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Remember Exxon Valdez. Customers paid for damages. PGE will bounce back in just a few years. Electricity will cost more due to forthcoming new laws. I’m in./

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I’m in for PG&E too. SDGE had to buy helo,turns off backcountry power during wind storms, paid a bunch of damages, now has new trucks driving on the road. They are making $, same track for PGE.

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I too am getting very tired of the political dribble. I was guilty of this for a while, and stopped. Brian, what say you?

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School districts play a shell game with income. In order to get fed money, they have to comply with fed programs. Same with State. Hence the huge funding for special ed, ESL, immersion programs.

Remember reserves and operation funds are different animals. They are full funded for the day to day payment of teachers, staff, repairs,etc. When the buildings fall down, and there are no reserves, then wha-la, a new bond will pass and all is well again.

Every superintendent feathers their own nest by pitching new bonds, ‘for the children’. Cbad is now pitching prop HH after spending a boatload of money from the last bond about 10 years ago. Not sure if test scores went up after the bond, but there has been a bunch of new construction and renovation.

Cbad is just better at selling bonds. Test scores are still good in SM. Not sure jumping ship would be a net gain.

Plus, maybe the State getting involved is necessary as the current district admin let the reserves fall so low. State will not get involved over this, only major corruption, etc. State control here, I think it is a false flag argument.

If it were me, I would make your decisions on the quality of the actual teachers at your schools. Good schools generally have low turnover in teachers.

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Dude. We all read the same biased media and would never consider using bombs in a political statement.

Evil is evil and needs to be dealt with swiftly and accordingly. That might help keep these kind of people in their basements and not feel empowered to commit crimes.

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I’m stunned this memo by Rachelle Michell hasn’t got more traction. This should have ended the circus and got the focus back on his professional background. Too bad Trey Gowdey wasn’t on this panel.

And the Gop fell for Flake’s delay tactics.

As Scardedy says: Damn Liars

I truly hope this backfires on Dems in future. Damn Partition Politics.

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They measure setback from the property line to the exterior wall of the building, not the buried foundation.

Need to survey to know the actual property boundaries.

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City specific. Visit planning dept. Code enforcement will be your next call.

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That’s just being an ass.

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No rebate. Do you do email billing? Monthly statement shows rent X less discount X = same rent. Statement would have +3% each Jan. Was thinking elaborating on reason for discount, but now think that would open you up to some kind of discriminatory claim.

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I view annual increases in the higher end market ( or quality long term tenants) as nitpicking. I’m thinking contract builds in 3% increase with a 3% courtesy discount for on-time payment history or preferred tenant status, etc. Keeps good tenant happy. Now if you are renting to college kids, 3% auto increase 😉

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And our own Civil War, Brian?

The day after Memorial Day and you call soldiers ‘marketing pawns’. Your arrogance and ignorance is stunning.

Your comprehension of history is simply lacking.

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Re china, the elephant in the room is America

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[quote=Ribbles]I think it’s inevitable. There are too many drivers in the U.S. who aren’t smart enough or skilled enough to be in control of a two-ton vehicle. The number of lives saved will be staggering – and that statistic will be far more visible than the sinister side, which will be downplayed by both politicians and manufacturers. California will be on the forefront, and I’ll have long since left for Idaho.[/quote]

Not thrilled with autonomous cars, but would agree it is will happen. No one has discussed this yet but self driving cars is actually a very plausible way to reduce congestion. If each car identifies its destination, then it can pick and sort out what freeway lanes to use all the while of keeping speed more constant and efficient.

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What is the existing roof design? Flat, truss, rafter? Which walls are load bearing? What is the foundation? Guessing this is an old bungalow or north park type home.

You might get lucky and have a home with rafters peaking at the center crown. I could see vaulting ceiling here easily. Essentially you would be creating a truss. Otherwise you are into quite a substantial construction project as this is structural. Either way, you need an architect signed plans and calculations.

Have a general contractor stop by for a quick look. This is best as you may be relocating electric, water, or gas runs too.

Next best would be to take photo of exterior and submit a contractors forum. It will get you in the ballpark.

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