Brent Chesney, Mark Scott, Melody Cooper, and the like are trying to sell you a bill of goods

Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:40:08 PM
Folks, they are trying to sell you a bill of goods. If you want to see what they have in store go to South Padre or Galvestion. On South Padre you can drive for five miles without seeing the water. There is check to jowel development consisting mostly of high rise condos and motels along the water side of the major access road. At Galveston you have the same situation of a restriction on driving on the beach in the entire Galvestion city limit. While there is access to the beach it limited and parking is scarce. They are promising all this free parking and such but there is no guarantee that it will remain that way. There is already a move underway to eliminate free on street parking near the beaches in Galveston. The last think they want is for the people to have a say in this decision.
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Wild ApePosts: 1965

Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 4:57:06 PM
I have to say they pulled this stunt like pros. They''ll make it a legal precident. Chesney speaks out of his alternate orifice very well. I still won''t buy it.
CalPosts: 604
Re: Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 5:04:56 PM
What will happen to NAS Corpus,CCAD,and the Coast Guard at NAS when all the condo''s and development takes place on the Island. Where will all the ""Fleet Jets"" from Kingsville practice? Make you choice and be heard today. NAS and the Military or Condos Crowdes and high taxes to pay for all this. Ask yourself this question. How much am I going to put into my pocket? Not a dam cent. Methinks there are two around the dial today that want to sell us out for a dollar. But then, that''s the name of the game.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247

You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:05:33 PM
. . . so that folks who own hotel, motel, and restaraunts can make money. Unless you own a hotel, motel or restaraunt all you will get is higher taxes. They will promise you free parking, showers and free drinks on the beach. They promised the folks who voted for the income tax in 1913 that it would only be 1% and only on the rich,
RudyPosts: 42

Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:31:17 PM
You know I have lived here all of my life and I had no idea this was a tourist town. Paraphrasing Chesney today ""That this town has always been a tourist town."" I think we are more of a retirement community. Anyway when has this city ever down anything to attract tourists not a damn thing and now they want to do this thing on our beaches. The City has screwed up our downtown and I can''t even take a drive down Shoreline which I really enjoyed becuase they are fixing our sea wall and I have never seen a worker out there before. I hope it does not turn out like Ennis Joslin becuase I go to school out at TAMUCC and they are still not finished with it!!!! Please do not mess with our beaches I like driving on the beach and parking my car somewhere next to the water open the bend to my truck and have a nice picnic with family and friends. This resort crap is only going to benefit those with big pockets and that''s it. Not common citizens if they wanted to help the common folks out they wouldn''t have passed on Sea World and Schiltterbahn. Those projects would have benefited everyone. If this comes up for a vote I am voting it down just like I did with the smoking ban thing. Hey speaking of the smoking ban there has been quite a few restuarants that have closed down around town. Any correlation there? UMMMM.....
RudyPosts: 42

Re: Re: You are giving up you beach access . . . 1/30/2006 5:58:29 PM
Another thing the City Council needs to stop doing us favors. Really, dont do us any favors, Chesney (Who lives in Dallas).
Wild ApePosts: 1965

Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 8:59:31 PM
I just don''t trust them. Sorry. Two days after an election they already change the goal posts. I''m sure it is hard for a politician to take the heat for all the ills. Perhaps the situation is complicated but my gut feel is that his heart is in Dallas, not here. I''ve lived in tourist towns and no offense, this isn''t one. I think Rudy is right. This place is quiet and nice like a retirement community. What is wrong with that? Build a refinery here. That will catch my attention.
bigoPosts: 432
Re: Rudy pretty much sums it up for me 1/30/2006 9:17:50 PM
I spend most of my beach time down the Natioanl Seashore or at Mustang State park (but I''m getting tired of lugging my stuff to the picnic tables). With the currents, is the trash as bad toward Packery Channel as it is on down the island? And I wonder if they will haul in white sand for the resorts?
HardcoreHarryPosts: 1767

I caught Chesney''s self righteous outburst 1/30/2006 9:28:37 PM
True or not Brettypoo, the whole episode has the ""appearances"" of impropriety. At the very least, us voters ought to pay your and the council back for your “dumb” decisions as YOU phrased them by booting you to the curb and send you packing to Dallas for real this next election. The voters in Corpus Christi deserve better representation from someone who committed to actually making Corpus home. Then again, it would be harder to exploit those inside tracts on real estate deals by using the connections to the office you so clearly will not surrender to a “real” local representative. So do not get all self-righteous when your should be “former” constituents call into question your modus operandi. I for one take a tragicomic view of your little slots on the air where you are so busy selling this beach development like a two bit huckster. You would be even funnier if the stakes were not so high Mr. Chesney. Hardcore Harry
anasazicoyotePosts: 443

Re: Beach Development 1/30/2006 8:08:04 PM
if developers want beachfront property let them buy some land on the laguna side and install their own waterway.
curmudgeonPosts: 3247

Why buy land . . . 1/30/2006 8:16:01 PM
. . . when they can get slugs like Brent Chesney and Mark Scott to give them ours.
H.H. IslanderPosts: 1
Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 9:15:16 PM
I''m amazed none of you sell anything, none of you fix anything and none of you Build anything! Responsible building benefits everyone with a job. Our population is growing. Weather you like it or not C.C. is growing. Now, with Responsible Development comes many needs. If any of you have a job, Whatever you do, we will need more of it. If your a janitor, there will be more to clean. If your a Doctor, there will be more to heal. If your a plumber, there will be more to Plumb. You see, Everyone wins. Now, about the beach! Driving on the Beach, IN TOWN! Makes about as much sense as driving on the sidewalk! I''m all for Driving and Camping on the Beach. BUT NOT IN TOWN! I do want access to the Beach & parking too! Im so sorry to break the news to everyone, Smoking is bad for you and this is not a Fishing Village any more! Welcome to the 21st Century!
curmudgeonPosts: 3247

Most of the folks here have jobs . . . 1/30/2006 9:31:26 PM
. . and degrees, some of us several of them. I''ve lived here longer than you have probably been alive and I have forgotten more about building and business than you will ever know. Tourist don''t bring the kind of jobs Corpus Christ needs. Tourist don''t use doctors, or lawyers or engineers or dentists or mechanics or architects or . . . well you get the idea. This developement will use a few professionals during the building stage but after that it will be mostly maids and waitress and dishwashers. The beaches, all the beaches not just those outside the city limits belong to the people of Texas. Texas passed a law in 1959 that says the Texas beach is a state highway. You need to do a little research.
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:12:54 PM
First they only wanted a little bit of beachfront, so the tourists wouldn''t be run over by those wild-eyed maniacs from the city. Those same ''city people'' who had somehow managed not to run over and kill too many people in all those decades. In fact, the statistics are so low that its nearly impossible to find any information. Then they wanted a little more beachfront. And they won''t be satisfied until they have it all. Miami Beach, Galveston, South Padre Island. I won''t favor giving these modern day Carpetbaggers one square inch of beachfront. They don''t give a ratz behind about Corpus Christi or anyone who lives here. We''ve gotten along just fine without em and we can get along just fine in the future without em. With props to Counting Crows: They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin'' hot spot Don''t it always seem to go That you don''t know what you got till it''s gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin'' lot
BlindBobPosts: 529
Re: Respectful Disagreement 1/30/2006 10:21:51 PM
And one more, from the Pretenders: WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO