Groaning Pains: A reply to Cassie

I must respond to the article:

Growing pains>> 11:53 PM PST on Saturday, December 10, 2005>> CASSIE MACDUFF>> Growing pains> 11:53 PM PST on Saturday, December 10, 2005> CASSIE MACDUFF> Sun Telegram

First of all Cassie MacDuff is an ill informed journalist feeding on the fodder of the media contortionist at Grand Terrace City Hall.

Example:

Grand Terrace awaits its FIRST Drug Store: Well, we had a drug store in the 60's. It was located in the retail area across from the Stater Brothers Market. When the Stater Brothers Market Retail area was put in, a SECOND Drug Store opened in that Development. The old Drug Store could not compete, and was out of business. Then that Drug Store could not stay in business in competition with the new thing called HMO, Wal-Mart and COSTCO. Drug Store Location 2 or part there of is available and empty retail space today. Drug Store Location 3 was located for a short time where the ACE Hardware store could not survive. The location is now the Italian restaurant.

What do we expect Savon to sell? Drugs. No look at their adds. Center Page is the Liquor section. Other pages include toys, candy, snack food type merchandise. Savon/Albertson's going to be in direct competition with the existing Liquor Stores and convince Stores in town. Let's not kid our selves of the great enhancement it will bring to our community. We need less expensive alcohol in our community. Heck why buy beer at the Gas Station when you can get the hard stuff on the way to the freeway?

I could go on... And on...

Roads in Grand Terrace are residential roads which were never intended for heavy traffic or the high volume being attracted.

Grand Terrace once prided itself for the fact that we were host to a wide spectrum of society and economic advantage. All could live in the same community, in peace and with respect for each other's rights. Well in GT land owners have no rights. Low Income People other than Seniors are referred to disparagingly at nearly every opportunity.

Joseph and Mary would have been arrested for sleeping with animals. The Inn Keeper would have lost the Inn and Stable as a result of code violations, and the City would have sold the property to Hilton and the homeless riff-raff travelers would not be able to rest. Progress? I dare say no. We have regressed to the decadence of the Pharos, and the Ceasars. We shall eventually be rewarded with our folly.

People being forced off their land. A town that wanted to be a small quiet place becoming a giant retail drive through... A town that once grew things, children, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, pigs, horses, avocados, walnuts, and made things, like Pumps. Is now excessively high price homes crossed with high traffic roads, and Retail. What happens when the bubble bursts, and retail flops as a tax base, and we have mortaged our children's future in debt?

Cassie: Get to know the town history, then you write..