This is very unfair to people that have worked and bought properties, the cost of living goes up, COLA’s do not increase enough. Many of these people are just getting by. If the city were to decide to redevelop Floral Park Just think of the tax increases that could be had in the area. Especially Pulido’s house that is an eyesore.

However, I wish that your boss would understand that a profanity is the ultimate satire.

I am not sure why your posts land in the spam filter in the first place?

And – - I don’t want you to take this the wrong way – - but you’ve really added a lot of good things to the discussions lately. There has been a shift in your contributions and I am enjoying what you post lately. just wanted to let u know.

I think I may have deleted it by accident. We had a lot of spam in the filter earlier today and I hit delete.. and right before it all was eliminated, I thought I saw a post by you. If not too much trouble, could you please repost?

I am sorry about that. really.

Are you trying to rewrite it?

The fact is that same people who wrote the declaration of independence did not believe that blacks are human.

Like it or not!

Your denial of it is same as denial of the Jewish holocaust.

For you only you coward

As Franklin said – “Democracy is the worst form of government except all others.” I think truer words were never spoken with respect to ballot box planning. And remember that the ANTI OBP folks were the ones that pursued the ballot box planning in this instance.

My suggestion to council is that they collectively tell the Mayor and city manager to produce a plan consistant with economic development for all it’s residents which they would support and follow through.

This would then be a Mayor/city manager project. to bring the city in line with it’s neighbor cities.

Success or failure can then be placed on them with the correponding consequences.

Now business is as usual with added fuel of an all Hispanic council accussed of being corrupt.

Strategy is to continue with third world management by the power responsible for the last 20 years while placing blame of blight to the all Hispanic council which has no control.

A few elections back the Mayor supported a anglo council candidate saying publically that this was becase he believes a all Hispanic council would be corrupt.

The mayor and city manager supporters are now cirlulating this message to satge future election strategy against Hispanic council/ Mayor campaigns.

This Hispanic council and future Hispanic candidates need to head them off at the pass.

If the city wants to increase revenue it would be better off finishing the Bristol Street project, because NO BUSINESS PERSON in their right mind would come to SA after driving down Bristol. It looks like it belongs in a bombed out third world country, not the MAIN ARTERY of OC’s largest city. Why can’t they use redevelopment funds to FINISH the Bristol St. corridor? How long is this project going to take? I think it’s been 10 years and it’s NOWHERE NEAR DONE!

The people of this city SHOULD be up-in-arms over their Mayor/City Council trying to fund PIE-IN-THE-SKY gentrification projects while CUTTING SERVICES for EXISTING residents.

The area in question is not blighted economically.

It is blighted in appearance. Neglected in maintenance on purpose so to claim blight and so qualify for state and federal grants to correct the blight. Money which never reaches neighborhoods like this one.

The Downtown area which the area of discussion is produces sales tax for the city just below the sales tax revenue the Main Place Mall does.

Very productive hardly blighted. In Appearance yes, neglected on purpose because it is 90% Hispanic. This fact is used for economic and political manipulation by the leadership in control for the last 20 years.