A Ruse by Another Name?
Some things are not for sale.
Full-time residents of Healdsburg can see the “unapproved” and not “permitted” 330 Center St. ultra-luxury $12 million condos listed on MLS ( a site FOR real estate brokers) for what it really is!
We know this developer; he/they are familiar. Their ties to the exclusive Mayacama Private Golf Club and to Grove Street neighborhood’s recently opened “The Ruse” raises our concern.
The Ruse’s website states: “There IS more than meets the eye.” Called The Terraces, these two condos will include “full-time concierge, butler, and chauffeur service”—an “unparalleled 5,200 sq. ft ‘boutique’ residence ‘offering unique rental income opportunity.’”
Despite the cynicism and complacency: “Money always wins” and “Our General Plan allows it” and “This is the new Healdsburg,” residents understand what is being erased and who is benefitting. Only fools see this influx of ultra luxury crap as “good for the economy” or “good for our home property values.”
Healdsburg’s shared well-being, our downtown, our livability, our “small town” character, and our essential, valued workers, our middle class, are adversely impacted by this big money—these tax shelters.
This project is not a done deal. Just the opposite. Write. Speak up.
Brigette Mansell, Healdsburg
| Note: Ms. Mansell’s letter refers to a recent posting for MLS # 323040808 for a 5,200 square foot single family residence at 330 Center St. Scott Duiven of the City of Healdsburg told the ‘Tribune’, “The project was never deemed complete due to access issues and required easements from adjacent properties and has been inactive for over two years. There are no City approvals or entitlements for this property. The applicant at the time was David Wilhelm.” |
‘A Hazard and an Eyesore’
(Re “Electric Birds in the Wild,” May 4.)These pieces of junk are a hazard and eyesore. They are left everywhere, blocking sidewalks and driveways all over town. They are not an environmental benefit. Any trip by these pieces of junk could be made walking. To make matters worse, some guy in a large diesel truck has to drive around and retrieve them. Shame on you for spending any money on this joke.
Daniel Clary, via HealdsburgTribune.com
‘Too Large and Too Massive’
(Re “Planning Commission Rebuffs New Piazza Hotel Plan,” May 25.) Good for the commission! Stick to your guns—the building is too tall and too massive for the area.
Sharyn Sarquis, via HealdsburgTribune.com
Finally the planning commission is showing careful consideration. So few own so many hotels? It’s a monopoly.
Anne Goebel, via HealdsburgTribune.com
‘Flippant and Incorrect’
(Re: “Montage Trade Creates 38-acre Park,” June 1.) This article does not at all depict the actual details of the proposed park. It seems to be more about Montage than the City of Healdsburg park.
A Parks Design Team, made up of 30+ community members, worked hard, through literal fires, flood and pandemic to work with the City and the landscape design company to make recommendations and help choose all the specifics for this park. To make comments like “at least one baseball field, possibly two,” is flippant and incorrect. The picture of the design clearly shows two.
Cindy Beth, Healdsburg
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Well, at least the guns of the citizens of Healdsburg are locked up now. Do they really own any?
Ahhh, Healdsburg, I knew thee well…
Bridgette Mansell: I write to the City Council. I speak up. Maybe you read some of my letters. When I and other protesters went to City Hall to protest the forced masking and injections of something in our bodies just so we could attend the City Council meetings, the City Council ran out the back door!
Cowards.
Cowards.
Cowards who stand for nothing but money.
The City Council of Healdsburg is nothing more than a revenue arm of the City of Healdsburg, Incorporated. The “City” is just a corporation, it is a business, it is NOT lawful government. This is the case for all cities, counties and states as well as the federal government. Check out “The Act of 1871” and “The Buck Act” (1940).
PS: In my opinion, the City Council should be abolished. It only causes trouble. The City Manager can run the city’s finances and utilities.
Also, the Planning Commission should be abolished. Private property owners can do what they want with their property as long as what they do does not damage anyone else’s property.
Is this America or the Soviet Union?
That’s what he does. He gets $$ up front and lives on it.
This guy is a sham. Dont buy into it.