f_BWpcpKOBczoYPziGo1w/s904/Plastic-Free-Goleta-info-Flyer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="904" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbpRzBXMcyTB8EYhKd-6Rc04Gp5nq4GbWDhP0Xo5yMrqA1daE2c8rfa5gTg-UvrJVR3qLQ277iPi_-K5zXS931xncdab7ycLbmiexf8Ys4vLmibttF3vvXMMohrPb2M4QQZGZGXKFYa_XqyIe8WOChnKO0hizPjvvXAxj0f_BWpcpKOBczoYPziGo1w/w640-h484/Plastic-Free-Goleta-info-Flyer.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This story comes by way of KYET.com and there will be a link to the original story at the bottom of the blog.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Goleta approaches plastic prohibition deadline of June 1</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The coastal city of 32,000 people is set to battle plastics, and other single-use items. I find that to be a noble idea, but can't see how passing a city ordinance is supposed to actually do anything in the big picture. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Plastic Free Goleta</b></i> is a comprehensive plastic pollution reduction scheme with regulations that touch </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">businesses and residents alike.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">The ordinance was adopted last Summer and will be going into effect soon. The </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">requirements include the use of reusable food ware <span style="color: #999999;">(real plates instead of disposable)</span> for businesses with dining on-premises and <b><span style="color: red;">prohibitions on the following</span></b>:</span></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px 35px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disposable single-use plastic cutlery and straws</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Polystyrene foodware</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Polystyrene packing materials and coolers</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Polystyrene egg cartons, meat trays, and produce trays</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Release of latex and mylar balloons</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sale and distribution of mylar balloons</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Distribution of single-use plastic beverage bottles at City facilities</span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">These regulations are part of the city's efforts to reduce waste by prohibiting the distribution and use of common single-use plastic items... which is noble and filled with good intentions. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNajui5mbBqdP5SvYj0dLQilXJUhmAJQqWWkc5gJy5R9KUwy-zCwdrxwJ7PzMa2MTKHrFw_lsagauBIIW99A7jhoGW2rRDVzqp_qNsYDZ0VRwMQ0vNpeYW9t1Ga2wrGKx22rS8UhX5VD-4pBxFsuGO6x_UjjDflZ5Ld50bnNdK1QxmkkqiumRgntthw/s1025/Polystyrene%20Prohibition.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1025" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNajui5mbBqdP5SvYj0dLQilXJUhmAJQqWWkc5gJy5R9KUwy-zCwdrxwJ7PzMa2MTKHrFw_lsagauBIIW99A7jhoGW2rRDVzqp_qNsYDZ0VRwMQ0vNpeYW9t1Ga2wrGKx22rS8UhX5VD-4pBxFsuGO6x_UjjDflZ5Ld50bnNdK1QxmkkqiumRgntthw/w640-h416/Polystyrene%20Prohibition.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps some of these things need to be regulated, I'm willing to hear that argument, but what I can't get with is thinking that would fall to a city. Seems like either a national, state or at least a county issue to me. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">I personally reuse plastic containers when at all possible, and I also do my best to recycle the rest. Trying to limit the balloons at your kid's birthday party shouldn't be anyone's business but your own. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGz5QZX8diDsE_YqY7jIUjj-3XpJgZ8XHYpn1hRx9rdh9a4iJZbM_oefDfl3jsmxX0rFsaB548HByEtfVnscVHXszJbPmU13qkSFicGeF7Zt4vSJh9_c-ZI-XoK-HHk6mrsX4FsrSXr5xc1_ciU065zBEgEznarEhQiiRI5pmQz_QvnoZi2IfcCvmAQ/s904/Plastic-Free-Goleta-info-Flyer-2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="904" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGz5QZX8diDsE_YqY7jIUjj-3XpJgZ8XHYpn1hRx9rdh9a4iJZbM_oefDfl3jsmxX0rFsaB548HByEtfVnscVHXszJbPmU13qkSFicGeF7Zt4vSJh9_c-ZI-XoK-HHk6mrsX4FsrSXr5xc1_ciU065zBEgEznarEhQiiRI5pmQz_QvnoZi2IfcCvmAQ/w640-h426/Plastic-Free-Goleta-info-Flyer-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who do you want to make these decisions for you?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div><b style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yea or Nay... do you want to see this type of thing in Wildomar?</span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a link to the city of Goleta's page that details the why of it all. <a href="https://www.cityofgoleta.org/your-city/planning-and-environmental-review/sustainability/single-use-plastics-reduction" target="_blank">LINK</a></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Again, as I've already said, I'm all for the reduction of trash that comes from many single-use items <span style="color: #999999;">(without such, <i><b>Wildomar Beautification Volunteers</b></i> would probably have collected half as many bags of trash over the years, and I'm not joking.) </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">I'm just not keen on local officials trying to do jobs they were NOT elected to do. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2023/05/18/goleta-approaches-plastic-prohibition-deadline-of-june-1/">Link to KEYT story</a></span></span></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-63425059488345268262023-04-24T10:49:00.012-07:002023-04-24T10:58:27.092-07:00• Earth Day 2023 Wildomar Style<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Saturday, April 22, 2023 saw one of the largest gatherings of volunteers since <i>The Great Day of Service</i> ten years ago in 2013. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHxAFKqqyDtOMDfhXm32Mb9qhCHBogmTq4H2Kc4t673iBe7TgXrpefL7FgqO4FwLa_T3UlANnbmhzqTmz2Rq0BVy4p2NsrvZU-aWyatCJe5SiwF-4WnH3AlXgtwqO7tAfqXDDRbyzgxZKGS_PRUYf3W7SpeFWOnHNnexGRtETDeIBH_mb1raq3MwUpA/s1988/Earth-Day-2023-Wildomar-Elementary-School.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1988" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHxAFKqqyDtOMDfhXm32Mb9qhCHBogmTq4H2Kc4t673iBe7TgXrpefL7FgqO4FwLa_T3UlANnbmhzqTmz2Rq0BVy4p2NsrvZU-aWyatCJe5SiwF-4WnH3AlXgtwqO7tAfqXDDRbyzgxZKGS_PRUYf3W7SpeFWOnHNnexGRtETDeIBH_mb1raq3MwUpA/w640-h200/Earth-Day-2023-Wildomar-Elementary-School.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some of the volunteers that assembled at Wildomar Elementary School.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />The volunteer count topped 80 individuals, <i>84 to be more precise</i>, and they stuffed over 60 bags of litter, weeds, and debris. Also, a CR&R roll-off bin that held half the debris from the cleanup on Arnold St. (It's going to take another bin to get the rest of the dead trees out of the public right of way).<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zC4MnWuUKSZa9WHZQukPsEvurEJWcs-Dyy9UWbcNiPQ9c7Xp7kAcV-r9LYsiMhSHso4AJ48pD3qNbiPNmU5KpcOtPfXRDEYbirzp4yMhBng_Js1UeYsS0joPJBxGzjici9eSO2XiDnGvGo0cKo1coSBjJ9KhoDgfV-_OXJi1DAbXzPIhTnjMHEBO-g/s2048/Earth%20Day%20Wildomar%20Grand%20Ave%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zC4MnWuUKSZa9WHZQukPsEvurEJWcs-Dyy9UWbcNiPQ9c7Xp7kAcV-r9LYsiMhSHso4AJ48pD3qNbiPNmU5KpcOtPfXRDEYbirzp4yMhBng_Js1UeYsS0joPJBxGzjici9eSO2XiDnGvGo0cKo1coSBjJ9KhoDgfV-_OXJi1DAbXzPIhTnjMHEBO-g/w640-h480/Earth%20Day%20Wildomar%20Grand%20Ave%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Volunteers removing the suckers from the bases of the olive trees on Grand Ave.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Big thanks to the Bread of Life Church, Elsinore High Earth Club, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Leave No Women Behind, US Bank, and Wildomar Beautification Volunteers. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_Io_0F1Mrfd6Irz0janKUdtjieroIfpkvPXel3yRY7kf90zZUxtFDhiz3U2RU8rnokWfwmPjBnVLmN9LOoYV8jgveK3-jcLkNmfT0da_oBYCMwdkkgySn3UfQ5MmbLr0EbA7mPNp0LNnNDWmt_mexm9X_EvFO12LjsU9ToArjMWr3G73ApYfWadc2w/s2048/Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%20Earth%20Day%202023%20Arnold%20St.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_Io_0F1Mrfd6Irz0janKUdtjieroIfpkvPXel3yRY7kf90zZUxtFDhiz3U2RU8rnokWfwmPjBnVLmN9LOoYV8jgveK3-jcLkNmfT0da_oBYCMwdkkgySn3UfQ5MmbLr0EbA7mPNp0LNnNDWmt_mexm9X_EvFO12LjsU9ToArjMWr3G73ApYfWadc2w/w640-h480/Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%20Earth%20Day%202023%20Arnold%20St.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thank you to Diamond W Excavating's Wally and Paula Willette for all the work on Arnold St.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The areas cleaned included Wildomar Trail from Cervera to Grand, Palomar from Gruwell to Arnold, Arnold St, and Grand from Wildomar Trail to Sheila. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Various sponsors that made the cleanup possible include CR&R, Pam's Donuts, Paula & Wally Willette of Diamond W Excavating, and Matthew Russell of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-russell-4802a427" target="_blank">Bemus Landscape</a>. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSu_l7Jcv_SH7hIQmHvH3Txt_L0LIPTFBVuWIMC1CBIWoritnlvqzTjmkex2GlEFmeh0TgdmUnnYFHQ0v3nblCZlcm7TqAyPe7kSJPTJIhZr1IhwRRCY_zBYnhk4yMlvDRhrtfLWrdVBMoKkatTr2odPGLvNRWeu8McBHqxHTBIlDgSJ5-Ctl_qnanA/s2048/Matthew%20Russel%20Bemus%20Landscape%20Earth%20Day%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSu_l7Jcv_SH7hIQmHvH3Txt_L0LIPTFBVuWIMC1CBIWoritnlvqzTjmkex2GlEFmeh0TgdmUnnYFHQ0v3nblCZlcm7TqAyPe7kSJPTJIhZr1IhwRRCY_zBYnhk4yMlvDRhrtfLWrdVBMoKkatTr2odPGLvNRWeu8McBHqxHTBIlDgSJ5-Ctl_qnanA/w480-h640/Matthew%20Russel%20Bemus%20Landscape%20Earth%20Day%202023.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Matthew Russel of Bemus Landscape donated his time and expertise to cut down the dead trees that were in the public right of way on Arnold St. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Individuals that donated include Daphne Meza, Debi Sutherland, Jasmine Bearden, and Bridgette Moore. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Many Wildomar residents are familiar with the work put in by the Wildomar Beautification Volunteers and how much litter, debris, illegal signs, and graffiti they've abated since they came upon the scene.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFz7zliTr7W0JeKbo2KKkYZsPKhuwVjEdMvBmEpIZS0DeInmOv5J6dUj_8uX_9sImw_GS9aFZnnJREP0pmeEpjIRt-pDGABR3D3-XWBcP6dfQ-ihyKIEaN6lH2OGOUV2exRMqPHV2y8C8yBl0HBhiESqQljtRExOwoDVd5aVllrAr5OnrB2TFsMLijg/s2048/Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%20NNO%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFz7zliTr7W0JeKbo2KKkYZsPKhuwVjEdMvBmEpIZS0DeInmOv5J6dUj_8uX_9sImw_GS9aFZnnJREP0pmeEpjIRt-pDGABR3D3-XWBcP6dfQ-ihyKIEaN6lH2OGOUV2exRMqPHV2y8C8yBl0HBhiESqQljtRExOwoDVd5aVllrAr5OnrB2TFsMLijg/w640-h458/Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%20NNO%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When you see WBV around town or at a park event, please come up and say hello... you won't be obligated to pick up any litter. 😊 Photo by Keith Jared</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Here's a rundown of the 2023 WBV stats year-to-date through 4-22</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">130 Volunteers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">979 Volunteer Hours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">733 Bags</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">39 Trash Cans Full</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">27 Illegal Dumps Cleaned Up</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">5 Trailers full of branches and weeds</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">24 tires</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">79 Graffiti Removals</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">6 Shopping Carts </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">...and more.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SbvTHG7PksyHjF6pq7CQVmOHXedSJCJO5KW-543605EblJzjSYGl8DAFotsZQRo1GyoT9SN-OVDeWLiQ8FnUl5sKlso1uKIIArqKY4EqY-EmB0ECgEPvmH-FDzoH3HcC3mnuZI9lRTlEUYpf5rkwBf_Dnv2A8aP2YAotS7hQ7rFE_AZNirDe-63a4Q/s1280/Nate%20from%20US%20Bank%20Earth%20Day%202023%20Wildomar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1280" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SbvTHG7PksyHjF6pq7CQVmOHXedSJCJO5KW-543605EblJzjSYGl8DAFotsZQRo1GyoT9SN-OVDeWLiQ8FnUl5sKlso1uKIIArqKY4EqY-EmB0ECgEPvmH-FDzoH3HcC3mnuZI9lRTlEUYpf5rkwBf_Dnv2A8aP2YAotS7hQ7rFE_AZNirDe-63a4Q/w640-h392/Nate%20from%20US%20Bank%20Earth%20Day%202023%20Wildomar.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nate from US Bank mows down some substantial weeds in the public right of way on Arnold Street. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In our world where it's common to hear concerns about how fragmented our society is becoming, volunteering for a common cause is a great way to tear down the silos we often find ourselves in.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wildomar is our shared community. Community is more than just the roads we all drive on, it's partial ownership by all. Expecting others to do the work has become normal, but it doesn't get things done.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If we all do a little, then our neighborhoods, our community, our town, our city looks all the better and something that we all can be proud of.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you have been on the sidelines, I encourage you to volunteer for the betterment of the whole community. It's a truly honorable thing to do, sets a good example for others, plus it gives a great feeling of accomplishment too. 😊<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EglsH1BUDtWqXGsk6dsOffbHH4tmotzgRZzdHGjGp4F4mfknGtMnS4oGIDm31zfV061ZdcDa2PFfCnJpcGZitiU-CUCDW0bG5Vm4c8JxdS3zoakd8hssWVu1s4Cq19SkZfwJf9Plv1yU8cSZKi-oCKIjJdnxKR1mFsyQF7TWivkmVzZIJDEaqaIJiw/s1280/Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%20Earth%20Day%202023%20Arnold%20St%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1280" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EglsH1BUDtWqXGsk6dsOffbHH4tmotzgRZzdHGjGp4F4mfknGtMnS4oGIDm31zfV061ZdcDa2PFfCnJpcGZitiU-CUCDW0bG5Vm4c8JxdS3zoakd8hssWVu1s4Cq19SkZfwJf9Plv1yU8cSZKi-oCKIjJdnxKR1mFsyQF7TWivkmVzZIJDEaqaIJiw/w640-h424/Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%20Earth%20Day%202023%20Arnold%20St%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working for the betterment of the Wildomar community.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">If you would like more information about Wildomar Beautification Volunteers, please check out their Facebook page at this</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wildomarbeautification" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank"> link</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com021575 Palomar St, Wildomar, CA 92595, USA33.6029422 -117.27241715.0673816305850536 -152.42866709999998 62.138502769414949 -82.116167100000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-48833812333295129022023-03-26T15:24:00.009-07:002023-03-26T15:54:46.384-07:00• Don't Get Phished In<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Phishing is getting out of hand, and increasingly clever. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So much so that you really can't click on any links either in a text, email, or personal message on social media without potentially inviting a disaster to your doorstep.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I just got an email at my city council email, on a Sunday afternoon from AJ.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UMbl89kTDA0UdN7QdKJ8fu94owqcqxbPZYGyOK7cfuS43H9Jf-j4ouQIejT_J2HYHeyooAkQOlxaDvVDdMWdGRe4ToF49dazOpev0Ppl3ZDHBE5XcWErnkhAL0l5geS8OcwuHyLzDPzAGFWUwfe88R_-f3pxviq1Pa8EW8xDNNU--sur4iPu0NnrzQ/s802/Payroll%20Signups.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="802" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UMbl89kTDA0UdN7QdKJ8fu94owqcqxbPZYGyOK7cfuS43H9Jf-j4ouQIejT_J2HYHeyooAkQOlxaDvVDdMWdGRe4ToF49dazOpev0Ppl3ZDHBE5XcWErnkhAL0l5geS8OcwuHyLzDPzAGFWUwfe88R_-f3pxviq1Pa8EW8xDNNU--sur4iPu0NnrzQ/w640-h186/Payroll%20Signups.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That return email looks SUUUPer DOOOPer legit. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Who's AJ?" You ask... <span style="color: #999999;"> </span>ELEPHINO </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">(the answer you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinoceros = </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">'ELL IF I KNOW if you're unsure)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. Kids love that dad joke. 😀</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFrzCwiuwcpIYYdTXRgJ-ZcTjT7dTjZdTJCoHAn1DLaQBj1CdTCt0KfvR-fRnBMGy9hmaSewtSume4P_8L5EGIdwu1RQJiHOuxHtd1mEIbzqd7CyljqLgQ12-gnarINKGqtAlsfWmScabQSeuX18BNs5GKmpQ6HoMK_uES5npzmBJXUf7hGKNAMILqw/s1376/Elephino.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1376" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFrzCwiuwcpIYYdTXRgJ-ZcTjT7dTjZdTJCoHAn1DLaQBj1CdTCt0KfvR-fRnBMGy9hmaSewtSume4P_8L5EGIdwu1RQJiHOuxHtd1mEIbzqd7CyljqLgQ12-gnarINKGqtAlsfWmScabQSeuX18BNs5GKmpQ6HoMK_uES5npzmBJXUf7hGKNAMILqw/w640-h448/Elephino.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You see kids when a mommy elephant loves a daddy rhino a whole lot...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Seriously though, just delete texts, emails, social media messages, or phone calls that come out of left field... even if they seem to be coming from a friend. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Better to delete something real than open something that is a scam</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The downside is too great and if the IRS is really concerned about your automobile warranty expiring, make them come to your door... which I suggest that you don't answer if it's not someone you already know too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Below is the email from AJ... </span></p><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">I’M AJ. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Text / Call @
760-805-4834<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">To Officially Enact The
“City Payroll” Policy, We Must Have A Meeting With All Of The Mayors Of: <o:p></o:p></li>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="a">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">Wildomar. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">Lake Elsinore. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">Temecula. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">Murrieta. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">The Major Parties
iNVOLVED<o:p></o:p></li>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="a">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">The Federal Reserve
Bank. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">City Hall.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">Police / Hospital /
Utility Companies. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">DMV. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">iRS. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">iNDiViDUAL Businesses. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">City Residents. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">7 Major Parties Are
iNVOLVED.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><o:p> </o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><o:p> </o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">The Meeting Will Help Me
Brief You On The “City Payroll Policy”, But Briefly … <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">All Citizens Will Be
Paid Daily @ 00:00 (Their Time). <o:p></o:p></li>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="a">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;">Pay = Age * 24 Hours *
366 Days. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> All Citizens Will
Be Paid The Full Amount if They Are Registered With City Hall As
“Working”. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> All Citizens “Not
Working” Will Only Be Paid 10% Of Their Daily Pay. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> Working = 4 Hour
Minimum Per Day ( Or 8 Hours Depending On How Others Feel ), Reported By
The Business “Supervisor” To The City Hall Database. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> Tax Of 11% Added
To All Sale Transactions & iS Given Back To The City Where The
Purchase Was Made. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> Please Text Me
With A Time When You Are Available To Meet, Thank You.</li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from Mail for Windows<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The interesting thing is that this phisher added specific items like "Wildomar" and other local cities to try and pull the wool over my eyes... and he even included a phone number. I'm not calling it, but you can if you're that curious. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now, look at the peculiar usage of random capital letters, not to mention blanks in the numbered items <span style="color: #999999;">(facepalm goes here)</span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>I sure hope that I'm not costing the residents all that promised money by dismissing it as fraudulent. </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To round out this topic I can share that I've had several phishing attempts through google docs regarding copyright claims on my more recent YouTube videos. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They both looked VERY legitimate, but I could tell that something was amiss.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To the point that the first time that it happened I spent about twenty minutes trying to contact YouTube about it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In short, <i>caveat emptor</i> <span style="color: #999999;">(buyer beware)</span> even if you haven't even contemplated a purchase recently. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is some valuable consumer advice from the Federal Trade Commission (</span><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u><a href="https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-avoid-phishing-scams" target="_blank">How to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams</a></u></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-40420831866507813312023-03-24T13:37:00.007-07:002023-03-24T14:33:10.224-07:00• Tres Lagos Is STILL a Done Deal<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm sorry that this type of blog is necessary, but it is. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It really makes me angry when I see misleading information being pushed onto the residents. It's even more vexing when it's done by someone that claims to want to represent them on the city council <span style="color: #666666;">(Kenny Mayes lost his election bid in 2020)</span>. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUfsJb5I3e-Gdm4_ZLrpA1R9FYmRe7gZ4f2QVUN30KRganv1MOXHh1E6u3Odq8WL0NUj7sZT5JwfJojGYcebhp8v-UuRSPdipcrju_q6__Eh1bob32iif3A48qFyuMwPp7-Akq4M4bbXw3bnf2pL4jj2yNlByuKGsVTGZVd3ssla123nRhWwOm8qxFw/s1044/Screenshot%202023-03-24%20130052%20Post%20in%20Save%20Windsong%20Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1044" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUfsJb5I3e-Gdm4_ZLrpA1R9FYmRe7gZ4f2QVUN30KRganv1MOXHh1E6u3Odq8WL0NUj7sZT5JwfJojGYcebhp8v-UuRSPdipcrju_q6__Eh1bob32iif3A48qFyuMwPp7-Akq4M4bbXw3bnf2pL4jj2yNlByuKGsVTGZVd3ssla123nRhWwOm8qxFw/w640-h568/Screenshot%202023-03-24%20130052%20Post%20in%20Save%20Windsong%20Valley.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A post made by Kenny Mayes in a private Facebook group called Save Windsong Valley.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Either he knew he was kicking the hornet's nest for his own jollies, or he can claim ignorance. I wonder which it'll be. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We know that he didn't ask for any clarification from the city or the county. He read that Tres Lagos was back on the agenda and posted a link to it with no opinions or attempted explanations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like clockwork, concerned residents took the bait and started posting on social media about an issue that was nailed shut long ago. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNSl1EBLMxkJZRN62P-ldQeix0dvnYUDsRuj_xcqK724hbt2vKtJ2-4M9T0kbEtUz95ATv6ZEqDUHX_9T9_M9xW8Z18X9RNpjGbUn7nrk6d5eL7y1MJnLqEw2f2rJA-J8joM1GUuM2Hj8KYl0T8jBPZsE_UrXyCUhzg0XvgVCekk3pwolEhMiv210PQ/s1242/Screenshot%202023-03-24%20125912%20Kenny%20Mayes%20Tres%20Lagos.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1042" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNSl1EBLMxkJZRN62P-ldQeix0dvnYUDsRuj_xcqK724hbt2vKtJ2-4M9T0kbEtUz95ATv6ZEqDUHX_9T9_M9xW8Z18X9RNpjGbUn7nrk6d5eL7y1MJnLqEw2f2rJA-J8joM1GUuM2Hj8KYl0T8jBPZsE_UrXyCUhzg0XvgVCekk3pwolEhMiv210PQ/w536-h640/Screenshot%202023-03-24%20125912%20Kenny%20Mayes%20Tres%20Lagos.jpg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fanning the flames is his favorite pastime. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Why are we relitigating this?</span></b></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yes, it sucks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tres Lagos was approved at the state level. The city had no say so in it. If that sounds preposterous, I agree. You should see the other laws that Sacramento has pushed on us, taking away local control and making our neighborhoods less safe.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The ruling party <span style="color: #999999;">(The Democrats if you're unsure)</span> couldn't care less about Wildomar or any other community. If you voted for the blue team, you made Tres Lagos happen. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you're not up to speed on this issue, follow the keywords at the bottom of the blog to see past blogs on it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Them is the facts.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However, when people intentionally spread misinformation, <i>upsetting the community</i>, I feel it's my obligation to get you answers from a higher authority than<i> loners that thrive off of the conflict they leave in their wakes </i>on social media.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>I emailed Supervisor Kevin Jeffries.</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is the exchange: <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Good morning Kevin,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Looks like Tres Lagos is
hitting the BoS agenda for March 28<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://riversidecountyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame&MeetingID=2780&MediaPosition&ID=21352&CssClass&fbclid=IwAR0my_Urec-rYDqlw02-jz2aiERM6kph1w_qPKDaEHdfF63nAdn8uX1nohI" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">link to the agenda item in question</span></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A resident posted this
information and is encouraging people to go down to the meeting and ask for
Tres Lagos to be halted by not funding it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Can you give me some
information that I can share with my constituents on this agenda item and
whether or not Tres Lagos can be stopped. I thought this was a done deal, but
residents have been fed false hope and I need to address it again.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I appreciate any
clarification you can share with me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14pt;">Joseph Morabito </span></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt;">Mayor</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Here is his response that I received about an hour later.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Joesph
