ABSTRACT: On 3 November 2009, by a majority vote of 63% “yes” (34% “no,”) Carmel-by-the-Sea voters voted to approve discontinuance and abandonment of, and authorization to sell the Flanders Mansion Property “with Conservations Easements and Mitigation,” Flanders mansion property public parkland. Subsequently, five days after the election, The Monterey County Herald published a letter to the editor, ‘Exploring other uses for Flanders Mansion;’ the letter's salient points are presented.
SALIENT POINTS AGAINST THE SALE OF THE FLANDERS MANSION PROPERTY:
• “...it doesn't seem to me that all possibilities have been explored or imagined.”
• “...how about Flanders as an archive of the current work in music regarding its healing and educational capabilities? Or as an archival way station gathering the work being done on interspecies communication? Given Carmel's love for animals and dogs, what a perfect match that might be.”
• “I hope everyone will think about the possibilities not yet explored for Flanders Mansion's future. She is a star in starry place for all of Carmel's residents and creatures.”
(Source: The Monterey County Herald, Letters, (Exploring other uses for Flanders Mansion, Deanna McKinstry-Edwards, Carmel) 11/08/2009)
2 comments:
Deanna's creative brainstorming is an example of what the mayor and council denied residents and owners of the Flanders Mansion.
The Herald's poor excuse that the time for creative brainstorming would take too long ignors the longer procedural road to list and sell the mansion.
Carmel desperately needs a new council and a newspaper independent of the mayor.
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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