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MAD Gets Irate
By Dorian Hargrove | Published Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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At the Greater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) meeting on May 19th, most of the members spent the entire 90 minutes in protest to the hiring of a project manager without their consent. Some members on the MAD Advisory Committee -- in charge of overseeing and implementing maintenance projects in the areas of South Park and Golden Hill -- were upset with the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Committee’s (GGHCDC) decision to hire a person for the full-time position without their knowledge, despite being given a number of applications to review. The infighting amongst the board members started with the announcement of the new employee, “I’m happy to announce that Alia Kanani’s first day will be on May 21st,” Laura Stangel, MAD board member whom also serves on the GGHCDC, said at the meeting. “She has a Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies and a Masters from SDSU and I’m sure she will make a great addition to the team.” “Well, how much are you paying her?” MAD committee member Bill Hilsdorf asked. “You hire someone and you don’t know what you are paying her? I’ve been negotiating deals for 40 years and I’m very pissed off that I was shut out of this process.” Hilsdorf wasn’t the only one upset. All but three members appeared frustrated about the process and confused as to their overall responsibilities as board members. “I’m disgusted by how this whole process went on behind our backs,” said board member Lisa Vella. “And I’m totally embarrassed that other people knew that someone was hired before I did, and I sit on the board!” The debate was so contentious that chair of the committee, David Skillman implemented the Robert’s Rule of Orders- a formal method to conducting meetings where each person speaks when called on and only have three minutes to respond. The debate lasted so long-one member actually got up and left the meetingthat several pending items to be reviewed by the board were postponed until the next meeting. The board, however, did reach a solution. A motion was made at the end of the meeting to establish more communication between the MAD Advisory Board and the Community Development Committee, although, no specific details regarding how that would occur were given. MAD’s next meeting will be in two weeks to discuss more possible solutions. The meetings are open to the public and are listed on the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Committee’s website- www.goldenhillcdc.orgunder the Clean, Green and Safe link. MORE DORIAN HARGROVE MORE GOLDEN HILL MORE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SEND LETTER TO THE EDITOR SEND TO A FRIEND SUBSCRIBE TO THIS COLUMN PRINTER FRIENDLY
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#1. LookAway, good job of looking out for the community's interests. These so-called public interest organizations in San Diego inevitably
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turn into slush funds for the well-connected. They ought to be abolished. Look at how CCDC has betrayed the citizens of San Diego, foisting the high costs of John Moores private ballpork and a disastrous condobubble on us all, diverting the tax dollars into the pockets of their friends, and stripping away badly needed infrastructure investments. Yes, they power wash the sidewalks, but underneath the sewers and water pipes are ancient. Little Italy's ArtWalk was flooded, forcing the artists to scramble to save their work but golly those sidewalks and trash cans sure are pretty. The phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" comes to mind. Meanwhile, the homeless population continues to grow, traffic gets worse, while our public transit is expensive, slow, sometimes dangerous, and very poorly designed. Yet the poobahs in charge are well-paid and insulated from any criticism of their many self-serving mistakes. The residents of Golden Hill should be offered a petition to abolish this organization before it wastes any more money. If you like, feel free to use www.changesandiego.org to draft the petition and allow the citizens to comment. Then I'll be willing to help you go door to door and collect signatures. Fred Williams
By Fred_Williams 10:39 a.m., May 23, 2008 > Report it #2. Come on down to the Reader launch party next Wednesday at the W downtown. We can strategize. Fred
By Fred_Williams 11:50 a.m., May 23, 2008 > Report it #3. Three things to note about the Golden Hill MAD meeting... First, this committee has been charged with spending the voter approved funds on Golden Hill Projects. They have not spent one dime on improving Golden Hill. Second, they have populated their meetings with procedural bather and tail chasing. This is because many of the committee member's stated goal is the removal of this newly created special benefit zone. People can critize Marco as much as they like but Little Italy is a great neighporhood as a result of has work... and Golden Hill could be that way also were it not for the efforts the NIMBYs who have side tracked the MAD committee. Third, anyone who was at that committee meeting would have witnessed a lesson in deliberate disfunction. Visit www.fearandloathingongoldenhill.com for a better review of the meeting.
By knownasben 1:08 p.m., May 23, 2008 > Report it
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#4. "Seedy bar and restaurant owners"? There are only a handful of people who would fit into the category of bar and restaurant owner and to call them seedy would seem like an unwarranted slap in the face for making the Golden Hill area a desired San Diego attraction. Honestly, I hate politics, but had to comment because I, as a property owner, had been given an opportunity to vote. In having that opportunity to vote, I chose to have the MAD formed. If there's proof in that someone had influence of the vote, by ushering in of the votes, then please present it otherwise you minimize the effort I made and others like me to vote. Are you certain, that the CDC board members are unelected? As a member of the community and present at a number of meetings held over at the Moose Lodge, there seemed to be a somewhat democratic process in the assignment of an individual to the board. The statements made above in regards to that seem to be deceptive. It's stated that the board is comprised of realtors, investors and developers. Can you state how many on the board fit those categories? It would help to know since they are being accused of being propaganders of their own interests. As a member of the community, I'm curious...was your name on the flyer that was placed in my mailbox, that in my opinion, seemed to riddled with scare tactics of what the MAD would be? - A concerned member of the Greater Golden Hill community
By sdclimbergal 9:42 a.m., May 24, 2008 > Report it #5. sdclimbergal, You didn't read the comments by LookAway very carefully. Being familiar with the facts, I assure you that LookAway wrote nothing that isn't correct and documented. There is way too much to share with you here to inform you, but here are some of the more entertaining and amusing facts: Do you know that the owner of the Moose Lodge voted against the MAD? Do you know that Hueso's brother voted against it? Want an example of CDC propaganda? Here's one: Do you recall that multicolor pro-MAD mailer the CDC sent out, with the photo of a retaining wall at the end Ivy? CDC claimed that the graffiti on the wall had been there for months and months, because the City wouldn't respond to requests to clean it? Well, I put that to the test: I put in a request on the City's online graffiti website and within one week the City sent a cleaner. The City has been that good for many years, every time we've reported graffiti. And the City blasts the graffiti off the sidewalks instead of doing the ugly paintovers (which just provides a canvas for new graffiti). Do you recall the graffitied street sign in the same mailer? That sign is at the end of the street where some of the main longtime CDC members live: they can do what we do on our street, which is to take 3 minutes and a cloth with a little mineral spirits and wipe off the graffiti. I wash my own sidewalk, sweep my own curb, as do my neighbors. The City streetsweeper comes twice monthly and does a great job. If the sidewalks in front of the Turf Club or Luigi's (both buildings owned by CDC members) need washing, the owners should do it, not me. Not you. Not the City. Just keep repeating: No to Privatization.
