http://thecoastnews.com/2010/12/public-gives-input-on-plans-for-school-site/ Making Waves in Your Neighborhood Sun, 19 May 2013 00:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://thecoastnews.com/2010/12/public-gives-input-on-plans-for-school-site/comment-page-1/#comment-7664 jherald Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:41:31 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=42211#comment-7664 In a related article, Tim Baird commented on the DEMA proposal saying that it was flawed and doubted DEMA’s ability to bring in as much money as suggested. First DEMA did not present a formal proposal but asked the school district to give them 90 days to work out a formal proposal. Mr. Baird is premature in tearing apart the information he was given. He has suggested that instead of taking a good look at what DEMA is proposing he is considering suing the city for city to force a re-zoning. Mr. Baird has a very short memory. The citizens of this community have put themselves $44 million in debt for this school district and his answer is to sue the city?? Will he be using this money to pay more attorneys fees while whining about the school district needing the money as his excuse for trying to sell Pacific View.
He has been renting this property for $1.00 a year and now
$400,000 is not enough. This seems a pretty disingenuous argument since not only will the tenants pay this rent they will also have to do all the tenant improvements. The Encinitas Senior Community Center makes $600,000 a year. I don’t think it out of the realm of possibility for DEMA to meet their goal. Mr. Baird has stated he is not in business yet doubts DEMA DEMA has been around 23 years has a record of successful projects. I have to believe these business people have a pretty good idea of how to compute budget projections.

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