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McCoy tells lies as bankruptcy looms
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ccording to Patricia McCoy, the city of Imperial Beach is not bankrupt! According to McCoy, the city is not in the red or deeply into the city’s reserves to continue minimal public services. That’s not what the San Diego UnionTribune, the Eagle Times or the city’s own consultants say! McCoy commented she did not like the counsultant’s name. Maximus consultants, retained by the city, reported to the council last April that the city was in serious financial trouble and was already
using reserve funds to keep the doors open. Next year, the city will have to use at least another $622,000 from reserves. In campaign literature posted on the Internet, McCoy claims the city is financially sound. For more than two years, McCoy, the other ladies and Fred McLean have continued to stress that the city is financially OK.
How much money do you have to pay a consulting firm before you get past denial? Your own consultants have told you you’re broke! So, while Patricia McCoy and her husband Mike campaign door-to-door on the platform that the city is OK and there aren’t going to be any new taxes, Fred McLean, from the same organization, has publicly said new taxes
are needed. “We’re gonna have to do it,” he said. “There’s no choice!” McCoy not only denies what her consultants have told her, but what her fellow IBCC member Fred McLean is preaching around the community. It is out of character for Imperial Beach Concerned Citizen PAC members not to be playing the same tune at the same time.
Watch out for the trick that is no treat
I
The IB Concerned Citizen will surely be appearing in your mailbox around now. Don't believe the hype. See "The Wizard of No," pages 4 & 5.
The Mystery of the Briefcase and the real McCoy
n a recent story in the San Diego Union-Tribune ["Council members received few gifts" by Janine Zúñiga, May 12, 2005], it was reported that Mayor Diane Rose and Councilwoman Patricia McCoy were both given a briefcase by Ash Israni, the owner of the Seacoast Inn. They both claimed it as a political gift with a value of $75. When asked whether the briefcase could be considered an attempt to gain political influ-
ence, McCoy responded arrogantly, "How much influence can you buy for $75?" Actually she dodged the real question and that is: How much does her influence cost? McCoy claims to sit on a City Hotel Committee with Rose. They appointed themselves to the committee to work with the hotel. Since Israni’s company Pacifica purchased the hotel from Foothill Bank in 1995, what has McCoy done for Ash Israni and Pacifica Hotels?
After inspections on behalf of Foothill Bank in 1995, it was determined that the structure had numerous flaws. Among those flaws were unchecked termite damage and numerous code violations. The city grandfathered most of the code violations. The hotel was never tented for termites and was occupied immediately after the sale to Pacifica. Eleven years of unchecked termite damage overlooked by the city! SEE BRIEFCASE, PAGE 2
At the last City Council meeting, a resident asked whether the city was or wasn’t going bankrupt. Nobody on the council answered the question. At a recent council meeting, the Eagle Times’ Nina McDonald reported that Mayda Winter had used the term “bankrupt” to describe the city’s eminent future. At a more recent council meeting, Winter admonished the reporter, demanding a retraction of her statement, insisting she had not used the word “bankrupt.” The tape of the council session in question indicates otherwise. So why is it a secret that poor leadership and poor management of public money has led Imperial Beach once more to the precipice of bankruptcy? Imperial Beach has had its fair share of bumps in the road. Long ignored and treated like some backwater ghetto by the rest of the region, Imperial Beach has been a powerful influence with its appointed representatives’ votes at SANDAG, the San Diego Unified Port District and MTS. A block of South Bay communities has been voting together to offset the majority of San Diego’s appointed commissioners at all of these agencies. This alliance has been SEE BANKRUPTCY, PAGE 2
McCoy tells lies as bankruptcy looms
A
ccording to Patricia McCoy, the city of Imperial Beach is not bankrupt! According to McCoy, the city is not in the red or deeply into the city’s reserves to continue minimal public services. That’s not what the San Diego UnionTribune, the Eagle Times or the city’s own consultants say! McCoy commented she did not like the counsultant’s name. Maximus consultants, retained by the city, reported to the council last April that the city was in serious financial trouble and was already
using reserve funds to keep the doors open. Next year, the city will have to use at least another $622,000 from reserves. In campaign literature posted on the Internet, McCoy claims the city is financially sound. For more than two years, McCoy, the other ladies and Fred McLean have continued to stress that the city is financially OK.
How much money do you have to pay a consulting firm before you get past denial? Your own consultants have told you you’re broke! So, while Patricia McCoy and her husband Mike campaign door-to-door on the platform that the city is OK and there aren’t going to be any new taxes, Fred McLean, from the same organization, has publicly said new taxes
are needed. “We’re gonna have to do it,” he said. “There’s no choice!” McCoy not only denies what her consultants have told her, but what her fellow IBCC member Fred McLean is preaching around the community. It is out of character for Imperial Beach Concerned Citizen PAC members not to be playing the same tune at the same time.
Watch out for the trick that is no treat
I
The IB Concerned Citizen will surely be appearing in your mailbox around now. Don't believe the hype. See "The Wizard of No," pages 4 & 5.
The Mystery of the Briefcase and the real McCoy
n a recent story in the San Diego Union-Tribune ["Council members received few gifts" by Janine Zúñiga, May 12, 2005], it was reported that Mayor Diane Rose and Councilwoman Patricia McCoy were both given a briefcase by Ash Israni, the owner of the Seacoast Inn. They both claimed it as a political gift with a value of $75. When asked whether the briefcase could be considered an attempt to gain political influ-
ence, McCoy responded arrogantly, "How much influence can you buy for $75?" Actually she dodged the real question and that is: How much does her influence cost? McCoy claims to sit on a City Hotel Committee with Rose. They appointed themselves to the committee to work with the hotel. Since Israni’s company Pacifica purchased the hotel from Foothill Bank in 1995, what has McCoy done for Ash Israni and Pacifica Hotels?
After inspections on behalf of Foothill Bank in 1995, it was determined that the structure had numerous flaws. Among those flaws were unchecked termite damage and numerous code violations. The city grandfathered most of the code violations. The hotel was never tented for termites and was occupied immediately after the sale to Pacifica. Eleven years of unchecked termite damage overlooked by the city! SEE BRIEFCASE, PAGE 2
At the last City Council meeting, a resident asked whether the city was or wasn’t going bankrupt. Nobody on the council answered the question. At a recent council meeting, the Eagle Times’ Nina McDonald reported that Mayda Winter had used the term “bankrupt” to describe the city’s eminent future. At a more recent council meeting, Winter admonished the reporter, demanding a retraction of her statement, insisting she had not used the word “bankrupt.” The tape of the council session in question indicates otherwise. So why is it a secret that poor leadership and poor management of public money has led Imperial Beach once more to the precipice of bankruptcy? Imperial Beach has had its fair share of bumps in the road. Long ignored and treated like some backwater ghetto by the rest of the region, Imperial Beach has been a powerful influence with its appointed representatives’ votes at SANDAG, the San Diego Unified Port District and MTS. A block of South Bay communities has been voting together to offset the majority of San Diego’s appointed commissioners at all of these agencies. This alliance has been SEE BANKRUPTCY, PAGE 2
