KGET Community: Active Threads

Veterans Day Parade

dayora — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:38:28 GMT

Does anyone know here and when the Veterans Day Parade will take place?

free beer

zinwood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:54:43 GMT

party Woodbine Court

follow the chickens

654pm 11-10-09

GO CONDORS!!!!

DRUMZ — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:09:32 GMT

GO CONDORS!!!!

More for free on Woodbine Court

zinwood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:32:47 GMT

follow the loud music and ask them about beer and hearing aids to get your free gear

Woodbine Court 132pm 11-11-09

disgruntled Vietnam Vet Contact

lumbermike — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:50:26 GMT

My E-mail might not be working so I felt it is important enough to leave my phone number and my correct E-mail address. I really hope someone out there understands and would contact me. I did research and found an article from 2007 that was a compliant about Dr. Wu under similiar circumstances. My phone number is 661-366-7599 and E-mail is okiemike007@yahoo.com. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks!!

Public foreclosure meeting

muuziclady — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:52:39 GMT

I am in need of finding out the name of the company that was here in town holding a public meeting on housing foreclosures about 2 months ago. It was advertised on channel 17 KGET. I would appreciate it if anyone out there remembers this and can give me a name and number to call.

Thank you.

Disgruntled Vietnam vet.

lumbermike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:49:56 GMT

I have been in treatment at the Veteran's clinic for possible heart, carotoid artery, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis in my shoulders, COPD and other problems for about 2 months. I was admitted thru emergency to KMC on 9/25/09 for a possible heart attack and was there 4 days. KMC Dr's. would not sign a release to go back to work and referred me back to Dr. Yung Ping Wu at Veteran's. Dr. Wu would not sign a release to go back to work and would not give me a letter for my employment. He then made numerous appt's. to find out exactky what my health problems are. I have had labs, ultrasounds, cardiac appt's. etc.at Bks., Sepulveda and west L.A. I filled out SDI forms but Dr. Wu refused to sign them, KMC was suppose to. KMC said my primay care Dr. at Veteran's was suppose to. Dr. Wu has refused several times to sign them. Home Depot can't let me return to work until I have a release from my Dr. He still refuses to sign anything. I went to West L.A to have a angiogram done and was there 3 days. They won;t sign anything either, it has to be my Bks. primay care physician Dr. Wu I told him this several times and he still refuses. in the mean time I cannot return to work and cannot receive SDI because nobody will sign the paperwork. I now have not had any income for 6 weeks. I called Stacy at Bks. Veterans to ask if she faxed the SDI paperwork back to KMC the she said she would do last week and she stated that she "faxed it over to San Joaquin, KMC or one of those hospital maybe Memorial". I told her that I was not in those other hospitals and she KNEW I was in KMC. She said she would fax it again. So far she has not done so. I'm tired of being lied to. They are being in my opinion unprofessional, unethical and what they are doing may be illegal. There's much more to my story that I will post later. Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before? Any advice? Please HELP!!!!

Follow the loud drums and the mexican cat calls

zinwood — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:58:33 GMT

Woodbine Court and Austin Street along the Edison Hwy Canal between Oswell and Sterling 857pm November 7 2009 all the way till 4 am

More fighting on Woodbine

zinwood — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:32 GMT

Someone's out there on Woodbine Court fighting what sounds like a couple of dogs. They're playing loud music like they're trying to cover it up and I hear a couple of little kids crying. Can't tell which house it's at but it's somewhere in the backyards of that area. 130PM November 5, 2009

Fighting on Woodbine Court

zinwood — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:58:23 GMT

Near Austin St and the Edison Hwy Canal there is *** fighting going on Oct 31 2009 it's 957pm and there's talk that they'll be a dog fight later.

Teen Challenge Exposed!

john_burns_sucks — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:45:30 GMT

A former Teen Challenge student exposes this abusive Christian alcohol and drug program. Although seen by many as a worthwhile organization, Teen Challenge has a dark side, one of pathological abuse and an obsession with the almighty dollar.

http://www.teenchallengeexposed.com

Taft Area Transit

Alvin Lee — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28:12 GMT

I just received a copy of the paperwork that needs to be filled out to apply for riding Taft Area Transit Dial-A-Ride. While I think it is a good idea to make sure people qualify, I'm not sure that I like what they put on the back-side of the form. It is an identical application written in spanish. Man that really ticks me off. We speak and read in English. English is the language of the United States of America not friggin spanish. I wish agency's would get that information through their thick skulls and start standing up for this country.

