From the Email InBox

Open Request to Jack Brown of Stater Brother's Markets:

"We told them if that's what the folks in Grand Terrace want, we would be happy to do that. Since then, our only commitment is, if that is what the folks in Grand Terrace want, that's what we will do." This is the exact quote from Mr. Jack Brown in an article that appeared March 18 in the Press-Enterprise.

I must have missed the Town Hall meeting Mr. Brown held to find out what the folks want. There has been negotiating with Jacobsen, who has no vested interest here other than to make a quick buck, and the City. The City, which represents only developers not the "folks", have ignored every person that went before them to state their objections to the Town Center for many reasons. Some listed on this site.The only person they don't ignore is Jacobsen's plea to start the process of eminent domain on a resident.

So here is a suggestion Mr. Brown. Hold a meeting away from City Hall and away from Jacobsen. Do not invite Mr.Schwab or any council member or the circle of special real estate and developer friends of the Mayor and a few of the Council. Invite Jo Stringfield and the average working family. Ask them how they feel about the Town Center. Ask if they have a concern about a shopping center anchored by you that will have day laborers within a few feet of their children that will use a public library. Ask about traffic,the revenue that is projected and let the "folks" that shop at your store( anyone seen Jacobsen shopping there) have a real say so in what happens to their community. That is something that the City Council will not do. Here is a chance Mr. Brown to really show that your store is a part of this community and not a part of the community that only sees us as a source for a fast profit.

PLEASE HOLD YOUR OWN TOWN MEETING AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT SPEND WITH YOU.