Haven't seen anything on any forums, but the BC Commission has an item on its agenda for this Tues to enter into an agreement to let the new Westin complex reserve Lori Wilson Park for its exclusive use up to 100 days/year and up to 3 years in advance. I don't live in CCB, but as a county taxpayer, I am flat OUTRAGED. Here is one of the applicable paragraphs. The entire agreement can be read at the following link -

file:///C:/Users/jdlsi/Downloads/LWP%20Draft%20Agreement%20DRAFT.pdf

Per the agreement ("DAD" is the new Westin Resort) -

DAD 1300 shall be permitted to rent the south area of the Park for a
maximum of one hundred (100) days per calendar year. Rental of the Park shall
not exceed eleven (11) days per month between November 1st through April 30th
and shall not exceed two (2) weekends, defined for this section as, Saturday and
Sunday, or a portion thereof, in any month.
3.3 In the event DAD 1300 wishes to rent the entire Park, north and south, the
number of rental days would be inclusive in the 100-day maximum annual rental.
Rental of the entire Park shall not exceed twelve (12) days in any one calendar
year.
3.4 DAD 1300 may reserve the exclusive use of the Park, or portions of the
Park up to three (3) years in advance, on a rolling basis. Any reservations by third
parties prior to the execution of this Agreement and any events that are historically
reserved on the specific dates/weekends as set forth below shall have priority over
any future DAD 1300 events.

Shut down both sides of the park for a billion dollar corporation to make more money?

Pardon my language, but fuck no.

Tom Goodson is the District two commissioner.

http://brevardfl.gov/CountyCommission

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Edited: 10/06/2024 at 01:18 PM by Cole

Tom Goodson email.

D2.Commissioner@BrevardFL.gov

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Whose pockets getting lined, a whose picked?

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Our pockets have already been picked - the Commission gave them a few million to build that place.

If you want to get it stopped - 1) short term - go to the meeting and raise hell (or at least write and email AND call your commissioner and 2) long term - quit voting for Repugnicans starting Nov 5

Just read in FL Today that the Commission mtg (originally scheduled for tomorrow) has been cancelled due to Milton. There was no reschedule date. Stay tuned, there is lots of money involved so it won't go away. They will keep coming back and coming back.

As a user of lori wilson, this sucks big time.
Not right at all.

Thanks for the Tom Goodson link.

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Goodson is only one vote. In order to stop it, we need two more. And, two of the commissioners are gone in Nov and they lost their campaigns so they got nothing to lose by screwing the residents. Beachside is only a small piece of each of the commissioners areas. Their real votes come from the mainland. They carved up the beaches between the commissioners so we have no real impact on their voter base.

Goodson is only one vote. In order to stop it, we need two more. And, two of the commissioners are gone in Nov and they lost their campaigns so they got nothing to lose by screwing the residents. Beachside is only a small piece of each of the commissioners areas. Their real votes come from the mainland. They carved up the beaches between the commissioners so we have no real impact on their voter base.

Lori is one of the last bastions of soul in Cocoa Beach. It will be a shame when they ruin it.

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