By SouthPark 7:40 a.m., May 25, 2008 > Report it #6.
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sdclimbergal, One more thing: you might be interested in a really cool article by Sara Reistad-Long that appeared in the NY Times on May 20 2008 ("Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain"), based on research and studies reported in Progress in Brain Research. For those older, longtime residents of South Park who have watched the CDC scheme and try the same things over many years, the propaganda and pied-piper smiley false reality that the CDC presented to achieve their goal of controlling a private tax honey pot are all too familiar. Those older and wiser property owners are not distracted by the propaganda, but absorb it and parse it for what it means. The fresh young faces that the old CDC people install to persuade young people like you are a transparent distraction. With age, if you are bright enough, you usually get interested enough in politics to know what you are really voting for.
By SouthPark 8:31 a.m., May 25, 2008 > Report it #7. I am irate! WHY THE HELL ARE MY STREETS NOT CLEAN YET!!!! A year ago we voted as homeowners in support of a management assessment district for Golden Hill. I am irate over what the advisory board has been doing for Golden Hill, NOTHING. This is NOT what I voted or paid for and I'm tired of waiting for results!! To this day we continue to walk past our schools looking at gang graffiti, we continue to see trash blowing down our streets, and we continue to wish our sidewalks in better repair. The money that Golden Hillers have put aside is NOT city money and it sure the hell does not belong to the advisory board!!! This money is for the use of OUR community and only our community. The residents voted for this and it's time for results!! The funds that have been accumulated must be used for the common good of Golden Hill. MAD needs to start working now!! It is unfortunate that we currently have a VERY FEW people in Golden Hill who are trying to derail and negatively influence the advisory board and MAD program. These few are playing to a special interest and are discarding the votes of the majority of homeowners in Golden Hill who support MAD. I support Golden Hill, and I support MAD.
By Love_That_Golden_Hill 11:31 p.m., May 25, 2008 > Report it #8. Love: When the smoke in your head clears, you might check the facts: the City did not sign the legal contract with the CDC, so that they could access our tax dollars, until April 2008, a full year after the 2007/2008 tax dollars were in the coffers. You should complain to the City, if you aren't happy. The MAD Oversight Committee, elected by the community, has no responsiblility for the failure of the City and the CDC to enter into a contract. Also: Our residential streets are swept twice monthly by the City; so, what are you talking about, dirty streets? The streets are cracked and potholed, of course, but the assessment dollars can never be legally spent on that sort of infrastructure repair. So, I guess you will be thrilled when some privvate company is handed our tax dollars to clean an already clean but very broken street or sidewalk. Totally crazy, but so is
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the tone of your crazy comment.
By SouthPark 12:34 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #9. As is typical in this city, the assessment is levied for one purpose, and then diverted to another. Remember when CCDC was set up? It was to prevent the revitalization of downtown from taking tax revenue away from other neighborhoods. Well, the exact opposite has happened. Projects like the ballpark come directly out of the general fund, reducing money available for police, fire, parks, or pensions. Similarly, Little Italy uses its money to benefit local businesses with various events and special cleanings, trashcans, and even chairs on the street. Meanwhile, crucial infrastructure is ignored in Little Italy. That's why ArtWalk ended this year with a water main break that flooded the entire event. So the Golden Hills or Grantville plan may look good on paper now, but inevitably it will be manipulated by well-paid insiders. Everyone will pay, but only the few will ever benefit. This is why I now think ALL these special assessment districts have to be closely examined, and in many cases disbanded. What purpose they once served is no longer being served, and the money has been taken away from the public and stashed in private pockets. Best, Fred Williams
By Fred_Williams 2:38 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #10. SouthPark, thank you for the reference to the NY Times article and pointing me in the right direction. There is a lot to be said about the experiences we go through and the experiences from which we learn...or hopefully learn. I further went on to look into Shelley H. Carson's publication from June 2006, Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance in the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, whose work was cited in that article. It makes a good read, especially on the topic of the Mindfulness of Mistakes (p. 35):"...making mistakes is an indicator that one is willing to engage with the environment and try things even when the outcome is uncertain" and "[t]he mindful approach to past mistakes is to look at them from multiple perspectives and find the perspective that provides either new knowledge, motivation for change, and/or an opportunity to teach others a valuable lesson." This leads me to the following questions: now that the MAD has come to fruition - why does the goal exist to dissolve or petition against it by opponents of the MAD who always had the idea it was wrong (in other words, a mistake)? Why can’t I, as a Golden Hill community member (who happens to be keen on the neighborhood), or my neighbors with young children, simply see the benefits of a clean, green and safe community, for which an assessment district given a budget, has the objective to provide, regardless of the political ties and what not? If the community worked hard to provide a slate of unbiased candidates for the MAD who subsequently were voted onto the MAD, shouldn’t those "unbiased"
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individuals represent my voice, too? Why can’t the valuable lesson be that a MAD can work even if the belief exists that they do not?
By sdclimbergal 3:38 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #11. sdclimbergal, Where are you getting your "data"? I hope not where it appears you are getting it...so, please cite hard evidence of bias in the Committee. Facts: the Committee currently consists of 12 members, 7 of whom voted "yes" on the MAD ballot in June 2007. The 5 members who voted agaist the MAD in 2007 but who are now sincerely dedicated to at least spending the money legally and wisely have had no opportunity to show bias of any kind. Nothing has been thwarted; there has been no contract between CDC and the City. Several of the "yes" voters who are also CDC board members have no shame about being biased, on the other hand, and put forward propaganda about those who will not blindly support the CDC's less than honest dealings. And their bias is not in your best interest, rest assured, though apparently you pay attention to what they tell you, instead of doing your own independent research. You were not at the April 14 meeting in which the Committee voted 8-4 against supporting the FY08/09 budget. Obviously the 8 votes against the CDC's plan include those "yes" voters who supported the MAD concept, but now they have seen clearly how improperly the CDC proceeds. Read the published minutes of that meeting and read the statements provided by those who object to the way the CDC is trying to operate. Do your research.
By SouthPark 6:51 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #12. Addendum for sdclimbergal: It is easy to appreciate that a key assumption underlying data assessments is that knowledge about past behavior can help us predict future behavior. Or, as Shakespeare so eloquently stated in the Tempest, "What's past is prologue." The CDC has been given opportunity after opportunity to do the right thing, to rectify past misdeeds by acting generously in the present. The behavior patterns are unmistakable, though you haven't observed long enough to appreciate it. But even the MAD enthusiasts on the Committee saw the writing on the wall: a hugely overpaid "program manager," hired in secrecy, without knowledge of and thus disenfranchising the oversight Committee, and whose past experience is with a developer devoted to "infill" projects, and who is connected to CCDC and the Urban Land Institute and all of the developer interests in the corrupt Sanders Planning Department. These are just data, irrefutable. Check them out. Cognitive philosophical niceties aside, who in their right mind would give Bush a third term, to right his wrongs!
