Case in point.

A $10,000 check to Bonnie Neely from a Southern California developer of the the last promontory in Southern CA. comes to mind. http://samoasoftball.blogspot.com/2010/02/bonnie-neely-garners-10000-from-so-cal.html.

I think Oshen and everyone else wants to see the commission operate fairly, transparently and with consistency. They especially want the CCC to stop harassing them over small stuff like rose bushes, patio furniture, etc.

This funding swap will help the CCC re-prioritize their mission and encourage them to spend their resources wisely, stop coastal cronyism, and go after egregious threats to the coast - not families, farmers and ranchers.

If it weren’t for PLF who would stand up for the people against the commission?

Truly funny. They are all appointed by politicians. As if it isn’t already “politicized.”

Great article here from the North Coast which explains the CCC very well.

http://www.times-standard.com/othervoices/ci_15068244

Sorry, Mr. Drouillard. The beginning of the end of Mr. Douglas’ tyranny is here.

(Last year, that office holder voted to approve the PXP/Tranquillon Ridge project, so imagine how eager he will be to prevent overdevelopment of the coast.)

Legal services for the Coastal Commission average about $2.5 million per year. Suits against the CCC are largely beyond the control of the CCC. The PLF, which serves to “break” the Coastal Act, spends about $500 thousand per year to achieve that goal.

The CCC is number 8 or 9 on the list of state agencies consuming legal services from the DOJ. At the top of the list is the Dept. of Corrections, which accounts for about 2/3 of those services.

The point is, if you (like RIchard Oshen and others) want to undermine the Coastal Act, then support the fund swap. If you want to maintain access to the coast and prevent overdevelopment of the coast, then you should ask your elected officials to oppose the fund swap.

Sigh. that’s right Francis go troll a website where they buy your “bull”, there is plenty of them out there……

Don’t hang that albatross around the neck of all environmentalists and conservationists. Hang it where it belongs — on EDC and GOO.

Again your propiganda is full of lies. Like most extremalists * the truth avoids you. You
arn’t a resident here you own a lot. Referancing yopur comment about the 2006
fireworks display, only 1 individual was at the site where the birds are.Her claim about birds flocking up off the island is another lie, as NO BIRDS FLEW in 2007 when the study was done, (see report) only a few squawks from the island. The real culprits of
this situation is the CCC itself. When the Bane bill was introduced, the CCC gave up all their rights to the 10 miles of coastline. This allowed people like Dr. Richard kuhn the ability to build his home within a few hundred yards from Gualala point island with
years of backhoes, nail guns, heavy equipment ect, followed by 4 neighbors doing the same. Dr. Kuhn, a self proclaimed bird specialists should be ashamed of himself, after all he is at the head of this whole sham. Are you telling me there are no birds at the fireworks shows in Point Arena, or Monterey or Bodega Bay? If so, more lies. *Definition
of EXTREMELISTS is extreme envirmentalists. You Qualify!