Who cares what Foy is doing, he is just another right wing extremist nut job who is a hand puppet for Boss Hogg at the VCRCC.

Brian,
You seem to think Foy is doing a pretty good job. Sorry but facts don't prove that assertion. His term limit bill was a scam which if done as the bill reads could keep the power in the current hands for 16 to 20 years more. As far as real leadership he has shown absolutely none. What ever happen to his tough stance on illegal immigrants. He's looking to run statewide and that came directly from TS. His ego is still quite large but his accomplishments for the people of Simi and Moorpark are none.

Peter Foy marks with me are F all the way. You notice he has said nothing about the landfill expansion. Why, becuase he is making the same deals with the landfill as Judy Mikels. Yes he has brought a few new services to the east county courthouse, but what about his pledge to stop the terrible truck traffic problem in Moorpark, he has done nothing and has no plans. Foy still has no idea what he's doing. One term for him is more than enough.

I heard the same rumor that Peter Foy is looking to run state wide. Is he nuts or what, he barely beat Dantona. I happened to support Judy Mikels and although she didn't run the best campaign Peter Foy is a complete do nothing. Now before all the Dantona haters start on me let me make it clear I didn't vote for either of them in the run off. I wrote in Barbra Williamson. We need to get some county supervisors with some creative thoughts and Foy I don't believe has any thoughts.

Did TS say Foy's running for Insurance Commissioner?

Peter Foy is talking secretly to Gary Gorian and yes even Barbra Williamson about the horse ranch development. I don't live in the knolls, but I am opposed to the Gary Gorian development because it may cause people their lives in order to allow Gorian to live in Lake Sherman and support do nothing candidates like Williamson.
It's time Foy takes the side with the knolls on this dangerous development. But you and I know he won't.

gs,
Absolutely at a meeting with third house members in Sacramento with McClintock present.

Let's say it's UNLIKELY that the Knolls will get any support from the Supervisor's office.

When he met with the Tierra Rejada residents Foy gave them his full and public support for self management of neighborhood land use matters. But when he met with Knolls residents and was asked for that same support, he hid behind the broadest interpretation of the law, stating that land use matters are a concern for ALL the country's residents and they can't be decided by just the residents of the affected neighborhood. So..... we're resigned to a big fight and will once again create as much of a political firestorm as we can.

Consider this: the County's placed a moratorium on all new construction greenlights in the Knolls and ONLY the Knolls, due to water supply shortages. The ONLY property exempted from that moratorium is the Horse Ranch, though it lies wholly in the Knolls. Would you trust the State's insurance regulation to an executive that couldn't keep the water hydrants flowing in a fire prone area?

As for Barbra, she knows the formula residents' are willing to live with. Whether or not she's informed either Foy or Gorian of it is another matter.

gs,
I couldn't agree with you more. Foy is a remake of Judy Mikels on the issues such as the Knolls and the landfill without the temper. What real improvements have we seen in the Knolls, Simi or Moorpark since Foy took office. The answer is NONE.

The Knolls is a flea on a dogs back relative to all the issues facing the Board of Supervisors. To the few people in the Knolls, however, it is everything. Foy has done a pretty good job for his District relative to what Mikels did. While his votes are predictable, they are not for sale. Like his right wing views or not, Foy has been a pretty good Supervisor so far. This, however, will not be good for the Knolls. Foy has said he will be a one term Supervisor. Audra Strickland is in line for the position. Now is the time for voters who aren't in favor of the Phony Tony political machine to start looking for a viable candidate. Otherwise, here comes a Strickland.

Since Foy won the sups race he has really surrounded himself with the scum of the republican party. TS has become Peter's best friend, Dean Kunicki who is definitly the lowest of the low is TS's business partner looking for new enery sources (what a crock)that company will be out of business the day TS officially wins and Mike Osborn is Barbra Williamson's new best friend and all of them our one big happy family. They are all hurting this community not to mention Gary Gorian also partners with Dean Kunicki. What a group of losers. We need to start clening up our community.

I don't believe he could win insurance commissioner although he does have a background in the field.

I can already picture the guilt by association ads attacking him for supporting Alan Keyes. They will run down statements from his top hits and make Foy look really extreme. Am I missing something?

I think he also supported Huckabee, who is much more mainstream but is from the cultural conservative side of the Republican Party.

I could be wrong though and I am ready to read anything that addresses these points.

Someone in the GOP camp suggested he'd make a run for State party leader. Would that make sense?