By SouthPark 8:35 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #13. What a bunch of Whiners!!!! Especially lookaway. you guys sound like a
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bunch of NIMBYs! The MAD Advisory board is just that; ADVISORY! It sounds like if it doesn't happen to your satisfaction, it sucks. Keep complaining until no one wants to work with you. No wonder Golden hill is what it is...slowly moving into gentrification, but you can still get heroin. Instead of attacking the GGHCDC why don't you put some of your people together and start your own CDC? Running a nonprofit is hard work, harder than running a business. Complaining that your skill set (Hilsdale)was not tapped is dumb...did anyone know you had that skill set? Or are you just a legend that all are supposed to treat like some oracle? ? As far a advisory groups go, they are just that, ADVISORY! The CDC is a legally liable entity, and an advisory group is not. Get over it and quit trying to micro-manage. If you were thinking properly you would work the room to share your skills, contacts and INFLUENCE the outcomes. I am tired of advisory groups that think they are in charge, if you are not taking personal liability, go find some solutions that reduce liability to the CDC. Or better yet get the hell out of the way!
By artdog 9:55 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #14. It's hard work... From what quarter of sanity and reason have I heard that before...? The crazies, with all of their CAPS and !!! emerge from the tacky bars and clubs to spew out their brilliant ideas. Please note that the advisory committee consists of a majority of CDC rah-rahs and CDC Board members. You are way confused.
By SouthPark 10:41 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #15. Then shouldn't LookAway get the facts straight? "The Advisory Committee was elected in a taxpayer-funded election to oversee the very tax dollars paid over as fealty to the Corporation. For the election, members of the community worked hard to provide a slate of unbiased candidates. The Corporation worked hard to fill the elected seats with their candidates. The Corporation lost when there were community candidates running against their sycophants; the Corporation won only the uncontested slots (based on type of property owned) and thus *lost control of the committee majority*." To make an argument on the source of my data is a mute point. I don't believe I presented any in my last post, other than the publication you, SouthPark, advised me to review.
By sdclimbergal 11:09 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #16. Good job, you found out my email address and discovered my name and then looked on publicly available records to find my house on the Mills Act contact. Placing my name and address on a blog is another bad form of intimidation. In fact it is very scary tactic that someone would stoop down so low and be so careless while remaining anonymous. (Privacy Policy)
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My comment may not have been nice and subtle, however, it's my opinion and I have a right to share that. As you do too. I apologize if I came off to strong but I stand by my words and I've cooled off now. I am not ashamed to say my home is on the Mills Act. I would not have been able to afford Golden Hill otherwise. Particular right now. I'm a full time student at City College working on an Ethnic Studies degree dreaming to become a teacher. As for work, I work at a self dog wash. My spouse was recently laid off from his job and no work appears to be available locally. Economic times are hard. When I first moved to Golden Hill my house was a mess, bars on windows, security lights surrounding, and mold eating away the floors. The garage was in complete disrepair. We have seen what happens to homes like these if it was not for historic districts and the Mills Act. People get desperate and they sell their homes to gas stations (shell on Broadway) or tear them down and create "Mc Mansions" or they build undesirable condos. Every last wednesday of every month we have a tour group. The tour group is made up of seniors who once lived and still live in Golden Hill/South Park. They love the fact that we invite them into our home religiously. Every month we show them the projects we are working on and give them the history of the home (we have a lot of wonderful information). They also share their many stories with us about growing up in Golden Hill/South Park. Never do we hide from them the fact that this house is on the Mills Act. I'm running out of time to finish this comment. I have a fence waiting to be built in the backyard. So i must shorten this before the sun comes out. I see it peeking behind the clouds. As you can see we are very busy people and we care very much about Golden Hill. To call the police every time we have a problem is difficult, expensive, and time consuming for the city, the police dept, and us. When we as a community could do everything ourselves. I support Golden Hill and I support MAD. Shawn Freeman
By Love_That_Golden_Hill 11:26 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #17. I appreciate the spell correction (typos are a fact of life and easily happen when multi-tasking), but that does nothing to clarify what is fact and what is fiction.
By sdclimbergal 11:28 a.m., May 28, 2008 > Report it #18. sdclimbergal, Last word: it's "moot" not "mute." Mute is what the oligarchists prefer of their minions. Moot is a legal term referring to a motion or case, as practiced in a Democracy. Love, Love your new tone, glad you are so busy. But you aren't serious, are you? You think the assessment taxes can be spent on a private militia to protect you, because "To call the police every time we have a problem is difficult, expensive, and time consuming for the city, the police dept, and us."? Are you serious? Better buy a gun and build that
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fence with broken glass on top, because if you are too busy to work with the good police force we all support and admire, then you are on your own. When I first moved here in the 80s, there was a meth house nearby. I worked intensely with the police, spent huge amounts of my time collecting data and making reports, for at least a year, and the police knew just what to do to resolve the problem. And according to the rules of a Democracy. That's why we pool our tax dollars into the General Fund, so that we won't need militias and little mafias running around on behalf of private enterprises. If you want that kind of craziness, you should volunteer for duty in Baghdad, today. Might solve the unemployment problem for you and your spouse. Jeesh!
By SouthPark 11:18 a.m., May 28, 2008 > Report it #19. What are you talking about #25? Guns?? Who is talking about guns? Did you not read my blogs? I like how you have nothing to say about your friend stealing my email address tracking me down and publicly outing my name and street. All the while a privacy policy sits at the end of this page. P.S. Thanks for your work in the 80's. I really mean that.
By Love_That_Golden_Hill 5:51 p.m., May 28, 2008 > Report it #20. Comment removed by website administrator. #21. Comment removed by website administrator. #22. Comment removed by website administrator.
