{"id":170,"date":"2009-11-30T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2009-12-06T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T22:29:59","slug":"trpa-impartial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/30\/trpa-impartial\/","title":{"rendered":"TRPA.  Impartial?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: TRPA.  Impartial?\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=TRPA.%20%20Impartial%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F11%2F30%2Ftrpa-impartial%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeTRPA.  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Impartial?\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"170\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"2e91b25522\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\" \/><\/div><div id=\"attachment_175\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/calt4068trb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-175 \" title=\"Gated pier, Lake Tahoe, California\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/calt4068trb-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/calt4068trb-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/calt4068trb.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gated pier, Lake Tahoe, California<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Recent events have brought to mind an interesting <a title=\"Lake Tahoe Shorezone piers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/10\/04\/EDS719K324.DTL#ixzz0TwYF7ETM\">Op-Ed from the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> in support of a federal judge&#8217;s injunction against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency&#8217;s (TRPA&#8217;s) policy allowing an increase of piers and buoys in Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>At Tahoe, I am reminded often of the old joke that the best two days of a boat owner&#8217;s life is the day he buys the boat and the day he sells it.\u00a0 The commerce surrounding boats and marinas at Tahoe certainly contributes to the local economy.\u00a0 I am unclear, though, as to why piers cannot be shared.\u00a0 I put this question to one home owner who would like to install a pier.\u00a0 &#8220;It raises our home value,&#8221; was the answer.\u00a0 From my perspective, on the lake in a kayak enjoying the shoreline, the piers detract from the property value.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Sacramento Bee North Tahoe Development Boulder Bay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/topstories\/story\/2352322.html\" target=\"_blank\">SacBee has reported<\/a> on the new &#8220;eco-friendly&#8221; development <a title=\"Boulder Bay North Lake Tahoe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/topstories\/story\/2352322.html\">Boulder Bay Resort &amp; Wellness Center<\/a> resort being planned for the Biltmore property at North Shore stateline.\u00a0 The supporters champion the green roofs, reduced erosion, the resort&#8217;s emphasis on spa rather than gambling, and, of course, jobs.\u00a0 The critics question the traffic, the need for another resort, and TRPA&#8217;s eventual build-out of Tahoe.\u00a0 Current resort development projects elsewhere on the Lake Tahoe include the major<a href=\"http:\/\/cityofslt.us\/redevelopment-housing\/redevelopment.html\" target=\"_blank\"> South Tahoe Redevelopment<\/a> and the gearing up of Homewood Mountain Resort&#8217;s make-over and expansion.<\/p>\n<p>In the Bee article, TRPA spokesman Dennis Oliver is quoted:<\/p>\n<p><em>Oliver believes deeper currents are swirling. &#8220;A lot of these conflicts and lawsuits are about the environmentalists wishing the world were different,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They want their reality to dictate policy.&#8221; And, he added, &#8220;Their fundraising depends on conflict.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are unfortunate remarks, which, when turned around, raise interesting questions of their own.\u00a0 How does TRPA view the world?\u00a0 What does their &#8220;fundraising&#8221; depend upon?<\/p>\n<p>Or as one reader commented to me:<\/p>\n<p><em>Just replace the word \u201cenvironmentalists\u201d with \u201cdevelopers\u201d in the spokesman\u2019s quote above, and you\u2019ll know what the real situation is.\u00a0 I looked up the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency\u2019s mission:\u00a0 \u201cThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency cooperatively leads the effort to preserve, restore and enhance the unique natural and human environment of the Lake Tahoe region now and in the future.\u201d\u00a0 That a spokesman for an agency supposedly charged with protecting resources for future generations could make such a ridiculous statement is an indictment of their organization.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: TRPA.  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