Heard there are pictures of Foy standing shoulder to shoulder with skinheads outside the UCC church in Simi. Foy also made a statement that "I support all the protestors outside UCC in Simi!" That group of protestors included skinheads and Nazi's. I would love to see Foy run for statewide office and then see the commercial of him standing with and praising skinheads.

Can you track down those photos for me? It would be greatly appreciated.

Go back and show us where he said he supports ALL the protesters.

Although he may not be ready for a statewide office, like Insurance Commissioner or Chairman of the State GOP, I think he certainly would be a likely candidate for the State Senate or Assembly.

Like his religious convictions, his "successful businesses" and his allegiance to "values," Foy's term as Supervisor is phony. "Term limits" were anything but that. His business record is abysmal but he derided his opponent for his admitted bankruptcies while hiding his own skeletons in the closet.

He is no friend to the Knolls or Simi Valley. If he gave a damn about the landfill, he would express his opposition NOW. He faked his opposition at the Supervisor debate but that was phony as well. WM management visibly coached him with questions at the debate and he has not uttered a word in opposition since that one debate appearnace. If he were truly opposed, he would make it known in no uncertain terms. Fellow Sups would not vote for expansion in his district if they believed he was opposed to it.

As for the Knolls, his token visits to the area during his campaign proved him to be completely uniformed and entirely unsympathetic to their needs. He cited "property rights" while decidedly ignoring the rights of current property owners.

If he truly cared about this area, he would hold Gorian and Mean Dean Kunicki to the growth limitations necessary for safety. He would also immediately call for a stop of the illegal dumping being performed by the thugs who have long intimidated and even physically and criminally abused its residents. But then again, these illegal dumpers poured money into his phony campaign at the end, so don't expect him to give it a second thought.

He doesn't have the cajones to prove me wrong.

Let him run for State office. He will get his phony phony ass kicked.

I share your concerns about Supervisor Foy. I was in the Dantona camp. Nevertheless, when looking at Foy's short record and Judy Mikel's long term record, Foy has already done more for Simi Valley than Mikels did. He has held Supervisors' meetings in Simi Valley and Moorpark. He has brought several County services to Simi Valley. He has met at least twice with Knolls residents as well as many other organizations in Simi Valley. Mikels did none of this.

That aside, Foy's politics are far right wing. He believes in restricting government services to those in need and to let business operate without government regulation. He believes in letting property owners develop land with very limited government oversite. I am 100% certain that he is in favor of the dump expansion as well as letting Gorian develop his Knolls property to the maximum density possible.

With that, Foy is both good and bad for Simi Valley and the Knolls. He is better than what we had, but may fall short of what we want. As of today, I give Foy a grade of "B".

I'd have to give Foy an "Incomplete".

The Traveling Supervisor Show offered nothing but an easy peek at who sits up on the dais.

His appearances in the Knolls were 1) to tell the residents that it didn't matter what they wanted and 2) to restrict the neighborhood's water supply so that the horse ranch would have plenty.

His callous & politically expedient 180 turnabout on local land use management when it favored his and his friends' properties is NOT deserving of a "B".

Sorry, but it's Judy Mikels Deja Vu, all over again.

Louis,
You are much to easy of a grader. Foy has done nothing of substance as supervisor. He was and is in the pocket of WM otherwise he might ask some intelligent questions about the expansion. And as for holding a couple of meaningless board meetings in Simi, big deal. I'm more concerned about his leadership roll for Simi and Moorpark. What about his promises to help stop massive truck traffic through Moorpark he has done NOTHING. And as for the Knolls he will never take on his 2 best friends Gorian and Dean Kunicki. Louis I am shocked at your high grade but then again you might grade different if he impacted your life on your Mansion on the Hill. Foy gets an "F" from me because he has had more than enough time to do some worth while things in our district.

Foy is a right wing nut who doesn't even know how government works. But with Louis's high mark you can see money defends money.

Is Donna Prenta running for County Spervisor or County Board of Education, anyone know?

Does it matter !

I would give Peter Foy a B+ for his performance as County Supervisor so far. He has certainly helped re-focus some of the Board's attention on East County issues and has brought more county services there, including improved court services. He sponsored the Supervisors' term limits initiative that passed with flying colors earlier this month.

I also believe he will do a lot more in the years ahead. He's only been a Supervisor for about a year-and-a-half.

With the internet available to do virtually everything the county provides, did we need to increase spending by spreading services? Seems like a nice PR move but it doesn't so anything for 99% of county residents.

What's it about the courts that's improved?

