Comments on: Community Discusses Bear Concerns

By: ?. ?. Jr.

?. ?. Jr. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:20 +0000

We should recruit a local bear to fill the vacant city council seat. It would be the classic cliche, “killing two birds with one stone.” We could save the money on an expensive special election and extend the olive branch to the local bear residents. That way, their voice would be heard too!

?.?. Jr.
Student of ??. ?. ????., Ret. Lieut. John Doe’s Teacher
(Third Generation Doer)

By: davidson

davidson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:51:34 +0000

maybe you should of been up that tree scared to death no way to get away from people like you . Too bad the bear did not have you up a tree and eating your tasty ass MR.BIG N TASTY JERK

By: Dr. Freud

Dr. Freud — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:45:29 +0000

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CRAZY PEOPLE ON HERE?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:11:31 +0000

Maybe Chris could be appointed to the council!

By: BearKilla

BearKilla — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:27:44 +0000

28 Oct 09 at 12:31 pm, maybe that’s why they killed the bear, to save the tree.

By: ??. ?. ????

??. ?. ???? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:56:57 +0000

Did anyone hear about the director of CA.F&G stepping down???
Keyt news did a very short 15sec. piece on it and reported “it has nothing to do with the Ojai bear incident”,
what an odd thing to say, just like a local city council member suddenly stepping down.
BTW:I’m not bashing Joe just wondering why all these “long term” officials are all the sudden “getting out” now???

By: Jesse "The Mind" Ojai

Jesse "The Mind" Ojai — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:58:19 +0000

We shud hirre gangs to keip bers out of are towen.

By: Don't Go Joe!!

Don't Go Joe!! — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:31:22 +0000

Suza,
It’s too bad you never seem to find a way to transfer your overstated passion to the MANY other pressing, omnipresent issues truly affecting Ojai (schools, gangs, improving local economy). Then again, the only issue I remember you ever being passionate about on the city council was saving a dead oak tree…. Yes, the incident with the bear is sad, but you using it an election banner reeks.

By: Jesse "The Mind" Ojai

Jesse "The Mind" Ojai — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:17:07 +0000

Whut bowt all ‘dem bears attack you bin hear
n ’bout?

By: Suza Francina

Suza Francina — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:17 +0000

From a new BBC film, Bearwalker of the Northwoods:

Bears are not ferocious. Lynn Rogers is adamant about that. He said he has never heard a bear roar or even growl, and that in all of his years of close proximity to the animals he has never been seriously hurt even though in his early years he displayed what he calls “bad bear manners”.The bears he knows are timid creatures. Defensive postures, such as swatting their large paws on the ground, are mistaken for aggression by many people.

“In my 42 years of working closely with bears and testing every no-no, I have not found a way of getting a bear to attack. The more I push them the more they try to get away. They might want to nip and slap, but it is not an attack, it is just a way of fending me off so they can find a way to escape.”

It’s humans who are the more dangerous animal, he said. “If you look at the statistics, one black bear out of a million kills somebody. With grizzly bears it’s one in 50,000. Among humans it’s one person out of 18,000 kills somebody. So you could see why I would feel a lot less comfortable in the city than in the woods next to a bear.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/27/black-bears-of-the-northwoods

(Thanks to Ojai resident Wayne Thompson for this item.)

By: Jesse.

Jesse. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:26:35 +0000

Jesse,

Your comments are drivel. Any second grader could understand them. I guess you’re not offended, though, about the one tooth comment you backwoods hick.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:03:48 +0000

John “THE UNICK” Doe,
Wow, thats it?? You’re to stupid to understand the comments I make. I see why your wife and kids think you’re a joke

By: John Doe

John Doe — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40:51 +0000

Jesse,

Can you whistle with just one tooth in your mouth?

Ret. Lieut. John Doe
Military Genius

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:58:44 +0000

BearBS, THANKS! It’s nice to know that I’m not alone in my concerns. There are lots of real issues that are really heading down a dark path here in Ojai. Unfortunately I think most people will not care until things get bad enough that they it will take a lot more work to fix, you know? Maybe the bear thing is just much to easy for them to worry about because it is a small issue and they are too cowed by the bigger picture? Street conditions, businesses, empty homes, school funding, it’s a tall order.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:14:53 +0000

John, I should have know your were to chicken (deleted) to really back up your words. Thats probably why you comment about news from other cities, afraid people in your community will identify you and whip you like your old man used to. I doubt if they try to impregnate you like your daddy did though…

By: ??. ?. ????

??. ?. ???? — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:38:30 +0000

Oooh two jokes in one day, pace yourself doe, and both of them in minutes of each other…..
“Ojai’s Water” John Doe 26 Oct 09 at 3:03 pm
and here John Doe 26 Oct 09 at 2:58 pm
Ventura is missing its idiot.
Save a bear!! shoot a doe!!!

By: truth with a T

truth with a T — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:30:55 +0000

Suzy,

Nobody cares unless the topic is what solution John Doe is offering.

By: Suza Francina

Suza Francina — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:11:49 +0000

Thank you, Nancy Gross, for reporting on the Thursday night meeting.

The Ojai Wildlife League (OWL) website is up

http://www.ojaiwildlifeleague.com

It is a work in progess with many updates to come, but the basic information is there.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:58:32 +0000

Jesse,

This is not a form for online dating. Perhaps you should take your alternative lifestyle to the appropriate website.

Ret. Lieut. John Doe
Truth Coalition

By: BearBS

BearBS — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:44:27 +0000

Finally, some level headed people are coming forward and calling this whole bear ordeal a JOKE!! Get a life. Worry about the real “HUMAN” problems our city is facing. Take your money and donate it to a local school so that our children can have books, music instruments, computers and P.E. Teachers. I am pretty sure that our children are the future of our country……not the damn bears!!

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:06:45 +0000

Maybe they’ll pay rent and shop in Ojai and drive the school buses too lmao.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:12:04 +0000

Easy to say John from Ventura… Talk, Talk, Talk. Why dont you meet me somewhere to discuss our differences? You name the place and time.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:37:25 +0000

My priority is to find a solution to the problem. Maybe we could hire the bears to pick up the garbage at the parks.

By: photo op

photo op — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:23:21 +0000

Is Chris sleep talking?

By: Libbey Park Bum

Libbey Park Bum — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:41:58 +0000

Rich people (Ojai) have no “priorities.”

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:14:41 +0000

Ok, the city or a settlement has been here how long? The forest and bears have been here how long? People and bears in this area have been sharing the same vacinity for quite a while. I don’t believe these bears are endangered, correct? Stastics from 2006 indicate that there is a bear for every .25 sq miles (avg.). Businesses are closing. People are leaving. Lots of houses are on the market. Not to long ago the city cut the funding to pick up trash in our parks. Not to mention the crappy condition of many streets. School funding has been cut to extremes. Our kids are losing out and a coalition is put together for one dead bear???? HELLO! Where the hell are your priorities?

By: Big n tasty

Big n tasty — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:08:56 +0000

Tis the season for some tasty ass bear.

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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:34:23 +0000

Jesse would make great bear chow.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:10:23 +0000

who cares, enough w/ the bear, aren’t there more pressing issues to be discussed, it would probably be a major problem if you had treed bears every month. O’Connor said she is someone who can kill a spider. “I can kill a fly,.. President Obama killed a fly, & PETA freaked out.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:27:17 +0000

I sincerely applaud Jesse for having a backwoods mentality and reminding each and every one of us that Ojai was founded by those with backwoods mentality who descendants still choose to live with their head up their ass.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:15:33 +0000

I sincerely applaud the DFG and SD in the bear incident. Nobody in town got hurt. I just wish the bear could have been skinned and hung so someone would have a beautiful rug to wipe thier feet on