State: Google must move 'mystery' barge

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Source: Associated Press

Google must move its mystery barge from a construction site on an island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay because the permits are not in order, a state official said Monday

The notice came after the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission investigated amid numerous complaints about the construction of the floating, four-story building, commission executive director Larry Goldzband said.

The investigation found that neither the Treasure Island Development Authority nor the city of San Francisco had applied for required permits for the work to be done at the site.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/State-Google-must-move-mystery-barge-5200747.php

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1. Don't like Google employees living in San Fransico,

Don't like Google providing buses to take said employees to work, don't like Google building their "Mystery Ship" and providing jobs and economic activity, and blah blah blah.

If I ran Google I would start transitioning out of California as quickly as possible.

There are other places to do business.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. And this San Franciscan would --

give you a happy, glorious send-off.

SF did just fine before Google and will do just fine again if their Tuppies choose to blow this joint. Can't wait for the next Pretty Big One to shake the place out.

[jtuck004]

5. The employees weren't just living in San Francisco. They were using their wealth to make homeless

people out of people who lived in areas of the city they could afford to buy. So they did, and moved those formerly housed people out into the street, or where ever they wanted to go, as long as they left.

That's what people didn't like, and such behavior wouldn't be welcomed anywhere they wanted to come in and bully people.

Fuck them.

[Scootaloo]

6. welcome to DU, Pings

A sign of great things to come, I'm sure

[Aerows]

8. No doubt, LOL n/t

[PasadenaTrudy]

7. Interesting first post....n/t

[gopiscrap]

9. welcome to DU

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2. An important item from the source:

Goldzband said Google can resolve the issue by moving the barge to one of the fully permitted construction facilities in the San Francisco Bay.