- IF @SCVWD WAS DOING THERE JOB INSTEAD OF STEALING AND FRAUD, THERE MIGHT BE WATER IN THE BAY AREA, WHAT ARE THE TAXPAYERS PAYING GOLDEN GOLDIE 500K FOR TO LOOK DUMB.
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SCVWD, GOLDEN SPIGOT, GOLDEN GOLDIE, WILL THE LIES EVER STOP! theunit@nbcbayarea.com @nbcbayarea
Handouts-Agenda Item 5.2 AV TECH COMMENTS AT VERY SECRET IT AD HOC MEETING, THEY JUST DON’T LISTEN, MOST BOARD MEMBERS ARE OLD STAFF, AND THEY DO AS THEY PLEASE THIS IS A HAND OUT FROM JUNE 22 IT AD HOC MEETING JUNE 2015
AUDIT 2012 SHOWS HOW MANAGEMENT REALLY WORKS, AUDITORS VERY SURPRISED NO
DOCUMENTS WENT TO 2 CAO 1ST OLGA MARTIN STEELE, ALSO DIRECTORS…
062215 IT Ad Hoc Comm Agenda NOTHING HAD TO DIG TO GET THE HANDOUT ABOVE, AND IT WAS NOT EVEN ON THE AGENDA, SEE HOW THEY WORK.
R.I.P. California (1850-2016): What We’ll Lose And Learn From The World’s First Major Water Collapse
Last week when NASA announced that California is on its death bed and has only 12 months of water left, the news hit like a punch to the gut. “Data from NASA satellites show that the total amount of water stored in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins — that is, all of the snow, river and reservoir water, water in soils and groundwater combined — was 34 million acre-feet below normal in 2014. That loss is nearly 1.5 times the capacity of Lake Mead, America’s largest reservoir,” writes Jay Famiglietti of NASA.
Famiglietti adds: “Statewide, we’ve been dropping more than 12 million acre-feet of total water yearly since 2011. Roughly two-thirds of these losses are attributable to groundwater pumping for agricultural irrigation in the Central Valley. Farmers have little choice but to pump more groundwater during droughts, especially when their surface water allocations have been slashed 80% to 100%. But these pumping rates are excessive and unsustainable. Wells are running dry. In some areas of the Central Valley, the land is sinking by one foot or more per year.”
Tensions are high in the state, and small conflicts are breaking out as people are beginning to steal water from others. Caroline Stanley of Refinery 29 writes: “As Tom McKay points out, the water crisis will likely have the biggest impact on the state’s agricultural community — which currently accounts for a whopping 80% of its water usage. (According toCarolee Krieger, president and executive director of the California Water Impact Network, the almond crop alone uses enough water to supply 75 percent of the state’s population.) But, recently, your average citizens are feeling it, too. People in the Bay Area are actually stealing water from their neighbors.”
So what will happen when California turns into a dust bowl? Will the beauty and rich fabric of California’s cultural historyevaporate as well? SF Weekly put together a list of the top 51 reasons why California is America’s greatest state, and you can read them HERE. BuzzFeed also points out the 32 reasons why California is the most beautiful place in the world and you can read them at BuzzFeed.com as well. And what about the amazing culture of spirituality, peace, tolerance, ingenuity, and love that permeates the Golden State — would we lose that too?
From another perspective, the North American food supply will also suffer a devastating blow because the state’s agricultural production zone is smack dab in the middle of the drought’s most severely hit area. And not only will California’s farming industry come to a screeching halt — the little water that is left will be so filled with toxins and pollutants that it will be undrinkable for local residents. Mother Jones put together an eye-opening set of infographics which paint a disturbing picture, and you can study them below.
Mother Jones also points out that the lifeblood groundwater Californians are surviving on is 20,000 years old. Tom Knudson writes: “Such water is not just old. It’s prehistoric. It is older than the earliest pyramids on the Nile, older than the world’s oldest tree, the bristlecone pine. It was swirling down rivers and streams 15,000 to 20,000 years ago when humans were crossing the Bering Strait from Asia. Tapping such water is more than a scientific curiosity. It is one more sign that some parts of California are living beyond nature’s means, with implications that could ripple into the next century and beyond as climate change turns the region warmer and robs moisture from the sky. ‘What I see going on is a future disaster. You are removing water that’s been there a long, long time. And it will probably take a long time to replace it. We are mining water that cannot be readily replaced,’ said Vance Kennedy, a 91-year-old retired research hydrologist in the Central Valley.”
