Who gives a shit for “community activists” and unions:
The Anaheim City Council voted Tuesday to extend a $76.3-million tax break to a developer to build two Disney-operated luxury hotels, despite strong opposition from a council member, community activists and union members who called the deal a corporate handout.
The council voted 3 to 1 to make up to 15 years of assistance payments to GardenWalk Hotel I, LLC, the developer planning to build two, 12-story hotels with 866 rooms for $242.4 million. The payments would begin once the hotels began operation.
What does a community activist know about a community anyway. How many $$ did they donate to the councilmen/women?
In Orange County, California, the Flash Point for the AIG Effect, Hotels Bear
Brunt of Meetings Drop; Convention Attendance SteadierEven with conventioneers, Anaheim hotel occupancy rates were soft for the first two months of this year. January occupancy fell to 57.7% from 65.5% a year earlier, according to PKF.
A weekly report from Hendersonville, Tenn.-based Smith Travel Research for the last week of February showed OC hotels at 63% occupancy, off 13% from a week earlier.
