McPherson’s Misleading Endorsement

By Aaron, on May 31st, 2010

Self-proclaimed Los Osos sewer expert Gail McPherson has thrown her hat into the political arena by endorsing Los Osos Community Services District President Marshall Ochylski for District 2 Supervisor over incumbent Bruce Gibson. In an e-mail sent on Memorial Day, McPherson urged residents to pass her message to “District 3″ voters (rather than Ochylski’s District 2) who care about Los Osos. “I’m coming after you, Adam Hill!”

Here is the e-mail in its entirety with commentary below:

Please pass on to all Dist 3 voters who care about Los Osos:
Remember the vote that was promised by Blakeslee????
Your vote in this election is the vote Gibson refused honor.

A vote for Gibson is a absolute guarantee for the MWH and gravity project. Only by ousting Gibson will the BOS get the message—to accept proposals from DBIA for independent oversight for the Co. run contracts, and to restart the RFP that includes STEP.

The election timing is critical!!!

THE STATE & FEDS ARE WATCHING——The vote gives a strong message to the Coastal Commission, USDA, and the SWRCB.

This is a vote of NO CONFIDENCE for the Gibson led rigged bid.

A vote against Gibson and to elect Marshall is the strongest “last stand” for an environmentally and cost effect project.

May this vote be the vote LOS OSOS was promised in AB 2701, by Paavo/Gibson that was never provided.

This vote is your only voice. Make it count!

Vote and elect Marshall Ochylski

Not surprisingly, McPherson doesn’t get it.

Gail McPherson

Ochylski has had several opportunities — at candidate forums, debates and on his web site — to explain how he differs from Gibson on the issue of the Los Osos wastewater project. For the most part, he has not. However, in a May 9th, 2010 article written by Bob Cuddy of The Tribune, Cuddy writes that Ochylski “faults Gibson for allegedly allowing the state Coastal Commission to assert control over the project.” In other words, Ochylski — who once challenged the Coastal Commission on behalf of Cayucos developer Franco DeCicco — believes that the Coastal Commission shouldn’t have found substantial issue with the County’s wastewater project plan. In fact, Ochylski believes that there shouldn’t have been a de novo hearing for a project that inherently required one due to the wealth of flaws, miscalculations and unsupported assertions that came with it. Contrary to McPherson’s daffy assertions, a vote for Ochylski would actually be a vote to push the currently proposed project further down the turnpike. In other words, if Gibson’s plan is to push for the MWH/gravity collection system, Ochylski would push for that configuration even harder than Gibson.

Ochylski, a lawyer who has worked with real estate developers, such as DeCicco and Tri W Enterprises, does not disagree with how the County handled the wastewater treatment project, with the exception of their lack of formalities like consensus-building and transparency. Here’s another way to look at it: Ochylski doesn’t believe that the County should proceed with revisiting the design-build process. In her e-mail, McPherson claims that outing Gibson would create a domino effect that would somehow get the board and Public Works to accept proposals from the Design-Build Institute of America for independent oversight and to restart the RFP that includes STEP/STEG. Publicly, Ochylski has not made such a campaign promise and there’s no viable reason why he would.

Voting for Ochylski would not include a triumphant reinstatement of a process that started and abruptly ended more than a year ago. McPherson’s e-mails to residents is heavily misleading. No public figure claiming to represent residents should spend copious amounts of time projecting their political views onto candidates who believe in exactly the opposite. To that end, it’s not just misleading. It’s sabotage.

Instead of evidence to suggest that Ochylski would even consider having those positions, there are questions as to why Gail McPherson would go to great lengths to send misinformation to residents. On June 8 it’s ultimately up to the voters to vote responsibly based on the real facts, not McPherson’s false facts for false hope.

Richard LeGros

Aaron,

1. Why are comments not allowed now on the ROTC website?

2. Who the heck cares one whit what GM has to say…let alone endorse…anyway? Politically she is moot.

3. I am not sympathetic to your hand-wringing over the projected project monthly costs ($300/month plus) as you got exactly what you voted for in 2005….project delay and a more expensive project.

