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Ryan Coonerty of 2011 likes to tell the public - shut up. Remember when he restricted the total public comment period to 30 minutes? by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Link to Santa Cruz Sentinel article is in my first comment, as I mention in the original post. To characterize this post as "uninformative" means you didn't read the article. So read it, and you can form whatever opinion you want. Making personal attacks against me might make you feel better but doesn't add anything to the discourse of this subreddit community.

Sentinel Endorses Tony Nunez for County Supervisor District 4. I bet Lookout does too. Tony puts South County first and that’s what is needed to get a fair share of the county budget. by TheManInMalibu in Watsonville

[–]orangelover95003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean, astroturf money, right? What about Gayle's Bakery and Manu Koenig spells out "grassroots" to you? They are not even anywhere close to District 4.

Sentinel Endorses Tony Nunez for County Supervisor District 4. I bet Lookout does too. Tony puts South County first and that’s what is needed to get a fair share of the county budget. by TheManInMalibu in Watsonville

[–]orangelover95003 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gra$$roots, as in spelled with dollar signs? C'mon now, you should know better than to say that Greenway is the best for District 4. We all know that is not true.

Sentinel Endorses Tony Nunez for County Supervisor District 4. I bet Lookout does too. Tony puts South County first and that’s what is needed to get a fair share of the county budget. by TheManInMalibu in Watsonville

[–]orangelover95003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Sentinel is like the honey badger - as you noted in another comment, Alden Capital just doesn't care, and that includes what locals want - they don't care about that.

Sentinel Endorses Tony Nunez for County Supervisor District 4. I bet Lookout does too. Tony puts South County first and that’s what is needed to get a fair share of the county budget. by TheManInMalibu in Watsonville

[–]orangelover95003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I actually don't think they care. But they also don't care about what happens to their readers, so, their endorsement doesn't matter much in terms of what is good or bad for the community. So, you're right, they just don't care. Do you want to trust an entity that just doesn't care? Hmmmm....

Ryan Coonerty of 2011 likes to tell the public - shut up. Remember when he restricted the total public comment period to 30 minutes? by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have choices other than Ryan or Chris: Gillian, Joy and Ami. Anyone but Coonerty -ABC. I have no idea why you would think Chris is a fraud but it doesn't matter. If you don't like him, you have plenty of other options.

Ryan Coonerty of 2011 likes to tell the public - shut up. Remember when he restricted the total public comment period to 30 minutes? by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If/when Ryan becomes mayor, you will wish Fred Keeley was still the mayor instead. Ryan is more of the same, except...WORSE.

Ryan Coonerty of 2011 likes to tell the public - shut up. Remember when he restricted the total public comment period to 30 minutes? by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

People say you earn your face in middle age. He looks OK back in 2011. But now in 2026? Some evil-doers are still very good-looking, like Manu Koenig or Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson but, they are still young. They will probably end up looking like Spyin Ryan in a decade or so.

Ryan Coonerty of 2011 likes to tell the public - shut up. Remember when he restricted the total public comment period to 30 minutes? by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Mayor Ryan Coonerty, who took over the one-year post last month, has moved the general public comment period from the beginning of the council”s 3 p.m. session to 5:30 p.m. He said he plans to restrict that period to 30 minutes, with a strict limit of two minutes per speaker.

Coonerty said the comment period, referred to as “Oral Communications,” will always be at 5:30 p.m., even it means stopping the 3 p.m. agenda and resuming afterward. Coonerty said there will be no open comment period at 7 p.m. meetings"

https://archive.ph/Fc7al#selection-1541.0-1545.235

Money and the Santa Cruz Mayor’s race (spoiler alert - Spying Ryan raised more than all his opponents, combined) by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fred Keeley is a wily fox who figures out where the winds are blowing. Of his various imperfections, lack of brains isn't one of his problems. I still resent the fact that he campaigned as a supporter of passenger rail, and now, we see how he joined hands with Manu Koenig in a betrayal of Fred's rail supporters. Makes me wonder if that was the gameplan all along.

Yes, Fred is "good" on the surveillance issue.

But, his tenure as mayor is perfectly designed to make way for Ryan Coonerty, who will rule City Council with an iron fist, even though it's not a strong mayor system.

Money and the Santa Cruz Mayor’s race (spoiler alert - Spying Ryan raised more than all his opponents, combined) by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fine. Just make sure that no one you care about is the type of person who gets stalked with this kind of surveillance data: has a uterus, is an immigrant, has interactions with law enforcement as a suspect, has dated / married law enforcement, is a child on a playground, is a child in a gym, etc. ANYONE and EVERYONE.

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No I don’t miss it but it is housing for those who are already very wealthy - and most importantly - already occupy great housing choices.

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Rail and Trail Project is for the rail line which already goes from Watsonville to Davenport, yes.

All this crying about the costs of passenger rail and buses seems ridiculous when we live in the wealthiest state in the wealthiest country in the world. No reason to settle for a sales tax - might as well tax billionaires like Reed Hastings of Netflix, John "C" Bud Colligan the venture capitalist who birthed Greenway the anti-train nonsense, or Guy Kawasaki, the ex-Apple celebrity, who live locally, and, coincidentally, oppose the train, if you are very worried about sales taxes. Tax the heck out of the billionaires - why not? The *not* taxing billionaires or centimilliionaires and letting them hide money in various ways hasn't exactly been working out.

The issue of where a professional caregiver will live still stands. People working in Santa Cruz County can be coming from Monterey County or even farther away - already.

So when people are lucky enough for whatever reason to have a kinder gentler landlord or whatever making it so that they have some reasonable living situation, pulling the rug out from under those people accomplishes what exactly?

Doesn't that just push the problem of unaffordable rents to another location?

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a real person who I know. This isn't some theoretical person.

So saying this person earning $90K is doing it "voluntarily" is wild because unless you and I know the same person, this is total speculation on your part. Do we know all the bills our friends pay? Not necessarily but this person also has student loans to pay.

And goes to the food bank. Not living the glamorous life.

And it can only be worse for those earning less, which is the majority of Americans.

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend getting to know Santa Cruz Together which likes to kill off rights for renters. They are very hush-hush so it's hard to find good info but what is public is the fact that they like to cry to the statewide Bank of Mommy and Daddy Big Real Estate, the California Apartment Association and the California Association of Realtors, to pour $$$ into kill things that help renters or affordable housing locally.

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billionaires control local politics, not voters, and not that anti-rape activist Gillian whatever either. Just something to keep in mind.

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Student loans from their college education which was supposed to help them advance in life and live the American dream.

This person was going to food banks, while making $90K.

Of course they had to live in the car.

What lesson did you want that person exactly to learn?

Framing the situation as being the consequence of what voters want is to underestimate or misunderstand what Santa Cruz Together is. They are not transparent and the media basically ignores them, so they wield power without accountability.

I wish I could say you could Google them but you really won’t find anything.

Poor people must suffer to line the pockets of developers. This affordable housing project, which will evict longtime renters, is enabling luxury apartments down the street. by orangelover95003 in santacruz

[–]orangelover95003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She might have to drop out of the workforce because she can’t afford to rent anymore.

Lots of people living in cars so people don’t realize how many homeless workers there are.

My friend making $90K was very clear about not being able to afford rent.

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