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Originally Posted by pesto
As far as I can tell no one is pushing hard for one stop or the other in CC other than MTA and BH. The estimates just weren't all that different from each other. If I'm negotiating this deal for a private company I have given BH what they want long ago, have popped the champagne, and am setting up the game-plan for impressing the hell out of the BH people so that SM and WLA will be begging for me to build them a subway.
Instead, we're worrying about whether the Expo II's opponents have new grounds for a safety lawsuit; whether there can EVER be a subway along SM Blvd.; and whether new high-rises in CC, BH or Westwood are now doomed.
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No one is pushing hard for CC other than MTA and BH? Constellation has been endorsed by nearly homeowner association in Century City, West LA and Westwood. Constellation has been endorsed by the Century City Chambers of Commerce. If you go to any public forum outside of Roxbury Park, we're all shouting for Constellation. Constellation has more overwhelming majority support than SM Boulevard. To say there is nobody pushing for CC than MTA and BH is being ignorant. Read the news articles, attend meetings outside of Roxbury Park, go to the Metro meetings....Constellation has more overwhelming support. The problem is that Beverly Hills is a significantly loud minority.
Again, if Metro chooses to go with SM Boulevard than they are ignoring the 4 million people in Los Angeles. This is a COUNTY project, not a city project. If you are only reading the BH newspaper and LA Weekly, than you are wrong that nobody else has a vested interested in CC than just MTA and BH. Metro has a duty to listen to everybody, not just Beverly Hills. Heck, if Metro didn't listen to Beverly Hills, then maybe there would be no stations at Wilshire/La Cienega and Wilshire/Rodeo? How's that for listening?