Talk:Murrieta, California
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[edit] Removed nonsense
I removed the following from the History section:
- Murrieta became a major focal point of the Cold War in 1962, in the heart of the Cuban Missle Crisis, when, while performing routine treatment, environmental specialists discovered, buried deep in Murrieta's foothills, a hidden Soviet missle silo. The silo appeared to have dated back to the 1960's, when the town was much less populus. Upon further inspection, the foothills surrounding Murrieta were found to carry a total of 12 silos. The missles in the silos were taken in for government inspection, and appeared to carry conventional warheads as opposed to a nuclear payload. However, although no radioactive materials were found, an abandoned underground biochemical research lab was uncovered near Temecula.
- The town of Murrieta again appeared in the headlines in 1985, when the Mayor of Murrieta, Robert Plant, declared his intention to secede from both the state of California and the United States of America. Mayor Plant, suspected of carrying ties to Soviet Russia, hoped to accomplish two goals: to create an international incident between the United States and Soviet Russia, and to bring recognition to his small town.
The city's own website does not mention either of these two events, so it's a pretty safe bet that the above is patent nonsense/vandalism. My apologies if this is not the case, but if you want to re-add this info, include your sources! --Benc
Fun to think about, but definitely nonsense! (Consider the fact that Murrieta did not become a city until 1991, thus there was no mayor in 1985) =) --Bandislife 03:41, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I been to Murrieta a few times, but had a community council since 1984. Some unincorporated areas have councils to represent their community. But what made them different is they have county services (sheriff and fire dept.) and don't pay city taxes. I've heard of Robert Plant and he was a member of the Communist Party USA, a far-left political organization that wanted to indoctrinate America become a communist country. Murrieta isn't a far-left haven, but appearently a conservative middle-class suburb that's inclined to vote mostly Republican in key state and national elections. --Mike D 26 04:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Making the irrelevant relevant.
I had a problem with how the mention of Rancho Murieta was phrased. It just seemed irrelevant to say "Rancho Murieta is an unincorporated area in northern California". I thought, "Who cares? This is an article on Murietta, not Rancho Murieta." I made a modification to that part which basically says Rancho Murieta has nothing to do with Murietta. I clarified the county that R.M. is in, and also changed the spelling (I noticed R.M. spells it with one "t"). Hope this is an agreeable edit for everybody. Nice article. Nice place that Floyd Landis lives. --Coryma 13:57, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Landis
I changed the description of Floyd Landis from "winner of the Tour de France" to "disputed winner of the Tour de France". Some of us believe that he won and that the test results are bogus, but it would be biased to claim that he is a winner without any reference to that. There is no doubt that his win is disputed, therefore I think this is a reasonable edit. --Bandislife 06:38, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Education
Who changed the education section on Oct. 4, 2006? There are not 3 existing high schools, nor are there two continuation schools. I am undoing that edit. --Bandislife 06:38, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Famous Residents
Is there any way we can verify the Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg stuff? I have a lot of doubt. If we don't have a source I don't think it should be in there. What the hell would they want a house in Murrieta for anyway? --Bandislife 06:38, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
I had to remove Queen Elizabeth II owning a home in Bear Creek. Until anyone can prove otherwise its really idiotic to make such a statement.
[edit] Murrieta made bad news
Back in March 2004 and again 2005, the USA Today reported on a wave of racial hate crimes in Murrieta. The news report depicted Murrieta as a "lily white" community shown hostility against African-Americans moved to their city. I don't like the way USA Today reported Murrieta, which it's untrue to say everyone in Murrieta are racists. But the city has a serious problem with a number of neo-nazis and hate groups made Murrieta their HQs in belief of Murrieta is a "white American" community. I've been to old town Murrieta, where a large number of Latinos lived, and a Jewish community center (forgot the name, tell me what it is) don't mean the city is "ran by Nazis". I'm told of neo-Nazi gangs live in the hills to the north in Menifee valley, operated several meth labs and involved in some violent crimes with the police/sheriff. Most residents are smart, educated and morally right enough not to buy racist ideologies of their community. + 207.200.116.195 15:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Umm... I don't know what you're talking about... I did a search of Lexis Nexis and there were no USA Today articles remotely like this. Why is this relevant, anyway? Bandislife 06:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I was in The HighSchool Gym when The "Racism" went down. Some Black kid was playing basketball When to white fellows came up and tried to play. The black Kid did not like that and started calling the white kids "Crackers" and "White Trash" While the white kids Called the kid and "Nigger" Things became heated and The Two White kids beat The black Kid Up. The Black Kid asked for it so i doubt it should be called racist. And the fact that the NAACP came too our school and said we are a Racisit school Is complete Crap. How can you determine a school is racist if you only talk to the victim and his family and stand outside the school for five minutes. Actully the NAACP was there for about 20 minutes. If other Minoritys feel that Murrieta is Racsist, Fine dont move here. Housing prices are too high and there is too many people. Actully Blacks Asian Mexicans Jews and White people should all get the Fuck Out of murrieta so i dont have to sit in traffic anymore
[edit] Questionable Content
I am deleting all content that has no factual basis attached to it. If I delete something that you think is true, prove and it and we'll put it back. =) Bandislife 06:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