It is not productive to yet again needlessly delay the County project in order to explore ‘other possibilities’ as it WILL NOT LOWER COSTS.

I will say this again

TIME DELAY (not the type of WWTP technology selected) IS WHAT IS DRIVING UP PROJECT COSTS!

THE FASTER YOU BUILD A PROJECT, THE SOONER COSTS CAN BE CONTAINED.
- Ho-Chee
  
  Richard stop being such an arrogant A$$
  - Piper
    
    Ditto Ho Chee
- Aaron
  
  Richard,
  
  1. Comments regarding anything on the main ROTC site can be issued here under any articles that are posted. It’s an editorial decision to keep comments disabled on the main site until we develop a better, more efficient design/model to handle them.
  
  2. You would think so, but people still listen to her and residents are receiving these e-mails. They’ve been spreading like wildfire. People need to know the facts.
  
  3. Short and simple response. In 2005, I voted for an affordable sewer out of town. I did not vote for project delay and a more expensive project, but that’s what we got unfortunately. Nobody could have seen — in 2005 — how the project would be delayed and how that project would ultimately be delayed by the County.
Richard LeGros

Aaron,

1. Why are comments not allowed now on the ROTC website?

2. Who the heck cares one whit what GM has to say…let alone endorse…anyway? Politically she is moot.

3. I am not sympathetic to your hand-wringing over the projected project monthly costs ($300/month plus) as you got exactly what you voted for in 2005….project delay and a more expensive project.

It is not productive to yet again needlessly delay the County project in order to explore ‘other possibilities’ as it WILL NOT LOWER COSTS.

I will say this again

TIME DELAY (not the type of WWTP technology selected) IS WHAT IS DRIVING UP PROJECT COSTS!

THE FASTER YOU BUILD A PROJECT, THE SOONER COSTS CAN BE CONTAINED.
- Ho-Chee
  
  Richard stop being such an arrogant A$$
  - Piper
    
    Ditto Ho Chee
- Aaron
  
  Richard,
  
  1. Comments regarding anything on the main ROTC site can be issued here under any articles that are posted. It’s an editorial decision to keep comments disabled on the main site until we develop a better, more efficient design/model to handle them.
  
  2. You would think so, but people still listen to her and residents are receiving these e-mails. They’ve been spreading like wildfire. People need to know the facts.
  
  3. Short and simple response. In 2005, I voted for an affordable sewer out of town. I did not vote for project delay and a more expensive project, but that’s what we got unfortunately. Nobody could have seen — in 2005 — how the project would be delayed and how that project would ultimately be delayed by the County.
Ho-Chee

Gibson was a horrible Supervisor (I did NOT vote for him), but, I feel Ochylski will be far worse. If he had any inclination to make the situation in Los Osos better, he would have done so, or at least been more vocal early on. Instead, he was a “mirror image” of Maria Kelly. He’s a little late in “expressing any concern” for the plight of the poor people living in the prohibition zone. Has this “concern” only developed because he has decided to run against Gibson for the County Supervisor seat? Just what we need, another corrupt politician in SLO County Government. Must be why Patterson wanted Sarah Christie “out of the way”, because in my opinion, she would have been a ” shoo in”!
Ho-Chee

Gibson was a horrible Supervisor (I did NOT vote for him), but, I feel Ochylski will be far worse. If he had any inclination to make the situation in Los Osos better, he would have done so, or at least been more vocal early on. Instead, he was a “mirror image” of Maria Kelly. He’s a little late in “expressing any concern” for the plight of the poor people living in the prohibition zone. Has this “concern” only developed because he has decided to run against Gibson for the County Supervisor seat? Just what we need, another corrupt politician in SLO County Government. Must be why Patterson wanted Sarah Christie “out of the way”, because in my opinion, she would have been a ” shoo in”!
Ho-Chee

Sending and/or giving misinformation is clearly Gail McPherson’s M.O. She is well known for sending out “misinformation”, this is just what she does, it’s just “business as usual” with her. The more she “confuses” people, the better!
Ho-Chee

Sending and/or giving misinformation is clearly Gail McPherson’s M.O. She is well known for sending out “misinformation”, this is just what she does, it’s just “business as usual” with her. The more she “confuses” people, the better!
Richard LeGros

LOL,

Why all the handwringing folks?
Gibson is going to lose because had has disappointed most of the electorate in his district….especially here in Los Osos. Apparently many of his most avid supporters in 2006 are today aggressively seeking to oust him. As for me, I voted for the ‘other guy’.

