PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT 7/28
The hot item at tonight's no-Planning Commission meeting is Public Hearing Item VI.2.
This is a request to build a 34-unit, 3-story live/work condo project, at 1036 and 1042 West 18th Street, on the Westside Bluffs, to be called "Industrial 18."
The work area in the condos is approximately 200 square feet, which is about the size of a one man office.
Staff is recommending that the no-Planning Commission turn this down. LINK
The CM PRESS Opinion
We believe it is important to get more people actually living on the Westside Bluffs, but we also think it may be time for the no-Planning Commission and the City Council to provide some gentle, out-front guidance to developers about what the City wants on the Bluffs.
We're starting to see projects that are really just condos or apartments coming forward with the words "Lofts" or "live-work" tacked on in order to allow a higher density, but with hardly any loft or live-work space.
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CRIME GOES THROUGH THE ROOF IN ONE COUNTY, DROPS LIKE A LEAD BALLOON IN COUNTY NEXT DOOR...GUESS WHICH COUNTY IS CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL ALIENS AND WHICH ONE ISN'T
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So, shouldn't Costa Mesa get tougher on illegal aliens? Wouldn't a lower crime rate help attract professionals back to our city?
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THIS IS NOT A PHOTO OF THE ALMOST-DAILY DAILY PILOT'S BRADY RHOADES COMMUTING TO COSTA MESA FROM HIS FARAWAY HOME IN FULLERTON TO TELL US HOW TO MANAGE OUR PARKS. HONEST. IT'S A PHOTO OF PEE WEE HERMAN. REALLY.
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THE LHC
Here's another article about the LHC with a brief explanation of why, if Stephen Hawking is right, and if Hawking radiation (named for Hawking) is real, any black holes it might spawn won't be a danger. LINK
UPDATE: 4:15 PM, Monday, July 28, 2008-- Section 78 of the LHC has now been cooled down to 20K-4.5K. It looks as though it may be down to 4.5K-1.9K (-452.47F/-456.07F) by tomorrow. That is the operational temperature of the LHC. The machine will then be checked out until Septemember when the first beam commissioning is planned. LINK
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
