Archive for October, 2008
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008WAKE UP LONG BEACH
Good turn out this morning at 7:30 am for Wake Up Long Beach. Our panelists included Chamber President Blake Christian; The District Weekly writer, Theo Douglas; The Gazettes Editor, Harry Saltzgaver and yours truly.
The topic was: Financial Crisis: Trick or Treat in Long Beach.
The panel concluded that the future looks grim because […]
Bad drafting derailed the first proposal for a parcel tax
Monday, October 27th, 2008God bless citizen activist Terry Jensen for taking the time to publicly debate the merits (or lack) of Measure I — the ballot measure to place a parcel tax on all property owners in Long Beach.
He has been out in the community publicly speaking and today he wrote an op-ed piece in the Press Telegram […]
Billie Jean Moffitt King Thanks Long Beach Parks and Recreation for Starting Her Tennis Career
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008The Governor’s Women’s Conference had many highlights but none more poignant for the City of Long Beach than when Minerva Awardee Billie Jean Moffitt King started her acceptance speech by saying how glad she was to be back in her home town of Long Beach.
“You are my peeps,” she told the crowd. She then announced […]
Commercial Sponsors for City Assets — Watch for Metamucil Senior Center
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008I was absent from the vote last nite (I was at the Governor’s Women’s Conference) on whether or not to agree to allow commercial sponsorships in turn for revenue.
Okay. So once again we gave away the store by not demanding a larger amount of revenue in turn for Charter Communications and Office Depot to attach […]
I campaigned on a promise of “no increases in property taxes”
Monday, October 20th, 2008Some people have a short memory. I know there are days I need to go back and re-read things I wrote a couple years back. I did that and confirmed that I had made an issue in my campaign for city council of “no increases in property taxes.”
The last time I checked, a parcel tax […]
The need for a lobbyist ordinance in LB
Monday, October 20th, 2008Kudos to Bonnie Lowenthal for working hard on the Elections Oversight committee on which I sit to shepherd through to City Council a recommendation to adopt an ordinance that would require the registration and reporting of those individuals and organizations that lobby the city council and staff on issues that come before us.
Added to the […]
The Good, Bad and Otherwise Ok News Coverage I Received
Friday, October 17th, 2008Thought you might like to check out the following links from Google Alert that let me know who is saying what about me:
Google News Alert for: schipske
The 10 Worst Abuses Of Power In LB In The Past Year Were…
LBReport.com - Long Beach,CA,USA
… then (faced with a potential court challenge from the Howard Jarvis […]
South San Francisco Recognizes Importance of Helping Homeowners Fix Sewers
Sunday, October 12th, 2008I have been strongly objecting to the City suddenly stopping its practice of sending someone out to check and to repair sewer lines that have been damaged by city tree roots.
In the past the city paid for this service. Since sewers were transferred to the Water Department, the program stopped.
So if you have a sewer problem […]
Fund raiser for MPS
Friday, October 10th, 2008Last night I attended a fundraiser at Smooth’s for the National MPS Society.
I didn’t know much about MPS even though I am still a Registered Nurse Practitioner. But Steve Chesser, who represents Boeing Company in Long Beach has a son, Bryce, who was born with MPS. Steve and his wife Karole are passionate about finding […]
How the Lehman Bankruptcy Is Impacting Cities
Thursday, October 9th, 2008In response to press inquiries about the announcement that Long Beach has lost $21 million of its investments with Lehman Holdings, the City press officer put out the following additional information:
“As of June 30th, CalPERS had approximately $135.6 million invested in Lehman’s stocks and bonds - if you add that to the total, California entities […]