- here is the details from county housing staff….. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yes. This project was already approved, and we are simply
holding the hearing. The action doesn’t obligate or approve the project as that
was done at the State level. Below is a more elaborate answer that explains the
process, but it might be overkill. </p><p class="MsoNormal">It is what is called Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility
Act (TEFRA) hearing. As a condition of securing an award of funding from the
state a public hearing is required. This can be done in the City where the
project is done, or we can hold the hearing at the County level. As the City of
Wildomar did not want to hold the hearing we are holding the hearing. The
hearing in question doesn’t obligate the County to make any loans or approve
the award of funds. The County simply holds the hearing, and the bond
allocation is awarded by the State to California Statewide Communities
Development Authority who issues the bonds. The bonds then are purchased by a
bank in this instance Chase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You might find this interesting but Signature Bank up until
last week was going to purchase the bonds, but as they failed the bonds are going
to be purchased by Chase.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps and if you have any questions or concerns
let me know.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm truly sorry for anyone that thought they needed to write a letter, or an email, or even worse <i>waste their morning going to a meeting</i> in downtown Riverside that had nothing to do with approving or disapproving this godawful project. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please remember this when Kenny Mayes throws his hat in the ring looking to represent you on the Wildomar city council next year. I know that I'll remember it, and you can count on me to remind the voters who the real Kenny Mayes is if he actually runs in 2024.<br /><br />If you still haven't figured out that the source of this misinformation isn't a trustworthy source, let's revisit the classic Aesop's Fable of the Farmer and the Snake.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 22px;">On the ground lay a Snake, stiff and frozen with the cold. The Farmer knew how deadly the Snake could be, and yet he picked it up and put it in his bosom to warm it back to life. The Snake soon revived, and when it had enough strength, bit the man who had been so kind to it.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4C7qDzcBYFSXNnZGlADBvQ-fkd7idTKRwmT9_XIYV10D6qeds3Gvlmnpbl73XGqN_Y4Xulq2VQc8p1sKi6FSLWFGbC743rxzWPAlTK8cdc4QNOBBcTSqcsr6Je58XvvWkaFHMMCr4Jpkm7XiV0SCuARpVJTGPEUvKgfyTLjBjzYGR_LtnWSLilpoHA/s1280/The%20farmer%20and%20the%20snake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4C7qDzcBYFSXNnZGlADBvQ-fkd7idTKRwmT9_XIYV10D6qeds3Gvlmnpbl73XGqN_Y4Xulq2VQc8p1sKi6FSLWFGbC743rxzWPAlTK8cdc4QNOBBcTSqcsr6Je58XvvWkaFHMMCr4Jpkm7XiV0SCuARpVJTGPEUvKgfyTLjBjzYGR_LtnWSLilpoHA/w640-h360/The%20farmer%20and%20the%20snake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">Moral: There are some who never change their nature, regardless of how well we behave with them. Always stay alert and maintain a distance from those who have a long track record of negativity. <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">If there is any question, the above was written by Wildomar Mayor Joseph Morabito. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Email is jmorabito@cityofwildomar.org</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Lastly, if anyone thinks that the above opinion is out of line, you have the right to think that. As for me, I'm tired of watching good people get jerked around by the thoughtlessness of others and I'm going to call it out even if that rankles some people. </span></p><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">• • •</span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpBrO6Gbab_8OZCDntByDBeGYXkkxUx0Sjvcg_zsvERarWdgWIdqaQEkp8zUaoKM4KBCX_0RKes9iMoZ7X425qSuSFCZ34B2DchN8Qn-z91oE4fSuYylWooyUYBUEZx8-2q3Ewmx_nW_4QkS9IB3my7esNBJVP5iW4AAWa9xfbYSDIwWGIbV-igSKUA/w88-h121/Maya%20Angelou.jpg" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="88" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><b>when someone tells you who they are believe them.</b></span><br /><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;">– Maya Angelou</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> has been telling you who he is for nearly 10 years.</span></span></span><u style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /></span></span></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2023/03/tres-lagos-is-still-done-deal.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma<span face="">t.</span></a></span><br /><span face=""><br /><span face=""></span></span></span></span></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-58383361276237278572023-03-17T17:40:00.020-07:002023-03-17T18:08:16.480-07:00• Wildomar Rallies Around Councilman Dustin Nigg's Family Raising Over $19,000<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you were part of the fundraising dinner last Saturday evening at the Wildomar VFW <span style="color: #999999;">(March 11, 2023)</span> then you saw it firsthand —the display of love and concern for Desiree Nigg, <i>wife of Councilman Dustin Nigg</i>, and her family. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITqx4GbponuRQkZIV7K8ZrUaQxh-gl803Rx87GNh_vzJGuSuXFtfMcWEKxFl6LUFJ5DHpNlfnfcWKavDr4u4vOYbft3F3Q6c54A8ZtBQKKV_UYhPDGEJXULnXRl_PxPxtuvJa8OiMLk7WMfcLQrGM61IgUQy9bcxRACcjn4mwvY2QvJVArPvLHqo0lg/s960/Wildomar%20VFW%20Benefit%20Dinner%20Desiree%20Nigg%2003%2011%202023%20Desiree%20Nigg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITqx4GbponuRQkZIV7K8ZrUaQxh-gl803Rx87GNh_vzJGuSuXFtfMcWEKxFl6LUFJ5DHpNlfnfcWKavDr4u4vOYbft3F3Q6c54A8ZtBQKKV_UYhPDGEJXULnXRl_PxPxtuvJa8OiMLk7WMfcLQrGM61IgUQy9bcxRACcjn4mwvY2QvJVArPvLHqo0lg/w480-h640/Wildomar%20VFW%20Benefit%20Dinner%20Desiree%20Nigg%2003%2011%202023%20Desiree%20Nigg.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Desiree Nigg at the fundraising dinner.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>As a preface, only a few days into the new year, the Nigg family was hit with devestating news. </b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Desiree, the mother of three daughters, veteran of the Marine Corps, was diagnosed with Stage IV Colorectal Cancer. The cancer has unfortunately spread to her right lung and to the lining of her intestines.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqLn87erkeNBqsHEa4RFK7zn8S-Iq7SRwqNn_YaO34Q3u7GNiwLZbocp5FC7FLN4BT8EJnS-Lm7Pg9OeMGb6WlGVB40iABIU1fmbGpQD_87fCVVHul5UCnp1zESIC3fCNnBVKhM-GFs7Xr-vc3Qd5qj316-D3MIWk7Bp8dcE35pxbo-i_kYhQgYMelg/s1000/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-helpers.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1000" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqLn87erkeNBqsHEa4RFK7zn8S-Iq7SRwqNn_YaO34Q3u7GNiwLZbocp5FC7FLN4BT8EJnS-Lm7Pg9OeMGb6WlGVB40iABIU1fmbGpQD_87fCVVHul5UCnp1zESIC3fCNnBVKhM-GFs7Xr-vc3Qd5qj316-D3MIWk7Bp8dcE35pxbo-i_kYhQgYMelg/w640-h342/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-helpers.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The food and the volunteers that were serving it. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To me, this story deserved much more than a local blog covering it. The Press Enterprise, Valley News and even that thing called The Patch dropped the ball on an obvious winner human interest story to share with their readers. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This was an awesome demonstration of people wanting to help in any way they could...<i> and they did!</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKOOxs2DYBt4huCNBMaVR6heIcDh1Uv5DtLbTqEcnWdLhFlpRfK3YB5YD4X-l3DTx4cEG-uw3SIRNsxcIPtAxn-EZKshhRr7h1SgeYBeft1RM2MTrQHwERAkoIoq4_MuIcf0q9O8bKKTxLKyGXDIbQ0kXsJJZGxyE1CazZaTys5pujhmfyqUcSMaqiA/s1000/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-Photo-Credits-Cathie-Abeel.png" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1000" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKOOxs2DYBt4huCNBMaVR6heIcDh1Uv5DtLbTqEcnWdLhFlpRfK3YB5YD4X-l3DTx4cEG-uw3SIRNsxcIPtAxn-EZKshhRr7h1SgeYBeft1RM2MTrQHwERAkoIoq4_MuIcf0q9O8bKKTxLKyGXDIbQ0kXsJJZGxyE1CazZaTys5pujhmfyqUcSMaqiA/w640-h410/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-Photo-Credits-Cathie-Abeel.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dustin and Desiree Nigg, in the middle, flanked by friends.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not wanting much more time to go by I asked Mayor Pro-Tem Bridgette Moore, </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>who was the key person behind organizing it</i> <span style="color: #999999;">(</span><span style="color: #999999;">though she had many helpers that made it possible)</span>, i</span><span style="font-family: arial;">f she would write a few paragraphs about the fundraiser and I'd put together a Wildomar Rap blog. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupd11ALFbNsCgHExkHxdnR8sq9J0nzDwE0eRHfeILuTutTchuXXVvzWcZtiOzAaTg81ZpDf4FxHg3L2y9ATNVmZqVd5Oc-EF1d47T3YrCdAs-Y0vCkoPAk1scz4JzkJTLjw4VP_hCKmkYeL3soAULT4xY89GfwUiZDgKLnVAg2teY7IkmzYcLcoG3Uw/s932/Wildomar%20VFW%20Benefit%20Dinner%20Desiree%20Nigg%2003%2011%202023%20Flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupd11ALFbNsCgHExkHxdnR8sq9J0nzDwE0eRHfeILuTutTchuXXVvzWcZtiOzAaTg81ZpDf4FxHg3L2y9ATNVmZqVd5Oc-EF1d47T3YrCdAs-Y0vCkoPAk1scz4JzkJTLjw4VP_hCKmkYeL3soAULT4xY89GfwUiZDgKLnVAg2teY7IkmzYcLcoG3Uw/w494-h640/Wildomar%20VFW%20Benefit%20Dinner%20Desiree%20Nigg%2003%2011%202023%20Flyer.jpg" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The little flyer that could. With this, the wildfire grew from an event that the organizers were hoping would bring in a couple of thousand dollars, to one that the community jumped on and pushed the totals to well over $19,000.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #fcddb8; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 3px solid rgb(214, 117, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a;"><div><span face=""><i><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">From Bridgette Moore...</span></b></i></span></div></div><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On Saturday March 11th 2023 our community came together in a grand fashion to support councilman Dustin and his wife Desiree Nigg. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e0OePZvECX-8ZgtROktfUDrk0MQaWg8pjaphop9kDprm6sdtpUfDSOhtyepXOq-PQS8TQPu_RCNeMNeyUIbuNi80kOPQesHnrMactr3BkhKTHTBq9prS040ulFosZFSRHf3QSR4U-SW3eCE8spuv42Dhak9PEiXSelQ2-TbhQUklQn6VQPY9eeligA/s1000/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-crowd.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="1000" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e0OePZvECX-8ZgtROktfUDrk0MQaWg8pjaphop9kDprm6sdtpUfDSOhtyepXOq-PQS8TQPu_RCNeMNeyUIbuNi80kOPQesHnrMactr3BkhKTHTBq9prS040ulFosZFSRHf3QSR4U-SW3eCE8spuv42Dhak9PEiXSelQ2-TbhQUklQn6VQPY9eeligA/w640-h282/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-crowd.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The room was nearly as full as the food was good. </td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Desiree has been diagnosed with stage 4 correctal cancer and it has spread to distant organs. On Saturday March 11th over 130 people attended a dinner at the VFW in Wildomar and over $19000 was raised. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I would like to thank our dinner sponsors: </span></div><div><b><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">•</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Angelo's brick oven pizzeria </span></div><div><b><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">•</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Hive </span></div><div><b><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">•</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bone Cleaner barbecue and catering Chef Kat</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For the dessert table our sponsors were Albertsons, Ann White, Deb Robinet, planning commissioner Arrin Banks, Go Nutz Donuts and Robin Adkins.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdjzP8uAykDwI_lzD2Jk4QLT4OcAJO7jDpHAUGDzG-KHdc5vfRILsu8gO_I5H3MJMZEGu4abVlaIXgDGgbSGZs9O9PhZsxNtk-aJWOiToPjoaf0oJMFOjcX88ItZ4_LXdE23XBbWcy89Zhg4LyFvIMaNDeRy5OuzKvvwto8VBt-cQKksQfrY0v0bKWw/s1000/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-sweet-table.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1000" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdjzP8uAykDwI_lzD2Jk4QLT4OcAJO7jDpHAUGDzG-KHdc5vfRILsu8gO_I5H3MJMZEGu4abVlaIXgDGgbSGZs9O9PhZsxNtk-aJWOiToPjoaf0oJMFOjcX88ItZ4_LXdE23XBbWcy89Zhg4LyFvIMaNDeRy5OuzKvvwto8VBt-cQKksQfrY0v0bKWw/w640-h509/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-sweet-table.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Had to love Arrin Banks's Bread Pudding with hot rum buttered sauce. 😋</span></td></tr></tbody></table>.<br /></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The community really supported the raffle prize and silent auction, not to mention the live auction and the 50-50. In total the event raised over the $19,000 for our local family.</span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3S-XZIl9_jFC4qGAEFCnEDkmFzK1QUysU8hrT01KMhgaMUef4Hx4w_5CBcu6zJrLZ0i6Kttbk_BseouSKkiXtx8ZT0eLXy1Orb5leZrlswJZU1g0NmGsPCJW8ktCJG9Fk1qwmNRS_YkIfjB-Ji6btRrMoCBQxi50NGt5g91-BTBCdeEclDRbdojdog/s1000/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-Lori-Stone.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3S-XZIl9_jFC4qGAEFCnEDkmFzK1QUysU8hrT01KMhgaMUef4Hx4w_5CBcu6zJrLZ0i6Kttbk_BseouSKkiXtx8ZT0eLXy1Orb5leZrlswJZU1g0NmGsPCJW8ktCJG9Fk1qwmNRS_YkIfjB-Ji6btRrMoCBQxi50NGt5g91-BTBCdeEclDRbdojdog/w640-h480/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-Lori-Stone.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Murrieta City Councilwoman Lori Stone did an outstanding job as the auctioneer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The biggest live auction event of the night was for passes to the Magic Castle for six people. It was amazing to watch the bidding go up from a few hundred dollares to $3500. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a remarkably generous gesture, a second set of Magic Castle passes was awarded to the runner up bidder. In total, that brought in $6000 for the Nigg family.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAemzgoXxlx-Gm1MiK_pRwXLAqOLlzv1BXWswFRWVcgWyFViGyIrO3vpaZG44p3sJUTKalQjdwWK4Yg2To1tIzxOL3PkPaVXd6CjecodqPPwqQKe1s5dIUrdhgjAf2kOzolFFrKaaxjBnbK9z7RptSu6KTnZhuGLPT0BYX5DjVnQkIDOM8XK-xmUjUCQ/s1000/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-auction-table.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1000" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAemzgoXxlx-Gm1MiK_pRwXLAqOLlzv1BXWswFRWVcgWyFViGyIrO3vpaZG44p3sJUTKalQjdwWK4Yg2To1tIzxOL3PkPaVXd6CjecodqPPwqQKe1s5dIUrdhgjAf2kOzolFFrKaaxjBnbK9z7RptSu6KTnZhuGLPT0BYX5DjVnQkIDOM8XK-xmUjUCQ/w640-h280/Wildomar-VFW-Benefit-Dinner-Desiree-Nigg-03-11-2023-auction-table.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The list of items grew and grew all the way up to the moment that the dinner started. Members of the Wildomar community wanted to help out any way they could. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the other items for the live auction included a suite of four tickets to the Anaheim Duck's hockey game,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Teen Road to Safety donated 8 hours of driving instruction by Temecula driving school, Season Tickets to the Santa Rosa Plateau Concert Series, Colour Parlor, 100 Women Who Care, a limo ride, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and Murrieta City Councilwoman Lori Stone donated a lunch with her for 2 people anywhere in Murietta. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the many donors included Montague Brothers Coffee, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a comprehensive facial from Dr. Gloria, IT work from </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Chris Twining, Apex Plumbing, La Masters of Fine Jewelry, CR&R, and Sandie Fuenty.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>There were many volunteers:</b> The VFW, Councilwomen Ashlee DePhillippo </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(actually her entire family volunteered)</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">, Robert Rankin Walker played his guitar and sang songs, Robin Adkins was a volunteer that I relied heavily on, Erin and Ken Hartley from Vitality Zone Fitness were invaluable, I can't forget the Wildomar Beautification Volunteers and their tireless efforts... so many more that I don't mean to leave out also volunteered their time. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We had so many volunteers and we want to thank them all for helping make this such a memorable and successful event. We love you Desiree, and our thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire family. </span></div></div><div style="color: #05050a;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a special evening and I was glad to be there. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite the joyous atmosphere</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, it wasn't lost on anyone what we were there for. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Desiree and Dustin know that they were dealt an unwinnable hand. They're trying to keep things in perspective and were obviously touched by the deluge of camaraderie directed toward them.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIF87TP95ldCuqzg3Sk8sudXD_wJeFOSj-Hm_gQrFXruv6vgsxxTjaEr95yx1Sh1DakP1cJfdLnVdD3Q_YFBrGRSNJnZaoMXiaG0KlLkGqB5pUgFbNPpeb2aFx515MDOHgmbv7Y_ToHd4JTWuAoJt3Fs-xDLAkdwskTxt8tLpwf3fIbAGYLxqXzd1-tQ/s1250/Desiree-Nigg-and-girls.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIF87TP95ldCuqzg3Sk8sudXD_wJeFOSj-Hm_gQrFXruv6vgsxxTjaEr95yx1Sh1DakP1cJfdLnVdD3Q_YFBrGRSNJnZaoMXiaG0KlLkGqB5pUgFbNPpeb2aFx515MDOHgmbv7Y_ToHd4JTWuAoJt3Fs-xDLAkdwskTxt8tLpwf3fIbAGYLxqXzd1-tQ/w512-h640/Desiree-Nigg-and-girls.png" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Desiree and her three daughters.<br />Sorry Dustin, but they're just cuter than you are. 😁<br />Or, I couldn't find a pic with all of you in it.</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dustin's mother spoke for a few minutes. She had a difficult time keeping her composure as she spoke about how important Desiree is to her. Her tears were contagious.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are no magic words here, just that we are hurting from a distance as the Nigg family is doing its best to push through this, up close, in real time, one day after the next. Godspeed.</span></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com021180 Waite St, Wildomar, CA 92595, USA33.6310745 -117.28926495.1043419140811643 -152.4455149 62.157807085918833 -82.1330149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-80524448199048342202023-03-10T13:13:00.010-08:002023-03-10T13:40:48.948-08:00• City Council Meeting March 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the most recent city council meeting we chose the final designs for the mast arm blades at signalized intersections (otherwise known as the street signs). </span></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>There are two designs</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The first is for all the signalized intersections except for the name Wildomar Trail, and the second is for Wildomar Trail. Both will sport an encircled Edwardian W on the left-hand side.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Years ago it was adopted to give Wildomar Trail a distinctive look, and that's why the signs are a different color and with a faux western font. </span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkGXiu4dG4eukIWyRWVs3Qdl7SNSClCJZ77MA-F2Z7uVXDt5GbCCWb_WqdeJMwfAUazGRdoWHH3A8A15zg1vtt3cNVmL43ygY4LPv7hBqNXWAy0C5ihlCngO3_xT24TaFr6VbQbUtVWQhDatB9Pbgu0QEVKs_qvFtqluER6eKGhSh9Cxu2dHemUxC0Q/s1650/Composite-photo-Clinton-Keith-and-Wildomar-Trail-sign-designs.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1650" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkGXiu4dG4eukIWyRWVs3Qdl7SNSClCJZ77MA-F2Z7uVXDt5GbCCWb_WqdeJMwfAUazGRdoWHH3A8A15zg1vtt3cNVmL43ygY4LPv7hBqNXWAy0C5ihlCngO3_xT24TaFr6VbQbUtVWQhDatB9Pbgu0QEVKs_qvFtqluER6eKGhSh9Cxu2dHemUxC0Q/w640-h336/Composite-photo-Clinton-Keith-and-Wildomar-Trail-sign-designs.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Economic Development Director Kimberly Davidson snaps a couple of shots as the city council poses with the new street sign designs. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There is still the old green style at many intersections. The green is what is in the unincorporated areas <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>of the county. </span></div><div dir="auto"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXuLAuXulOUEItZduwaoWr7axH-e9QUzdieid3HfLEP_B35beVB-o-QjqCDN-Ix9zPoZAWJayc6e_lQUwuzUAEBqFNNe9O2rXS75rrjjPIBSc2r8HHxmU03Xy5ZPdJUITmOzJJluENo7dnebHEaOoHSyhz8EZ5DEblFGDJ21PjXeMxiJOU1Jb7kcb9Q/s691/Palomar-old-green-sign.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="691" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXuLAuXulOUEItZduwaoWr7axH-e9QUzdieid3HfLEP_B35beVB-o-QjqCDN-Ix9zPoZAWJayc6e_lQUwuzUAEBqFNNe9O2rXS75rrjjPIBSc2r8HHxmU03Xy5ZPdJUITmOzJJluENo7dnebHEaOoHSyhz8EZ5DEblFGDJ21PjXeMxiJOU1Jb7kcb9Q/w640-h576/Palomar-old-green-sign.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are still several of the old green signs hanging at various intersections. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was decided that there was no need to add "City of Wildomar" under Wildomar Trail for a couple of reasons. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">First, it already says "Wildomar" on the sign, and second, if someone is stopped at the intersection and looking around, the signs for the other streets will say "City of Wildomar". </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As you'll see from the photos where there are faded signs, some of the signs need immediate attention. Others don't. This was only about "choosing designs" so that when the time comes to replace the old, there will be guidance on hand.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-I7aJc5ofXlNL5FUQUIUsNeHy7_v7yn23CjeO7yhClJqclItkMZ-5mFCjAunP0Ny7mOgsBdFazKib-1LHvauFaOAatiMvQ7BUn2IvB_25e2GVqA6Opy3y8J_61_3NTHOgX1wgrpGrdx-xH86Ka5ZG408QIHBfOff3RH0axoHo3mG8btnmHbfoTUgFA/s620/Union-Street-Signs-over-the-years.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-I7aJc5ofXlNL5FUQUIUsNeHy7_v7yn23CjeO7yhClJqclItkMZ-5mFCjAunP0Ny7mOgsBdFazKib-1LHvauFaOAatiMvQ7BUn2IvB_25e2GVqA6Opy3y8J_61_3NTHOgX1wgrpGrdx-xH86Ka5ZG408QIHBfOff3RH0axoHo3mG8btnmHbfoTUgFA/w540-h640/Union-Street-Signs-over-the-years.png" width="540" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I've been watching this sign get more and more illegible as the years have rolled by.</span> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Other things from the city council meeting</span></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">• As part of the Palomar and Clinton Keith road widening projects a new crosswalk will be installed connecting Renaissance Plaza with The Barn. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>• Items 2.1 and 2.2 </b>(Zoning ordinance amendments) were a formality where the city had to adopt recent state guidelines when it comes to group homes and density bonuses for developers. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>3.1 Wildomar Beautification - Freeway Enhancements and Community Identification</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This caused unnecessary concern among those that read the Patch and then post on social media. The Patch chose to cherry-pick from the agenda and strongly suggest that the city was about to spend seven figures to add signage to the freeway. I hope they enjoyed their ill-gotten clicks with that garbage.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>What a disservice to the community!</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This item was an update on the costs and procedures to "beautify" any of the on or offramps in the city. Without an item being on the agenda, the council can't legally even talk about it as a group. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I compared the city council being interested in these types of freeway projects, <i>including community identification</i>, to a family that saw their neighbors with nice shiny swimming pools and wanted to know what it would take to get one of their own.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>Then, the pool contractor pays them a visit and lets them know the true costs of such a project. </b></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">That's when the crests fall, and the idea is put back on the shelf. Both for the pool and expensive freeway enhancements or community identification projects. Getting information is a good thing. We learned that it's not feasible. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However, if there were grants for such things, I'd be foursquare behind both beautifying the on and offramps plus community identification (city signage). </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://livestream.com/rivcolive/wildomar/videos/235361943" target="_blank">Here is a link to the video of the meeting</a>.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityofwildomar/bcfe21a8-4b10-11ed-95a3-0050569183fa-c3ef70b5-a135-46fc-9f34-ab35be5e66ba-1677806130.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link to the 663 page agenda.</a> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-23615489437324303532022-12-16T14:40:00.008-08:002022-12-16T16:47:03.792-08:00• Selecting The Next Mayor, A Slam Dunk, Right?<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To answer the question in the title of the blog, it was a lay-up and a slam dunk all in one for Wildomar. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">😁</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though the changing of the Mayor is a newsworthy event, it shouldn't be a "remarkable" event. It happens every year in most of the cities in California. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2gf_r7drtuMFiogMzd95gtB9B_5dgUV7N5q5XxuexUofGQZxW6jV_cNU5Aw1iVvbsYO19asyqmNqGbwXiedZ3dywoygfF1_kg9njrGEkogikB_FhwGxJJg3A3jRmdXatr5y7XvM13Qm9XoCAQswLhTGK9HvHL2GN74XxxeeITa4dmJMEhF2bqSIucA/s1200/Laughing%20at%20Dustin%20voting%20too%20soon.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1200" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2gf_r7drtuMFiogMzd95gtB9B_5dgUV7N5q5XxuexUofGQZxW6jV_cNU5Aw1iVvbsYO19asyqmNqGbwXiedZ3dywoygfF1_kg9njrGEkogikB_FhwGxJJg3A3jRmdXatr5y7XvM13Qm9XoCAQswLhTGK9HvHL2GN74XxxeeITa4dmJMEhF2bqSIucA/w640-h366/Laughing%20at%20Dustin%20voting%20too%20soon.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">The council enjoyed an unexpected laugh when Councilman Dustin Nigg said, "Aye" after the city clerk asked for Councilwoman Bridgette Moore's vote. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>In the Southwest Riverside County area, only Menifee directly elects their mayor. All the other cities rotate the position. </b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So this should only be newsworthy in that Wildomar has a new Mayor and Mayor Pro-tem<span style="color: #999999;"> (Joseph Morabito and Bridgette Moore respectively)</span>. Not-newsworthy that it went very smoothly... <i>laugh moment mentioned in the photo caption above notwithstanding.</i> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I mention this because such an ability to work with each other isn't as common as you might think. The internet is littered with videos where city councils across the nation can't get basic agenda items passed without a lot of mindless bickering. