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"I was backed into a corner and had no choice but to give in to any demands made of me by the hotel or the commission." The California Coastal Commission waite
by thret 13y ago
"I was backed into a corner and had no choice but to give in to any demands made of me by the hotel or the commission."
The California Coastal Commission waited until 20 days before the wedding to blackmail him for one million dollars, simply because he could afford it. How on earth do they get away with this abuse of power?
- crapshoot101 13y agoCalifornia's multitude of agencies are ... litigious and looking to justify their keep, all the time. We've discussed this before at Hacker News, (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5567206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5567206), but CA is regulator heavy.
- pyoung 13y agoIt sounds like they were not aware of the wedding until late in the game. If you follow the arc of culpability throughout the post, Parker assumed that the Hotel was adequately permitted for such activities. When it turned out that they were not, the Hotel forced Parker into a indemnification agreement (presumably by threatening to cancel the wedding), which means he can't sue the Hotel. Then the Hotel refused to pay the CCC fine, preferring to cancel the wedding instead. So his only option at the point was to pay for the fines himself. My take away from this is that the hotel is to blame. They did not have the required permits (despite an assumption on Parker's part that they did), and they refused to rectify the situation when it was discovered that there were issues. Parker seems to go easy on them, my guess is because he has some connections to the owners (in my opinion, his best defense would be to turn around and point fingers at the Hotel owners).
- sliverstorm 13y agoBy being broke and needing money, and by representing a voter base that doesn't want to pay any more taxes?