I have no desire to gloat over someone's misfortune, but it would be useful to hear exactly how the subject of the article went from 401k/real-estate-income/savings to "I'm-broke". I know he had a heart attack, but there is some other vague reference to "spending too much" in Europe which honestly sounds like papering-over poor judgement.
We can't learn how to swerve around the potholes if we don't know where they are. Maybe McPherson fell down a particular hole like a bad lease or a partnership gone bad...I would like to know so I can avoid the same fate.
One major problem is developers want to build housing but not schools. It was once common for developers to build schools along with new housing developments. Also; highways. You cannot simply drop new housing capacity without providing for quality of life...the answer of just permitting more housing is not that simple.
The Bay Area has poor transit infrastructure and many communities don't have excellent schools. You need to connect these and other dots. Yet people call us "NIMBY" when we protest our kids' schools going from 25 to 35 kids per class since no one will commit to funding the educational needs of the new residents.
I see perfectly educated people in the Bay Area who simply renew green cards instead of getting citizenship. Non-resident visas can be declined at the border folks. At some point you need to know the rules
It would not matter if homes were available for $100k, this family appears to be utterly destitute. This story should not be about housing but services for very poor families. I suspect this is why this family continues to stay in Silicon Valley in defiance of common sense; they would be homeless in El Centro or Tijuana also.
Reputation really isn't relevant here...the election is over, Clinton already delivered a concession without raising criticism herself...the bar here is incredibly high and their evidence seems mostly hypothetical. To satisfy the criticism suggested, you would have to re-run the election...it's just not happening
I am in the market for a new roof...but I have a steep-pitch roof with a bunch of weird little valleys. Roofers charge people with roofs like mine extra due to the pitch.
Will I be able to actually find a roofer to do this? Will it be remotely cost effective? I have been quoted $30k or so for my roof. My utility bills are low(ish)...I am far more worried about a roof doing what a roof should do - keep water out. Do these shingles actually stand up to bad weather? Will roof repair people walk on them? Will they work on a high-pitch roof?
My feeling is that a slick surface like glass won't work on a steep pitch since roofers now need to use spiked shoes on my roof when they walk on it
Garry I've never met you, but you seem exceptionally popular so please don't read this the wrong way, but...
Right now the business of funding startups seems hypersaturated. Literally every day I discover someone new hanging out their shingle to fund startups...and that isn't even counting the countless others who fund as individuals without creating a vanity nameplate for their investment activities. So my question is...why does Initialized need to exist?
The world is full of jerks. What most adults do is ignore them. Valerie's post is unacceptable cyber-bullying in every sense. Are you are reasonable person? Assume so. Do you go around writing blog posts tearing down people who have wronged you in the past? I presume not. Valerie should be ashamed of her post...and what is more shameful is the brigading in her comments section.
Valerie's post is cyber-bullying. She should be ashamed of it. If a middle-school student wrote something like this about another student, they would be suspended.
Many of us have been wronged. Many of us have gripes with other adults. Very few of us commit to screeds like this as we understand there is nothing to be gained and the only result is a loss of the author's own dignity.
It is really unfathomable that Valerie appears to offer "inclusivity" consulting services yet writes something like this about another human being.
Most public services are not "public" per se but "state capitalist" in a sense. For example, firefighting is always provided by one and only one "company" - the IAFF, which sets standards and imposes a wage on municipalities.
We can't learn how to swerve around the potholes if we don't know where they are. Maybe McPherson fell down a particular hole like a bad lease or a partnership gone bad...I would like to know so I can avoid the same fate.