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April 24, 2012
Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) Business Improvement District (BID)
South Park Neighborhood Association (SPNA) Golden Hill Neighborhood Association (GHNA) Golden Hill Community Association (GHCA) Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee Friends of Balboa Park & Golf Course Anti-MAD Community Volunteers Verses City of San Diego Grater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GGHCDC) These documents are related to an ongoing 17 years conflict between the Citizens (Property owners) of the communities of SOUTH PARK and GOLDEN HILL, of San Diego, California, battling against the employees of the City of San Diego, and the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GGHCDC) who dishonestly and maliciously caused the illegal establishment of a Maintenance Assessment District over the majority objections of the Citizens [property owners]. This to specifically provide funding and support with additional property assessments (taxes/fees) to be provided revenue to a privet membership corporation (GGHCDC). In 2012 the battle is continuing although the Citizens clearly and decisively won every court case, which ORERED a Writ of Mandate, vacating the unconstitutional and illegal governmental actions/proclamations establishing the Grater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District (GGHMAD) for the benefit of and administration by the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GGHCDC). As of today the City employees are continuing the Battle and are refusing to return the stolen monies by the government to the property owners. These Documents are provided to CITIZENS to assists you in fighting the tyranny of our Governments’ uncaring Politicians, and their dishonest, officious, manipulative, bulling Bureaucrats. They were obtained and provided from many sources and volunteers to whom we shall never forget their goodwill and good-works. I recommend you to first review the following document repaired by community volunteers to better understand what has transpired to this point in time:
20111031 - GGHCDC MAD HISTORY.pdf
I also would recommend that you contact the following Anti-MAD Points of Contact:
www.goldenhillmad.blogspot.com [email protected] www.madenoughyet.com
INDEX [LIST] OF RELATED DOCUMENTS & PUBLICATIONS
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GOLDEN HILL | NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
MAD Gets Irate
By Dorian Hargrove | Published Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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At the Greater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) meeting on May 19th, most of the members spent the entire 90 minutes in protest to the hiring of a project manager without their consent. Some members on the MAD Advisory Committee -- in charge of overseeing and implementing maintenance projects in the areas of South Park and Golden Hill -- were upset with the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Committee’s (GGHCDC) decision to hire a person for the full-time position without their knowledge, despite being given a number of applications to review. The infighting amongst the board members started with the announcement of the new employee, “I’m happy to announce that Alia Kanani’s first day will be on May 21st,” Laura Stangel, MAD board member whom also serves on the GGHCDC, said at the meeting. “She has a Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies and a Masters from SDSU and I’m sure she will make a great addition to the team.” “Well, how much are you paying her?” MAD committee member Bill Hilsdorf asked. “You hire someone and you don’t know what you are paying her? I’ve been negotiating deals for 40 years and I’m very pissed off that I was shut out of this process.” Hilsdorf wasn’t the only one upset. All but three members appeared frustrated about the process and confused as to their overall responsibilities as board members. “I’m disgusted by how this whole process went on behind our backs,” said board member Lisa Vella. “And I’m totally embarrassed that other people knew that someone was hired before I did, and I sit on the board!” The debate was so contentious that chair of the committee, David Skillman implemented the Robert’s Rule of Orders- a formal method to conducting meetings where each person speaks when called on and only have three minutes to respond. The debate lasted so long-one member actually got up and left the meetingthat several pending items to be reviewed by the board were postponed until the next meeting. The board, however, did reach a solution. A motion was made at the end of the meeting to establish more communication between the MAD Advisory Board and the Community Development Committee, although, no specific details regarding how that would occur were given. MAD’s next meeting will be in two weeks to discuss more possible solutions. The meetings are open to the public and are listed on the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Committee’s website- www.goldenhillcdc.orgunder the Clean, Green and Safe link. MORE DORIAN HARGROVE MORE GOLDEN HILL MORE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SEND LETTER TO THE EDITOR SEND TO A FRIEND SUBSCRIBE TO THIS COLUMN PRINTER FRIENDLY
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#1. LookAway, good job of looking out for the community's interests. These so-called public interest organizations in San Diego inevitably
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turn into slush funds for the well-connected. They ought to be abolished. Look at how CCDC has betrayed the citizens of San Diego, foisting the high costs of John Moores private ballpork and a disastrous condobubble on us all, diverting the tax dollars into the pockets of their friends, and stripping away badly needed infrastructure investments. Yes, they power wash the sidewalks, but underneath the sewers and water pipes are ancient. Little Italy's ArtWalk was flooded, forcing the artists to scramble to save their work but golly those sidewalks and trash cans sure are pretty. The phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" comes to mind. Meanwhile, the homeless population continues to grow, traffic gets worse, while our public transit is expensive, slow, sometimes dangerous, and very poorly designed. Yet the poobahs in charge are well-paid and insulated from any criticism of their many self-serving mistakes. The residents of Golden Hill should be offered a petition to abolish this organization before it wastes any more money. If you like, feel free to use www.changesandiego.org to draft the petition and allow the citizens to comment. Then I'll be willing to help you go door to door and collect signatures. Fred Williams
By Fred_Williams 10:39 a.m., May 23, 2008 > Report it #2. Come on down to the Reader launch party next Wednesday at the W downtown. We can strategize. Fred
By Fred_Williams 11:50 a.m., May 23, 2008 > Report it #3. Three things to note about the Golden Hill MAD meeting... First, this committee has been charged with spending the voter approved funds on Golden Hill Projects. They have not spent one dime on improving Golden Hill. Second, they have populated their meetings with procedural bather and tail chasing. This is because many of the committee member's stated goal is the removal of this newly created special benefit zone. People can critize Marco as much as they like but Little Italy is a great neighporhood as a result of has work... and Golden Hill could be that way also were it not for the efforts the NIMBYs who have side tracked the MAD committee. Third, anyone who was at that committee meeting would have witnessed a lesson in deliberate disfunction. Visit www.fearandloathingongoldenhill.com for a better review of the meeting.
By knownasben 1:08 p.m., May 23, 2008 > Report it
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#4. "Seedy bar and restaurant owners"? There are only a handful of people who would fit into the category of bar and restaurant owner and to call them seedy would seem like an unwarranted slap in the face for making the Golden Hill area a desired San Diego attraction. Honestly, I hate politics, but had to comment because I, as a property owner, had been given an opportunity to vote. In having that opportunity to vote, I chose to have the MAD formed. If there's proof in that someone had influence of the vote, by ushering in of the votes, then please present it otherwise you minimize the effort I made and others like me to vote. Are you certain, that the CDC board members are unelected? As a member of the community and present at a number of meetings held over at the Moose Lodge, there seemed to be a somewhat democratic process in the assignment of an individual to the board. The statements made above in regards to that seem to be deceptive. It's stated that the board is comprised of realtors, investors and developers. Can you state how many on the board fit those categories? It would help to know since they are being accused of being propaganders of their own interests. As a member of the community, I'm curious...was your name on the flyer that was placed in my mailbox, that in my opinion, seemed to riddled with scare tactics of what the MAD would be? - A concerned member of the Greater Golden Hill community
By sdclimbergal 9:42 a.m., May 24, 2008 > Report it #5. sdclimbergal, You didn't read the comments by LookAway very carefully. Being familiar with the facts, I assure you that LookAway wrote nothing that isn't correct and documented. There is way too much to share with you here to inform you, but here are some of the more entertaining and amusing facts: Do you know that the owner of the Moose Lodge voted against the MAD? Do you know that Hueso's brother voted against it? Want an example of CDC propaganda? Here's one: Do you recall that multicolor pro-MAD mailer the CDC sent out, with the photo of a retaining wall at the end Ivy? CDC claimed that the graffiti on the wall had been there for months and months, because the City wouldn't respond to requests to clean it? Well, I put that to the test: I put in a request on the City's online graffiti website and within one week the City sent a cleaner. The City has been that good for many years, every time we've reported graffiti. And the City blasts the graffiti off the sidewalks instead of doing the ugly paintovers (which just provides a canvas for new graffiti). Do you recall the graffitied street sign in the same mailer? That sign is at the end of the street where some of the main longtime CDC members live: they can do what we do on our street, which is to take 3 minutes and a cloth with a little mineral spirits and wipe off the graffiti. I wash my own sidewalk, sweep my own curb, as do my neighbors. The City streetsweeper comes twice monthly and does a great job. If the sidewalks in front of the Turf Club or Luigi's (both buildings owned by CDC members) need washing, the owners should do it, not me. Not you. Not the City. Just keep repeating: No to Privatization.