Aaron, if you want to overreact to (and inadvertently call attention to) GM’s endorsement, be my guest.

As for what you voted for in 2005…….you wasted your vote while shooting yourself in the foot. Realize that if you had voted otherwise in 2005 that the County would never have had been given the chance to perform so badly (sewer-wise) to begin with.

Piper, you should be pleased when you read the just-posted CCC staff report outlining the ‘special conditions’ now added to the County Project. Other than the CCC not showing interest in STEP-STAG, you will like all the other conditions. When the County receives their CDP in two weeks, figure about 9 to 12 months for the County to administerially satisfy the CCC that all the CDP conditions have been met (and before construction begins).

Ho-Chee….how naughty and haugty of you to use the ‘a’ word! Such colorful comments do nothing to entice me to be sympathetic to your upcoming monthly sewer-cost predictiment.
- Aaron
  
  Richard,
  
  I don’t know if I’m overreacting as much as correcting something and someone who is flamboyantly incorrect.
  
  Despite all that’s happened since 2005, despite everything that’s gone down, I don’t regret casting my vote because I supported what the recall achieved, not the unforeseen consequences after the fact.
  
  Richard, you seem to have this really strange argument that the voters who voted for the 2005 Recall are now directly responsible for the project delays and rising costs. I’ve seen you bring up this point before and it’s fascinating. I would love to see how you connect the dots.
  
  Sure, there have been plenty of missteps along the way, but now that AB2701 is the law and now that the County has authority over the wastewater project and not Los Osos voters, you need to look at who’s in charge, who is making mistakes, who’s spending all the money and who is delaying the project by trial and error. Once you figure out who these people are, your argument is going to come to a complete standstill.
  
  I can understand that you’re upset that you were recalled. Sure, I wouldn’t be too thrilled if I was recalled for something I felt was right and legal either — no doubt about it, but people voted to move the sewer out of town. That was their choice. Did most of us want everything to move like clockwork? Sure, but obviously if it did, we would have witnessed groundbreaking for Ripley’s STEP/STEG system by now. Things don’t always go according to plan, but to hold the voters (at large) responsible for project delay by a chosen few is purely sour grapes.
  
  You need to move on. You say I’m overreacting but it sounds more like you’re projecting. I’m just saying.
Richard LeGros

LOL,

Why all the handwringing folks?
Gibson is going to lose because had has disappointed most of the electorate in his district….especially here in Los Osos. Apparently many of his most avid supporters in 2006 are today aggressively seeking to oust him. As for me, I voted for the ‘other guy’.

Aaron, if you want to overreact to (and inadvertently call attention to) GM’s endorsement, be my guest.

As for what you voted for in 2005…….you wasted your vote while shooting yourself in the foot. Realize that if you had voted otherwise in 2005 that the County would never have had been given the chance to perform so badly (sewer-wise) to begin with.

Piper, you should be pleased when you read the just-posted CCC staff report outlining the ‘special conditions’ now added to the County Project. Other than the CCC not showing interest in STEP-STAG, you will like all the other conditions. When the County receives their CDP in two weeks, figure about 9 to 12 months for the County to administerially satisfy the CCC that all the CDP conditions have been met (and before construction begins).

Ho-Chee….how naughty and haugty of you to use the ‘a’ word! Such colorful comments do nothing to entice me to be sympathetic to your upcoming monthly sewer-cost predictiment.
- Aaron
  
  Richard,
  
  I don’t know if I’m overreacting as much as correcting something and someone who is flamboyantly incorrect.
  
