Comments on: VPS To Open Pool To Public

By: Concerned Doug

Concerned Doug — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:47:32 +0000

All you can eat Anonymous Ray Jay Johnny Johnson Jr. What/of whom woudl you like to know? Ill spill my guts, Im an old man.

By: Anonymous Ray

Anonymous Ray — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:33:50 +0000

Concerned Doug, tell us more. Is that why some people get permits and some don’t?

By: Concerned Doug

Concerned Doug — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:38:40 +0000

Ojai is the kingdom of the corrupt city official. Tickets can be taken care of with cash if you find a crooked cop; I wont name any names, the council is grabbing with both hands, and running for the hills.

By: Slick Pepe the DESTROYER

Slick Pepe the DESTROYER — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:01:27 +0000

Maury Gould-0
Wet Paper Bag-1

By: Slick Pepe the DESTROYER

Slick Pepe the DESTROYER — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:00:24 +0000

How do you talk your way out you ask Mary? Obviously you wouldn’t know.

By: Salvidor Wheelie

Salvidor Wheelie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:41:24 +0000

I never paid for a chair in my life! Not my chair not my problem thats what I say.

By: Bureem Suprito

Bureem Suprito — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:40:29 +0000

OUSD-B-
Having no fingers-C
Having no arms-D
Having no head-F
NHS Principal Doug Becker-C-
Having gums from a cadaver surgically implanted into your receding gumline-A+
Being a walrus-B-

By: Maury Gould

Maury Gould — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:28:27 +0000

How do you talk your way out of a wet paper bag? Maybe the trick is to not talk your way into one…

By: thanks

thanks — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:32:03 +0000

thank you Sondra, for passing along good news to our community, and for another well-written article

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:53:15 +0000

Villanova A
Sondra Murphy C-
Kelly Eels C
OUSD D+
Lawyers F-
Milking a goat A+

By: lawyer

lawyer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:42:13 +0000

Wonder who Eels would be — that ditsy lady who thinks she can write and for some unknown reason is allowed to have a column in the newspaper? Unbelievable! I would like to read the entire paper, but that column is unreadable.

By: Eels on top of Eels

Eels on top of Eels — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:32:39 +0000

Sondra Murphy couldn’t talk her way out of a wet paper bag.

By: Jean Luke Seagull

Jean Luke Seagull — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:19:58 +0000

Villanova-B
Meiners Oaks School-C+
Ojai Cops-D-
Trolley Drivers-D
Ojai Banks-D
Bicycle Built for 2-D+
Anyone named Zack-F
Seeing in a Pool- A
Swimming in said Pool- B
Raising the temperature of said Pool-A
Color of pool now-D-
Sausage McMuffin w/egg-D
Bacon Egg and Cheese Biscuit-D
Trout Fishing-C
Bass Fishing-C-
House Sitting-B
Living in Oak View-D
Living at Oak Grove-D
Planting an apple tree-D
Eating an Orange B+
Raking Leaves-C
Mowing the lawn on a riding mower-D
Milking Cows-B
Milking a goat-D
Getting arrested for speeding on a horse-D
Getting arrested by a horse-C+
Playing one on one with Shaq-D
Playing one on one with a seal in a pool with a water basketball hoop-A+
One Stop Shopping-C-
All you can eat buffet-B+
Surf and Turf-A-
Turf Toe-D-(ouch)
Sitting around the house-B
Swimming in a brown trout filled pool-D
BOWLING AT NHS HIGH POOL, PRICELESS.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:06:47 +0000

Sondra yes we read the May 27th NHS. Thank you for making more excuses for the OUSD. You truly are their biggest fan and show it in every article you write. For a change why don’t you do some investigative reporting and represent all sides of the debate.

By: Sondra Murphy

Sondra Murphy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:57 +0000

Please see the May 27 OVN report on the NHS pool; 886 words of details about the summer schedule, repair needs, maintenance costs, health, safety and equipment regualtions, SRO, city-school district contracts, etc. Please pardon me for not reviewing it all this time around. It appears that all the A students who read this story recognized that government regulations and insurance requirements & rates have changed since Nordhoff's pool was first put into use, then maturely considered such impacts on a public school district's finances.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:07:04 +0000

Villanova A-
Kids of Ojai C+
Recreation Dept. B-
OUSD C-

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:35:54 +0000

A group tried several years ago to get the community pool. It held the interest of less than 50 people and even fewer who were willing to put up any money. The Ojai Valley athletic club is actually pretty reasonable. The membership for swim only is about $5/day.

