tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728294356111967801.post1496780598779914986..comments2023-06-04T06:50:47.666-07:00Comments on Russian River Rattina: New Rio Nido Lodge owner meets with neighborsRussian River Rattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01330729584119556823noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728294356111967801.post-55304377931668117962009-12-15T01:16:46.678-08:002009-12-15T01:16:46.678-08:00To call my piece "vituperative" is a sty...To call my piece "vituperative" is a stylistic criticism -- but I notice you aren't disputing any of my facts. Indeed, your own reporting of the November meeting accurately reports my concerns: since when does someone plonk down $250,000 -- in cash -- and have "no plans" for the property? It really insults our intelligence to assert such a ridiculous thing with a straight face -- especially in light of Judd's meeting with CDC members and staff prior to his December "community" gabfest. Do you really think "no plans" were formulated for 4444 Wood Road at that private meeting? <br /><br />*Sigh*<br /><br />In reality, my article in the Russian River Times was not "vituperative" enough, if by the v-word you mean laden with facts about Judd's record. I discovered only after it saw print that his Center Way four-plex -- has another Guerneville neighborhood in an uproar -- garnered him another $100,000 from the CDC/RRROC developer's slush fund. So that makes a total of, to my knowledge, half a million in the past few months for Judd -- quite a haul. And he's gonna be asking for more for the Rio Inn. <br /><br />Is this where are tax dollars are going for the "public good" -- in millionaire developer's pockets? Now that's a really obscene kind of "stimulus," don't you think?<br /><br />I wish Judd was the answer to our problems here in Rio Nido, what with all the hassles over the Inn. But wishing doesn't make it so. He could be just the beginning of a new and even more intractable problem -- and we need to make sure that doesn't happen.<br /><br />If that is "vituperation," well, then, so be it.<br /><br />Justin R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com