Comments by NativeVC

Written on Motorized surfboard hits the wave :

Booooooooooooooooooooo! I guarantee this does not go over well out in the water. First of all, this heavy board is dangerous. If you need help paddling, you're probably not strong enough to drive this board with your legs once up. And what happens when a person who can't paddle well gets caught inside with this board and has to ditch it? It could cause serious injury. Then there's the "you can catch 20 waves in 45 minutes". If you're out in the water with a crowd and hogging all the waves with your motor board, you're not going to be well liked....and it will lead to fights (just look at SUPS who have a slight advantage). What happens when your $4,500 board gets taken from you when you head in, or some person you're snaking puts a hole in it. Let's add another issue....motors in the water. Not cool for the environment. I could keep going, but this is just a bad idea all around. You should be ashamed of yourself Walden. I hope the extra cash in your bank account is worth knowing you're bringing a bad vibe to surfing. Kook!

Written on Two arrested after Camarillo cocaine investigation :


Victor tried his best Tony Montana. But now in jail, he'll have to hear "Say hello to my little friend!". Don't slip in the shower Victor.

Written on Town hall gathering held in Oxnard to protest deportation:

Too bad ICE wasn't at this meeting of 200 people. Could have had a nice cleanup of our County.

Written on Town hall gathering held in Oxnard to protest deportation:

in response to bombero42:

How many languages do you speak?
It is very difficult to learn a language, especially if you have to work hard all day, and all the English night classes are full.

I speak two actually, English and Spanish. I also know some Japanese since I visit Hawaii a couple times a year.

Sorry bombero42, but I have no sympathy for illegals. In fact, I have no sympathy for latinos who are here legally that can't speak English. It's absurd to me that you can be surrounded by a language and one cannot pick it up. Night classes being full is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. There's so many other resources out there. It's called laziness and exploating a system that allows you to get away with it.

It's too bad our political structure is what it is today.

Written on Thousand Oaks woman sentenced for financial elder abuse:

Sad, just sad. How could you do that to your own father? The guy is probably just trying to live out his years and you add this drama to his life? Not cool....Karma tends to come back and bite hard for these types of people. Good luck getting any support when you're older deserve every hardship you get later in life!

Written on Town hall gathering held in Oxnard to protest deportation:

"Spoke passionately in Spanish....."

LoL....couldn't help but laugh when I first started reading the article. Learn some English, that might help prove your point better that you're trying to fit in here.

Written on Ventura County Supervisors adopt plan to protect plants and animals :

in response to RealMan:

There was a lot of hysteria, paranoia, and hype from a small vocal group of farmers and ranchers at today's hearing. Nothing new was said by the VC CoLab members, who own lots of land and don't want to be told what to do with their land, regardless of how their actions will affect the vast majority of Ventura County citizens. You cannot reason with someone who is paranoid. You can trust such folks to not pollute our water, not taint the soil with fertilizers and pesticides, and not cause erosion. Just let them do whatever they want, in the name of liberty and jobs. They create lots of high paying jobs. Okay, maybe not high paying, but jobs that only immigrants will take.
The brave 3 did the right thing in adopting the new guidelines. The other 2 were flakes.

Did you read the article? Water pollution, tainted soil, nor soil erosion are addressed with this plan. In fact, all those are addressed with any large scale land project. Get your facts straight. This plan is to only add another layer that might affect plant or animal species, but more importantly brings in revenue to the county. Normally I'd be for such a proposal but this seems like a political ploy, nothing more. I'd like to see an assessment report of all the plant and animal species in the county, and which ones are in danger of such land expansion. I highly doubt such a report is in place. This is a money making ploy by shady politicians....nothing more. I'd be mad if I was a farmer myself.

Written on Three accused of stealing safe in Ojai:

in response to Kellirt:

I guess people are now guily until proven innocent? Does anybody have a problem that a father would involve his son into something this horrifying? The Teasdale name does sound familuar because Brian physically and mentally abused Nick's mom and every other women who is unfortunate to cross paths with him.
Nick is a wonderful, caring, sweet person. His entire family supports him and is standing by his side. Maybe people should get ALL the facts before you make judgements.

