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WORST DAMN SPORTS SHOW - COMMENTARY |
 No way, the only advantage of a stadium for the average fan is shorter bathroom lines
Local activist Nadine Scott wrote an excellent Dialog piece for the San Diego Union. She explains why a stadium is not good for Oceanside at any location. For article click here. he Chargers' Interest and City Councils' Mediocre Response is Killing the Real Estate Market near the Center City Golf Course land
Yours truly received several emails from a gentleman who wanted to put an option on a home in the Greenbriar Street area; that is immediately adjacent to the proposed stadium site. He is pulling out due to the constant barrage of publicity by the Chargers and the failure of the city to refute the idea that the site is seriously being considered for a stadium.
It has also has been observed in the Loma Alta neighborhood area that home prices have plummeted, some over $100 thousand dollars. While some may say the market is soft, these massive price drops started last January after the much ballyhooed announcement of a potential Chargers' stadium at Goat Hill.
So those of you who think the stadium is a great idea, including some on the Council, most notably KernFellerChavez, the KFC Troika, it's time to start doing more backpedaling about the potential for a stadium. Such ridiculous rhetoric is scaring off potential buyers- besides the fact that the vast majority of residents think this pipe dream will kill their great American Dream of living in peace and quiet in the homes they have invested their life savings in.
It also is killing off local reinvestment in the Oceanside Boulevard Corridor. With the impacts of the Sprinter still unknown, but with anticipated traffic problems due to North-South street closures every 15 minutes, few if any local businesses are stepping up the investment in their properties.
The city residents remain vigilant regarding the Councils' intention for this open space. And the Council must stop playing with the citizenry and hinting that a stadium could still come to town.
Too much secrecy in Chargers deal
In response to [North County Times] lead "Roses & Raspberries" on Aug. 6 and allegations of secrecy, you accuse a so-called activist of corporate secrecy style. My first question to you is, who are you? I see no name listed. Perhaps the general public should be kept informed of the corporate secrecy style of the San Diego Chargers, and immediately so. Shouldn't the North County Times be out with some of their crack reporters talking to Oceanside citizens who can become seriously affected by possible losses of their properties by eminent domain or other devious means? It appears to me that the City Council should not be going down to the last minute waiting for the Chargers attorney, Fabiani, to make his move ρρ too late. Or is that the strategy? ... Why aren't City Council members informing the public: 1. How much private property they are ready to donate to the Spanos family for conversion into office buildings for their own private development. 2. Other than the golf course, how much property will Mr. Fabiani and his benefactors need to acquire this potential financial empire for themselves to develop it as they see fit? 3. How many acres of city property are they prepared to donate under eminent domain for office spaces? Raymond Tryon, Oceanside (with permission) How is this good for Oceanside?
Yet another crazy idea from our city leaders ("O'side, Chargers kick off stadium talks," Jan. 24 North County Times). I do not want a stadium in Oceanside. [At a] $1 billion cost for a new stadium in Oceanside, who do you think will pay? You and I. Visualize a game day in our neighborhoods. People will park in our neighborhoods and carpool to the stadium and, after the game, they may relieve themselves in your front yard and dump their trash. Oh, your wife asks you to run to the store for some milk, but every road, every freeway is jammed; people from Orange County and South San Diego are on the 5, everybody from East County is on the 78, everybody from Temecula is on the 76. You finally get to Vons, the line is backed up to the freezers with guests buying beer for tailgate parties in front of your house; maybe at least your neighbor can make a little money by charging $10 to park 40 cars in the yard next to yours. Oh, our elected officials will be enjoying the game from the VIP box that the city gets from the Chargers. Maybe they can walk over to explain how good for Oceanside this is. MARK DEAKINS, Oceanside (with permission) Chargers' needs don't match Oceanside's
 "The bathroom lines will be shorter," according to Chargers legal counsel Mark Fabiani. In a recent interview, that is one thing that Fabiani could come up with when asked what the benefit to the average fan is if a new stadium is built. He meekly added, "Some improved sight lines." Are shorter bathroom lines and a slightly better view for a few really good enough reasons to build a stadium in the midst of four well-established and healthy neighborhoods in Oceanside? A stadium with 360 events a year that will create a nightmare traffic situation and add to the gridlock we already experience? Fabiani went on further to state that there are only three reasons why owner Alex Spanos wants a new stadium. This is an outright fabrication. Spanos wants our citizens to give him about 90 acres of prime, public parkland in Oceanside for free or next to nothing in a sweetheart deal. This would include property like the Brooks Street Pool, nearby ball fields, the Boys & Girls Club and Senior Center.
He asked the city of San Diego for 66 vacant acres and they ran his negotiators out of town. Fabiani claimed San Diego was not sophisticated enough to understand the deal that the Chargers offered. Luckily San Diego saw through the ruse and nixed the pubic giveaway the Chargers proposed. Will the council in Oceanside be duped into giving away free land and probably go broke trying to support a mammoth stadium? Can they even fund hundreds of extra cops 360 days a year? And will they vote against the neighborhoods? Ninety percent of the town lives east of Interstate 5 and would be gridlocked. Unlike the city of San Diego, City Attorney John Mullen is not independently elected. Let's hope he can exercise independent judgment and advise the council to show the Chargers' snake oil salesmen the door. Now. Before one more penny of public money is spent on this boondoggle. -- Oceanside resident Nadine L. Scott is a community activist (with permission) No Need for prince Chargers to Swoop into Oceanside-
A short poem in response to a recent column by Logan Jenkins
Once upon a time there was a Prince Charming that rode into Oceanside with all his glitter and gold and promises of grandeur.
He too wanted our Parkland for free. He too deceived the public.
He wined and dined the powers that be and they sold the soul of their city because they thought they were not worthy.
He used them, abused them and spread havoc and disharmony throughout the kingdom.
He wanted it all and he wanted it free and a lawsuit he will bring if you don't give it to me.
Needless to say he left town with his glitter and gold along with a big pot of the public's hard earned $$$$$ cash money.
We don't need Prince Chargers with their glitter and gold. Don't use her, abuse her, and promise her wealth-- just preserve and polish her beautiful soul.
A beautiful gem that's next to the sea, just look to her name and you will see.
O c e a n s i d e Carolyn Krammer No material on this page may be published without explicit permission.
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