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I was going to leave a couple of YouTube links, but there are too many to choose from. Just search <i><b>city council meeting gone bad, gone wrong, funny, or fights</b></i>. You'll spend hours going through them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When it comes to something as simple as choosing a mayor, just last week the city of San Mateo made news for reasons I will work to keep Wildomar from repeating, <i>contentiousness for contentiousness' sake</i>, seen in the headline and story below.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 class="title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 45px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">HIGH DRAMA ENVELOPES SAN MATEO POLITICS</h1></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>San Mateo City Councilmember Amourence Lee was appointed mayor Monday night after a week of infighting and uncertainty. </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Under the city’s rotational system, the most senior council member serves as mayor. As the senior-most member, Lee was supposed to assume the position on Dec. 5. But the move was blocked by two new council members, Lisa Diaz Nash and Robert Newsom.</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The delay left San Mateo without a mayor for over a week and set a ‘sad’ and ‘scary’ precedent, according to their new Mayor.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://californiacitynews.org/2022/12/high-drama-envelopes-san-mateo-politics.html" target="_blank">The above was from California City News (dot) Org, use this link to see the story.</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div>In short, though they have a fairly specific rotational system in their city, they still found a way to screw it up and were without a mayor for a week. In my estimation because the new council members that hijacked the process didn't/don't understand their role in the bigger picture of things. </div><div><br /></div><div>There can be very strong disagreements among council colleagues. That should be expected at times, but in my book, that should be reserved for controversial agenda items, not routine rubber stamp items. Imagine the mayhem in that city when they're looking for someone to lead the Pledge of Allegiance <span style="color: #999999;">(that's well-placed sarcasm folks)</span>. 😁</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wildomar has been of a different mold</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For as long</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> as I've been watching Wildomar city council meetings </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">(since late 2013)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> the various members I've observed have always gotten along and worked together. Even when it was an item that brought a lot of uncomfortable debate.</span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This has been true since I've been on the council starting back in December of 2018 too, and I see it continuing with the five of us that are currently serving Wildomar.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYn4p1VZSLHWJoqQwS-7V_TpZImY2p27H2txE2jrJU-f87LVa_Lzg9c1WfGvjWMayH--42YbDoudI3XcC5lWg668HbfsFZs7b6lmOUkNbmtM0PKQ5lqnNkekTq5k2tY3a2XZRT4Z_5VwFzggs4WpQSXgne3ZtyfrweC6iHqFu4jPAxeOZ3JSIOoFnjg/s928/2023-Wildomar-City-Council-Districts-Map.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="928" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYn4p1VZSLHWJoqQwS-7V_TpZImY2p27H2txE2jrJU-f87LVa_Lzg9c1WfGvjWMayH--42YbDoudI3XcC5lWg668HbfsFZs7b6lmOUkNbmtM0PKQ5lqnNkekTq5k2tY3a2XZRT4Z_5VwFzggs4WpQSXgne3ZtyfrweC6iHqFu4jPAxeOZ3JSIOoFnjg/w640-h522/2023-Wildomar-City-Council-Districts-Map.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">I'm still working on a theme for the year, but you know it'll be baseball based... keep your eye on the ball, and teamwork are possibilities. <b>Here is your starting line-up:</b> District 1, Carlos Marquez. District 2, Dustin Nigg. District 3, Joseph Morabito. District 4, Bridgette Moore. District 5, Ashlee DePhillippo. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though I campaigned for new councilman Carlos Marquez, <i>and am glad that the voters chose him to be on the city council,</i> there is no quid pro quo attached. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">He's his own man and has already shown the hallmarks of a superb leader. I'm confident that we'll work together well, even if it happens that we routinely wind up on opposite sides of votes in the future. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are, all-five, separate-voices, with ideas that come from different perspectives, and the common goal of bettering Wildomar as a whole. Districts are nice, but they're simply an artificial construct foisted on Wildomar by Sacramento. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">All five of us serve the entire city</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though to make the workload more evenly spread out, if you live in a particular council member's district, <i>and you have an issue that needs attention</i>, it's best to contact them instead of just tagging Bridgette Moore on Facebook. 😁</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Let me encourage you to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityofWildomar.org" target="_blank">follow the city on Facebook</a>, and sign up for the <a href="https://www.cityofwildomar.org/newsletter/One.aspx?objectId=11368578&contextId=11368578&action=subscribe" target="_blank">city emails</a>. That way you'll know things that are happening in town in real-time, rather than long after the fact. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you'd like to follow my social media, in addition to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a>, search Joseph Morabito Wildomar. That'll get you to both <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JosephMorabito4Wildomar" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/josephmorabito.wildomar/">Instagram</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The video below is how easy it should be to select a mayor for the coming year. Had to love how Councilman Nigg got right down to business. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC2c0OKld7M" target="_blank">Use this link if the video isn't visible for you</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WC2c0OKld7M" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">Below is the video of the entire meeting.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" id="ls_embed_1671232311" scrolling="no" src="https://livestream.com/accounts/26084177/events/8401482/videos/234180192/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfo=true&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=true&mute=false" width="640"> </iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-size: xx-large;">• • •</span></span></span></div><div><span face=""><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLan6WjVgrVXUQHcABPjfX5718bDDgJ14a4iEwTv2KMoV0-4ojScu_Gqfyq9DCa6AkZyn5SFcWI96vlurc7vjUNDzfin1rypXavFq6HFh1CNH__VtVHX5AVYG8WNOsHWyHyO8q2hb8FI/w140-h120-p/EG+Marshall.png" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b>Husbands and wives, if you can't get what you'd like, you better like what you get.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium; line-height: 27px;">– EG Marshall (CBSRMT)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> is fine if you prefer a different blog, it does too. </span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/12/selecting-next-mayor-slam-dunk-right.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma</a><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/12/selecting-next-mayor-slam-dunk-right.html" target="_blank">t</a>.</span></span></span></span></p></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-65911388564251884802022-11-11T15:08:00.004-08:002022-11-11T15:13:49.890-08:00• City Council Meeting November 2022<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;">A lot of interesting information from the November 2022 city council meeting.</span><br /></span></p><div class="card paragraph-spacing collection-item" data-type="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 21.735px;"><div class="card-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 20px;"><div class="related-stories-default" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="recommender-header font-black uppercase" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.49px; font-weight: 900; line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">TOP NEWS FROM THE MEETING</span></div><hr class="bg-accent spaced spaced-top spaced-xs" style="background-color: #cc0000; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.49px; height: 2px; margin: 5px 0px 0px;" /><ul class="inline font-bold spaced spaced-top spaced-sm" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 10px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px 2.5em 0px 1em;"><li class="hover-underlined" data-rc-endpoint="v4" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sedco Septic to Sewer At No Cost to Residents</span></span></li><li class="hover-underlined" data-rc-endpoint="v4" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">City Hall Closed From Christmas to New Year's</span></span></li><li class="hover-underlined spaced spaced-top spaced-sm" data-rc-endpoint="v4" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Staff Instructed to Purchase 20 Acre Ann Sullivan Property for a Passive Park</span></span></li><li class="hover-underlined spaced spaced-top spaced-sm" data-rc-endpoint="v4" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span face="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Future City Hall Discussion</span></span></li></ul></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meeting Recap</span></b></span></span></span></p><p><b style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">28:50 in the video below</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Septic to Sewer</i>, if you watch the part of the meeting where this is discussed, you'll see that the entire Sedco area,<i> which was said to include 750 homes</i>, is included in this grant. The grant will pay 100% of the costs to convert to sewer.</span></p><p><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>It was stated that the dollar amount is about $125,000 per conversion. That includes EVMWD's costs to run the lines to the homes, and then the hookups from the homes to the lines.</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An amazing offer to be sure, one that hasn't ever been offered before and one that will most likely not come around in our lifetimes again: if you miss it, you miss it forever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.evmwd.com/doing-business/construction/sedco-hills-and-avenues-septic-to-sewer-conversion-project" target="_blank">Link to EVMWD septic to sewer webpage</a></span></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #fcfac4; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 3px solid rgb(173, 167, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Word of caution to those that get their info from social media</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please don't listen to any self-appointed watchdogs that always get things wrong. This isn't some covert plan to gentrify Sedco. The whacky things that willfully-ignorant people spread on social media are as bizarre as they are disheartening. But some people simply thrive on creating needless facebook drama. Caveat emptor and c'est la vie at the same time.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #05050a; font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkH9YBB6jRmc0eqEYgig2dvatwBD43LSMOgQA7XF-Nx8nu43Bf3TS40Jm81fMYM9wsHlx8pcYkwj2lwJDoJFepun3USXHE-2njsPPzea_yZans8DTL4hp9s__FRMnIanE_lhTwWgm14m0XoZEP4iOKXPuwkL96N3PF20ztoyh3k12E2EI73QvSlwPaDQ/s1000/EVMWD%20septic%20to%20sewer%20info.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1000" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkH9YBB6jRmc0eqEYgig2dvatwBD43LSMOgQA7XF-Nx8nu43Bf3TS40Jm81fMYM9wsHlx8pcYkwj2lwJDoJFepun3USXHE-2njsPPzea_yZans8DTL4hp9s__FRMnIanE_lhTwWgm14m0XoZEP4iOKXPuwkL96N3PF20ztoyh3k12E2EI73QvSlwPaDQ/w640-h372/EVMWD%20septic%20to%20sewer%20info.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you live in this area please reach out to EVMWD. Even if you choose not to get thousands of dollars worth of paid-for upgrades, makes sense to know what the offer is before rejecting it out of hand.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></b><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Item 3.1 <span style="background-color: transparent;">Compensation & Classification Study - Position Descriptions
Acceptance, Position Classification Placements, and Employee
Benefit Revisions</span></span></b></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>53:30 in the video below</b></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There hasn't been such a study in Wildomar until now. The point of such a study is to see where we are in relation to other nearby cities to learn if we are in step or out of step with compensation packages in the region.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though we are a small-budget city, we can't expect quality employees to work for outdated wages and benefits. If we offer a substandard compensation package, we'll end up with substandard work.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">With that said, my concern was where we went from 12 holidays to 15 per year. The increase in the raw numbers was to make closing city hall during the holidays possible. There is no actual increase in days off and it's cost neutral. </span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>"It's cost neutral, it doesn't cost us anything, it actually saves us money by removing the banked holidays and the floating holiday." </i></b></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">—Robert Howell, Administrative Services Director</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Originally I read it to be in conjunction with opening city hall back up to the public on Fridays, even if for only half a day... but that got nixed before the meeting started. <br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The discussion of opening city hall on Fridays has been going on for many years. One of the points was that the city is getting all of its work done in the current four-day format.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok, cool, in that case, let's see if we can get all the work done in three 12-hour days? <span style="color: #999999;">(Just being devil's advocate here)</span> </span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Some businesses, such as a city,<i> in my opinion,</i> need to be open every day of the work week. If there is a large enough staff to accommodate a 4/10 schedule, super! If not, then it doesn't seem reasonable to me.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This will be revisited at the end of the fiscal year. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvh8_FKSUJOOYShb4nnIS2fFDtyvZKYJMd50v8W9xzGlGioOdGLFifQzbcMYHUPwGoLlZkxBYLL6vmC9zkZ03oGwolZJGeo5mcslakmorzUCdEN9QjluCwdWswSsSH-d9TdZ4MwEmugTKOLRCnj0X_j5OxJkpWDw1hH0oz0n2bCTWfKn4YloSm7Xu_sw/s1000/Possible%20Employee%20Benefit%20Enhancements.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1000" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvh8_FKSUJOOYShb4nnIS2fFDtyvZKYJMd50v8W9xzGlGioOdGLFifQzbcMYHUPwGoLlZkxBYLL6vmC9zkZ03oGwolZJGeo5mcslakmorzUCdEN9QjluCwdWswSsSH-d9TdZ4MwEmugTKOLRCnj0X_j5OxJkpWDw1hH0oz0n2bCTWfKn4YloSm7Xu_sw/w640-h574/Possible%20Employee%20Benefit%20Enhancements.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To get the full information please watch this portion of the meeting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Future City Hall Discussion</b></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><b style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1:12:00 in the video below</b></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Brief background. Wildomar does NOT own the building that city hall is located in. The current costs are very high per year and the lease is up in just over two years. </span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's been the goal to stop being renters for a long time, but we are a small-budget city and money has been an object every step of the way.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is where the city council directed staff to enter into negotiations with Anne Sullivan Preschool to purchase twenty acres and convert them to a passive park. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9ZTzSRlthvKJ6Ce3CY9BzXXcr2zogJByFoD8MK8imaREBAk4hJlyU7rbtEsCfC_rdF9y-rD0wYF4XhhQhC6LT3vFHy-lXJ0XljqLR0bbUPK8DLLodBiAxCQVQBK5v6tBrFLI-aDYjjC-BDTpyyvdMBwyMW4Xj8QbTclm0Tc5yc-Jsk5PKByfIbgSLA/s835/Anne-Sullivan-property-for-passive-park-Wildomar-2022.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="835" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9ZTzSRlthvKJ6Ce3CY9BzXXcr2zogJByFoD8MK8imaREBAk4hJlyU7rbtEsCfC_rdF9y-rD0wYF4XhhQhC6LT3vFHy-lXJ0XljqLR0bbUPK8DLLodBiAxCQVQBK5v6tBrFLI-aDYjjC-BDTpyyvdMBwyMW4Xj8QbTclm0Tc5yc-Jsk5PKByfIbgSLA/w640-h552/Anne-Sullivan-property-for-passive-park-Wildomar-2022.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red is the land in question, and green is where Anne Sullivan Preschool is.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Anne Sullivan site quickly became untenable once the full costs were projected; my brain melted after hearing a number that rhymed with $40M.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The next option was a 10-acre property that is just south of the oak grove that is behind The Habit at Wildomar Square.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you want the details, check out the video. For me, the margins were razor-thin and the timelines didn't seem doable either for what works best for us. <br /><br />I appreciate the efforts of developer David Horenstein, but I wasn't comfortable with that option... especially after City Manager Dan York revealed that he'd spoken with the owner of the current building we're in and it looks as if a purchase is now a possibility. </span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After hearing that I made it clear that there should be no further discussion until that was fully fleshed out. Though there was more discussion, that was basically what staff was instructed to do.</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>I don't know the current asking price, but it would be far better than any of the other options, for a myriad of reasons.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A short list of why the current building is better than the other options includes:</span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We're already up and running which means no costs in moving or refurnishing a new building. We have done several remodels over the past seven years, and what a waste since we couldn't take it with us <span style="color: #999999;">(and wouldn't want to even if we could)</span>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We would still need to rent this building for many years and the costs would be going straight into the toilet, errr... I mean into the landlord's bank account and not building equity for the taxpayers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Once the current city hall is purchased, it could be used for other city needs in the future if a new city hall is considered necessary at that time.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Renting the current building will cost $488K per year in 23-24; $580K after 2024 and is estimated to cost $660K in 25-26.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The lion's share of the money for this, and the park, will come from ARPA funds, and not the general fund. </span></li></ul></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" id="ls_embed_1668193949" scrolling="no" src="https://livestream.com/accounts/26084177/events/8401482/videos/233719378/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfo=false&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=false&mute=false" width="640"> </iframe></b></span></span></p><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">• • •</span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-left: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLWbmzkT5mrq6fsYc06mm2-b7bJuyHpYN6Fq9sx0EfmwWCG9R1LxBKryATOgkwnuvuehGE3LdYYX_eKfrHCOeldIDd0PgnVfWHrieK_karWNA_8-WQP7EpfGuyNiMr-OTpUUWMKFKuPEf/h120/Miles-K-Davis.jpg" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="color: #05050a; font-size: x-large;">“You can tell a bully from a leader by how they treat people who disagree with them.”</b><br /><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium; line-height: 27px;">- Miles K. Davis, President of Linfield College</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> has been inured to blowhards disagreeing with emotion-driven rants, rather than reason and/or logic, for more years than the Beatles were making sweet music back in the day. </span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/11/city-council-meeting-november-2022.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma</a><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/11/city-council-meeting-november-2022.html" target="_blank">t</a>.</span></span></span></span></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-83734594027283565442022-11-09T11:22:00.008-08:002022-11-09T11:38:07.908-08:00• Miss Ellie Is Turning 100<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Miss Ellie has been a fixture at the Wildomar Library for nearly twenty years. As she tells it, she was going by the library and stopped in. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After getting done speaking with Jennie Jackson, <i>the librarian at the time,</i> Miss Ellie was hired and has been a mainstay there ever since.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU6lPpqsBH4wvwW6oo7ASyZngWOaYrICPnBqOlX5HoQSDIOKttJ0JUNhd5zysNXB0nk5Ud60XffWrmbgYQ0NrVFeCccdx9546dG0N0Nnz-cldCrnK0fderZyBltdYYrGBq-Rsjs0EjCR6S8j2g1QpnTcqu2VuvwIwbfHlCCtZMBgL0UjQMxgx5ZypBw/s720/Ellie%20in%202010%20with%20Jennie%20Jackson%20librarian.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU6lPpqsBH4wvwW6oo7ASyZngWOaYrICPnBqOlX5HoQSDIOKttJ0JUNhd5zysNXB0nk5Ud60XffWrmbgYQ0NrVFeCccdx9546dG0N0Nnz-cldCrnK0fderZyBltdYYrGBq-Rsjs0EjCR6S8j2g1QpnTcqu2VuvwIwbfHlCCtZMBgL0UjQMxgx5ZypBw/w640-h426/Ellie%20in%202010%20with%20Jennie%20Jackson%20librarian.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former librarian Jennie Jackson, Bridgette Moore, and Miss Ellie Clark in 2010.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">She was born in New Jersey and in 1940 she graduated high school there too. She married a man from Massachusetts who served in WWII, and they moved to California not long after the war.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her first stop in California was in Orange County. She came to Wildomar when her daughter moved here. Her grandson is a graduate of Elsinore High School. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Fun fact: Miss Ellie still drives and works a couple of hours per day at the library. </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The library is hosting a 100th birthday party for her, and that's slated for November 19th, from 11am to 1pm.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM45JP68uCRPiAcLQ09H7zYyfzMTsDaVqlu7ksGo19m8wNsEJnlUXUOHVuauesOabJrLdPf9CjhWPQSVsOt_oGFXs_uj6s97ClCBGNepAgi3IkUf_xIUA5RGYFRIIMPe0yceoVsu8j6Iwgtv1jYKbn1xLt7Y_fNHYo5yHYkt7X-2tk_2o519hOSdxXxA/s1080/Miss%20Ellie%20Birthday%20Invitation.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM45JP68uCRPiAcLQ09H7zYyfzMTsDaVqlu7ksGo19m8wNsEJnlUXUOHVuauesOabJrLdPf9CjhWPQSVsOt_oGFXs_uj6s97ClCBGNepAgi3IkUf_xIUA5RGYFRIIMPe0yceoVsu8j6Iwgtv1jYKbn1xLt7Y_fNHYo5yHYkt7X-2tk_2o519hOSdxXxA/w640-h640/Miss%20Ellie%20Birthday%20Invitation.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Come join us as we celebrate Ellie’s Centennial! Ellie has been a large part of not only our library, but the community, and we’d love those to be a part of yet another one of her milestones.</span></span></div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Happy Birthday, Miss Ellie! Thank you on behalf of all those that you've touched with your smile and friendship over the years. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCr7it40pjA" target="_blank">Below is an eight-minute video where Bridgette Moore chats with Miss Ellie or click this link if you can't see it below. </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dCr7it40pjA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-size: xx-large;">• • •</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span face=""><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn0KGRVIkPTOFJGNjtdHAmqufQ72VotXq9Bp5D4NhbD-hf7epLVJGhLYa2C-s487zSxfxBfpCx8uhZrzBk0z7yj4rgzTQnT2izSVoKtLItO2RIrE-g1Oy810Fbw7FVK8eGfcS4QmN0uqf/h120/Ingrid+Bergman.jpg" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #05050a;"><b>"Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!"</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;">– Ingrid Bergman</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> had </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: arial;">enjoyed the view long before the gray hairs took over.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/11/miss-ellie-is-turning-100.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma</a><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/11/miss-ellie-is-turning-100.html" target="_blank">t</a>.</span></span></span></span></p></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-53439680621769184922022-10-27T12:04:00.013-07:002022-10-27T17:20:48.178-07:00• City Council Meeting Special Meeting October 2022<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There were three items on the agenda and though there were no department reports, presentations, or recognitions the meeting still lasted longer than two hours. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It was an all-meat-and-potatoes type of meeting starting with the key item right out of the gate: <i>Entering into a new agreement with CR&R to serve the entire city of Wildomar instead of just the west side of the freeway.</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAp1HhdXb3pYjd6NQAxYSD0LmgISfUkKAeFaQOWb2id6UdpkYHwifI0ZIy_ZFEvuLA_O3vmI_SKaR1ijKis58-R9fVnCV9ekn-BsgUGYxqhmKBEBNppp6KCRed1WhA-Us0f33rR9p4ILK4kT0Qz6X3s6RLLiuCvbTH7WIRVA3TKHvicm9F-OHL9BLbw/s946/CR&R%20Presentation%20Slide%201.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="946" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAp1HhdXb3pYjd6NQAxYSD0LmgISfUkKAeFaQOWb2id6UdpkYHwifI0ZIy_ZFEvuLA_O3vmI_SKaR1ijKis58-R9fVnCV9ekn-BsgUGYxqhmKBEBNppp6KCRed1WhA-Us0f33rR9p4ILK4kT0Qz6X3s6RLLiuCvbTH7WIRVA3TKHvicm9F-OHL9BLbw/w640-h370/CR&R%20Presentation%20Slide%201.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the presentation.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">You may be asking, <b>"Why do this?"</b> Or, if you're an east sider, you might be thinking something along the lines of, <b>"But I love Waste Management and I don't want to switch!"</b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>This began outside of the city's reach. It was two private companies making a deal between themselves that would end up with one waste hauler in Wildomar instead of two.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From there, with the original terms of the contract(s) changed, there was the opening to redo the contract(s) and bring them up to city standards, eliminating another vestige from Wildomar's unincorporated county days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The 115-page contract was negotiated by William Schoen of R3 Consulting Group and Eric Vail who is a member of the law firm that represents Wildomar. