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Re: Berkeley preps new cellphone radiation safety law

Jill Herschman — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:21:32 -0000

Yes, visit a site called "Ignorance and denial" for the REAL science!

Re: Berkeley preps new cellphone radiation safety law

Jill Herschman — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:18:27 -0000

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children????

Re: Berkeley preps new cellphone radiation safety law

Jill Herschman — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:24:07 -0000

"At least one likened the fight to the battle against cigarette manufacturers in the 1950s." Cell phone tax, here we come!

Re: Why Berkeley passed a soda tax while other cities failed

Jill Herschman — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:36:35 -0000

The text of the ordinance

Re: Why Berkeley passed a soda tax while other cities failed

Jill Herschman — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:27:16 -0000

That was a rather unnecessary thing to say. Kudos to you!

Re: Why Berkeley passed a soda tax while other cities failed

Jill Herschman — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:51:40 -0000

Re: Why Berkeley passed a soda tax while other cities failed

Jill Herschman — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:14:48 -0000

The gardening and cooking program is awesome for getting kids to try and like foods they would normally reject on sight. My 4th grader hates anything that isn't fried or made of bacon but he's made and eaten things like kale and red peppers because he has the pride of having grown it or prepared it, himself. It's too bad Measure D doesn't actually fund that program....

Re: Op-ed: Why a liberal mother of 2 is voting no on Measure D

Jill Herschman — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:47:08 -0000

Learn to think for yourself, Ben. I know the draw of the hivemind is hard to resist but I promise some independent thought isn't going to kill you.

Re: Why Berkeley passed a soda tax while other cities failed

Jill Herschman — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:35:29 -0000

Look out, oligarchy. Here we come.

Re: Berkeley ballot snafu, more money in for 2014 election

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:37:21 -0000

It does when the distributor passes on their cost to the retailer, which they will

Re: Op-ed: Measure D — a doctor’s perspective

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:27:04 -0000

I'm not an advocate of the ABA and please use real letters in your words, it's what grownups do

Re: Op-ed: Measure D — a doctor’s perspective

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:25:53 -0000

I can't wait to see how much we end up spending on legal fees after it passes and the ABA takes us to court

Re: Op-ed: Measure D — a doctor’s perspective

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:24:37 -0000

YES! EXACTLY!

Re: Berkeley ballot snafu, more money in for 2014 election

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:14:02 -0000

Oh, yeah, I totally agree. I never buy anything from the concession stands, it's CRAZY how expensive things are.

Re: Berkeley ballot snafu, more money in for 2014 election

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:12:15 -0000

Retailers who buy the syrup in concentrate and then add water are going to get slammed by this tax, in some cases they could end up paying more in tax than for the product itself

Re: Op-ed: Measure D — a doctor’s perspective

Jill Herschman — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:59:55 -0000

Well, you mention me by name, and you mention my alleged "specious and incorrect arguments" but then you didn't actually address any of the specific points I made, other than a vague reference to Ebola. Are you sure your medical degree is real?

Re: Op-ed: Why a liberal mother of 2 is voting no on Measure D

Jill Herschman — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:10:22 -0000

Measure D doesn't increase the price of soda like the cigarette tax, so no, it will not result in less consumption of the products made by Big Soda. This is a logical fallacy.

Re: Op-ed: Yes on D campaign must stop bubbling over

Jill Herschman — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:51:07 -0000

My standard response? I don't understand.

Re: Op-ed: Yes on D campaign must stop bubbling over

Jill Herschman — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:56:20 -0000

LOL! This is the best comment I've seen yet on this, because it's so true. I expected better of Berkeley, for some reason. I will adjust my expectations accordingly, for next time.

Re: Op-ed: Yes on D campaign must stop bubbling over

Jill Herschman — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:48:36 -0000

I'm sorry, you don't see how what would work?

Re: Beverage companies spend $1.675 million to defeat Berkeley soda tax

Jill Herschman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:49:12 -0000

First they came for our sugar... next they came for our bacon!!!

Re: Op-ed: Yes on D campaign must stop bubbling over

Jill Herschman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:49:34 -0000

I have personally witnessed signs disappearing from both sides of the argument. I think that's just how it works in an election, which is really sad for all of us. Do we think that the facts of our arguments are so weak that we must support censorship? It speaks volumes about the American political process.

Re: Berkeleyside does not endorse candidates, measures

Jill Herschman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:40:21 -0000

I noticed that, too, actually; there seems to be a theme in the content of the tweets that are retweeted by Berkeleyside. But they're retweeting things that reference their content and I think it's just a simple as the fact that more people are making pro-Measure D tweets that reference Berkeleyside than anti-Measure D. I'm sure if I tweeted something that referenced my Oped that was relevant and coherent they would retweet it, but I don't particularly want to call that kind of attention to myself on twitter, home of the trolls.

Re: Berkeleyside does not endorse candidates, measures

Jill Herschman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:24:47 -0000

I really think it's going to backfire on them and all this money will only serve to make sure it passes. And I say that as an opponent to the measure.

Re: Berkeleyside does not endorse candidates, measures

Jill Herschman — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:15:25 -0000

Just want to say that I wrote one of the Opeds they're circulating in these fliers. They asked me for my permission to print it and use it during their canvassing and I said yes. I do not work for the ABA or have any affiliation whatsoever with them other than occasional email contact, which I also have with people that I know who work with Berkeley vs. Big Soda. I am an independent Berkeley citizen with an opinion, I wrote a piece and submitted it to Berkeleyside without any outside influence.