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Seaside City Council rescinds Monterey Downs approvals.
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Seaside City Council rescinds Monterey Downs approvals.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 1, 2016

When Seaside City Council approved the Monterey Downs environmental impact report Nov. 10 in a 3-2 vote, not a person in the council chambers …

BREAKING: After a half decade, massive Monterey Downs development cancelled.
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BREAKING: After a half decade, massive Monterey Downs development cancelled.

  • David Schmalz
  • Nov 30, 2016

More than six years in the making, Monterey Downs—a proposed mega-development on the former Fort Ord—will die an unceremonious death when the …

Proposed Eastside Parkway has its day in court.
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Proposed Eastside Parkway has its day in court.

  • David Schmalz
  • Nov 17, 2016

It’s a case where the cart may have come before the horses.

After a curveball, Monterey Downs meeting continued to Nov. 10.
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After a curveball, Monterey Downs meeting continued to Nov. 10.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 14, 2016

In a stunning twist at Thursday night’s Seaside City Council meeting—where the council had the option to approve the Monterey Downs environmen…

Local Spin | Opinion

Monterey Downs' public hearings need more transparency.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 25, 2016

I’ve been to my share of long, tedious public meetings, but the Aug. 27 meeting of Seaside’s Board of Architectural Review seemed to drag on, so much…

Monterey Downs developers suggest race track could be publicly funded.
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Monterey Downs developers suggest race track could be publicly funded.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 17, 2016

Monterey Downs developers suggest proposed race track could be publicly funded.

Amid serious questions, Monterey Downs inches ahead.
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Amid serious questions, Monterey Downs inches ahead.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 4, 2016

Monterey Downs, the proposed mega-development and horse track in the former Fort Ord—which would be built on 550 acres of virgin oak wildlands…

Local Spin | Opinion

New Seaside city manager about to meet Monterey Downs report.

  • Mary Duan
  • Nov 26, 2015

Based on his reaction to Monday’s Squid column, it would seem that Craig Malin has a decent sense of humor. And based on the job he’s just signed up for, God knows he’s going to need it…

Monterey Downs economic report — a lot of big ifs.
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Monterey Downs economic report — a lot of big ifs.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Aug 27, 2015

A glossy flyer landed in Seaside mailboxes last week, showing an abandoned, graffiti-covered building on the former Fort Ord. “When Fort Ord c…

Public comes out in numbers in its first chance to comment on Monterey Downs draft EIR.
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Public comes out in numbers in its first chance to comment on Monterey Downs draft EIR.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 1, 2015

In the auditorium at Seaside’s Oldemeyer Center last night, the only middle ground was the aisle.  

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