Scrap Any Balloon Tract Plans
Well, I guess that's it. Since David Cobb explained to us in his My Word piece today we can't extend Waterfront Drive south to the Balloon Tract, the Balloon Tract will just have to stay as it is for eternity.
He mentions traffic congestion already being a problem down in that area and suggests any development on the Balloon Tract will only make it worse. Well... he specifies big box stores as what would make it worse, but we all know that increased congestion is inevitable no matter what is done with the Balloon Tract, assuming whatever's done attracts people.
Sorry to those of you that want affordable housing, government offices, or even a multiple use commercial center there. David Cobb has told us the way it is. Damn! I thought we had something going here.
He's does make a point about the wasted money, but I'd say that's a problem with government, not private development of the Balloon Tract.
posted by Fred Mangels @ 8:42 AM
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18 Comments:
I feel all warm and fuzzy now that David Cobb has explained it all to me. Where's the kool-aid?
He makes an interesting point. Why does the City continue to pursue something that they have been repeatedly told will not pass Coastal Commission scrutiny (among many other challenges)? Many hundreds of thousands of public dollars on a dead project?
Whether you like Cobb or not this is still a concern.
David Cobb's column should be suspended til after the election.
He's got as much right as anyone to pontificate(?) on local issues.
He's creepy though.
Scorn on the Cobb
When you look closely at any artice written by a lawyer, you have to watch out for key phrases. "I believe", "We are looking into" and "thinking about filing".
I believe it is because the Big Box proposal simply cannot be built unless Waterfront Drive is also extended. This is yet another fatal flaw in attempting to build a mega-shopping retail establishment on the former railroad yard site.
I did not know that David Cobb also had a degree in roadway engneering. When will he stop his politics of fear and misinformation? Commerical street could be repaired and could handle the flow quite easy, in my opinon, after all, Target is fed by two small feeder inlets and very basic traffic controls. Heck if they wanted to go all out, they could put a traffic light on the corner and make it a three way right there.
Please support David Cobb and his merry band of Humboldt County Carpetbaggers!
You are partially correct Fred in that, "He's got as much right as anyone to pontificate(?) on local issues."
Charles (no longer in charge) Winkler refused to give me a weekly "My Word" column.
Yet Con on the Cobb gets a free weekly column to spout lies and propaganda.
When reading his headline I thought Cobb was going to take the County Supervisors to task for wasting $500,000 of our tax dollars.
Wrong. Just another attempt to slam the Maria Project and the Eureka City Council (except Kerrigan).
Get your on blog, Cobb.
Just did a check, the area has two feeder roads, Commerical Street and Washington Street which has a stoplight already. They could get away without even touching the already widened Waterfront Drive. and connect Washington and Commerical on their own land.
Nothing major. Hell, when the Blue Lake Casino was being built they added a roundabout to the main inlet.
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The fact that you discuss David Cobb so much is pathetic. He is a small time politician that couldn't become a big one so he did the only thing he could to save his political delusional political career, move to a small community.
His weekly columns full of half truths are a joke. Today's column is perfect example, water front drive has been talked about for years and years. Maybe he should go down to Cal Trans and ask to talk to a planner, but I guess the truth hurts. Also Cobb couldn't read a traffic report if it was written in crayola, do you think any professional, city or Cal Trans traffic engineer is going to approve anything on a high profile project that will jeapordize their career.
Cobb doesn't know that Cal Trans and the City has this neat little thing called "Traffic Mitigation" fees which means Arkley gets to pay for any upgrades to Broadway. Let the pros do their job, the new Myrtle Ave and Broadway intersection rocks, I think they can handle this too.
I am now proud to say my subscription to the Times Standard is cancelled
Oh you "johnny-come-lately's".
Does anyone remember when logging and chip trucks were so packed on 4th and 5th and Broadway that they proposed a freeway bypass? That is, until they ran out of money to do it? We survived that.
You know, when they punched in Harris Street from Broadway, OhmyGod, we almost turned into Santa Rosa....especially after Ernie Pierson built the Eureka Mall.
It reminds me of the folks who tried to stop the "Speed & Greed" Freeway through Arcata. I'm sure you would enjoy having 101 go through Arcata today.
Vote David Cobb for Dog Catcher in 2010.
yes, 8:21 a little global perspective is needed.
LOVE the sarcasm, Fred!!
"Process"...when it suits Mr. Cobb (and others) to stop progess they throw the "public-process" in our face. When they're afraid the information gained from the process might prove a project is actually worthwhile they say we are wasting our time and we ought to stop the public process. I say the public has a right to know all the facts all the time...not just some of the time when Mr. Cobb decides it is okay.
9:30am- How can we think globally when we can't even act locally.
"Public Process" - that for which our military have given their lives.
WE CANNOT AFFORD MORE HOMELESSNESS IN , EUREKA . WE GOTTA STOP , LAVALLEE and BASS !!!! HELP .
6:19...Droz again.
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