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Article: Castro Valley park bond may face bumpy road toward ballot
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 10, 2006
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HAYWARD -- Fasten your seat belts, Bette Davis fans. It's going to
be a bumpy ride getting a $30 million park bond passed in Castro
Valley this fall.
Blunt and often belligerent, opponents of the land acquisition and
development plan turned out Tuesday night for the normally tranquil
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD) directors' meeting.
The main objections?
Overall costs. A lack of specifics about the Nov. 7 ballot
measure. Available park space that often is underused or unkempt.
And, HARD's decision to assess only Castro Valley taxpayers -- and a
slice of El Portal Ridge in Ashland -- for buying and developing 24
acres in west Castro Valley.
"I could go for the park, but ...