By SouthPark 7:40 a.m., May 25, 2008 > Report it #6.
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sdclimbergal, One more thing: you might be interested in a really cool article by Sara Reistad-Long that appeared in the NY Times on May 20 2008 ("Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain"), based on research and studies reported in Progress in Brain Research. For those older, longtime residents of South Park who have watched the CDC scheme and try the same things over many years, the propaganda and pied-piper smiley false reality that the CDC presented to achieve their goal of controlling a private tax honey pot are all too familiar. Those older and wiser property owners are not distracted by the propaganda, but absorb it and parse it for what it means. The fresh young faces that the old CDC people install to persuade young people like you are a transparent distraction. With age, if you are bright enough, you usually get interested enough in politics to know what you are really voting for.
By SouthPark 8:31 a.m., May 25, 2008 > Report it #7. I am irate! WHY THE HELL ARE MY STREETS NOT CLEAN YET!!!! A year ago we voted as homeowners in support of a management assessment district for Golden Hill. I am irate over what the advisory board has been doing for Golden Hill, NOTHING. This is NOT what I voted or paid for and I'm tired of waiting for results!! To this day we continue to walk past our schools looking at gang graffiti, we continue to see trash blowing down our streets, and we continue to wish our sidewalks in better repair. The money that Golden Hillers have put aside is NOT city money and it sure the hell does not belong to the advisory board!!! This money is for the use of OUR community and only our community. The residents voted for this and it's time for results!! The funds that have been accumulated must be used for the common good of Golden Hill. MAD needs to start working now!! It is unfortunate that we currently have a VERY FEW people in Golden Hill who are trying to derail and negatively influence the advisory board and MAD program. These few are playing to a special interest and are discarding the votes of the majority of homeowners in Golden Hill who support MAD. I support Golden Hill, and I support MAD.
By Love_That_Golden_Hill 11:31 p.m., May 25, 2008 > Report it #8. Love: When the smoke in your head clears, you might check the facts: the City did not sign the legal contract with the CDC, so that they could access our tax dollars, until April 2008, a full year after the 2007/2008 tax dollars were in the coffers. You should complain to the City, if you aren't happy. The MAD Oversight Committee, elected by the community, has no responsiblility for the failure of the City and the CDC to enter into a contract. Also: Our residential streets are swept twice monthly by the City; so, what are you talking about, dirty streets? The streets are cracked and potholed, of course, but the assessment dollars can never be legally spent on that sort of infrastructure repair. So, I guess you will be thrilled when some privvate company is handed our tax dollars to clean an already clean but very broken street or sidewalk. Totally crazy, but so is
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the tone of your crazy comment.
By SouthPark 12:34 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #9. As is typical in this city, the assessment is levied for one purpose, and then diverted to another. Remember when CCDC was set up? It was to prevent the revitalization of downtown from taking tax revenue away from other neighborhoods. Well, the exact opposite has happened. Projects like the ballpark come directly out of the general fund, reducing money available for police, fire, parks, or pensions. Similarly, Little Italy uses its money to benefit local businesses with various events and special cleanings, trashcans, and even chairs on the street. Meanwhile, crucial infrastructure is ignored in Little Italy. That's why ArtWalk ended this year with a water main break that flooded the entire event. So the Golden Hills or Grantville plan may look good on paper now, but inevitably it will be manipulated by well-paid insiders. Everyone will pay, but only the few will ever benefit. This is why I now think ALL these special assessment districts have to be closely examined, and in many cases disbanded. What purpose they once served is no longer being served, and the money has been taken away from the public and stashed in private pockets. Best, Fred Williams
By Fred_Williams 2:38 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #10. SouthPark, thank you for the reference to the NY Times article and pointing me in the right direction. There is a lot to be said about the experiences we go through and the experiences from which we learn...or hopefully learn. I further went on to look into Shelley H. Carson's publication from June 2006, Mindfulness and Self-Acceptance in the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, whose work was cited in that article. It makes a good read, especially on the topic of the Mindfulness of Mistakes (p. 35):"...making mistakes is an indicator that one is willing to engage with the environment and try things even when the outcome is uncertain" and "[t]he mindful approach to past mistakes is to look at them from multiple perspectives and find the perspective that provides either new knowledge, motivation for change, and/or an opportunity to teach others a valuable lesson." This leads me to the following questions: now that the MAD has come to fruition - why does the goal exist to dissolve or petition against it by opponents of the MAD who always had the idea it was wrong (in other words, a mistake)? Why can’t I, as a Golden Hill community member (who happens to be keen on the neighborhood), or my neighbors with young children, simply see the benefits of a clean, green and safe community, for which an assessment district given a budget, has the objective to provide, regardless of the political ties and what not? If the community worked hard to provide a slate of unbiased candidates for the MAD who subsequently were voted onto the MAD, shouldn’t those "unbiased"
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individuals represent my voice, too? Why can’t the valuable lesson be that a MAD can work even if the belief exists that they do not?
By sdclimbergal 3:38 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #11. sdclimbergal, Where are you getting your "data"? I hope not where it appears you are getting it...so, please cite hard evidence of bias in the Committee. Facts: the Committee currently consists of 12 members, 7 of whom voted "yes" on the MAD ballot in June 2007. The 5 members who voted agaist the MAD in 2007 but who are now sincerely dedicated to at least spending the money legally and wisely have had no opportunity to show bias of any kind. Nothing has been thwarted; there has been no contract between CDC and the City. Several of the "yes" voters who are also CDC board members have no shame about being biased, on the other hand, and put forward propaganda about those who will not blindly support the CDC's less than honest dealings. And their bias is not in your best interest, rest assured, though apparently you pay attention to what they tell you, instead of doing your own independent research. You were not at the April 14 meeting in which the Committee voted 8-4 against supporting the FY08/09 budget. Obviously the 8 votes against the CDC's plan include those "yes" voters who supported the MAD concept, but now they have seen clearly how improperly the CDC proceeds. Read the published minutes of that meeting and read the statements provided by those who object to the way the CDC is trying to operate. Do your research.
