…AS DEFINED BY A PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPOINTEE
Harv Dykstra, newly-appointed Planning Commissioner for the City of Wildomar, during his recent City Council Public Comments in an attacking defense of himself in the light of allegations that his property near Baxter Road is non-conforming and in violation of county and city ordinances struck a prominent and repetitive chord with Zak that seems to run throughout various pockets of the city.
(Ed. note: Harv is currently in the process of working with City Hall to secure waivers and permits to bring the various code issues into conformity with ordinances that govern property usage).
First, Harv told about how many years he has been a resident citizen in the then unincorporated community of Wildomar and, as a result, should be exempt from new rules. The County is unfair and some local rat is snitching to Code Enforcement about others like Harv, over 200 times in the recent past. (Sounds like an unintended argument by Harv for a strong planning commission).
But Harv is not the only one to use such an argument. The Wildomar Community Council (“WCC”) believes that we all should support their WCC Street Fair with “up to $1,500″ of Wildomar’s very limited resources for their little party to feed people in Lake Elsinore and Wildomar, using the same logic.
Surely, given the current economic situation, no one knows how much money Wildomar will have to operate on in the future. The WCC feels entitled to take this money. Fortunately, a “moratorium” on their raids should stop them until some rules are put in place.
Second, he described all of the labors that he has exerted on behalf of the community during those many years and, as a result, should be exempt from new rules. Perhaps a General Amnesty should be implemented for all code violators if they can produce a document that shows that they have been continuously violating codes prior to 1990 “and,” this is important, they have been a part of some activist committee during that time.
Finally, as Zak listened intently, waiting breathlessly (and in vain) for an appropriate withdrawal by Harv of his application and appointment to be a Planning Commissioner, the culmination and conclusion of Harv’s arguendo is that there are two cities of Wildomar; those citizens of Old Wildomar, like Harv, that have been here a long time and did lots of stuff and, therefore, he and they are entitled to living by a different standard than that applied to the ”late-comers” and “new-comers,” who are a part of New Wildomar.
Apparently, there is no good reason for Harv to consider his long-standing conduct as detrimental to the City of Wildomar as he intends to take the dais of the Planning Commission and enforce ordinances and code on those property owners that would bring their own dreams and plans before this city.
Wildomar Magazine will, once the Commission is seated, initiate a Lawsuit Pool so we can all guess when the first lawsuit will be filed against the City for the Planning Commission’s hypocrisy when they impose strict conditions on some new guy who reads Wildomar Magazine. Of course, when that happens, Zak will be blamed.
The Lawsuit Pool will not have a monetary element, as is usual, and is for entertainment value only, as it is not permitted by city ordinances.
You may write to Zak at zakturango@excite.com with your best guess but only if you live in New Wildomar. Citizens of Old Wildomar have no sense of humor.
