HALF MOON BAY BREWING COMPANY PRESENTS
BREWS AND VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 2
“The Power of Deliberative Polling”
Free public forum welcomes...
HALF MOON BAY BREWING COMPANY PRESENTS
BREWS AND VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 2
“The Power of Deliberative Polling”
Free public forum welcomes key organizers of the What’s Next California project, James Fishkin and Zabrae Valentine, with moderator Lenny Mendonca, Director of McKinsey and Company
What:
What’s Next California? — the first state-wide deliberative poll in California — was conducted in 2011 in an effort inform citizens about key public issues using television and public opinion polls in a new and constructive way. This poll covered four basic areas: the initiative process, the Legislature, state/local relations and tax/fiscal issues. Thirty proposals were deliberated by a statewide scientific sample of 412 participants and their conclusions offered many surprises. A panel including key organizers of the project — James Fishkin of the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University and Zabrae Valentine of California Forward with moderator Lenny Mendonca Director, McKinsey & Company — will discuss the project process and findings.
Deliberative Polling®, developed by Dr. Fishkin, is a practice of public consultation that employs random samples of the citizenry to explore how opinions would change if they were more informed.
When:
Thursday, February 2, 2012
6 to 8 p.m.
Where:
Maverick’s Event Center
107 Broadway Ave.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Cost: Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Ten percent of the proceeds from all dinner sales at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company for this event will be donated to the Cabrillo Education Foundation.
For More Information:
Call 650-728-2739 or visit www.hmbbrewingco.com
HALF MOON BAY BREWING COMPANY PRESENTS
BREWS AND VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 2
“The Power of Deliberative Polling”
Free public forum welcomes key organizers of the What’s Next California project, James Fishkin and Zabrae Valentine, with moderator Lenny Mendonca, Director of McKinsey and Company
What:
What’s Next California? — the first state-wide deliberative poll in California — was conducted in 2011 in an effort inform citizens about key public issues using television and public opinion polls in a new and constructive way. This poll covered four basic areas: the initiative process, the Legislature, state/local relations and tax/fiscal issues. Thirty proposals were deliberated by a statewide scientific sample of 412 participants and their conclusions offered many surprises. A panel including key organizers of the project — James Fishkin of the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University and Zabrae Valentine of California Forward with moderator Lenny Mendonca Director, McKinsey & Company — will discuss the project process and findings.
Deliberative Polling®, developed by Dr. Fishkin, is a practice of public consultation that employs random samples of the citizenry to explore how opinions would change if they were more informed.
When:
Thursday, February 2, 2012
6 to 8 p.m.
Where:
Maverick’s Event Center
107 Broadway Ave.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Cost: Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Ten percent of the proceeds from all dinner sales at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company for this event will be donated to the Cabrillo Education Foundation.
For More Information:
Call 650-728-2739 or visit www.hmbbrewingco.com
Tue, May 19, 2009 6:38am
Sabrina Brennan
All my comments
Does the census figures have an impact of the division of property tax dollars going to GSD and MWSD?
Wed, May 20, 2009 1:53pm
Leonard Woren
All my comments
Whatever silly thing the Census Bureau did has no effect on which local jurisdictions the neighborhood is in, so there would be no effect on property tax division.
Q: “Calling a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?”<br>
A: “Four—just because we call it a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
Pillar Ridge is still in MWSD and not in GSD.
I always wondered why the original name was the “El Granada Mobile Home Park”, when it was never anywhere near El Granada. I.e., that name never made any sense.
Wed, May 20, 2009 7:45pm
Scott Boyd
All my comments
Many things are named after where they are not (or maybe where they wished they really were). Princeton’s a prime example. So it’s fitting that Moss Beach right next door had one community named after El Granada, and still has a whole airport named after Half Moon Bay. I’m glad pilots don’t actually expect it to *be* in Half Moon Bay when they come in for landings.
My favorite has to be Ocean View Park (a nice community park actually in Half Moon Bay), from which there is no ocean view to be had.
Seriously, though, to the question, property taxes and district boundaries are something the tax collector is generally very good at keeping straight.
Back to Moss Beach, I’m surprised Caltrans didn’t notice the drastic change in population numbers when they made up the signs showing population to be 400. There are more than four times that many registered voters in Moss Beach.
Wed, May 20, 2009 8:18pm
Leonard Woren
All my comments
You’re surprised at something that CalTrans did or didn’t do? Get real.
Now they’re going to have to do a $200,000 study to determine what the sign should really say.
I think my personal favorite is that SFO isn’t in SF. Not even close. Dare I say it’s in another County?
That’s it for today’s mixed drink of sarcasm and cynicism.
Getting serious for a second, is there any way to make sure the Census Bureau has a clue for the upcoming decennial count?
Thu, May 21, 2009 5:25am
Lisa Ketcham
All my comments
You’d think CalTrans would get their figures from the census. Various studies use it too, like the Big Wave financial analysis. The data is available down to relatively small blocks—that’s where I got the population figure of 850 for Pillar Ridge back in ‘02.
When residents were discussing a new name for our community in ‘04, we wanted a name attached to the place. Someone suggested Misty Pines, but I said that will surely cause some kind of plague that will kill all the pines within 10 years. So we settled on Pillar Ridge.