[Kzyxtalk] MendoVito or develop existing?

[King Collins]

Dear Douglass and critics of MendoVito,

I think it is too soon to make a judgement on this MendoVito project. It's seems unlikely given public scrutiny that a contractor scam could be pulled off. And so far no developer is involved.  In the case of MendoVito at least there is some ecological awareness, and maybe even social imagination. The status quo of housing projects is not better, is it? 

Ecological health requires concentration of humans in towns and villages. Otherwise, we spread ourselves like peanut butter all over the watershed. But a whole new development? Sandy Turner, long-term community housing activist, suggests that rather than erecting new buildings we should develop existing buildings. Many would agree, but then what rehab community-generated projects are there? Who's got ideas?

--king collins

On Nov 25, 2014, at 1:36 AM, Douglas wrote:

> Remember when they built Brooktrails?  Vacation homes.  Now a full time 
> community with water issues.  I can't see this as being any different.  
> I smell scam. Do we really want to destroy our rural environment with 
> this monstrous development?  The prospectus reeks of Contractorese = the 
> Imperfect Past, the Inadequate Present and the Ever So Perfect Future...
> I'll give it a pass....Thanks but no thanks.
> 
> On 11/21/2014 6:52 AM, Daney Dawson wrote:
>> I'm skeptical.  At first glance, it looks like a good idea.  But when I
>> read the prospectus, I was struck by the simplistic language, the
>> grammatical errors.  The caption of the photo says that for 25 years
>> this group has been "blah, blah, blah", but most of the group barely
>> looks 25 years old.
>> 
>> As Stuart brought up, this plan is contingent upon regular rainfall
>> patterns.  What if we do have an extended drought?  Rain catchment won't
>> help.  Thousands of new residents in the county will further deplete the
>> ground water.  This is a huge project, and there's got to be profit
>> motive in there somewhere.  Does Mendo county need an influx of
>> thousands of residents?  Like the prospectus says, it will be a
>> community that everyone wants to live in.  Hmm... is that what we want
>> for the county in times of dwindling resources?  Without bringing with
>> it some means of livelihood for the new residents, how will they make
>> their living.  Will it be mostly wealthy retirees, who could shift the
>> political balance to the right?
>> 
>> I suppose it requires further research, but on the surface, I'm not
>> convinced.
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 21:19 -0800, April Dice wrote:
>>> What do you all think of MendoVito?
>>> 
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