Comments for County considers getting involved with Lucerne Hotel sale at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 20 out of 20 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10228 I agree with you 100%, I work for the county and our contract is being held up due to possible cuts, the county should not get involved until they know what their real budget is :?: - Suzybear46 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:02:05 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10214 A vineyard - not zoned ag and in the middle of a residential area. Supervisor Rushing in a mansion?? - you\'ve obviously never met her (aside from the illegality of such a notion). Picnic grounds or campground - for crying out loud, are you familiar with the Northshore at all - plenty of those already. The county has no interest in holding on to the property - the concern here (and it is a very legitimate one - I\'ll gladly give you a tour of who owns what and how they have misused it to the detriment of this town) is it being turned into another fleabag flophouse. I see a pattern here, keep Lucerne looking like crap so a)you can feel better about where you live and b)it remains a great dumping ground for felons & pervs. Why the fear that something good may come of this and people get jobs or have the opportunity to start a business and the county gets the tax revenues? THE COUNTY HAS NO INTEREST IN RUNNING/OWNING A LODGING FACILITY, they are looking at the question of what is the best way to proceed (and whether to do anything at all) so that this property gets the highest, best use out of it and to avoid it be snagged up and allowed to deteriorate. You know, if this all works out in the future y\'all gonna need to find a new town to dump on (and in). - Donna Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:08:28 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10215 Is what does the public think, that is what counts in the grand scheme of things, and hope the BOS listens to public input. Just for infomation a museum is usually not for profit, and we already have a few in the county, Lakeport, Lower Lake and soon the Stage Stop when ever that is restored. - kd006 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:52:55 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10213 I\'m afraid of what this county will do with it. An Ode to Vinyards? New housing for the chairman of the BOS? A fastrack for some county favorite? I\'d rather see it turn into a museum in progress for Lake County. If there is room-a picnic ground or campground if there is room. Some counties have really pleasant (as opposed to sardine can) RV parks and camps that bring in money to support itself and then some.The key woud be to keep the bureaucracy down. - there_it_is Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:38:33 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10194 you don\'t want done - what are your suggestions for what should be done to stimulate economies? I expect to see you tomorrow at the hearing to express your concerns. Look forward to seeing the face behind the anonymous postings. - Donna Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:35:41 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10212 We have a state that is 40 billion in the hole and our county wants to continue sucking more money? At what point do we say, enough spending our money on what the BOS or any government entity feels is feel good cool of the day? Wake up people, we are spending money that is on the credit cards addressed to generations being born now. - bearer Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:55 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10211 Please do, even if it needs to be broken up into segments. I also realize that storage space on the web is not cheap, but if made avalable for a few weeks or a month with the option to download the videos it would be informative to the public. It would also provide an option that people could go to the library and view the content. - kd006 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:58:08 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10210 be glad to! Lot\'s of us aren\'t cable TV anymore. May I share your suggestion with the BOS? - Donna Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:50:03 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10209 Donna, Have a Dr. appointment at 10, but perhaps you could suggest the PEG TV folks put the video on the net for those of us who don\'t have cable ch 8. - kd006 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:44:57 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10208 hope you can make tomorrows hearing. I was also thinking along the lines of Time Share properties. Anything that will assure regular maintenance. And incoming taxes to the coffers. NO MORE FLEA BAG HOTELS OR FLOP HOUSES. Yellowwing, do try to keep up. No one wants the county to go into the lodging business, quit obfuscating. Unless.... is that you Dr Bob? Or Dom??? - Donna Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:28:55 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10207 Not sure if it\'s all about property tax, at 1% it still does not add up to much, however the sales tax, room tax and economic growth to the area can\'t be scoffed at. Besides if let fall into disrepair, it will certainly become an eyesore rather than a jem in the eyes of locals and visitors. - kd006 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:28:30 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10205 Is a bit of forethought, I wonder if our BOS has approached the likes of Marriott Corporation or another like company about running and managing the place. I would like to see some plan for profit before the County just buys the land/bulding without a clue as to what they are going to do with it. I would like to see some photos of the property, I tried the Castlepoint Ministries website but it has been taken down and once the first intro photos show up it fades to a we\'re sorry page about the closing with no photos of the interior or exterior. - kd006 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:24:43 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10206 