  Despite all that’s happened since 2005, despite everything that’s gone down, I don’t regret casting my vote because I supported what the recall achieved, not the unforeseen consequences after the fact.
  
  Richard, you seem to have this really strange argument that the voters who voted for the 2005 Recall are now directly responsible for the project delays and rising costs. I’ve seen you bring up this point before and it’s fascinating. I would love to see how you connect the dots.
  
  Sure, there have been plenty of missteps along the way, but now that AB2701 is the law and now that the County has authority over the wastewater project and not Los Osos voters, you need to look at who’s in charge, who is making mistakes, who’s spending all the money and who is delaying the project by trial and error. Once you figure out who these people are, your argument is going to come to a complete standstill.
  
  I can understand that you’re upset that you were recalled. Sure, I wouldn’t be too thrilled if I was recalled for something I felt was right and legal either — no doubt about it, but people voted to move the sewer out of town. That was their choice. Did most of us want everything to move like clockwork? Sure, but obviously if it did, we would have witnessed groundbreaking for Ripley’s STEP/STEG system by now. Things don’t always go according to plan, but to hold the voters (at large) responsible for project delay by a chosen few is purely sour grapes.
  
  You need to move on. You say I’m overreacting but it sounds more like you’re projecting. I’m just saying.
Ho-Chee

Richard, you’re just one of those poor arrogant souls, like Pandora & McPherson, that people Love to HATE! You’re so full of yourself, get over it!
Ho-Chee

Richard, you’re just one of those poor arrogant souls, like Pandora & McPherson, that people Love to HATE! You’re so full of yourself, get over it!
Liza Klump

OY Vey!
I just got back from a trip to Israel, I was there building a retirement kabutz for Alon Perlman, a dear mench of mine. I get back & the dreck has really hit the fan! What’s up with Gail (did she get her face lifted?) backing Ochylski? You should pick up todays copy of the Bay News. There’s a letter from a J.E Curtis (Baywood Park) who doesn’t think much of either Gibson OR Ochylski. He brought up excellent points about how Gibson has done NOTHING about repairing our streets out here & refuses to address the issues of why we pay so much in taxes & get next to nothing in return. That’s a question that I’ve been asking for years. He also mentioned that neither candidates return phone calls & that’s inexcusable for any “politician”.
Now, what’s up with LeGros? Does he have some sort of fetish or something with hands? He’s always talking about limp wrists or hand wringing, I just don’t get him! Well, dear boy, I’ve got more catching up to do. ta,ta for now
Liza Klump

OY Vey!
I just got back from a trip to Israel, I was there building a retirement kabutz for Alon Perlman, a dear mench of mine. I get back & the dreck has really hit the fan! What’s up with Gail (did she get her face lifted?) backing Ochylski? You should pick up todays copy of the Bay News. There’s a letter from a J.E Curtis (Baywood Park) who doesn’t think much of either Gibson OR Ochylski. He brought up excellent points about how Gibson has done NOTHING about repairing our streets out here & refuses to address the issues of why we pay so much in taxes & get next to nothing in return. That’s a question that I’ve been asking for years. He also mentioned that neither candidates return phone calls & that’s inexcusable for any “politician”.
Now, what’s up with LeGros? Does he have some sort of fetish or something with hands? He’s always talking about limp wrists or hand wringing, I just don’t get him! Well, dear boy, I’ve got more catching up to do. ta,ta for now
David Duggan

The (3rd) District is a typo I suspect. Regardless of what Ochylski thinks about the CCC the current project was doomed not TO pass first muster with or with out Gibson’s meddling and conniving. You have to remember Paavo’s part. I rather have Ochylski as 2nd District Supervisor because he is the better man. The lesser of two evils. The only one challenging for the seat. And his election will show that the 2nd District as a whole has rejected Bruce in a no vote of confidence. Regardless of who Ochylski has represented in the past he is the only one running against Bruce. Simple Dimple.
David Duggan

