COUNCIL MAY RAISE STAKES IN BATTLE.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer The City Council on Wednesday will consider allocating $344,000 more toward its fight of the 3,050-home Ahmanson Ranch project proposed in the southeast corner of Ventura County. From July to October, the city spent $176,194 - $26,000 more than budgeted to challenge Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. , the developer of Ahmanson Ranch. ``Clearly, the council has approved all of the expenditures to date that we deemed necessary,'' Mayor Janice Lee said Monday. ``We can't predict what our costs may be in the future because Ventura County and Washington Mutual control that process but our public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most effort to date has been clearly successful.'' Lee said success can be seen in the growing opposition from the public and elected officials. She also cited the city's success in getting the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. spineflower, thought to be extinct until discovered on the project site in 1999, included on the state Endangered Species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. List. ``All our expenses to date are justifiable in light of our successes,'' Lee said. A tally of all the city's expenses to date in battling the project was not available Monday. But more than half of the spending this fiscal year has gone to attorney fees, and of the $344,344 requested, $90,000 is recommended for attorney Katherine Stone Katherine Stone Chase (b. 1949 in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) is an U.S.American doctor and writer of romance novels as her maiden name Katherine Stone. She is married to the doctor and writer Jack Chase. , $15,000 for out-of-house City Attorney Charles Vose and $35,000 for legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. on traffic and air issues, staff said. Councilman Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, following a lifelong study of both Western classical and North Indian classical music, has forged “a new harmonic world” (New York was concerned with the latest request for more money, and how it could be perceived by some groups in the city, including supporters of a move to repeal the city's utility tax. ``This could be another example of wasteful spending,'' Harrison said. ``I think it plays right into the hands of people who are out to replace the utility user tax.'' Washington Mutual spokesman Tim McGarry Tim McGarry (born 1964) is an actor and comedian from North Belfast in Northern Ireland. He is a member of the comedy group Hole In The Wall Gang, and played "Da", a Sinn Féin spokesman, in the comedy series Give My Head Peace. said the developers of Ahmanson Ranch remain convinced their project is a good one. ``There have been 17 lawsuits involving the Ahmanson Ranch project, and in all of them either the ruling has favored Ahmanson Ranch or the cases were settled,'' McGarry said. ``So, we are 17-0 and Calabasas has been party to a number of those lawsuits and without success. I think the numbers tell the story there.'' Seattle-based Washington Mutual bank must still clear some hurdles with regulatory agencies but anticipates breaking ground in 2003 on the project. |
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