tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post279529838566558489..comments2023-10-24T08:25:49.233-07:00Comments on Ojai Valley News Blog: Residents, business owners discuss revitalizing OjaiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-20100538408203169012008-12-03T22:31:00.000-08:002008-12-03T22:31:00.000-08:00Polish a turd its still ojaiPolish a turd its still ojaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-27491550902459357382008-11-25T09:04:00.000-08:002008-11-25T09:04:00.000-08:00The "monstrosity" on Canada & Ojai A...The "monstrosity" on Canada & Ojai Av is GONE. The monstrosity was the rotting Chevy dealership, empty for decades, and the consignment flea market/garage sale posing as an antique store. That property was the blight, not the new development. That property produced almost no tax revenue, and was an eyesore. Now someone needs to build a fire under the people who own the abandoned gas station on Blanche and Ojai Av. to make them either build something there or tear down the mess that's sitting there. Who's going to move into that? A massage parlor or an adult book store? Left to their own devices and the vagaries of the economy, the owners will probably let that place sit forever. They live out of town and don't have to look at it every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-65552995048090778562008-11-24T16:57:00.000-08:002008-11-24T16:57:00.000-08:00what legal bills???!what legal bills???!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-7189472739170920642008-11-24T08:37:00.000-08:002008-11-24T08:37:00.000-08:00Can anyone accurately enumerate all of Ojai's vaca...Can anyone accurately enumerate all of Ojai's vacancies? How many storefronts are actually vacant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-794678505275245252008-11-23T17:55:00.000-08:002008-11-23T17:55:00.000-08:00He has legal bills to pay.He has legal bills to pay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-33498122236010127622008-11-23T12:48:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:48:00.000-08:00Part of the problem of so many storefront vacancie...Part of the problem of so many storefront vacancies was the city council and the plannung commission approving the monstrosity at the corner of Canada St. and Ojai Avenue. In this economic climate, how in the world can ANYONE start a business to fill those vacancies? <BR/>It seems top me that our so-called leadership in this town is swayed so easily toward projects of this kind-- take, for example, the condos on S. Montgomery. No EIR to study the impact to traffic turning onto an already very congested Ojai Ave., no requirement for low-income and affordable housing to compliment the $800,000 condos, and no apparent oversight by our city's "leaders". Marc Whitman and his buddies appear to be on a mission to get projects built at any cost and destroy our uniqueness. Although I realize the man is a native, but he's more interested in padding his pockets and those of our fair town's rich invaders.<BR/>Progress? NOT!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com