The California water crisis is reminiscent of The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties — “a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s” (Wikipedia). “Severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes) caused the phenomenon. The drought came in three waves, 1934, 1936, and 1939–40, but some regions of the high plains experienced drought conditions for as many as eight years. With insufficient understanding of the ecology of the plains, farmers had conducted extensive deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains during the previous decade; this had displaced the native, deep-rooted grasses that normally trapped soil and moisture even during periods of drought and high winds. The rapid mechanization of farm equipment, especially small gasoline tractors, and widespread use of the combine harvester contributed to farmers’ decisions to convert arid grassland (much of which received no more than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year) to cultivated cropland.”
The Dust Bowl resulted in a mass evacuation of the heartland, as tens of thousands of people were forced to abandon their farms. A similar evacuation is already underway in California as many farmers have been forced to give up. Unlike the Dust Bowl, however, California’s crisis doesn’t end with abandoned farms — it ends with abandoned cities.
SEE ALSO: Las Vegas Will Run Dry In 4 Years: Watch “LAST CALL AT THE OASIS” Documentary And Shit Your Pants
Horrible, horrible – CEO needs to resign
JIm Fielder is exactly right.
Imagine that, Corruption at the top
KEEP DIGGING LOOK AT THE MONEY THEY WANT TO WASTE, on a new board room, the manager stopped maintenance on the room so equipement would fail, did he get in trouble no, but they just lie, spend or try to…..
https://pgoeltz.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/golden-goldie-lies-scvwd-golden-spigot-crane-wreck-racialacid-scvwd/comment-page-1/
https://pgoeltz.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/scvwd-ray-10-28-2014.pdf
https://pgoeltz.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diversityaudit20121.pdf
https://pgoeltz.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/scvwd-pgoeltz-10-28-2014.pdf
TWO SPEECHES ON 10 28 2014 BUT GO TO VALLEYWATER.ORG AND WATCH THIS GUY DOUG………
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http://scvwd.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1182
2.1 Public Hearing on the Engineer’s Report for Boardroom Audiovisual Modernization Project; Resolution to Approve the Engineer’s Report and Project; Adopt Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids, Project No. 60204016 (San Jose). (S. Tikekar)
http://scvwd.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1182
RMC had the 3 year contract for the SBWR Master Plan (Google it!). This contract was just completed in April and was co-managed by the City of San Jose and the Water District. RMC knows the issues with recycled water in the valley, I do not see what the problem is here. Everyone at the top levels of government has their “hands in the kitty”, how else did they get elected or promoted? Why is this such a surprise what the Water District did?
I would be interested to hear what Mr. Wall has to say about this nefariousness.
Beau Goldie and John Gundry–cut from the same cloth. Who has the authority to terminate each of these two, and why haven’t they exercised that authority? Our smithy may be resigned to the inevitability of corruption at the top, but I am not.
Gundry should have been fired month ago.
@Josh_Koehn. look into what they are doing to the board room, wasting millions and no one gets fired for breaking it so they can waste more money, have all the documentation.@pgoeltz this is district wide waste they even paid for sig hearing aid over 5k, when hes a rich farmer,, as to the problem, they funnel money how and where they want this is just tip of waste there.
Its your taX money they don’t care ask to see all the prs from all departments you will see waste and same style, hiring friends, no bid, IT ADHOC, COMMITTEE IS A JOKE TO GET A NEW 3 MILLION BOARDROOM
SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT LOOK LIKE FOOLS 10 28 14 LYING CAO CEO STAFF READ WATCH TRUTH. FUNNY 2 COPS THERE THAT NIGHT. GOOGLE BOARD ROOM AND DOCUMENTS, THEY DISREGARD THE TRUTH.
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2.1 Public Hearing on the Engineer’s Report for Boardroom Audiovisual Modernization Project; Resolution to Approve the Engineer’s Report and Project; Adopt Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids, Project No. 60204016 (San Jose). (S. Tikekar)
http://scvwd.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1182
http://cf.valleywater.org/About_Us/Board_of_directors/Board_meetings/_2014_Published_Meetings/MG55587/AS55593/AS55594/AI55663/DO55863/DO_55863.pdf
http://cf.valleywater.org/About_Us/Board_of_directors/Board_meetings/_2014_Published_Meetings/MG55587/AS55593/AS55594/AI55663/DO55864/DO_5586
The Santa Clara County D.A. is at least partly right. That Form 700 for 2010, filed on 3/18/2011, is outside the four-year statute of limitations in California Gov Code subsection 91011(b). You’ve checked her filings for 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, right?
There might’ve been a violation of 91005(b), which allows treble damages. Section 91009 says a plaintiff is entitled to half of the penalty.
RMC are getting sole source contracts now from Milpitas and the District. And charges both exorbitant rates under the false pretense of being cheaper and more efficient. I think not. They are obviously conflicted and the District needs a trusted consultant at their side instead of them.