I think everyone reading this article has a problem with the father involving his son. But the kid is 18, a legal adult. That tells me he willing went along with this robbery. It sounds like you are friends with the mother or part of the family, so no one can attest to the abuse on the part of Brian. But that doesn't excuse Nick for his part. And the guilty/innocent agrument is a little off base seems pretty cut and dry these three morons committed this crime. And your boy Nick is not a wonderful, caring, sweet person. Those type of people don't committ home burgleries. I'm glad his family supports him and is standing by his side, because he's going to need all the help he can get when it's his day in court.


I'm all for protecting plant and animal species but this is such a blatant politcal move it's not even funny. More environmental reports equals more money to the politicians in this County. They could care less about saving species. All they care about is more money and padding their pensions. What a joke.

Written on Conejo Valley Rotary members spruce up the YMCA:

Is the Conejo Valley YMCA the one in Thousand Oaks? If so, that place is a dump. It needs more than a few volunteers pulling weeds to spruce that place up.

Written on Ventura man arrested after brief chase in car, on foot :

"Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What you gonna do?"

Written on Pastor Lonnie McCowan sentenced to 1 year in work furlough program :

in response to Sure:

Oh wait, actually Solid Rock church has a website and this guys face is all over it.

Classic!! Check out his television program "Building better lives...."


I hope there's picketers outside this guys church when he goes back.....hecklers inside or something! If I was part of the victim's family I would make this guy leave town. I would not let one person inside that church without them knowing how I felt.

And by the way Hasahugeheart, would you feel the same way if your father was treated this way by another human being? Would you have the same sympathy? Try walking in those shoes.


in response to overdone:

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I'm glad someone commented on this - $1,000/month for 13 years? The guy is 88 years old, how is that justice? Where in the world did they get 13 years?

Anyone who attends this guys church is a complete (name calling removed).

Written on Fillmore man rescued after falling into cesspool :

Suffered minor cuts? I hope he got medical attention and 100 shots after that episode!

Written on Amgen focuses on international growth, acquisitions, partnerships:

My apologies carthomas7 that my links didn't work. I included another one down below. If that doesn't work, just google 'Amgen H1B Visa' and you will get the link and all the reports.

And please be careful with that statement of yours (...I see many walking at the Hillcrest Appts...). Not all Indians are on Visas, lol. There's a lot of U.S. Citizens that happen to be Indian. And vast majority of high-end programmers are of that nationality. A personal friend of mine is one of them.

Based off the TRUE numbers, don't you agree that Eileen is off base? I know there's a lot of people that have lost their job recently (roughly 2,000 I believe....and I believe that Eileen might be one of them) at Amgen, but they still employ thousands of the county's residents. It would be a devasting blow if they left town completely.

Written on Amgen focuses on international growth, acquisitions, partnerships:

Get over youself Eileen. You didn't coin the term 'Insourcing' five years ago as that term has been around for decades. Secondly, it's called the H1B Visa not the HB1 Visa. That's a comical oversight from someone like yourself wouldn't you say?

H1B Visas are a good thing. It allows non-immigrants that have specialized talent in the field of human endeavor to come work in the U.S. What you fail to understand is that these individuals aren't taking American jobs. Do you know how much it costs a corporation to sponsor these Visas? And it's not like these individuals make minimum wage, they make top dollar salaries/wages. My point is that a corporation like Amgen would be better off financially employing are own workers here in the U.S. in these positions. There's not enough talent in the U.S. for most of these positions, hence the specific reason for these work Visas. From the standpoint of a Biotech giant like Amgen, it opens doors to advancement. And advancement is a good thing when it comes to Biotech.

Let's dive further into your argument. You said, "Amgen will also be able to replace most American workers on American soil with contracted foreign workers, in almost every single job description." If I didn't know better that sure would make me upset after reading that dire statement. But do you know how many H1B sponsorship Visas Amgen requested over the last 10 years? 1,676. I'll help you with the math, that's roughly 168 per year. Do you know how many employees Amgen has? Roughly 18,000. Locally, Amgen employs over 6,200 people. Do you know how many of those people are on H1B sponsorship? 484. Not quite every job Eileen. Fact is, the government only allows so many Visa sponsorships just for the very reason you argue. Articles are down below for reference.
Fact is, Amgen should be praised. As stated above, they are the second largest employer in the county. The more they grow (yes, even using non-immigrants on Visa sponsorships in certain roles), the more employment opportunities for our County residents. Having grown up in VC, most of my friends and their parents made their living at Amgen. I for one applaud Amgen. I'm proud that the #1 Biotech company sits in our neck of the woods.

