Manorgate: Flawed, Misleading Traffic Report

The mitigated negative declaration is flawed. This means that the city must require a CEQA EIR to serve the public interest by having a complete and accurate environmental statement consistent with environmental law. See page 58 (above, click image to enlarge) of the "declaration." Overall, the document is beautifully done, but as usual, the traffic statement is misleading. 

BOB PILGRIM

Comments

[Steve Sinai]

There's probably a lot of truth to what you're saying, Lionel. I was just commenting on Bob's assertion that the EIR was flawed. Just because the EIR didn't come to the conclusion that Bob wanted doesn't make it flawed and misleading.

How am I supposed to take someone seriously if they try to claim that the Walgreen's will increase air traffic?

And if the results of EIRs are preordained to support whoever pays, why bother with them at all?

[Lionel Emde]

Steve,
The consultants hired are expected to conclude that the project has no environmntal impact, traffic impact, etc., in accord with the desires of the powers that be.

One doesn't bite the hand that feeds it.

[Steve Sinai]

Why is this flawed? While the survey is subjective, it looks ok to me. And I seriously doubt that the Walgreens is going to increase air traffic.

I wonder if people who call for EIRs do it because they truly want to know about the environmental impact, or because they want to block a project? I suspect it's the latter.