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tstansbury
Since 06 Jun 2006
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Rowena and P.C
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 Tue Sep 11, 12 3:14 pm |
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| I looked at Big winds web site and Facebook page and saw nothing about the float in. Make sure the email was not just from and indivdual |
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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| Tue Sep 11, 12 11:42 pm |
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It's important to note that Steve Gates (Big Winds) attended some early meetings we held and proposed solutions that would work for Big Winds, and Brian's Windsurfing and the Hood River Cable Park. We all left this meeting feeling motivated and positive about the cable park project.
Steve has been a model citizen/business owner in terms of participating in this process in a manner that promotes solutions that work for everyone, rather than division and finger pointing.
Lets not lump him or Big Winds in with the "Friends" |
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 13, 12 9:05 am |
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Steve opposed the cable last night. Just throwing that out there...
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 13, 12 9:13 am |
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Steve opposed the cable last night. Just throwing that out there...
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realharry
Since 03 Nov 2008
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| Thu Sep 13, 12 11:21 am |
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In ept is inept. Steve is a great guy and huge contributer to the community.
Do some homework before you attempt to start and riff...dude.
Hats off to Steve for standing up and giving his opinion. Hats off to everyone that gives their opinion.
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 13, 12 12:38 pm |
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| realharry wrote: | In ept is inept. Steve is a great guy and huge contributer to the community.
Do some homework before you attempt to start and riff...dude.
Hats off to Steve for standing up and giving his opinion. Hats off to everyone that gives their opinion.
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hats off to everyone to giving their opinion but I cant give mine? In fact I didnt even give my opinion I just stated that he opposed the park, you can draw your own conclusions from that.
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ldhr
Since 21 Jul 2009
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 13, 12 12:51 pm |
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If you listed the top ten people/businesses that contributed to making Hood River a great town....
Steve Gates/Big Winds would be on my list. |
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HoodRat
Since 30 Mar 2008
199 Posts
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| Thu Sep 13, 12 11:24 pm |
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steve gates is in the way of the cable park now. I'll take my business away from his shop.
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K4L
Since 19 Jan 2009
483 Posts
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| Wed Sep 19, 12 6:18 pm |
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| Good to know..my daughters 11,13 took a couple poleboarding lessons this summer with Big Winds and had a good experience, Will have to look elsewhere for their future lessons. |
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pjc
Since 06 Mar 2005
649 Posts
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| Wed Sep 19, 12 8:35 pm |
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| wow. i actually bought some stuff from big winds. i won't make that mistake again. maybe after stopping the cable park mr. gates can kick a puppy and purse snatch an old lady ... complete the trifecta of harshing on kids, pets and old people. |
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WS
Since 08 Aug 2011
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| Wed Sep 19, 12 9:43 pm |
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| Quote: | | Good to know..my daughters 11,13 took a couple poleboarding lessons this summer with Big Winds and had a good experience, Will have to look elsewhere for their future lessons |
Good point. I prefer to have a cable park rather than support a local business which helps kids (including your own) have fun.
I think a cable park sounds cool, but don't really want to live in a town where everyone is a pissed off d!ck about everything, boycotting local businesses, and arguing about who gets to float where. Living in the hood is cool, not because of all the wind, water, and mountains, but because of the community and how we all hang and support each other. |
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WS
Since 08 Aug 2011
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| Wed Sep 19, 12 9:44 pm |
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| Oh, and it's also cool because of the wind, water, and mountains. |
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 20, 12 6:07 am |
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[quote="WS"] | Quote: | | Living in the hood is cool, not because of all the wind, water, and mountains, but because of the community and how we all hang and support each other. |
Someone needs to let the friends know this because they are the ones who want to boycott something, we are just trying to come to a solution that works for everyone. I would hope that a shop with such great leadership and track record for doing good would recognize that there is a viable solution to this problem instead of hampering progress by taking a negative stance against the cable park.
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Trent
Since 10 May 2012
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 20, 12 7:59 am |
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| Remind us again as to what your proposal is for a "...solution that works for everyone" ? |
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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| Thu Sep 20, 12 8:08 am |
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Our proposal is not the lowest common denominator. The leadership of the opposition is dramatically failing to see anything but the lcd as working for everyone. They point fingers at us calling us selfish, but the opposition is guilty of this as well. They have failed to attempt to work with us, creating the situation we are in today.
| Trent wrote: | | Remind us again as to what your proposal is for a "...solution that works for everyone" ? |
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Trent
Since 10 May 2012
76 Posts
Hood River
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| Thu Sep 20, 12 8:20 am |
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| So, you don't have one? |
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4330 Posts
Hood River
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| Thu Sep 20, 12 8:41 am |
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Trent, How could we when we have constantly been told by the opposition that no solution that involves a cable park would work for them? Where does that leave us? It leaves us in a headbutting battle.
We have offered to discuss shrinking the length of the park which was dismissed by the opposition and no further negotiations took place. |
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