http://aboutcambria.com/2010/02/12/letter-in-cambrian-feb-11-2010-desal-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-in-cambrian-feb-11-2010-desal-costs Cambria Pines by the Sea Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://aboutcambria.com/2010/02/12/letter-in-cambrian-feb-11-2010-desal-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-36459 Deryl Robinson Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:33:30 +0000 http://aboutcambria.com/2010/02/12/letter-in-cambrian-feb-11-2010-desal-costs/#comment-36459 Cambria residents who refuse to allow their fellow owners of Cambria property to have water under any circumstances are the greedy ones. Greed can be defined as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves. As it sits today, existing residents possess all the benefits of our property, enjoying it as their own open space. They refuse to allow the municipal water supply to be expanded so that we can have water meters, even though we offer to pay the whole local share. They angrily vote down a rate increase that would have them pay only a tiny fraction of the cost of expanding and maintaining the water supply, and buying back lots they don't want homes on. They refuse to allow lot owners to bring our own outside water at our own expense. They refuse to compensate us for loss of property that we have paid fair market value for, and instead insist that we be required to maintain and pay taxes on property that they and only they can get any enjoyment of. I can't even get a permit to camp out on my property that I own and pay taxes on. This is about one thing and one thing only, and it is totally obvious that it is about the greedy desire to continue enjoying our property without having to pay for it. Keeping the water supply down is the means to that end. Ms Bentz, please run your math again and count the value of our property that cannot be used. Don't even talk to me about greed. I have repeatedly offered for years to pay far more than my share to rectify the challenges facing Cambria. It is you who is possessed by greed, and the fear of change. You want to keep Cambria like you think it is, and you want to balance the cost of it on our backs. You think Cambria is a forest, but it is also a dense subdivision, and was so long before you ever went there or bought any property. You have no right to expect anything other than the full buildout of your neighborhood. If you don't like Cambria as a dense subdivision, then you have the ability to change it by buying it back. If you want my lot and right to build a home on it eliminated, step up and buy it. Otherwise I am not interested in your opinions. Cambria residents who refuse to allow their fellow owners of Cambria property to have water under any circumstances are the greedy ones. Greed can be defined as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves. As it sits today, existing residents possess all the benefits of our property, enjoying it as their own open space. They refuse to allow the municipal water supply to be expanded so that we can have water meters, even though we offer to pay the whole local share. They angrily vote down a rate increase that would have them pay only a tiny fraction of the cost of expanding and maintaining the water supply, and buying back lots they don’t want homes on. They refuse to allow lot owners to bring our own outside water at our own expense. They refuse to compensate us for loss of property that we have paid fair market value for, and instead insist that we be required to maintain and pay taxes on property that they and only they can get any enjoyment of. I can’t even get a permit to camp out on my property that I own and pay taxes on.
This is about one thing and one thing only, and it is totally obvious that it is about the greedy desire to continue enjoying our property without having to pay for it. Keeping the water supply down is the means to that end.
Ms Bentz, please run your math again and count the value of our property that cannot be used.
Don’t even talk to me about greed. I have repeatedly offered for years to pay far more than my share to rectify the challenges facing Cambria. It is you who is possessed by greed, and the fear of change. You want to keep Cambria like you think it is, and you want to balance the cost of it on our backs. You think Cambria is a forest, but it is also a dense subdivision, and was so long before you ever went there or bought any property. You have no right to expect anything other than the full buildout of your neighborhood. If you don’t like Cambria as a dense subdivision, then you have the ability to change it by buying it back.
If you want my lot and right to build a home on it eliminated, step up and buy it. Otherwise I am not interested in your opinions.

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