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Much of what's included in the contract deals with compliance with many different state laws that have made trash collection much more expensive for everyone, starting with the individual ratepayers. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The options were either to approve the contract that had been negotiated, or not approve it which would have meant keeping the existing situation (two separate, and unequal, contracts). The agreement between the two waste haulers was contingent upon the approval of the item. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The first factor mentioned by Eric Vail was stability</b></span></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(82, 192, 203); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21.735px; margin: 30px 0px 30px 15px; padding-left: 15px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b><i>"These are big, complex agreements; they go on for a long time. They go on for a long time to achieve stability. Not only in rates, but in service and in the term. There is a lot of infrastructure that needs to be provided over the term to provide quality waste management services. It's a longer term than the agreement is currently, at least it looks like that. It's not really, because you have an evergreen term right now which lasts forever."</i></b></span><br /></span><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; line-height: 31.5px;"> </b><span face="" style="color: #073763; line-height: 31.5px;">—Eric Vail</span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For me, <i>and most people that I spoke with,</i> the twenty-year contract was the big sticking point. So I did a lot of research into this, capped off by speaking with Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto about his knowledge of the subject. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He has been in Sacramento for a couple of sessions now, seeing one bill after another that adds more and more unfunded mandates to the populace as Sacramento continues to tilt towards the windmills of the impossible: a pristine world.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He was also part of Murrieta's city council that came to a twenty-two-year agreement with their waste haulers a few years back. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I encourage you to listen to the first part of the video below if you'd like the details as they were shared with the council. Jumping to the end of the argument of a twenty-year contract, they are part of our brave new world in California and we are by no means trailblazers for others.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>To put a twenty-year contract into perspective, the previous ten-year evergreen contract had no end to it. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The city is now fourteen years old, to get out of the contract and put the services out to bid would have taken ten more years... meaning that the ten-year contract would have minimally been a twenty-four-year contract had we opted to pull that trigger and look for a new service provider. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Baseball analogy time </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A contract between a city and a waste hauler isn't like a contract between the California Angels of Anaheim signing an over-the-hill star (Albert Pujols) to ten-year contract.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Quality was the guiding light for the negotiators</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mr. Vail added, <i><b>"How do we insure quality in your solid waste handling services?" </b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are some checks and balances that were not part of the previous agreement.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>No immediate rate increase</b> <span style="color: #999999;">(those occur in July, and that will not change)</span>.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Rate stabilization</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Previously, the waste haulers would get a yearly CPI <span style="color: #666666;">(Consumer Price Index)</span> increase in July. There was no cap. In the new agreement, there is a range between 2% and 8%... that's even if the inflation rate was 15%-25%. To add to that protection of wild spikes, it takes three-year averages of the CPI so that there aren't wild swings.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My estimation is that it'll basically be the same rate one way or the other after a given ten-year period, just without a roller coaster effect if the economy gets moody.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKicOyclyuY6GYurrmWM9ExUx6P4vTn0WjaUOKJYc53klILL13Oz1ItauB3SMdBzDoCsiEnDQMDArvJpXGl_Ln8DOh06Xi1Mt4-SwsRZIaYkk_3KRroBnWEtjHi_0A8f1tTP0pKmcSWXCDRcQ4bao8PqpJG0L5TLxXwBFogrBaH1h-JY2ObOPHl67MOA/s1034/CR&R%20Presentation%20Slide%203.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="1034" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKicOyclyuY6GYurrmWM9ExUx6P4vTn0WjaUOKJYc53klILL13Oz1ItauB3SMdBzDoCsiEnDQMDArvJpXGl_Ln8DOh06Xi1Mt4-SwsRZIaYkk_3KRroBnWEtjHi_0A8f1tTP0pKmcSWXCDRcQ4bao8PqpJG0L5TLxXwBFogrBaH1h-JY2ObOPHl67MOA/w640-h372/CR&R%20Presentation%20Slide%203.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These are all terrific things that our negotiating team got included in the contract. Skip to the 15-minute mark of the video to hear about these provisions and how valuable they are to us. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to go over each and every point, the video can speak for itself, and much better than I'd be able to recap. I can say that those five items in the graphic above are immeasurable improvements from what we had. </span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>From 2 to 3 bulky item pick-ups a year</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Each scheduled pick-up can have up to four items, that's a total of twelve bulky items per year. The big bonus here is that if you choose, you can have all twelve bulky items picked up on one scheduled visit. I hope we don't keep seeing old furniture on the sidewalks. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EIte5E3aeL_jSvTNZlpbxPV3asxwnoYdxVvEx22aspjLV4afqh-PDq69qAGMZchV9uoIdpfMhMbNAKQcI9JdDNwiZuzglOwC2C5P8ma9a1bVwUoqSYlobX60DcEBl9CzJgK8i_ziKEoxDFOyUM5-zfctUUNvWaNSWBOg804KoDiSs-ah8f_egqgL1g/s1000/Chair-on-sidewalk.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1000" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EIte5E3aeL_jSvTNZlpbxPV3asxwnoYdxVvEx22aspjLV4afqh-PDq69qAGMZchV9uoIdpfMhMbNAKQcI9JdDNwiZuzglOwC2C5P8ma9a1bVwUoqSYlobX60DcEBl9CzJgK8i_ziKEoxDFOyUM5-zfctUUNvWaNSWBOg804KoDiSs-ah8f_egqgL1g/w640-h438/Chair-on-sidewalk.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This has been on the sidewalk near my house since before the rains a couple of weeks ago. Hey homeowner, your generous offer of a free chair hasn't captured anyone's fancy... time to call it in, please.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">If you live in Wildomar, you are a customer of CR&R, so just be a good neighbor and schedule a pick-up. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-0opuc7-oHPB46SoizeMDOWBo_85RnpIzHYXN-lr3Hak6MAqR00CDSgWq2Fodduu60YvYRzwp2MkdHlQGSElUx7lpCwzLbVsVGKcfwLHxqZcelLVZilU8-w_8Y4T5mGUSm0YcHI-u5bitCGCecJvZy0R8GXmVPytgnEqPlygdjgeAmbAxForAHN3Fw/s896/CR&R%20Presentation%20Slide%204.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="896" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-0opuc7-oHPB46SoizeMDOWBo_85RnpIzHYXN-lr3Hak6MAqR00CDSgWq2Fodduu60YvYRzwp2MkdHlQGSElUx7lpCwzLbVsVGKcfwLHxqZcelLVZilU8-w_8Y4T5mGUSm0YcHI-u5bitCGCecJvZy0R8GXmVPytgnEqPlygdjgeAmbAxForAHN3Fw/w640-h376/CR&R%20Presentation%20Slide%204.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These are big plusses.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">That was the end of Eric Vail's presentation. It was followed up by CR&R's Alex Braicovich. He fielded questions, including many that I'd gotten from residents.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><i><b>Most of the new customers will remain with the same day of service they've always had. There are about 1500 customers that were formerly with Waste Management that will be transitioned to a new day... Thursday is what was mentioned during the meeting.</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please take a look at the video to see how the meeting went, then go to Facebook and post comments if you still feel the urge.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="text-align: center;">The second major item on the agenda was street sweeping</span> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In short, those that are already getting street sweeping will continue to do so. The council instructed staff to research the cost to have street sweeping throughout the city.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Street sweeping goes a long way to keeping us in compliance with various clean runoff water requirements and helps keep the storm drains clean too.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though I want street sweeping, and have heard many complaints since my neighborhood doesn't have street sweeping, I know that nice things cost money, and I'm curious as to the cost. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm hoping that it won't be unaffordable for the residents, making it DOA in my view... I anticipate that staff will come back with that answer sometime next year and then the council will vote on it.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Imagine the Herculean task that a self-stylized <i>elected employee</i> would be up against trying to personally reach out to all the 2000 homes, <i>which includes about 4500 voters,</i> to ask them how to vote on it. An elected official would have to have the powers of Santa Claus to be able to pull off such a feat. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" id="ls_embed_1666895559" scrolling="no" src="https://livestream.com/accounts/26084177/events/8401482/videos/233508186/player?width=640&height=360&enableInfo=false&defaultDrawer=&autoPlay=false&mute=false" width="640"> </iframe></span></p><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">• • •</span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4KkxztmF9RMNMZnqApnTVaFmK1XFS4G3qlYyE7yZjBGNPEtCyuIhPBhUpA7pNTEqnlqmuPEVnhFc3cAg-vlUQGqBOEz9iohwQphK7qP_7MXmYTSV28Q5v97Og77H95KXXPMcuZ-6O9OT/w91-h140-p/Abraham+Lincoln.jpg" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="color: #05050a; font-size: x-large;">Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?</b><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;">– Abe Lincoln</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; line-height: 20.02px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> reminds you that cropping your enemies out of other people's photos is also a good solution and you can then skip the pretense of being friends. </span></span></span><u style="color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px;"><span face="" style="color: #274e13; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.02px;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /></span></span></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""><span face=""><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/10/city-council-meeting-special-meeting.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma</a><span face=""><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/10/city-council-meeting-special-meeting.html" target="_blank">t</a>.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-64611564112468274902022-10-14T16:21:00.021-07:002022-10-23T11:03:33.062-07:00• Wildomar Conversations: KC Lund Blades<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We strive to bring new and interesting stories to you. A couple of months back I was at an event in Temecula where various local chefs were competing against each other. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">While there I was chatting with the various vendors and met KC and Carla Lund of KC Lund Blades.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What a fascinating conversation I'd found myself part of, and learning that they were from The W <span style="color: #999999;">(Wildomar for the uninitiated </span></span><span style="color: #999999;">😅</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #999999;">) </span>I knew that bringing the story of a local bladesmith to the community would be a great idea. <span style="color: #999999;">(Maybe I should have gone with the bad pun and said a "sharp idea"? </span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">🤔... yeah, NO!</span>😁<span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Anyhoo... KC, <i>currently working as a Deputy of Riverside County Sheriff's Department,</i> first got interested in bladesmithing when he was basically still a kid, it started with the idea of making swords. His inspiration was from scenes he'd seen in "b-movies".</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CeId8ufwzHtKDkEO0WO2V9vmrRTcjNfjN32cWYCiTwKHp_8sKltPLZEKo4UY5Zm9fHPksjZDJZkM4_BX1GeF5afXz7IglP9HX0zWf9V6vo9keTh5mrOwR8uJKArMytFSpUr9cNczXO-LVjgc5OVmizAEm2plc7SUaUbaboc30B7dYLnOytZysdemCg/s1920/002%20KC%20Lund%20Blades%20chatting.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CeId8ufwzHtKDkEO0WO2V9vmrRTcjNfjN32cWYCiTwKHp_8sKltPLZEKo4UY5Zm9fHPksjZDJZkM4_BX1GeF5afXz7IglP9HX0zWf9V6vo9keTh5mrOwR8uJKArMytFSpUr9cNczXO-LVjgc5OVmizAEm2plc7SUaUbaboc30B7dYLnOytZysdemCg/w640-h360/002%20KC%20Lund%20Blades%20chatting.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carla Lund looks on as KC explains molten salts to Bridgette Moore.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From there he went to a custom knife show and met a knife maker named Jim Hrisoulas, author of a book called </span><u style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780873644303-us.jpg" target="_blank">The Complete Bladesmith</a></u><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There were no "master bladesmith" classes, so he's basically self-taught. Being that this was in the pre-internet days, that consisted of countless trips to libraries, joining knife clubs, and picking the brains of those that had decades under their belts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the video, KC speaks of different styles of blades and the basics of how he makes them. There are a couple of action shots where you'll see him take the bar of steel from the forge to the hammer, and then begin working on it.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJ7l7w0wUSThAgF1kTI2vIwCBdd6fAY_FbB58ocZcxDCmo6Edxt-sV7jbP3e-l9O5qyWT3Yao3gFauxM32Qp4r-nI1enNR1zEP6sPDOR_54N6C_nta1rjeGQpWkNl8lkHbnUlsi1tOg0B26SmJF4iBqLvd4ZXakruxGCpLj0Oi0UxUrj6NYTkZaUPpw/s1920/002%20KC%20Lund%20Blades%20under%20the%20hammer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJ7l7w0wUSThAgF1kTI2vIwCBdd6fAY_FbB58ocZcxDCmo6Edxt-sV7jbP3e-l9O5qyWT3Yao3gFauxM32Qp4r-nI1enNR1zEP6sPDOR_54N6C_nta1rjeGQpWkNl8lkHbnUlsi1tOg0B26SmJF4iBqLvd4ZXakruxGCpLj0Oi0UxUrj6NYTkZaUPpw/w640-h360/002%20KC%20Lund%20Blades%20under%20the%20hammer.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An impressive thing to watch as the hammer meets the heated bar of steel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Right as Covid was hitting the nation he was finishing up a 500 knife run that he called a <i>backup</i>. A blade that's intended to hide behind a trauma plate on a tactical vest. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>He also makes swords, bare blades, blades fitted out with hilts, and culinary knives. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He made 800 knives for his friend Adam Perry Lang's restaurant in Hollywood. Wiki gives a quick description: </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Adam Perry Lang is a classically French-trained chef turned bona fide BBQ expert.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Carla does the marketing, sales, shipping, and all the behind-the-scenes things to complement KC's bladesmithing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3mj9krBq9J5RpQQbI8Fr_Kw2t0F668MbAQXoocVK7a7LaKkwJuXSHIOMr4ovjPtlWpDyi52K-Ygzg_QPQP0WGpghsI5YHe0GSVDQSJaIHdThFtLWxd0woU2QsvT_SipjM3zGL9_jIJtJOpXRnDQ2cHJ3zCBodtWHYVG65lIqoeMG2QVWfHK8JKX4Kw/s2092/KC%20Lund%20Blades.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="2092" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3mj9krBq9J5RpQQbI8Fr_Kw2t0F668MbAQXoocVK7a7LaKkwJuXSHIOMr4ovjPtlWpDyi52K-Ygzg_QPQP0WGpghsI5YHe0GSVDQSJaIHdThFtLWxd0woU2QsvT_SipjM3zGL9_jIJtJOpXRnDQ2cHJ3zCBodtWHYVG65lIqoeMG2QVWfHK8JKX4Kw/w640-h354/KC%20Lund%20Blades.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">KCLundBlades.Com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">More than twenty years ago KC and Carla chose Wildomar as their home specifically so they could build their bladesmithing shop, which is a sight to see for anyone that appreciates a well-put-together workshop. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHA80Sm4wFT1NPQYlsVZ_TzOf0ASda6Oey6GQBshfOcKxbP2D52GVve_005Vke3miXR_Q0eAG0b2JNAXbbHNtswE77u8R1At5pTdlqeJqYFzDOrAalj7yfYTNudKeutiCmKZ5aiRgv4zDnZ1GapqrhPuz482xVM6pRY3DazwgJtvoPJMN7TPg_QkVnw/s1000/002-KC-Lund-Blades-furnace.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1000" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHA80Sm4wFT1NPQYlsVZ_TzOf0ASda6Oey6GQBshfOcKxbP2D52GVve_005Vke3miXR_Q0eAG0b2JNAXbbHNtswE77u8R1At5pTdlqeJqYFzDOrAalj7yfYTNudKeutiCmKZ5aiRgv4zDnZ1GapqrhPuz482xVM6pRY3DazwgJtvoPJMN7TPg_QkVnw/w640-h374/002-KC-Lund-Blades-furnace.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A look into the furnace.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please watch the 10 minute video below to hear all the details and get a peek at KC in action. </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LRKsuMjgaM0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Side note... for those of you that make video. Yes, my color correction skills are woefully underdeveloped. </span><span class="_3gl1 _5zz4" data-offset-key="26pv4-0-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf2/2/16/1f605.png"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 16px 16px; caret-color: var(--primary-text); color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><span class="_ncl" color="transparent" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; transform: translateY(-3px); z-index: -1;"><span data-offset-key="26pv4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">😅</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="_3gl1 _5zz4" data-offset-key="26pv4-2-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tee/2/16/1f601.png"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 16px 16px; caret-color: var(--primary-text); color: #050505; display: inline-block; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;"><span class="_ncl" color="transparent" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; transform: translateY(-3px); z-index: -1;"><span data-offset-key="26pv4-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">😁</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; font-size: 14.49px; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.735px;">• • •</span></div><div style="background-color: #55ebff; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: white; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.3px; line-height: 20.02px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7JubOp7UsehljJWSRRolgYGB_DgvKlE85qB9m_UllmMIjxts667GfhIJ6pTt1Z5-Sl-vHg5_vt_uyOGTZCg33AV2xhmAvWFloCFohin_qrSDv4_XvARlm_hOwbeDFL3YqoPEan3su2tk/w75-h101/james-russell-lowell.jpg" style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll transparent; border: medium none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 740px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="75" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11.44px;"><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><b>"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle."</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.735px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 27px;">– James Russell Lowell</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap/" style="color: #274e13; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"> </span><span style="color: #0000ee;">suggests the best way to avoid mishaps with your knife is to leave it in the kitchen drawer when shopping at Stater Brothers. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">This blog was produced for viewing on a desktop or a laptop. Though it's been optimized for smartphones, the formatting can look odd on a smartphone or if you get this delivered through email (such as missing video links).</span><span face=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/10/wildomar-conversations-kc-lund-blades.html" target="_blank">Link to proper forma<span face="">t.</span></a></span></span></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-40261804183226895782022-10-07T18:13:00.013-07:002022-10-08T06:47:15.196-07:00• Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto's List of 2022 New Laws<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A good source of information regarding pending legislation and/or new state laws is Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto... <i>who will be on your ballot for State Senate this year. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He sends out periodic email blasts with bills to keep an eye on or bills that have been signed into law. This edition deals with new laws that will be affecting all of us soon. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Assemblyman Seyarto's list is worth looking at in its entirety, but I'm just concentrating on some of what he shared. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Most of the new laws that I've listed are things that are going to make your life more difficult.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Below is copy and paste from the email, except the green boxes with my opinions.</i></span></p><div class="x_content-holder" id="x_bannerContent" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 2022 Legislative Session has officially concluded, and the Governor has taken final action on all bills sent to his desk.<br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />As your Representative, I want to be sure to keep you updated on some of the new laws that will be taking effect soon, especially since they may directly impact you and our communities. <br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><strong><u>General Overview:</u></strong><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />Total Bills Introduced in 2022 = 2055</span></span><ul style="font-size: 15px;"><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Assembly - 1383</span></span></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Senate – 672</span></span></li></ul><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br aria-hidden="true" />Total Number of Bills Sent to Governor in 2022 = 1,166</span></span><ul style="font-size: 15px;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Governor signed 997 new laws (85.5% of them) and vetoed 169</span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /> </span></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Assembly:</span></span><ul><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">80% signed authored by Democrats</span></span></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11% signed authored by Republicans</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9% signed were Committee bills</span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /> </span></li></ul></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Senate:</span></span><ul><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">82% signed authored by Democrats</span></span></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7% signed authored by Republicans</span></span></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11% signed were Committee bills</span></span></li></ul></li></ul><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><u><b>New Laws Of Interest:</b></u></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" /><i style="font-size: inherit;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>Reminder: </b>This is my pared-down list from Assemblyman Seyarto's original email. There is a link at the bottom that you can use to view the full contents of the email.</span></i><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><b style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">All laws take effect on January 1st, 2023</span></b><span color="inherit" style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, unless indicated in the language of the bill.</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span color="inherit" style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span color="inherit" style="font-style: inherit;"> </span><u style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit;">Education:</u></b></span></span></span><ul style="color: #201f1e;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707590&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB955&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 955</a>: </b>Requires a school to excuse the absence of a student engaging in a civic or political event. Allows middle and high school students to request to be excused from school to attend various civic or political events, which can include strikes and political rallies, without any guarantee the parents of that student are aware of the student's absence. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="color: black;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;">I'm not a fan of Sacramento's constant overreach, especially when it comes to our children. We're all different, with different priorities. When it came to my three kids and their education, the only thing I wanted the schools to do was to teach the basic courses. Know your place!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><u style="color: #201f1e; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Housing:</span></b></u><br /><ul><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="15" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707601&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220AB512&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AB 512</a>: </b></span><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Allows the transfer of state highways to cities and counties for conversion into affordable housing, green space, transit-oriented development, and bicycle, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure.</span></span> <span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /> </span></li><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="16" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707602&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB6&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 6</a>: </b>Establishes housing as an allowable use on any parcel zoned for office, retail, or parking.</span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /> </span> </li><li><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When you hear about some future crazy development in town, remember, Sacramento has been taking away local control bit by bit for decades... hitting high gear in recent years with no sign of a let up. <br /><br />If we keep voting the same people in, we're only going to feel Sacramento's choking embrace around our necks all the more keenly. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Labor and Small Business/Business:</u></span></span><span style="color: #201f1e;"> </span></span></b><ul><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="18" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707604&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220AB257&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AB 257</a>: </b>Unionizes California’s fast-food workers. Establishes a Fast Food Sector Council vested with broad authority to set labor and employment laws for the fast food industry, including franchises.</span></span></li><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><div style="color: black;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;">I eat very little fast food, but I know that it is very popular. These types of laws will only make your driv-thru food more expensive... which, is already too expensive for me.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><br /><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="20" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707606&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB972&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 972</a>: </b>Lessens the equipment requirements, fees and design standards for street vendors. It also removes criminal penalties for health code violations, replacing them with fines.<br aria-hidden="true" /><br /></span></span></li><li style="color: #201f1e;"><div style="color: black;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;">There was a reason why such penalties were created in the past. Do we want our brick-and-mortar places to survive or not? At the same time, they have incredibly strict codes for vendors at park events. We're talking about HEALTH CODES. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;">Ridiculous!</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="21" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707607&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB1046&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 1046</a>: </b>Prohibits a store from providing a "pre-checkout bag" to consumers as of January 1, 2025, if it is neither compostable nor a recyclable paper bag.<b> </b></span></span> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UUdAtrJLHkNjvcPAjvX9fhR6G-kCqPiNwc0ZZFDUwjrr5obhoMSA7C7dwgFbSAZ-fTiJ6GdMsPpajzV7Jo0A8sU6htzf4p13tIkH9zMyOSf5qqj1c3P7vSPWyd-OZw9xbbVZs9Xe5KBvOZHBQ3XFvbxxLFKu0M51TFfAtwPRkghPjTUxuNXGGQ_EAw/s1280/pre-checkout%20plastic%20bags.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UUdAtrJLHkNjvcPAjvX9fhR6G-kCqPiNwc0ZZFDUwjrr5obhoMSA7C7dwgFbSAZ-fTiJ6GdMsPpajzV7Jo0A8sU6htzf4p13tIkH9zMyOSf5qqj1c3P7vSPWyd-OZw9xbbVZs9Xe5KBvOZHBQ3XFvbxxLFKu0M51TFfAtwPRkghPjTUxuNXGGQ_EAw/w400-h225/pre-checkout%20plastic%20bags.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">If you aren't familiar with the term "pre-checkout plastic bag" here's what they are.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;">If they can be made compostable, then let's do it. I guess that it's good that I've gotten </span><span face="" style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">(somewhat)</span><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;"> into the habit of not using them as much as I did in the past. Plus, these days, they seem to already have put fruit and veggies into their own bags. Eventually we're going to have to decide if five seconds of convenience is worth creating all this extra plastic garbage that didn't even exist half a generation ago, or not. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmMruj-s5vw-u4R74d8TD_XHPus2eEeMntrJwAN4EFkFFLhyt6E7OAbJ2pme3oFzrYOlJmg-uvSsZY3ocMusUbUFLbM0T6A936TZwJmW7Em-GERR6AkcyI1vlcXKQhufz8a1EJ5GrTdU9Ecd5-2wm_dRtjbNz-RiOVb541KNSNTe40hgu1d2zvWcwfQ/s682/Apples%20in%20a%20plastic%20bag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="682" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmMruj-s5vw-u4R74d8TD_XHPus2eEeMntrJwAN4EFkFFLhyt6E7OAbJ2pme3oFzrYOlJmg-uvSsZY3ocMusUbUFLbM0T6A936TZwJmW7Em-GERR6AkcyI1vlcXKQhufz8a1EJ5GrTdU9Ecd5-2wm_dRtjbNz-RiOVb541KNSNTe40hgu1d2zvWcwfQ/s320/Apples%20in%20a%20plastic%20bag.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Local Government:</span></b></u></span></span><ul><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="23" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707609&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220AB2097&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AB 2097</a>: </b>Precludes local government from imposing or enforcing a minimum automobile parking requirement on residential, commercial, or other development parcel if the parcel is located within one-half mile walking distance of a major transit stop.</span></span> </span></li><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><div style="color: black;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: #05050a; font-size: large;">Remember SB35 and how it paved the way for <a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2021/08/city-council-special-meeting-august.html" target="_blank">Tres Lagos</a>? Maybe the state is changing and I can't see it, but in the world I see, people need personal transportation to live in this part of the country. If you've ever tried public transportation, as noble a cause as it is, you know that it simply doesn't cut it in the modern world that SoCal has become.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><br /><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="24" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707610&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB1100&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 1100</a>: </b>Allows a presiding member of the legislative body to remove an individual for disrupting a public meeting.</span></span></span> </li><li><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This may be necessary for some jurisdictions, but I can say that in all the city or county meetings I've been to I've NEVER seen a single instance where such a thing would have been remotely necessary. Speaking of a situation where the Mayor or Planning Commission chair would have needed to have a member of the public removed.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><b>Public Safety:</b></u></span></span><ul><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="25" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707611&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220AB1228&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AB 1228</a><b>: </b>Limits the ability to hold a person on probation in jail pending adjudication of a probation violation. Requires a "catch and release" policy for criminals on probation in nearly all circumstances.</span></span></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"> </b></li></ul><ul><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="27" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707613&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220AB2167&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AB 2167</a>: </b></span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Provides that "It is the intent of the Legislature that the disposition of any criminal case use the least restrictive means available” and requires the court presiding over a criminal matter to "consider alternatives to incarceration, including, without limitation, collaborative justice court programs, diversion, restorative justice, and probation." Declares incarceration should be used only when necessary to prevent physical injury to others or in the interest of justice.</span></span></span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /> </span></li><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="29" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707615&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB1223&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 1223</a>:</b></span><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Expands the eligibility criteria for criminal offenders to be granted mental health diversion (and thus, by definition, avoid a criminal conviction for their offense, including felony offenses).</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">None of these types state laws over the past decade plus, <i>that have dumbed down penalties for crime</i>, have improved anyone's lives. Yet, here we are, with more and more of the same approach that has made California a lot less desirable than it was not all that long ago. <br /><br /><i>When is this pendulum going to start swinging back toward the middle?</i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><br aria-hidden="true" /><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Transportation:</span></b></u></span></span><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br /><ul style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="31" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707617&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220AB1909&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">AB 1909</a>:</b></span><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Requires drivers to move over into an available adjacent lane before passing or overtaking a bicycle, and makes several other changes related to bicycles and electric bicycles. Requires motorists to yield an entire lane of vehicle travel to bicycles.<br /></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I've ridden a lot of miles on bicycles in my lifetime. I'm all for maximum safety when cars and bikes use the same roadways. But whenever I've been on a bicycle I've understood that a car will flatten me if I tangle with it. If you're the type that insists on cars treating your bicycle as an equal, just understand that is a dangerous form of Russian roulette </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(maybe it should be called Schwinn Roulette)</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">. A game I'm never going to enter into. One where Mulligans aren't included and the consequences are devastating.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><ul><li style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="32" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707618&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB339&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 339</a>: </b></span><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Creates a road usage charge pilot program to test the collection of a tax on each mile driven.</span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br /></span></li></ul><ul><li><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We knew this was coming. I'm less worried about the EV drivers paying for using the roads as the rest of us do <i>with every gallon of gas we purchase</i>, but how will this kind of thing get twisted into some horrible club that Sacramento then uses as a cudgel against drivers in the future? </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Water:</span></b></u></span></span><ul style="color: #201f1e; font-size: 15px;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="33" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707619&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB1157&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">SB 1157</a>: Mandates further water conservation requirements that water agencies must achieve for the indoor water use of California residents. Reduces the residential indoor water use standards from 52.5 gallons per person/day (gpcd) to 47gpcd for years between 2025-2030, and from 50gpcd to 42gpcd in 2030. This would likely be accomplished through increased water rates.</span></span> </span></li></ul><ul><li><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We live in a state that is basically a desert, and that goes for the entire region that is known as the Southwest. When the population was half the size as it is today, there was plenty of water, but with every additional person using water in California, it keeps deplenishing what we can use as families or individuals. I don't know what the ultimate answer will be, but it's safe to say that it's going to come with a big price tag.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" face="verdana, geneva, sans-serif" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you would like to check on the status of any other legislation, please click <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="36" data-safelink="true" href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/LinkTracking.php?id=707622&eaid=647328&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2F&tid=AD67C1219765247" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />I hope you found this informative and helpful. As always, it is my privilege to be your Representative in the California State Assembly.</span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><img alt="" data-imagetype="External" height="59" src="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/images/AD67/images/Seyarto%20Kelly%20Signature.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="200" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">===============</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To see Assemblyman Seyarto's full list of new 2022 laws, be sure to use the link below. In the link, you can sign up so that you can stay up to date with all of his email blasts. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/templates/AD67_New%20Laws%202022.htm" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Link</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJ0fLyeBiBGC35-4C9Ork9G-3Hgg_ThamyjGrIa5Ow1cGffUeUPiX4tIgDpConme-aGUppS9QIjNkq3KXDL_WUon5eE-rTaWcfNnEVzTRbtAh3cyLCVw8kupkeAFwNQQSBP9raKzUT9DSAvoiQE41y0bi9EPDsQVIt6DTd9yv9LAYNVih0rHXH-tA1g/s1080/2022-Kelly-Seyarto-Endorsement.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1080" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJ0fLyeBiBGC35-4C9Ork9G-3Hgg_ThamyjGrIa5Ow1cGffUeUPiX4tIgDpConme-aGUppS9QIjNkq3KXDL_WUon5eE-rTaWcfNnEVzTRbtAh3cyLCVw8kupkeAFwNQQSBP9raKzUT9DSAvoiQE41y0bi9EPDsQVIt6DTd9yv9LAYNVih0rHXH-tA1g/w640-h532/2022-Kelly-Seyarto-Endorsement.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm happy to share Assemblyman Seyarto's endorsement. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-2142684452842666512022-09-25T16:58:00.011-07:002022-09-29T07:10:27.926-07:00• Better Know a Candidate: Carlos Marquez, District 1<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I recently sat down with Carlos Marquez for a <b>"Better Know a Candidate"</b> blog. Something I've done since 2014. It's a little different now that I'm on the city council, but Wildomar Rap is still a good source of information. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4P-d6cdixEOxKmA-H_GwhIp6udL6kqxajHR3rsx5WAeMnSgipsLZcIAhfSqqKhpk4jiTXorxSCv5f_azWe-gHd6BkZxnV_rmlcfOMayWJndTV0cvnN0ihuMjKBESS3bFbGbJ26OExC8ts66dDAzdu_0BOFhta_a5T6ErmeXOaeW_T5cn6aXC42LT9_g/s708/Carlos%20Marquez%20headshot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="708" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4P-d6cdixEOxKmA-H_GwhIp6udL6kqxajHR3rsx5WAeMnSgipsLZcIAhfSqqKhpk4jiTXorxSCv5f_azWe-gHd6BkZxnV_rmlcfOMayWJndTV0cvnN0ihuMjKBESS3bFbGbJ26OExC8ts66dDAzdu_0BOFhta_a5T6ErmeXOaeW_T5cn6aXC42LT9_g/w640-h622/Carlos%20Marquez%20headshot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Carlos Marquez</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Both Carlos, and Chuck Jones <span style="color: #999999;">(also on the ballot for District 1)</span> will get the same questions, not get a chance to see the questions ahead of time, but have a chance to reword a comment later if they choose. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll use a red asterisk </span></span><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">*</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">where the question was edited later through email. My blog is about accurate information, I'm not interested in "gotcha" moments. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: red;">UPDATE: There is now a third candidate that has qualified as a write-in candidate, </span><span style="color: #990000;">Jasmine Bearden</span><span style="color: red;">.</span></b></span></span><b style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #05050a;"><span style="color: red;"> I've asked her the same questions and have already uploaded it. </span></b><b style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #05050a;"><span style="color: red;">You'll notice this blog was written when there were only two candidates. I'm not going to edit it at this point.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #05050a;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #05050a;"><span style="color: red;"><b>UPDATE 2: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;">This comment was left by Jasmine on the "Better Know a Candidate" blog at facebook. It's my practice to NOT remove old stories. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcz5UtcnV_RVerVwOaGUBDl_BmxdsdyILm4dPNZB9xk3ep0IC2XXfGcWjqmMFbEkBKKSZ76IQE73CQy6x6xDbIubGh_jrJspCrmSqnvWnfwN0Y2Xr7UgVDi0kZ0YVKUvxaUF9xZ7wGIq9BgofhUe52MsNhzwsQUc1RA-WDQOIHzNwJlhovYlisdOyWg/s1926/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="1926" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcz5UtcnV_RVerVwOaGUBDl_BmxdsdyILm4dPNZB9xk3ep0IC2XXfGcWjqmMFbEkBKKSZ76IQE73CQy6x6xDbIubGh_jrJspCrmSqnvWnfwN0Y2Xr7UgVDi0kZ0YVKUvxaUF9xZ7wGIq9BgofhUe52MsNhzwsQUc1RA-WDQOIHzNwJlhovYlisdOyWg/w640-h114/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was published on Facebook on September 28, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I have set questions. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Some are serious questions, and others are fun questions just to give you a glimpse into who the candidate is. This isn't <b>60 Minutes</b> and I'm not Mike Wallace, so there aren't any hard-hitting follow-up questions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I suggest that ALL voters contact the candidates and ask directly any questions you have. This is the time to put them to the test, they want your votes, see how well they turn around your phone calls or emails. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll be using photos approved by the candidates. As of the writing of this blog, I will not be publicly endorsing either candidate. Both are likable people, and I believe that I'll be able to work with whichever of the two gets elected... which only applies if I get re-elected. </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">😅😁</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> How long have you been in Wildomar and how did you choose it to be your home?</span></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> I've been in Wildomar for four years now. I chose it to be my home because I had the opportunity to become a homeowner. My wife and I were looking for a place to call home. Interestingly enough, the house that we purchased was the only house that we both agreed on. The moment we walked in the door we both said, "This is home."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAmEwtOr2i3O5Tf83_7pIDIavyJxnfqVjoe31nmhbpYWHGSNIw-RjZNytVlnOV6Co77u7YN6Y7ch30yKGdBEsf2DOfcJrey1nZe8lg6eWKLSmihVP0VBxa2JLSuPM29MfQptZAaL0yaBKvsZNS_DTm-bhHW1RGChYNSVL4pniqLHPNsgyHHyNI17A6A/s2048/Carlos%20Marquez%20Wildomar%20campaign%20image%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAmEwtOr2i3O5Tf83_7pIDIavyJxnfqVjoe31nmhbpYWHGSNIw-RjZNytVlnOV6Co77u7YN6Y7ch30yKGdBEsf2DOfcJrey1nZe8lg6eWKLSmihVP0VBxa2JLSuPM29MfQptZAaL0yaBKvsZNS_DTm-bhHW1RGChYNSVL4pniqLHPNsgyHHyNI17A6A/w640-h320/Carlos%20Marquez%20Wildomar%20campaign%20image%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What type of community involvement have you been part of?</span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Through my employer <span style="color: #999999;">(Think Together)</span>, I would categorize it as a public service. We partner with schools to change the odds for kids. I've been involved heavily, within the area, locally, the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, providing opportunities for STEM programs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also participated in Race For The Cure, volunteering [to help in their] Easter Egg Hunt back when I was a resident in Temecula. Most recently, I've been involved with the Wildomar Beautification Volunteers, because cleaning up our city is important to me. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfczuH_Kai92yCFOAMj5nVVlWgSp8Z-kNMz28Dwzc_VSInPByAVaGpCXkO2aadAlRyHGojjq1ONLAUbpdMcI07fHyOvVI6Om6f4UZ0g7JpXo84nllr2YbLvzni4Rcn8JW0sQDgp58ql7dh92H3Rf23fx3bGj6hQEjAd5M1J-6_v5YaLd630u_zRRHMQ/s1000/Carlos-Marquez-Wildomar-graffiti-abatement-2022.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfczuH_Kai92yCFOAMj5nVVlWgSp8Z-kNMz28Dwzc_VSInPByAVaGpCXkO2aadAlRyHGojjq1ONLAUbpdMcI07fHyOvVI6Om6f4UZ0g7JpXo84nllr2YbLvzni4Rcn8JW0sQDgp58ql7dh92H3Rf23fx3bGj6hQEjAd5M1J-6_v5YaLd630u_zRRHMQ/w640-h360/Carlos-Marquez-Wildomar-graffiti-abatement-2022.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Goodbye graffiti!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKtVnivDSvjrnlGZ1y5ldZI0_pR7JkuDITvF2aegO3wlyBTjms8C7M9tCYfuYSRA2wCkDiNtXjcu90h9LVY08uCL4snmKqSIZ1IgOz7P_-rUa_aCgUaFq27jMubeP25BoAHR-ootbzD1Po-vZQf8R2k5IEyb_eSE5H1DbSh-E6BZKdWmkMx7DeGtjqA/s978/Carlos%20Marquez%20with%20Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%202022.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="978" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKtVnivDSvjrnlGZ1y5ldZI0_pR7JkuDITvF2aegO3wlyBTjms8C7M9tCYfuYSRA2wCkDiNtXjcu90h9LVY08uCL4snmKqSIZ1IgOz7P_-rUa_aCgUaFq27jMubeP25BoAHR-ootbzD1Po-vZQf8R2k5IEyb_eSE5H1DbSh-E6BZKdWmkMx7DeGtjqA/w640-h457/Carlos%20Marquez%20with%20Wildomar%20Beautification%20Volunteers%202022.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Helping with Wildomar Beautification Volunteers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">L-R Dan Gonse, Cesar Marmolejo and Carlos Marquez.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What is your day job?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>In my day job, I design STEM programs for K-12 youth. At first, it began with a lot of coding and robotics and that kind of stuff, but lately, it's moved more into involving <i>invention education</i>. Because we see that as a pathway to really engage more girls in STEM. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Time on the job?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>I just had my nine-year anniversary on the job last month. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Being on city council can be very time-consuming. When elected will your schedule allow for you to be "all in"?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>Yes! Thankfully, since the pandemic, my role has become remote. My schedule is more flexible to allow me to be more involved in the community, and I've been doing that over the last two months. Attending council meetings, volunteering with the Wildomar Beautification program, and going to other city events. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> You're at a venue with multiple entertainment options. Do you head for the stand-up comedy, the dueling pianos or karaoke?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>I think it depends on if I'm alone or with my family. If I'm with my family I'd go to the standup comedy, it's a good time to laugh with my wife. If I was alone I'd be a little more interested in the dueling pianos. I think it's really impressive, it takes a lot of skill to play an instrument. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Wildomar has changed considerably since the freeway was built in the mid-80s. What will your approach be your approach to balancing the rural areas of Wildomar with the areas that aren't rural?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">*</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Protecting the rural character and the hometown feel of our community are important factors to keep top of mind as we work to improve our quality of life through responsible growth. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My approach will be as follows: </span></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Be considerate of which land and resources are important to the community to conserve for economic, cultural, or ecological reasons</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Preserve and maintain our distinctive local character while allowing for the responsible growth of great new places by supporting the tailoring of economic development strategies</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Support planning parks and open space into the design of new places</span></li></ul></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What are your top three concerns for Wildomar?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>I would say that my top three concerns for Wildomar are public safety, road improvement and responsible growth. However, specific to district one, my main concern would be beautification.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> When you get a break in the action, how do you unwind/hobbies?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>I like to go to the gym. I like to play basketball and make music. Those are more solo activities when I have time to myself, but I like spending time with my family. Family is important and really I take advantage of any opportunity that I get to spend with my immediate family and my extended family. I'm fortunate that they live locally. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO30_oAtu22qe1o8fdceivWzXW7UONLYgYX09cJnijQ6ANJIoFbDduE6Hn2vjREflJqpW_eui_pYq6ol0n5lOkQJATcc6ozUvH-KTTk_uHd8uFmOXQnoyr0WQ8XSkfuK71nILSrqfWwZ82LCQBufsgN0rDMyasy1KC5kwjW3nLeDVnDs1CI16TkBRcw/s3088/Carlos%20Marquez%20Wildomar%20Astronomy%20Night%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO30_oAtu22qe1o8fdceivWzXW7UONLYgYX09cJnijQ6ANJIoFbDduE6Hn2vjREflJqpW_eui_pYq6ol0n5lOkQJATcc6ozUvH-KTTk_uHd8uFmOXQnoyr0WQ8XSkfuK71nILSrqfWwZ82LCQBufsgN0rDMyasy1KC5kwjW3nLeDVnDs1CI16TkBRcw/w640-h480/Carlos%20Marquez%20Wildomar%20Astronomy%20Night%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Marquez family. Taken at the <i>Wildomar Astronomy Night</i> park event.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What's your understanding of the job of city council members and/or what your job would be after you're elected?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>Ultimately, I would see my job as being somebody that amplifies the voice and advocates for the concerns of the residents in District 1. But also being able to look at the larger picture, working together with the rest of the council to improve Wildomar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Currently each council member appoints a planning commissioner. What's your approach to future growth and how heavily would that factor in when choosing a commissioner?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>One of the factors that I'd consider would be <i>how much of a stakeholder this person is? </i>Do they have roots in Wildomar or are they planting roots in Wildomar? Are they looking to be here long-term? I would prefer to appoint someone who is going to be here for the long run. [...] I would also want someone who is involved in the community, I think that's another factor that would be important for me in appointing someone. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Softball question alert</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Are you more of a dog person or a cat person?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>Dogs. For sure, dogs. I have two dogs that I adopted from Animal Friends of the Valleys when I moved to Wildomar, I absolutely love them. My wife and I have taken Christmas pictures with them, dressing them up for Halloween; I grew up with dogs. I like cats too, I just prefer to have dogs. