What happened: On June 21, 2021, tenants in Dana Point Harbor received a letter from Bellwether Financial alerting them of a 26 to 96 percent increase in slip fees beginning on Oct. 1.
Rates for slips under 30 feet increased by 26 percent, and the largest slips between 55 and 60...
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8-1-2021
When does government privatization become theft
When our county supervisors sold our only publicly owned taxpayer and paid for Marina and harbor in south Orange county to a rich carpetbagger from Seattle ! i could poop
This robber baron has increased our rents twice stolen our extra parking for friends and partners and i’m sure will market our boating parking spaces in the future .The politicians that made this possible did not put it to a public vote and it’s obvious why, it took thirty five years to pull off .The criminal claim that only qualified bidders could apply was a bait and switch claim by dishonest politicians to make big business bigger and have the small guys pay for it . The robber baron, who has many marinas up and down the coast , but will have no competition in Dana Harbor , now plans to double all tenants’ rents . My cat and or the homeless could have qualified to bid with the double income and rents.
Why not several marinas and the few or many operators with the different styles and tastes of true Americona that would result . Instead of the one trust fund baby that has resulted.Where’s the competition and opportunity for the rest of us?
Joe Ubberroth thinks he is entitled to his delogonal thoughts that small boat owners have extra cash that he is entitled to . Boats are terribly expensive. This is why most of us are in Dana Harbor because of expense and location to our homes. Wheres the county protection from undo increases .
I’ve been a captain for 30 years and a hand on a boat for longer . I Waited 18 years for my slip in Dana Harbor and bought my own boat to fit that slip on the main Channel .Now I’m told ill be moved off the main channel and my rent will and did double because a trust fund baby is entitled to money i don’t have . I’m told I can’t Charter my boat or I’ll be evicted. I can’t paint , rent out or live on my boat or I’ll be evicted .
The Politicians that created this theft well They need to unwind/undo this whole thing . Or face jail time for conspiracy because in America we create business for all not just entitled trust fund babies thru a guise of A qualification .Return the money and send the carpetbagger back . Or we’ll sue and press charges because the whole thing smells like the end of the break wall .
CAPTAIN GEORGE GREGORY
BTW no more licenses will be issued for any maritime endeavors assuring the dominance by existing business like the WHARF. What happened to the free MARKET. A shining example of
STATE CAPITALISM by traitors and PAT BATES ,BARLETT, and possibly the Irvine company.