Though the expenditure seems odd, we suspect that WLE's lawyers told them they had better start spending some money outside of election season to try to create the appearance that the charity is something other than a campaign ploy.
In other WLE news, a commenter points out at North Coast Current that WLE's claim of 501(c)(3) status was likely fraudulent, as the brand new group wouldn't have had time to get IRS approval.
"Encinitas Community Park will have something for everyone..."
ReplyDeleteWhere to start???
-It is not a community park. www.EncinitasCommunityPark.blogspot.com
-The "complete" park, that is billed as costing $19 million, does not have the aquatic center that is pictured,and does not have any court activities, (tennis, basketball, volleyball, handball, etc.),no amphitheatre, community center or teen center. The plans do call for Seven sports fields that organized leagues play on for free, paid for by taxpayers who will have limited access. Morover, the city past majority council arranged to have 49,000 cu yds of toxic soil burried on site forever, rather than off site as the county required.
And the cost, including $8.3 million of funds pulled from existing city projects, will well exceed $50,000,000.00 before completion. And the maintenence cost will be about $.5 million.
And the traffic mitigations that are required in the EIR, (rejected by the planning commission),are not all planned to be funded or completed.
If we are going into a new era of honesty from our council, this Gaspar sponsored charity flyer should be corrected.
The bond payments on the original $23,000,000.00 I recall are $.5 million a year. How much are the additional $8,000,000.000 bond payments going to cost.
DeleteHow can Gaspar possibly believe that it is acceptable to deceive the public in this manner?
The $23 million borrowed in 2001 to buy the Hall property cost $1.5 million annually, now reduced to $1.4 million due to the recent refinancing. There are 19 more years to pay. The cost for borrowing $8 million ($9 million according to the public notice) to construct the Hall Property Park has not been revealed yet. The cost should be made public in January or February. The city is not in any hurry to release the information.
DeleteCouncil needs to discuss the true impacts and ongoing costs of this huge regional park. Is there any additional cost for people to use the park if they are not an Encinitas resident? Should there be a fee to get in to the park if your not a resident? How much will Carlsbad and the County be providing to Encinitas for its construction and ongoing operations?
ReplyDeleteWhat percentage of the operations revenues will be provided by the Private sports leagues, Carlsbad, Solana Beach, and the County? How much of the costs will be borne by the few tax payers of Encinitas? How many new City Employees will be hired. Why not lease out the operations to Ecke YMCA they have an organization in place to efficiently operate the regional sports park.
I think W.C.'s suspicion is correct. This flyer is a ploy to rescue the Gaspars and David Meyer from a dicey legal situation. I once was going to form a non-profit organization so that contributions could be written off. It's very time-consuming to set it up, and there are very strict rules to comply with the IRS and State Franchise Tax Board regulations. I decided not to do it. The commenter on North Coast Current is correct as far as I know.
ReplyDeleteAll the tax-exempt contributions will eventually be reported to the public. This is going to be fun to watch everything play itself out.
Gaspar has the indelible stench of $tock$ special alliegance affliation with monied insiders on her - she has to go.
ReplyDeleteLetters to the editor. UT. Today
ReplyDeleteLights will cause air pollution
I’m sure readers are aware of the development of the Hall Property Park off Interstate 5 in the middle of an Encinitas residential neighborhood. But they may not know about the 90-foot-tall lights the city of Encinitas is planning to install in the park.
The plan calls for the use of four 90-foot-tall lights and 10 80-foot-tall lights, which will be installed by the end of 2013. The standard height for lights in a residential neighborhood is 30 feet, 60 feet lower than the proposed Hall Property’s lights.
These lights will be a nuisance to citizens living around the area. Property values will plummet and the lights will pollute the air. Would you like it if your house, that you paid $1 million for, decreased in value?
Readers can help by writing to all five Encinitas City Council members today, and urging them not to install these lights. If enough people protest, we may be able to scale back the lights in time and save our community.
Jake Smith
student, Pacific Ridge School Cardiff
And comment…...
I, and I believe the majority of Encinitas, agree with Jake about the stadium lights at the Hall Property Special Use Park. The plan calls for half the light output of the Rose Bowl and light spillage onto homes equal to 80 full moons. Locals who wanted to keep their community character, quality of life and community safety fought back a few summers ago, when the city tried to quickly change the general plan and spot zone the 44 acres.
See more at:
http://www.sosencinitas.com/
http://cardiffians.blogspot.com/
"Readers can help by writing to all five Encinitas City Council members today, and urging them not to install these lights.'