Comments for Board votes no on Indian casino at Konocti Harbor at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://lakeconews.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:54:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/232/919/#comment-94 Prob # 1: \"NIMBY\" -not-in-my-back-yard, is a term that\'s been around for donkey\'s years, hard to believe anyone hasn\'t heard of it. Prob # 2. Riviera Plan? just went up in smoke on Tuesday, when at least two of the supes said whatever is in there doesn\'t apply to KHRS now-they have unlimited support to do ANY expansion/redevelopment according to Brown and Farrington. This is the biggest point missed by the media (including lakeconews.com, ahem!), Prob # 3. I\'ve known Rob for a long time and never said this was about the next election, though some(lots) of other people have, I don\'t think there\'s much to that guess. I do know that Rob has gone out of his way to support every other development plan ever floated, or at least wanted to know what it was. When someone who uniformly supports development and then makes an exception-that doesn\'t even reflect common sense or reality it\'s time to worry. Wait 1-2 weeks to find out what was actually being proposed? Nope, even though the news broke FIVE months ago a casino deal was in the works! You don\'t think that was a rush to judgement to placate the NIMBYS? Would a casino impact the community more than other \"allowed\" development proposals for KHRS? We\'ll never know now, since the BOS figured it was easier to make the old folks happy and kill the whole thing off. Never mind the resort is DOOMED without some kind of realistic plan to get the massive investment needed to keep it viable, and their last shot at saving the plumber\'s retirement fund pretty much got shot down Tuesday. What will happen now? kenwood will low-ball the union with their casino-free plan B, which will probably be to low for the union to take-unless they are REALLY desperate. If that doesn\'t work I\'ll bet the place will go under, you can\'t go for long losing millions every year. - smurf Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:04:16 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/232/919/#comment-92 Sorry, no idea what a Nimby is, maybe only indigenous Lake County\'ers know that one. But although Konocti Harbor existed long before I moved here, I consider it a valuable asset to the community. No pot shots intended, I am just of the opinion that, after the community worked so hard to create the Riviera Area Plan, it should not be cast aside without a fight. Still hot off the presses, it clearly represents the will of the people. Supervisor Brown seems to be willing and able to lead that fight. I guess it is actually ironic that I commend an elected official for doing what is/should be his/her number one priority: representing his/her constituents. What some may see as a re-election ploy, I just see as doing his job. - Rosie Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:44:06 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/232/919/#comment-85 until Rosie can explain her understanding of the contradictions like how is it that ANY sort of redevolpment scheme at KHRS now has the backing of Rob Brown-no matter how much traffic it creates, or how they could get revenues up without increasing the number of patrons/traffic if a casino was allowed-which is probably the only way you could attract enough capital to finance the deal and do the renovations. Well Rosie, we\'re all waiting for your plan to save KHRS and the half million dollars it brings into the county treasury every year, so what is it? Or are you what I suspect you are, one of those people who truly want KHRS to go away entirely, even though you moved to the community long after they were established? Not a Nimby? Prove it! We can all take pot-shots, but the big dogs need answers! - smurf Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:27:29 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/232/919/#comment-84 I don\'t know much about re-election ploys, but if defending the clearly voiced best interests of your constituents is your idea of a ploy, KEEP IT UP! - Rosie Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:19:46 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/232/919/#comment-81 it appears we share sentiments... plus Rob Brown is readying a 2008 run, and is shoring up his \'I\'m responsive to the community\' creds. He said he had \'moral objections\' to gambling. Well, gee .. I have \'moral objections\' to a guy who is driving around in a vehicle that is costing 1 soldier per day to the meatgrinder... And it was probably purchased with a business tax credit. feh Lets see.... how responsive to the community was he we asked for an affirmative vote from him on the growth time out, a halt to cristallago, or support of local control of ag w/a gmo ordinance? hmmm..... And he has already stated flat out that he wont support supplemental funding to get KPFZ, our LOCAL county radio station up to full power. If you\'re in Dist 5... keep an eye on him for more stunts like this one - taxismom Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:24:14 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/232/919/#comment-80 the one legit gripe the neighbors had was traffic, and yet both residents and board members said they would support ANY new or redevelopment of the resort to make it \"all that it can be\", or \"world class\", so what they want is a big, nice profitable resort with no more traffic! Apparently casino traffic is different than concert/hotel traffic, because they supported anything KHRS wants, and assuming KHRS doesn\'t shut-down they will be haunted by their open-ended promise. All they were being asked to do was to wait ONE WEEK to hear Kenwood\'s proposal, and then vote on it in two weeks, which even Rob Brown agreed wouldn\'t make a big difference, but no, the angry mob HAD to be placated right away. Never mind that the resort needs to dramaticly increase it\'s patronage to just break even, and that it would take far fewer casino patrons than concert goers to turn a profit, the NIMBYS don\'t like the word \"casino\". This wasn\'t a referendum on the impacts of a proposed development, this was a referendum on gaming, and Indian gaming in particular. That\'s why so many of the faces at this event were the same as the people who fought tooth-and-nail to keep the Indian mascots at kelseyville schools, they are hardcore racists. There were also people there who wanted this deal to die because it would be bad news for big democrats like Nancy Pelosi, who has longstanding ties to the head of the plumber union, who may wind-up in jail if he isn\'t able to sell the resort for big money ASAP. So without having ANY idea of what the impacts of a casino would be vs. other \"allowed\" types of development at the resort, the BOS said they wouldn\'t wait one lousey week to find out what was going on, because they didn\'t have the guts to tell the crowd to be patient. Score one for mob rule! BTW, what most of the mob REALLY wanted was for KHRS to close, so they wouldn\'t have to deal with concert traffic and noise. Never mind the fact that the resort had been there longer than almost any Buckingham resident, as one local put it \"this is an UPSCALE community\", meaning that the rich folk were upset that their sheltered lives were being threatened by reality once again and that was totally unacceptable. We all know casinos need to be sited in lower-class areas, right? What a great process we have, combine NIMBYs, gutless politicains, GOP flunkies and racists and you have county policy-what a way to run a government! - smurf Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:57:30 +0100