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7ffKUJ1ltBQzGi6ITDX9CCcwBoPsOjvRsAE9oa0vsF18TR5gWPzaCV3L-p2fag88Ztb2I2ABGRLzD8wCbZfYo0mKuXwuIXEwnnI-CFjbe8qfPTAiWITtPkxSl_HY9Sps_uWPY20paDR4eFwoap7sfLSFUWLVpCGab76ybbWPjGQHRu2l1uQoARE-uw/s1333/Carlos-Marquez-family-Dogs-2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7ffKUJ1ltBQzGi6ITDX9CCcwBoPsOjvRsAE9oa0vsF18TR5gWPzaCV3L-p2fag88Ztb2I2ABGRLzD8wCbZfYo0mKuXwuIXEwnnI-CFjbe8qfPTAiWITtPkxSl_HY9Sps_uWPY20paDR4eFwoap7sfLSFUWLVpCGab76ybbWPjGQHRu2l1uQoARE-uw/w480-h640/Carlos-Marquez-family-Dogs-2.png" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Those faces tell me someone is expecting a treat. ☺</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifd32-ypEBtV_XL_SgicYlOAPIQj6pLZDonnDm1CiEikTJgEG92a1OEaZYWKBw3mLAJmtCYR4RbPQ7aRnGXbq3VsxpZw5m0Puuhurv6FDR8rPNCCY6OGWDzUs1fHY4mUrUfDsyD6p9J23DLSaPfklLZjci7PNu8sjt7z-52TatmOfWz3BPKQbkVjTdyA/s1063/Carlos-Marquez-family-Dogs.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifd32-ypEBtV_XL_SgicYlOAPIQj6pLZDonnDm1CiEikTJgEG92a1OEaZYWKBw3mLAJmtCYR4RbPQ7aRnGXbq3VsxpZw5m0Puuhurv6FDR8rPNCCY6OGWDzUs1fHY4mUrUfDsyD6p9J23DLSaPfklLZjci7PNu8sjt7z-52TatmOfWz3BPKQbkVjTdyA/w602-h640/Carlos-Marquez-family-Dogs.png" width="602" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Marquez family pups and Animal Friends of the Valleys alumni - Bagheera (brindle Dutch Shepherd Pitbull mix) and Baloo (Blue Nose Pitbull).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What got you interested in running for city council?</span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> Interestingly, </span>I learned of the opportunity through Wildomar Rap. Learning that Mayor Ben Benoit was going to be running for a county position, learning that there was an open seat, and also the fact that I just became a parent a few months ago really inspired me to step up and better serve the community. I'm establishing our roots here in the community, I plan to be here long-term and I want to fill that need. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ultimately, I'm establishing roots here. I want to make sure that I'm raising my daughter in a good community; she's the inspiration for my "why?"</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJReF_UBqBTcl8NPG-V4ZAkad2DXWJO8FG_9sdoENMBQFqsabWM081bMcQwIeY7AOQokDErhbvjVZpXddcqX2LucN-e59dI7cp5Zqe7JLr3QVMY48qZl5Lw2xCohNqYjlYEHcJTUppNqyEIloCPSpYztUwqro9SGYli7my1j9FOUsWKUHqJYwPHFApsg/s4032/Carlos%20Marquez%20Family%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJReF_UBqBTcl8NPG-V4ZAkad2DXWJO8FG_9sdoENMBQFqsabWM081bMcQwIeY7AOQokDErhbvjVZpXddcqX2LucN-e59dI7cp5Zqe7JLr3QVMY48qZl5Lw2xCohNqYjlYEHcJTUppNqyEIloCPSpYztUwqro9SGYli7my1j9FOUsWKUHqJYwPHFApsg/w480-h640/Carlos%20Marquez%20Family%202022.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Marquez Family.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What is your car radio usually set to?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span><b style="color: red;"> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If I’m driving alone, my radio is usually tuned to a podcast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Social media can be a great tool. It can be a great way to communicate with residents, but it can also lead to headaches for those that partake too much. Do you have a plan on how to use it after you're elected?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> I believe that </span>social media is a good way to engage with the community. It's a good way to get information out quickly. I plan to utilize as one of my methods of communication. I recognize that not everybody uses social media so that may not be the only way that I choose to communicate with the residents of Wildomar. I need to delve a little deeper into what the [would be] the best method of communication [...] how to better engage with residents. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What strengths do you have that you think will help you as a city leader?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>One of my strengths <i>that I think will work well as a councilman</i> is my responsiveness. I like to provide excellent customer service. My ability to collaborate with others is also very important. My personal desire to ensure that I'm well informed so that I can make informed decisions. That might mean at times I take a little longer but it's because I want to ensure that I'm taking several factors into consideration before making a decision. It's not to say that I'm indecisive, it's that I want to make sure that the decision I make is the best for others. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Softball question alert</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What is your favorite meal?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>Sushi. I love sushi. I could have sushi every day. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> How available to District 1 residents do you plan on being?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>I plan to be very accessible to residents. I will have an open-door policy so I want to make sure that I'm building relationships with the community so that they feel comfortable to come to me with their concerns; that they know that I'm going to take them seriously. I'll be available through various methods of communication. Whether it's on Facebook, on the phone, through email, and more importantly seeing my face out in the community at community events. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> If you had the attention of the Wildomar voters, what would you tell them are some key factors that a voter should be looking for in a city council member?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>One of the things would be is who they elect is someone who they trust to take their concerns seriously. I'm someone who strongly believes that actions speak louder than words, and for me, I want to see somebody who's working towards implementing change or working towards advocating for their (the residents') concerns and needs. I don't want somebody who's going to just provide lip service. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhN0-r3Uww_snmcLgDvWhayu1nlgR9MPLx23DVRv0oTJOhptGaPZuinU9Q42VfD6dOhj9a9gHCikZzgZZkxmoA2Ktp5VoDhKR6vC6Aj3P9oc78zjZxqtnCqToi_zdI7N61y8wa_JCFj8Xpjsk6Dd6I8_pEezS3c5Xzr2uh5a8HJqmNrex2nJ9jBDAKw/s1396/Carlos%20Marquez%20Wildomar%20campaign%20banner%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1396" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhN0-r3Uww_snmcLgDvWhayu1nlgR9MPLx23DVRv0oTJOhptGaPZuinU9Q42VfD6dOhj9a9gHCikZzgZZkxmoA2Ktp5VoDhKR6vC6Aj3P9oc78zjZxqtnCqToi_zdI7N61y8wa_JCFj8Xpjsk6Dd6I8_pEezS3c5Xzr2uh5a8HJqmNrex2nJ9jBDAKw/w640-h246/Carlos%20Marquez%20Wildomar%20campaign%20banner%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of Carlos' campaign graphics. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Last of the easy-peasy lemon-squeezy questions</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Any go-to phone games that you indulge in <span style="color: #999999;">(mine is Words With Friends, my mom's is Candy Crush)</span>?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>My go-to is called Jet Fighter. It's reminiscent of the classic arcade game called Galaga. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Any closing thoughts that you'd like to share with the voters?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span>I would like voters to know that I'm a fellow neighbor, a stakeholder within our community. My objective is to amplify their voice and advocate for their needs. I'm somebody who is establishing their roots in the city and I'm proud to live in Wildomar. I hope to serve the residents of Wildomar as their councilman. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOH6Hv6h5fNqiH4zID7WPP8UmKj_fZS-FrHSouRVOieFy-6I8iuh25mrJ1xSgTy6nXlSw8ZHcvy0q-569MgK0A2s6LewhTkLke-5i-GyfIx0FDF2GsADOkDwbVJtm51GaAXp-ISlbrebLFwuF9AMVuOb5oDPmZy11DcBWxaaeWbbF98MR-N00hdKwaLg/s1000/Carlos-Marquez-Wildomar-campaign-banner-fence-2022.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1000" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOH6Hv6h5fNqiH4zID7WPP8UmKj_fZS-FrHSouRVOieFy-6I8iuh25mrJ1xSgTy6nXlSw8ZHcvy0q-569MgK0A2s6LewhTkLke-5i-GyfIx0FDF2GsADOkDwbVJtm51GaAXp-ISlbrebLFwuF9AMVuOb5oDPmZy11DcBWxaaeWbbF98MR-N00hdKwaLg/w640-h468/Carlos-Marquez-Wildomar-campaign-banner-fence-2022.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What's your contact info, the best way for the voters to reach out to you?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;"> CM </span></b><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Voters can reach out to me through email at </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Carlos.Marquez4Wildomar@gmail.com </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">or they can reach me through Facebook </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MarquezWildomarCouncil">Carlos's official Facebook page</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">and they can feel free to call or text me at (</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>951) 551-8688.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/09/better-know-candidate-chuck-jones.html" target="_blank">link to Chuck Jones blog</a></span></p><p><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/09/better-know-candidate-jasmine-bearden.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Link to Jasmine Bearden blog</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-21627380755936859912022-09-25T09:08:00.006-07:002022-10-01T06:09:06.432-07:00• Better Know a Candidate: Jasmine Bearden, District 1 Write-In Candidate<p><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>UPDATE: </b>This comment was left by Jasmine on the "Better Know a Candidate" blog at facebook. If she issues an official statement, I'll add it here.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCuHLiMS63EU9OIP2B0QcIM4oKIz7c_FJxJ8RmiLpvC92b9LAibI1bfNEyfW83wyD6e3FWZobKfj9j6QfD1WOZAK-yZunyPcRgdhcboxUUw3KHAxtjkCSUraRXAj-Xm_HsbKKwv5nTQM8Yzw6n4RP9UIEYcQ3b2Oyif6tjR0LkQbFNpO7KTnvSGH_tQ/s1926/Jasmine%20Bearden%20comment%20no%20longer%20a%20candidate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="1926" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCuHLiMS63EU9OIP2B0QcIM4oKIz7c_FJxJ8RmiLpvC92b9LAibI1bfNEyfW83wyD6e3FWZobKfj9j6QfD1WOZAK-yZunyPcRgdhcboxUUw3KHAxtjkCSUraRXAj-Xm_HsbKKwv5nTQM8Yzw6n4RP9UIEYcQ3b2Oyif6tjR0LkQbFNpO7KTnvSGH_tQ/w640-h114/Jasmine%20Bearden%20comment%20no%20longer%20a%20candidate.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcrXAsCmr85eCBhryEqY88jboVYWYVjzDv463aMqgWS_eUjC78qDu5wdJtO4_SRcvDCpBgYw75KC744aGQfry7Yv2za6nGoTxxSbs37e39yteqzFI9z7XDXVgXUI-wNY95_ljI-mt58XyYjOprUwY0JWFkOHjs-w_ddENBu95Z1yUe7Ubu-pkq_6x3A/s729/Jasmine%20Bearden%20endorses%20Carlos%20Marquez.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="729" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcrXAsCmr85eCBhryEqY88jboVYWYVjzDv463aMqgWS_eUjC78qDu5wdJtO4_SRcvDCpBgYw75KC744aGQfry7Yv2za6nGoTxxSbs37e39yteqzFI9z7XDXVgXUI-wNY95_ljI-mt58XyYjOprUwY0JWFkOHjs-w_ddENBu95Z1yUe7Ubu-pkq_6x3A/w640-h636/Jasmine%20Bearden%20endorses%20Carlos%20Marquez.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Posted September 28th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just when we thought the District 1 city council race was a two-person race, a third candidate qualified as a write-in Candidate. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Write-in candidates still have to qualify just like the other candidates <span style="color: #999999;">(twenty valid signatures from registered voters of said district)</span>. Then, the votes can be counted but the name WILL NOT appear on the ballot. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">I recently sat down with Jasmine Bearden for a </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Better Know a Candidate"</b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> blog. We had a good conversation, she's very likable, but due to time crunches, she emailed the answers to the questions. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">That saved me several hours of transcription, which I really don't have at the moment, but allowed her time to contemplate, whereas the other two candidates didn't have that luxury.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I have set questions. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Some are serious questions, and others are fun questions just to give you a glimpse into who the candidate is. This isn't </span><b style="font-family: arial;">60 Minutes</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> and I'm not Mike Wallace</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">, so there aren't any hard-hitting follow-up questions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I suggest that ALL voters contact the candidates and ask directly any questions you have. This is the time to put them to the test, they want your votes, see how well they turn around your phone calls or emails. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll be using photos approved by the candidates. As of the writing of this blog, I will not be publicly endorsing any of the candidates. All are likable people, and I believe that I'll be able to work with whichever of the three gets elected... and that only applies if I get re-elected. </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">😅😁</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I did add an additional question for Jasmine since she's a write-in candidate. Let's start with that one. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> </b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b>The regular nomination period was about 30 days between mid-July and mid-August. In fact, since the incumbent wasn't running, District 1 was allowed another three workdays for candidates to get their paperwork in. Is there an explanation as to why you didn't avail yourself of that time to qualify and then be on the ballot?</b></span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I chose to run as a write-in candidate after seeing the nominees. There were two primary concerns. The first concern was a lack of experience in contending with civic issues head-on. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The other concerns were [the] values being propagated that are in direct opposition to the majority of voters in Wildomar. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Too often these candidates run with no one to challenge them and this begins the unraveling of communities at their core.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After much consideration and knowing the long road ahead of me, I felt that it was important to defend the values that have made Wildomar so unique. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My aim is not to be divisive or discourage diversity but rather to represent all members of our community with deference and integrity. </span></p><p><span style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: #2b00fe; color: white; font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxX06rLAiaTdcVJqOEV_c6ubu61JC1LSrevwsx7d8QtnPQaKbkaezz9BWTfGwiprEBexBCDjvol5OosUgKvgl7GqsldU4QREhAhaXQ3IqNJi4RSKpt78_DDbYE6eM8EgHlRAWPZq2HlWr2_13E40aFi47UhMgcU4oIA1u-shDVqbnXuU4ITc7t4HjhZA/s1382/Jasmine%20Bearden.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxX06rLAiaTdcVJqOEV_c6ubu61JC1LSrevwsx7d8QtnPQaKbkaezz9BWTfGwiprEBexBCDjvol5OosUgKvgl7GqsldU4QREhAhaXQ3IqNJi4RSKpt78_DDbYE6eM8EgHlRAWPZq2HlWr2_13E40aFi47UhMgcU4oIA1u-shDVqbnXuU4ITc7t4HjhZA/w632-h640/Jasmine%20Bearden.JPG" width="632" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Write-in candidate Jasmine Bearden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /><b style="background-color: #2b00fe; color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span></b><b style="font-family: arial; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How long have you been in Wildomar and how did you choose it to be your home?</span></b></div><div><p></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve lived in the vicinity of Wildomar for about 11 years, in the city of Wildomar itself (where I currently reside) for about 6 of those years. One of the major reasons for moving to this area was to live closer to my mother and help take care of her when she was grappling with health issues. When my mother passed away, we had already become integrated into the community and had no desire to return back to Orange County where I came from.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What type of community involvement have you been part of?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Well, I’ve always been involved in my community in some form or another. Whether it be on a one-to-one basis, helping neighbors to find resources, or grassroots activism, which I have been involved with since I was in high school. Out here in the Inland Empire, two friends and I formed a small patriot group called the California Liberty Dogs. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We initially met as a small part of a larger group of concerned citizens who “stopped the busses” in Murrieta. Later on, we hosted different patriot rallies including “Back the Badge” rallies in support of our law enforcement and other patriot rallies during elections. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4I62BjlGpmmvBhZ3QhJXzBKGOfHEj_8xKogqlpNnqzgnnT8FQFqUK98K7sQd4YBewH0oUj0mPrx1SzW7u3OP8KLXm_8gJmbykpCfJID0UfJHnJgy5RFqBDeEzMo5IhPQWoFHuT_SEMvOhQ7UB10tNfsk9nQSoazWKhVUCzplHrVEovXR44ncVcdP2Q/s1143/Jasmine%20Bearden%20Back%20the%20Badge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1143" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4I62BjlGpmmvBhZ3QhJXzBKGOfHEj_8xKogqlpNnqzgnnT8FQFqUK98K7sQd4YBewH0oUj0mPrx1SzW7u3OP8KLXm_8gJmbykpCfJID0UfJHnJgy5RFqBDeEzMo5IhPQWoFHuT_SEMvOhQ7UB10tNfsk9nQSoazWKhVUCzplHrVEovXR44ncVcdP2Q/w640-h350/Jasmine%20Bearden%20Back%20the%20Badge.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div dir="auto"><div><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgE9oV6N0iIlSrtHClnI5TusjaSaNGuxHJcAON_-pLVlXE35uHTuaEnwNedJblQ_0r7SdaqCPbtCLjSDff55MhAqq9DGHLM2AZn19GoyXta5usrcSyektsRqanKkopmgmfN-VHdngUM5iKS-w5WRNhiGAR55uTQNQApS7B2O4U4Dx_7FPkefDiEvwjA/s727/Passing%20out%20cookies%20to%20our%20Law%20Enforcement%20with%20the%20California%20Liberty%20Dogs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="719" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgE9oV6N0iIlSrtHClnI5TusjaSaNGuxHJcAON_-pLVlXE35uHTuaEnwNedJblQ_0r7SdaqCPbtCLjSDff55MhAqq9DGHLM2AZn19GoyXta5usrcSyektsRqanKkopmgmfN-VHdngUM5iKS-w5WRNhiGAR55uTQNQApS7B2O4U4Dx_7FPkefDiEvwjA/w632-h640/Passing%20out%20cookies%20to%20our%20Law%20Enforcement%20with%20the%20California%20Liberty%20Dogs.jpg" width="632" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Passing out cookies to our Law Enforcement with the California Liberty Dogs.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What is your day job? </b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> My professional background is in healthcare, I started out as a CNA in the MedSurg unit of a major hospital in Orange County. Eventually, I moved into the OR where I worked as an Operating Coordinator, then as the Perioperative Services Coordinator for a major Orthopedic Institute. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I left all of that behind to focus on caring for my own family members including my mother and my brother. Later my daughter was diagnosed with Graves disease, so we added homeschooling to the repertoire. Currently, I volunteer with the American Cancer Society at the Discovery Shop in Temecula. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Time on the job?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I have worked in healthcare in various capacities for about 15 years.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before that, I worked in retail, in sales for Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale’s and then security for Bullocks Wilshire then later I. Magnin. And of course, I was a waitress! I worked for Coco’s for another number of years. It was a great way to get to know the locals in the community.</span></span><img class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" data-image-whitelisted="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/3?ui=2&ik=a4f8d4ab71&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1744872587796448693&th=1837085fb5ec85b5&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9_606_49-Z6LtXhh0H-8k_28zloy8mhXB9JVhJutnUSL85zO4Uusj5tmvJOfAENrp-WsB6Dk3YzpikikD37tfwbjfJWpuTCcLh-t__b3DFvg4-J8cQ005GMDY&disp=emb&realattid=1837080d31ee4e019f74" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; width: 844px;" tabindex="0" /></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Being on city council can be very time-consuming. When elected will your schedule allow for you to be "all in"?</b></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Absolutely! Is there any other way to be?</span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> You're at a venue with multiple entertainment options. Do you head for the stand-up comedy, the dueling pianos or karaoke?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Dueling pianos are fun but I do appreciate good comedy. I have a pretty colorful sense of humor and a strong sense of irony. So I think for the most part comedy would be the first choice. Especially since singing isn’t my strong suit!</span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Wildomar has changed considerably since the freeway was built in the mid-80s. What will your approach be to balancing the rural areas of Wildomar with the areas that aren't rural?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> As I had mentioned in our chat, when I first moved here I was told Wildomar was a bit of the last of the Wild West. I loved that! But I think it’s all about balance, I think we should work to preserve the rural nature of Wildomar, while simultaneously wanting it to be a safe and clean environment with quality amenities that complement our lifestyle. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A place we <b>want</b> to call our home. I love that I live someplace where I can keep my chickens, where people have space for horses and activities that you can’t do in a typical city. But still, we also have some wonderfully creative and unexpected offerings. Continue to do that. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Personally, I wouldn’t mind a shooting range or an archery range, things that are a little outside the box to preserve the uniqueness that makes us different than the surrounding cities. I’m also a big supporter of small businesses, craft fairs, and farmers' markets. I think these up close and personal experiences do enrich our community. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What are your top three concerns for Wildomar?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Overall, quality of life, and public safety would be the top two. Growth and how to navigate through that reasonably would be the next.</span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> When you get a break in the action, how do you unwind/hobbies?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span> </span>I love theology, my faith is an integral part of my life. Gardening, raising my chickens, and listening to my daughter's unique take on life are other favorite things to do. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What's your understanding of the job of city council members and/or what your job would be after you're elected?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> City council members often serve on a myriad of committees. The hope is that they are here because they want to be good stewards of the community, advocates for those who may be underserved, and facilitators of services that are meaningful to everybody, even to those who don’t necessarily need or use them. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nobody wants their hard-earned tax dollars to be wasted on frivolous or unnecessary things. The most important part of the city council is the people they serve. And good city council should be the backbone of their community. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Currently each council member appoints a planning commissioner. What's your approach to future growth and how heavily would that factor in when choosing a commissioner?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> While I personally gravitate toward slow growth. I think <i>reasonable and responsible growth</i> is key. I think this almost goes without saying, it’s important to find somebody who understands the character of the city and the needs of its constituents. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As I had shared with you somebody once shared with me that they would like to see this area grow by way of Los Angeles. That’s a big unequivocal NO! That’s a perfect example of not understanding your surroundings or the people who dwell within it. Let’s avoid that! </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Softball question alert</span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Are you more of a dog person or a cat person?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I am a chicken person! The truth be told, I love all animals. I can’t think of one that I don’t like. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAIHdLgFmE2OTYQAikWx4Etb2t1uLIfz9lyxL6jGBARXg-2Bu0nTTE6GcMpeYCqcvF-lA6Gl9905No5zw11oZe4MHDBacdUVRFQIHVZHM9i9PxWv5_kV9sKzrFH1R-CvbfNYyuxHnhXV4W5tkDQcAFAWBeDlqjFUhkPpJ39mrRTIVhTyw5Q7WOKiRnQ/s1981/Jasmine%20Bearden%20Chickpea%20and%20Dahlia%20enjoying%20the%20fruits%20of%20my%20labor.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1981" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAIHdLgFmE2OTYQAikWx4Etb2t1uLIfz9lyxL6jGBARXg-2Bu0nTTE6GcMpeYCqcvF-lA6Gl9905No5zw11oZe4MHDBacdUVRFQIHVZHM9i9PxWv5_kV9sKzrFH1R-CvbfNYyuxHnhXV4W5tkDQcAFAWBeDlqjFUhkPpJ39mrRTIVhTyw5Q7WOKiRnQ/w378-h640/Jasmine%20Bearden%20Chickpea%20and%20Dahlia%20enjoying%20the%20fruits%20of%20my%20labor.jpg" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickpea and Dahlia enjoying the fruits of my labor.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What got you interested in running for city council?</b></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> My major concern was preserving the values that make Wildomar such a special place and whether or not the two conventional candidates shared these same values. But also, how much time have they previously invested in their community; f</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">ormally or informally. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I think that it’s important to remember we represent ALL of the citizens who live here not just one’s own personal interests. We want optimal quality of life for everyone. A safe, clean community collectively while remembering each member within is unique. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What is your car radio usually set to?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes I might catch up on phone calls, sometimes I might go over the <i>rose and thorn</i> moments of the day, what worked and what can I do better. I pray a lot. Sometimes for the bad drivers! I do like music, my musical taste run the gamut, from Yumira, the Japanese pianist, to Stevie Ray Vaughan. I’ve been known to rock out from time to time. So, very diverse. </span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Social media can be a great tool. It can be a great way to communicate with residents, but it can also lead to headaches for those that partake too much. Do you have a plan on how to use it after you're elected?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I’ll continue to use social media regardless of the outcome of this election. As of now, it’s a tool for people to find some commonality with me as a candidate. Should I be elected, I would most definitely refine my page to what I would hope would be the most beneficial to the community with regard to updates, news, and alerts. