The Sign Says “Cone Zone” – But – Maybe What It Really Should Say is “Gold Zone” – Who’s Getting All That Gold

Editorial –

The Sign Says “Cone Zone” – But – Maybe What It Really Should Say is “Gold Zone” – Because Just About Every Week These Same Contractors Are Working the Same “Little Hole” in the Ground – or if Like Me – You Prefer to Call It – the Same “Gold Mine”!

And All the Time this is Going On – Business and Commerce is Disrupted – Shops and Businesses Lose Money – Shoppers are Frustrated and Go Somewhere Else – Traffic Comes to a Halt – Even Public Transportation and Traffic Safety is Compromised as Well.

Also – some have speculated that this activity – is to suck out Toxic Sludge from the former Military Base MCAS Tustin “The Toxic Rock” – which has apparently flowed uphill all the way to this location and is flooding the infrastructure – although this has not been verified.

https://www.salem-news.com/articles/march132012/mcas-tustin-tk.php

https://articles.latimes.com/1989-05-22/local/me-490_1_hazardous-tustin-base-waste-sites

There are Cones and Barricades on Newport Avenue Northbound from First Street to Old Irvine Blvd. – Almost as Far as the Eye Can See!

It’s Not the “Cone Zone” It’s the “Gold Zone”! –

The maintenance activity in question is groundwater monitoring and sampling, being performed by contractors working for the U.S. Dept. of the Navy. There was a leak in the jet fuel line at the intersection of Newport Avenue and Old Irvine Blvd. back in 1990. Remediation and monitoring efforts by the Dept. of the Navy have been ongoing since that time.

Jeff Blair – Tustin California Police Department

 

 









Newport Beach Dock Owners Association Settles Lawsuit Against City of Newport Beach California.

Newport Beach Dock Owners Association Settles Lawsuit Against City of Newport Beach California.

Today the 1,000 residential dock owners of Newport Harbor, represented by the Newport Beach Dock Owners Association, announced it has settled its lawsuit filed in February 2013 against the City of Newport Beach for violating the Ralph M. Brown Act.

“It is unfortunate that we had to sue our own city to restore the equity in our docks that they stole in passing the Dock Tax. The Dock Tax was an unnecessary money grab that while distasteful, paled in comparison to the city stripping us of the property right to our residential pier,” declared Bob McCaffrey, volunteer chairman of the Newport Beach Dock Owners Association & Stop the Dock Tax. This property right is estimated at $1 million in some cases.

The settlement (you can read it here) was executed last week by McCaffrey. We agreed to not initiate discovery, including depositions of councilmembers and key staff in return for;

The 1-year permit has been replaced with a 10 year permit that renews for an additional 10 years.
Upon sale or transfer of the upland homeowner, the pier permit must transfer to the new owner. 50 year total term, similar to the leases in Beacon Bay.
“Anytime government takes a million dollars in our value we will fight, sue, and make changes at city hall,” declared McCaffrey.

McCaffrey concluded, “Stop the Dock Tax PAC will wind up its affairs shortly. The Newport Beach Dock Owners Association will remain active. We will make an announcement in the next few weeks about our plans to make sure tax paying residents are never again forced to sue our city to protect our property from an overbearing government.”

https://stopthedocktax.com/news_details.php?id=114

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