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Carlsbad, another parking place to shop
To Janette, Paula and all Caruso supports, This 85/15 has 0 chance. People in Carlsbad thought they preserved or saved the strawberry fields by voting for E or D. This was an overwhelming majority. Believe me, I was there, were you? The city has a creative overlay zone on these farmlands to allow for all sorts of things which no one understands unless there nose is in the trenches. Obviously, yours are with the details of the plan you know and as Don points people on here are paid to answer these forums. Janette is a paid campaigner. LOL. Good call Don. The 85/15 has no chance if it goes to a vote. Every Tuesday at City Council meeting, share your thoughts. Here is a simple one " take this 85/15 to the vote of the people" Its time City of Carlsbad creates a farm trust or encourages opportunity for private parties to buy these lands and any other farmland/openspace left and pledge on title to keep them farmlands/openspace in perpetuity. Proposition E was set up for this and Farm Trusts in northern California were going to help. Under D or E, all the nice things about trails and public access can be integrated without adding a shopping mall or any other brick and mortar. The culture of Carlsbad simply needs to rise up. Since Caruso has NO chance, maybe they will sell their option. I have a call in with the acquisitions department. Should they not sell, perhaps SDGE will take this property to the market next time instead of working under secret Enron schemes to screw the people AGAIN. Last note, who is behind the trust that owns the 1.4 acres in the middle of the strawberry fields? It seems they have much to gain if this mall goes through.— July 30, 2015 3:01 p.m.
Berry disconcerting
Here are the facts, Many citizens voted for proposition D and Proposition E its competing measure to preserve this land. Prop D, one with the help of many supportive at the government level won by a few votes. One of the Carlsbad officials was even caught removing the Prop E signs and BUSTED. The difference between Prop D and E was Prop D has a loophole. Caruso is walking through it .This development means more traffic, brick an mortar and loss of the current view corridor. We do not need more tax base, Carlsbad is flush with cash. If anything Carlsbad Government should be focused on the quality of life that includes less traffic, natural or farm land and view corriders and security of Carlsbad by marching us towards the path of being energy,water and food self-sufficient. Important to note there are around four seperate parcels...the one along the freeway, and two that make up the large majority of strawberry fields and this 1.4 acre parcel owned by WINTER RAY R & CONSTANCE L M REVOCABLE TRUST APN 211-010-05-00 smack dead in the middle of this development. Ive always wonder about it. Maybe you can turn something up about this Trust and its beneficiaries. Nothing is inevitable my friend. I remember city staff telling me at the community meetings, you meant the used to be strawberry fields when Lennar was pushing for a million square feet of development with SDGE and the CIVIC CENTER. This development should go to a vote for the people AGAIN on simple context for voters to understand. Develop or not to develop. Should the city council accept these 10,000 signatures to implement the 85/15 initiative and allow for the development, the citizens of Carlsbad have one more card to play and thats a referendum to recall the city council decision.So the cleanest and fairest solution is for council to set this up for a vote and reject the 85/15 specific plan initiative when Caruso turns in the 10,000 signaturtes and ask the voters to decide about it.Of course there is the language of Prop E which could be retooled as well which most notably created or should I say breathe life into an existing farmland zoning designation. The Strawberry fields are already meaningful and yes there are people who would match Caruso's offer to buy this land and set it up in a farm trust. For whatever reason ENRON, I mean SDGE isnt interest in farming community parks or welfare of this town. There are good people in the company but the core operates on a level that has too much power over politics in San Diego County. AB 117 and other community choice aggregate laws are the only way to curb them but that's another story.— July 7, 2015 8:57 a.m.