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LEGACY

LEGACY

A look back at what was bring said in the San Diego Business Journal 13 years ago this week:

“Unlike most public agencies, the San Diego Unified Port Authority is rolling in dough. It expects to close fiscal 1990 with a surplus of about $78 million. It’s no wonder the five port cities , San Diego, Chula Vista, National City, Coronado, and Imperial Beach , are thirsting for a few drops of the Port District’s reserves.

Initially rebuffed in their attempts to have the state Legislature force the Port District to spread the wealth, the cities have returned with a revised proposal. The cities are asking the port to work with them to calculate a more generous , they say “broadened” , method of reimbursing the cities for the services they provide on port properties. These include police, fire, parks and recreation, trash collection and street maintenance

We opposed the cities’ initial efforts to strong arm the port. But, we find this new approach more palatable. It’s not unreasonable for the cities to expect reimbursement for the services they provide but the cities must back up the vague notions of service with concrete evidence.

Still, the Port District can’t become the cities’ cash cow. Although it currently has funds aplenty, the Port District also faces several problems , including terrible bay pollution , that it has ignored too long. ”

, Editorial, April 23, 1990

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