Comments on: All You Need to Know About Lobbying, Recreation and Park Department “Corruption,” and the Stow Lake Boathouse http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/05/10/all-you-need-to-know-about-lobbying-recreation-and-park-department-corruption-and-the-stow-lake-boathouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-you-need-to-know-about-lobbying-recreation-and-park-department-corruption-and-the-stow-lake-boathouse "If you want a vision of the future, imagine Larry Ellison eating a hot dog - forever" editor@SFCitizen.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sfcitizen http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/05/10/all-you-need-to-know-about-lobbying-recreation-and-park-department-corruption-and-the-stow-lake-boathouse/#comment-82142 sfcitizen Wed, 11 May 2011 20:49:11 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=29952#comment-82142 Well, then your leader should say, "Hey, it shouldn't be $23k, I'm offering a million in cap improvements, or whatever it is." He hasn't done that yet, right? So, if Mr. Tourk had filed the way it seems he should have, then the sitch would be all different? Why did the present tenant lose 5-0? Well, then your leader should say, “Hey, it shouldn’t be $23k, I’m offering a million in cap improvements, or whatever it is.” He hasn’t done that yet, right?

So, if Mr. Tourk had filed the way it seems he should have, then the sitch would be all different?

Why did the present tenant lose 5-0?

]]> By: Sally http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/05/10/all-you-need-to-know-about-lobbying-recreation-and-park-department-corruption-and-the-stow-lake-boathouse/#comment-82141 Sally Wed, 11 May 2011 20:24:26 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=29952#comment-82141 Pure yellow journalism. Go and get the Park Department to show you where the $23,000 figure for capital improvements by the present vendor came from. Purely a lie dreamed up by Nick to sell Ortega. Then there is the little issue of revenue for the broke park. You seem to be silent on that matter as it does not fit your yellow bucket of crap. You must know about TOURKGATE. Do you know why all this lobbying took place? The answer is it was necessary to overcome the inferior bid from Ortega compared to the one submitted by the Stow Lake Corporation. Both parties agreed to refurbish the boat house and provide new boats. Contrary to Phil Ginsburg's constant claim of increased revenue to the City, the documented facts tell another story. The present concessionaire, Stow Lake Corporation, offered significantly higher annual guaranteed rent to the City: $215,000. vs. $160,000 for Ortega. Also the percent rents offered by the long term operator were 28% on food vs. 10% from Ortega and 36% on boat revenue vs. 33% from Ortega. These economic facts have been suppressed under the mountain of PR and unreported lobbying that has taken place. Pure yellow journalism.

Go and get the Park Department to show you where the $23,000 figure for capital improvements by the present vendor came from. Purely a lie dreamed up by Nick to sell Ortega. Then there is the little issue of revenue for the broke park. You seem to be silent on that matter as it does not fit your yellow bucket of crap. You must know about TOURKGATE. Do you know why all this lobbying took place? The answer is it was necessary to overcome the inferior bid from Ortega compared to the one submitted by the Stow Lake Corporation. Both parties agreed to refurbish the boat house and provide new boats. Contrary to Phil Ginsburg’s constant claim of increased revenue to the City, the documented facts tell another story. The present concessionaire, Stow Lake Corporation, offered significantly higher annual guaranteed rent to the City: $215,000. vs. $160,000 for Ortega. Also the percent rents offered by the long term operator were 28% on food vs. 10% from Ortega and 36% on boat revenue vs. 33% from Ortega. These economic facts have been suppressed under the mountain of PR and unreported lobbying that has taken place.

]]> By: Harry http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2011/05/10/all-you-need-to-know-about-lobbying-recreation-and-park-department-corruption-and-the-stow-lake-boathouse/#comment-82130 Harry Wed, 11 May 2011 15:40:03 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=29952#comment-82130 Have you actually read these e-mails? They mark a new low for SF government! It is incomprehensible that a nut like Andrea Jadwin was the sole neighbor on the selection committee! Jadwin spearheaded evicting our recycling center so that her (gardening) nonprofit could gain. (Installing the garden will cost the taxpayers a cool $250K, which thee is mysteriously money for). She is someone who would be happy in Atherton! Great suggestion: Why not move Andrea? Recently, with Jadwin at the helm, the ISPN has removed sidewalk from the parking lot on Irving Street to add pink rocks and what looks like weeds. They have also painted the walls with a tacky Neapolitan color scheme. Jadwin is also a supporter of fees for the Arboretum and the organization has failed to act against the fees, Segways in the park, etc. They have also pushed for a parklet in front of Arizmendi despite strong protests from neighboring businesses and residents. And they are fighting against a new school in the neighborhood because it would help children who have societal adjustment problems! ISPN - the very definition of NIMBY! The Ortega team must not be allowed to take over the Stow Lake concession.They will turn it into a tacky tourist destination, just as they have at Yosemite and Muir Woods. Moreover, the entire process was a setup to move Buell's cronies the Ortegas in! Have you actually read these e-mails?

They mark a new low for SF government!

It is incomprehensible that a nut like Andrea Jadwin was the sole neighbor on the selection committee!

Jadwin spearheaded evicting our recycling center so that her (gardening) nonprofit could gain. (Installing the garden will cost the taxpayers a cool $250K, which thee is mysteriously money for).

She is someone who would be happy in Atherton! Great suggestion: Why not move Andrea?

Recently, with Jadwin at the helm, the ISPN has removed sidewalk from the parking lot on Irving Street to add pink rocks and what looks like weeds. They have also painted the walls with a tacky Neapolitan color scheme.

Jadwin is also a supporter of fees for the Arboretum and the organization has failed to act against the fees, Segways in the park, etc.

They have also pushed for a parklet in front of Arizmendi despite strong protests from neighboring businesses and residents.

And they are fighting against a new school in the neighborhood because it would help children who have societal adjustment problems!

ISPN – the very definition of NIMBY!

The Ortega team must not be allowed to take over the Stow Lake concession.They will turn it into a tacky tourist destination, just as they have at Yosemite and Muir Woods.

Moreover, the entire process was a setup to move Buell’s cronies the Ortegas in!

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