Council Supports Sun Over Mouse...

Well, it appears that the Anaheim City Council has decided that Disneyland hasn't given enough to the city. I mean, where would Anaheim be today without them? Disneyland should be grateful this powerful collection of orange groves allowed it to be built there. For some reason The idiots on the Council voted 4 to 1 to place the proposed zoning change on the June 3rd, 2008 ballot, during a state primary.

It's nice that all the tax money that's come into Anaheim(well over half of the tax money the city receives is from the Resort) is appreciated.

Council woman Galloway had a meeting which included officials from Disney, SunCal and the two other home developers.

Her request(read: demands) required Disney commit to helping fund-raise with other businesses and contribute at least $25 million for affordable housing units over five years. This is sheer robbery... where have they been spending the money they already receive? Is it the Walt Disney Company's responsibility to contribute even more than it does already because the Council spends too much money on its pet projects that should be left in the general fund?

Galloway wants Disney to negotiate with three developers and have them voluntarily remove their land from the Anaheim Resort boundaries so the Council could rezone the area to build homes there. Read this as getting Disney to use its weight to bully developers into giving up land they rightfully have a business investment in because the Council is too cowardly to do the bullying themselves.

The Council also wants Disney to drop the lawsuit. After-all, how dare they pursue their legal rights when the Council has reneged on its promise only six years into the agreement.

Of course, SunCal was "open" to these "fair" negotiations... sigh. Sorry if you don't like me writing these things... but I've always hated ingrates... and these people are living, breathing, walking, textbook examples of it. Not that I know they will, but I hope the Mouse puts a great deal of money toward defeating these Council members.

The Anaheim City Council needs fresh blood...

And a little sanity couldn't hurt, either.

Mice Not Ready To Play Nice...

It appears that the Walt Disney Company and housing developer SunCal won't be living happily everafter. Talks broke down without a resolution to the dispute. Looks like the answer will come at the ballot box...

I tend to side with Disney because all they seem to be doing is asking the Anaheim City Council honor the agreement it made in the last 90's when Disney agreed to expand the park into a resort. Six years later and the Council has a change of heart. Real nice for move... half the city's tax revenue comes from the Resort and they want pick a fight with the biggest employer.

Peace In Our Time?

The Orange County Register is reporting that there may be a truce in the war between Disney and Anaheim developers. It appears that a crucial vote scheduled for this week will been postponed according to Frank Elfend, a consultant for SunCal, the proposed developer of the land in dispute. The two sides met over the weekend at the request of SunCal and progress was made to the point where the developer was going to ask the city council to put off a vote planned for Tuesday.

Could it be there won't be a battle at the ballot box afterall?