Every One Wants The Magic

This story first appeared Friday July 21 in the Signal.
West Ranch Wants in on Magic
Now it seems that every one wants a piece of Magic Mountain. West Ranch Town Council voiced concerns about being "left in the dark" after the City of Santa Clarita stepped up to the plate a couple weeks ago and wants to assist the folks at M.M.
As Magic Mountain is in an unincorporated portion of the County, the City has no formal right to anything in regard to the decisions for the future of the park.
The article goes on to state "The city of Santa Clarita's outreach process to Six Flags concerning a potential annexation of Magic Mountain has a county town council complaining of being left in the dark". West Ranch council president Dave Bossert is quoted as: "I would commend (Santa Clarita) on (its) ability to try and save the business or work with Six Flags in order to secure jobs for the area but I wish they would partner more with the town councils in the unincorporated areas surrounding the city,"
"It's all in the talking stages," said city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz. "No letter's been sent. No call's been made" and the city's main focus is to keep the park open. Ortiz continued saying that once they have a plan formulated then they will consult with neighboring communities and is quoted, "We have no intention of going behind anyone's back on anything."
Apparently both the City of Santa Clarita and the County of Los Angeles are going to jockey for position on this one.

The city's trump card is hoping to win over Six Flags toward annexation would be cheaper taxes. The city spokeswoman Gail Ortiz is quoted as: "The absence of a business license tax, an admission tax or 5 percent utility user tax could save the park "hundreds of thousands of dollars" annually,"
Now hang on a minute, Castaic is jumping on this late bandwagon too,
Lloyd Carder, president of the Castaic Area Town Council, said "the county should take a look at its utility tax. The county's going to have to re-evaluate this 5 percent utility user tax," Carder said. "This seems to be a real tool the city's using. Maybe it's served its due because now it seems to be more of a thorn."

[Well, I applaud the City of Santa Clarita for devising this proposal, now the outlying City Councils want a piece of the pie where were they 3 weeks ago when this story first came to light?]