This new site is great . I wonder if the Posters who wanted to run the old Patch site with all…Read More the phony garbage/ postings are sneaking a peak to see a new / better patch . They all complained and said they will quit if not changed back. Guess what folks We have always told you if you want change you need to get out of your computers face and take action . We did just that and look at our reward, A new site for regular people who have common sense .. Thank You Patch
Making us start over is the plan to wear us down. Free press is paid for by advertisers, and…Read More pressure is put out to stifle stories. That's what the tobacco industry did to 60 Minutes, and the Isreli government did to the Goldberg Report. The United Nations couldn't put out the story of mass genocide of the Palestinian people, and we'll be kicked off the blog soon because we don't advertise.
Craig
I thought I was being overly suspicious but the new site eliminated months of research and…Read More commentary and has replaced it with irrelevant banter and Ads.
It won't even let you edit thoughts into smaller blocks or comment directly to another post. It is the ultimate dumbing down of Patch.
If you have been following the Plan Bay Area debate here is a link to the response from the Supervisor's:
http://www.marincounty.org/Main/~/media/Files/MarinGov/Board%20Actions/20130514CDAPlanBayArea-LTR.pdf
There is also a presentation by the Marin Economic Forum on
Plan Bay Area: Is it good for the region? Is it good for Marin?
Calendar: Novato Community Alliance
Title: Marin Economic Forum on Plan Bay Area
Date: 30.05.2013 18:30 - 20:30
Location: Board of Supervisors' chambers at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael
" A forum sponsored by the Marin Economic Forum on the Plan Bay Area will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 30th in the Board of Supervisors' chambers at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael. Panelists will be Plan Bay Area proponents Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey; Napa County Supervisor Mark Luce, president of ABAG; and critics Randal O'Toole of the Cato Institute, author of "Gridlock"; and Thomas Rubin, an Oakland-based transportation consultant and former chief financial officer of the Southern California Rapid Transit District. Moderator will be Marin Superior Court Judge Verna Adams. Admission is free."
We got sold down the river by the developers. Under the guise of a new improved format, they just…Read More erased our history. Now we have to start defending our town all over again, while they are already in gear. Some of the opponants of AH can't get on anymore. Brent would not have allowed this to happen. Maybe that's why he left so suddenly, and unexpectedly.
Peter
I am not sure which group you are referring to. I belong to Novato Community Alliance and…Read More Novato Homeowners Association. Both are grassroots groups working with local government to ask much needed questions regarding Plan Bay Area.
Your comments are reminiscent of a previous poster named Bud Lite who was engaged in heated exchanges. Since his name continued to evolve it was only his message that made him recognizable.
No one can give you the world but NCA and NHA are both resources that can provide information and discussion of important local issues.
Hello,
It took our groups letters to get the change as we do not want to read someones garbage…Read More that takes twenty posts to say one thing . I have never had a heated exchange with you but I can tell you I was sick of reading your garbage like a lot of other people were. You and your group promised the world, told it the only way you wanted the outcome to be and got caught by the real people of Novato
I was a regular reader of the previous patch. I seldom if ever commented. However, I have to agree…Read More that it takes too much of my time to deal with the new one. And a previously active "techie" friend also finds it less than newsy. This is the first time I have been able to even read anything. I have no problem with other sites, but it jumps all over my screen. Something isn't right.
People like Tina McMullin are upset because Patch is no longer her personal soap box. Her…Read More decpiction of you and other Patch designers as "Terrorists" is insensitive and pathetic. That is the site people like Tina prefer. If you're not careful, Patch will once again turn in to an angry blog for the repressed and narcissistic.
Jim and Patch...great layout change. If you focus more on the news rather than being a conduit to…Read More pure negative commentary, Patch may very well succeed.
We had a story yesterday on Novato Patch with very lively discussion. Unfortunately it didn't…Read More migrate over with the new format. I'm hoping it will pop up soon.