MacGregor Yachts Calls It Quits In Costa Mesa

ICONIC MANUFACTURER LEAVING TOWN
According to Len Bose in his "The Harbor Report", HERE, the MacGregor family, who has produced iconic sailboats in Costa Mesa for a half-century, has felt the squeeze of developer dollars and oppressive manufacturing regulations and has succumbed to the siren call from Stuart, Florida.  They will stop production at their Costa Mesa facility and move to that city to continue to produce their 26-foot sailboat and begin production of a new, lighter 22-foot model.

SQUEEZED OUT & LURED AWAY
I've met Roger MacGregor a time or two - he's a great guy - and am saddened that he's being forced to make this move and take a  huge part of the Newport-Mesa nautical heritage with him.  We wish him well and continued success.  Our loss will certainly be Florida's gain.  Did I mention that there's no personal income tax in Florida?


ANTI-BUSINESS CLIMATE, AGAIN
I guess this is our future, when anti-business,  tax-happy liberals control our state government and opportunisitic, carpetbagging developers control the city council.  How sad for us all.