Tah dah!  Meeting recordings finished.  All three video cameras were down and only the audio recorder backup made it to the end, well at least to the end that I chose when abruptly leaving in disgust.  Yup, made for a slightly shorter report since most of that ludicrous Monday meeting was spent intentionally dragging out the time.   Kampa never ceases to amaze me with his ability to lie right to someone’s face with enthusiasm while burning meeting time, potential question time, and precious battery time.

No biggie.  Was still able to record what I sought to preserve: that absolutely ridiculous DIGITAL MAPPING PRESENTATION which displayed some of the most beautifully arranged and presented bullshit ever shown in that boardroom.  ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT AND KAMPA KNOWS IT.  Heck, that’s what he has been planning for a very long time.

Seriously, this may very well be the biggest waste of my dwindling time that I ever been involved.  Either that, or one of the most important uses of time.   Isn’t that the kicker?  Only TIME ITSELF will decided. WASTED or GOOD USE?

Who knows?  But I’ll tell you this without any hesitating doubt, “Sneaky Pete” Kampa doesn’t slow down for anyone, the public, Board Members, or even the California State Water Resources Control Board, aka, State Water Board or just WATER BOARD.   Even in light of the NOTICE OF VIOLATION, good ‘ol “Sneaky Pete” Kampa doesn’t miss a beat in his pursuit to provide even more GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION to annexed properties OUTSIDE THE PLACE OF USE OF WL11395.  But I guess you knew that.

Difficult to effectively object to wrongful activity of your local water company when the Board completely backs their GM/TREASURER despite his obvious special interest dedication to property annexations he orchestrated 20 years ago when working here for the first time (1994-1997).

ANYWAY, as Kampa droned on, and on, and on with his absolute misrepresentations of fact,……I could feel my blood pressure rising.

“HOW CAN HE BOLD FACE LIE LIKE THAT TO BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC?

WHY NOT?   He’s been lying since he first arrived and he was a liar when he left LDPCSD employment in 1997.  I imagine that was the very reason the hiring board never conducted a simple employment background check on “Sneaky Pete”- they already knew who and what he was – exactly what they needed. They had a meeting of the minds as to what KAMPA was hired to do and how:

DEVELOP MORE GROUNDWATER WELLS WITH PUBLIC GRANT FUNDS IN ORDER TO ALLOW MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT TO PROPERTIES OUTSIDE THE LEGAL PLACE OF USE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER UNDER THE WATER LICENSE WHICH KAMPA WAS PUSHING 20 years ago.   KAMPA was returned to finish his annexation work in delivering a SUFFICIENT GROUNDWATER SUPPLY.

I’m tired.  More on this absolute betrayal to the district, customers, and our system of law and democracy – sometime.

My best to you and yours, Lew

It is a long one, perhaps the longest yet, but we are almost done.

My best to you and yours, Lew

My best to you and yours, Lew

My best to you and yours, Lew

My best to you and yours, Lew

My best to you and yours, Lew

Such behavior/activity for a public agency is ridiculous. Perhaps special interests have already irrevocably hi-jacked the LDPCSD?

My best to you and yours, Lew

HD.  Yup, 16:9. Nice picture but longer upload. Blah blah blah… made a bunch of errors – even failed to setup the new camera properly after the recess! Always a problem if separated from equipment on other side of boardroom. lol. Anyway, I imagine it will be the same routine with buffering (maybe not, I don’t know actually) we’ll see.

What to do? They (KAMPANY & KOMPANY) continue their pursuit of further outside POU service connections. Pay others to continue the same. 24/7 somewhere someone is figuring a way to “get theirs”, while sticking the expense/loss to innocent “others”. Tried using more of the D chord for simple background sound for reading text. What the heck? A little bit different. At least it is mine and don’t have to worry about copy right infringement (the canned music I have is great and I can legally use it but figure I should save the “real music” for special projects and torture you folks with my audio expression experiments. Wish I had placed the microphone closer to PO PO but frankly (oops! Sorry PO PO), ahhh, seriously — ahhh, actually though, I was afraid he might suddenly bite it and I understand the PSI force of their jaws is quite powerful – so a piece of plastic shielded electronics likely would not have survived – better safe than sorry. later, Lew

