20230617 Row in Glen Cove
Solano County Fair
Steve, Greg, Shando and I were all virgins to the Solano County Fair. It’s so cool that the fairgrounds are right here in Vallejo!
Speaking at City Council about Wasting Funds on Landscaping
As President of the Glen Cove Community Association, I spoke on behalf of the organization of volunteers for 3,000 households in Glen Cove, Vallejo. Residents pay about $1,000,000 a year for our Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) and City of Vallejo resources to inspect the contractor’s work. That’s $30,000 a MONTH, but for many months there is no work done! GCCA was told that sometimes the contractor doesn’t find enough people to work for some months. However, THEY STILL GET PAID.
You can hear the audible gasps from the audience!
[Sarcasm on] Great work if you can get it! [Sarcasm off]
That is absurd. I asked for accountability and it sounded like the Mayor and City Council listened. Hopefully, these comments will not only help foster more accountability for our neighborhood but also for the rest of the LMD’s throughout Vallejo. Enjoy!
More Solar Panels
We’re now ready for an electronic vehicle and we will be 100% renewable energy because we will produce more than enough energy for our needs currently.
I was very specific about where I wanted the solar panels. I was worried they would be too visible from the street, but they were able to accommodate my request to not have two of them dangling off the front of the grade.
Solano Pride Picnic Speech about TRL
Group photos of attendees taken with a drone!
My friend Tom Bilbo gave me a chance to talk about the activism I’m doing with LGBTQ Minus Tobacco and a coalition of other organizations at today’s picnic. The microphone was faulty, but it was a great opportunity to also talk about the Tobacco Retail License we’re working on with the City Council in Vallejo and our accomplishment last year with the Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing ordinance that passed unanimously with City Council.
UPDATE: There was an article that mentioned us in the Vallejo Times Herald on Monday, June 13. Check it out here.
Vallejo Pride Dance at Naval Historical Museum
On Saturday night, the Vallejo Historical Museum held a Pride Dance. Shando and I actually got pulled onto the floor and danced. It was actually a LOT of fun and a wonderful venue with a great DJ.
HSNB adoption event at Glen Cove Lodge
Glen Cove Lodge Adoption Event for HSNB
Shando and Ash birthday at Greg and Steve’s
A Mystery Tree Grows…in Vallejo
So under a large jade plant that came with the house, there has been a confident stem growing that looks like it wants to be a tree when it grows up. The proximity to the house made me nervous and I wanted to pull it out and put it somewhere else before the root grew out of control and killed the large jade that was mature and thriving since before we moved in. You can somewhat make out this tree before we removed it by the leaf type protruding from the narrow stem and growing higher than the window frame in these pictures:
I put the plant into my identifier application, but it doesn’t seem confident in what it found. At this stage of its growth, I’m not even sure if the identifier app can do its job. Here are the identifier results: Garden Privet
I put as much of the root as we could get into a large pot and tried to support it and put it near the side of the house where there is very little vulnerability to the high winds. Initially, it looked viable. Compare the before and after here which are about two hours apart, because almost immediately it seemed like it started to droop. Maybe I’m just being impatient?
I don’t even know if I want to keep it as it could just be a weed, but it’s a really pretty one.