Warning to Parents

Alvin Lee — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:34:12 GMT

Be careful parents and students. Taft City School District will hold it against you if you keep your child home sick. Even if your child takes a doctors note to school. So if the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) thinks your child has been home sick too often, they will require you to attend a meeting. During that meeting they will treat the parents with no respect and probably make the child cry. Roland Maier, the president of this board will not care if you have copies of the doctors notes or any other paperwork. He has an agenda and no-one else on the board will disagree with him. So once again I say be careful about keeping your kids home when they are sick. Taft City School District can't afford to have a child missing from class. Apparently someone on the SARB board can't make a luxury car payment if your child is absent.

Found Older Yellow Male Lab

stephsutton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:06:14 GMT

We found an older yellow male lab this evening in the area of Stockdale and Jenkins. He seems to really miss his family. Please contact me to identify.

Contact information: stephsutton1011@yahoo.com

Found...Older yellow male lab

stephsutton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:02:42 GMT

We found a yellow lab this evening in the area of Stockdale and Jenkins. He is older and really seems to miss his family. Please contact me to identify this loving guy.

Contact information: stephsutton1011@yahoo.com

Dogs to good home(s)

bakerscalif — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:05:59 GMT

Large black rottweiler female

and large brown pit bull female

On Zinnia St at the end of the cul-de-sac. just come and pick up in street.

One at home with fountain (rottweiler) and one at home with large windbreakers (pit bull).

day or night. gates open but please don't enter yard.

Monday Night Football

Alvin Lee — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:57:54 GMT

I was shocked while watching the Jets versus Dolphins football game when the first penalty was explained by the referee in spanish. Have the executives of MNF forgotten that this is the United States of America and we speak English. If I wanted to watch or hear the game in spanish I would have switched channels. I doubt any soccer games announced in spanish have ever had a referee explain a call in English. Then to add insult to injury they had commercials in spanish and sub-titled in English. Give me a break. Monday Night Football you screwed up.

Frustrated

Alvin Lee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:49:59 GMT

I went into my local bank two times this month to make deposits. I reached for a deposit slip and noticed it was in Spanish, so I thumbed through the rest looking for one in English. To my dismay there were none in English on either visit. I wrote to the bank at their website and reported their mistake. They assured me it would be dealt with and they hoped I would continue banking with them. Let's get California back before it is too late.

BAKERSFIELD MUSIC NOW

pixiepoison — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:53:56 GMT

Music Forum

woodbinevarez — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:24:06 GMT

How come there isn't a music forum on here? I know there are a lot of local bands and I'd just love to discuss music with local people in general.

NetHaggler Saves Money While Shopping

manoj03 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:53:34 GMT

NetHaggler recently launched an innovative shopping service using consumer-friendly shopping concepts and a browser applet. Using the concept of Tag, Nag and Haggle, consumers can monitor for price drops, bargain for discounts, and join up for volume discounts. To get started with the exciting new innovation, shoppers have to install a simple and secure bookmarklet on their browser. NetHaggler supports several popular online merchants and will be adding more. To learn more visit www.nethaggler.com.

