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about it's intended purpose. It
is not so much to preserve
wildlife as it is to promote
development. Developers and
environmentalists are strange
bedfellows. The County's
Endangered Species Act,
which SWIA helped create,
activates a loophole in the
Federal Endangered Species
Act that allows developers to
move forward unhindered by
environmental studies and
reports. The establishment of
the Estuary and South Bay
Wildlife Refuges provides
mitigation for unbridled
development around the bay.
SWIA has been active in
helping set up the Otay Valley
Regional Park and San Diego
River Valley wildlife pre-
serves.
While the concept of pre-
serves sounds good, the actu-
al reasons for promoting them
are not for the benefit of the
wildlife. San Diego County
Supervisor Greg Cox, Chula
Vista Mayor Steve Padilla
and San Diego Councilman
Ralph Inzunza sit on the
board of the Otay Valley
Regional Park; or the "Green
Belt" as it is called in Chula
Vista. This land which was
purchased by the county is
some of the most polluted
property in the county. A
landfill, a tanning plant and a
slaughterhouse all dumped
polluted material into the
stream over the years. Setting
this land aside for wildlife
mitigation will eliminate the
need to clean up any toxic
materials that might be locat-
ed there.
The same is likely true for
the property where the Chula
Vista Nature Center is locat-
ed. Many years ago a cotton-
seed oil fire raged for three
days, leaving a layer of poly-
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cyclicaeromatichydrocarbons.
Most of the land being pur-
chased and annexed to these
regional parks is in the flood
plain and is unsuitable for
building anyway!
Two of the largest compa-
nies that are eating up habitat
in the Otay Valley are the
Otay Land Company and
Hanson Aggregates. Cox
appears to have a family con-
nection with the Otay Land
Company. And Hanson
Aggregates was cited by the
bureau of mines for mining
30 additional acres without
permits. The acquisition of
property for the Otay Valley
Regional Park lets them all
off the environmental hook.
Cox even voted for the pur-
chase of land from the Otay
Land Company for annexa-
tion to the Otay Valley
Regional Park!
Mayda Winter and Patricia
McCoy's non-profit is only
eligible for grant money
because it is a non-govern-
mental, non-profit group.
Educational institutions also
qualify for grant money.
SWIA is involved with grant
money and a plethora of
groups and agencies that
qualify for grant money.
Our location next to the
border means federal money.
Our pollution situation means
federal money. Our wildlife
refuges mean federal money.
Working closely with SDSU,
San Diego County Parks,
State Parks, Fish and
Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, and oth-
ers, there are incredible
amounts of money flowing
through the SWIA office.
Requests for financial infor-
mation made over two years
ago have gone unanswered.
Strangely enough, many of
the same people involved at
SWIA's core are involved
with a political action com-
mittee that promotes local
candidates, political issues
and causes.
While the political action
committee which seems to be
spearheaded by Michael and
Deborah Carey may be sepa-
rate on paper, plenty of their
issues are discussed in the
offices of SWIA. So are
many issues before our City
Council and Regional
Agencies.
The Careys published a
fake newspaper just before
the last election attacking the
character of Ron Rogers and
promoting the re-election of
Patricial McCoy and Diane
Rose. Up until two years ago
Secret plans for
they were in control of the
I.B. Sun newspaper as their
redevelopment
By Ed Kravitz
ekatsdrp@yahoo.com
T
he Brown Act and the
Fair Political Practices
Act are laws passed by
the legislature to keep public
decisions in an open public
forum and to prevent elected
and appointed leaders from
enriching themselves through
the votes they make while in
office.
The ladies on our current
council have shown little or
no respect of these two state
laws and the best way to illus-
trate this is to share some of
our research on the secret
development plans that have
already been made outside a
public forum.
Former San Diego Port
Commissioner David
Malcolm already had his mas-
ter plan for bayfront develop-
ment in 1997 to 1998. Many
large property transactions
were conducted by Malcolm,
David Chapman and the Port
real estate division at that
time. Some of these transac-
mouthpiece and political tool.
Mayda Winter derives her
fulltime income from her
position with SWIA. The Fair
Political Practices Act pre-
cludes Ms. Winter or Mrs.
McCoy from voting on any
issue within 500 feet of any-
thing in which they might
have a financial interest.
Since the estuary boundary
touches South Seacoast and
I.B. Boulevard, their votes
regarding weekend beach
rentals on South Seacoast
were clearly illegal! Mrs.
McCoy claims to have never
made a dime from SWIA, but
I'm sure they've paid travel
tions are now coming under
closer scrutiny.
The land parcels around
the bay were gobbled up like
it was a Monopoly game.
Titles and deeds were shuffled
to confuse and complicate the
transactions. The more parties
involved in a property trans-
action, the less likely it will be
undone later in court.
Malcolm orchestrated the
coordination of redevopment
agencies of several South Bay
cities with the Port's real
estate division to make some
of the largest real estate trans-
actions since John Spreckels
died. They include the former
Naval Training Center (where
Corky McMillin is now build-
ing near the airport), the new
ballpark area, Campbell Ship
Yards, the B.F. Goodrich land
swap, the South Bay power
plant, western salt and others.
Some of Malcolm's closest
confidants were also involved
with adjacent properties as
demonstrated by Mrs. Greg
Cox's involvement with the
Mid-Bayfront property and
and meal expenses over the
years. SWIA's refusal to doc-
ument its finances says it all
for now!
A number of issues have
been voted on by the current
council which are within 500
feet of the South Bay Refuge
where SWIA administers
grant money. Railroad right-
of-way leases and historicity
issues, bike trail, trestles and
water flows under them;
Redevelopment Agency pro-
posed amendment area, relo-
cation of the City Yard, and
proposed development on the
bayfront for eco-tourism are
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with B.F. Goodrich in Chula
Vista.
The fact that Cox and
Malcolm support Mayda
Winter and the other ladies on
the council should come as no
surprise, because these pro-
jects could never have hap-
pened without Imperial
Beach's votes of support at
the regional agencies that
made these decisions.
Mayda Winter, Patricia
McCoy and SWIA (through
its attorney, former council-
man Steve Haskins) carried
out a very large land transac-
tion on behalf of David
Malcolm when they laun-
dered a parcel of property in
which Malcolm had financial
interest, via SWIA with a
grant from the State Lands
Commission or the Coastal
Conservancy into the hands
of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service.
This land transfer did not
come without conditions.
Malcolm was charged with
perjury when deposed by the
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