{"id":8391,"date":"2010-06-30T08:13:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T15:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2010-06-30T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T15:39:48","slug":"the-lossings-to-eat-up-even-more-of-carlsbad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=8391","title":{"rendered":"The Lossings To Eat Up Even More Of Carlsbad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/thelossings-tm-tm-1.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/thelossings-tm-tm-1.jpg','popup','width=200,height=141,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/thelossings-tm-tm-1-tm.jpg\" height=\"141\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Thelossings-Tm-Tm-1\" \/><\/a>At the City Council meeting last night (June 29, 2010) the City announced that to cover the $4.2 million in loans it has made to &#8220;keep the golf course in the black&#8221; it is now planning to &#8220;transfer&#8221; and possibly sell two pieces of City-owned property, according to a story in the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctimes.com\/news\/local\/carlsbad\/article_5446aa5f-b5a7-5e37-958c-c722500b555a.html\" target=\"_blank\">North County Times<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Initially, the two lots were to be leased to golf-related businesses, but they have stood vacant since they were created. . . One parcel is about 5 acres and the other is about 7 acres. They sit on each side of College Boulevard on the eastern edge of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrossingsatcarlsbad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Crossings at Carlsbad<\/a><\/strong> course. . . <strong>Joe Garuba<\/strong>, who is handing the issue for the city, said after Tuesday&#8217;s meeting that there has been &#8220;some interest&#8221; recently in the properties, but declined to provide specifics about the negotiations. . . . &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to talk about who or what,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We have one question: How much of <em>Carlsbadistan<\/em> is this golf course going to eat up before someone puts a stop to it? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?s=%22the+lossings%22\" target=\"_blank\">The Lossings<\/a><\/strong> has already cost the City of Carlsbad nearly $70 million and now the City want&#8217;s to begin slicing off pieces of itself to pay for more?<\/p>\n<p>If the City is going to sell anything to cover its golf course loans it should simply cut it losses and sell the golf course to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legoland.com\/california\" target=\"_blank\">Legoland<\/a><\/strong>. They can throw up a few block sculptures, create some Lego golf carts, call it the &#8220;World First Lego Golf Course&#8221; and charge $350 green fees.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=6399\" target=\"_blank\">not usually in favor of privatization<\/a><\/strong>, but The Lossings has been a revenue suck for over a decade and the sooner the City gets out of it the better. Then the City can spend a tiny fraction of that money on things everyone will use like parks, swimming pools, and skateboard parks. . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nctimes.com\/news\/local\/carlsbad\/article_5446aa5f-b5a7-5e37-958c-c722500b555a.html\" target=\"_blank\">North County Times<\/a><\/strong> via <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteJonWantz\/statuses\/17413160811\" target=\"_blank\">VoteJonWantz<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the City Council meeting last night (June 29, 2010) the City announced that to cover the $4.2 million in loans it has made to &#8220;keep the golf course in the black&#8221; it is now planning to &#8220;transfer&#8221; and possibly sell two pieces of City-owned property, according to a story in the North County Times. 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