Some of us are against term limits.

You and Pandolfi must be drinking the same kool-aid. Bringing some court services to Simi is a major accomplishment?????? First off as an attorney I can tell you I still have to go to ventura for most of my work, secondly do you care about the landfill expansion (Foy is quiet as a churh mouse)WM has bought him off and third what about a Mac for the knolls which he also promised during his campaign.
And Gary Gorian and Dean Kunicki with that development that should never happen, give me a break FOY has done alsost nothing. Add to that Barbra Williamson and I say we need some changes.

The only advantage with having Foy instead of Mikels as supervisor is that he appears to actually live in the district that pays him six figures to work for them.

Foy's negatives, however, far outweigh his compliance with that little legal nicety his predecessor had a problem understanding. He clearly was WM's choice once Dantona knocked off Mikels by exposing her below the radar machinations in helping WM's expansions plans.

In the near future, when the widened 118 and surface streets in this area are crowded daily due to thousands of trash truck going to and from the dump, when the air quality is as poor as the values on the homes in Simi Valley (a.k.a. - the new L.A. County dump) and when voters realize that neither the county nor the city really profited from this expansion, Peter Foy will be long gone, far away from the local problems, grinning like the Chesire Cat - all teeth and no substance.

Harold,

You're obviously a Dantona supporter. Get over it! You should give the guy a chance before you predict the worst for his term in office, just like I'm willing to give Obama a chance even though I voted for McCain. At some point, everyone has to move on.

Boy, giving Foy a "B" grade on an interim report card sure did drum up some anger. Even the landfill expansion came up.

For the record, I have been one of two most outspoken individuals against the landfill. I have made presentations before the City Council and the Board of Supervisors as well as authored two Op-Ed pieces in the newspapers in which I called Waste Management the mafia, as example.

With respect to The Knolls, several of our best friends live in the Knolls and are very active in the Association and in the battle against both Rocketdyne and the "horse ranch" property. I share in their battle and will continue to work diligently to oppose the trailer park.

My grade of "B" for Foy was for the reasons stated. No single person, other than Dantona, opposed Foy more in his race for County Supervisor. I ran the robo calls, authored a letter to all registered Republicans in the District, authored several letters to the editor and received the rath of many friends for my political activities against him.

Life moves on and I look at Foy's accomplishments with open eyes. He has done far more good than Judy Mikels and he continues to be involved in the betterment of our District. To say otherwise is an untruth. We can differ with Foy, but still respect him for his accomplishments that better our community. To throw mud at Williamson, while attacking Foy, makes no sense to me. The two are like night and day.

Louis, most of us here are very familiar with your opposition to the Landfill (kudos) and your support for our Knolls (kudos again). I remember you well from the Supervisor race and you do not overstate your fight.

That is why I am greatly disappointed that you are so easily won over to award a "B" to someone who has done the minimum required for the job of County Supervisor. Since Mikels failed completely in this regard I suppose he looks like a vast improvement but I would give him a C- at best. He has offered minimal support on basic issues like showing up to work, living in the district and returning overdue services to the East County and deserves credit for the latter. Term limits are anything but what they portend to be. Word has it he is even friendlier than Mikels with County workers, but then they sang "The Wicked Witch is Dead" when she lost so this is a minor, albeit necessary, accomplishment.

Regarding two of the main issues you helped to fight for - opposition to the landfill expansion and opposition to unsafe Knolls development - he is either noticeably absent from the table or clearly on the wrong side of the issue. As you stated: to say otherwise is an untruth.

These are issues that will take courage for him to oppose and I don't think he has it in him to take them on.

On the issue of Barbara Williamson we agree.

But us far as Fake Foy is concerned, we ALL have taken our licks for opposing the status-quo in this town, so please put your violin away and see this man for what he is, regardless of what your wrath-filled "friends" are feeding you. Come spend a little time with your other friends and see it again from our side of the tracks. I mean that both literally and figuratively. Yes life moves on, but some of us are yet to see a major benefit from Peter Foykels.

I know, all these sour grapers. There is obviously still a lot of bitterness in the air over the Dantona loss to Peter and the pull-out from the Senate race after Hannah-Beth jumped in. Get over it already.

Mongo,

Your are drifting off into day dreaming. Please stay on the subject of my main objection to Foy:

1.) Foy became WM's boy when they lost Mikels.

2.) Nothing has changed for WM's expansion plans since Mikels was defeated, but the name of the supervisor who is helping them push it through - albeit with just a slight bit more public sunlight now on the process.