Donna Christopher needs to get her nose out of the butts of the BOS. Believe it, the BOS are not Gods, they can and do err. At every turn the BOS has purchased properties via redevelopment funding with no increase the property tax base. If owned by the county there is LESS property tax base. Just don\'t forget the item related to purchasing vacant property to assist the owners in retaining the property longer. The property owners need to make the best decision for themselves and the BOS needs to keep their eye on the upcoming fiscal year budget. - yellowwing Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:20:31 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10204 but I don\'t think it\'s large enough. And we really need a tax base in this town. I believe there was supposed to be an institute of Higher Learning out by Guenoc but I think they opted for a golf course instead. Don\'t know if it was a funding issue or what. Yeah, we all need to figure out what is going on around here and work to make sure whatever it is we do - DOES WORK!! Not to sure we\'re gonna get a 2nd chance. - Donna Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:39:10 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10203 I have always wondered, and maybe some of you know, why we don\'t have a decent learning facility in Lake County. I am not saying that the community colleges are doing a bad job, but a higher learning facility would do great things for our kids and our economy. Like I said, there maybe reasons we don\'t have a college. maybe having highly educated people in the community might be intimidating for some of our government officials. Somebody might actually figure out whats happening around here and come up with a real plan to fix it. Anyway, its just another thought. - cale_page Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:14:00 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10202 This property would make a great Monte Carlo type casino!! Kenwood Investments from SF can (with Pelousie\'s help) bookmark a bill, find a few homeless Native Americans, and put the property in trust. Then the tour busses wouldn\'t have such a long run between Twin Pines and Robinsen and then on to Konocti Vista and Konocti Harbor -- a round the lake gaming venue. Why not? - number1 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:38:35 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10199 not of which you speak. The county didn\'t go looking for Dr.Bob or Dom, they came looking to make big bucks off of redevelopment. One of the drawbacks of redevelopment is announcing the area you wish to gussy up. This allows some folks to come in, buy up crucial properties to the project and then hold the community and taxpayers hostage. That is what happened and continues to happen in Lucerne. Lucerne Harbor Park launching facility is frequently full of folks with boats and trailers that cost more that most houses here. The artist enclave you clearly know nothing about - the special Christmas activity had to be held over for an additional weekend because of demand. Just because we don\'t have disposable income or are looking to buy more crap to dust doesn\'t mean others aren\'t. CobbMt, if wanting a community to thrive and produce jobs and tax revenues makes you a liberal "do gooderds", while I don\'t know what a gooderd is -SIGN ME UP. I want this place to thrive - I want our kids to have jobs. Phil, what would be a \'bad\' buyer? - try to make tomorrow\'s hearing. Bet I can introduce you to at least one. - Donna Christopher Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:18:40 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10196 this one I don\'t get, why would we do an appraisal or structural report for somebody else? If we are going to buy it even for a supposedly short time ( a VERY big risk today), why don\'t we have a pricetag for it? What would be a \"bad\" buyer? The Konocti purchase is a whole different deal, we should be getting money from the feds for that and even if we don\'t the money is in our county to buy it-you can thank Kelly Cox for that, and about a million other things! We have ONE shot at buying the mountain and protecting it from development while creating a great tourist draw and park for locals, if we blew this chance it would be as big a mistake as NOT buying the water rights to Clear lake when we had the chance back in the 70\'s. - smurf Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:37:21 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10195 Before they commit, has Mt. Konockti purchase be checked to be on track. With the economy I doubt it. The County is full of liberal do gooderds, what a joke. Why don,t they look early at their budget, seems all the rest of the other Counties in the State are cutting already 5-10%, and expecting more of the same this Spring. I know it feels good to buy big ticket items, but why not a pack of Cheetos at the gas station. Oh that is now going back up too. I do not know what is better for the economy, semi-literate conservatives, of too issue oriented rather than people and labor causes liberals. When they all meet, take a look at your budget, if you are not on spot hire another Budget Groupie and hope that the drop is not as steep as the rest of California. Oh I am thinking, what a concept. And the 2k for the deer trap is nothing compared to the OT, wake up America! Or is this Guatemala! Think before you act. And if that agenda is your norm find some new department heads. Think on your feet, or else the economy will drive you in six months. - CobbMt Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:22:17 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6932/919/#comment-10193 Let\'s see, the County wants to get involved.Hmmm... All the County can come up with for the northshore is Alcohol and drug recovery centers and sprawl owned by Domini Affinito and his spawn. Oh I forgot the artist enclave neighboring the boat launch, which no one goes to. This boondogglewill be another waste of taxpayer dollars. Who\'s going to manage this \"hotel/motel/convention center?\" :roll: Yup, Dr Bob is rarin\'and ready to go. - dexterdog6481 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:41:24 +0100