By SouthPark 6:51 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #12. Addendum for sdclimbergal: It is easy to appreciate that a key assumption underlying data assessments is that knowledge about past behavior can help us predict future behavior. Or, as Shakespeare so eloquently stated in the Tempest, "What's past is prologue." The CDC has been given opportunity after opportunity to do the right thing, to rectify past misdeeds by acting generously in the present. The behavior patterns are unmistakable, though you haven't observed long enough to appreciate it. But even the MAD enthusiasts on the Committee saw the writing on the wall: a hugely overpaid "program manager," hired in secrecy, without knowledge of and thus disenfranchising the oversight Committee, and whose past experience is with a developer devoted to "infill" projects, and who is connected to CCDC and the Urban Land Institute and all of the developer interests in the corrupt Sanders Planning Department. These are just data, irrefutable. Check them out. Cognitive philosophical niceties aside, who in their right mind would give Bush a third term, to right his wrongs!
By SouthPark 8:35 p.m., May 26, 2008 > Report it #13. What a bunch of Whiners!!!! Especially lookaway. you guys sound like a
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bunch of NIMBYs! The MAD Advisory board is just that; ADVISORY! It sounds like if it doesn't happen to your satisfaction, it sucks. Keep complaining until no one wants to work with you. No wonder Golden hill is what it is...slowly moving into gentrification, but you can still get heroin. Instead of attacking the GGHCDC why don't you put some of your people together and start your own CDC? Running a nonprofit is hard work, harder than running a business. Complaining that your skill set (Hilsdale)was not tapped is dumb...did anyone know you had that skill set? Or are you just a legend that all are supposed to treat like some oracle? ? As far a advisory groups go, they are just that, ADVISORY! The CDC is a legally liable entity, and an advisory group is not. Get over it and quit trying to micro-manage. If you were thinking properly you would work the room to share your skills, contacts and INFLUENCE the outcomes. I am tired of advisory groups that think they are in charge, if you are not taking personal liability, go find some solutions that reduce liability to the CDC. Or better yet get the hell out of the way!
By artdog 9:55 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #14. It's hard work... From what quarter of sanity and reason have I heard that before...? The crazies, with all of their CAPS and !!! emerge from the tacky bars and clubs to spew out their brilliant ideas. Please note that the advisory committee consists of a majority of CDC rah-rahs and CDC Board members. You are way confused.
By SouthPark 10:41 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #15. Then shouldn't LookAway get the facts straight? "The Advisory Committee was elected in a taxpayer-funded election to oversee the very tax dollars paid over as fealty to the Corporation. For the election, members of the community worked hard to provide a slate of unbiased candidates. The Corporation worked hard to fill the elected seats with their candidates. The Corporation lost when there were community candidates running against their sycophants; the Corporation won only the uncontested slots (based on type of property owned) and thus *lost control of the committee majority*." To make an argument on the source of my data is a mute point. I don't believe I presented any in my last post, other than the publication you, SouthPark, advised me to review.
By sdclimbergal 11:09 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #16. Good job, you found out my email address and discovered my name and then looked on publicly available records to find my house on the Mills Act contact. Placing my name and address on a blog is another bad form of intimidation. In fact it is very scary tactic that someone would stoop down so low and be so careless while remaining anonymous. (Privacy Policy)
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My comment may not have been nice and subtle, however, it's my opinion and I have a right to share that. As you do too. I apologize if I came off to strong but I stand by my words and I've cooled off now. I am not ashamed to say my home is on the Mills Act. I would not have been able to afford Golden Hill otherwise. Particular right now. I'm a full time student at City College working on an Ethnic Studies degree dreaming to become a teacher. As for work, I work at a self dog wash. My spouse was recently laid off from his job and no work appears to be available locally. Economic times are hard. When I first moved to Golden Hill my house was a mess, bars on windows, security lights surrounding, and mold eating away the floors. The garage was in complete disrepair. We have seen what happens to homes like these if it was not for historic districts and the Mills Act. People get desperate and they sell their homes to gas stations (shell on Broadway) or tear them down and create "Mc Mansions" or they build undesirable condos. Every last wednesday of every month we have a tour group. The tour group is made up of seniors who once lived and still live in Golden Hill/South Park. They love the fact that we invite them into our home religiously. Every month we show them the projects we are working on and give them the history of the home (we have a lot of wonderful information). They also share their many stories with us about growing up in Golden Hill/South Park. Never do we hide from them the fact that this house is on the Mills Act. I'm running out of time to finish this comment. I have a fence waiting to be built in the backyard. So i must shorten this before the sun comes out. I see it peeking behind the clouds. As you can see we are very busy people and we care very much about Golden Hill. To call the police every time we have a problem is difficult, expensive, and time consuming for the city, the police dept, and us. When we as a community could do everything ourselves. I support Golden Hill and I support MAD. Shawn Freeman
By Love_That_Golden_Hill 11:26 a.m., May 27, 2008 > Report it #17. I appreciate the spell correction (typos are a fact of life and easily happen when multi-tasking), but that does nothing to clarify what is fact and what is fiction.
By sdclimbergal 11:28 a.m., May 28, 2008 > Report it #18. sdclimbergal, Last word: it's "moot" not "mute." Mute is what the oligarchists prefer of their minions. Moot is a legal term referring to a motion or case, as practiced in a Democracy. Love, Love your new tone, glad you are so busy. But you aren't serious, are you? You think the assessment taxes can be spent on a private militia to protect you, because "To call the police every time we have a problem is difficult, expensive, and time consuming for the city, the police dept, and us."? Are you serious? Better buy a gun and build that
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San Diego Reader | MAD Gets Irate
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/may/21/mad-gets-irate/
fence with broken glass on top, because if you are too busy to work with the good police force we all support and admire, then you are on your own. When I first moved here in the 80s, there was a meth house nearby. I worked intensely with the police, spent huge amounts of my time collecting data and making reports, for at least a year, and the police knew just what to do to resolve the problem. And according to the rules of a Democracy. That's why we pool our tax dollars into the General Fund, so that we won't need militias and little mafias running around on behalf of private enterprises. If you want that kind of craziness, you should volunteer for duty in Baghdad, today. Might solve the unemployment problem for you and your spouse. Jeesh!