I retired from the district after seeing time and time again upper management playing favorites and protecting each other. This is just another example of that. Mr.Goldie and and Ms.Richardson both long term district employees, have no respect for the public. Does anyone really believe that Ms. Richardson “being on the other side of the house” makes the whole issue transparent?
The solution is to replace Mr. Goldie with an outside professional without these long time personal relationships. Of course no one should be surprised to see Mr. Goldie land on his feet as a highly paid RMC employee.
What? Say it isn’t so, a politician, a CEO, a public official, with a conflict of interest? I’m appalled and saddened. Let me say again, deeply saddened, OH!! but wait, this is America, never mind.
For more information on the water board please have a look at the top of the MaeBrussell(dot)com homepage. Mr. Goldie is a choirboy when compared to the actual board members.
stand by ~ ~ ~ wasn’t there some buzz going around about the SCVWD planning on raising rates so they could help fund Jerry Brown’s Twin Tunnels that will take No. Cal water and send it south? Is that true or did I just have a bad nightmare?
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Board-Members-Insiders-Question-Multimillion-Dollar-Contract-Pushed-by-Water-District-CEO-315565681.html
Do any of you understand how government agencies even operate? Do you ever attend any of the open meetings where all of this is discussed? If you answer is no… your points are invalid. Stop bitching if you don’t take part in the process. Typical brainless people that feed on media bias… Beau did make things public. If you decide not to pay attention or listen to open discussions and board meetings that is your problem.
This is the same across all forms of local government… everyone cries yet every one of those meetings from city counsel, to Open commission meetings are always EMPTY! 2-3 people of the public in attendance.
Again… If you want to be heard show up. If you want to be properly informed SHOW UP. If not shut up.
you say attend these meetings, its fruitless, the board usually has its mind made up and its the way the upper management wants its, even when you do produce public comment, they just dont care, I suggest you get a copy of the audit 2012 which explains how the upper management @SCVWD works, if you need a copy ask…. TAKE THE BOARD ROOM FOR EXAMPLE THE STAFF JUST LIE ABOUT ALL THE FACTS, WHEN IN FACT IF YOU PULLED PURCHASING CONTRACTS FOR THE BOARD ROOM YOU WILL SEE OVER 200K HAS BEEN SPENT IN THERE ON UPGRADES ALONG WITH THE 3 MILLION THEY PAID FOR IT BACK IN 1999, BUT THEY WILL SAY ONLY 65K HAS BEEN SPENT WHEN EVERY PIECE HAS BEEN CHANGED OR UPGRADED, IT WAS THE MANAGER GEORGE KAMENJATI WHO ORDERED MAINTENANCE STOPPED IN THE BOARDROOM SO THINGS WILL FAIL, AND THEY CAN BUY NEW, THIS IS ALL DOCUMENTED, BY EMAILS, PR’S, EYE WITNESSES, AND VIDEO OF THE MEETINGS, YES NO ONE GOES AS UNLESS YOU LIVE IN LOS ALTOS AND HAVE MONEY THE DISTRICT DOES WHAT THEY WANT. ITS LIKE VOTING FOR PRESIDENT, YOUR VOTE REALLY DOES NOT MATTER NOR COUNT.
By the way… I am in no way attempting to back him up. I am addressing the issue that is at the root cause of most of these problems. That being people complaining after something has been passed or decided on by public officials… but prior to that no engagement, attendance, or involvement was had by the person or persons complaining.
It can’t be stressed enough. If you are not happy with what you are seeing… Be the change you wish to see. Question, ask, attend. Sure you have your right to share opinions just like I do. But as stated above your opinion is invalid to those that actually DO. The doers in society. Those that are at these meetings. Those that actually participate. Those that find the time to be part of their communities and those that research to be well informed for themselves and their communities at large.
Also, critically think about what things you have read.. get other inputs and sources. Don’t just get all heated about 1 persons opinion. Don’t be like my countrymen and countrywomen that are feeding into the problems we face.
Think critically, Do as much as you can to get involved, most importantly engage with your representatives.
JOHN ATTENDED AND OBSERVED WAY TOO MANY MEETINGS OVER A 10 YR PERIOD, so i can pretty much say for fact, the board will take your comments, but the whole meeting, water, company has been bought and sold like most government services already back stage. and can give you name of people that have observed the same thing.
brian schmidt lost his job as he was to be the savior, but went on voting as the previous board did, so in came Gary, who has an uphill battle as most of the board are related to SCVWD IN SOME FASHION. EVEN GOLDEN GOLDIE SNUBBED HIS NOSE AT GARY, saying this is old news we hashed out years ago…..
How do we get rid of the unethical, self-serving people on the water board? Why do they keep getting elected?
Go to the top of the MaeBrussell(dot)com homepage and learn about fluoridation. If everybody in the bay area new this information there would be no more unethical, self-serving people on the water board. They would be voted out.