The (3rd) District is a typo I suspect. Regardless of what Ochylski thinks about the CCC the current project was doomed not TO pass first muster with or with out Gibson’s meddling and conniving. You have to remember Paavo’s part. I rather have Ochylski as 2nd District Supervisor because he is the better man. The lesser of two evils. The only one challenging for the seat. And his election will show that the 2nd District as a whole has rejected Bruce in a no vote of confidence. Regardless of who Ochylski has represented in the past he is the only one running against Bruce. Simple Dimple.
Ru4REAL

David, unfortunately, you are so correct! Ochylski IS the lesser of two evils. I am confident that he will NOT do anything that will improve the situation we are facing with the unaffordable & unacceptable project. If he could have, he would have spoken up MUCH sooner. This is all about politics. He’s just saying what he knows EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR just to get elected. Nothing will change once he become Supervisor. He’ll continue to push HIS project in Los Osos forward, whether we have a sewer or enough water or not. He’s a developer & he’ll get what he wants at the expense of everyone else. The only person who will benefit will be Ohylski.
Ru4REAL

David, unfortunately, you are so correct! Ochylski IS the lesser of two evils. I am confident that he will NOT do anything that will improve the situation we are facing with the unaffordable & unacceptable project. If he could have, he would have spoken up MUCH sooner. This is all about politics. He’s just saying what he knows EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR just to get elected. Nothing will change once he become Supervisor. He’ll continue to push HIS project in Los Osos forward, whether we have a sewer or enough water or not. He’s a developer & he’ll get what he wants at the expense of everyone else. The only person who will benefit will be Ohylski.
Richard LeGros

I’ll just sit back, watch and be incredulous as you fine folks continue deluding yourselves in your vain attempt to justify your unwise past voting decisions.

In reality, your past voting decisions set into motion a series of byzantine events resulting in the current WWTP debacle.

Meanwhile, your continued whining will do nothing to change the fact that in the very near future all you folks will be paying far more for a WWTP than you had to in comparison to what could/should have been built in 1985 (@ $28/month), 1998 (@ $56/month), 2005 (@ $198/month), and today (@ $300+/month).

Be forewarned….if you attempt to delay, derail or stop the current County Project, such behavior will result in your paying far more than $300+ per month! History has made this very clear.
- Aaron
  
  Richard,
  
  There’s a saying, “If you keep repeating what isn’t true, you start believing it.”
  
  Your claim that the past voting decisions “set into motion a series of byzantine events.” I’m fascinated by your word choice, “byzantine,” because you’re talking about the complexity of events that occurred, but you state it so simply as if you have this ability connect all the dots — and I haven’t seen you do that.
  
  On Calhoun’s Cannon, you’ve repeatedly talked about “ending the blame game,” but here you are blaming the voters for decisions that community leaders made. Effectively, you take yourself out the equation in this instance. You’re giving yourself immunity from scrutiny for what you’ve done in public office — so the next best thing is to blame the voters because it’s just too “byzantine” to be rational.
  
  Moving on is healthy. I found a few psychologists in Los Osos that can help you achieve some inner-peace.
Richard LeGros

I’ll just sit back, watch and be incredulous as you fine folks continue deluding yourselves in your vain attempt to justify your unwise past voting decisions.

In reality, your past voting decisions set into motion a series of byzantine events resulting in the current WWTP debacle.

Meanwhile, your continued whining will do nothing to change the fact that in the very near future all you folks will be paying far more for a WWTP than you had to in comparison to what could/should have been built in 1985 (@ $28/month), 1998 (@ $56/month), 2005 (@ $198/month), and today (@ $300+/month).

Be forewarned….if you attempt to delay, derail or stop the current County Project, such behavior will result in your paying far more than $300+ per month! History has made this very clear.
- Aaron
  
  Richard,
  
  There’s a saying, “If you keep repeating what isn’t true, you start believing it.”
  
  Your claim that the past voting decisions “set into motion a series of byzantine events.” I’m fascinated by your word choice, “byzantine,” because you’re talking about the complexity of events that occurred, but you state it so simply as if you have this ability connect all the dots — and I haven’t seen you do that.
  
  On Calhoun’s Cannon, you’ve repeatedly talked about “ending the blame game,” but here you are blaming the voters for decisions that community leaders made. Effectively, you take yourself out the equation in this instance. You’re giving yourself immunity from scrutiny for what you’ve done in public office — so the next best thing is to blame the voters because it’s just too “byzantine” to be rational.
  
  Moving on is healthy. I found a few psychologists in Los Osos that can help you achieve some inner-peace.
Richard LeGros

Aaron,

The gimcrack comments you just posted just beg a response.

First, I truly appreciate your expressing psycho-babble regarding my health; and I will immediately act on your advice upon your earning a Degree in Psychology from an accredited University.

Second, I have always taken full responsibility of all my actions while in office. My actions are part of the official record. I do not shirk from taking responsibility for the part I served on the CSD board. I have no problem with the ‘scrutinizing’ of all my actions while in office (and believe me, there has been plenty of that!).

Third, it is OK by me if you want to reject my argument that voting is a right to be exercised responsibly with the understanding that your vote does count (and have affect upon history). Regardless of what you think about the consequences of your vote, you WILL never-the-less pay far more for the WWTP than you had to.

Fourth, my commenting that the voter CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES of their vote as assigning ‘blame’ is incorrect.
My comments express that WE all take RESPONSIBILITY for our actions; and an acknowledgement that it is WE who elect and empower private citizens to legislative office to begin with.
If the voters decide they want their elected officials to change course on any issue or policy, then the voters can install or replace any elected official in order to initiate change. And how do voters initiate the installment or removal of elected officials?………ELECTIONS. Los Osos history is very clear that every course change in a WWTP for Los Osos coincides with a general or special election.
Richard LeGros

Aaron,

The gimcrack comments you just posted just beg a response.

First, I truly appreciate your expressing psycho-babble regarding my health; and I will immediately act on your advice upon your earning a Degree in Psychology from an accredited University.

Second, I have always taken full responsibility of all my actions while in office. My actions are part of the official record. I do not shirk from taking responsibility for the part I served on the CSD board. I have no problem with the ‘scrutinizing’ of all my actions while in office (and believe me, there has been plenty of that!).

Third, it is OK by me if you want to reject my argument that voting is a right to be exercised responsibly with the understanding that your vote does count (and have affect upon history). Regardless of what you think about the consequences of your vote, you WILL never-the-less pay far more for the WWTP than you had to.

Fourth, my commenting that the voter CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES of their vote as assigning ‘blame’ is incorrect.
My comments express that WE all take RESPONSIBILITY for our actions; and an acknowledgement that it is WE who elect and empower private citizens to legislative office to begin with.
If the voters decide they want their elected officials to change course on any issue or policy, then the voters can install or replace any elected official in order to initiate change. And how do voters initiate the installment or removal of elected officials?………ELECTIONS. Los Osos history is very clear that every course change in a WWTP for Los Osos coincides with a general or special election.
David Duggan

Richard,

Speaking about what’s on the record.

I have to laugh….

Still laughing……..

You know what I’m laughing about…….

Think!

It’s part of the record.

You say you have them. I know I have them. And sometimes those who don’t have them are said to have them.

Some times their spicy and sometimes their Swedish.

Sometimes their chocolate and salty.

Some are big and some are small but who has the biggest ‘ones’ of them all?

I have the short version on video.

And I watch it on occasion for a laugh…..

Like now….

Still laughing….

Sorry….

Not…
David Duggan

Richard,

Speaking about what’s on the record.

I have to laugh….

Still laughing……..

You know what I’m laughing about…….

Think!

It’s part of the record.

You say you have them. I know I have them. And sometimes those who don’t have them are said to have them.

Some times their spicy and sometimes their Swedish.

Sometimes their chocolate and salty.

Some are big and some are small but who has the biggest ‘ones’ of them all?

I have the short version on video.

And I watch it on occasion for a laugh…..

Like now….

Still laughing….

Sorry….

Not…

McPherson’s Misleading Endorsement

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