Real Name: Barb Holmes-Reynolds Cell: (661)972-6767 Member Since: April 13, 2006 Last Signed In: November 18, 2007 Profile Views: 1316 Blog Views: 2751 TEHACHAPI SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA CONCERT THIS SUNDAY. FRAUD IS BEING PRACTICED ON YOU, IF YOU HEAR IT. You've Got LOCAL FOLKS To Help Tehachapi Residents With Estate Planning. Arab Saying: "Invite Them To Dinner -- But Tie Up Your Camel". TO BE "FOREWARNED" ABOUT THIS GROUP - IS TO BE "FOREARMED". I DON'T THINK THE SENIOR CENTER HAD ANY IDEA ABOUT THIS GROUP. Thank You Tehachapi News For A Great Means of Conversation With Everyone. Ever Noticed The $ ONE MILLION DOLLAR Star In The Street? JASON CAUDLE LOOKED SO HOT IN HIS NEW BLACK HUMMER ! Relevant Parts of The Brown Act That Govern City Council Meetings-Part 3 of 3 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 
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Ever Noticed The $ ONE MILLION DOLLAR Star In The Street?
Since the Beautification Program was effected by our City Council, I hadn't even noticed the Star embedded in the middie of the pavement at Green Street and Tehachapi Boulevard. Silly me -- for looking at 3-way traffic at the intersection, rather than looking down at the Star embedded in the middle of the street. That's Green Street and Tehachapi Boulevard. I'm certainly going to begin looking at it now so that I can get some sense of appreciation for what I had never seen -- after hearing that THE STAR COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The next time you drive by Green Street and Tehachai Boulevard, just look down and smile. I felt so remorseful when I thought about the ONE MILLION DOLLARS' expenditure that I had been so remiss in seeing embedded in the pavement at Green Street and Tehachapi Boulevard. When I think about Tehachapi High School's Advanced Drama Club performing one of the best renditions of Shakespeare's Hamlet I've ever seen -- in the lunchroom -- because there's no performing arts center -- When I think about the Tehachapi Symphonic Choir and Orchestra that has some of the best talent on the planet, having to perform at the junior high school or the dining room of a church -- because there's no performing arts center -- The Vision of the beneficial interest to Tehachapi -- of a $ONE MILLION DOLLAR STAR embedded in the pavement at the intersection of Green and Tehachapi Boulevard -- just escapes me. Oh, while I was at the gas station at the corner of Robinson and Tehachapi Boulevard, the lightening thought struck me -- that as part of the Beautification Program of our City Council -- why are trees planted in the street that take up a full car length, when parking is so scarce in the City? 24 comments from 9 users
posted by
Katatak
on Oct 8, 2007 at 01:41 PM
Maybe the kids should go beg at the door of the state prison system since the prisons are flush with money. As the cockeyed prison managers proudly describe themselves, they are in charge of the fastest growing industry in the United States. Heck, they have so much product they are exporting to other cash starved states! posted by
paralegal39years
on Oct 8, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Your suggestion is not that far fetched considering the yoeman's task to do something for Tehachapi's youth and Tehachapi's cultural needs that never seems to rise to priority stattus.
posted by
jimr
on Oct 8, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Your comments are right on target. And, if anyone wants to print out and READ every word of the 148 page City Budget (as I have) you will note that ANOTHER item holds one million MORE dollars in reserve for the purchase of the Wells School...which is not even for sale! And consider that the City has not allocated one thin dime towards the building of our new hospital. Don't they feel they have the same thing in common with the rest of us citizens...that we all bleed red blood? (Maybe theirs is blue!) The Tehachpi Hospital Guild and the Tehachapi Hospital Foundation have been begging for donations for years now...all to no avail because the City government needs a million dollar star and a clock dedicated to a defrocked Councilperson. And, there's more money where that came from...right out of our pockets! Jim Richards
posted by
olivia
on Oct 8, 2007 at 03:03 PM
Jim, do you know the reason why the city hasn't donated any money to the building of the new hospital? Man I really need to keep up. We are driving our cars over $1,000,000.00 everyday? I think that's totally criminal. What the hell are they planning to do with Wells after they buy it. OMG. Tell me more about the clock.
posted by
paralegal39years
on Oct 8, 2007 at 04:01 PM
Right you are Olivia. We're driving our cars over $1 Million Dollars every day. Now doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy inside?
posted by
paralegal39years
on Oct 8, 2007 at 04:03 PM
Jim: You're right on target as usual. Health care isn't that important, neither are cultural venues. After all, we're going to hell in a handbasket real fast . Maybe the sick and infirmed can drive over the $1 Million Dollar Star everyday and just hope some of that money to burn will come their way.
posted by
gube
on Oct 8, 2007 at 08:14 PM
I was wondering if it was grant money used on the compass rose. Does anyone know ?
posted by
medicone
on Oct 8, 2007 at 08:44 PM
I was told it was grant money. Even if it wasn't, it is a nice thing to have in town. It will go nice with the rail road depot when it is done. That million was also spent on the street lights down town. The new side walks as well as many other nice things also came from that million. Barb wants to run for city council but she only want to tell you 1/2 the truth. posted by
gube
on Oct 8, 2007 at 09:02 PM
If it was grant money then they had to use it toward what the grant was written for. right ? I agree it does look nice.
posted by
Blendonw
on Oct 8, 2007 at 10:14 PM
I think the 4-way on Main Street looks pretty good these days, including the compass rose. I remember when I was a kid the whole intersection would flood from CarQuest to Kelcy's every time it rained. Of couse it seemed to rain a lot back then, that was fun floating paper boats down the gutters on Main Street. I think the school district should sell the Wells School complex to the city for $1 as a good faith action, so it wouldn't look like some greased, inside, $1,000,000-deal was about to take place. Tehachapi, in some respects, seems to be a microcosm of Kern County, and of the ultraconservative climate within the US these days. I think the common term is, "Good Ol' Boys Network." posted by
paralegal39years
on Oct 8, 2007 at 11:31 PM
Medicone: Au contraire -- try paying me to run for City Council and I've been degreed in Politial Science -- since 1974. I'll pass. Hence, that blows a hole in your myth.
posted by
gube
on Oct 8, 2007 at 11:37 PM
Good ,,,nobody would vote for you anyway.
posted by
paralegal39years
on Oct 8, 2007 at 11:47 PM
You're so absolute in your OPINION. posted by
paralegal39years
on Oct 8, 2007 at 11:52 PM
I agree the Rose looks great. . . posted by
anonnymous
on Oct 8, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Hey Whopi I agree with Gube.
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