True or false?

Interim report card has been restated due to an error in calculating one midterm exam. Peter Foy's grade has been changed to a "B-" out of his failure to address the landfill expansion and lack of compassion for The Knolls neighborhood. Let's all hope his grade does go up to an "A". He is smart enough to earn a better mark. Go Foy!

Mongo, if there's one local politician who's been given a golden opportunity to prove himself, without the sniping and bitterness that usually follows a close race, it's Peter Foy. Until now the Supervisor's gone ahead with his agenda, without interference. Now, that agenda is starting to take shape and it doesn't look good for a lot of the folk that live in his district.

What's the difference between an absentee supervisor and a supervisor who, when he isn't traveling outside his district to drum up statewide political support, tells his constituents that he can't comment on a matter because he doesn't know anything about any issues brought before him....because he refuses to look at those issues until its time for a vote?

That's basically what the Supervisor told reps from the Knolls when they went to plead their case about the safety risks if the Sylmar-like trailer park was to be built.

Do YOU believe our Supervisor's answer as to why he can't comment on over-development in the Knolls?

Louis,
I can't believe you are now cheering Peter Foy for a job he has not and will not do. You take a half of grade off because Foy will allow people to die in a fire if he doesn't oppose the Horse Ranch. Yet you hate Judy Mikels for opposing your Med Centers. Also as all of us know we will be the dumping grounds for LA and hundreds of other cities with the landfill expansion and for those two reasons you take off a half of grade. Come on Louis get real. I salute you for opposing the landfill and as you say you were one of the two loudest voices against it, but the loudest was Dantona who discovered and brought this issue forward. Think long and hard about your grade.

Louis:

Better listen carefully to the warning found in that old Country and Western song, "..If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.."

On the issue that is most near and dear to your political heart, not to mention your hillside property values, the expansion of the Simi Valley Landfill, Foy has been bought and paid-for by Waste Management, pure and simple.

Who was amongst the biggest contributors to his successful “Yes on Measure T� Supervisors' term-limits campaign? Yep – you guessed it, Waste Management, Inc.

Nothing better than to have a large, multi-national garbage company bankroll your term-limits campaign. First, because as of June 30, 2008, the Foy for Supervisor campaign had some $41,000 in OUTSTANDING DEBT from his last Supervisorial campaign, more two years ago.(Check-out the URL above to see the Foy for Supervisor Committee's Form 460 Campaign Finance Report submitted electronically on July 10, 2008).

And second, because Mike Smith, Waste Management's premier political puppet-master, is only too happy to make such a strategic investment during the period when County staff and environmental consultants are working on his landfill expansion plans and permits, as we speak.

Further, it appears to me that Foy's ill-conceived term limits initiative was more shadow than substance. After all Foy wrote his term-limits initiative in such a way that he gets an extra four year term in office, while others have stricter time limits.

You see, since he was first elected in 2006, under the "Foy loophole," he'll get to serve three terms, not two. While Supervisors whom are elected in 2008 and later elections will be limited to serving two terms, before being eligible to run again, after sitting-out a four year term.

A slick example of cynical politics, if I ever saw one.

To paraphrase that old saying about politics, "..Waste Management will scratch his back, and Supervisor Foy may return the favor by scratching Waste Management's back.." Could be sad for Simi Valley but true in the near future. That is unless Supervisor Foy has the courage and personal integrity to recuse himself when the vote on the landfill expansion permit comes-up before the Board of Supervisors.

Louis, don’t know if your political judgment in such matters is clouded more by your class or economic affinity with Mssr. Foy, but if you're banking on the social bonding the two of you experienced on your last Rancho Vistadores trip, dream on Horatio!

Remember Cassius' admonition in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "..the fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars, but in ourselves..�

Publius Detritus

Confucius says man who only attempts to write serious thoughts is not a man capable of thinking seriously but is instead a lonely soul. Only a fool does not understand a private plea.

The latest initiative by Peter Foy was to introduce a campaign finance reform proposal for County elected officials (see article in today's Star). He will introduce many other similarly worthwhile proposals in the near future. He's just getting started.

Oh please Foy has done so little since he became Supervisor I don't expect to see any difference in the future. His positioning with Waste Management really makes me mad since he told people during the race he was opposed to the expansion. Boy did they buy hin off.

Can anyone explain how RAISING donor limits will help level the playing field for rookie candidates trying to unseat an incumbent?

It would seem that such a move would actually shut out most political newcomers and help ONLY the wealthiest of candidates to buy an office.