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OC Register Has It Wrong -- Part 2

To finish the critique of yesterday's way-off-base editorial on the Anaheim Resort District fight, let's proceed down the editorial, which makes this statement:

Supporters of a second Disney-backed initiative, which would require all proposed housing projects to be put to a citywide vote, are still collecting signatures for it.

An increasingly prevalent perception -- but one that's incorrect.

The Disney/SOAR initiative doesn't apply only to housing. It would mandate that any amendment or modification of the permitted and conditionally permitted uses under  Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, Disneyland Specific Plan and Hotel Circle Specific Plan would have to go to a city-wide vote of the people. Forever.

OC Register Has It Wrong

Today's OC Register's editorial on the Anaheim Resort District fight boils down to "a pox on both your houses," with an extra-heavy helping of pox tossed at SunCal.

But the Register seems to have bought into the Resort District mythology created by the myth-makers at Disney, and the editorial paints an inaccurate picture.

For example:

"Disney made good on its promise to build a second theme park, California Adventure, along with Downtown Disney and the Grand Californian Hotel."

But Disney didn't promise Anaheim city government and affected property owners California Adventure. Disney promised the far-more ambitious WestCOT.

Property Rights Should Trump Local Government's Quest For Cash

One of California's leading Republican commentators, Jon Fleischman, wrote a solid criticism today of what the Disney Corporation's new "economic study" of the Anaheim Resort District says about how Disney and its allies view property rights:

In America (and in Anaheim) Property Rights Should Trump Local Government's Quest For Cash

I know that everyone here at the Red County/OC Blog is probably tired of hashing and rehashing the politics and antics going on inside of Anaheim these days, but like moths to the flame, bloggers here are drawn to controversy.

This morning the Register is reporting that study paid for by SOAR (Disney) shows that a hotel being built on the parcel of land near Disneyland that SunCal would like to make into residential units would produce more revenue for city government.

Guess what?  If you are a homeowner in Anaheim, there are uses for your land that are more economically beneficial for government than your house, or condominium.

The good news for you is that it is YOUR house, not the government's.

We had all buckle in for a scary movie if local governments start restricting reasonable use property by those who own it because the city isn't getting a big enough cash take from the chosen use of the owner.