Cable Park Opposition Meeting - Aug 21st - 5PM

forrest · Since 21 Jun 2005 4330 Posts Hood River Hick **CGKA Member**

The "Stakeholder Input Opposed to Cable Park" meeting will be on August 21, 2012, at 5:00pm at the Port Commission Regular Meeting in the Port boardroom at 1000 E Port Marina Dr, Hood River, OR 97031. The speakers at this meeting are all opposed to the cable park and their goal is to convince the Port of Hood River that the cable park should be blocked.

We need a large group of cable park supporters there, to provide as much discomfort to the opposition as possible. We will not be able to speak at this meeting so remember to wear blue!

If you attend you’ll get to witness Brent Foster deliver an oversized portion of bullshit to the Port of Hood River Board of Commissioners with your own eyes and ears. Brent’s strategy is most likely going to be to fear monger the Commissionaires with Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. He will try to convince them they’re breaking laws and killing salmon, and that the boat basin is so heavily used by other groups already that they'll likely be voted out of office if the approve the cable park.

It’s important that many people view this with their own eyes as he needs to be held accountable for his actions in our community. He’s raised many frivolous lawsuits against the office building and hotel, and for the sake of our community, he needs to be exposed.

The following a speaker list for this meeting:

* Brent Foster, Friends of the Waterfront
* Heather Staten
* Steve Stampfli, Hood River Watershed Group, Neutral
* Bart Vervloet
* Brett VandenHeuvel, Columbia Riverkeeper
* Leighton Hazlehurts, Friends of the Waterfront

This is just one meeting in a series of meetings. More information about it can be found on the Port of Hood River's "Evaluation Process for Proposed Nichols Basin Cable Park" website: http://portofhoodriver.com/waterfront/CP.php

dangler · Since 26 Feb 2006 1781 Posts WINDY SPOTS XTreme Poster

BINGEN BART PART OF THE ENEMY COALLITION. please say it aint so, Bart.

forrest · Wed Aug 08, 12 9:53 am

You can keep up to date with the on-goings of this process by joining the ReCreate Hood River facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hoodrivercable/

DROCK999 · Since 31 May 2007 852 Posts Left Coast Opinionated

Jonpnw · Thu Aug 09, 12 5:42 pm

Friends, Scooter and any other hater. Are you really against cleaning up the basin? Take a look Shocked

You don't see the potential and the additional people it would bring to Hood River?

What about the Mom's, Dads, sisters, etc that don't want to wake board, I bet they would still like to SUP or Kayak, your rental business would increase.

hilton · Since 15 Aug 2008 803 Posts Opinionated

Does Naito have a plan for the water quality in the basin?

The cable park looks fun, but I'm not sure I would want to get a face full of the water in there when I wiped out.

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

As far as I know all the dirt sitting in the lot was extracted from the water and cleaned. Im pretty sure a lot of the pollution in that soil was leftover from the lead based paint they used to scrape off at Nichols back in the day. So they have taken steps to improve the basin even without the guarantee of the cable park. Also the cable park will aid gasoline free aeration to the water, which should also increase quality.

aquacoco8 · Since 03 Nov 2010 26 Posts Hood River

Why is this post at the top of the NWKite forum? Please take your hatefulness and anger elsewhere. This is a kiteboarding forum, not an I-will-throw-a-tantrum-if-I-dont-get-to-ride-a-cable-around-in-a-circle forum. Chill out.

forrest · Mon Aug 13, 12 8:52 am

chrissmack · Since 08 Jun 2005 526 Posts portland Addicted

Jonpnw · Tue Aug 14, 12 6:19 pm

I would like to ride the cable park on non wind days after mountain biking. I am satisfied that it is on NWkite.

forrest · Fri Aug 17, 12 9:39 am

Hey Everyone,

With the meeting coming up next week on the 21st I wanted to give everyone a heads-up on what to expect and provide a little bit of guidance to those attending.

This meeting is a chance for the opposition to present their case. It is a public meeting, so the public can attend. There will be no public comment at this meeting, you can only listen and watch.

A panel consisting mostly of opposition will be given a set amount of time to present their case. Brent will be given 30 minutes, and the rest of the panel 5. Once the presenters are done, the Port Commissioners will ask questions of the Panel with the remaining time.

In order for this process to work and be fair and just, we must respect it and the presenters. Being disruptive will only further the opposition's case, and show you don't respect the Port's authority to deal with this very challenging issue. We all know the cable park would be a huge win for our community, but this is the opposition's turn to state their case and we must be respectful of that.

Thank You!
Forrest Rae

soona · Since 27 Sep 2009 72 Posts

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

wakeup · Since 11 Sep 2005 328 Posts always Obsessed

^^^ so tru

brass · Since 15 Jul 2006 152 Posts Stoked

consumer · Since 28 Nov 2010 406 Posts banned Obsessed

Also very interested to hear how the meeting went, please.