Letters to the Editor, July 9th-July 14th
The Tribune

Answer These Dalidio Questions
Before deciding how to vote on Dalidio Ranch, I suggest county voters ask a few important questions:

1. Who is going to pay for the new interchange required? Based on similar road projects and rising costs, the Prado Road interchange could cost $50 million or more. The developers have offered to chip in $8 million in land and money.

2. Who is going to pay to build, operate and maintain a new wastewater treatment plant, also required for this project? Look at the Los Osos sewer for a hint on how much that might cost. I haven’t heard Mr. Dalidio promise to pay for this. And when the Board of Supervisors voted to put the Dalidio Ranch proposal on the ballot, there was no mention of “county taxpayer protection” like they demanded on the Los Osos sewer project.

3. Do you really want to allow the Texas developers who are actually going to build most of this “large scale retail center” (see www.d-dfinancial.com) to bypass local zoning and environmental laws? If they succeed in doing this to the city of San Luis Obispo, could your town or property be next?

Be careful what you vote for when it comes to the Dalidio Ranch; you might just get it — in the wallet and in your backyard.
Alan Thomas, San Luis Obispo

 

Dalidio Worries Justified
Referencing Sunday’s article in The Tribune (about a San Luis Obispo city staff report that criticizes the Dalidio initiative), letter writer Jim Vint asks: “Aren’t these the same folks who torpedoed the development when it was to be inside the SLO city limits?” Short answer: no. The city of SLO staff recommended the earlier project that was ultimately rejected by voters.

Obviously, there is no bias by the city staff against development of the Dalidio project. But the current project will have no environmental review, cause all sorts of road problems, result in lost city revenue and will be exempt from normal planning rules and conditions. No wonder the city staff has a problem with Dalidio’s goofy proposal to have a countywide vote on a city of San Luis Obispo project.
Kent Taylor, San Luis Obispo