By: get real

get real — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:41:25 +0000

The Ojai Valley Athletic Club began when a group of families put up the money to start a community swim and tennis club. Pool memberships were reasonable for the average Ojai family – it was possible to have a membership that was ONLY for the pool. I am not sure how it was allowed to grow so far from its original purpose. Perhaps the same thing could happen again. As with most of Ojai’s problems, we just need to work together and insist that changes be made that benefit the residents of the valley – backing that up, of course, with the willingness to contribute time and/or money to the efforts. I would be willing – anyone else??

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:38:44 +0000

We have a theater in town already, we do not need a 3 screen theater. We do not need a performing arts center. Yes we could use a public pool, but we already have one at Nordhoff that we can’t use. If that is a “master plan” of Tim Baird then let’s start counting the days until he moves to Encintas and begins ruining their district.

By: Anonymous Ray

Anonymous Ray — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:39:06 +0000

If Tim Baird’s master plan to develope the school adm site is ever hatched, the city should require a public pool as part of the permit process. We have enough landscape and trees. If they can propose a 3 screen theater and 75,000 square feet of excess developement why not a pool. Seniors can’t afford to join a swim club and also need places to swim.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:37:03 +0000

Villanova A+
Kids of Ojai A+
Recreation Dept. A+
OUSD D-

By: prospective parent

prospective parent — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:47:39 +0000

Good advertizing for Villanova!

By: Lynn Haag

Lynn Haag — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:41:11 +0000

Thank you Villanova for offering your lovely pool to our local families who are in need of affordable swim lessons! As a parent I am very grateful to know that my daughter will have the chance to learn much needed water safety and that I won’t need to drive to Ventura for swim lessons. Let’s move beyond blaming and just be grateful that we now have options.

By: get real

get real — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:08:37 +0000

paying for the campus officer

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:37:49 +0000

“Anonymous Ray” you are most wise. What is the OUSD doing with the $50K?

By: Anonymous Ray

Anonymous Ray — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:03:12 +0000

You don’t think the school just Found a $50,000k movie deal by accident. They planned to close the pool for shooting on campus.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:50:23 +0000

The pool is basically a fixed cost as it still needs to be maintained over the summer even if no one uses it. The extra cost for chlorine etc is likely 20% increase, which could have been covered with user fees. Yea, it is great that Villanova could help out, but the OUSD lack of cooperation with the recreation department is distubing.

By: ...

... — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:28:05 +0000

taxpayer money? that gets spent during the school year. with all the cuts to education, we’re lucky to have that. the pool is a luxury that we got used to. just glad they found a way for kids to swim somewhere this summer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:49:45 +0000

“get real” it is taxpayer money, not Mr. Baird’s money. The community should be able to use the pool and if a small user fee is needed so be it. It is time for the OUSD to work with the community, case in point, skate park.

By: cool off already

cool off already — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:51:29 +0000

We needed a pool this summer for vital swim programs. Villanova has provided one. Thank you very much. I hope the Lifeguards & Instructors will not be too awestruck by the scenery and forget to keep a close eye on the kids. Ojai is just “too darn hot” to not have a pool for public use. Sure you don’t want to offer open swim time after I get out of work? Around 5:30? Nothing washes away the day like a plunge.:)

By: get real

get real — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:42:36 +0000

How is paying for the operating costs of the pool “extortion”. Anybody who has ever owned a pool can tell you that the maintenance costs are significant and continuous. More so for a public pool, with the need for additional decontamination, etc. Public parks (local, state, and national) frequently charge user fees, even though they are “owned” by the taxpayers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:46:04 +0000

The OUSD tries to extort $8000 from the city for a swimming pool that the taxpayers own. This is the same lack of cooperation that has prevent any progress on the skate park.

By: Anon.5

Anon.5 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:54:25 +0000

Way to pull through, Villanova.

By: Tim Baird

Tim Baird — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:42:48 +0000

What was not clear in the article was that OUSD had offered the pool to the City for use from July 1 through the rest of the summer. The cost to the City would have been $8000, which barely covers the chemicals, energy, and manpower necessary to keep the pool operational. This offer was made with plenty of time for the City to open up the program described above. If Villanova is able to provide their pool for free then I congratulate the City on getting a better deal. If the City is paying to use the pool, it would be interesting to find out how much they are paying. Whatever the case, I am happy that our community will have a pool open this summer.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:59:14 +0000

A public school with a swimming pool that has been used for 45 years for summer swimming program is not available, but ironically a private school (that was vandalized last year by Nordhoff students), steps in and saves the summer swim program. This is another example of our tax dollars at work? The inability of the OUSD board and adminstration to get anything done for the community is just business as usual. No wonder the parcel tax could not get voter support.

Thank you Villanova.

By: Anonymous Ray

Anonymous Ray — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:43:30 +0000

Betsey THANK YOU!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:59:31 +0000

Thankyou Villanova