By SouthPark 11:18 a.m., May 28, 2008 > Report it #19. What are you talking about #25? Guns?? Who is talking about guns? Did you not read my blogs? I like how you have nothing to say about your friend stealing my email address tracking me down and publicly outing my name and street. All the while a privacy policy sits at the end of this page. P.S. Thanks for your work in the 80's. I really mean that.
By Love_That_Golden_Hill 5:51 p.m., May 28, 2008 > Report it #20. Comment removed by website administrator. #21. Comment removed by website administrator. #22. Comment removed by website administrator.
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April 24, 2012
Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) Business Improvement District (BID)
South Park Neighborhood Association (SPNA) Golden Hill Neighborhood Association (GHNA) Golden Hill Community Association (GHCA) Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee Friends of Balboa Park & Golf Course Anti-MAD Community Volunteers Verses City of San Diego Grater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GGHCDC) These documents are related to an ongoing 17 years conflict between the Citizens (Property owners) of the communities of SOUTH PARK and GOLDEN HILL, of San Diego, California, battling against the employees of the City of San Diego, and the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GGHCDC) who dishonestly and maliciously caused the illegal establishment of a Maintenance Assessment District over the majority objections of the Citizens [property owners]. This to specifically provide funding and support with additional property assessments (taxes/fees) to be provided revenue to a privet membership corporation (GGHCDC). In 2012 the battle is continuing although the Citizens clearly and decisively won every court case, which ORERED a Writ of Mandate, vacating the unconstitutional and illegal governmental actions/proclamations establishing the Grater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District (GGHMAD) for the benefit of and administration by the Greater Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GGHCDC). As of today the City employees are continuing the Battle and are refusing to return the stolen monies by the government to the property owners. These Documents are provided to CITIZENS to assists you in fighting the tyranny of our Governments’ uncaring Politicians, and their dishonest, officious, manipulative, bulling Bureaucrats. They were obtained and provided from many sources and volunteers to whom we shall never forget their goodwill and good-works. I recommend you to first review the following document repaired by community volunteers to better understand what has transpired to this point in time:
20111031 - GGHCDC MAD HISTORY.pdf
I also would recommend that you contact the following Anti-MAD Points of Contact:
www.goldenhillmad.blogspot.com [email protected] www.madenoughyet.com
INDEX [LIST] OF RELATED DOCUMENTS & PUBLICATIONS
19720000 - Landscaping & Lighting Act of 1972.pdf 19890000 - MAP - South Park & Golden Hill.pdf 19940000 - GGHCDC Revitalization Project.pdf 19951010 - GHCDC Excutive Director Report.pdf 19951010 - GHCDC Revitalization Plan Community.pdf 19951019 - GHCDC Boad Directors.pdf 19951024 - South Park Association 01.pdf 19970000 - CA Gov. Code section 53753.pdf 19970000 - TAX Right to Vote Proposition 218.pdf 19970609 - MAD City Resolution 288830 MAD Ballot.pdf 19980608 - SD MAD MuniCode.pdf 20000614 - MAD local-light mad.pdf 20000628 - GGHCDC Board Agenda.pdf 20000810 - GGHCDC MAD Misc Docs.pdf 20000810 - MAD GGHCDC - Kessler Letter.pdf 20000901 - GGHCDC MAD Hal Tyvoll Protest Flier - Tovel.pdf 20010213 - CDC Newsletter.pdf 20010305 - GGHCDC MAD Reminder Letter.pdf 20010330 - No GGHCDC MAD Flier.pdf 20010401 - MAD GGHCDC Status Report.pdf 20010401 - MAD SD Park Dept.pdf 20010403 - MAD GGHCDC Status Letter.pdf 20010412 - MAD GGHCDC Letter.pdf 20010425 - GHHCDC NewCity 01-10.pdf 20010425 - No GGHCDC MAD Flier.pdf 20010600 - GGHCDC MAD Newletter.pdf 20010608 - CMADJuneNewsletter2001.pdf 20010613 - MAD GGHCDC Letter - Councilmember.pdf 20010623 - MAD GGHCDC Letter - Mayor.pdf 20010710 - MAD GGHCDC Letter - Atkins.pdf 20020108 - MAD SD Process Ord1975.pdf 20020108 - The MAD Process.pdf 20020313 - No GGHCDC MAD Flier.pdf 20020430 - GGHCDC $150 Council Agenda.pdf 20021021 - BID GGHCDC.pdf 20021029 - GH Planning Committee - GGHCDC Business Districts.pdf 20021029 - GH Planning Committee - GGHCDC Community Center.pdf 20021029 - GH Planning Committee - GGHCDC Joint Committees.pdf 20030500 - SD Code MAD Lighting.pdf
20040000 - SD Policy#100-21 MAD Formations.pdf 20040913 - MAD Formation Handout.pdf 20040913 - San Diego MAD Formation Handout.pdf 20050000 - MAD BUDGETS 2004-8 v6_cedadmin.pdf 20050425 - No GGHCDC MAD Flier.pdf 20050622 - MAD SD Self-ManagedMAD-CityFY2006Budget.pdf 20060000 - GHCDC BoardRooster.pdf 20060311 - MAD Court Rulling Greene.pdf 20060318 - GHCDC ActionPlan.pdf 20060401 - GGHCDC strategicPlan2006.pdf 20060600 - GGHCDC eLetter3_06.pdf 20060601 - SD Block Grants amendfyar07.pdf 20060627 - MAD Council Meeting pmfinal.pdf 20061200 - MAD FUNDING SIDEWALKS pmpchap7.pdf 20070000 - FY08 MAD 06v3revenue.pdf 20070000 - San Diego CityBEAT - poochPolitics.pdf 20070101 - GGHCDC Self History.pdf 20070300 - GHCDC MAD SD CITY Survey.pdf 20070300 - MAD North Park AER.pdf 20070400 - GHCDC MAD SCI Engeneers Report-NO APPENDIX.pdf 20070400 - GHCDC MAD SCI Engeneers Report.pdf 20070400 - SD Developemnet services.pdf 20070401 - GGHCDC MAD Tony Atkins News.pdf 20070406 - No GGHCDC MAD Flier.pdf 20070423 - GHCDC MAD Request Council Agenda JUNE 2007.pdf 20070511 - City San Diego City GGHCDC MAD - Ohedia.pdf 20070521 - Hal Tyvoll MAD Ltr to Council.pdf 20070600 - GHCDC City Grants FY07.pdf 20070600 - MAD City FY08v3 CIP Budget.pdf 20070607 - Plan Group juneagenda.pdf 20070608 - MAD GGHCDC Letter 01 - Mayor.pdf 20070608 - MAD GGHCDC Letter 02 - Aguirre.pdf 20070609 - GGHCDC Meeting.pdf 20070612 - Council Agenda - GHCDC MAD1.pdf 20070615 - GGHCDC MAD cert of mailing_1.pdf 20070615 - GGHCDC MAD cert of mailing_2.pdf 20070616 - MAD GGHCDC SD City Flier.pdf 20070617 - NP News- GHCDC MAD SD CITY Advertisement.pdf 20070618 - GGHCDC MAD SD City Ballot.pdf 20070618 - GHCDC MAD SD CITY Letter.pdf 20070619 - GHCDC MAD - SD City Opposition Consultant.pdf 20070621 - Citizen No GGHCDC MAD Ltr to James T. Waring.pdf 20070630 - GHCDC MAD SCI Engeneers Report-02not complete.pdf 20070701 - No GGHCDC MAD Flier.pdf 20070702 - Citizen No GGHCDC MAD Ltr to Toni Atkins.pdf
