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Coronado Bathroom Proposal Sparks Debate

CORONADO, Calif. -- A public meeting over a proposal to put a restroom on the beach near the Hotel del Coronado became heated on Wednesday. Lew Barnum has lived at the Coronado Shores complex for 43 years and said he enjoys the current view.

"It's absolutely beautiful and it's never going to be compromised," said Barnum.

However, it may change. The city wants to put a public restroom on the west of the hotel and next to Coronado Shores. The proposal caused a big stink in a public meeting on Wednesday.

Read the entire 10News.com article and the comments here.

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Comment by TR on January 18, 2012 at 6:46pm: Unless you have something to back that up, I'd suggest the folks staying at the hotel and those that attend events

dwarf the spend of the SHORES....if you think you spend more than what the guests pay in room rates, etc., you are indeed clueless.

Comment by p25416 on January 18, 2012 at 7:31pm: I'll help you TR because your are slow. Try 1 thousand 500 condos where wealthy people buy food, entertainment, fuel, utilities, and taxes taxes taxes. 95% of the Hotel Del Employees live outside of Coronado. It's owned by Blackstone Group, Deutsch Bank, and Strategic Hotels. Profits go to Chicago. The hotel Del is valued at $590 Million Dollars. The Shores are valued at over $1.5 Billion (with a B.) One city employee told me that they could run all of Coronado on 3 of the Shores Buildings based on their share of the California Property Taxes that are recapitalized to Coronado. You can opinionate all you want on how the buildings look, but the Shores dollar for dollar pack more revenue punch than any other (per sqft) location in Southern California. Any more facts you wish to debate or would you care to randomly toss out any more generalities Sir?

Comment by Kathy Williams Campbell on January 18, 2012 at 7:39pm: Nice stats, but it doesn't change the fact that a public restroom is needed on that stretch of beach somewhere.

Comment by TR on January 18, 2012 at 7:59pm: You're a little slow the budget for Coronado is 40Mil 1% of 1.5 Bil= 15M try again Mr. Slower than slow.

Comment by p25416 on January 19, 2012 at 5:34am: TR - Recapitalization is not the same as property tax.

Comment by TR on January 19, 2012 at 8:07am: Yes and recapitalization has nothing to do with "One city employee told me that they could run all of Coronado on 3 of the Shores Buildings based on their share of the California Property Taxes", your reference suggested those property taxes could pay the operating budget which clearly they couldn't. If you want to live in a gated community with a moat, move, otherwise accept this is a public beach which attracts individuals be they elderly, children, medically handicapped, etc..that should be afforded something quite basic.