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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:09 PM Original message |
Disney sues to prevent Anaheim from adding low-cost housing near its resort |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Or we could condemn Disneyworld and house the homeless... |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Anaheim is an armpit |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Anaheim is just the hair, Garden Grove is the armpit! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:35 PM Original message |
we used to call it |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Rofl You Got THAT Right! |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I agree. I used to live in California and I don't recall Disneyland in such a |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. No. There's poverty all around it. n/t |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. exactly |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Keep them Poe folks out |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why would anyone want to live near the Parks? . . . |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. That is the whole point |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. So let's not force them in against Disney's wishes. . . |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Because any roof is desperately needed by some people? |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Yes, quite true. . . |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Well, while at first glance that seems like a creative solution, |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Thank you |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Yeah -- so much for Cinderalla. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. yeah... because it is such a nice area |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. What right does Disney have to interfere in municipal decisions? |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Their taxes probably make up a huge proportion of the city's income |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:26 PM Original message |
So what? |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. I agree, but it ain't gonna happen |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. Money talks baby, and bullshit walks. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I agree |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ummmmmm..... |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. who do they think goes to disneyland? |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. have you seen the ticket prices? |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. That's what credit cards are for! ;-) (n/t) |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. um, some people are maxed paying bills and xmas gifts |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Next time I'll use the sarcasm icon. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Can't have all those poor kids trying to "crash the gates" |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That is why Disneyland moved from ride tickets to admissions |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You really want to support these assholes? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. yeah |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I do, too. But as someone who went from being a PhD candidate |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. nothing is perfect, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. True, but if you consider, for example, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It's a land development dispute. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I come from a long line of developers. Indirectly |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. $63!? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Disgusting, isn't it? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah, God forbid Disney actually helps people... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I can't believe these (warning: graphic language) f#ckheads |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was there last summer. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. I didn't realize the people who dress up like Mickey and Donald |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. that is STUPID |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. So, Disney supports homelessness? Fuck you, Disney. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I hope the city of Anaheim sticks to its guns and tells Disney to take a hike |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Maybe we should do a sit in at the Castle. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. ohhh the great unwashed and there dirty kids |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. And we can't have "unsticky visions", now, can we? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Please remember to rec, folks. What a snapshot of BushWorld this is. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. The linked article suggests that Disney is opposing the entire development |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
64. $300,000 isn't very "affordable" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. 'Affordable housing' is a defined term with a specific meaning. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. If disney doesn't want its guest to see poor people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. They did when they went to an admission price over buying tickets |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh, c'mon. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Who. me?! No, I would never suggest such a thing. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Wrong. They changed to that in the 70s. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. How is that wrong? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. That it was more popular with the guests |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. When you set the terms out of the reach of a demographic |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. $15 in 1977 is out of reach? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. As newly weds, we had to save up all week from our |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. My mom was a hairdresser and took me there |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Boy, is that right. When did you need to be rich to buy a concert ticket! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Disney "guests" see plenty of poor people - they're called |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. don't they want cheap housing for their slaves? |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. That was my thought also.. Their low payed employees.. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. One more reason among many to hate Disney |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-28-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. Good to see the mouse showing its true fascist colors. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-01-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
71. Well gee who wants to have to |
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