Arvin at it again

amc3644 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:22:59 GMT

Just a letter of information to the residents of Arvin. The City of Arvin and City Manager are being sued by Mission Linen Supply for breach of contract. Apparently, Mission has been doing had a contract with the city since at least 2004. In September of 2007, City Manager signed another and 6 months later quit paying Mission. Clause 6 in the contract states that the City could drop Mission for cause and only have to purchase the inventory the city had at the time, at used rates. Clause 7 states that if the City lets Mission go without cause, the city has to purchase the inventory and pay a liquidated damages amount. Well, the lawsuit is asking for $4400 inventory and $46000 damages (total of over $51000) I pulled the court papers to read through them, so I could try to see if we had a chance at winning the case. The City Attorney was arguing the fact that the contract is unenforceable because the City Manager isn't authorized to sign contracts, the contract wasn't put out to bid and it didn't go before the council for approval. The judge threw this argument out, which indicates to me that the case is valid. I have been requesting documents to see where we're at: 1. Copy of cancellation letter from Arvin to Mission (doesn't exist) 2. Copy of bid notice where bids were taken for new service (doesn't exist) 3. Copy of Council Agenda were new contract was approved (doesn't exist) 4. Copy of new contract (Sparkle, exists, but was signed by Finance Director, who by the way isn't authorized to sign contracts. Clause 4 in the new contract states that the City doesn't have an existing valid contract with any other company, well--how in the world can you sign this knowing we do???). 5. Amount of fees already charged by the City Attorneys ($13087). It gets even better--Grand Jury report comes out, they met in August 2008 with City Manager, Finance Director and City Clerk regarding bid procedures. Imagine my surprise to find out they totally misrepresented to the Grand Jury!! Ok folks!! My question to you all is simple, is this behavior acceptable to you for our representatives and is it ok with you that once again we are paying for the negligence of others (who by the way contribute NOTHING to our community, they all live outside of Avin)?. Here's my prediction of what is going to happen, especially now that the City knows I'm checking on this: The City is going to settle this matter finally, probably for a little less than what Mission is asking for, say $20000 to $30000. So, if they settle that's still going to be anywhere from $33087 to $43087 that comes from, you guessed it, US THE RESIDENTS, unless we fight to have the one responsible pay. He does have a bond that covers up to $75000, the clause in the bond is 'honesty' (give me a break!!). So, there you have it.. I can of course verify everything, I have the copies from City Hall to prove it. We need to take control again or still of our city and let those WE put into office know this IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!

PS: I'm writing this letter to the editor on Friday September 4, 2009, before the council meeting on Tuesday. Don't be surprised to hear that my predictions are accurate. I think there's a settlement coming and coming soon.
I would LOVE to share any of this information with any skeptic out there. I know if you talk with any council/administration they'll try to downplay this. If you do, make them show you paperwork in black and white, that cannot be refuted. I know I can!!

Ange McNeill,
661-978-0707 feel free to call

arvin

amc3644 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:22:20 GMT

Tehachapi Correctional , child support payments

Mamaof5 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:16:17 GMT

So here it is September 2 and well over 80 of us still have not received our child support from August yet. Let me explain. The guards that work at the Tehachapi prison, who owe monthly child support got their paychecks so they can survive, but their ex-wifes who actually have the children and have to keep the roofs over their heads still have not received anything. The idiots that work at that prison decided last mont to try and save a couple of dollars and send the child support checks over to the state controller through the regular postal system instead of over nighting them like they are supposed to do. So when August 10th came around the state controllers office and the prison's payroll departments phone were ringing off the hooks. They both kept going back and forth blaming it on the other party. WHen in fact it is because the idiots at the prison did not sent them properly. So the state controllers office told the prison to make stop payments on these over 80 checks on August 14, 2009. The prison then started ignoring our phone calls, and not returning phone calls. I did finally get in contact with the payroll manager, who informed me they " were planning" on stopping the payment and redoing them. Well, he told me it was going to happen on August 21, and we should have money by August 26. Of course that didn't happen. Then on August 26 I called again, not the problem has been transfered to another person, and she is very rude and just says I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Sorry, what about how i can't pay my rent or feed my kids, but yet my ex husband who is over $6,000 behind still gets his money and gets to pay his rent. So now as of August 31 the lady in their payroll say that the state controller supposedly received the new check on August 28, and she has confirmation of that. Well I know for a fact she lied yet again, because the state controllers office is closed on Fridays for their furloughs. So now we come to today, we never received any money for August, and now the fathers that owe us money got their money again on Monday, and our September payments are not in either. So apparently this prison has no concern what so ever about how us mothers are going to take care of our children but their guards who owe us money get to take care of them selves. For the guards that are current in their child support orders and who are actually great fathers to their kids I commend you, but as for mine he does neither.

Credit Card interest rates

robrtsoto — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:18:02 GMT

I would like to thank the Obama administration and their stimulus package for decreasing my buying power. By threatening the credit industry with regulation and legislation, they have caused lenders to step up their efforts to squeeze every penney from the consumer they can. Since they announced that they would pass a Credit Card reforms bill every credit card I own has tripled their interest rates and lowered my available credit. In some cases by lowering my available credit and with the increased interest rates, it actually caused me to have an over limit balance. This of course resulted in my being charged over limit fees. Only after calling these companies and arguing with them for several minutes were these fees reversed. If they want to get the economy rolling again this is not the way to do it. I realize that I am partially to blame. After all it became far too easy to use my credit cards than to actually save the money when I wanted to buy something. However I make all my payments on time and don't feel I should be punished for something I have no control over.