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Highlighting local businesses, and putting the spotlight on local services. Whatever would be the most beneficial for the people reading it. I would definitely encourage productive conversation and engagement. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What strengths do you have that you think will help you as a city leader?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Being levelheaded, objective, and willing to listen. Being proactive rather than reactive. I genuinely like the people I’m surrounded by and I genuinely care about what matters to them. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I’m fairly good at navigating through complex situations. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Another strength that I have is recognizing the limitations of my abilities and listening to others who have more experience and insight. There’s always a learning curve with a new job, so I think that’s an important characteristic to have. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Softball question alert</span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What is your favorite meal?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> S</span><span style="font-family: arial;">teamed artichokes! I love smoked salmon and I’m veggie eater! </span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> How available to District 1 residents do you plan on being?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> As much as they need me. People are welcome to reach out to me at any time. If I don’t have the answers they’re looking for, I’ll certainly do my best to find them. I think following up and following through are vitally important. Not everyone is going to like my answers, but that’s part of the job. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> If you had the attention of the Wildomar voters, what would you tell them are some key factors that a voter should be looking for in a city council member?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I think our representatives ought to have the awareness that the intention of a policy is sometimes different than the <i>effect</i> that it may have. We want our representatives to think things through clearly, be critical thinkers, think, and as importantly, see things through a <b>constitutional</b> lens. </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Last of the easy-peasy lemon-squeezy questions</span></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Any go-to phone games that you indulge in <span style="color: #999999;">(mine is Words With Friends, my mom's is Candy Crush)</span>?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I am a world-class solitaire champion! </span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> Any closing thoughts that you'd like to share with the voters?</b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I think the point that I would like to stress is that I am genuinely trying to run a principled, authentic, transparent campaign. While there is an inevitable learning curve, what is not lacking is sincerity and willingness to learn. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I learned from my brother John, to persist tenaciously even through difficult times. My brother was diagnosed with nephritis at a young age and endured three kidney transplants. He completed his master's degree 10 months before his death, it was his lifelong dream. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My father was a United States Marine for 23 years. After he retired from the Marine Corps, he was a lieutenant at the Costa Mesa P.D. After my father passed on, my mother was a single mom with 7 children, four were still at home. These things all left a definite impact on me. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It’s given me a unique perception and insight. Being true to my values, maintaining my integrity, but also being willing to consider different perspectives are all valuable assets to me. At the end of it all is <i>what best serves our community</i>.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2UoJGCucbk5ZSGcLeD9WlgznReAWFt1ANxAbd_Y8LQ7I8Kesqa8T2wkYrpkJHcKVuhn8IT6AwRKlVTjd8SD7FSqL4tS-0XxKUNz3hWWMWLQKjkLXFNY5Bp0nddRNngY7BOQSrzqlULGINAbEAx2c5mPo8WCqxufI_pJ5RmHWSbsytF8N7JTLH-IspA/s1000/Jasmine-Bearden-Parents.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="727" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2UoJGCucbk5ZSGcLeD9WlgznReAWFt1ANxAbd_Y8LQ7I8Kesqa8T2wkYrpkJHcKVuhn8IT6AwRKlVTjd8SD7FSqL4tS-0XxKUNz3hWWMWLQKjkLXFNY5Bp0nddRNngY7BOQSrzqlULGINAbEAx2c5mPo8WCqxufI_pJ5RmHWSbsytF8N7JTLH-IspA/w466-h640/Jasmine-Bearden-Parents.png" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her mother and father on their wedding day.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span> What's your contact info, the best way for the voters to reach out to you?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> JB </span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Whatever is the best way that suits them. </span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My email is: <a href="mailto:jasminelouisebearden@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">jasminelouisebearden@<wbr></wbr>gmail.com</a></span></p><p dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My cell number is: (949) 400-1452 </span></p><p dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">People are welcome to send me an email or text message or pick up the phone and give me call. I’ll do my best to answer any questions that anyone may have.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/09/better-know-candidate-chuck-jones.html" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank">link to Chuck Jones blog</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/09/better-know-candidate-carlos-marquez.html" target="_blank">link to Carlos Marquez blog</a> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-size: small;"></span></div></div></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-65908020695847566232022-09-24T15:57:00.008-07:002022-09-29T07:11:38.299-07:00• Better Know a Candidate: Chuck Jones, District 1<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">I recently sat down with Chuck Jones for a </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Better Know a Candidate"</b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> blog. Something I've done since 2014. It's a little different now that I'm on the city council, but Wildomar Rap is still a good source of information and I know I can be fair and even-handed.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguVv7EhNu2iS1JZJICk774RurGvb3AJQKEtO2c3qb3IgbROqS05hmnIBoJcavRCyo5N98qqlDB-hcfMHGu0SzBeIvkzlyTpsI85p-etZnlycQohZvhhQ95XIpGmDdtBNtFWcpcrgNdHJIKYaXW_26BmZea2_rbZTCnup6TRubEbEfQU-AvVj53azKGw/s1280/Chuck%20Jones%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguVv7EhNu2iS1JZJICk774RurGvb3AJQKEtO2c3qb3IgbROqS05hmnIBoJcavRCyo5N98qqlDB-hcfMHGu0SzBeIvkzlyTpsI85p-etZnlycQohZvhhQ95XIpGmDdtBNtFWcpcrgNdHJIKYaXW_26BmZea2_rbZTCnup6TRubEbEfQU-AvVj53azKGw/w640-h640/Chuck%20Jones%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chuck Jones</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Both Chuck, and Carlos Marquez <span style="color: #999999;">(also on the ballot for District 1)</span> will get the same questions, not get a chance to see the questions ahead of time, but have a chance to reword a comment later if they choose. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll use a red asterisk </span></span><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><span>*</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> where the question was edited later through email. My blog is about accurate information, I'm not interested in "gotcha" moments. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: red;">UPDATE: There is now a third candidate that has qualified as a write-in candidate, </span><span style="color: #990000;">Jasmine Bearden</span><span style="color: red;">.</span></b></span></span><b style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"> I've asked her the same questions and will be uploading a blog about her shortly. </span></b><b style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">You'll notice this blog was written when there were only two candidates. I'm not going to edit it at this point.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;"><b style="color: #05050a;"><span style="color: red;"><b>UPDATE 2: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400;">This comment was left by Jasmine on the "Better Know a Candidate" blog at facebook. It's my practice to NOT remove old stories. </span></span></b></span></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcz5UtcnV_RVerVwOaGUBDl_BmxdsdyILm4dPNZB9xk3ep0IC2XXfGcWjqmMFbEkBKKSZ76IQE73CQy6x6xDbIubGh_jrJspCrmSqnvWnfwN0Y2Xr7UgVDi0kZ0YVKUvxaUF9xZ7wGIq9BgofhUe52MsNhzwsQUc1RA-WDQOIHzNwJlhovYlisdOyWg/s1926/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="1926" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcz5UtcnV_RVerVwOaGUBDl_BmxdsdyILm4dPNZB9xk3ep0IC2XXfGcWjqmMFbEkBKKSZ76IQE73CQy6x6xDbIubGh_jrJspCrmSqnvWnfwN0Y2Xr7UgVDi0kZ0YVKUvxaUF9xZ7wGIq9BgofhUe52MsNhzwsQUc1RA-WDQOIHzNwJlhovYlisdOyWg/w640-h114/image.png" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was published on Facebook on September 28, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I have set questions. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Some are serious questions, and others are fun questions just to give you a glimpse into who the candidate is. This isn't </span><b style="font-family: arial;">60 Minutes</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> and I'm not Mike Wallace</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">, so there aren't any hard-hitting follow-up questions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I suggest that ALL voters contact the candidates and ask directly any questions you have. This is the time to put them to the test, they want your votes, see how well they turn around your phone calls or emails. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll be using photos approved by the candidates. As of the writing of this blog, I will not be publicly endorsing either candidate. Both are likable people, and I believe that I'll be able to work with whichever of the two gets elected... and that only applies if I get re-elected. </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">😅😁</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> How long have you been in Wildomar and how did you choose it to be your home?</span></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> I've been here a little over two years. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">How I "chose it"? I guess Wildomar "chose me". During the pandemic, with reduction of train service, I didn't know what side of the furlough I was going to be on. So as a preemptive, my family had a house sitting empty out here and so I moved out here just in case I was furloughed and not stuck in an apartment I wouldn't be able to pay for. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What type of community involvement have you been part of?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As a member of the LGBTQ community I've been involved in a lot community outreach programs one of those being Alliance For Housing and Healing. Aid For AIDS. What they do is provide housing and medication for people living with HIV and AIDS. I participated in their big fundraising event in 2017 and we helped raise $564,000 in one night to go directly towards these programs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And besides that, just being somebody who's in recovery, just daily working one-on-one with alcoholics and addicts in recovery. Whether they be somebody I know personally or whether it be just somebody I meet and talk to for ten minutes on the street. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What is your day job?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> I work for </span></span><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Amtrak. I am a dining car steward. I work the train from Los Angeles to Chicago.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Time on the job?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> It'll be eleven years in October.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFM1Wl9xjf31tKHBtD9DupkYbm7AcjA79k9PRtAByuy1CSCs5qoOKG_qmoiUNM5hSCVrVyH57D45d6WeMJequj0oybAxWkuVY2JmOIyhi2il0-8uYMxUKhRzW8PgAHKX0XvlTqkmbR5jy82Izd_Ezjj_5iSpo8gi4UWFiEQipS-jPng7bPsRoz2kKpA/s1280/Chuck%20Jones%206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFM1Wl9xjf31tKHBtD9DupkYbm7AcjA79k9PRtAByuy1CSCs5qoOKG_qmoiUNM5hSCVrVyH57D45d6WeMJequj0oybAxWkuVY2JmOIyhi2il0-8uYMxUKhRzW8PgAHKX0XvlTqkmbR5jy82Izd_Ezjj_5iSpo8gi4UWFiEQipS-jPng7bPsRoz2kKpA/w640-h480/Chuck%20Jones%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Being on city council can be very time-consuming. When elected will your schedule allow for you to be "all in"?</span></b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yeah! The good thing about my job is I don't have to go in 9 to 5. My job can be three days on, four days off. Five days on, six days off. There are a lot of different train routes to choose from, so I can go "all in".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> You're at a venue with multiple entertainment options. Do you head for the stand-up comedy, the dueling pianos or karaoke?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Karaoke all the way. I only have two songs, but karaoke all the way. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Wildomar has changed considerably since the freeway was built in the mid-80s. What will your approach be your approach to balancing the rural areas of Wildomar with the areas that aren't rural?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> This is something that a lot of people are concerned about. I do think that there are a lot of areas that honor the rural aspect. Especially in the residential areas and I think that's probably the biggest concern for people. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I think we need to be smart about development. Is it beneficial to the community? Is it honoring the rural roots? Development is a necessary evil. We want better roads. We want to ensure that our streets are safe, with law enforcement, and those things cost money. I think we need to be smart about it and listen to the people's concerns and make a decision based off all the information that we have. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What are your top three concerns for Wildomar?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> One of the big ones are the roads in District 1. When talking to people that's usually one of the first things that is brought up. I get it, I drive those bumpy cracked roads all the time. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Another one is development. My big thing, you can go to Murrieta, you can go to Temecula, you can go to Lake Elsinore and see strip mall[s] slapped down one after another. But there are other types of development that we can do that aren't eyesores [...] that are conducive to community gatherings because that's the biggest thing that keeps me here, is the community. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">When you have a strip mall and you're just driving up to it in your car, you go out, you get your things, you get back in and you leave. Where's the community in that? I think that there are some neat concepts out there that would be really fitting for Wildomar and conducive to small mom-and-pop businesses like Montague Brothers because that's what people want. We want to be able to stay close to home and have something that's genuinely just ours. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">My third one, I want to make sure this is a place where anyone can live. Is it welcoming? I know I've had my issues, but the community at large has let it be known that this is a place for anyone. I just want to make sure that what the community has offered me continues on. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> When you get a break in the action, how do you unwind/hobbies?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> How do I "unwind"? I'm wound up pretty tight, so I don't know if there's any "unwinding" <span style="color: #999999;">(said with a smile and a laugh)</span>. My brother teases me, he calls me a hoarder, but I'm a collector. I collect antiques, vintage items, a lot of vintage artwork. I collect California pottery [...] and usually, most of my stuff is found at thrift stores [...] It keeps me busy. It's a distraction. It's [like] my head is spinning, it's like the thrill of the hunt [after finding a new item]. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What's your understanding of the job of city council members and/or what your job would be after you're elected?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> The number one job of somebody who's on city council is to represent their district and listen to the needs of their district. We all may have certain political ideologies or views on how we want things. There may be things that I want personally or that somebody else wants personally, but is it what the community wants? Is it what your district wants? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">One of the most frustrating things is hyper-partisanship and parsing people into teams, and focusing on the differences rather than focusing on our common goals and what we all want. Listening to the voice of the community and finding that common ground and making sure that people are heard. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Currently each council member appoints a planning commissioner. What's your approach to future growth and how heavily would that factor in when choosing a commissioner?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> First and foremost I want to make sure the person knows what they're doing. Second, is their vision in line with the vision of the community? And third, are they doing things to help build community-based businesses, or are they doing things to serve others outside the community? I want to make sure that we're starting from within rather than from without. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Softball question alert</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Are you more of a dog person or a cat person?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Dog person. I have two dogs. I love cats but my dogs probably love them even more so I have to be very careful having a cat. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjM9R5Tda5ZszNeFtTnlmkBCUU10S1c90vaxCCE6ZPkrWlcFbiJ0Ss8OIMMTcDOdJp_4eGqXAUxw2HboPMnVr7zW_RVeXnQtK9s8drEGjiMrm034CeM_pdvvuyLbv311ruVu2Th2XM7rUbaW1lI7NQax7tAKfgyA_SAGyisMTfe-nuiNS4LAQ_AscEQ/s1280/Chuck%20Jones%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjM9R5Tda5ZszNeFtTnlmkBCUU10S1c90vaxCCE6ZPkrWlcFbiJ0Ss8OIMMTcDOdJp_4eGqXAUxw2HboPMnVr7zW_RVeXnQtK9s8drEGjiMrm034CeM_pdvvuyLbv311ruVu2Th2XM7rUbaW1lI7NQax7tAKfgyA_SAGyisMTfe-nuiNS4LAQ_AscEQ/w640-h480/Chuck%20Jones%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpnNOR-cYo3Ymny5W6vDo-Lrf_ag24shsDswzsSZueolZKKrpleDt7LYyM-cuCz1dZLag28yZpcujJFm3x41rC6smwqmmQqEXW8gC8eJMjrF1AEO5nntqZSwNu76ggKDoIhPEyop1uNtFQPHj5jitmwX-HIl_u7MrtaHG4dKGgtnB_Jxm7YnGDZmFcQ/s959/Chuck%20Jones%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpnNOR-cYo3Ymny5W6vDo-Lrf_ag24shsDswzsSZueolZKKrpleDt7LYyM-cuCz1dZLag28yZpcujJFm3x41rC6smwqmmQqEXW8gC8eJMjrF1AEO5nntqZSwNu76ggKDoIhPEyop1uNtFQPHj5jitmwX-HIl_u7MrtaHG4dKGgtnB_Jxm7YnGDZmFcQ/w480-h640/Chuck%20Jones%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What got you interested in running for city council?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">*</span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Running for public office has always been on the radar for me. I always thought I’d make a run in my hometown but when the universe lays things out and presents you with an opportunity you take it. With all the things I’ve been through since living here —dealing with harassment, living next to a health and safety hazard, seeing nefarious activity in my neighborhood— the choice was pretty clear. There were a lot of missed opportunities across the board in regards to my situation and I could continue to just vent about what should have been done or I could take real action to make a difference. That’s what I’m choosing to do. As the old saying goes, be the change you want to see in the world. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Fun question time</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What is your car radio usually set to?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Anything with dance music. I'm usually listening to Apple Music of some sort, Diana Ross is currently in rotation pretty consistently. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Social media can be a great tool. It can be a great way to communicate with residents, but it can also lead to headaches for those that partake too much. Do you have a plan on how to use it after you're elected?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Social media is a great tool, and generally a lot of people who are active within the community use [it]. A lot of people use it to get information to see what's going on within the community, like <i>The Locals</i> page. But I think it's more so a good way to get the pulse on the community and see what's going on. So you have an idea of what people are saying.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Social media is a good communication tool. It's good communication that goes both ways. For you to get your message out, information out, and also to give people access to you.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl03QBrUptkMVHluvm5zh5TD8sp-LY4yhfXJC90cRxqNgjnuIASEKKTQbXD-nbmj_60kzEyMqmLXgnRLszIL3jMYqzrbwLfTb9SENJ6T8Z6_yEmhiTg6N6tcMj-SmgciedK0KpvAOZp7W9Qq8hCpGLAGRIC6-I8d-OIPzY2qwu7MeYxEahajlYP4V_Ig/s1280/Chuck%20Jones%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl03QBrUptkMVHluvm5zh5TD8sp-LY4yhfXJC90cRxqNgjnuIASEKKTQbXD-nbmj_60kzEyMqmLXgnRLszIL3jMYqzrbwLfTb9SENJ6T8Z6_yEmhiTg6N6tcMj-SmgciedK0KpvAOZp7W9Qq8hCpGLAGRIC6-I8d-OIPzY2qwu7MeYxEahajlYP4V_Ig/w640-h480/Chuck%20Jones%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As of the time of publishing, I didn't receive a caption for this photo.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What strengths do you have that you think will help you as a city leader?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> I'm a fighter. I'm persistent. Some may call me stubborn... but I care. People can say a lot about me, but the one thing they can't say is that I don't care. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Softball question alert</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What is your favorite meal?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Fried chicken. Easy, fried chicken. Preferably Pioneer fried chicken. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> How available to District 1 residents do you plan on being?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> I keep my phone on 24-7. If they have a concern I want to hear it. I don't want people to feel dismissed <span style="color: #999999;">(after a lengthy pause)</span> like I did. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> If you had the attention of the Wildomar voters, what would you tell them are some key factors that a voter should be looking for in a city council member?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Do they care? Are they genuine? Do you trust them? And, do you believe their heart's in the right place? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Last of the easy-peasy lemon-squeezy questions</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Any go-to phone games that you indulge in <span style="color: #999999;">(mine is Words With Friends, my mom's is Candy Crush)</span>?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> No, no phone games, but a lot of Facebook Marketplace and Offer Up purchases happening? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> Any closing thoughts that you'd like to share with the voters?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> Stay involved. Make sure your voices are heard. I think there's a unique opportunity in District 1 to vote for someone who's going to advocate for real change, and that change isn't necessarily about what's going to be developed in the city or the direction the city is going, but really that change is: <i>do the citizens have somebody who is going to listen to them and is going to fight for them and who is going to generally address their concerns</i>, and I think there's a real chance for that to happen in this election; especially for District 1. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;"> WR </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> What's your contact info, the best way for the voters to reach out to you?</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white;"> CJ </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> By cell, area code (310) 999-5095. Or they can reach me via email at charlesmjonesiv@gmail.com. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChuckJonesWildomar" target="_blank">Chuck's Official Facebook Page</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/09/better-know-candidate-carlos-marquez.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">link to Carlos Marquez blog</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p><a href="https://wildomarrap.blogspot.com/2022/09/better-know-candidate-jasmine-bearden.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Link to Jasmine Bearden blog</span></a></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-33703244859445912312022-09-19T13:51:00.012-07:002022-09-19T19:51:38.776-07:00• Illegal Dumping On Camera<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What started out as a depository of bags from Wildomar Beautification Volunteers turned into an illegal dump that included 29 big rig tires and part of a cement mixer. In the early evening hours of September 17th, a black pick-up truck was seen backing into the area and dumping off tires. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HVZcUO0tSSA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My guess is that this person lives within half a mile of the illegal dumpsite. They saw an opportunity and came on Saturday evening as the sun was going down, and a lot of the community was at Mariachi Night at Marna O'Brien Park. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If your neighbor's yard had nearly 30 large tires that are suddenly gone, you know it's he that just cost the Wildomar taxpayers money. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Each of those tires costs about $30 to recycle, and that's not counting the labor.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Though I don't expect our police to put much time into this, this was reported and now the black truck is on their radar. Remember the FLOCK cameras in town... yeah I bet this guy might like a Mulligan right about now. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkY29oWt8B2l_RxdovWj0d1LP7VbeCUewChuh4tgWx2r-7OImH0WfScUtlbYAe0fe_WzomtKwH9_UCfVezT867RJgLSKRi9jS4pi4WXwyNobCoP3KQuTH_Y-omF4RylHbVpUFULmPWTVX6EEAsMaA-G3vwnCpgVit-PPiSnKJ4CVwf_ct5tiGzpT1xfg/s1422/Screen%20Shot.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1422" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkY29oWt8B2l_RxdovWj0d1LP7VbeCUewChuh4tgWx2r-7OImH0WfScUtlbYAe0fe_WzomtKwH9_UCfVezT867RJgLSKRi9jS4pi4WXwyNobCoP3KQuTH_Y-omF4RylHbVpUFULmPWTVX6EEAsMaA-G3vwnCpgVit-PPiSnKJ4CVwf_ct5tiGzpT1xfg/w640-h296/Screen%20Shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you know this truck or driver? Looks like he's got a nice pair of black sweatpants with a wide white stripe down the sides. Pretty distinctive looking.