[CPEO-MEF] Judge OKs Pt. Molate sale for casino

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge OKs Pt. Molate sale for casino

By Rebecca Rosen Lum
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
September 20, 2004

A Contra Costa County Superior Court judge's ruling cleared the way this 
morning for Richmond to sell 354 waterfront acres at Point Molate to a 
casino developer.

Lawyers for ChevronTexaco argued that the sale flouted the state Surplus 
Lands Act, which requires a city to make lands no longer in municipal 
use available to other public agencies before taking bids from private 
parties.

They also said the high-end hotel and gambling casino developer Upstream 
Point Molate has in mind violates the vision embraced by a re-use 
committee that convened when the U.S. Navy first decided to close the 
naval fuel depot.
…

for the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/counties/contra_costa_county/9714701.htm?1c

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Lenny Siegel
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