Save the Bay: Elected officials oppose Cargill plan

Thankfully, the peninsula residents will once again stand-up to outsiders who plan to develop areas already deemed off limits. Don't they pay attention to the people who've already spoken? Vigilance is needed now more than ever!

I'm glad that at last some politically connected folks are standing up to oppose this proposed desecration of our lovely and unique Bay. We should never let one City (Redwood City) take over and irreparably damage a part of the Bay which belongs to all Californians.

All the salt ponds should be returned to tidal marshland at the edge of the Bay, and the Bay's wildlife restored and respected for future generations.

One big problem with this development is rising Bay waters in the future. Yes, the Bay is slowly rising. Even Golten, who is running for Ira Ruskin's Assembly seat has reservations due to the unpredictability of a rise in Bay waters. But hey, the developers will have long gone and it will be Redwood City's expensive job to maintain the levies.

I hope they have flood insurance. Global warming is coming.

I just read in today’s Daily News that RC Council Member Rosanne Foust and City Attorney Roy Abrams both say there’s no conflict of interest with Foust being CEO of the San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA) -- even though that group formally endorses the Saltworks plan.

I hope someone challenges them. Certainly sounds like a conflict of interest.

Thank you to the environmentalists standing up against the developers who wish to pave over paradise wherever they find it. Know that conservatives and liberals alike are for the most part united against overdevelopment. We will protect the natural beauty of our Bay Area. We will fight these developers tooth and nail. We need Jake Sully to ride in on the Toruk and strike the fear of God into these destroyers of nature. In lieu of that, please let the community know what else we can do to show these developers who's boss

Conservatives and liberals alike are for the most part united against overdevelopment? What planet are you from? The developers running this project are all conservatives. The opposition is mostly from NIMBYs and liberal environmentalists.

Listen, so called conservative leaders do not speak for the majority of conservatives. I'm an arch conservative and like Teddy Roosevelt I believe conserving nature is a conservative notion, and most true conservatives I know agree. Neocons do not speak for us

Why not return everything up to El Camino to nature? The salt beds predated most of the housing, and were an excellent use of solar heat, until Cargill was forced to go back to fosile fuel.

The Myth of the Compact City: Why Compact Development Is Not the Way to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
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The Cato Institute is conservative, but this report actually has some data and examples.

Mayor Jeff Ira a.k.a "W" replied to this letter saying they he and the city council would "stay the course." This was follow two weeks later by the former mayor, Rosanne Foust knocking the teeth of Community Climate Action Plan recommended by the city manager.

The group of community leaders spendt 3 years putting this plan together and raised over 400 thousand dollars in grant money for the city.

The Redwood City council has gone ROUGE!