My best to you and yours, Lew

The friendly POT BELLIED PIG that left home during the storm the other night has been returned home thanks to a number of folks.  “Angel” initially posted the information on Facebook which ultimately alerted another neighbor (Anita? sorry no pen/paper when she called this morning – sorry) who knew PO PO’s owner.   Then my neighbors Mark & Marilyn, who were originally “discovered by PO PO”, saved the day (along with the assistance of their family members and the owner) when PO PO simply refused to get in the pickup bed via a wood ramp despite the various treats offered as reward for cooperation.  Ever hear the term “Pig Headed?” LOL!   (Actually PO PO’s stubborn resistance was marked by the only time I saw him just “sit down” since yesterday afternoon!)   Mark used his utility trailer which was perfect.  Not only did it have a built in low profile ramp and was spacious – but it was sealed so it was dark and not as frightening for the slow ride home with tail wagging much of the way.  (Probably only a couple of miles by roadway – of course PO PO probably went cross country through the Natural Park on his journey of exploration.  Funny thing is yesterday the owner, Mark and I – all in separate vehicles probably passed each other around the same time – owners looking for PO PO, with us looking for PO PO’s owner.)

Fairly uneventful night thanks to a telephone call from “Stacy” the Mariposa County Animal Control Officer.   She took the time to call after hours with some care information and Pot Bellied Pig do’s and don’ts.  Quite appreciated since unable to research the matter while trying to keep PO PO off a fairly busy roadway where numerous animals have been hit by vehicles and watching to insure he did not eat something dangerous.  After receiving Stacy’s telephone call I was much more comfortable with the idea of securing PO PO (who I was calling “October” – real imaginative huh?) inside the fence to avoid a possible introduction to a “crash course” in NIGHT TIME MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC – SWINE 101.

Just as Stacy advised, PO PO made several methodical checks around his new environment late into the evening until finally settling down for the night where straw and a blanket served as a bed while designating his area with the placement of food and water.  Fortunately I had generally acceptable food for the unexpected Friday Night Pig Out: an apple, dog food & biscuits, flour tortillas, cereal, a few potato chips, fruit cocktail, and chicken and livestock feed were offered and consumed.  (When PO PO received a dog biscuit he wagged his tail just like a dog!)

I had a couple of beers while guarding against PO PO’s penchant for playful “from behind nips” which were (to be honest) kind of scary after seeing all those teeth during one of  those big “pig yawns”!  Or when attempting to place a rope around that large area of  “non-neck” on a Pig!  Yes, lol, but seriously at the same time.  Instead of the normal pattern of a head, neck, and back with many animals ….with a Pig,  it is only “head-back” no real “neck” of which to speak.  (Humm, cartoon series of a notorious cattle rustling gang of Pig cowboys who couldn’t be hanged by the sheriff or marshal because they had no necks?   The unsolved murder/disappearance of a traveling necktie salesman who didn’t realize the door he knocked on was to be answered by a neckless Pig on a drunken wine binge because he couldn’t wear fancy colorful ties?  Or maybe….. ok, I’ll quit.)

But remember that movie with the human eating hogs? Was it Silence of the Lambs or Hannibal? Where they fed the bound victim to musically conditioned hogs in an arena?  YIKES!  When PO PO yawned I could almost see those movie trailers playing in the back of that echoing cavern.

Nope.  It was settled with that yawn – PO PO would not be sleeping on the bed with Liz no matter how well he promised to behave!

<BELOW>

PO PO CHOOSING A WINE FOR EVENING DINNER

<ABOVE>

Actually another neighbor had just sold his house and was leaving saying “either here or the dump! “

PO PO insisted we keep it.

<And NO!  I did not allow PO PO to consume any!>

Fantastic learning experience for all of us – including Liz who confirmed that PO PO was definitely sociable but could also move quite quickly if the subject of a bit too much canine sniffing!  lol  Picked up some video and stereo recordings of PO PO eating, snorting, and meandering around the place which might end up in some kind of audio/video production.  But of what?  Hum,  piggish behavior?…..Guess I’ll just have to mull that over for a bit, but am sure it will turn out just swine.

My best to you and yours, Lew