Weirs Beach Water Slide

fatlazyless · 02-04-2010, 10:07 AM

About four house lots up the road from the Waterslide, there's a parking lot on a single one acre lot that was carved out of the residential hillside, and bordered on both sides by single family residences.

For an example of an incredibly bad land use decision by the Laconia Planning Board, go take a look at it. About ten years ago the planning board approved the demolition of the existing older hillside house, and excavation to make a parking lot that is level with the road. Turning a residence into a commericial lot as a year-round parking lot and Motorcycle week vender set-up was allowed by the city. With comments like:" It's his property and he can do what he wants to do," it got approved by a 3-2 vote, or something.
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Building a casino with slot machines in that Waterslide location would be like starting a serious crack-cocaine addiction into the area. It would get a lot of people hooked on gambling and just suck the money out of them and creat a big bucket of side-social issues.

The Fun Spot Bingo Hall seems to be pretty busy, judging by the parking lot, so's a casino would probably become a magnet for people looking for something to do. Is that a good thing?

aquadocton · 04-28-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Building a casino with slot machines in that Waterslide location would be like starting a serious crack-cocaine addiction into the area. It would get a lot of people hooked on gambling and just suck the money out of them and creat a big bucket of side-social issues.

The Fun Spot Bingo Hall seems to be pretty busy, judging by the parking lot, so's a casino would probably become a magnet for people looking for something to do. Is that a good thing?

No one is going to build a casino on a postage stamp size lot with inadequate roads leading to and from it. There's no room for expansion or improvement. A casino, if it is ever done, is going to be closer to I-93 on a large parcel of land allowing room to expand and have roadways large enough to handle the traffic. There is no property anywhere near Weirs Beach that is going to catch the eye of a casino developer. Just my 2 cents.

trfour · 04-29-2010, 02:52 AM

That I took once in winter, if ya'all want to see it...

Terry
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02-04-2010, 10:07 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,793 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 301 Thanked 1,024 Times in 745 Posts	About four house lots up the road from the Waterslide, there's a parking lot on a single one acre lot that was carved out of the residential hillside, and bordered on both sides by single family residences. For an example of an incredibly bad land use decision by the Laconia Planning Board, go take a look at it. About ten years ago the planning board approved the demolition of the existing older hillside house, and excavation to make a parking lot that is level with the road. Turning a residence into a commericial lot as a year-round parking lot and Motorcycle week vender set-up was allowed by the city. With comments like:" It's his property and he can do what he wants to do," it got approved by a 3-2 vote, or something. ........... Building a casino with slot machines in that Waterslide location would be like starting a serious crack-cocaine addiction into the area. It would get a lot of people hooked on gambling and just suck the money out of them and creat a big bucket of side-social issues. The Fun Spot Bingo Hall seems to be pretty busy, judging by the parking lot, so's a casino would probably become a magnet for people looking for something to do. Is that a good thing? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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