</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHV-yG0ZbFl1keEkGWKK_4t3hTSIe_T1KM_9Cn1A2GJEufHTjH_s8pbexcRwjO4XB9ggupGg1eMKV-ne9W6S0RWSYr3PpheLJvbffq-F_l_CotrsBKolJMnRyZ5EyIgp6msbl3ka6lcRs7w1JXhL13iMxrvNi1gHVeauTwnGeZ9nEVyrWEIaeL2PNKA/s1000/Illegal-Dump-1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1000" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHV-yG0ZbFl1keEkGWKK_4t3hTSIe_T1KM_9Cn1A2GJEufHTjH_s8pbexcRwjO4XB9ggupGg1eMKV-ne9W6S0RWSYr3PpheLJvbffq-F_l_CotrsBKolJMnRyZ5EyIgp6msbl3ka6lcRs7w1JXhL13iMxrvNi1gHVeauTwnGeZ9nEVyrWEIaeL2PNKA/w640-h364/Illegal-Dump-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thank you, neighbor, anything else you want us to pay for?<br />To be clear, the tree branches were from the Saturday clean-up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I asked <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wildomarbeautification" target="_blank">Wildomar Beautification Volunteers</a></i> co-founder Councilwoman Bridgette Moore for her take.</span></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #fcfac4; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 3px solid rgb(173, 167, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Wildomar Beautification Volunteers are out every day in Wildomar picking up litter, including 4 miles on the freeway, and we leave the filled orange bags for pickup on the next business day. Please do not drop off any items, trash or tires near the orange bags. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The city provides two free dump days and residents can also call their waste haulers for special pickups. The next cleanup day is 11/5/22 please watch for notices from your local waste hauler.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5qgOCbf5cioFx49WuVryZMsS3RH3xQRD-8aCIDEbN99hiT8pgGoWHwdQne8amVWf7KhoFokbA7UwxDfbmfOPpzuWTQ-fddbSbngFrjJEa-K6p8tpLKRJK75RGksdZc0WW-vAwRkGuJfZSbrF5ykNtLbXhyT5wyyiB36qrHf9z8y_KOUeW2zN_j_FUg/s1000/Montague-Brothers-in-action-2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5qgOCbf5cioFx49WuVryZMsS3RH3xQRD-8aCIDEbN99hiT8pgGoWHwdQne8amVWf7KhoFokbA7UwxDfbmfOPpzuWTQ-fddbSbngFrjJEa-K6p8tpLKRJK75RGksdZc0WW-vAwRkGuJfZSbrF5ykNtLbXhyT5wyyiB36qrHf9z8y_KOUeW2zN_j_FUg/w640-h456/Montague-Brothers-in-action-2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The actual <i>"Montague Brothers"</i> hard at work to keep their community looking good.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCspOxLAbWJBB2iBJrl8ELlD2ajka6u6fDYXzbm62yEUW6GAM34r7aGzD-faVe-Dh83i-3s7CpljlgCRETQcCZ5USggh8pezWcaMnXpqQAVwjLFYkmxF3knNzHPiHcekyRbQ9uq71TfHO2aaHkDuays9v6H88MaL0rUqG9KxeCPvAGQImYI8IVBHMIw/s1000/Montague-Brothers-in-action.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1000" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCspOxLAbWJBB2iBJrl8ELlD2ajka6u6fDYXzbm62yEUW6GAM34r7aGzD-faVe-Dh83i-3s7CpljlgCRETQcCZ5USggh8pezWcaMnXpqQAVwjLFYkmxF3knNzHPiHcekyRbQ9uq71TfHO2aaHkDuays9v6H88MaL0rUqG9KxeCPvAGQImYI8IVBHMIw/w640-h396/Montague-Brothers-in-action.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wildomar's future leaders chipping in making Wildomar a nicer place to live.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space: normal;"><b>It may seem like a small problem,<i> illegal dumping</i>, but there are two options when one is found. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space: normal;"><b>Clean it up, or leave it there. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space: normal;">I haven't met too many people that are good with couches, tires, old sinks from a remodel, yard waste, empty liquor bottles, and a myriad of other castoffs that regularly are dumped off by someone that <i>couldn't-care-less-about-their-effects-on-the-other-99%-of-us</i> storing garbage willy-nilly wherever they want. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; white-space: normal;"><b>Call me Karen if you want to, I'm not phased if you're in the 1% that thinks this is no big deal. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">If this is you, <i>or you know someone that uses this method to lighten their loads</i>, please STOP IT! Seriously, shake yourself and show some civic pride or move out of town. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are many reputable junk haulers that service Wildomar, that don't dump their loads on the side of the road. I can think of four or more off the top of my head, so there's no excuse for dumping in the public right of way or on someone else's private property. I don't want to name them here, because I don't want to leave any out, but they regularly advertise in local Facebook groups on Mondays. Seek and ye shall find. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_1kvChKe5rOYVD8kF8LuZ8Ht0WyGqvONOV2H7ySzM__sLNgW0se6GY1p7yIWbDNHUma-5rWq6pMptbu3CNA_8_UQ-Z1nGOFHJ5V9_yRXHiHOwV_B9WEj6aWJQ9_68N25eiHJgJTReHzlWxfTDCBS-3UT4HsQbSSWrOHVKm0zfXOlkAyASz4QRidtyg/s1000/Wildomar-Beautification-Volunteers-cleaning-up-illegal-dump.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1000" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_1kvChKe5rOYVD8kF8LuZ8Ht0WyGqvONOV2H7ySzM__sLNgW0se6GY1p7yIWbDNHUma-5rWq6pMptbu3CNA_8_UQ-Z1nGOFHJ5V9_yRXHiHOwV_B9WEj6aWJQ9_68N25eiHJgJTReHzlWxfTDCBS-3UT4HsQbSSWrOHVKm0zfXOlkAyASz4QRidtyg/w640-h412/Wildomar-Beautification-Volunteers-cleaning-up-illegal-dump.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Left to Right: Joseph Morabito, Public Works man Brad, Dan Gonse, Public Works man Steven and <i>code name Johnny Grove</i>... errr, Jerry Orchard. 😁</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">A big thank you to <b>Montague Brothers Coffee</b> for bringing over beverages and to Johnny of <b>Pam's Donuts</b> for showing up with a box of donuts. You just gotta love our town. ❤</span></span><p></p></div></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0Wildomar, CA, USA33.5989126 -117.28003725.288678763821153 -152.43628719999998 61.909146436178844 -82.1237872tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-52588801157806463282022-08-19T08:21:00.008-07:002022-08-19T08:30:05.113-07:00• Why Are The Lights Off At Marna? <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Back in July, I added a photo to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildomarRap" target="_blank">Wildomar Rap</a> Facebook page. If you visit that page you'll see how I enjoy changing the banner photo on a somewhat regular basis. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The photos are nearly always of one view of Wildomar or another. The one in question was at Marna O'Brien park looking through the breezeway to the hills. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpnwZiyfobmhJmGs9itZSBkNPAHTJxo9YsDqIPpYM1IwDWaQsE3z7EQOnyc90lu-31OYGmew9UVJnP2efnDvFK02ekSFE_xpSKQE6yqF8oOdLWTfs1Yx50ioUi2bLQPEsIfrj579NN23C6WYjWB8WGcBXsqNI3eOL7wIOpgqBtcSINF7ZaimByGBcgg/s2048/Marna%20O'Brian%20Park%20Breezeway.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpnwZiyfobmhJmGs9itZSBkNPAHTJxo9YsDqIPpYM1IwDWaQsE3z7EQOnyc90lu-31OYGmew9UVJnP2efnDvFK02ekSFE_xpSKQE6yqF8oOdLWTfs1Yx50ioUi2bLQPEsIfrj579NN23C6WYjWB8WGcBXsqNI3eOL7wIOpgqBtcSINF7ZaimByGBcgg/w640-h360/Marna%20O'Brian%20Park%20Breezeway.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The original caption was, </span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"One of my favorite places to be in Wildomar.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><img alt="😊" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1e/2/16/1f60a.png" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #050505; font-family: arial;" width="16" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial;">"</span></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Shortly after the photo was uploaded I got a comment from a resident on the photo that went like this, <i><b>"It would be mine too if the parking lot had lights on at night! Especially on a very crowded night like the Wildomar Bash."</b></i></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'll add screenshots of the conversation, but if it's difficult to read on your device, please click this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=710095773415520&set=pb.100032453126952.-2207520000.." target="_blank">link</a> to read it as it was on Facebook.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4MZhqLkvzMZd002ejr9HMm3qfoemOq9bQ6bJtefCjAuzh54NocYaR-o431nkNiVNnx7s9deHb7Po750OM91PAzcvDyDmQmXT06i74K01-cdYe-Qwki3xpHZex_9xZ_ghQsUElZAnQutWKOZkTvHIiZHwzamT1bArGxDewCsVx8l5bFLw3MY1HOHnjA/s699/FB%20Conv%203.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Dv-G2C9WBTdU3lL2W5ry9icr3N2VN4X78YCVz5qDMpSxhfQ_p3jJyHADnM5JeKseE4LHtan6doT6ZgPyci_9X4FJBDdjrWJdMsNSSwHZK6GIXQH5ynVoNzKFkqKEEcMHGXYxOQP28MnfciAry0RVHM-dAZ-Q_dVPDKWtPmLfCLLey3gAEGNEifcfXg/s461/FB%20Conv%201.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="461" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Dv-G2C9WBTdU3lL2W5ry9icr3N2VN4X78YCVz5qDMpSxhfQ_p3jJyHADnM5JeKseE4LHtan6doT6ZgPyci_9X4FJBDdjrWJdMsNSSwHZK6GIXQH5ynVoNzKFkqKEEcMHGXYxOQP28MnfciAry0RVHM-dAZ-Q_dVPDKWtPmLfCLLey3gAEGNEifcfXg/s320/FB%20Conv%201.PNG" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ox-WfHP7GbS4v50PRhs-7OOlVhPElmv7Pzd9UNyLMJSwmIBYQmX8EwSWgm0HuSrszyMjMcPVO1hbCNxu_s-l-v4nI5o3TLdu7MsBwKYzfpvw2XYVO_OdNzcUtZlM2nptLCJs-bNv3tJjPVKKuwb4Sa_O0YVmPWQT4DO8g8J9MSijG7ymFvM01u78pA/s646/FB%20Conv%202.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="646" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ox-WfHP7GbS4v50PRhs-7OOlVhPElmv7Pzd9UNyLMJSwmIBYQmX8EwSWgm0HuSrszyMjMcPVO1hbCNxu_s-l-v4nI5o3TLdu7MsBwKYzfpvw2XYVO_OdNzcUtZlM2nptLCJs-bNv3tJjPVKKuwb4Sa_O0YVmPWQT4DO8g8J9MSijG7ymFvM01u78pA/w640-h546/FB%20Conv%202.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4MZhqLkvzMZd002ejr9HMm3qfoemOq9bQ6bJtefCjAuzh54NocYaR-o431nkNiVNnx7s9deHb7Po750OM91PAzcvDyDmQmXT06i74K01-cdYe-Qwki3xpHZex_9xZ_ghQsUElZAnQutWKOZkTvHIiZHwzamT1bArGxDewCsVx8l5bFLw3MY1HOHnjA/s699/FB%20Conv%203.PNG" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="699" height="555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4MZhqLkvzMZd002ejr9HMm3qfoemOq9bQ6bJtefCjAuzh54NocYaR-o431nkNiVNnx7s9deHb7Po750OM91PAzcvDyDmQmXT06i74K01-cdYe-Qwki3xpHZex_9xZ_ghQsUElZAnQutWKOZkTvHIiZHwzamT1bArGxDewCsVx8l5bFLw3MY1HOHnjA/w640-h555/FB%20Conv%203.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the screenshots above if they aren't legible on your device.</span><br /></span><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32.4px; margin: 1em auto; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(147, 149, 152); line-height: 21.735px; margin-left: 25px; padding-left: 15px;"><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Now I've spoken with the main park's person. I'm glad that you brought this to my attention because now I know I am up on the issue. </i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i>To make a long story short, the replacement bulbs in question are obsolete. The city is looking to retrofit them to LEDs, and that has been an eye opening process as they've been learning about mistakes that other cities have made in this process.</i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><i><b>The lights won't be retrofitted this calendar year, but they are looking to do this in the first quarter of next year. </b></i></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i>That's not to say that they aren't working on the issue, but it needs to be part of the budget and approved. All that takes time.</i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="color: #05050a; font-size: medium;"><b><i>I hope this helped answer your question about the lights in the parking lot.</i></b></span></div></span><div style="color: #05050a; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.49px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">—from the screenshots above </span></div></div></blockquote></figure><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 21.6px; line-height: calc(1.5em + 0.2vw); margin-bottom: calc(1em + 0.5vw); margin-top: calc(1em + 0.5vw); word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Then, in a further update that I received from City Manager Dan York, I got a few more details that I can share with the community as to what's being done about it. </b></span></div></span></div><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #fcddb8; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 3px solid rgb(214, 117, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Marna O'Brien Lighting </b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div></div><div><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We are in the process of Requesting Quotes to retrofit the lamps at the park. </span></span></div><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>FAQ's:</b> we have 32 lights in the parking lot and 57 lights on the pathways. The budget allocates $10,000 our current estimate to be confirmed by quotes is closer to $17,000. Our goal is to have the lights updated before day light savings time.</span></span></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is one example, <i>among countless dozens</i>, of similar questions and concerns that I've helped get an answer to since being elected to city council in back in 2018. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There aren't a lot of things that a member of the city council has power over, but we do have power over getting information out... even if the answers aren't always what we're were hoping for. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzDwuwVyCtwn6YjVcOnQd8AaVSA98N2wx10KScbLacsqnvzGAhW1WmB8FwNlqTSoFz68ccMeWQFh9SZybBp-AodLxItWz9LxgFpNswevCv3rGyeAXvrsQ1NNmB9W9W1rPJ2eOFiC_m697c3R_8vmaCQJPlmqFrHnMUD8HPiTUAJTm4_7U-_GqihUxcA/s1000/2022-Joseph-Morabito-FLYER-front-internet-size.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1000" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzDwuwVyCtwn6YjVcOnQd8AaVSA98N2wx10KScbLacsqnvzGAhW1WmB8FwNlqTSoFz68ccMeWQFh9SZybBp-AodLxItWz9LxgFpNswevCv3rGyeAXvrsQ1NNmB9W9W1rPJ2eOFiC_m697c3R_8vmaCQJPlmqFrHnMUD8HPiTUAJTm4_7U-_GqihUxcA/w640-h414/2022-Joseph-Morabito-FLYER-front-internet-size.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The campaign has begun and really heats up from Labor Day through most of October. I'll be looking for endorsements from residents in Wildomar. If you've been helped by me, or are otherwise happy with my work on city council, and would like to share your experience, I'd be very appreciative to be able to use your story in a Facebook post.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For comments, questions and concerns please reach out to me at my campaign email <b>josephmorabito2018@gmail.com, </b>my city council Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JosephMorabito4Wildomar" target="_blank">with this link</a>, or if you'd like to talk on the phone, here's my number (951) 285-1663. (leave a message, and I'll be sure to return your call)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-43359320612954054802022-08-08T18:18:00.012-07:002022-11-11T11:07:27.381-08:00• How Safe Is Wildomar?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There's always room for improvement, but based on the stats from Safewise.com, it's time thrust out our chests and stand proud and tall!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjziuu2zYHg6pU2wCKnKvztmatCjIjUvrBXJAR69fODQKEzS3EvMKwhcQ_yiPxBTJByts5OkCKq6ZetJJKqyu1IKAIhaHYcRf0AGP_sYSEtxwKAb2rN7RigznFnpEqrR9Ntj-3yM7b9MLy40Q1LCabX9v3uGp5u4gHd3O_2FPlFiT8M55fkbHuwr7Hvg/s935/Wildomar%20Crime%20graph%20safewise%202.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="935" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjziuu2zYHg6pU2wCKnKvztmatCjIjUvrBXJAR69fODQKEzS3EvMKwhcQ_yiPxBTJByts5OkCKq6ZetJJKqyu1IKAIhaHYcRf0AGP_sYSEtxwKAb2rN7RigznFnpEqrR9Ntj-3yM7b9MLy40Q1LCabX9v3uGp5u4gHd3O_2FPlFiT8M55fkbHuwr7Hvg/w640-h300/Wildomar%20Crime%20graph%20safewise%202.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As you can see in the image, Wildomar jumped up 21 spots to hit #22.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Gotta love being ranked above places like Dana Point, Eastvale and Irvine. Not to mention that Temecula, Menifee, Canyon Lake and Lake Elsinore didn't even make the list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The only local city that ranked safer than Wildomar was Murrieta. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">California’s 50 Safest Cities of 2022</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(the population is followed by the median income)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#1</b> Danville <b>44K </b>$160K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#2</b> Rancho Santa Margarita <b> 47K</b> $121K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#3</b> Moorpark <b>36K</b> $107K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#4</b> Aliso Viejo <b> 51K </b>$112K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#5</b> Yorba Linda <b> 68K </b>$129K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#6</b> Laguna Niguel <b>66K </b>$108K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#7</b> Poway <b>49K </b> $107k</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#8</b> Mission Viejo <b>94K</b> $118K </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#9</b> Rancho Palos Verdes <b>41k </b>$138K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#10</b> Thousand Oaks <b>126K </b> $109K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#11</b> San Ramon <b>76K </b> $109K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#12</b> Murrieta <b>117K </b> $90K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#13</b> Santa Clarita <b>221K</b> $99K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#14</b> Lake Forest <b>86K</b> $109K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#15</b> Temple City <b>35K</b> $78K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#16</b> Lincoln <b>48K </b> $88K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#17</b> Camarillo <b>70K </b> $93K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#18</b> Chino Hills <b>84K </b> $106K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#19</b> Oakley <b>42K </b> $104K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#20</b> San Juan Cap <b>36K</b> $91K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#21</b> Simi Valley <b>125K </b> $99K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>#22 <span style="color: #660000;">Wildomar</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">37K</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">$74K</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#23</b> San Marcos <b> 98K</b> $80K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#24</b> Dana Point <b>33K</b> $99K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#25</b> Irvine <b>297K</b> $105K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#26</b> Eastvale <b> 65K</b> $119K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#27</b> Santee <b>58K</b> $87K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#28</b> Encinitas <b> 63K</b> $116K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#29</b> Cupertino <b>59K </b> $171K</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>#30</b> Folsom <b> 82K </b> $114</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIta5b3AUQ76OCOsGugUP-A_EUNAXlqrX5AwMdZ1SDhWfVvaQE437wSbG3fhquYERaz_1vm5it872a_u9T73giqag6H9130FpwL-eMwV7aluxw2pUHBvK2HGbjbf6YGKHK6sdC3LhwsX-LJvtNwxeAnGStEA85f692cWFEHcaOp5uz-GW2Peizhkwy2A/s1192/Wildomar%20number%2043%20safest%20city%202021.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1192" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIta5b3AUQ76OCOsGugUP-A_EUNAXlqrX5AwMdZ1SDhWfVvaQE437wSbG3fhquYERaz_1vm5it872a_u9T73giqag6H9130FpwL-eMwV7aluxw2pUHBvK2HGbjbf6YGKHK6sdC3LhwsX-LJvtNwxeAnGStEA85f692cWFEHcaOp5uz-GW2Peizhkwy2A/w640-h280/Wildomar%20number%2043%20safest%20city%202021.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">As it happens, I had made a screenshot from 2021 when we were ranked #43.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It takes a team effort to make a city safer. It starts with the desires <i><span style="color: #999999;">(the demands)</span></i> of the residents and it takes a responsive city council that listens and changes the policies that need tweaking <span style="color: #999999;">(beefed up code enforcement working as a team with RSO and SWAG)</span>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Though I've never met a single person that enjoys paying taxes, the big turning point was when the voters chose to add an additional penny per dollar sales tax back in 2018 by passing Measure AA, with 58% of the vote. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">That has allowed the City of Wildomar to focus on many quality of life issues that it simply couldn't address in the past.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;">(I can't imagine our city without the improvements the additional tax money has made possible)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Are we done? </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Have we crossed the finish line? </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">No way, no how... not even Murrieta would say that about their city. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">There's always room for improvement, but what a great leap forward we've taken in just a few short years.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">There are lots of other interesting stats found in the link below.</span></div></span></div><p><a href="https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-california/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-california/</a></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="content-box-yellow" style="background-color: #c9fcca; border: 3px solid rgb(0, 181, 3); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #05050a; line-height: 21.735px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div><span face=""><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wildomar Rap</b> opinion time</span></i></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A couple of things.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">First, look at the median incomes of the safest cities and you'll see that Wildomar managed to get up there despite our lower median income. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Our median income, reported as $74K, was the lowest in the top 30 rated cities. </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Don't get me started on where we rank when it comes to the size of our tax base and city budget. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Yet, still, we ranked 22nd. </b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">That's worth repeating.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Second, very often we'll see things that upset us about our city or neighborhood on social media. When we hear about someone's car or trailer being stolen, a catalytic converter being stolen, we get angry... and rightfully so.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />I'm not looking to minimize such things when I point out that crime is something that has been plaguing society since the caveman days... that's why we have a police force in the first place.</span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then throw in the new approach that Sacramento has when it comes to crime and punishment and it gets very challenging for the law abiding to stay safe. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As we have learned from Neighborhood Watch meetings, don't make yourself an easy target </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(sometimes easier said than done)</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> and if you are victim of a crime </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(or see one)</span><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> be sure to report it to the police. </span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Posting it on Facebook or Nextdoor doesn't count as "reporting" it.</span></div><span style="color: #05050a; font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 21.735px;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just for fun, let's compare Wildomar to Lake Elsinore at the website bestplaces.net. As you can see, they are below the fifty percentile too.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6blS3z05dxsMwvWNDZajoc9HXRby5DwG81AZoFPsOxiRuwNPXtKr7jD1CstE_wCXo6Kh28yLaE84bh8YWOFqTyujz6z0fwvzjRmBR2lZi6fmU5DfBtIgvxe8356nzQut16tQUWQ56lGZ6_zCcrS18Y3VNNNsUTO8C-T2-8IF1vaSJpWwJXxK0OBTucA/s811/Wildomar%20v%20Lake%20Elsinore%202022%20crime.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="811" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6blS3z05dxsMwvWNDZajoc9HXRby5DwG81AZoFPsOxiRuwNPXtKr7jD1CstE_wCXo6Kh28yLaE84bh8YWOFqTyujz6z0fwvzjRmBR2lZi6fmU5DfBtIgvxe8356nzQut16tQUWQ56lGZ6_zCcrS18Y3VNNNsUTO8C-T2-8IF1vaSJpWwJXxK0OBTucA/w640-h326/Wildomar%20v%20Lake%20Elsinore%202022%20crime.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When you look at these FBI stats from bestplaces.net you see why Wildomar is ranked among the safer places to live with a score of 12.8 out of 100 for violent crime. <span style="color: #999999;">(The closer to 0 and further away from 100, the better).</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/?city1=50685446&city2=50639486" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Link to bestplaces.net</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For those that may not know, my name is Joseph Morabito and I've been writing Wildomar Rap since 2013. I also have the honor of being Mayor Pro-Tem of Wildomar this year and I'm on the ballot for re-election this November. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNe_6-ObmPKuJW7cs130San7JYmRwrZszK0r3FuUPICEn-N1TtwxuQeLk73XfFbKjfKNhZpM32h7s9tUfwZ3Kipf1-YbE9OEQF-44VjCLYNrFXtnhev2b3N7nCHrNbVqK1hxmc9q7DD6vHVWnkMhhSBjfMy6r8rgMSg8X8IRHoIVsAEf4zyWsg1V6J3g/s1000/2022-Campaign-Yard-Sign-AUGUST.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="1000" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNe_6-ObmPKuJW7cs130San7JYmRwrZszK0r3FuUPICEn-N1TtwxuQeLk73XfFbKjfKNhZpM32h7s9tUfwZ3Kipf1-YbE9OEQF-44VjCLYNrFXtnhev2b3N7nCHrNbVqK1hxmc9q7DD6vHVWnkMhhSBjfMy6r8rgMSg8X8IRHoIVsAEf4zyWsg1V6J3g/w640-h390/2022-Campaign-Yard-Sign-AUGUST.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">Let's keep Wildomar going in the right direction. Please vote for me this November.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This blog is indeed an advantage for me to get my message out to the voters. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My phone number is (951) 440-2284 if you have questions that you'd like to bounce off me...<i> that's what I'm here for. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Email at jmorabito@cityofwildomar.org<br /><br /><br /><br /><b><i>If you call, leave a message.</i></b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">These days I don't answer unknown numbers... I'm tired of being warned about my warranty being ready to expire. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Wl7t7Z_qGk5k-xOhzRyd7MrCVksEqDeeSJnByrRPRPhQMfk8EByYCXLjlAvNOnbQFo4boUiWTM--H77LmBGBgr6oXOLAFQcLblMRHu2D9nxPv8CMLAClXjrIhxiYTJgJX9kRUBhTqhNawcq-YGZm_XGqXyzRf3iSM0JKtJXARX5JF2Ccs3y6YR7KA/s2724/Facebook%20Banner.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="2724" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Wl7t7Z_qGk5k-xOhzRyd7MrCVksEqDeeSJnByrRPRPhQMfk8EByYCXLjlAvNOnbQFo4boUiWTM--H77LmBGBgr6oXOLAFQcLblMRHu2D9nxPv8CMLAClXjrIhxiYTJgJX9kRUBhTqhNawcq-YGZm_XGqXyzRf3iSM0JKtJXARX5JF2Ccs3y6YR7KA/w640-h260/Facebook%20Banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">If you use Facebook, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JosephMorabito4Wildomar" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">click this link to follow my official city page</a><span style="text-align: left;">. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #6e6361; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Joseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.com0