Endorsements
Union Local 652 announces support for Marina Center development
by Wendy Butler, The Eureka Reporter, 3/9/2006 (excerpt)
Its a blighted parcel.
Thats one of the reasons both the Eureka Police Officers Association and now
Eureka Firefighters Local 652 have given their support to the Marina Center development
on Union Pacific Railroad Co.s Eureka Rail Yard, a site known as the Balloon
Track.
Security National is in the processing of purchasing the site and plans to construct
a mixed-use Marina Center on it.
Eureka Police Sgt. Mike Hislop has informed the City Council of the police officers
associations support for the development and how it could remove blight and
strengthen the local economy.
After hearing from others with views opposing the development, the firefighters
union on March 2 voted unanimously to support SNs Balloon Track development
plans, union representative Ed Laidlaw said.
Its a blighted piece of property and it has been a drain on local resources
for years, he said.
Those resources are not limited to fighting fires, he added.
Its a drain on taxpayers dollars, because of the city resources
that have to go into that area to clean it up to mitigate problems that happen down
there, Laidlaw said. With Security National coming in and using no government
funds to do it,
it doesnt impact the General Fund.
We see that as a great stride to helping the city....
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