Page 2: Chasing the wind
Currently discussions between Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition and the Town of Mammoth Lakes regarding the Hot Creek settlement are like a game of Ping-Pong, with each side taking its turn bouncing ideas back to the other. The ball is presently in the Town’s court as just this week MLLA responded to TOML’s counter offer with … a counter offer.
The underlying question, at least in my mind, is whether all of this talk and back and forth will be worth it in the end? Will the Town ultimately be forced to file for bankruptcy, anyway?
“They did make a counter and we’re looking at it,” said TOML Town Manager Dave Wilbrecht. He added that the Town does plan to make another counter offer back to MLLA.
“If we had liked it [the counter] we would have accepted it,” Wilbrecht continued. “We need to negotiate more.”
At the present time, the Town and MLLA are in settlement talks. The next step of the lawsuit settlement process, if negotiations go nowhere, would be mediation. If that fails, bankruptcy would be next in line.
When asked whether or not the settlement talks were working, Wilbrecht said it was too early to say. “We won’t know until neither party can counter anymore. Right now we are continuing to talk in good faith. Both parties want to work this out, but it is very complex and it’s a lot of money.” Currently the dollar figure sits at $42 million.
“You have to remember that this is a different kind of negotiation,” he added. “It’s not like negotiating for a car where if you don’t like dealing with one dealer you can go on to the next one.
“If it takes a long time, that’s OK, as long as we’re making progress,” Wilbrecht said.
The Town Council held a special closed session meeting on Wednesday to review the counter offer. According to Wilbrecht, there was no reportable action from that session.
All means of additional revenues needed for the settlement that will soon be shoved down our throats, should be placed directly on those that profit from the airports existence. These business interest that lobbied the politicians to take these actions, are the cause of the lawsuit in the first place.
I’d bet my bottom dollar that all solutions will burden the very people these politicians claim to represent. The reality is they have been bought and paid for by the towns business interest, the only thing they represent is the money maggots that have managed to destroy a fine community. The remaining carpet baggers will be fighting over the scraps when this is finally put to rest. We have been ripped off by these wolves in sheep’s clothing, it will continue because the politicians refuse to look in the mirror and address the root cause, GREED! Are we now suppose to believe that the very people who have caused the demise of this town will indirectly negotiate a settlement in our best interest?
I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore should be the peoples position, instead of Marianna Marysheva-Martinez “Municipal bankruptcy: not a magic pill” propaganda she attempted to peddle before negotiations with MLLA began. It is time to send these parasites in leadership roles packing. They only have one goal in mind, filling their bank accounts with the peoples cash, not our well being after they’re long gone!