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Johnny French · Flour Bluffian in Training Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 407

Next Tuesday, December 20, at 10:00, the Corpus Christi City Council is to consider repealing the ordinance it passed on October 18 to eliminate vehicular traffic in front of the seawall. The agenda states the action may be declared an emergency, and hence could take effect immediately w/o the normal consideration and voting at three regular council meetings.

Guess we won round one.

Don't know when the next round begins. Meanwhile, the beach remains closed due to jetty construction, anyway.

The fight's not over.

Dexter · Finger Mullet Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 74

Great news Johnny. Thanks for the report. Just ask a friend to go to Nicks' and sign the petition. He lives in basically Corpus Christi. Wish I could sign the next petition or do you think the City council will streighten up and vote for what the people of Texas would like, that is keeping our beaches as they are. I, for the life of me, cannot understand how such a few people, the Corpus city council, can have so much power as to decide whether all the people of Texas and the USA can drive on our beach. That sort of power of so few just blows my mind.
Dexter

Dexter · Finger Mullet Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 74

Oh, How Holy can a City council be?

rabbit · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

Hey johnnie isnt that the same as loosing? Now they will submit a new one only with the longer footage and we will have to start the petition drive all over again. Confused

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Bluffer · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

Its all eventually gonna go thru, to much money involved,,,Just like Packery channel took 20+ yrs but it finally happened & that was the kickoff the developers needed!
How many times did Packery channel get voted down? (twice that I remember) Mid 80s & early 90s.
Even if the proposal gets voted down, they'll still build like Florida out there & in a few years it will be up for vote again (like Packery channel)
Dont mean to sound negative but you can say you saw it here 1st!
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jl7 · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject:

We fight the battle because it is right and just, not because we are going to win. This all seems like a false incursion to me. Be ready for the real attack when it comes! Win or lose I will fight.

mastergunner · Horse Mullet Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 264

Like I said, when we start the new petition we also have recall petitions for ALL council members who voted for it right next to it so people can sign all the petitions we need at one time.
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Allen Ricketts · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:40 am Post subject:

How would we go about contacting the state attorney general about this, they are violating a state law, maybe the state could issue an injuction against the city and developers.Allen

bryanccfshr1 · Guest

If they resubmitt a different closure ordinance it would be the ultimate gerrymandering of our city charters to circumvent the will of the people. At that point it may be a point to take it to the courts. Any Law experts?

Guest · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

Does www.texasopenbeaches.org know about what going on in our neck of the woods? would they be willing to offer up some advice? Just a thought as most of this is above my head. I appreciate all the hard work most of you are doing keeping some of us abreast on the situation at hand. And to Mr French, keep on buddy we appreaciate your persistance.

Is there anything out of towners can do? There are a ton of San Antonio and Austin folk who call CC a second home.

Big John · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject:

yep, I talked to TOBA several times early on, and someone even volunteered to come to and speak to us, but have been unable to contact them since. All my emails have went unreturned.
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Johnny French · Flour Bluffian in Training Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 407

I feel really bad having to ask the same citizens to start signing all over on a similar petition if the next beach closure ordinance includes the seawall, too. I'm sure the time and gas money those folks spent finding and signing it was valuable to them. Just so their contributions to the community weren't wasted, let's ask the City Council to instruct the City Secretary to hold onto all the names and addresses collected for the first petition, and to mail our next petition to them along with City-franked SASEs so the signatories of the first won't have to leave home or spend another penny to sign the second.

rabbit · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:08 pm Post subject: