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Staying above it!

The terrible cost of being disingenuous?

The only people who take you seriously are the people no one else takes seriously. 

It is said that people will know you by the company you keep. I think that is a true statement. 

It is also said that actions speak louder than words. I think that is a true statement.

So we shall see how things go here on the Patch. It would be nice to have comments and blogs from a wide variety of people and not just a few who like to chase others off!

Judge for Yourself Update- much as predicted comments are still be deleted either for "being off-topic" or just because they offer different views.

Recent comments deleted on local blog about the Wildomar General Plan include the following:

I asked for clarification on why what Wildomar did with adopting riversides general plan was any different that what Menifee did? And I reference the Ca municipal law handbook which allows a city to adopt the county GP. A lawsuit generally has a goal or purpose, either financial, expose criminal behavior or to have an action occur. It seems to me that the city is working on a GP now(and they had planned to-just like menifee waited several years), we certainly don't need to spend more money on attorneys fees, and I don't think anything criminal was done. The city had legal representation that told them this course of action was legal. It is fine if the writer of this blog does not want to go into specifics. But she has asked publicly and repeated for people to stop the "bad" behavior and discuss things reasonably. well that is what I am doing.

 

I don't understand what was wrong with my post? It stayed on topic abut is getting characterized as just as "lotsahelp's open ended questions are nothing more than her seeking a foothold from which to launch criticism and nasty digs. I'm not going to support that kind of activity here on the Patch." But this blog starts with a very vague and unclear statement that is never clearly explained(at least IMHO) in the blog. "The elected and appointed officials of our little local government are merrily leading the city towards certain calamity. Like the proverbial Pied Piper of old they are playing us a cheery tune all the while enticing Wildomar’s unsuspecting citizens to dive over a cliff and into a roaring sea of financial, environmental and legal disaster.

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Lets try this: the writer of this blog wrote "Faced with a pressing lawsuit, the city has hastily set about cobbling together a General Plan or what they would like citizens and the court to believe is a real General Plan."  ___Can you please be specific as to why this is not a real General Plan. According to the city attorney it is. Can you also please address why you chose not to attend the planning commission workshops on the general plan? One final statement and question- I think more people should get involved if only to prevent a small cabal of citizens from having more impact on the plan than they should. You heard me speak at the meeting about my ideas-what did you think of them?

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The GP plan actually does have impact on property rights. And the other things I mention do have an impact on what direction and steps the city needs to take, IMHO. I am confused as to what is on topic? If one can not ask for specifics or offer other views there is not much left. Although I notice that LER's comments have remained and they don't seem to be any more on topic than those removed.

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I may not always agree with Joseph Morabito but he is fair and always amusing. 
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For those that may not have seen it and for those that may have forgotten or for those that are naive I give you pearls of kindness from last summer:

Martha L. Bridges July 27, 2013 at 11:16 PM

Ah, Mechele? or is it AKA Mechele Annmarie? or maybe just Eric as he is ID'd on his website? Its Hard to get it right when you've been found out and are using a fake ID to hid behind. You never wanted honest debate or anything akin to an intelligent exchange of ideas. You are constantly trolling for an argument with just about every word you write or comment you post...and you don't even live in our community. Guess this is just fun and games for you or perhaps there is some form of payoff for your troublemaking? Paid a little money and got a whole lot of information on you. You are disingenuous and just a plain old fake trying to stir up trouble where none need exist, but you are treading on mighty thin ice. No one can hid from discovery in the information age, and you will be found out and expose for what you really are... Me thinks you protest too much...far too much and will have to pay the price for your deceit. Sweet dreams!

 

my response_____

from Martha - "...and will have to pay the price for your deceit...."____I will try not to take that last as a threat but I will save the entire comment on my computer..... Sigh....I don't know who those people are...I think you have way too much money if you spent it trying to find out who I am....Did you even read any thing that I wrote  or are you just irritated or offended that I disagree with you, as I said I am just one out of 32,000 and that last comment of yours is exactly why I choose to remain anonymous. 



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