Written on Three motorcyclists die in two separate accidents :

in response to ICARE:

Articles of motorcycle fatallities have become a routine for HWY 150 and 33. I don't ride and good luck to all that do. But what is the cause (inexperience)?

Well, riding on the wrong side of the road is one cause.

Written on Man who jumped from Port Hueneme pier presumed dead:

in response to Green_Dream:

Many of us speed on the highways, isn't that a crime???...just saying...

Actually it's a traffic violation, not a crime

Written on Westlake Village marks start of $1.6 million interchange project:

Great, more road bikes thinking they own the road

Written on McGrath State Beach will close indefinitely:

Sad! So much money being wasted by politicians in this state, then things like this happen where we can't fix local and state parks that add so much beauty and fun times for families. At least these politicians have great retirement packages on us!!

Written on 2 youths arrested after car jacking, chase :

"More thugs raised as thugs by thugs. Cultural thuggery at work, generation after generation."

Welcome to illegal immigration 2011 and beyond!

Written on Ventura man arrested after police find stolen goods, guns, drugs :

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Written on Ventura woman robbed in front of her home :

My comment was removed? Seriously? I guess you can't talk poorly about illegal immigrants huh? I didn't say they committed this crime, or use bad language. I responded to LBT's post about all of them being under the radar, hard working, individuals. I can't question that? What a joke the Star is....

Written on Ventura woman robbed in front of her home :

By the way LBT, I do agree with you that this crime was probably drug related. It was probably some drug addict that was up all night and decided he was out of cash for more and decided to rob this poor old lady. Scuumbag. Karma comes around sooner or later in life.

Written on Ventura woman robbed in front of her home :

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Written on Outbreak of beach fights sends one person to hospital :

I surf Rincon all the time. The picnic area is at the top parking lot off Bates Rd. (turn right at the gate). It's a beautiful area....normally.

Written on Jersey Mike's shop closes in downtown Ventura :

Rhineland is good, agreed. Allegro in T.O. is legit as well if we're talking small shops.

Written on Jersey Mike's shop closes in downtown Ventura :

Jersey Mike's is garbage....Togo's is the best sandwich place in the county.

Written on Chesebro Half Marathon called off in Agoura Hills :

in response to Lets_Be_Truthful:

You lack of education is showing the rest of us how you vote. Haters like you are to blame for keeping Palin in the public eye cause you feed into her need to be controversial. You keep her ratings up. Fool democrate. Go improve you english so you don't look such like the (name calling removed) you are.

Really Lets_Be_Truthful? Really? LoL....thanks for the laugh! Me thinks you need to check yourself with that there English!

Written on The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks adding new restaurants :

Oops, meant Morton's would be a another good choice...not Mastro's.

Written on The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks adding new restaurants :

Conejo Valley needs a good steak place. Holdrens is garbage. Mastros is over priced. I'd personally like to see a Houstons in the area. I was bummed when they closed the one in Woodland Hills. Manhattan Beach is the closest now. Mastro's would be another good choice. I'm surprised with all the money in the area there aren't better Steak and Seafood restaurants.

Written on Ventura commits to improving bicycling in the city :

"I ride a bike to work everyday, and I give the cars the right of way NO MATTER WHAT because they will win if we collide, even if the law says I am right, I never do things to put me in danger. I hate all these "letter of the law" cyclists that cant accept reality!
I think in general, the tighter and brighter the spandex, the more entitled and insane the cyclist is going to be."

Good post and you're 100% right on. Bunch of Lance Armstrong wannabees. I laugh my ars off every weekend seeing these bicyclists riding around in their spandex outfits like it's the Tour De France. Dorks.

Written on Ventura commits to improving bicycling in the city :

Bike people crack me up. You scream all day about sharing the road, about your road rights, etc. I'm all for safe bike lanes around the city, but bicyclists that ride down a 2 lane road/hwy (e.g. Lynn/Olsen in T.O) with no bike lane, just wide enough for 2 cars, and a speed limit of 45-50 are just plain stewpid and dangerous to everyone. It's time for the transportation laws to change now that bicycling has become more popular. Unless the road is wide enough to include bicyclists, it should be illegal for them to be on the road unless it's at a safe speed. I see idiotts on bikes everyday and it's getting out of hand.

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