20070702 - GHCDC MAD SD CITY Flier.pdf 20070702 - Toni Atkins Leter.pdf 20070706 - Dear Neighbor Letter - No MAD tax.pdf 20070708 - MAD GGHCDC Todd Gloria TaxpayersAdvocate.org.pdf 20070709 - MAD Fellow Neighbor Helpful Note.pdf 20070710 - GGHCDC MAD Ben Hueso Website.pdf 20070710 - GGHCDC MAD Vote No Flier.pdf 20070712 - MAD 18July07 MAD Meeting CHANGE.pdf 20070712 - MAD GGHCDC City SAN Diego Parcels.pdf 20070712 - NoMADTax - Gerrymandering.pdf 20070716 - Neighbors Communications & Response from SD Clerk.pdf 20070718 - GHCDC MAD Meeting CHANGE.pdf 20070719 - SCI MAD san diego golden hill response.pdf 20070723 - CA Code 549546.pdf 20070723 - CA Code R28830.pdf 20070723 - CA Constitution-ARTICLE 13 _Prop. 218_.pdf 20070726 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20070726 - San Diego Reader MAD GGHCDC.pdf 20070730 - MAD GGHCDC - NOT A HONEST VOTE.pdf 20070800 - NP NEWS - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20070900 - NP NEWS - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20071000 - GGHCDC MAD Directory.pdf 20071000 - GGHCDC MAD Oversite Committe.pdf 20071100 - NP NEWS - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20071207 - GGHCDC MAD Ballots Oversite Committe.pdf 20080000 - GGHCDC brochurefinal_so (3)_1.pdf 20080000 - GGHCDC MAD City Contract 2008-9.pdf 20080123 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080200 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080200 - NP NEWS - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080204 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080225 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee By Laws.pdf 20080225 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080317 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080421 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080519 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080519 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080521 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080600 - GHCDC MAD SCI Engeneers Report.pdf 20080602 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080616 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080617 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080620 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080714 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080715 - GGHCDC MAD Notice of Inviting Bid .pdf
20080723 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080730 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080818 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee Procedures.pdf 20080818 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080819 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20080900 - GGHCDC MAD Newspaper.pdf 20080915 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20080917 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20081020 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20081022 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20081112 - SD 21.reporttocitycouncilfy09.pdf 20081117 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20081118 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20081215 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20081216 - MAD MAP SD City.pdf 20081230 - HUD Audit - San Diego ig0991005.pdf 20090105 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20090202 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20090302 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20090303 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20090307 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20090323 - GGHCDC MAD sidewalk repair Letter.pdf 20090406 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20090504 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20090601 - GGHCDC MAD Oversight Committee.pdf 20090606 - GGHCDC MAD Oversite Committe.pdf 20090629 - GGHCDC MAD Promotions Letter.pdf 20090630 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTfy092ndreprogramming.pdf 20090707 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20090717 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20090814 - MAD Democratic Values and Special Assessments.pdf 20090918 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20090930 - GGHCDC MAD Disband Oversight Committee Vote.pdf 20100000 - FY11 SD budget MAD 14v1appendix.pdf 20100203 - MAD Court Final Judgment GHAA.pdf 20100203 - MAD Court Findings Judgment GHAA.pdf 20100223 - GHNA - MAD help.pdf 20100324 - MAD University Avenue - uampmtgpresentation.pdf 20100411 - MAD GGHCDC Illegale $732,746 Budget.pdf 20100421 - San Diego Reader - CDC No Refunds.pdf 20100501 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20100600 - MAD GGHCDC.pdf 20100726 - fy11ao.pdf 20100831 - GHHCDC Audit.pdf
20100913 - MAD VENDOR LOT SUMMARY 9958.pdf 20101001 - GGHCDC MAD Annual Report 2009.pdf 20101105 - GGHCDC Hotline Investigation 11-5.pdf 20101110 - UTSanDiego.pdf 20101120 - 25th Street Project.pdf 20101201 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20110000 - MAD 25th Street.pdf 20110200 - MAD Oversight Cmte agenda-Feb 2011.pdf 20110415 - GGHCDC 25thFINAL-FLYER#3.pdf 20110504 - GGH CPUAC.pdf 20110505 - GGHCDC 25th St Project.pdf 20110510 - GGHCDC MAD Farmer's Market.pdf 20110517 - SD Developemnet services.pdf 20110600 - FY11 SD budget 10_37.pdf 20110600 - SD Planning Groups contactlist.pdf 20110604 - Fed Report CDC990-ending Aug 2010.pdf 20110604 - Fed Report CDC990.pdf 20110711 - GGHCDC MAD Audit.pdf 20110726 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20110900 - GHHCDC Boardmembers.pdf 20110922 - COURT Appellate-Final Ruling-D057004.pdf 20110922 - D057004.PDF 20110922 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20111003 - Todd Gloria & David Alvarez GGH MAD D3_D8 Memo.pdf 20111004 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20111006 - GGHCDC MAD BMurry email.pdf 20111014 - California Taxpayers Association - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20111014 - San Diego Uptown News - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20111020 - NP NEWS - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20111021 - San Diego Reader - GGHCDC MAD.pdf 20111031 - GGHCDC MAD HISTORY.pdf 20111031 - GGHCDC MAD HISTORY.ppt 20120000 - MAD 25th Street v3schedule1.pdf 20120215 - UTSanDiego.pdf 20120219 - SD Planning Groups contactlist.pdf 20120312 - GGHCDC MAD City Dissolution.pdf 20120329 - Property Tax Letter 2011-12.pdf 20120412 - Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee.pdf 20120412 - UpTown News Artical.pdf 20120419 - GGHCDC Meeting Agenda.pdf 20120419 - GGHCDC WebPage.pdf 20120422 - Marco LiMandri - New City America.pdf 20120423 - GGHCDC MAD Trash Cans.pdf 20120900 - GGH Planning.pdf
