Comments on: Voters, city spar over wording on ballot http://thecoastnews.com/2012/02/voters-city-spar-over-ballot-wording/ Making Waves in Your Neighborhood Thu, 23 May 2013 06:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Markley http://thecoastnews.com/2012/02/voters-city-spar-over-ballot-wording/comment-page-1/#comment-17136 Robert Markley Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:11:35 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=46874#comment-17136 Ms. Walshaw is 100% correct. The City Council apparently expects mobile home owners to bend over and grab their ankles after the council passed this travesty of ballot wording Jan. 4. Personally, I think that, in a way, it was a good thing for them to do that. Why, you may ask. Because they energized about 3,000 VOTERS to vote against them at every opportunity, created 3,000 CAMPAIGN DONORS for whoever is running against them, and created 3,000 CAMPAIGN WORKERS for whoever their opponents are.

If there was ever a good opportunity to “throw the bums out,” it is NOW, and these three Feller-Felien-Kern (FFK) CREATED THE OPPORTUNITY THEMSELVES. There IS a God.

Is it November yet?

]]> By: Linda Walshaw http://thecoastnews.com/2012/02/voters-city-spar-over-ballot-wording/comment-page-1/#comment-17068 Linda Walshaw Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:39:36 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=46874#comment-17068 Thanks to Ms. Yee for bringing this issue to the attention of the public. Many Oceanside voters have repeatedly contacted City Attorney John Mullen via e-mail, telephone and in person requesting the correction of this language BEFORE local residents were left with no other recourse but to hire attorneys to get this change made. This issue was raised in the January 4 Council meeting when Attorney Mullen was asked who will determine the meaning of “without limit,” and he replied: “The park owner can set ANY rate he wants.” That is NOT the definition of “market rate.” The term “market rate” is based on real estate comparables in the area. The term “without limit” is an arbitrary number that means exactly what it says and can be used by unscrupulous park owners to prevent sales of homes except to the parks for pennies, or to force heirs out of the properties they inherit. Vacancy DeControl is NOT the way to solve anything. It is merely an attempt by park owners to do an end run around the Court decisions against them that require them to relocate the homes should they want to repurpose their land. This business is a monopoly, manufactured homes MUST be located in a park, making these homeowners “captive customers,” BOTH parties (homeowners and park owners) are PROPERTY OWNERS under the law. VOTE “NO” ON VACANCY DECONTROL ON JUNE 5!

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